Document:

EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 

APACHE CORPORATION 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION PLAN 

As Amended and Restated July 16, 2014, Effective as of July 1, 2014 

PURPOSE 
 The purpose of the
Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to set forth certain of the compensation arrangements for members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Apache Corporation
(“Apache”) who are not also employees of Apache (“Non-Employee Directors”). The Plan does not supersede or amend in any way any other arrangements relating to Non-Employee Directors including specifically, without
limitation, the Outside Directors’ Retirement Plan, the 2007 and 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plans, indemnification provisions of Apache’s charter or bylaws, or policies with respect to reimbursement of expenses. 

It is Apache’s express intention that this Plan comply with the requirements of Code §409A, and the Plan shall be interpreted in that light. 

PLAN PROVISIONS 
 1. Board
Retainer. Each Non-Employee Director shall be paid $25,000 at the end of each calendar quarter (or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable) during which he or she served as a member of Apache’s Board (“Cash
Retainer Fee”). If a Non-Employee Director serves as a member of Apache’s Board for less than an entire calendar quarter, the Cash Retainer Fee for that quarter shall be prorated on the basis of the number of weeks served during that
calendar quarter. 
 2. Lead Director Retainer. Subject to section 4 below, each Non-Employee Director serving as lead director of
Apache’s Board shall be paid $6,250 at the end of each calendar quarter (or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable) (“Lead Director Retainer Fee”). If a Non-Employee Director serves as lead director for less than
an entire calendar quarter, the Lead Director Retainer Fee for that quarter shall be prorated on the basis of the number of weeks as lead director during that calendar quarter. 

3. Committee Chairperson Retainers. Subject to section 4 below, each Non-Employee Director serving as chairperson of any committee of
Apache’s Board shall be paid the fee indicated below at the end of each calendar quarter (or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable) (“Committee Chairperson Retainer Fee”): 

 

	 	•	 	Audit Committee—$5,000 

  

	 	•	 	Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee—$3,750 

  

	 	•	 	Management Development and Compensation Committee—$5,000 

  

	 	•	 	Stock Plan Committee—$1,250 

 If a Non-Employee Director serves as chairperson of any committee of
Apache’s Board for less than an entire calendar quarter, the applicable Committee Chairperson Retainer Fee for that quarter shall be prorated on the basis of the number of weeks as chairperson during that calendar quarter. 

  
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 4. Combined Lead Director and Committee Chairperson Retainer. If the Non-Employee Director
serving as lead director of Apache’s Board is also serving as chairperson of any committee of Apache’s Board, the Non-Employee Director shall be paid $7,500 at the end of each calendar quarter (or as soon thereafter as is administratively
practicable) (“Combined Retainer Fee”). If a Non-Employee Director serves as both lead director and committee chairperson for less than an entire calendar quarter, the Combined Retainer Fee for that quarter shall be prorated on the
basis of the number of weeks serving as both lead director and chairperson during that calendar quarter. 
 5. Attendance Fees. No attendance
fee shall be paid to any Non-Employee Director for any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof attended in person or by teleconference, video conference, or other similar means. 

6. Optional Deferral of Fees. 
 (a)
Deferrable Fees. A Non-Employee Director may defer all or any portion of any unpaid Cash Retainer Fees, Lead Director Retainer Fees, Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees, and Combined Retainer Fees (“Deferrable Fees”).

 (b) Election to Defer. A Non-Employee Director’s election to defer all or any portion of Deferrable Fees
(“Deferral Election”) shall be effected by the completion of a Deferral Election form. A Deferral Election form must be executed by the deferring Non-Employee Director and received by Apache on or before December 31 of the year
prior to the year in which the Deferrable Fees are earned, except that a new Non-Employee Director may enter into a Deferral Election within 30 days of becoming a Non-Employee Director. A Deferral Election shall apply only to Deferrable Fees paid
for services rendered after the date of the Deferral Election. Each December 31, a Deferral Election made for the following year shall become irrevocable. A new Deferral Election must be made each year for the upcoming year. 

