Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

[U.S. $2,000,000,000 364-DAY SENIOR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY] 
  

 
  

CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 dated as
of December 11, 2014 
 among 

APACHE CORPORATION, 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, 

CITIBANK, N.A., 
 as
Administrative Agent, 
 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 

as Co-Syndication Agents, 
 and

 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, and 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as Co-Documentation Agents 
  

 
 CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 
 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, 

RBS SECURITIES, INC., and 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, 

as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE I Definitions
	  	 	1	  
			
	 SECTION 1.1
	 	Defined Terms	  	 	1	  
	 SECTION 1.2
	 	Classification of Loans and Borrowings	  	 	16	  
	 SECTION 1.3
	 	Terms Generally	  	 	16	  
	 SECTION 1.4
	 	Accounting Terms; GAAP	  	 	16	  
		
	 ARTICLE II The Credits
	  	 	17	  
			
	 SECTION 2.1
	 	The Facility; Commitments	  	 	17	  
	 SECTION 2.2
	 	Loans and Borrowings	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 2.3
	 	Requests for Borrowings	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 2.4
	 	Funding of Borrowings	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 2.5
	 	Interest Elections	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 2.6
	 	Termination and Reduction of Commitments	  	 	21	  
	 SECTION 2.7
	 	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt	  	 	21	  
	 SECTION 2.8
	 	Prepayment of Loans	  	 	22	  
	 SECTION 2.9
	 	Fees	  	 	22	  
	 SECTION 2.10
	 	Interest	  	 	23	  
	 SECTION 2.11
	 	Alternate Rate of Interest	  	 	24	  
	 SECTION 2.12
	 	Increased Costs	  	 	24	  
	 SECTION 2.13
	 	Break Funding Payments	  	 	25	  
	 SECTION 2.14
	 	Taxes	  	 	26	  
	 SECTION 2.15
	 	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 2.16
	 	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	  	 	30	  
	 SECTION 2.17
	 	Currency Conversion and Currency Indemnity	  	 	30	  
	 SECTION 2.18
	 	Defaulting Lenders	  	 	31	  
		
	 ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties
	  	 	32	  
			
	 SECTION 3.1
	 	Organization	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 3.2
	 	Authorization and Validity	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 3.3
	 	Government Approval and Regulation	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 3.4
	 	Pension and Welfare Plans	  	 	33	  
	 SECTION 3.5
	 	Regulation U	  	 	33	  
	 SECTION 3.6
	 	Taxes	  	 	33	  
	 SECTION 3.7
	 	Subsidiaries; Restricted Subsidiaries	  	 	33	  
	 SECTION 3.8
	 	No Default or Event of Default	  	 	33	  
	 SECTION 3.9
	 	Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions	  	 	33	  
		
	 ARTICLE IV Conditions
	  	 	34	  
			
	 SECTION 4.1
	 	Effectiveness	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 4.2
	 	All Loans	  	 	35	  

  
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	 ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants
	  	 	36	  
			
	 SECTION 5.1
	 	Financial Reporting and Notices	  	 	36	  
	 SECTION 5.2
	 	Compliance with Laws	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 5.3
	 	Maintenance of Properties	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 5.4
	 	Insurance	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 5.5
	 	Books and Records	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 5.6
	 	Use of Proceeds	  	 	38	  
		
	 ARTICLE VI Financial Covenant
	  	 	38	  
			
	 SECTION 6.1
	 	Ratio of Total Debt to Capital	  	 	38	  
		
	 ARTICLE VII Negative Covenants
	  	 	38	  
			
	 SECTION 7.1
	 	Liens	  	 	38	  
	 SECTION 7.2
	 	Mergers	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.3
	 	Asset Dispositions	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.4
	 	Transactions with Affiliates	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.5
	 	Restrictive Agreements	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.6
	 	Guaranties	  	 	40	  
		
	 ARTICLE VIII Events of Default
	  	 	41	  
			
	 SECTION 8.1
	 	Listing of Events of Default	  	 	41	  
	 SECTION 8.2
	 	Action if Bankruptcy	  	 	42	  
	 SECTION 8.3
	 	Action if Other Event of Default	  	 	42	  
		
	 ARTICLE IX Agents
	  	 	43	  
		
	 ARTICLE X Miscellaneous
	  	 	45	  
			
	 SECTION 10.1
	 	Notices	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 10.2
	 	Waivers; Amendments	  	 	47	  
	 SECTION 10.3
	 	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	  	 	47	  
	 SECTION 10.4
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 10.5
	 	Survival	  	 	51	  
	 SECTION 10.6
	 	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	  	 	51	  
	 SECTION 10.7
	 	Severability	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 10.8
	 	Right of Setoff	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 10.9
	 	GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 10.10
	 	Headings	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 10.11
	 	Confidentiality	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 10.12
	 	Interest Rate Limitation	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 10.13
	 	USA PATRIOT Act Notice	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 10.14
	 	NO FIDUCIARY DUTY	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 10.15
	 	NO ORAL AGREEMENTS	  	 	56	  

  
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 SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS 

EXHIBITS: 
  

			
	Exhibit A	  	Form of Legal Opinion of Thompson & Knight LLP
	Exhibit B	  	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit C	  	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
	Exhibit D	  	Form of Borrowing/Interest Election Request

 SCHEDULES: 
  

			
	Schedule 2.1	  	Commitments
	Schedule 3.7	  	Subsidiaries; Restricted Subsidiaries
	Schedule 7.1	  	Liens

  
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 CREDIT AGREEMENT 

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 11, 2014, is among APACHE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”), the LENDERS (as defined below) party hereto, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and THE ROYAL BANK OF
SCOTLAND PLC and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents. 
 Borrower, Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, and the other Agents party hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

Definitions 

SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below: 

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing,
are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. 
 “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with
respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve
Rate. 
 “Administrative Agent” means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders. 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. 

“Affected Loan” is defined in Section 2.15(f). 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. 
 “Agents” means each
of the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, and the Co-Documentation Agents. 
 “Agreed Currency” is defined in
Section 2.17(a). 
 “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time. 

 “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest
of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1⁄2 of 1%, and (c) the LIBO Rate
in effect on such day for a one-month interest period plus 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate for any reason, including, without limitation, the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient bids or publications in accordance with the terms hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be
the Prime Rate until the Federal Funds Effective Rate and the LIBO Rate can be so determined. 
 “Anti-Corruption Laws”
means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all other laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction concerning bribery, corruption or money laundering. 

“Applicable Lending Office” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, such office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate
of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Administrative Agent and Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and/or issued and maintained. 

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such
Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments. 

“Applicable Rating Level” means (a) at any time the ratings established or deemed to have been established by
Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch for the Index Debt are equivalent ratings, the level set forth in the chart below under the heading “Applicable Rating Level” (a “Level”) opposite the ratings under the headings
“Moody’s” and “S&P/Fitch”, and (b) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch for the Index Debt shall fall within different Levels, the Applicable Rating Level
shall be based on the highest two ratings, unless the highest two ratings shall fall within different Levels in which case the Applicable Rating Level shall be based on the lower of the highest two ratings, provided, however, that for
purposes of the foregoing, (i) “3” means a rating equal to or more favorable than; “£” means a rating equal to or less favorable than;
“>” means a rating greater than; “<” means a rating less than; (ii) if Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the
penultimate sentence appearing before the table below), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Applicable Rating Level shall be based on the higher of the two existing ratings; (iii) if only one of Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch
shall have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the penultimate sentence of this definition), then the Applicable Rating Level shall be the rating that is one Level below the rating
established by such party; (iv) if there is no rating for the Index Debt from Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch, then the Applicable Rating Level shall equal Level V; and (v) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the
applicable rating agency. Each change in the 

  
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Applicable Rating Level shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If
the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to
reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rating Level shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect
prior to such change or cessation. Changes in the Applicable Rating Level will occur automatically without prior notice. 
  

					
	 Applicable Rating Level
	  	Moody’s	  	S&P/Fitch
	 Level I
	  	>A1	  	>A+
	 Level II
	  	A2	  	A
	 Level III
	  	A3	  	A-
	 Level IV
	  	Baa1	  	BBB+
	 Level V
	  	<Baa2	  	<BBB

 For example, if the Moody’s rating is A3, the S&P rating is BBB+, and the Fitch rating is A-, Level III shall apply.

 “Arrangers” is defined in Article IX. 

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of
any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. 

“Authorized Officer” means the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Senior
Vice President–Treasury and Administration of Borrower, and any officer or employee of Borrower specified as such to the Administrative Agent in writing by any of the aforementioned officers of Borrower. 

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith
determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or consented to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any
ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the
jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any
contracts or agreements made by such Person. 

  
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 “Base Rate Margin” means, for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth
below under the caption “Base Rate Margin”, in either case, based upon the Applicable Rating Level, applicable on such date: 
  

			
	 Applicable Rating Level
	  	Base Rate Margin (in basis points)
	 Level I
	  	0.0 bps
	 Level II
	  	0.0 bps
	 Level III
	  	0.0 bps
	 Level IV
	  	2.5 bps
	 Level V
	  	12.5 bps

 Each change in the Base Rate Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending
on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Changes in the Base Rate Margin will occur automatically without prior notice. 

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America. 

“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble. 

“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans,
as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. 
 “Borrowing Request” means a request by Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.3, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are
authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in
the London interbank market. 
 “Capital” means the consolidated shareholder’s equity of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
plus the consolidated Debt of Borrower and its Subsidiaries. 
 “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et. seq., as amended from time to time. 

  
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 “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any
of the following: (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty by any Governmental Authority, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or
(c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b)), by any Applicable Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all rules,
guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy or liquidity promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” to the extent enacted, adopted,
promulgated or issued by any Governmental Authority or otherwise having the force of law, regardless of the date so enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued. 

“Citi” means Citibank, N.A. 

“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Term Loans. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time. 
 “Co-Documentation Agents” means The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in
their capacity as co-documentation agents. 
 “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment or Term Commitment as then in effect. The amount of the Commitment represents such Lender’s maximum Credit Exposure hereunder. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.1, or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $2,000,000,000. 

“Consolidated Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries which would be shown as assets on a
consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth” means (i) the consolidated shareholder’s equity of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP), less (ii) the amount of consolidated intangible assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, plus
(iii) the aggregate amount of any non-cash write downs, on a consolidated basis, by Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the term hereof. 

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. 

  
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 “Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and
all members of a controlled group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 (b) or 414 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code
or Section 4001 of ERISA. 
 “Co-Syndication Agents” means Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in
their capacity as co-syndication agents. 
 “Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time. 
 “Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or
any Lender. 
 “Debt” of any Person means indebtedness, including capital leases, shown as debt on a consolidated balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event
of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. 
 “Defaulting
Lender” means, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with Borrower, any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any
portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the
result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in
writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such
Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it
commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with
its obligations to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon (i) the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such confirmation, and
(ii) compliance in full by such Lender with its funding obligations under this Agreement as of the date of such confirmation (subject to any exception to funding set forth in clause (a) above), or (d) has become the subject of a
Bankruptcy Event. 
 “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. 

“Effective Date” means a date agreed upon by Borrower and the Administrative Agent as the date on which the conditions
specified in Section 4.1 of this Agreement are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.2 of this Agreement). 

“Effectiveness Notice” means a notice and certificate of Borrower properly executed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower
addressed to the Lenders and delivered to the Administrative Agent, whereby Borrower certifies satisfaction of all the conditions precedent to the effectiveness under Section 4.1 of this Agreement. 

  
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 “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state or local statutes,
laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, decrees, judgments, injunctions, legally binding notices or legally binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the protection of the
environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters relating to the exposure of Hazardous Material. 

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of
environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing. 
 “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, together with the rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. 

“Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate. 
 “Eurodollar Margin” means,
for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Margin”, in either case, based upon the Applicable Rating Level, applicable on such date: 

 

			
	 Applicable Rating Level
	  	Eurodollar Margin (in basis points)
	 Level I
	  	69.0 bps
	 Level II
	  	80.5 bps
	 Level III
	  	92.5 bps
	 Level IV
	  	102.5 bps
	 Level V
	  	112.5 bps

 Each change in the Eurodollar Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending
on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Changes in the Eurodollar Margin will occur automatically without prior notice. 

“Event of Default” is defined in Article VIII. 

  
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 “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Agent, any Lender, or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income, in each case, (i) by the United States of America (or any political
subdivision thereof), or by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its Applicable Lending Office
is located, or (ii) as the result of any present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax other than any connection arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed
its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document, (b) any
branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code as a result of such Lender’s
failure to comply with the requirements of Section 2.14(e)(i) to be withheld from amounts payable to any Lenders, (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under
Section 2.16(b)), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new Applicable Lending Office) or is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(e)(i), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Applicable Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.14(a), and (e) any Taxes imposed under FATCA. 

