SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2025-02-18

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i51ac293361b942d982a0531d9100da8a_36"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div id="i51ac293361b942d982a0531d9100da8a_77"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">EXECUTIVE CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">(as amended and restated effective February 12, 2025)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Introduction</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">From time to time, the Company may explore potential transactions that could result in a Change in Control. The Company believes that, when a Change in Control occurs or is perceived as imminent, the Company should be able to rely on its executives to serve the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, without concern that its executives might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks that may be created by a Change in Control or the perception of an imminent Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company also believes that it is consistent with its employment desires and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to provide severance compensation for its eligible executives in the event of an involuntarily termination of employment following a Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accordingly, to assure the Company of its executives&#8217; continued attention and dedication and to seek to ensure the availability of their continued service, notwithstanding the possibility or occurrence of a Change in Control, the Plan was adopted effective as of the Effective Date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">ARTICLE I</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-right:-90pt;text-align:center;text-indent:90pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Establishment of Plan</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of the Effective Date, the Company adopted this plan known as the Occidental Petroleum Corporation Executive Change in Control Severance Plan, as set forth in this document.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">ARTICLE II</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Definitions and Interpretations</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Section 1.01.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:9.03pt;text-decoration:underline">Definitions</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">a.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:27.68pt;text-decoration:underline">409A Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. A &#8220;change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation&#8221;, as defined in Treasury Regulation &#167;1.409A-3(i)(5).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">b.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:27pt;text-decoration:underline">Accountant</font><font style="color:#000000;font