(c) Memorandum Account. Apache shall maintain a separate account (“Memorandum Account”) for each deferring
Non-Employee Director. Each Memorandum Account shall be subdivided into a “Cash Account” and a “Stock Account.” The Memorandum Accounts are merely for recordkeeping purposes, and do not represent any actual
property that has been set aside for Non-Employee Directors. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to require Apache to fund any Memorandum Account. Neither the deferring Non-Employee Director nor his or her Beneficiary shall have any
property interest whatsoever in any specific assets of Apache. A Non-Employee Director shall have no ownership rights with respect to any balance in his or her Memorandum Account, and thus shall have no right to vote any Stock in his or her Stock
Account. 
 (d) Crediting of Cash Accounts. Any deferred Cash Retainer Fees and deferred Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees
shall be credited to the Cash Account. Any dividends paid on Stock in the Stock Accounts shall be credited to the Cash Account. All amounts credited to a Cash Account shall be credited with investment earnings at the rate of interest earned by
Apache’s short-term marketable securities portfolio or an equivalent index or market rate for similar investments in short-term marketable securities. 

  
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 (e) Crediting of Stock Accounts. No deferrals shall be credited to a Stock Account;
however, see section 6(f) for transfers from the Cash Account to the Stock Account. All amounts credited to a Stock Account shall be treated as if such amounts were invested in Stock. Apache shall at all times have reserved from its treasury shares
for issuance under this Plan a number of shares at least equal to the number of shares of Stock in the Stock Accounts. 
 (f) Transfers
from Cash Account to Stock Account. Each year, a Non-Employee Director may elect to transfer all or a portion of his or her Cash Account to his or her Stock Account (but only in whole-share increments) by completing an election form that
must be received by Apache on or before December 31. Any such transfer shall be made as of the first trading day of the following year, and shall be based on the per share closing price of the Stock as reported on the Composite Tape for the
first trading day of the year. Transfers are not permitted from a Stock Account to a Cash Account. 
 (g) Payout Elections. If
a Non-Employee Director’s directorship terminated before January 1, 2005, his or her benefit payments shall be determined under the terms of the Plan on December 31, 2004 and the payout elections in effect at the time his or her
directorship terminated. If a Non-Employee Director had a Separation from Service after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2009, his or her benefits shall be determined under the terms of the Plan in effect at the time of his or her
Separation from Service (defined in paragraph (v) below). The remainder of this section 6(g) shall only apply to individuals who continue as Non-Employee Directors after December 31, 2008, or who become Non-Employee Directors after
December 31, 2008. 
 (i) Election. Each individual who is Non-Employee Director on January 1, 2009 has made a payout
election for his or her Memorandum Account, which specified both the timing and form of distribution. A new Non-Employee Director shall make a payout election at the same time that he or she makes his or her first Deferral Election. If no payout
election is timely made, the Non-Employee Director shall be deemed to have elected to be paid a single lump-sum payment in January after his or her Separation from Service. The payout election with respect to a Memorandum Account is irrevocable
after the deadline for making the payout election. The payout election will not apply if there is a change of control (see section 6(h)) or the Non-Employee Director dies (see section 6(i)). 

(ii) Form of Payout. A Non-Employee Director may elect to be paid out in a single lump-sum payment or in two to ten annual installments.
Each installment from a Stock Account shall be equal to the number of shares in the Stock Account on the second trading day of that year, divided by the number of remaining installments, rounded down to the nearest whole share. For example, the
first installment from a Stock Account payable in seven installments beginning in 2010 shall be one-seventh of the shares in the 

  
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account on the second trading day of 2010; the second installment shall be one-sixth of the shares in the account on the second trading date of 2011; etc. Each installment from a Cash Account
shall be equal to the balance of the Cash Account on the second trading day of the year, divided by the number of remaining installments, except that the last installment shall equal the balance of the Cash Account at the time the distribution is
processed. Distributions from the Stock Account shall be paid in whole shares of Stock. Distributions from the Cash Account shall be paid in cash. 