“Facility Fee” is defined in Section 2.9(a). 

“Facility Fee Rate” means, for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Facility Fee
Rate”, based upon the Applicable Rating Level applicable on such date: 
  

			
	 Applicable Rating Level:
	  	Facility Fee Rate
	 Level I
	  	6.0 bps
	 Level II
	  	7.0 bps
	 Level III
	  	7.5 bps
	 Level IV
	  	10.0 bps
	 Level V
	  	12.5 bps

 Each change in the Facility Fee Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending
on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Changes in the Facility Fee Rate will occur automatically without prior notice. 

  
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 “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this
Agreement (and any amended or successor version thereof that is substantively comparable), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof. 

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of
1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not
so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it; provided, that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and any affiliate or successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency in the United
States. 
 “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a U.S. Person. 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, applied
on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders pursuant hereto. 

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision
thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank). 
 “Hazardous
Material” means (a) any “hazardous substance,” as defined by CERCLA; (b) any “hazardous waste,” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; or (c) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous,
dangerous or toxic chemical, material or substance within the meaning of any other Environmental Law. 
 “Highest Lawful
Rate” is defined in Section 10.12. 
 “Impacted Interest Period” is defined in the definition of LIBO
Rate. 
 “Indebtedness” of any Person means all (i) Debt, and (ii) guaranties or other contingent obligations in
respect of the Debt of any other Person. 
 “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. 

“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of Borrower that is not
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 “Interest Election Request” means a request by Borrower to convert or continue a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.5, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. 

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and
December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
(3) months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three (3) months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period. 

“Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and
ending on the numerically corresponding day, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, such other day, in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months or one week thereafter, in each case as Borrower may elect; provided, that
(i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall
in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially
shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. 

“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal
places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO
Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for U.S. Dollars) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is
available for U.S. Dollars) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time. 
 “Judgment Currency”
is defined in Section 2.17(b). 
 “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.1 and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance. 

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate
administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other person which takes over administration of that rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen
that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the 

  
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appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the “LIBO
Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the
purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) with respect to U.S. Dollars then the LIBO Rate
shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. 

“LIBO Screen Rate” is defined in the definition of LIBO Rate. 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge, or security interest of any kind, granted or created to secure
Indebtedness; provided, however, that, with respect to any prohibitions of Liens on Property, the following transactions shall not be deemed to create a Lien to secure Indebtedness; (i) production payments and (ii) liens required by
statute and created in favor of U.S. governmental entities to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments intended to be used primarily in connection with air or water pollution control. 

“Loan” means any loan made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. 

“Loan Document” means this Agreement, any Borrowing Request, any Interest Election Request, any Notice of Term-Out, any
Assignment and Acceptance, any election notice, the agreement with respect to fees described in Section 2.9(b), and each other agreement, document or instrument delivered by Borrower or any other Person in connection with this Agreement,
as such may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Loans” means the Revolving
Loans or the Term Loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means, as
to any matter, that such matter could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the assets, business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. No matter shall be considered to
result, or be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect unless such matter causes Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to suffer a loss or incur a cost equal to at least ten percent (10%) of Borrower’s
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. 
 “Maturity Date” means either the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, or, upon
receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Notice of Term-Out, the Term Loan Termination Date. 
 “Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency in the United States. 

“Non-Defaulting Lender” is defined in Section 2.15(f). 

  
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 “Notice of Term-Out” means a notice from Borrower, executed by an Authorized
Officer and delivered to the Administrative Agent, which requests the extension of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(b), and confirms the matters set forth in Section 4.2(a). 

“Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of any Loans plus (ii) all
accrued and unpaid interest, Facility Fees and other fees due pursuant to Section 2.9 plus (iii) all other obligations of Borrower to any Lender or any Agent, whether or not contingent, arising under or in connection with any
of the Loan Documents. 
 “Other Currency” is defined in Section 2.17(a). 

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any Taxes imposed under FATCA will not be treated as Other Taxes.

 “Participant Register” is defined in Section 10.4(h). 

“Participants” is defined in Section 10.4(e). 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing
similar functions. 
 “Pension Plan” means a “pension plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), and to which Borrower or any corporation, trade or business that is, along with Borrower, a member of a Controlled Group,
may have liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under
Section 4069 of ERISA. 
 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited
liability company, joint venture, partnership, firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity. 

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its
prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. Without notice to Borrower or any other Person, the Prime Rate shall change automatically from time to time as and in the amount by which such prime rate shall fluctuate. The Prime Rate
is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans and other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate. For purposes
of this Agreement, any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change in the Prime Rate is publicly announced as being effective. 

  
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 “Property” means (i) any property owned or leased by Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any interest of Borrower or any Subsidiary in property, which is considered by Borrower to be capable of producing oil, gas, or minerals in commercial quantities, (ii) any interest of Borrower or any Subsidiary in any refinery,
processing or manufacturing plant owned or leased by Borrower or any manufacturing plant owned or leased by Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) any interest of Borrower or any Subsidiary in all present and future oil, gas, other liquid and
gaseous hydrocarbons, and other minerals now or hereafter produced from any other Property or to which Borrower or any Subsidiary may be entitled as a result of its ownership of any Property, and (iv) all real and personal assets owned or
leased by Borrower or any Subsidiary used in the drilling, gathering, processing, transportation, or marketing of any oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons or minerals, except (a) any such real or personal assets related thereto employed in
transportation, distribution or marketing or (b) any interest of Borrower or any Subsidiary in, any refinery, processing or manufacturing plant, or portion thereof, which property described in clauses (a) or (b), in the opinion of the
board of directors of Borrower, is not a principal plant or principal facility in relation to the activities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 

“Register” is defined in Section 10.4(c). 

“Regulation U” means any of Regulations T, U or X of the Board from time to time in effect and shall include any successor or
other regulations or official interpretations of said Board or any successor Person relating to the extension of credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System or any successor
Person. 
 “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates. 
 “Required Lenders”
means Lenders having in the aggregate 51% of the aggregate total Commitments, or, if the Commitments have been terminated, Lenders holding 51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the outstanding Obligations. 

“Resource Conservation and Recovery Act” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 690, et
seq., as amended from time to time. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower that owns any asset
representing or consisting of an entitlement to production from, or other interest in, reserves of oil, gas or other minerals in place located in the United States or Canada, including, without limitation, Apache Canada Ltd., a corporation organized
under the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada, or is otherwise designated by Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent. 

“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to but not exceeding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 hereto, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.6, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.4 and (c) terminated pursuant to Sections 4.1, 8.2 or 8.3. 

  
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 “Revolving Commitment Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of: 

(a) December 10, 2015; and 

(b) the date on which the Revolving Commitments otherwise are terminated in full and reduced to zero pursuant to the terms of Sections
4.1, 8.2 or 8.3. 
 Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (b), the Revolving Commitments shall terminate automatically and
without any further action. 
 “Revolving Loan” means any loan made by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1(a)
of this Agreement. 
 “Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target
of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). 
 “Sanctioned Person” means,
at any time, (a) any Person or vessel with whom Borrower cannot do business due to the person or vessel being listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department
of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person with whom Borrower cannot do business
due to the Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person that the Borrower knows is owned 50 percent or more by any Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). 

“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by
(a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any
European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom. 
 “S&P” means Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency. 

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the
denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the applicable maximum reserve percentages (including any basic, marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the
Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those
imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from
time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. 

  
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 “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other similar entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock (or other equity) having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors, managers or similar governing body or management
of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock (or other equity) or any other class or classes of equity of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person. 

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Borrower; provided, however, that in all events the following Persons shall not be
deemed to be Subsidiaries of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries: Apache Offshore Investment Partnership, a Delaware general partnership, Apache Offshore Petroleum Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Main Pass 151 Pipeline Company,
a Texas general partnership, and Apache 681/682 Joint Venture, a Texas joint venture. 
 “Taxes” means any and all present
or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority. 
 “Term
Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Credit Exposure outstanding to all
Lenders as of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date; provided, however, that after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, there shall be no obligation to make Term Loans. 

“Term Loan Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of: 

(a) the date occurring one year after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date; 

(b) the date on which the Term Commitments are terminated in full or reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.6; and 

(c) the date on which the Term Commitments otherwise are terminated in full and reduced to zero pursuant to the terms of Sections 4.1,
8.2 or 8.3. 
 Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (b) or (c), the Term Commitments shall terminate automatically and
without any further action. 
 “Term Loan” means any loan made by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of
this Agreement on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. 
 “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and
performance by Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof. 

“2013 Financials” is defined in Section 4.1(d). 

  
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 “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the
rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (a Eurodollar Loan) or the Alternate Base Rate. 

“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America, its fifty states and the District of Columbia.

 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary. 

“USA Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001). 

“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. 

“Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA. 

SECTION 1.2 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by
Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
“Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”). 

SECTION 1.3 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. 
 SECTION 1.4 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that Borrower requests an amendment to
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any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower that the Required Lenders
request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. 

ARTICLE II 
 The Credits

 SECTION 2.1 The Facility; Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make
Loans to the Borrower described in this Section 2.1. 
 (a) Revolving Loans. From time to time on or after the Effective
Date and prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, each Lender shall make Revolving Loans under this Section to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding such
Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Subject to the conditions herein, Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. 

(b) Term Loans. On the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (unless such date shall occur as a result of clause (b) of the
definition thereof) and upon receipt of a Notice of Term-Out no less than three (3) days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, each outstanding Revolving Loan will convert into a Term Loan of like amount. No amounts paid or
prepaid with respect to the Term Loan may be reborrowed; provided, however, that Term Loans may be converted and continued, at the election of Borrower, if not earlier prepaid, through the Maturity Date. Eurodollar Loans for which the
Interest Period shall not have terminated as of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall be continued as Eurodollar Loans for the applicable Interest Period and ABR Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans after the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date, unless Borrower shall have elected otherwise by delivery of a Borrowing Request. In accordance with Section 2.5, Borrower may elect to convert Borrowings pursuant to the Term Commitments into Borrowings of a different
Type or to continue such Borrowings and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor; provided that Borrower shall not be entitled to elect to convert or continue any Borrowings if the Interest Period requested
with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date. Any principal repayments received on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date for Revolving Loans not converted into Term Loans shall be applied first to ABR Loans and, after ABR Loans have
been paid in full, to Eurodollar Loans, unless Borrower shall have otherwise instructed the Administrative Agent in writing. Upon a Lender’s Revolving Loans being converted into Term Loans, such Lender shall have no further Commitment to make
additional Loans. 
 (c) Term-Out Fee. In the event that Borrower delivers a Notice of Term-Out pursuant to
Section 2.1(b), Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of Lenders, a term-out fee equal to 100 basis points on each Lender’s pro rata portion of the Borrowings which remain outstanding at the time of the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date, which term-out fee shall be paid by Borrower in immediately available funds by wire transfer to Administrative Agent on the date of delivery of the Notice of Term-Out. 

  
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 SECTION 2.2 Loans and Borrowings. 

(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any
other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. 
 (b) Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely
of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
 (c)
At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (including any continuation or conversion of existing
Loans made in connection therewith). At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (including any continuation or conversion of
existing Loans made in connection therewith); provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same
time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding. 
 (d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date. 

SECTION 2.3 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such
request (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2: 

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing; 

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; 

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 (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. 
 If no election as to the Type
of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing. 
 SECTION 2.4 Funding of Borrowings. 

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by
2:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts
so received, in like funds, to an account of Borrower designated by Borrower from time to time in a written notice to the Administrative Agent executed by two Authorized Officers of Borrower. 

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will
not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on the requested date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and
Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to Borrower to but excluding the date of payment
to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate or a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in
the case of Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Loans made in such Borrowing. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. 

SECTION 2.5 Interest Elections. 

(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request (or an ABR Borrowing if no Type is specified)
and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request (or one month if no Interest Period is specified). Thereafter, Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type
or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. Borrower may, subject to the requirements of Section 2.2(c), elect different options with
respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
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 (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.3 if Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.
Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by Borrower. 

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2:

 (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect
to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing); 

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day; 

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and 

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to
such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. 
 If any such Interest Election
Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. 

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of
such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. 
 (e) If Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect
to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (i) no
outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid and provided the Indebtedness has not been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.3, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to
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 SECTION 2.6 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. 

(a) The Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Term Commitments
shall terminate on the Maturity Date. 
 (b) Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that
(i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent
prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.8, the sum of the Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments. 

(c) Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under Section 2.9(b) at
least two Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the
contents thereof. Each notice delivered by Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments
shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments. 

