Consulting Agreement with former officer John Corrigan

1.    This document constitutes an offer to you by Murphy Oil USA, Inc. Throughout this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, the term “the Company” refers to Murphy Oil USA, Inc., and the term “Agreement and Waiver” refers to this entire document, Agreement and Waiver of Rights (Paragraphs 1-18). It is important that you read and understand the terms of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights in full and that if you decide to accept and sign it, you do so knowingly and voluntarily. To enable you to do that, you are advised to consult with an attorney about this Agreement and Waiver of Rights and your rights before signing it. It is important for you to understand that, by accepting and signing this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you will not waive or give up any rights or claims you may have against the Company that may arise after the date that you sign it.

2.    The Company’s offer as described in this document will be open and effective for twenty-one (21) calendar days or through and including March 29, 2018. You may elect to accept or reject this offer within that time period and may use as much or as little of this period as you wish. If you do nothing within the twenty-one (21) day period, the offer will be considered automatically withdrawn by the Company.

3.    Your employment with the Company terminated effective March 8, 2018. However, from March 8, 2018-June 30, 2018 (“Consulting Period”), You will remain a Consultant for the Company. During the Consulting Period, You will make yourself available to the Company upon request, will respond with a reasonable timeframe, and will cooperate

fully with the Company in connection with business needs. In addition to receiving your wages for all work performed by you for the Company, including Your salary for the remainder of March 2018 as a Consulting Fee, you will be paid a severance package consisting of the following:

Three months of salary, or $93,750, less federal, state, and local taxes, and other lawful deductions (“Severance Pay”). The Severance Pay will be paid to you as in three, equal, monthly installments payable at the end of April, May and June, 2018, respectively. However, the Severance Pay will not be paid until after the Company receives from you a signed copy of this Agreement and a signed letter in the form of Exhibit A.

$135,000, payable as a lump sum equivalent to three months payable on June 30, 2018. However, this lump sum payment will not be paid until after the Company receives from you a signed copy of this Agreement and a signed letter in the form of Exhibit A.

$6,009.01, (Equivalent to 33.33 hours of prorated unused vacation pay), less federal, state, and local taxes, and other lawful deductions (“Vacation Pay”). The Vacation Pay will be paid to you in a lump sum on the next regular pay schedule after the Company receives from you a signed copy of this Agreement and a signed letter in the form of Exhibit A, whichever is later.

As further consideration, the Company agrees to release You from any obligations to repay any part of Your signing bonus or Relocation Payments due under any Agreements or Company policy.

4.    You understand and agree that you would not receive the monies and/or benefits specified in Paragraph 3 above, except for your execution of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights and the fulfillment of the promises contained herein that pertain to you.

5.    As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you will not be entitled to any Bonus Payments you may have earned had you remain employed through the end of 2018. As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you will also not be entitled to any RSUs that were awarded to You at the time of Your hire by the Company.

6.    You affirm that you have not filed, caused to be filed, or presently are a party to any claim against the Company. You also affirm that you have been paid and/or have received all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to which you may be entitled, and, if applicable, have reported all hours worked. You affirm that you have been granted any leave to which you may have been entitled under the Family and Medical Leave Act or related state or local leave or disability accommodation laws. You further affirm that you have no known workplace injuries or occupational diseases. You further affirm that you have not been retaliated against for reporting any allegations of wrongdoing by the Company or its officers, including any allegations of corporate fraud. Both Parties acknowledge that this Agreement does not limit either party’s right, where applicable, to file or participate in an investigative proceeding of any federal, state or local governmental agency. To the extent permitted by law, Employee agrees that if such an administrative claim is made, you shall not be entitled to recover any individual monetary relief or other individual remedies. You affirm that all of the Company’s decisions regarding your pay and benefits through the date of your separation of employment were not discriminatory

based on age, disability, race, color, sex, religion, national origin or any other classification protected by law.

7.    The Company and Employee acknowledge that nothing herein affects Employee’s coverage under the Company’s D&O coverage for the period of Employee’s employment prior to March 8, 2018.

8.    You also understand and agree that the existence and terms of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights are confidential, and you cannot discuss the Agreement and Waiver of Rights with anyone, except your spouse, financial advisor, attorney, the government, or as required by law. In addition, upon the termination of your employment, you must agree to return all Company property, including confidential or proprietary information that you may have in your possession or control.

9.    During the course of your employment with the Company, you acquired knowledge concerning the Company’s operations, customers and accounts. This is confidential information that would not otherwise be available to you and which is not available to the public.  As part of your obligations under this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you agree that for a period of two (2) years following your termination you will not disclose to any competitor of the Company such confidential information.  The Company shall have the right to seek injunctive relief against you to prevent further disclosure and to recover against you such damages it has suffered as a result of your breach plus attorney’s fees and costs.    