(iii) Timing of Payment(s). A Non-Employee Director may select a specific year in which the single lump-sum payment is made or the
installment payments begin (“In-Service Distribution”), in which case the payment will be made as soon as administratively practicable in January of the earlier of the selected year or the year after the Non-Employee Director’s
Separation from Service. Alternatively, a Non-Employee Director may elect for his or her single lump-sum payment or first installment to be paid as soon as administratively practicable in the January after his or her Separation from Service.
Subsequent installment payments shall be made in January of each year, beginning with the year after the first installment was paid. 
 (iv)
Special Rules Where Payments Begin While Still a Director. This paragraph (iv) applies to a Non-Employee Director who elected an In-Service Distribution. A second Memorandum Account shall be established for the Non-Employee Director for
any amounts deferred into the Plan during or after the year in which the In-Service Distribution is scheduled to begin. Distributions from the second Memorandum Account shall be subject to the rules specified in this section 6(g), except that a
Non-Employee Director must complete a payout election for the second Memorandum Account by the December 31 that immediately precedes the year in which amounts are first deferred into the second Memorandum Account. 

(v) Definition of Separation from Service. The term “Separation from Service” has the same meaning as the term
“separation from service” in Code §409A(a)(2)(A)(i), determined using the default rules in the regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued pursuant to Code §409A, including the special rules for members of a
board of directors found in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h)(5) and §1.409A-1(c)(2)(ii). In general, a Separation from Service will occur when a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board. 

(vi) Special Rules for Specified Employees. 

If a Non-Employee Director is a Specified Employee, (A) any payments under paragraph (iii) above that are triggered by his or her
Separation from Service and scheduled to occur within six months after the Separation from Service shall be delayed and paid six months after the Separation from Service, and (B) section 6(h) is modified for a Non-Employee Director whose
Separation from Service preceded a change of control by less than six months to provide that the lump sum payment will not occur until six months after the Separation from Service. 

  
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 The term “Specified Employee” has the same meaning as the term “specified
employee” in Code §409A(a)(2)(B)(i), and is determined using the default rules in the regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued pursuant to Code §409A. 

(h) Change of Control. If there is a change of control of Apache that is described in Code §409A(a)(2)(A)(v), each
Memorandum Account shall be paid to the appropriate Non-Employee Director (or to the Beneficiary of a deceased Non-Employee Director) in a single lump-sum payment made on the date of the change of control or as soon thereafter as is administratively
practicable and in no event later than the end of the calendar year in which the change of control occurs. 
 (i)
Beneficiaries. If a Non-Employee Director dies while there is still a balance in his or her Memorandum Account, that amount shall be paid to his or her Beneficiary in a single lump-sum payment that is made as soon as administratively
convenient four months after the Non-Employee Director’s death, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year that contains the day that is four months after the Non-Employee Director’s death. This four-month period is designed
to provide the Beneficiary with a sufficient opportunity to disclaim all or part of the benefit, as explained in paragraph (iv) below. No payment shall be made until Apache has been furnished with proof of death and such other information as it
may reasonably require. 
 (i) Designation. Each Non-Employee Director shall designate one or more persons, trusts, or other entities
as his or her beneficiary (“Beneficiary”). In the absence of an effective Beneficiary designation as to part or all of a Memorandum Account, such amount shall be distributed to the Non-Employee Director’s surviving Spouse, if
any, otherwise to the Non-Employee Director’s estate. Unless the Non-Employee Director’s Beneficiary designation form specifies otherwise, if a Beneficiary dies after the Non-Employee Director but before being paid by the Plan, the Plan
shall pay the Beneficiary’s estate. 
 (ii) Changing Beneficiaries. A Beneficiary designation may be changed by the Non-Employee
Director at any time and without the consent of any previously designated Beneficiary. However, if the Non-Employee Director is married, the Non-Employee Director’s Spouse shall be the Beneficiary unless the Spouse has consented to the
designation of a different Beneficiary. To be effective, the Spouse’s consent must have been made before January 1, 2005 or, if made on or after January 1, 2005, the Spouse’s consent must be in writing, witnessed by a notary
public, and filed with Apache. If the Non-Employee Director has designated his or her Spouse as a primary or contingent Beneficiary, and the Non-Employee Director and Spouse later divorce (or their marriage is annulled), then the former Spouse will
be treated as having pre-deceased the Non-Employee Director for purposes of interpreting a Beneficiary designation form completed prior to the divorce or annulment; this provision will apply only if Apache is notified of the divorce or annulment
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 (iii) “Spouse” shall mean the individual to whom a Non-Employee Director is
lawfully married according to the laws of the state of the Non-Employee Director’s domicile. 
 (iv) Disclaimers. Any individual
or legal entity who is a Beneficiary may disclaim all or any portion of his or her interest in the Plan, provided that the disclaimer satisfies the requirements of Code §2518(b) and applicable state law. The legal guardian of a minor or legally
incompetent person may disclaim for such person. The personal representative (or the individual or legal entity acting in the capacity of the personal representative according to applicable state law) may disclaim on behalf of a Beneficiary who has
died. The amount disclaimed shall be distributed as if the disclaimant had predeceased the individual whose death caused the disclaimant to become a Beneficiary. 