SECTION 2.7 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. 

(a) Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount
of each Loan on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date on which the Commitment of such Lender relating to such Loan is terminated (except for termination of the Commitment of the assigning Lender pursuant to Section 10.4(b)). 

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. 

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type and
Class thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the
Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. 
 (d) The entries made in the accounts
maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain
such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

  
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 (e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by one or more promissory notes. In
such event, Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent). Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.4) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the
order of the payee named therein (or, if any such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns). 

SECTION 2.8 Prepayment of Loans. 

(a) Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in
accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section. 
 (b) Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided
that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.6, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in
accordance with Section 2.6. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount
that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.2. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10 and compensation for break funding, to the extent required by Section 2.13. 

SECTION 2.9 Fees. 

(a) Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender on a pro rata basis (based on Commitments) a facility fee
(the “Facility Fee”), which Facility Fee shall accrue at the Facility Fee Rate on the daily amount of the Commitments (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Maturity
Date; provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then such Facility Fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s Credit Exposure from and including the date
on which its Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Credit Exposure. Accrued Facility Fees shall be payable in arrears on the first Business Day of, April, July, October and January of each year, as
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commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that any Facility Fees accruing as of the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.
All Facility Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 

(b) Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed
upon between Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 
 (c) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of Facility Fees and commissions pursuant to Section 2.9(b), to the Lenders. Any and all fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances. 

SECTION 2.10 Interest. 

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest on the daily amount outstanding at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Base Rate
Margin. 
 (b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest on the daily amount outstanding at the Adjusted LIBO Rate
for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Eurodollar Margin. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per
annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to ABR Loans as provided in Section 2.10(a). 
 (d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Loans on the Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.10(d) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current
Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. 
 (e) Subject to
Section 10.12, all interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO
Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 

  
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 SECTION 2.11 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing: 
 (a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or 

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period; or 
 (c)
the Administrative Agent determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank dollar market generally, deposits in dollars in the London interbank dollar
market are not being offered for the applicable Interest Period and in an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Loan requested by Borrower; 
 then
the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan having the shortest Interest Period
which is not unavailable under Section 2.11(a) through Section 2.11(c), and if no Interest Period is available, as an ABR Borrowing, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan having the shortest Interest Period which is not unavailable under Section 2.11(a) through Section 2.11(c), and if no Interest Period is available, as an ABR Borrowing; provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted. 

SECTION 2.12 Increased Costs. 

(a) If any Change in Law shall: 

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or 

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made
by such Lender; 
 and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of
maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or
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 (b) If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level
below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. 

(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may
be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section (together with the calculation thereof) shall be delivered to Borrower and shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error. Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 
 (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant
to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. 

SECTION 2.13 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to
borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.8(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the
assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16 then, in any such event, Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the
loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest
which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current
Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such
period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth
any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive, together with the calculation thereof, pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to Borrower and to the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error. Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 

  
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 SECTION 2.14 Taxes. 

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for any Taxes; provided that if Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from such payments, then (i) Borrower shall make such deduction or withholding, (ii) Borrower shall pay the
full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after
making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or any Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deduction or withholding been made. 
 (b) In addition, Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
 (c) Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days
after written demand therefor, the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder
(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than any such penalties or
interest arising through the failure of the Administrative Agent or Lender to act as a reasonably prudent agent or lender, respectively), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

 (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.14,
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 (e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation. 

(i) Each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it
becomes a party to this Agreement two (2) duly completed and executed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax. 

  
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 (ii) Each Foreign Lender agrees that such Lender will deliver to Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two (2) duly completed and executed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, W-8 ECI
and/or W 8 IMY (together with any applicable underlying Internal Revenue Service withholding certificates that may be required) certifying in each case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments from the Borrower under the Loan Documents
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes. Such forms shall be delivered by each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date
such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent. Each Lender which so delivers a Form W-8 BEN, W-8 ECI or W-8 IMY further undertakes to deliver to
Borrower and the Administrative Agent two (2) additional executed originals of such form (or a successor form) on or before such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so
delivered by it and such amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably requested by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, in each case, certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments from Borrower under the
Loan Documents without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless (A) an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery
would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and (B) such Lender advises Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
it is not capable of receiving such payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax. Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. 

(iii) In addition to the applicable United States Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.14(e)(ii), each Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code shall deliver a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a
“bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign
corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code. 

  
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 (iv) If a payment made to a Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Loan
Document would be subject to United States federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or the Administrative Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in
Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by
Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or the Administrative Agent has complied with the obligations of such Lender or the Administrative
Agent under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.14(e)(iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. 

SECTION 2.15 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. 

(a) Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees,
or of amounts payable under Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. All such payments shall be
made to the Administrative Agent, 1615 Brett Road, Ops III New Castle, Delaware 19720, Attention: Global Loans Agency Operations, telephone no.: (302) 323-2478, facsimile no.: (646) 274-5080, e-mail: agencyabtfsupport@citi.com,
except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.14 and 10.3 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment
accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars. 

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest
and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such
parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties. If insufficient funds are received due to
Borrower’s entitlement to withhold amounts on account of Excluded Taxes in relation to a particular Lender, such insufficiency shall not be subject to this Section 2.15(b) but shall be withheld from and shall only affect payments
made to such Lender. 
 (c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect
of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the
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Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued
interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained
by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall
apply). Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation. 

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. 
 (e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment
required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.15(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for
the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated
account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion. 
 (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Defaulting Lender shall have
failed to fund a Loan forming any portion of a Borrowing (each such Loan, an “Affected Loan”), (i) each payment by Borrower on account of the interest on such Borrowing shall be distributed to each Lender that is not a
Defaulting Lender (each, a “Non-Defaulting Lender”) pro rata based on the outstanding principal amount of such Borrowing owing to all Non-Defaulting Lenders, and (ii) each prepayment of a Borrowing by Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.8 shall be distributed (x) to each Non-Defaulting Lender pro rata based on the outstanding principal amount of such Borrowing owing to all Non-Defaulting Lenders, until the principal amount of such Borrowing (other than
the Affected Loans) has been repaid in full and (y) to the extent of any remaining amount of such prepayment relating to such Borrowing, to each Lender which has amounts outstanding with respect to such Borrowing pro rata in accordance with
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 SECTION 2.16 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. 

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Applicable Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to
assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12
or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. 
 (b) If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 2.12, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund
Loans hereunder, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender hereunder, then Borrower may upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse or expense to, or warranty by, such Lender
(in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.4), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee designated by Borrower which meets the requirements of
Section 10.4(b) that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder,
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) the assignee and assignor shall have entered into an Assignment and Acceptance, and (iv) in
the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.

 SECTION 2.17 Currency Conversion and Currency Indemnity. 

(a) Payments in Agreed Currency. Borrower shall make payment relative to any Obligation in the currency (the
“Agreed Currency”) in which the Obligation was effected. If any payment is received on account of any Obligation in any currency (the “Other Currency”) other than the Agreed Currency (whether voluntarily or pursuant
to an order or judgment or the enforcement thereof or the realization of any security or the liquidation of Borrower or otherwise howsoever), such payment shall constitute a discharge of the liability of Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents in respect of such obligation only to the extent of the amount of the Agreed Currency which the relevant Lender or Agent, as the case may be, is able to purchase with the amount of the Other Currency received by it on the Business Day next
following such receipt in accordance with its normal procedures and after deducting any premium and costs of exchange. 

  
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 (b) Conversion of Agreed Currency into Judgment Currency. If, for the
purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount due in the Agreed Currency then the conversion shall be
made on the basis of the rate of exchange prevailing on the next Business Day following the date such judgment is given and in any event Borrower shall be obligated to pay the Agents and the Lenders any deficiency in accordance with
Section 2.17(c). For the foregoing purposes “rate of exchange” means the rate at which the relevant Lender or Agent, as applicable, in accordance with its normal banking procedures is able on the relevant date to purchase the
Agreed Currency with the Judgment Currency after deducting any premium and costs of exchange. 
 (c) Circumstances Giving
Rise to Indemnity. If (i) any Lender or any Agent receives any payment or payments on account of the liability of Borrower hereunder pursuant to any judgment or order in any Other Currency, and (ii) the amount of the Agreed Currency
which the relevant Lender or Agent, as applicable, is able to purchase on the Business Day next following such receipt with the proceeds of such payment or payments in accordance with its normal procedures and after deducting any premiums and costs
of exchange is less than the amount of the Agreed Currency due in respect of such obligations immediately prior to such judgment or order, then Borrower on demand shall, and Borrower hereby agrees to, indemnify and save the Lenders and the Agents
harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense arising out of or in connection with such deficiency. 
 (d) Indemnity
Separate Obligation. The agreement of indemnity provided for in Section 2.17(c) shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from all other obligations contained in this Agreement, shall give rise to a separate and
independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Lenders or Agents or any of them from time to time, and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in
respect of an amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order 
 SECTION 2.18 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender: 

(a) Fees shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.9. 

(b) the Commitment and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included (in either the calculation of aggregate Commitments,
outstanding Obligations or otherwise) in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to

  
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Section 10.2); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the
consent of such Lender as a Lender affected thereby pursuant to Section 10.2(b). 
 (c) Borrower may elect to replace any
Defaulting Lender in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(b). In the event that the Administrative Agent and Borrower each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a
Defaulting Lender, then the Credit Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment. 

ARTICLE III 
 Representations
and Warranties 
 In order to induce the Lenders and the Agents to enter into this Agreement and the Lenders to make Loans hereunder,
Borrower represents and warrants unto the Agents and each Lender as set forth in this Article III. 
 SECTION 3.1
Organization. Borrower is a corporation, and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity, in either case duly incorporated or otherwise properly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority, permits and approvals, and is in good standing to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted where the failure to so qualify would have
a Material Adverse Effect. 
 SECTION 3.2 Authorization and Validity. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of
this Agreement and each other Loan Document executed or to be executed by it, are within Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on behalf of it, and do not (a) contravene Borrower’s
certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents, as the case may be; (b) contravene any material contractual restriction, law or governmental regulation or court decree or order binding on or affecting Borrower or any Subsidiary;
or (c) result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien, not permitted by Section 7.1, on any of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s properties. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document executed by
Borrower will, on the due execution and delivery thereof, constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject as to enforcement only to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor rights generally and to general principles of equity. 

SECTION 3.3 Government Approval and Regulation. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body or other Person is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by Borrower of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment
company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 

  
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 SECTION 3.4 Pension and Welfare Plans. During the twelve-consecutive-month period
prior to the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the date of any Borrowing hereunder, no steps have been taken to terminate any Pension Plan, and no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan
sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan which would result in the incurrence by Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group of
any liability, fine or penalty in excess of $150,000,000. Neither Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has any contingent liability with respect to any post-retirement benefit under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation
coverage described in Part 6 of Title I of ERISA. 
 SECTION 3.5 Regulation U. Borrower is not engaged in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Loans will be used for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation U. Terms for which meanings are provided in Regulations U are
used in this Section with such meanings. 
 SECTION 3.6 Taxes. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has to the best knowledge
of Borrower after due investigation filed all tax returns and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing, except any such taxes or charges which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books or which the failure to file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

SECTION 3.7 Subsidiaries; Restricted Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.7 hereto contains an accurate list of all of the presently existing
Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Restricted Subsidiaries, of Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and the percentage of their respective capital stock
or, the revenue share attributable to the general and limited partnership interests, as the case may be, owned by Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Subsidiaries which are corporations
have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. 
 SECTION 3.8 No Default or Event of Default. As of
the Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default exists. 
 SECTION 3.9 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Borrower has
implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to achieve compliance by Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (acting in their capacity as such) with applicable
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all material respects. None of (i) Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) any director or
officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (iii) to the knowledge of Borrower, any employee or agent of Borrower or any Subsidiary (in each case, acting in their capacity as such), is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing, use of proceeds or
other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

Conditions 

SECTION 4.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the
conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.1. 
 (a) Resolutions and Officers Certificates. The Administrative Agent
shall have received from Borrower a certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Borrower as to (i) resolutions of its governing board, then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to be executed by it; (ii) the incumbency and signatures of those of its officers authorized to act with respect to this Agreement and each other Loan Document executed by it; and
(iii) its certificate of incorporation and bylaws; upon which certificates each Lender may conclusively rely until it shall have received a further certificate of an authorized officer of Borrower canceling or amending such prior certificate.

