CONOCOPHILLIPS KEY EMPLOYEE CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN (Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2008)

Exhibit 10.22

CONOCOPHILLIPS
KEY EMPLOYEE CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN

(Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2008)

Effective October 1, 2004, the Company adopted the ConocoPhillips Key Employee Change in Control Severance Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective December 31, 2008.

All capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 1 hereof. This Plan is intended to be a plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intention.

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS . As hereinafter used:

1.1 “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the Effective Date.

1.2 “Associate” means, with reference to any Person, (a) any corporation, firm, partnership, association, unincorporated organization, or other entity (other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) of which such Person is an officer or general partner (or officer or general partner of a general partner) or is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 10% or more of any class of equity securities, (b) any trust or other estate in which such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (c) any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such Person.

1.3 “Beneficial Owner” means, with reference to any securities, any Person if:

(a) such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates and Associates, directly or indirectly, is the “beneficial owner” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the Effective Date) such securities or otherwise has the right to vote or dispose of such securities, including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (whether or not in writing); provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” any security under this subsection (a) as a result of an agreement, arrangement, or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement, or understanding: (i) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a public ( i.e. , not including a solicitation exempted by Rule 14a-2(b)(2) of the General Rules and Regulations

under the Exchange Act) proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);

(b) such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates and Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right or obligation to acquire such securities (whether such right or obligation is exercisable or effective immediately or only after the passage of time or the occurrence of an event) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, other rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to “beneficially own,” (i) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange or (ii) securities issuable upon exercise of Exempt Rights; or

(c) such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates (i) has any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) that beneficially owns such securities for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except as set forth in the proviso to subsection (a) of this definition), or disposing of such securities or (ii) is a member of a group (as that term is used in Rule 13d-5(b) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) that includes any other Person that beneficially owns such securities;

provided, however, that nothing in this definition shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to “beneficially own,” any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of 40 days after the date of such acquisition. For purposes hereof, “voting” a security shall include voting, granting a proxy, consenting or making a request or demand relating to corporate action (including, without limitation, a demand for a stockholder list, to call a stockholder meeting or to inspect corporate books and records), or otherwise giving an authorization (within the meaning of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act) in respect of such security.

The terms “beneficially own” and “beneficially owning” have meanings that are correlative to this definition of the term “Beneficial Owner.”

1.4 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

1.5 “Cause” means (i) the willful and continued failure by the Eligible Employee to substantially perform the Eligible Employee’s duties with the Employer (other than any such failure resulting from the Eligible Employee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness), or (ii) the willful engaging, not in good faith, by the Eligible Employee in conduct which is demonstrably injurious to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise.

1.6 “Change in Control” means any of the following occurring on or after the Effective Date:

(a) any Person (other than an Exempt Person) shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur for purposes of this subsection (a) if such Person shall become a Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company solely as a result of (i) an Exempt Transaction or (ii) an acquisition by a Person pursuant to a reorganization, merger or consolidation, if, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this definition are satisfied;

(b) individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; provided, further, that there shall be excluded, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of any actual or threatened Election Contest that is subject to the provisions of Rule 14a-11 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act;

(c) the Company shall consummate a reorganization, merger, or consolidation, in each case, unless, following such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, (i) 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, or consolidation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person or any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, or consolidation or the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, or consolidation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the initial agreement or initial action by the Board providing for such reorganization, merger, or consolidation; or

(d) (i) the shareholders of the Company shall approve a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company unless such liquidation or dissolution is approved as part of a plan of liquidation and dissolution involving a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or other disposition, all of the requirements of clauses (ii)(A), (B), and (C) of this subsection (d) are satisfied, or (ii) the Company shall consummate the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, other than to a corporation, with respect to which, following such sale or other disposition, (A) 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of such corporation is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the outstanding Common Stock, (B) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person and any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of such corporation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the initial agreement or initial action of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition of assets of the Company.

1.7 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.8 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

1.9 “Company” means ConocoPhillips or any successors thereto.