(j) Adjustments in Stock. In the event of any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization, or
reorganization of Apache, split, subdivision, or consolidation of shares of Stock, the payment of a stock dividend, or any other material change in Apache’s capital structure, the number of shares of Stock shown in each deferring Non-Employee
Director’s Stock Account shall be adjusted to reflect that number of shares of Stock or such cash, securities, or other property to which such Non-Employee Director would have been entitled if, immediately prior thereto, such Non-Employee
Director had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock shown in the Stock Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by Apache of Stock, rights, options, or warrants to acquire Stock, or securities convertible or
exchangeable into Stock in consideration of cash, property, labor, or services, whether or not for fair value, shall not result in an adjustment pursuant to this section 6(j). 

7. Assignment and Transfer. The right of the Non-Employee Director or any other person to receive payments under the Plan shall not be
assigned, transferred, pledged, or encumbered. 
 8. Amendment of Plan. The Plan may be amended from time to time or terminated by vote of the
Board. Upon such amendment or termination, Non-Employee Directors shall not be entitled to receive pursuant to the Plan any compensation or other rights or benefits not accrued hereunder prior to the time of amendment or termination hereof;
provided, however, that no such Plan amendment or termination shall impair any rights of Non-Employee Directors to amounts previously accrued pursuant to the Plan or accumulated in such Non-Employee Director’s Memorandum Account. A Plan
termination shall not affect the timing of any benefit payments from a Memorandum Account; payment may occur substantially after the Plan is terminated. 

9. Successors and Assigns. The Plan is binding upon Apache and its successors and assigns. The Plan shall continue in effect until terminated by
the Board. Any such termination shall operate only prospectively and shall not affect the rights and obligations under elections previously made. 

  
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 10. Administrative Delays. The Plan shall be administered by the Management Development and
Compensation Committee (the “MD&C Committee”) of the Board. The MD&C Committee may delay any payment from this Plan for as short a period as is administratively necessary. For example, a delay may be imposed upon all payments from
the Plan when there is a change of recordkeeper, and a delay may be imposed on payments to any recipient until they have provided the information needed for tax withholding and tax reporting, as well as any other information reasonably requested by
the MD&C Committee. If possible, the delay will satisfy one of the conditions to be considered a permissible delay under Code §409A. 
 11.
409A Noncompliance. To the extent that Apache or the MD&C Committee takes any action that causes a violation of Code §409A or fails to take reasonable actions required to comply with Code §409A, Apache shall pay an
additional amount (the “gross-up”) to the individual(s) who are subject to the penalty tax under Code §409A(a)(1) that is sufficient to put the individual in the same after-tax position he or she would have been in had there been no
violation of Code §409A. Apache shall not pay a gross-up if the cause of the violation of Code §409A is the recipient’s failure to take reasonable actions (such as failing to timely provide the information required for tax withholding
or failing to timely provide other information reasonably requested by the MD&C Committee – with the result that the delay in payment violates Code §409A). Any gross-up will be made as soon as administratively convenient after the
MD&C Committee determines the gross-up is owed, and no later than the end of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the additional taxes are remitted. However, if the gross-up is due to a tax audit or litigation
addressing the existence or amount of a tax liability, the gross-up will be paid as soon as administratively convenient after the litigation or audit is completed, and no later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the audit is completed or there is a final and non-appealable settlement or other resolution of the litigation. 
 12. Notices. Any notice,
form, or election required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be in writing and shall be given by first class mail, by Federal Express, UPS, or other carrier, by fax or other electronic means, or by personal delivery to the appropriate
party, addressed: 
 (a) If to Apache, to Apache Corporation at its principal place of business at 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100,
Houston, Texas 77056-4400 (Attention: Corporate Secretary) or at such other address as may have been furnished in writing by Apache to a Non-Employee Director; or 

(b) If to a Non-Employee Director or Spouse, at the address the Non-Employee Director has furnished to Apache in writing. 