 (b) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received opinions, dated the Effective Date, addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the other Agents and all Lenders, from Thompson & Knight LLP, counsel to Borrower, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

(c) Closing Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received for its own account, or for the account of each Lender and
other Agent, as the case may be, all fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant hereto. 
 (d) Financial Statements. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower, stating that the audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for fiscal year 2013 (the “2013
Financials”) fairly present Borrower’s financial condition and results of operations and that prior to the Effective Date no material adverse change in the condition or operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
from that reflected in the 2013 Financials has occurred and is continuing. 
 (e) Environmental Warranties. In the ordinary course of
its business, Borrower conducts an ongoing review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it attempts to identify and evaluate associated
liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up or closure of properties presently or previously owned, any capital or operating expenditures required to achieve or maintain
compliance with environmental protection standards imposed by law or as a condition of any license, permit or contract, any related constraints on operating activities, including any periodic or permanent shutdown of any facility or reduction in the
level of or change in the nature of operations conducted thereat and any actual or potential liabilities to third parties, including employees, and any related costs and expenses). On the basis of this review, the Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate, signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower, stating that after such review Borrower has reasonably concluded that existing Environmental Laws are unlikely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or that Borrower has established
adequate reserves in respect of any required clean-up or other remediation. 

  
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 (f) Effectiveness Notice. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Effectiveness
Notice. 
 (g) Litigation. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower,
stating that no litigation, arbitration, governmental proceeding, Tax claim, dispute or administrative or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 

(h) Regulatory Requirements. The Administrative Agent on behalf of the various Lenders shall have received all documentation and other
information required by regulatory authorities with respect to Borrower under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules. 

(i) Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other instruments and documents as any of the Agents or their
counsel may have reasonably requested. 
 The Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower, the other Agents and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to
Section 10.2) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2014 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time). 

SECTION 4.2 All Loans. The obligation of each Lender to fund any Loan which results in an increase in the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans under this Agreement on the occasion of any Borrowing shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.2. 

(a) Compliance with Warranties and No Default. Both before and after giving effect to any Borrowing, the following statements shall be
true and correct: (1) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III shall be true and correct with the same effect as if then made (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have then occurred and be continuing. 

(b) Borrowings. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request for such Borrowing. 

  
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 ARTICLE V 

Affirmative Covenants 

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations shall have been paid in full and unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing, Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: 
 SECTION 5.1 Financial Reporting and
Notices. Borrower will furnish, or will cause to be furnished, to each Lender and the Administrative Agent copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information: 

 

	 	(a)	within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of Borrower, a copy of the audited annual report for such fiscal year for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including therein consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case certified (without qualification) by independent public accountants of
nationally recognized standing selected by Borrower; 

  

	 	(b)	within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015, unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending
with the end of such fiscal quarter, certified by an Authorized Officer of Borrower; 

  

	 	(c)	together with the financial statements described in (a) and (b), above a compliance certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, executed by an
Authorized Officer of Borrower; 

  

	 	(d)	within five (5) days after the occurrence of each Default, a statement of an Authorized Officer of Borrower setting forth details of such Default and the action which Borrower has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto; 

  

	 	(e)	promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all material public filings, reports and communications from Borrower, and all reports and registration statements which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange; 

  

	 	(f)	immediately upon becoming aware of the institution of any steps by Borrower or any other Person to terminate any Pension Plan, or the failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan if such failure is
sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA, or the taking of any action with respect to a Pension Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the requirement that Borrower furnish a bond or other security to the
PBGC or such Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event with respect to any Pension Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence by Borrower of any liability, fine or penalty in excess of $150,000,000, or any material
increase in the contingent liability of Borrower with respect to any postretirement Welfare Plan benefit, notice thereof; and 

  
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	 	(g)	such other information respecting the financial condition or operations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 may be delivered electronically and shall be deemed to have been so delivered on
the date (i) on which Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on its website (located on the date hereof at www.apachecorp.com) or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Borrower’s behalf on the website of the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission or on Debtdomain or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative
Agent); provided that, Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such document and the Administrative Agent shall in turn give the Lenders notice of such posting; and provided further that, if
requested by the Administrative Agent, the Compliance Certificate to be delivered under Section 5.1(c) shall also be delivered in a tangible, physical version or in.pdf format 

SECTION 5.2 Compliance with Laws. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with
all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders where noncompliance therewith may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

 SECTION 5.3 Maintenance of Properties. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, preserve, protect
and keep valid title to, or valid leasehold interest in, all of its properties and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of any nature whatsoever (including patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights), free and
clear of all Liens, charges or claims (including infringement claims with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights and the like) except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 and except for imperfections and other burdens of title
thereto as do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value thereof or for the use thereof in their businesses (taken as a whole). 

SECTION 5.4 Insurance. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained with
responsible insurance companies (subject to self-insured retentions) insurance with respect to its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts as is customary in the case of similar
businesses. 
 SECTION 5.5 Books and Records. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep books and records
which accurately reflect all of its business affairs and transactions and permit the Administrative Agent and the other Agents and each Lender through the Administrative Agent or any of their respective authorized representatives, during normal
business hours and at reasonable intervals, to visit all of its offices, to discuss its financial matters with its officers and to examine (and, at the expense of the Administrative Agent or such other Agent or Lender or, if a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, at the expense of Borrower, photocopy extracts from) any of its books or other records. 

  
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 SECTION 5.6 Use of Proceeds. Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, use
the proceeds of the Loans for Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ general corporate purposes. Borrower will not, directly, or to Borrower’s knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of any Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction
would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or the European Union or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions or applicable Anti-Corruption Laws by any Person
(including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise). 
 ARTICLE VI 

Financial Covenant 
 Until
the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations shall have been paid in full and unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: 

SECTION 6.1 Ratio of Total Debt to Capital. Borrower will not permit its ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the
consolidated Debt of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to (ii) Capital to be greater than 60% at the end of any fiscal quarter beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2014. 

ARTICLE VII 
 Negative Covenants

 Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and all Obligations have been paid in full and unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing, Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: 
 SECTION 7.1 Liens. Borrower will not, and
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon the Property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness of Borrower or any other Person except: 

 

	 	(i)	Liens on any property or assets owned or leased by Borrower or any Subsidiary existing at the time such property or asset was acquired (or at the time such Person became a Subsidiary); provided that in the case of the
acquisition of a Subsidiary such Lien only encumbers property or assets immediately prior to, or at the time of, the acquisition by Borrower of such Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(ii)	purchase money Liens so long as such Liens only encumber property or assets acquired with the proceeds of the purchase money indebtedness incurred in connection with such Lien; 

 

	 	(iii)	Liens granted by an Unrestricted Subsidiary on its assets to secure Indebtedness incurred by such Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

  
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	 	(iv)	Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary or Liens on assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary owing to Borrower, to a Restricted Subsidiary or to another Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(v)	Liens existing on the Effective Date set forth on Schedule 7.1; 

  

	 	(vi)	Liens arising under operating agreements; 

  

	 	(vii)	Liens reserved in oil, gas and/or mineral leases for bonus rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such leases; 

  

	 	(viii)	Liens pursuant to partnership agreements, oil, gas and/or mineral leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, delivery, purchase, exchange, or processing of oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbons,
unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, forward sales of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, and other agreements which are customary in the oil,
gas and other mineral exploration, development and production business and in the business of processing of gas and gas condensate production for the extraction of products therefrom; 

 

	 	(ix)	Liens on the stock or other ownership interests of or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(x)	Liens for taxes, assessments or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of business, that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested as set forth in Section 3.6; 

 

	 	(xi)	pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of worker’s compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age
pensions or other social security programs; 

  

	 	(xii)	Liens imposed by mandatory provisions of law such as for mechanics’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’, or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
that are not yet due and payable; 

  

	 	(xiii)	Liens in renewal or extension of any of the foregoing permitted Liens, so long as limited to the property or assets encumbered and the amount of Indebtedness secured immediately prior to such renewal or extension; and

  

	 	(xiv)	 in addition to Liens permitted by clauses (i) through (xiii) above, Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries if the
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shall in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute an agreement or acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that the Indebtedness subject to or secured by any such Lien
ranks (apart from the effect of any Lien included in or inherent in any such Liens) in priority to the Obligations. 

 SECTION
7.2 Mergers. Borrower will not liquidate or dissolve, consolidate with, or merge into or with, any other Person unless (a) Borrower is the survivor of such merger or consolidation, and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or would occur after giving effect thereto. 
 SECTION 7.3 Asset Dispositions. Borrower will not sell,
transfer, lease, contribute or otherwise convey, or grant options, warrants or other rights with respect to all or substantially all of its assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prohibit any transfer of any assets from any
Borrower to any Subsidiary of Borrower, from any Subsidiary of a Borrower to such Borrower or from a Subsidiary of Borrower to another Subsidiary of such Borrower. 

SECTION 7.4 Transactions with Affiliates. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, or cause,
suffer or permit to exist any arrangement or contract with any of its other Affiliates unless such arrangement or contract or group of arrangements or contracts, as the case may be, are conducted on an arms-length basis; provided, however, that this
Section shall not apply to Apache Offshore Investment Partnership, a Delaware general partnership, Apache Offshore Petroleum Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Main Pass 151 Pipeline Company, a Texas general partnership, and Apache
681/682 Joint Venture, a Texas joint venture. 
 SECTION 7.5 Restrictive Agreements. Borrower will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (excluding this Agreement, or any other Loan Document) limiting the ability of Borrower to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement which restricts or prohibits the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to Borrower by way of dividends, advances, repayments of loans or
advances, reimbursements of management and other intercompany charges, expenses and accruals or other returns on investments, or any other agreement or arrangement which restricts the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to make any payment,
directly or indirectly, to Borrower. 
 SECTION 7.6 Guaranties. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, guaranty any Indebtedness not included in the consolidated Debt of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount at any time exceeding $150,000,000. 

  
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 ARTICLE VIII 

Events of Default 

SECTION 8.1 Listing of Events of Default. Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 8.1
shall constitute an “Event of Default”: 
  

	 	(a)	Non-Payment of Obligations. Borrower shall default in the payment or prepayment when due of any principal of any Loan, or Borrower shall default (and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five
(5) Business Days) in the payment when due of any interest, fee or of any other obligation hereunder. 

  

	 	(b)	Breach of Warranty. Any representation or warranty of Borrower made or deemed to be made hereunder or in any other Loan Document or any other writing or certificate furnished by or on behalf of Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender for the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document is or shall be false or misleading when made in any material respect. 

 

	 	(c)	Non-Performance of Covenants and Obligations. Borrower shall default in the due performance and observance of any of its obligations under Section 7.2 or under Article VI. 

 

	 	(d)	Non-Performance of Other Covenants and Obligations. Borrower shall default in the due performance and observance of any other agreement contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and such default shall
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders. 

  

	 	(e)	Default on Other Indebtedness. A default shall occur in the payment when due (subject to any applicable grace period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any direct payment obligation of Borrower or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in any amount in excess of $150,000,000. 

  

	 	(f)	Pension Plans. Any of the following events shall occur with respect to any Pension Plan: (a) the termination of a Pension Plan if, as a result of such termination, Borrower or any member of its Controlled
Group could be required to make a contribution to such Pension Plan, or would reasonably expect to incur a liability or obligation to such Pension Plan, in excess of $150,000,000; or (b) a contribution failure occurs with respect to any Pension
Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA with respect to a liability or obligation in excess of $150,000,000. 

  

	 	(g)	 Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (a) become insolvent or generally fail to pay, or admit in
writing its inability or unwillingness to generally pay, debts as they become due; (b) apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for Borrower, or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or any substantial part of the property of any thereof, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (c) in the absence of such application, consent or acquiescence, permit or suffer to exist the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for Borrower, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or for a substantial part of the property of any thereof, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other

  
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custodian shall not be discharged within 60 days, provided that Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender to
appear in any court conducting any relevant proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Loan Documents; (d) permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt
arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and, if any such case or proceeding is not
commenced by Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or shall result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for 60 days
undismissed, provided that Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to appear in any court conducting any such case or proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and
defend their rights under the Loan Documents; or (e) take any corporate or partnership action authorizing, or in furtherance of, any of the foregoing. 

  

	 	(h)	Judgments. Any judgment or order for the payment of money in an amount of $150,000,000 or more in excess of valid and collectible insurance in respect thereof or in excess of an indemnity with respect thereto
reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders shall be rendered against Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and either (a) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or
(b) such judgment shall have become final and non-appealable and shall have remained outstanding for a period of 60 consecutive days. 

  

	 	(i)	Change in Control. Any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act) shall acquire beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act) of 33 1/3% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of Borrower. 

SECTION 8.2 Action if Bankruptcy. If any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(g) shall occur, the Commitments (if
not theretofore terminated) shall automatically terminate and the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all other obligations hereunder shall automatically be and become immediately due and payable, without notice or demand.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to exercise any and all other remedies available to them under the Loan Documents and applicable law. 

