0000950123-11-100107 Sample Contracts

FORM OF TAX SHARING AGREEMENT

Form of Tax Sharing Agreement • November 23rd, 2011 • WPX Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Oklahoma

• Contract Type
  Form of Tax Sharing Agreement
• Filed
  November 23rd, 2011
• Company
  WPX Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Oklahoma

This Tax Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of , 2011, by and between The Williams Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Williams”), and WPX Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WPX”) (collectively, the “parties”).

FORM OF SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT by and between THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., and WPX ENERGY, INC. Dated as of , 2011

Separation and Distribution Agreement • November 23rd, 2011 • WPX Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Oklahoma

• Contract Type
  Separation and Distribution Agreement
• Filed
  November 23rd, 2011
• Company
  WPX Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Oklahoma

SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of , 2011 (this “Agreement”), by and between The Williams Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WMB”), and WPX Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WPX”).

FORM OF TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT between THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. and WPX ENERGY, INC. Dated as of , 2011

Transition Services Agreement • November 23rd, 2011 • WPX Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas

• Contract Type
  Transition Services Agreement
• Filed
  November 23rd, 2011
• Company
  WPX Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT, dated as of , 2011 (this “Agreement”), by and between The Williams Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WMB”), and WPX Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WPX”).

FORM OF EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT by and between THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. and WPX ENERGY, INC. Dated as of

Employee Matters Agreement • November 23rd, 2011 • WPX Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas

• Contract Type
  Employee Matters Agreement
• Filed
  November 23rd, 2011
• Company
  WPX Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT, dated as of (the “Employee Matters Agreement”), by and between The Williams Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WMB”), and WPX Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WPX”), which Employee Matters Agreement shall become effective at the same time as the Separation Agreement (as defined below).