(c) If to a Beneficiary, at the address the Non-Employee Director has furnished to Apache in writing for such Beneficiary, unless the
Beneficiary has furnished his or her own address in writing to Apache. 
 Any such notice to a Non-Employee Director, Spouse, or Beneficiary shall be deemed
to have been given as of the third day after deposit in the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, properly addressed as set forth above, in the case of a mailed notice, or as of the date delivered in the case of any other method of
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 13. Gender. Any term used herein in the singular shall also include the plural, and the masculine
gender shall also include the feminine gender, and vice versa. 
 14. Statutory References. Any reference to a specific section of the Code
shall be deemed to refer to that section or to the appropriate successor section. 
 15. Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the laws
of the State of Texas, ignoring any conflicts-of-law provisions. 
 Dated: July 16, 2014, effective July 1, 2014 

 

							
	ATTEST:	 		 	APACHE CORPORATION
				
	 /s/ Cheri L. Peper
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Margery M. Harris

	Cheri L. Peper	 		 	Margery M. Harris
	Corporate Secretary	 		 	Executive Vice President,
		 		 	Human Resources

  
 8EX-10.5

 Exhibit 10.5 

APACHE CORPORATION 

OUTSIDE DIRECTORS’ RETIREMENT PLAN 

(As Amended and Restated July 16, 2014; Effective as of June 30, 2014) 

APACHE CORPORATION (the “Company”) established the Apache Corporation Outside Directors’ Retirement Plan (the “Plan”),
effective as of December 15, 1992, to provide non-employee Directors of the Company (“Outside Directors”) with certain retirement and death payments. 

The purpose of the Plan was to advance the interests of the Company, its subsidiaries, and its stockholders by continuing to attract and retain outstanding
individuals as Outside Directors. The Company is amending the plan, effective as of June 30, 2014, to cease accruals for new board members but to continue accruals for current board members. 

It is the Company’s express intention that this Plan comply with the requirements of Code §409A, and the Plan shall be interpreted in that light.

 ARTICLE I 

Eligibility, Participation and Contributions 

1.1 Eligibility and Participation. 

Through June 30, 2014, each Outside Director participates in the Plan as of the date his or her Service began. No Outside Director first
elected after June 30, 2014, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 Only Outside Directors who are board members on
June 30, 2014 shall be eligible to continue accruing benefits in the Plan after June 30, 2014; individuals who become Outside Directors after June 30, 2014 shall not accrue benefits in the Plan. 

1.2 Contributions. 
 All amounts payable
under the Plan shall be paid from the general assets of the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed to create any fiduciary relationship between the Company and the participating Outside Director (“Participant”). The rights
of a Participant under the Plan are no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. 

  
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 ARTICLE II 

Retirement Payments 
 2.1
Definitions. 
 The term “Separation from Service” has the same meaning as the term “separation from service” in
Code §409A(a)(2)(A)(i). A Separation from Service is determined using the default rules in the regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued pursuant to Code §409A, including the special rules for a member of a board of
directors found in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h)(5) and §1.409A-1(c)(2)(ii). In general, a Separation from Service will occur when a Participant ceases to be a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. 

The term “Specified Employee” has the same meaning as the term “specified employee” in Code §409A(a)(2)(B)(i), and is
determined using the default rules in the regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued pursuant to Code §409A. 
 2.2 Retirement
Payments. 
 (a) Eligibility for Benefits. A Participant who Retires with four or more Quarters of Service is entitled to receive
benefits under the Plan. 
 (b) Amount of Benefits. The amount of benefits under the Plan is equal to the value of a series of
quarterly payments, with each payment equal in amount to one-fourth of the Participant’s Annual Director’s Retainer, and with the number of quarterly payments equal to the number of the Participant’s Quarters of Service. 

(c) “Annual Director’s Retainer” means the aggregate annual amount of an Outside Director’s board retainer fee
payable in cash pursuant to section 1 of the Company’s Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation Plan (or comparable section of any successor plan), whether or not all or a portion of such amount is deferred or delayed. Such amount will be
determined as of the earlier of the date a Participant ceases to be an Outside Director or June 30, 2014, at which date the quarterly retainer was $37,500. 