SECTION 8.3 Action if Other Event of Default. If any Event of Default (other than any Event of Default described in
Section 8.2) shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the direction of the Required Lenders, shall by notice to Borrower declare all of the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans and all other obligations hereunder to be due and payable and the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be terminated, whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and 

  
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other obligations shall be and become immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment, and the Commitments shall terminate. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to exercise any and all other remedies available to them under the Loan Documents and applicable law. 

ARTICLE IX 
 Agents 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Citi as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as
Co-Syndication Agents, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Co-Documentation Agents and authorizes each such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such
Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 
 Any bank serving as an Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage
in any kind of business with Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. 
 The Agents shall
not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has
occurred and is continuing (the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Agents is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of
any applicable law; rather, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) each Agent shall not have any duty to take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, each Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Each Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by Borrower or a Lender, and such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or
inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or
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Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. None of the Persons identified on the facing page of this Agreement
as the “Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners” (the “Arrangers”), the Co-Documentation Agents or the Co-Syndication Agents shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document other than, except in the case of the Arrangers, those applicable to all Lenders as such. 
 The
Administrative Agent and the other Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent and the other Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent and the other Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. 
 Any Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of such Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of
the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement
of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party to the Lenders in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties
(collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Lender or its Affiliates for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses
(whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. 

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and Borrower. If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent. Upon any such resignation or removal, Borrower shall have the right, in consultation with the Required Lenders, to appoint one of the Lenders as a
successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on
behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring 

  
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Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such
retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 ARTICLE X 
 Miscellaneous

 SECTION 10.1 Notices. 

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices
and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows: 

(i) if to Borrower, to: 
  

			
	 Apache Corporation
 2000 Post Oak
Boulevard, Suite 100
 Houston, Texas 77056-4400

	 Attention:
  

Telephone:
 Facsimile:
	  	 Matthew W. Dundrea
 Senior Vice
President–Treasury and Administration
 (713) 296-6640

(713) 296-6458

 with a copy to: 

 

			
	 Assistant Treasurer
 Apache
Corporation
 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100
 Houston, Texas
77056-4400

	 Telephone:
 Facsimile:
	  	 (713) 296-6642
 (713) 296-6477

  
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 and with copy to: 

 

			
	 Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Apache Corporation
 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77056-4400

	 Telephone:
 Facsimile:
	  	 (713) 296-6204
 (713) 296-6458

 (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to: 

 

			
	 Citibank, N.A.
 Agency
Operations
 1615 Brett Road, Ops III
 New Castle, Delaware
19720

	 Attention:
 Telephone:

Facsimile:
 Email:
	  	 Agency
 (302) 323-2478

(646) 274-5080
 agencyabtfsupport@citi.com

 (iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) provided to the Administrative
Agent and Borrower or as set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. 
 (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other
communications between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices
pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. 

(c) Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by
notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall (i) if received by the recipient on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, be deemed
to have been given on the date of receipt or (ii) if received by the recipient after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, be deemed to have been given on the day following the date of receipt. 

(d) Platform. Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined
below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”). “Communications” means, collectively,
any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform. 

  
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 SECTION 10.2 Waivers; Amendments. 

(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective except in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a
waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. 

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Borrower and the Required Lenders or by Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment
of any Lender or the Commitments without the written consent of such Lender or each Lender, respectively, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Sections 2.15(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, or (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof or thereof specifying the number
or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such
agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. 

SECTION 10.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. 

(a) Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Arrangers and the Agents, including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for the Agents or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder,
including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or this Agreement. 

  
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 (b) Borrower shall indemnify the Agents, the Arrangers and each Lender, and each Related
Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”), WHETHER OR NOT RELATED TO ANY NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE, against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions
contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (i) resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (ii) arise in connection with any issue in litigation commenced by Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries against any Indemnitee for which a final judgment is entered in favor of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries against such Indemnitee. 

(c) To the extent that Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent. 

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, and
(ii) Agents and Lenders shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against Borrower, in each case on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of,
in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any Loan Document), the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof, except for any such claim
arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or the Borrower, as applicable; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity obligations with
respect to claims asserted by Persons (other than the Agents and the Lenders) to the extent set forth in this Section 10.3. 

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after written demand therefor. 

  
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 SECTION 10.4 Successors and Assigns. 

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Borrower without such
consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 

(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) Borrower must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) the
Administrative Agent must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent) shall be in increments of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 unless each of Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iv) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of
$3,500, and (vi) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be
required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1 has occurred and is continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder
shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 10.3). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender
of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph
(e) of this Section. 
 (c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its
offices in The City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person

  
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whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. 
 (d) Upon
its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the
information contained therein in the Register and will provide prompt written notice to Borrower of the effectiveness of such Assignment. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this paragraph. 
 (e) Any Lender may, without the consent of Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or
more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (iv) if such Participant is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender,
such Lender shall have given notice to Borrower of the name of the Participant and the amount of such participation. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the
sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant,
agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the first proviso to Section 10.2(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.8 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(c) as though it were a Lender. 

(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless Borrower shall expressly agree otherwise in writing. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not
be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.14(e) as though it were
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 (g) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the
“Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a
Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, or other obligation is in registered form under
Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. 
 (h) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender to a Federal Reserve Bank or, in the case of a Lender organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, a comparable Person, and this Section shall
not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such
Lender as a party hereto. 
 (i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no assignments or participations shall be made to any
Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries, any Defaulting Lender or to any natural person, or to any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause. 

SECTION 10.5 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by Borrower herein and in the certificates
or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any
credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 10.3 and Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. 

SECTION 10.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties
hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided
in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures
of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 

  
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 SECTION 10.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

SECTION 10.8 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Obligations of Borrower shall
have been accelerated, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against any of and all the obligations of Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or
not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such
Lender may have. 
 SECTION 10.9 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. 

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

(b) BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR
FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE AGENTS OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

  
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 (c) BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY
AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH (b) OF
THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT. 

(d) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN
OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. 

SECTION 10.10 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. 

SECTION 10.11 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents (acting in their capacity as such), advisors and other representatives (it
being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory or
self-regulatory authority reasonably purporting to have jurisdiction over it, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any
rating agency to the extent required by it, or (iii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization to the extent required by it in connection with this Agreement, (g) with the consent of the Borrower, or (h) to the extent such
Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by any Person or (y) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source
other than the Borrower. Prior to disclosing any Information under clause (c) above, the Agent or Lender required to make such disclosure shall make a good faith effort to give Borrower prior notice of such proposed disclosure to permit
Borrower to attempt to obtain a protective order or other appropriate injunctive relief. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
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Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided
in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information. 
 SECTION 10.12 Interest Rate Limitation. It is the intention of the parties hereto to conform strictly to
applicable interest, usury and criminal laws and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of Borrower to a Lender or any Agent under this Agreement shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be
required to the extent that receipt thereof would be contrary to provisions of law applicable to such Lender or Agent limiting rates of interest which may be charged or collected by such Lender or Agent. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated
hereby would be illegal, unenforceable, usurious or criminal under laws applicable to a Lender or Agent (including the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Lender or Agent notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document but subject to Section 2.10 hereof) then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is agreed as follows: 

(i) the provisions of this Section shall govern and control; 

(ii) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under applicable law that is contracted for, taken,
reserved, charged or received under this Agreement, or under any of the other aforesaid agreements or otherwise in connection with this Agreement by such Lender or Agent shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount of interest allowed by
applicable law (such maximum lawful interest rate, if any, with respect to each Lender and the Agent herein called the “Highest Lawful Rate”), and any excess shall be cancelled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited
to Borrower by such Lender or Agent (or, if such consideration shall have been paid in full, such excess refunded to Borrower); 

(iii) all sums paid, or agreed to be paid, to such Lender or Agent for the use, forbearance and detention of the indebtedness
of Borrower to such Lender or Agent hereunder or under any Loan Document shall, to the extent permitted by laws applicable to such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such
indebtedness until payment in full so that the actual rate of interest is uniform throughout the full term thereof; 
 (iv)
if at any time the interest provided pursuant to this Section or any other clause of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with any other fees or compensation payable pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and deemed
interest under laws applicable to such Lender or Agent, exceeds that amount which would have accrued at the Highest Lawful Rate, the amount of interest and any such fees or compensation to accrue to such Lender or Agent pursuant to this Agreement
shall be limited, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to that amount which would have accrued at the Highest Lawful Rate, but any subsequent reductions, as applicable, shall not reduce the interest
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such Lender or Agent pursuant to this Agreement below the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest accrued pursuant to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may
be, and such fees or compensation deemed to be interest equals the amount of interest which would have accrued to such Lender or Agent if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest provided pursuant to any other relevant Section hereof (other
than this Section), as applicable, had at all times been in effect, plus the amount of fees which would have been received but for the effect of this Section; and 

(v) with the intent that the rate of interest herein shall at all times be lawful, and if the receipt of any funds owing
hereunder or under any other agreement related hereto (including any of the other Loan Documents) by such Lender or Agent would cause such Lender to charge Borrower a criminal rate of interest, the Lenders and the Agents agree that they will not
require the payment or receipt thereof or a portion thereof which would cause a criminal rate of interest to be charged by such Lender or Agent, as applicable, and if received such affected Lender or Agent will return such funds to Borrower so that
the rate of interest paid by Borrower shall not exceed a criminal rate of interest from the date this Agreement was entered into. 

SECTION 10.13 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself
and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and
address of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. 

SECTION 10.14 NO FIDUCIARY DUTY. Each Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this
paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Borrower and/or its Affiliates. Each Borrower agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency
relationship or fiduciary duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Borrower or its Affiliates, on the other. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of
rights and remedies thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other, and (ii) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (x) no
Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Borrower or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) (irrespective of whether any
Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Borrower or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Borrower except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Agent and Lender is
acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Borrower or its Affiliates. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is
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 SECTION 10.15 NO ORAL AGREEMENTS. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	APACHE CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew W. Dundrea

	Name:	 	Matthew W. Dundrea
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President–Treasury and
		 	Administration

  
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	CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Vondriska

	Name:	 	Michael Vondriska
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Alia Qaddum

	Name:	 	Alia Qaddum
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Debra Hrelja

	Name:	 	Debra Hrelja
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steve Ray

	Name:	 	Steve Ray
	Title:	 	Authorised Signatory

  
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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Barry Parks

	Name:	 	Barry Parks
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James V. Ducote

	Name:	 	James V. Ducote
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  
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	BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ann Rhoads

	Name:	 	Ann Rhoads
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Julien Pecoud-Bouvet

	Name:	 	Julien Pecoud-Bouvet
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	CREDIT AGRICOLE, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Willis

	Name:	 	Michael Willis
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sharada Manne

	Name:	 	Sharada Manne
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  
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	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rebecca Kratz

	Name:	 	Rebecca Kratz
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steven Smith

	Name:	 	Steven Smith
	Title:	 	Director
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	MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leon Mo

	Name:	 	Leon Mo
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Don J. McKinnerney

	Name:	 	Don J. McKinnerney
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Diego Medina

	Name:	 	Diego Medina
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Beltrame

	Name:	 	Paul Beltrame
	Title:	 	Associate Vice President

  
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	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ J. Frazell

	Name:	 	J. Frazell
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sherwin Brandford

	Name:	 	Sherwin Brandford
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ DeVon J. Lang

	Name:	 	DeVon J. Lang
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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 Exhibit 10-b-2 

NORDSON CORPORATION 

2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 

Effective January 1, 2005 

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009) 

Purpose 
 The
purpose of this 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, established effective as of January 1, 2005 and amended and restated effective January 1, 2009, is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated
Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development, and future business success of Nordson Corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA. This Plan applies to compensation earned, deferred, or vested on and after January 1, 2005; the Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 3, 2000, as amended on January 22, 2003, and as in effect
on October 3, 2004 (the “2000 Plan”), applies to compensation earned, deferred, and vested on or before December 31, 2004. No provisions of this Plan shall alter, affect, or amend any provisions of the 2000 Plan applicable to
compensation earned, deferred, and vested on or before December 31, 2004. 
 ARTICLE 1 

Definitions 
 For
purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings: 
  

	1.1	“Account Balance” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the records of the Company equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral Account balance, (ii) the LTIP Deferral Account balance,
(iii) the vested Company Contribution Account balance, and (iv) the Unilateral Committee Contribution Account balance. The Account Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized
solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan. 

  

	1.2	“Annual Company Contribution Amount” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5. 

