Severability Contract Clauses (27,855)

Severability. Any provision of this Modification Agreement held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Modification Agreement and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 2 12. Trust Waiver. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payees hereby waive any an...d all right, title, interest or claim of any kind ("Claim") in or to any distribution of or from the trust account to be established in which the proceeds of the initial public offering (the "IPO") conducted by the Maker (including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the warrants issued in a private placement to occur prior to the effectiveness of the IPO are to be deposited, as described in greater detail in the registration statement and prospectus to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the trust account for any reason whatsoever. View More

Severability. If any term or provision of this Warrant is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Warrant or invalidate or render unenforceable that term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

Severability. Any provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof) that is deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction and subject to this Section 11, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the remaining provisions thereof in such jurisdiction or rendering that or any other provisions of this Agreement invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.

Severability. The provisions of this Restrictive Covenant Agreement are severable. If any provision is determined to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, then such provision shall be modified so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. If such provision cannot be modified to be enforceable, then the unenforceable element of the provision (or, failing that, the entire provision) shall be severed from this Restrictive Covenant Agreement. The remaining provisions and an...y partially enforceable provisions shall remain in full force and effect. View More

Severability. Any provision of this Amendment that shall be prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such 6 prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement, or any part thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction of any foreign, federal, state, county or local government or any other governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against public policy for any reason, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected or ...impaired or invalidated. If any court determines that any of such covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable because of the geographic or temporal scope of such provision, such court will reduce such scope to the minimum extent necessary to make such covenants valid and enforceable. Executive acknowledges that the restrictive covenants contained in Section 6 are a condition of this Agreement and are reasonable and valid in temporal scope and in all other respects. View More

Severability. If for any reason any provision of this Note is determined by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be legally invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remainder of the Note will not be affected and such provision will be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision consistent with applicable law and, in its modified form, such provision will then be enforceable and enforced.

Severability. If any provision(s) of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, and the affected provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable without further action by the parties hereto. However, if any such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision cannot by modified to become valid and enforceable, then such provision(s) shall be... stricken from the Agreement in its/their entirety and all the other provisions hereof shall be continuing in full force and effect. View More

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 8 By signing below, the Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of the PSUs issued on the Grant Date indicated above, which ha...ve been issued under the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. By: Name: Kim Harding Title: Vice President — Human Resources and Administration Accepted by: [·] Date: Confirmation of Receipt by Company: By: Date: 9 EX-10.20 2 a18-1061_1ex10d20.htm EX-10.20 Exhibit 10.20 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE 2016 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (PERFORMANCE VESTING) * * * * * Participant: [·] Grant Date: [·] Target Number of Performance Stock Units Granted: [·] * * * * * THIS PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of the Grant Date specified above, is entered into by and between MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized in the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and the Participant specified above, pursuant to the Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan, as in effect and as amended from time to time (the "Plan"), which is administered by the Committee (as defined in the Plan); and WHEREAS, it has been determined under the Plan that it would be in the best interests of the Company to grant the Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") provided herein to the Participant. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby mutually covenant and agree as follows: 1. Incorporation By Reference; Plan Document Receipt. This Agreement is subject in all respects to the terms and provisions of the Plan (including, without limitation, any amendments thereto adopted at any time and from time to time unless such amendments are expressly intended not to apply to the Award provided hereunder), all of which terms and provisions are made a part of and incorporated in this Agreement as if they were each expressly set forth herein. Except as provided otherwise herein, any capitalized term not defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as is ascribed thereto in the Plan. The Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a true copy of the Plan and that the Participant has read the Plan carefully and fully understands its content. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. View More