(d) “Quarter of Service” means the aggregate total full months of Service as an Outside Director divided by three and rounded
up to the next whole number, up to a maximum of 40 Quarters of Service. 
 (e) “Retirement, Retired or Retires” means a
Participant’s ceasing to hold office as an Outside Director, for any reason other than death. 
 (f) “Service” means
the aggregate total, not to exceed 120, of (i) the number of full months beginning on or after July 1, 1992 (whether or not consecutive) that a Participant held office as an Outside Director, whether or not a Participant at the time, and
(ii)  1⁄2 the number of full months prior to July 1, 1992 (whether or not consecutive) that a Participant held office as an Outside Director;
provided, however, that a Participant who, as of December 15, 1992, has held office as an Outside Director for an aggregate total of 15 years shall automatically be credited with 120 full months of Service. 

(g) Episodic Participation. If a Participant has a Separation from Service and then becomes an Outside Director again, (i) the
Participant’s benefits from his or her initial episode of participation shall be paid according to the terms of the Plan on the date of his or her Separation from Service and shall not be affected by any subsequent

  
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Service, and (ii) the Participant’s benefits from his or her later episodes of participation shall be calculated by ignoring his or her Service from earlier episodes of participation.
In calculating the amount of benefits for the most recent episode of participation, the maximum Quarters of Service is 40, reduced by the number of Quarters of Service for which he or she earned benefits under this Plan from earlier episodes of
participation. 
 2.3 Retirement Payments Following a Change of Control. 

In the event of a “change of control” of the Company, as defined in the Company’s Income Continuance Plan (as amended or the
corresponding provisions of any successor plan), each then current Outside Director shall be eligible for the benefits described in section 2.2 even if the Outside Director has less than four Quarters of Service. If the change of control is a
transaction described in §409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), each Participant shall be paid a single lump-sum payment on the date of the change of control, or as soon as practicable thereafter,
equal to the net present value of the benefit to which the Participant is entitled, calculated in the manner described in section 2.5, as of the date of the change of control; however, if the Participant was a Specified Employee whose Separation
from Service occurred less than six months before the change of control, he or she shall be paid a single lump-sum payment six months after the Separation from Service, or as soon as practicable thereafter, equal to the net present value of the
benefit to which the Participant is entitled, calculated in the manner described in section 2.5, as of the date six months after the Separation from Service. If the change of control is not a transaction described in Code §409A(a)(2)(A)(v),
each Participant shall be paid at the time(s) specified in section 2.4 or 2.5, whichever is applicable. 
 2.4 Quarterly Payments. 

A Participant may elect to be paid quarterly installments that are paid on the last day of each calendar quarter (or as near to that date as
administratively practicable, except that any installment scheduled to be paid during one calendar year shall be paid during such calendar year). See section 2.5 for the deadline for the Participant’s payout election. The first quarterly
payment shall be made as of the last day of the calendar quarter after the date of the Participant’s Separates from Service, unless the Participant is a Specified Employee, in which case the first two quarterly payments shall be delayed until,
and paid with, the third regularly scheduled quarterly payment. 
 2.5 Lump-Sum Payments. 

A Participant shall receive a single lump-sum payment unless the Participant elects quarterly installments. Participants on December 31,
2008 have already made their payout election. A new Participant’s payout election must be made within 30 days after the individual becomes an Outside Director. Once the deadline for making a payout election has passed, the payout election is
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 The lump sum shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable after the Participant’s
Separation from Service (and no later than the last day of the calendar year containing the day after the Separation from Service), unless the Participant is a Specified Employee, in which case the lump sum shall be paid as soon as administratively
practicable after six months after the Participant’s Separation from Service (and no later than the last day of the calendar year containing the date that is six months after the Separation from Service). The amount of the lump sum shall be
calculated by the Committee as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service. The amount of the lump sum shall be equal to the net present value of the quarterly payments to which the Participant would otherwise be entitled,
determined using an annual interest rate equal to the rate on ten-year treasury bonds/notes as reported in The Wall Street Journal published on or most recently prior to the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service. 