 

	1.3	 “Annual Installment Method” shall be an annual installment payment over the number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with
this Plan, calculated as follows: (i) for the first annual installment, the vested Account Balance of the Participant shall be calculated as of the close of business on (a) the last business day of the Plan Year in which the Participant
Retires or is deemed to have Retired in accordance with Section 8.1, or (b) the date on which the Participant experiences a Separation from Service or is deemed to 

  
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have experienced a Separation from Service in accordance with Section 8.1, and (ii) for remaining annual installments, the vested Account Balance of the Participant shall be calculated
on every applicable anniversary of (a) the last business day of the Plan Year in which the Participant Retires or is deemed to have Retired in accordance with Section 8.1, or (b) the date on which the Participant experiences a
Separation from Service or is deemed to have experienced a Separation from Service in accordance with Section 8.1. Each annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is the remaining number of annual payments due the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant elects a ten (10) year Annual Installment Method, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the vested Account Balance,
calculated as described in this definition. The following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the vested Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. 

 

	1.4	“Base Salary” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding cash or stock-based incentive payments (whether discretionary or paid pursuant to a written plan) commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses,
non-monetary awards, fees, automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Salary shall be calculated before reduction for
compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the
Participant’s gross income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) of the Code pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there
been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Employee. 

  

	1.5	“Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a
Participant. 

  

	1.6	“Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee or its designee to designate one or more
Beneficiaries. 

  

	1.7	“Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company. 

  

	1.8	“Bonus” shall mean any compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year(s), whether or not paid in a calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form
W-2 for a calendar year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s written incentive compensation plans, excluding stock options, and restricted or performance stock. 

  
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	1.9	“Change in Control” shall mean an event described below occurring at any time after the date of the adoption of this Plan: 

(i) a report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or
any successor schedule, form, or report), each as promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, disclosing that any “person” (as the term “person” is used in Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) is or has become a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; 

(ii) The Company files a report or proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that
a Change in Control of the Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future pursuant to any then-existing contract or transaction; 

(iii) The Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation and, as a result thereof, securities representing less
than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation’s securities (or the securities of a parent corporation in case of a merger in which the surviving or resulting corporation becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
parent corporation) are owned in the aggregate by holders of the Company’s securities immediately before such merger or consolidation; 

(iv) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold in a single transaction or a series of related transactions
to a single purchaser or a group of affiliated purchasers; or 
 (v) during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals
who were Directors of the Company at the beginning of the period cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board unless the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, of more than one half of any new Directors of
the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors of the Company then still in office who were Directors of the Company at the beginning of the 24 month period. 

 

	1.10	“Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1. 

  

	1.11	“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time. 

  

	1.12	“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company or its designee. 

  

	1.13	“Company” shall mean Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation its corporate successors, the surviving corporation resulting from any merger of the Company and any other corporation or corporations and any
successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business. 

  

	1.14	 “Company Contribution Account” shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant’s Annual Company Contribution Amounts, plus
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applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Company Contribution Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Company Contribution Account. 

  

	1.15	“Deduction Limitation” shall mean the following described limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation
shall be applied to all distributions that are “subject to the Deduction Limitation” under this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to
a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Section 162(m) of the Code, then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire amount
of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan prior to a Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to
be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.9 below, even if such amount is being paid out in installments. The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant’s death) during the Participant’s first taxable year in which the Employer reasonably anticipates, or should reasonably anticipate, that if payment is made during such year, the deduction of
such payment will not be barred by the application of Section 162(m) of the Code or during the period beginning with the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service and ending on the later of the last day of the taxable year of the
Employer in which the Participant has a Separation from Service or the 15th day of the 3rd month following the Participant’s Separation from Service; provided however that where any scheduled payment to a particular Participant in the
Employer’s taxable year is delayed, the delay in payment will be treated as a subsequent deferral election (in accordance with Section 4.1 or 5.4) unless all scheduled payments to that Participant that could be delayed are so delayed; and
provided further however, that where the payment is delayed to a date on or after the Participant’s Separation from Service, the payment will be considered a payment upon a Separation from Service and for purposes of a Specified Employee,
subject to a six month delay (as described in Section 5.5 or 7.3). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made after a Change in Control. 

 

	1.16	“Deferral Account” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant’s Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all of the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that
relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account. 

 

	1.17	“Deferral Amount” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Base Salary and Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the
event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a Separation from Service prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event. 

  
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	1.18	“Disability” shall mean a period of disability during which a Participant (a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or
can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s Employer.

  

	1.19	“Disability Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8. 

  

	1.20	“Election Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to make an election under the Plan. 

 

	1.21	“Employee” shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer. 

  

	1.22	“Employer(s)” shall mean the Company and any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan
as a sponsor. 

  

	1.23	“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time. 

  

	1.24	“Excess Cash Compensation” shall mean, for any Plan Year, that portion of a Participant’s cash compensation relating to services performed during any Plan Year, including, without limitation, Base Salary,
Bonus or payments from any incentive plan (whether in cash or in kind), that the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines is in excess of the amount set forth in Section 162(m)(1) of the Code. For purposes of this Section 1.24, a
Participant’s cash compensation: (i) shall be calculated after reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of
any Employer and any amounts not otherwise included in the Participant’s gross income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) of the Code pursuant to plans established by any Employer; and (ii) shall not include any distributions
from this Plan. 

  

	1.25	“Fair Market Value,” with respect to a Nordson Stock as of any given day, shall mean the last reported closing price for a common share on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
System (“NASDAQ”) for that day or, if there was no sale of common shares so reported for that day, on the most recently preceding day on which there was such a sale. If Nordson Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on NASDAQ on any
given day, the Fair Market Value on that day will be as determined by the Committee. 

  

	1.26	 “LTIP Deferral Account” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant’s LTIP Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in
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provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant’s LTIP Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that
relate to his or her LTIP Deferral Account. 

  

	1.27	“LTIP Deferral Amount” shall mean that portion of any LTIP Payment that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3A for any one Plan Year. 

 

	1.28	“LTIP Payment” shall mean the amount that would otherwise be payable to a Participant for a Plan Year under the Nordson Corporation 2004 Long-Term Performance Plan (or any successor plan thereto).

  

	1.29	“NEST” shall mean the Nordson Corporation Employees’ Savings Trust Plan. 

  

	1.30	“Nordson Stock” shall mean the common shares of the Company or any other equity securities of the Company designated by the Committee. 

 

	1.31	“Participant” shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
Form, (iv) whose signed Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, and (v) who commences participation in the Plan. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant in the
Plan or have an account balance under the Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce. 

 

	1.32	“Plan” shall mean the Nordson Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009 and as further amended from time to time. 

 

	1.33	“Plan Year” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year. 

 

	1.34	“Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 6. 

  

	1.35	“Retirement”, “Retire(s)” or “Retired” shall mean, with respect to an Employee, Separation from Service for any reason other than death or Disability on or after the attainment of age
fifty-five (55). 

  

	1.36	“Retirement Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5. 

  

	1.37	 “Separation from Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations; provided that in
applying Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations, a Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s Employer and the Participant reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services the
Participant will perform for the Employers (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to less than 50% of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Employers (whether as an
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period of services performed for the Employers if the Participant has been providing services to the Employers for less than 36 months). In the event of a disposition of assets by the Company to
an unrelated person, the Company reserves the discretion to specify (in accordance with Section 1.409A-1(h)(4) of the Treasury Regulations) whether a Participant who would otherwise experience a Separation from Service with the Company and the
Employers as part of the disposition of assets will be considered to experience a Separation from Service for purposes of Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations. 

 

	1.38	“Termination Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7. 

  

	1.39	“Trust” shall mean one or more rabbi trusts established by the Company or an Employer in accordance with Article 15 of this Plan as amended from time to time. 

 

	1.40	“Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined
in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

  

	1.41	“Unilateral Committee Contribution Account” shall mean: (i) the sum of all of the Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all of
the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate
to his or her Unilateral Committee Contribution Account. 

  

	1.42	“Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6. 

ARTICLE 2 
 Selection,
Enrollment, Eligibility 
  

	2.1	Selection by Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to those employees of an Employer who (i) are officers or key employees of an Employer, (ii) received, or would have received
but for an election to defer compensation under this Plan and any other plan of the Company, from the Employer aggregate cash compensation for the prior Plan Year (or calendar year for purposes of the initial Plan Year) of not less than $100,000, or
such higher amount as the Committee may decide from time to time, and (iii) are, upon recommendation of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, approved for such participation by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

  

	2.2	Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation, each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all within 30 days
(or such shorter time as the Committee may determine) after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan. In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are
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	2.3	Eligibility; Commencement of Participation. Provided an Employee selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including
returning all required documents to the Committee within thirty (30) days (or such shorter time as the Committee may determine) after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan, that Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on
the first day of the month following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment requirements. If an Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the period required, that Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan
until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee of the required documents. 

  

	2.4	Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals. If the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees,
as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections.

 ARTICLE 3 

Deferral Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes 
  

	3.1	Minimum Deferrals. 

  

	 	(a)	Base Salary and Bonus. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Deferral Amount, a minimum of at least Five Thousand dollars ($5,000) between his Base Salary and Bonus. If an
election is made for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero. 

  

	 	(b)	Short Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the minimum Base
Salary and Bonus deferral shall be an amount equal to the minimum set forth above, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of complete months remaining in the Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12.

  

	3.2	Maximum Deferral. 

  

	 	(a)	Base Salary and Bonus. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Deferral Amount, Base Salary and/or Bonus up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral elected:

  

					
	 Deferral
	  	Maximum
Percentage	 
	 Base Salary
	  	 	100	% 
	 Bonus
	  	 	100	% 

  
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	 	(b)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the maximum Deferral Amount, with respect to Base
Salary shall be 100% of Base Salary paid for services to be performed after the date the Participant submits an Election Form to the Committee for acceptance and the maximum Deferral Amount with respect to Bonus shall be 100% of Bonus paid for
services performed after the date the Participant submits an Election Form to the Committee for acceptance. 

  

	3.3	Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form. 

  

	 	(a)	First Plan Year. In connection with a Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant
commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant, timely delivered
to the Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee. 

  

	 	(b)	Subsequent Plan Years. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, shall be
made by timely delivering to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made, or at such other time as the Committee may determine from time to time,
a new Election Form. If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year. 

  

	3.4	Withholding of Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the Base Salary portion of the Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from
time to time for increases and decreases in Base Salary. The Bonus portion of the Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself.

  

	3.5	 Annual Company Contribution Amount. For each Plan Year, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit any
amount it desires to any Participant’s Company Contribution Account under this Plan, which amount shall equal any Annual Company Contribution Amount for that Participant for that Plan Year. The amount so credited to a Participant may be smaller
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though one or more other Participants receive an Annual Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The Annual Company Contribution Amount described in this Section 3.5, if any, shall be
credited on a date or dates to be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. 

  

	3.6	Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount. For each Plan Year, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit any amount, including any Excess Cash Compensation, to a
Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Account under this Plan, which amount shall be the Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The amount so credited to a Participant may be smaller or larger
than the amount credited to any other Participant, and the amount credited to any Participant for a Plan Year may be zero, even though one or more other Participants receive a Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The
Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount described in this Section 3.6, if any, shall be credited on a date or dates to be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. 

 

	3.7	Investment of Trust Assets. The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the
assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement, including the disposition of Nordson Stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one or more investment vehicles designated by the Committee. 

 

	3.8	Vesting. 

  

	 	(a)	A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Account, LTIP Deferral Account and Unilateral Committee Contribution Account. A Participant shall vest in his or her Company Contribution Account in
accordance with the same vesting schedule as set forth in the NEST. 

  

	 	(b)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.8, in the event of a Change in Control, a Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is not
already vested in accordance with the above vesting schedules). 

  

	 	(c)	Notwithstanding subsection (a), the vesting schedule for a Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall not be accelerated to the extent that the Committee determines that such acceleration would cause the
deduction limitations of Section 280G of the Code to become effective. In the event that all of a Participant’s Company Contribution Account is not vested pursuant to such a determination, the Participant may request independent
verification of the Committee’s calculations with respect to the application of Section 280G of the Code. In such case, the Committee must provide to the Participant within 15 business days of such a request an opinion from a nationally
recognized accounting firm selected by the Participant (the “Accounting Firm”). If the Accounting Firm’s opinion is in agreement with the Committee’s determination, the opinion shall state that any limitation in the vested
percentage hereunder is necessary to avoid the limits of Section 280G of the Code and contain supporting calculations. The cost of such opinion shall be paid for by the Company. 

