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Amendment to Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.11(a) 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 AMENDMENT 
 WHEREAS, by letter dated August 29, 2001, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Company”) made an offer of employment to
Mr. Dan O. Dinges (“Employee”) to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, having accepted this offer of employment, Employee endorsed such letter by affixing his signature thereto on September 17,
2001; and 
 WHEREAS, such letter sets forth the terms of the compensation and benefits arrangement applicable to Employee’s service
with the Company and constitutes a binding agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Company and Employee; and 
 WHEREAS, the
Company and Employee now desire to amend the Agreement to reflect the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the related regulations and guidance thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”)
and to provide for the treatment of certain equity awards in a manner consistent with the Company’s current practices; 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and Employee hereby amend the Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, as follows: 
 1. The second sentence
of the first paragraph of the fifth bullet point in the Agreement is amending by deleting clause (i) thereof and replacing it with a new clause (i), as follows: 
 “(i) a lump-sum cash payment equal to the sum of (a) two times your base salary and (b) two times your annual target bonus; provided, however, that such payment shall be made on the 15th business day
following the date of your termination of employment unless you are treated by the Company as a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A on the date of your termination, in which case the payment of this amount shall be made on the
15th business day following the earlier of (i) the expiration of six months from the date of your termination of employment or (ii) your death;”. 
 2. The second sentence of the first paragraph of the fifth bullet point in the Agreement is amended by adding at the end of the sentence the following: 
 “(v) full vesting of all of your performance shares at 100% payout, to be settled as provided in the applicable award documents and (vi) full
vesting of all your stock appreciation right (“SAR”) awards from the Company.” 

 3. The third sentence of the first paragraph of the fifth bullet point in the Agreement is amended by
deleting the sentence and replacing it with the following: 
 “The stock options and the SARs will continue to be exercisable until the
earlier of (a) the third anniversary of the date of your termination or (b) the date on which the stock option or SAR would have expired had you remained an employee.” 
 4. The third sentence of the sole paragraph of the tenth bullet point in said Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following new sentences are
added at the end of such paragraph, as follows: 
 “Ownership of any such club membership shall transfer to you, with the
Company paying all expenses associated with the transfer, on the 15th business day following the date on which you have completed seven years of employment with the Company, or, if applicable, on the 15th business day following your termination of
employment for any reason; provided, however, that if you are treated by the Company as a Specified Employee within the meaning of Section 409A on the date of your termination, such transfer shall be made on the 15th business day following the
expiration of six months from the date of your termination of employment.” 
 5. The second sentence of the eleventh bullet point in
said Agreement is deleted and is replaced in its entirety, as follows: 
 “In the event of a Change in Control of the
Company (as such term is defined in the Change in Control Agreement), you shall receive the more generous of the benefits provided to you under the terms of (a) this Agreement or (b) the Change in Control Agreement, as determined on a
benefit-by-benefit basis.” 
 6. Two new bullet points are added after the last bullet point in the Agreement, as follows: 

 

	 	•	 	 “All reimbursements pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) such that the reimbursements will
be deemed payable at a specified time or on a fixed schedule relative to a permissible payment event. Specifically, the amounts reimbursed under this Agreement during the Executive’s taxable year may not affect the amounts reimbursed in any
other taxable year (except that total reimbursements may be limited by a lifetime maximum under a group health plan), the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made on or before the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the
taxable year in which the expense was incurred, and the right to reimbursement is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.” 

  

	 	•	 	 “It is intended that the terms of your compensation arrangement, as set forth in this letter, shall satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A and that
the Agreement be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable. This Agreement shall not be amended or terminated in a manner that would cause the Agreement or any amounts payable under the 

	 	 
Agreement to fail to comply with the requirements of Section 409A, to the extent applicable, and, further, the provisions of any purported amendment or
termination that may reasonably be expected to result in such non-compliance shall be of no further force or effect with respect to the Agreement.” 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment on this 17th day of December, but effective as of December 31, 2008. 
  

							
	EMPLOYEE	 		 	CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION
			
	 /s/ Dan O. Dinges
	 		 	 /s/ William P. Vititoe

	Dan O. Dinges	 		 	By:	 	William P. Vititoe
		 		 	Title:	 	Director and Compensation Committee ChairmanSecond Amendment to the 2004 Incentive Plan Amendment

 Exhibit 10.12(b) 
 CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION 
 2004 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 AMENDMENT 
 WHEREAS, Cabot
Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Company”) established the Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 2004 Incentive Plan, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 16, 2004 and by the shareholders of the Company
on April 29, 2004 (the “Plan”), in order to attract and retain non-employee directors, employees and consultants and reward them for making contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries; and 
 WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Plan provides that the Plan may be amended or modified for the purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in legal
requirements or for any other purpose permitted by law, provided that (i) no amendment or alteration that would impair the rights of a Participant under a previously granted Award may be made without the Participant’s consent and
(ii) no amendment or alteration shall be effective prior to approval by the Company’s stockholders if such approval is required; and 
 WHEREAS, in particular, Section 12(iii) of the 2005 Form of the Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “RSU Agreement”) provides that the RSU Agreement may be amended or supplemented without the consent of
the Grantee to make such other changes as the Company, upon advice of counsel, deems to be necessary or advisable because of the adoption or promulgation of, or change in or of interpretation of, any law or governmental rule or regulation; and

 WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is both necessary and advisable to amend the Plan in view of the enactment of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the promulgation of guidance thereunder; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the
Company hereby amends the Plan, effective as of December 31, 2008, by adding a new Section 22, as follows: 
 “Section
409A. The following provisions shall apply to this Plan, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary: 
  

	 	(a)	This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and ambiguous provisions, if any, shall be construed in a manner that is compliant with or exempt from the
application of Section 409A. 

  

	 	(b)	This Plan shall not be amended or terminated in a manner that would cause the Plan or any amounts payable under the Plan to fail to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A, to the extent applicable, and, further, the provisions of any purported amendment or termination that may reasonably be expected to result in such non-compliance shall be of no force or effect with respect to the Plan.

	 	(c)	The Plan shall neither cause nor permit any payment, benefit or consideration to be substituted for a benefit that is payable under this Plan if such action would result in the
failure of any amount that is subject to Section 409A to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A. 

 The Company shall neither cause nor permit any adjustments to any equity interest to be made in a manner that would result in the equity interest’s becoming subject to Section 409A unless, after such adjustment, the equity
interest is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A to the extent applicable. 
  

	 	(d)	Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if the Participant is treated as a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A as of the date
of the Participant’s termination, then any amounts or benefits which are payable under this Plan upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A which are subject to the provisions of
Section 409A and are not otherwise excluded under Section 409A and would otherwise be payable during the first six-month period following such separation from service shall be paid on the fifteenth business day next following the earlier
of (i) the expiration of six months from the date of the Participant’s termination or (ii) the Participant’s death. 

  

	 	(e)	For purposes of Section 409A, each payment under this Plan shall be deemed to be a separate payment.” 

 This Section 22 shall apply to each Award Agreement, including any Award Agreement that remains outstanding on December 31, 2008, to the extent
that such Award Agreement provides for compensation that is subject to Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 22 shall be of no force or effect with respect to any portion of an Award Agreement that was vested as of
December 31, 2004. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed this
17th day of December, but shall be effective as of December 31, 2008. 
  

			
	CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION
		
	BY:	 	 /s/ Dan O. Dinges

	NAME:	 	Dan O. Dinges
	TITLE:	 	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
	DATE:	 	December 17, 2008

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