2.6 Retirement before This Restatement. 

A Participant who Retired before January 1, 2005, shall receive his or her benefit in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect at
the time of the Retirement. A Participant whose Separation from Service occurred on or after January 1, 2005 shall receive his or her benefit in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect, including any payout elections in effect, at the
time of the Separation from Service. 
 ARTICLE III 

Death Payments 
 3.1 Death
Benefits. 
 (a) Eligibility for Death Benefits. If a Participant dies before receiving all of his or her benefits under Article
II, the Participant’s Beneficiary, as determined in section 3.2, shall receive the remaining benefits. If a Participant elected quarterly payments, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be paid a lump sum equal to the net present value of
any remaining payments, calculated as of the date of the Participant’s death, and calculated in the manner specified in section 2.5. If a Participant is scheduled to receive a single lump-sum payment, but dies before doing so, the
Participant’s Beneficiary shall be paid the lump sum. 
 (b) Timing. Payment to the Beneficiary shall be made as soon as
administratively practicable four months after the Participant’s death, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year that contains the day that is four months after the Participant’s death. This four-month period is designed to
provide the Beneficiary with a sufficient opportunity to disclaim all or part of the benefit, as explained in section 3.2(e). No payment shall be made until the Company has been furnished with proof of death and such other information as it may
reasonably require. 
 (c) Beneficiary in Pay Status. The Beneficiary of a Participant shall receive his or her death benefits in
accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect on the date of the Participant’s death. 

  
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 3.2 Beneficiaries. 

(a) “Beneficiary” means the recipient of the Participant’s death benefits under section 3.1. 

(b) Designation. Each Participant shall designate one or more persons, trusts, or other entities as his or her Beneficiary. In the
absence of an effective Beneficiary designation as to part or all of a Participant’s death benefits, the Participant’s surviving Spouse, if any, shall be the Participant’s Beneficiary, and in the absence of a surviving Spouse, the
Participant’s estate shall be the Beneficiary. Unless the Participant’s Beneficiary designation form specifies otherwise, if a Beneficiary dies after the Participant but before being paid by the Plan, the Plan shall pay the
Beneficiary’s estate. 
 (c) Changing Beneficiaries. A Beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any time and
without the consent of any previously designated Beneficiary. However, if the Participant is married, the Participant’s Spouse shall be the Participant’s Beneficiary unless the Spouse has consented to the designation of a different
Beneficiary. To be effective, the Spouse’s consent must have been made before January 1, 2005 or, if made on or after January 1, 2005, the Spouse’s consent must be in writing, witnessed by a notary public, and filed with the
Company. If the Participant has designated his or her Spouse as a primary or contingent Beneficiary, and the Participant and Spouse later divorce (or their marriage is annulled), then the former Spouse will be treated as having pre-deceased the
Participant for purposes of interpreting a Beneficiary designation form completed prior to the divorce or annulment; this provision will apply only if the Company is notified of the divorce or annulment before payment to the former Spouse is made.

 (d) “Spouse” shall mean the individual to whom a Participant is lawfully married according to the laws of the state of
the Participant’s domicile. 
 (e) Disclaimers. Any individual or legal entity who is a Beneficiary may disclaim all or any
portion of his or her interest in the Plan, provided that the disclaimer satisfies the requirements of Code §2518(b) and applicable state law. The legal guardian of a minor or legally incompetent person may disclaim for such person. The
personal representative (or the individual or legal entity acting in the capacity of the personal representative according to applicable state law) may disclaim on behalf of a Beneficiary who has died. The amount disclaimed shall be distributed as
if the disclaimant had predeceased the individual whose death caused the disclaimant to become a Beneficiary. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

Administration, Amendment and Termination 

4.1 The Management Development and Compensation Committee. 

The Plan shall be administered by the Management Development and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Company’s Board
of Directors. All administrative duties, including but not limited to, the power to interpret the Plan and to decide any dispute, shall be carried out by the Committee, which shall have full discretion and authority hereunder. All claims under the
Plan shall be filed with the Company and shall be decided by the Committee. The decisions made by the Committee shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming to have rights under the Plan. 

4.2 Termination or Amendment of Plan. 

The Plan may be terminated or amended at any time through action of the Company’s Board of Directors. No termination or amendment,
however, shall reduce the payments (a) to a Participant or Beneficiary where a Participant has already died or reached Retirement, (b) to which a Participant is or may become entitled, based on such Participant’s Service and Annual
Director’s Retainer as determined on the effective date of such termination or amendment, or (c) to which a Participant is or may become entitled pursuant to section 2.3 as a result of a change of control. The termination of the Plan shall
not affect the timing of any benefit payments; payments after the Plan has terminated will be made at the time(s) specified in Articles II and III. 