  
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	3.9	Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be
credited or debited to a Participant’s Account Balance in accordance with the following rules: 

  

	 	(a)	Allocation of Deferrals. A Participant, in connection with his or her deferral election made in accordance with Section 3.3(a) or 3.3(b) above, shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more
Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.9(c) below) (other than the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance for each business day thereof in which the
Participant commences participation in the Plan and continuing thereafter for each subsequent business day in which the Participant participates in the Plan. Thereafter, the Participant may (but is not required to) elect, either by submitting an
Election Form to the Committee that is accepted by the Committee or through any other manner approved by the Committee, to (i) add or delete one or more Measurement Fund(s) (excluding the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund) to be used to determine
the additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance, or (ii) add or delete one or more Measurement Fund(s), including the Nordson Stock Measurement Funds, to be used to change the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated
to each previously elected Measurement Fund, all in a manner permitted by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, any election made in accordance with this Section 3.9(a) to re-allocate any portion of his Deferral Amount to the
Nordson Stock Measurement Fund shall not be effective unless such election is completed during a window period, as specified by the Committee, during which the Participant is not in possession of any non-public material information.

  

	 	(b)	Proportionate Allocation. In making any election described in Section 3.9(a) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of five percentage points (5%), the percentage of
his or her Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his or her Account Balance). 

 

	 	(c)	Measurement Funds. For the purpose of determining amounts to be crediting or debited to the Participant’s Account Balance in accordance with this Article 3, reference shall be made to pre-determined
actual investments (each a “Measurement Fund”). The Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund(s), and shall maintain appropriate accounts with respect to each. Each such action will take
effect seven (7) days following the day on which the Committee gives Participants advance written notice of such change, provided, however, that prior to such date the prior restrictions of the Plan apply. 

  
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 The following funds shall be Measurement Funds under the Plan: 

 

	 	•	 	Equity Index Fund 

  

	 	•	 	Large Cap Value Fund 

  

	 	•	 	Large Cap Growth Fund 

  

	 	•	 	International Equity Index 

  

	 	•	 	Money Market Fund 

  

	 	•	 	Investment Contract Fund 

  

	 	•	 	Nordson Stock Measurement Fund 

 Amounts deferred or transferred by a Participant to the
Nordson Stock Measurement Fund shall be in the form of stock equivalent units (hereinafter referred to as “Stock Equivalent Units”), the number of which shall be determined by dividing the amount so deferred or transferred by the Fair
Market Value of Nordson Stock at the time the Participant’s compensation would otherwise have been paid to the Participant or the transfer is otherwise made, as the case may be. Dividends on the Stock Equivalent Units credited to a
Participant’s Nordson Stock Measurement Fund account shall be credited to the Participant’s Nordson Stock Measurement Fund account in the form of additional Stock Equivalent Units, based on the Fair Market Value of Nordson Stock on the
date the dividend is otherwise payable. 
  

	 	(d)	 Crediting or Debiting Method. The performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be determined by the
Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. A Participant’s Account Balance (whether or not vested, for purposes of making the adjustments described in this Section 3.9(d)) shall
be credited or debited on a schedule as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) a Participant’s Account Balance were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable
to such business day, as of the close of business on the business day, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of the Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any business day were invested in the Measurement Fund(s)
selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable to such business day, no later than the close of business on that business day after the day on which such amounts are actually deferred from the Participant’s Base Salary or Bonus
through reductions in his or her payroll, at the closing price on such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a Participant that decreases such Participant’s Account Balance ceased being invested in the Measurement Fund(s), in the
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date. The Participant’s Company Contributions Amount shall be credited to his or her Company Contribution Account for purposes of this Section 3.9(d) as of the date(s) determined by the
Company, in its sole discretion. The Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount shall be credited to his or her Unilateral Committee Contribution Account for purposes of this Section 3.9(d) as of the date(s) determined by the
Company, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, adjustments shall be made each day to the portion of a Participant’s Account Balance which is expressed in Stock Equivalent Units
to reflect as of that date the number of additional Stock Equivalent Units resulting from additional deferrals allocated by the Participant to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, transfer allocations by the Participant to the Nordson Stock
Measurement Fund, dividend credits to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, and distributions to the Participant that decrease the portion of such Participant’s Account Balance reflected by Stock Equivalent Units. 

 

	 	(e)	No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s
election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Account Balance shall not be considered or
construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company or the trustee of the Trust, in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement
Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his
or her behalf by the Company or the Trust; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company. 

  

	 	(f)	Special Rules for Nordson Stock Measurement Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan that may be construed to the contrary, an election to allocate deferrals to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund
may not be revoked and any amounts allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund by a Participant can never be reallocated to any other Measurement Fund(s) in this Plan. 

Moreover, no distribution of amounts allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund shall be made other than (i) on a fixed date more
than six months following the date of the Participant’s election with respect to Deferral Amounts originally allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, (ii) at the time and in the form of payment specified by the Participant with
respect to any Deferral Amount previously allocated to another Measurement Fund, but in no event earlier than six months and one day after the date of the Participant’s election with respect to Deferral Amounts originally allocated to another
Measurement Fund or (iii) automatically on an earlier date pursuant to the Plan on the Participant’s death, Disability while eligible to Retire, Retirement, or Separation from Service, 

  
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provided that in the event of Separation from Service other than due to Retirement, death or Disability, such amount shall be paid in a lump sum, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 7.2. Accordingly, the provisions of Sections 4.3 shall not be applicable to any portion of the Participant’s Account Balance allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, nor shall the provisions of Section 8.1 of this
Plan be applicable to any portion of the Participant’s Account Balance allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund in the case of a Participant suffering a Disability prior to the date he is eligible to Retire. 

Finally, when distribution is to be made of amounts allocated to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund, Stock Equivalent Units credited to the
Participant’s Account Balance shall be converted to the same number of Shares of Nordson Stock for distribution to the Participant. Except in the case of a fractional Stock Equivalent Unit, which shall be paid in cash, all distributions from
the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund shall be made only in the form of Nordson Stock. 
  

	3.10	FICA and Other Taxes. 

  

	 	(a)	Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year in which a Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base
Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Deferral Amount in order to
comply with this Section 3.10. 

  

	 	(b)	Company Contribution Amounts. When a Participant becomes vested in a portion of his or her Company Contribution Account, the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant’s Base
Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the vested portion of the Participant’s Company
Contribution Account in order to comply with this Section 3.10. 

  

	 	(c)	Unilateral Committee Contribution Amounts. When the Participant’s Employer(s) credits a Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount to a Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Account, the
Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant’s Base Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes. If necessary, the
Committee may reduce the Participant’s Unilateral Committee Contribution Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.10. 

  

	3.11	Distributions. The Participant’s Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other
taxes required to be withheld by the Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer and the trustee of the Trust. 

  
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 ARTICLE 3A 

LTIP Deferral Commitments/Crediting/Taxes 
  

	3A.1	LTIP Deferrals. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her LTIP Deferral Amount, an amount equal to a specified dollar amount or a specified percentage of the LTIP Payment that may
be payable to the Participant during such Plan Year. Such election must be made on an Election Form no later than the earlier of (a) six months before the end of the performance period to which the LTIP Payment relates or (b) the date of
the Participant’s Separation from Service. For the election to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the
Committee. 

  

	3A.2	Crediting/Debiting of LTIP Deferral Account Balances. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, a
Participant’s deferral election in accordance with Section 3A.1 shall be (a) an election to defer the LTIP Deferral Amount to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund and (b) an election to have additional amounts credited to his or
her LTIP Deferral Account in accordance with Section 3.9 as if the Participant had elected the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his or her LTIP Deferral Account. 

 

	3A.3	FICA and Other Taxes. On the Election Form completed in order to make an LTIP Deferral, the Participant shall elect to (i) have the amount of the LTIP Payment subject to the LTIP Deferral reduced by
the amount of FICA and other federal, state and local taxes due on the LTIP Payment thereby reducing the amount of the LTIP Deferral Amount by the sum of the FICA and other taxes due, (ii) if electing to defer less than 100% of the LTIP
Payment, have the amount of the LTIP Payment not subject to the LTIP Deferral reduced by the amount of FICA and other federal, state and local taxes due on the LTIP payment thereby authorizing deferral of the entire percentage of the LTIP Payment
elected, or (iii) pay the amount of FICA and other federal, state and local taxes due on the LTIP Payment to the Company via personal check on the date that the LTIP Payment would have otherwise been paid to the Participant thereby authorizing
deferral of the entire percentage of the LTIP Payment elected. 

 ARTICLE 4 

Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies; 

Withdrawal Election 
  

	4.1	 Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the
Participant may petition the Committee to receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant’s vested Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination
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Unforeseeable Financial Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the payout, after taking into account the extent to which such Unforeseeable Financial
Emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship). If, subject to the
sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of approval. The payment of any amount
under this Section 4.3 shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation. 

 ARTICLE 5 

Retirement Benefit 
  

	5.1	Retirement Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her vestd Account Balance. 

 

	5.2	Payment of Retirement Benefit. A Participant, in connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or
pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the sum of the Participant’s Account Balance under the Plan, the Participant’s benefit under the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan and the Participant’s benefit under any other nonqualified deferred Compensation arrangement that is aggregated with any portion of the Plan or the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan under Section 1.409A-1(e) of the Treasury Regulations as of the date payment would otherwise commence is less than or equal to the applicable dollar amount in effect on such date under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code,
payment of his or her Retirement Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum on December 31 of the calendar year in which occurs the Participant’s Separation from Service. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of
the Retirement Benefit with respect to the Base Salary, Bonus or LTIP Payment deferred pursuant to a particular Election Form, the election with respect to payment of the Retirement Benefit on the most recent previously filed Election Form shall
govern, provided however that if a Participant fails to make any election with respect to the payment of the Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall
commence, no later than 60 days after the last day of the Plan Year during which the Participant Retires. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. 

 

	5.3	Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit. If a Participant dies after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall
continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary over the remaining number of years and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived. In the event of the death of the
Participant and all of the Participant’s Beneficiaries prior to payment in full of the Participant’s Retirement Benefit, any remaining Retirement Benefit shall be paid to the estate of the last to die of the Participant and the
Participant’s Beneficiaries. 

  
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	5.4	Change in Time or Form of Payment. Notwithstanding the method of payment for the Retirement Benefit elected by a Participant pursuant to Section 5.2, the Participant may elect to change the time or
form of such payment at any time up to 12 months before the first scheduled payment; provided, however, that (a) any such election shall not be effective for at least 12 months following the date made; and (b) to the extent required by
Section 409A of the Code, as a result of any such change, payment or commencement of payment shall be delayed for 5 years from the date the first payment was scheduled to have been paid (taking into account any delay of commencement of payment
under Section 5.5 on account of a Participant’s status as a Specified Employee and any other delay in payment or commencement of payment on account of a Participant’s election to change the time and form of payment made on or after
January 1, 2009). 

 The form of payment elected in a subsequent election must be a lump sum or an Annual Installment
Method of 5, 10, or 15 years. 
  

	5.5	Limitation on Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Retirement Benefit of a Specified Employee of the Company, shall not be paid or commence to be paid
until the date that is six months following the date of such Specified Employee’s Retirement. On the date that payment is made or payments commence, the Participant shall receive payment of any amounts that would have otherwise been paid during
the six month delay but for the application of this Section 5.5. For purposes of this Section 5.5 and Section 7.5, Specified Employees shall be determined as of any date in accordance with the Nordson Corporation Policy for
determining Specified Employees. 

 ARTICLE 6  

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit 
  

	6.1	Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit equal to the Participant’s Account Balance if
the Participant dies before he or she Retires, experiences a Separation from Service or suffers a Disability. 

  

	6.2	Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. A Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made no later than 60 days after
the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant dies. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. 

  
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 ARTICLE 7  

Termination Benefit 
  

	7.1	Termination Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the Participant’s Account Balance if a Participant experiences a
Separation from Service prior to his or her Retirement, death or Disability. 

  

	7.2	Payment of Termination Benefit. If the sum of the Participant’s Account Balance under the Plan, the Participant’s benefit under the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan and the Participant’s benefit under any other nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement that is aggregated with any portion of the Plan or the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess Defined Contribution Retirement Plan under
Section 1.409A-1(e) of the Treasury Regulations at the time of his or her Separation from Service is less than or equal to the applicable dollar amount in effect on such date under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code, payment of his or her
Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum on December 31 of the calendar year in which occurs the Participant’s Separation from Service. If his or her Account Balance at such time is equal to or greater than that amount, the
Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years as elected by the Participant for the payment of the Retirement Benefit with respect to such amount. The lump sum payment shall be made,
or installment payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the Participant experiences the Separation from Service. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. 

 

	7.3	Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit. If a Participant dies after Separation from Service but before the Termination Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid Termination
Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary over the remaining number of years and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived. In the event of
the death of the Participant and all of the Participant’s Beneficiaries prior to payment in full of the Participant’s Termination Benefit, any remaining Termination Benefit shall be paid to the estate of the last to die of the Participant
and the Participant’s Beneficiaries. 