    10.    As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, both Parties agree that they will make no disparaging statements about each other to anyone.

11.    As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, You agree that the Company has invested substantial time and effort in assembling its present personnel. Accordingly, during the two year period following execution of this Agreement, you shall not directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, recruit, induce, attempt to recruit or induce, or encourage any director, officer, manager, employee, or independent contractor of the Company or any director, officer, manager, employee, or independent contractor or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company to leave their employment with the Company; or (ii) hire any such individual who has left the employment of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company if such hiring is proposed to occur within this two year period. Both Parties agree that this paragraph does not apply to any of your children or the children of any business partners you may have during this two year period.

12.     As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you and the Company agree that Arkansas law will govern the interpretation of this document and any disputes arising out of this document, without regard to conflict of law principles.

13.    You and the Company agree that should any dispute arise concerning the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, such dispute shall be resolved by the Federal Court located in Union County, Arkansas, and the parties herewith stipulate to the exclusive personal and subject matter jurisdiction of such Court.

14.    Should any provision of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights be declared illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction and cannot be modified to be enforceable, excluding the general release language, such provision shall immediately

become null and void, leaving the remainder of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights in full force and effect.

15.    It is understood and agreed by both the Employee and the Company that nothing in this Agreement and Waiver is an admission of wrongdoing or liability for any claim. It is further understood and agreed that this Agreement and Waiver supersedes all prior agreements with the Company regarding matters addressed herein, excluding any and all of promises regarding arbitration, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure of confidential information or return of Company property which remain binding on you.

16.    By signing this document on behalf of the Company, I am indicating the Company’s intent to make this offer to you. If you decide to accept all of the terms listed in this Agreement and Waiver please do the following things: (1) date and sign below; (2) initial each page of the Agreement in the appropriate place; (3) have your signature witnessed; and (4) follow the instructions in the cover letter as instruction and return the requested documents to Stacy Young, 200 E. Peach Street, El Dorado, AR 71730 before the respective dates listed in Paragraph 2 above. If you decide not to accept, please immediately return this document to Stacy Young.

17.     You knowingly and voluntarily release and forever discharge the Company its parent corporation, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, insurers, successors and assigns, and their current and former employees, attorneys, officers, directors and agents thereof, both individually and in their business capacities, and their employee benefit plans and programs and their administrators and fiduciaries (collectively referred to throughout the remainder of this Agreement as “Releasees”), of and from any and all claims, known

and unknown, asserted or unasserted, which the Employee has or may have against Releasees as of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release (which pre-dates your final date of employment with the Company), including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of:

▪Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

If any claim is not subject to release, to the extent permitted by law, you waive any right or ability to be a class or collective action representative or to otherwise participate in any putative or certified class, collective or multi-party action or proceeding based on such a claim in which the Company or any other Releasee identified in this Agreement is a party.

18.    As part of this Agreement and Waiver of Rights, you also agree that you will perform your duties and responsibilities in a satisfactory manner until such time as your employment with the Company ceases. This includes attending work and competently executing your duties.

YOU MAY REVOKE THIS AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING THE DAY YOU SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. ANY REVOCATION WITHIN THIS PERIOD MUST BE SUBMITTED, IN WRITING, TO STACY YOUNG AND STATE, "I HEREBY REVOKE MY ACCEPTANCE OF OUR AGREEMENT." THE REVOCATION MUST BE PERSONALLY DELIVERED TO STACY YOUNG OR HER DESIGNEE, OR MAILED TO STACY YOUNG AND POSTMARKED WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER YOU SIGN THIS AGREEMENT.

YOU AGREE THAT ANY MODIFICATIONS, MATERIAL OR OTHERWISE, MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT RESTART OR AFFECT IN ANY MANNER THE ORIGINAL UP TO TWENTY-ONE (21) CALENDAR DAY CONSIDERATION PERIOD.

March 8, 2018

Stacy Young

200 E. Peach Street

El Dorado, AR 71730

Re:    Agreement and General Release

Dear Ms. Young:

On March 8, 2018, I signed an Agreement and General Release between Murphy Oil USA, Inc. and me. I was advised in writing by Murphy Oil USA, Inc. to consult with an attorney of my choosing, prior to executing this Agreement and General Release.

More than seven (7) calendar days have elapsed since I executed the above-mentioned Agreement and General Release. I have not revoked my acceptance or execution of that Agreement and General Release and hereby reaffirm my acceptance of that Agreement and General Release up through the date of this letter.

Very truly yours,

John Corrigan