ARTICLE V 

Miscellaneous 
 5.1
Inalienability of Payments. 
 No Participant shall have the right to assign, transfer, hypothecate, encumber or anticipate his or her
interest in any payments under the Plan, nor shall the payments under the Plan be subject to any legal process to levy upon or attach such payments for any claim against the Participant, Spouse, or Beneficiary. 

5.2 Notices. 
 Any notice, form, or
election required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be in writing and shall be given by first class mail, by Federal Express, UPS, or other carrier, by fax or other electronic means, or by personal delivery to the appropriate party,
addressed: 
 (a) If to the Company, to Apache Corporation at its principal place of business at 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston,
Texas 77056-4400 (Attention: Corporate Secretary) or at such other address as may have been furnished in writing by the Company to a Participant; or 

  
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 (b) If to a Participant or Spouse, at the address the Participant has furnished to the Company in
writing. 
 (c) If to a Beneficiary, at the address the Participant has furnished to the Company in writing for such Beneficiary, unless the
Beneficiary has furnished his or her own address to the Company. 
 Any such notice to a Participant, Spouse, or Beneficiary shall be deemed
to have been given as of the third day after deposit in the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, properly addressed as set forth above, in the case of a mailed notice, or as of the date delivered in the case of any other method of
delivery. 
 5.3 Disposition of Unclaimed Payments. 

Any communication, statement or notice addressed to a Participant at his or her last post office address, as provided to the Company under
section 5.2, will be binding on the Participant, Spouse, or Beneficiary for all purposes of the Plan. If the Company cannot ascertain the whereabouts of any person to whom a payment is due under the Plan within three years from the date such payment
is due, such payment shall be cancelled on the records of the Plan and the amount thereof forfeited to the Company. 
 5.4 Administrative Delays.

 The Committee may delay any payment from this Plan for as short a period as is administratively necessary. For example, a delay may be
imposed upon all payments from the Plan when there is a change of recordkeeper, and a delay may be imposed on payments to any recipient until they have provided the information needed for tax withholding and tax reporting, as well as any other
information reasonably requested by the Committee. If possible, the delay will satisfy one of the conditions to be considered a permissible delay under Code §409A. 

5.5 409A Noncompliance. 
 To the extent
that the Company takes any action that causes a violation of Code §409A or fails to take reasonable actions required to comply with Code §409A, the Company shall pay an additional amount (the “gross-up”) to the individual(s) who
are subject to the penalty tax under Code §409A(a)(1) that is sufficient to put the individual in the same after-tax position he or she would have been in had there been no violation of Code §409A. The Company shall not pay a gross-up if
the cause of the violation of Code §409A is the recipient’s failure to take reasonable actions (such as failing to timely provide the information required for tax withholding or failing to timely provide other information reasonably
requested by the Committee – with the result that the delay in payment violates Code §409A). Any gross-up will be made as soon as administratively convenient after the Committee determines the gross-up is owed, and no later than the end of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the additional taxes are remitted. However, if the gross-up is due to a tax audit or litigation addressing 

  
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the existence or amount of a tax liability, the gross-up will be paid as soon as administratively convenient after the litigation or audit is completed, and no later than the end of the calendar
year following the calendar year in which the audit is completed or there is a final and non-appealable settlement or other resolution of the litigation. 

5.6 Gender. 
 Any term herein used in the
singular shall also include the plural, and the masculine gender shall also include the feminine gender, and vice versa. 
 5.7 Statutory References.

 Any reference to a specific section of the Code shall be deemed to refer to that section or to the appropriate successor section. 

5.8 Governing Law. 
 The Plan shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Texas, ignoring any conflicts-of-law provisions. 
 Dated: July 16, 2014 

 

									
	 ATTEST:
	 		 		 	APACHE CORPORATION
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Cheri L. Peper
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Margery M. Harris

		 	Cheri L. Peper	 		 		 	Margery M. Harris
		 	Corporate Secretary	 		 		 	Executive Vice President,
		 		 		 		 	Human Resources

  
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