  

	7.4	Limitation on Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Termination Benefit of a Specified Employee of the Company, shall not be paid or commence to be paid
until the date that is six months following the date of such Specified Employee’s Separation from Service. On the date that payment is made or payments commence, the Participant shall receive payment of any amounts that would have otherwise
been paid during the six month delay but for the application of this Section 7.4. 

 ARTICLE 8  

Disability Benefit 
  

	8.1	 Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering a Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, be deemed to have experienced a
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Participant who is eligible to Retire to have Retired, as soon as practicable after such Participant is determined to be suffering a Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a
Disability Benefit equal to his or her Account Balance provided, however, that should the Participant otherwise have been eligible to Retire, he or she shall be paid in accordance with Article 5. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum no
later than 60 days after the date of the Participant’s Disability. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. 

ARTICLE 9 

Beneficiary Designation 
  

	9.1	Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a
Beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates. 

 

	9.2	Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent. A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its
designated agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to
time. If the Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Committee, must be signed by that Participant’s spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by
the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the
Committee prior to the Participant’s death. 

  

	9.3	Acknowledgment. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent. 

 

	9.4	No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior
to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Participant’s designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. 

 

	9.5	Doubt as to Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, if the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive
payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant’s Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee’s satisfaction.

  

	9.6	Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with
respect to the Participant. 

  
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 ARTICLE 10  

Leave of Absence 
  

	10.1	Paid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Participant’s Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer for purposes of military leave,
sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence and such period of leave does not exceed six months or if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Employer under an applicable statue or by contract, the Participant
shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Deferral Amount and LTIP Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3 and Section 3.3A. 

 

	10.2	Unpaid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Participant’s Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer for purposes of military
leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence and such period of leave does not exceed six months or if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Employer under an applicable statue or by contract, the
Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused from making deferrals until the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining
portion of the Plan Year in which the return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld. 

ARTICLE 11  

Termination, Amendment or Modification 
  

	11.1	Termination. Although the Company anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that the Company will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan
at any time in the future. Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees as permitted by Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) of the Treasury Regulations or as
otherwise may be permitted by future Regulations or other guidance under Section 409A of the Code, by action of the Committee. 

  

	11.2	 Amendment. The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part by the action of the Committee; provided, however,
that: (i) no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a Participant’s Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced
a Separation from Service as of the effective date of the amendment or modification or, if the amendment or modification occurs after the date upon which the Participant was eligible to Retire, the Participant had Retired as of the effective date of
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this Section 11.2 or Section 12.2 of the Plan shall be effective. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to
the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification. The Company specifically reserves the right to amend the Plan to conform the provisions of the Plan to the guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury with
respect to Section 409A of the Code, in accordance with such guidance. 

  

	11.3	Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his or her designated
Beneficiaries under this Plan. 

 ARTICLE 12  

Administration 
  

	12.1	Committee Duties. This Plan will be administered by the Committee. The Committee will, subject to the terms of this Plan, have the authority to: (i) approve for participation employees who are
recommended for participation by the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (ii) adopt, alter, and repeal administrative rules and practices governing this Plan, (iii) interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan, and
(iv) otherwise supervise the administration of this Plan. All decisions by the Committee will be made with the approval of not less than a majority of its members. The Committee may delegate any of its authority to any other person or persons
that it deems appropriate, provided the delegation does not cause this Plan or any awards granted under this Plan to fail to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, or, if applicable, to meet the requirements of the regulations under
Section 162(m) of the Code. 

  

	12.2	 Administration Upon Change In Control. For purposes of this Plan, the Company shall be the “Administrator” at all times prior
to the occurrence of a Change in Control. Upon and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the “Administrator” shall be an independent third party selected by the trustee of the Trust and approved by the individual who, immediately
prior to such event, was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or, if not so identified, the Company’s then highest ranking officer (the “Ex-Chief Executive Officer”). The Administrator
shall have the discretionary power to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration of the Plan and the interpretation of the Plan and Trust including, but not limited to benefit entitlement determinations; provided, however,
upon and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall have no power to direct the investment of Plan or Trust assets or select any investment manager or custodial firm for the Plan or Trust. Upon and after the occurrence of a
Change in Control, the Company must: (1) pay all reasonable administrative expenses and fees of the Administrator; (2) indemnify the Administrator against any costs, expenses and liabilities including, without limitation, attorney’s
fees and expenses arising in connection with the performance of the Administrator hereunder, except with respect to matters resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrator or its employees or agents; and
(3) supply full and timely information to the Administrator or all matters relating to the Plan, the Trust, the Participants and their Beneficiaries, the Account Balances of the Participants, the date of circumstances of the Retirement,
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or Separation from Service of the Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Administrator may reasonably require. Upon and after a Change in Control, the Administrator may be
terminated (and a replacement appointed) by the trustee of the Trust only with the approval of the Ex-Chief Executive Officer. Upon and after a Change in Control, the Administrator may not be terminated by the Company. 

 

	12.3	Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed
representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer. 

  

	12.4	Binding Effect of Decisions. All decisions by the Committee, and by any other person or persons to whom the Committee has delegated authority, shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons
having any interest in the Plan. 

  

	12.5	Indemnity of Committee. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, and the Administrator against any
and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Committee, any of its members, any such Employee or the Administrator.

  

	12.6	Employer Information. To enable the Committee and/or Administrator to perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee and/or Administrator, as
the case may be, on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Separation from Service of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee
or Administrator may reasonably require. 

 ARTICLE 13 

Other Benefits and Agreements 
  

	13.1	Coordination with Other Benefits. The benefits provided for a Participant and Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any
other plan or program for employees of the Participant’s Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided. 

ARTICLE 14  

Claims Procedures 
  

	14.1	 Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below
as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the
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Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination
desired by the Claimant. 

  

	14.2	Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing: 

 

	 	(a)	that the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or 

  

	 	(b)	that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

  

	 	(i)	the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it; 

  

	 	(ii)	specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based; 

  

	 	(iii)	a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and 

 

	 	(iv)	an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 14.3 below. 

  

	14.3	Review of a Denied Claim. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized
representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized
representative): 

  

	 	(a)	may review pertinent documents; and/or 

  

	 	(b)	may submit written comments or other documents. 

  

	14.4	Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless special circumstances
require additional time, in which case the Committee’s decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:

  

	 	(a)	specific reasons for the decision; 

  

	 	(b)	specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based; and 

  

	 	(c)	such other matters as the Committee deems relevant. 

  

	14.5	Legal Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any
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 ARTICLE 15 

Trust 
  

	15.1	Establishment of the Trust. The Company may establish one or more Trusts to which the Company may transfer such assets as the Company determines in its sole discretion to assist in meeting its obligations
under the Plan. 

  

	15.2	Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the Plan shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the
rights of the Company, Participants and the creditors of the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. 

  

	15.3	Distributions From the Trust. Each Employers obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the
Company’s obligations under this Plan. 

  

	15.4	Stock Transferred to the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or the Trust, any Stock transferred to the Trust in accordance with Section 3.7 may not be otherwise distributed or
disposed of by the Trustee until at least 6 months after the date such Stock is transferred to the Trust. 

 ARTICLE 16 

 Miscellaneous 
  

	16.1	Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and that “is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the
purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent
possible in a manner consistent with that intent. 

  

	16.2	Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the Company or an
Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of the Company’s or an Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Company or an Employer, respectively. The
Company’s or an Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. 

  
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	16.3	Employer’s Liability. An Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan. An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as
expressly provided in the Plan. 

  

	16.4	Nonassignability. Except in the case of a domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute,
sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are
expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. Except in the case of a domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, no part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to
seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any
other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a property settlement or otherwise. 

  

	16.5	Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and the Participant, either expressed or implied. Such
employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “at will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written
employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

  

	16.6	Furnishing Information. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be
requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary. 

 

	16.7	Terms. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the
singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. 

 

	16.8	Captions. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

  

	16.9	Governing Law. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

  
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	16.10	Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address
below: 

 Robert E. Veillette 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 

Nordson Corporation 
 28601 Clemens
Road 
 Westlake, Ohio 44145 

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the
receipt for registration or certification. 
 Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall
be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant. 
  

	16.11	Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.

  

	16.12	Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by
such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession. 

  

	16.13	Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and
enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein. 

  

	16.14	Incompetent. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of
that person’s property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority,
incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and
shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount. 

  

	16.15	Court Order. The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan or the Committee has been named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a
spouse or former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, notwithstanding any
election made by a Participant, to immediately distribute the spouse’s or former spouse’s interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former spouse. 

  
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	16.16	Insurance. The Company, on its own behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in its sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and in
such forms as the Trust may choose. The Company or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at
the request of the Company shall submit to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Company has applied for insurance. 

 

	16.17	Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control. The Company is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board or a shareholder of the Company, or of any successor corporation might
then cause or attempt to cause the Company, or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and might cause or attempt to cause the Company to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the
benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose of the Plan could be frustrated. Accordingly, if, within the first five (5) years following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company or any
successor corporation has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other
legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes such Participant to retain counsel of his or her choice at the expense of the Company to
represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or any director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company or any successor
thereto in any jurisdiction. The Company’s reimbursement of the Participant’s legal fees and expenses pursuant to this Section 16.17 shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
such legal fees are incurred. The amount of legal fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement during any calendar year shall not affect the amount of legal fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement during any other calendar year, and the right
to reimbursement shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 

  

	16.18	 Permissible Accelerations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in accordance with
Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) of the Treasury Regulations, the Company may, in its sole discretion, cause payments to or on behalf of a Participant to be accelerated (i) to the extent necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in
Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, (ii) to the extent necessary for any Federal officer or employee in the executive branch to comply with an ethics agreement with the Federal government, (iii) to the extent reasonably necessary to
avoid the violation of an applicable Federal, state, local, or foreign ethics law or conflicts of interest law (including where such payment is reasonably necessary to permit the Participant or Beneficiary to participate in

  
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activities in the normal course of his or her position in which a Participant or Beneficiary would otherwise not be able to participate under an applicable rule); (iv) to pay FICA taxes on
any amounts deferred under the Plan and any state, local or foreign income tax withholding related to such FICA tax, (v) at any time the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder; provided however that the amount of the accelerated payment may not exceed the amount required to be included as a result of the failure to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;
(vi) where the acceleration of the payment is made pursuant to a termination and liquidation of the Plan in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) of the Treasury Regulations; (vii) to reflect payment of state, local or foreign
tax obligations arising from participation in the Plan that apply to the amount deferred under the Plan before the amount is paid or made available to the Participant or Beneficiary; provided such payment may not exceed the amount of such taxes due
as a result of participation in the Plan; (viii) as satisfaction of a debt of the Participant or Beneficiary to the Company in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xiii) of the Treasury Regulations and (ix) where such payment occurs
as a part of a settlement between the Participant or the Beneficiary and the Company of an arm’s length, bona fide dispute as to the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s right to the deferred amount. 

 

	16.19	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Plan is intended to provide for the deferral of compensation in accordance with Section 409A of the Code for compensation earned, vested, or deferred
after December 31, 2004. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan or any Election Form to the contrary, no otherwise permissible election under the Plan shall be given effect that would result in the taxation of any amount under
Section 409A of the Code. To the extent permitted in guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, Participants were permitted to terminate participation in the Plan or cancel
an election with respect deferral elections made under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005. 

  

	16.20	Transition Elections. Notwithstanding any other elections made hereunder and only to the extent permitted by the Company and transition rules issued under Section 409A of the Code, through such dates
as specified by the Company pursuant to transitional guidance issued under Section 409A of the Code, Participants have been permitted to make one or more elections as to the time and form of payment of their Account Balance under the Plan to be
paid in cash and one or more elections as to the time and form of payment of their Account Balance to be paid in Nordson Stock, provided that (a) any such elections made during 2005 were only available for amounts that were payable after the
2005 calendar year and could not accelerate any payments into the 2005 calendar year, (b) any such elections made during 2006 were only available for amounts that were payable after the 2006 calendar year and could not accelerate any payments
into the 2006 calendar year, (c) any such elections made during 2007 were only available for amounts that were payable after the 2007 calendar year and could not accelerate any payments into the 2007 calendar year, and (d) any such
elections made during 2008 were only available for amounts that were payable after the 2008 calendar year and could not accelerate any payments into the 2008 calendar year. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document on
            , 2008. 
  

			
	NORDSON CORPORATION
	
	Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation
		
	By:	 	  

		
	Title:	 	  

  
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