1.10 Controlled Group” shall mean ConocoPhillips and its Subsidiaries.

1.11 “Credited Compensation” of a Severed Employee means the aggregate of the Severed Employee’s annual base salary plus his or her annual incentive compensation, each as further described below. For purposes of this definition, (a) annual base salary shall be determined immediately prior to the Severance Date (without regard to any reductions therein which constitute Good Reason) and (b) annual incentive compensation shall be deemed to equal the higher of (i) the Severed Employee’s most recently established target (determined at one hundred percent of target) for annual incentive compensation for such employee prior to such employee’s Severance Date or (ii) the average of the most recent two annual incentive compensation payments to by such Severed Employee pursuant to the Variable Cash Incentive Program or its successor program maintained by the Employer made before his or her Severance Date; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (ii), (I) if such Severed Employee has been eligible to receive only one such annual incentive compensation payment for a period ending before his or her Severance Date, the amount of annual incentive compensation for purposes of determining Credited Compensation shall be equal to the

amount of such single annual incentive compensation payment (if any), and (II) if such Severed Employee has not been eligible for any such annual incentive compensation payment, the amount of annual incentive compensation for purposes of determining Credited Compensation shall be equal to his or her most recently established target (determined at one hundred percent of target) for annual incentive compensation for such employee prior to such employee’s Severance Date.

1.12 “Effective Date” means the date first stated above as the effective date of this Plan.

1.13 “Eligible Employee” means any employee that is a Tier 1 Employee or a Tier 2 Employee.

1.14 “Employer” means the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

1.15 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

1.16 “Excise Tax” shall mean the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.

1.17 “Exempt Person” means any of the Employers, any employee benefit plan of any of the Employers, and any Person organized, appointed, or established by any Employer for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.

1.18 “Exempt Rights” means any rights to purchase shares of Common Stock or other Voting Stock of the Company if at the time of the issuance thereof such rights are not separable from such Common Stock or other Voting Stock ( i.e. , are not transferable otherwise than in connection with a transfer of the underlying Common Stock or other Voting Stock), except upon the occurrence of a contingency, whether such rights exist as of the Effective Date, or are thereafter issued by the Company as a dividend on shares of Common Stock or other Voting Securities or otherwise.

1.19 “Exempt Transaction” means an increase in the percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the percentage of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned by any Person solely as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding due to the repurchase of Common Stock or Voting Stock by the Company, unless and until such time as (a) such Person or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person shall purchase or otherwise become the Beneficial Owner of additional shares of Common Stock constituting 1% or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or additional Voting Stock representing 1% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, or (b) any other Person (or Persons) who is (or collectively are) the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Stock constituting 1% or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or Voting Stock representing 1% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock shall become an Affiliate or Associate of such Person.

1.20 “Good Reason” means the occurrence, on or after the date of a Change in Control, and without the Eligible Employee’s written consent, of (i) the assignment to the Eligible Employee of duties in the aggregate that are inconsistent with the Eligible Employee’s level of responsibility

immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control or any diminution in the nature of the Eligible Employee’s responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control; (ii) a reduction by the Employer in the Eligible Employee’s annual base salary or any adverse change in the Eligible Employee’s aggregate annual and long term incentive compensation opportunity from that in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control which change is not pursuant to a program applicable to all comparably situated executives of the Employer; or (iii) the relocation of the Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not be considered to be Good Reason if the Employer undertakes to pay all reasonable relocation expenses of the Eligible Employee in connection with such relocation, whether through a relocation plan, program, or policy of the Employer or otherwise.

1.21 “Gross-Up Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 hereof.

1.22 “Parachute Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the change of control for purposes of Section 280G of the Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.

1.23 “Payment” shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to or for the benefit of an Eligible Employee, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Plan or otherwise, by any Employer or by a Person that is a party to the Change in Control.

1.24 “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or other entity.

1.25 “Plan” means the ConocoPhillips Key Employee Change in Control Severance Plan, as set forth herein, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.26 “Plan Administrator” means the person or persons appointed from time to time by the Board, which appointment may be revoked at any time by the Board.

1.27 “Public Offering” means the initial sale of common equity securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement (other than a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor or similar forms) filed under the Securities Act of 1933.

1.28 “Retirement Plans” means the ConocoPhillips Retirement Plan and the ConocoPhillips Key Employee Supplemental Retirement Plan.

1.29 “Safe Harbor Amount” means, with respect to an Eligible Employee, 2.99 times the Eligible Employee’s “base amount,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.