CONSOL ENERGY INC
AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.44 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>FORM OF AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this
&#147;Amendment&#148;), dated as of July 21, 2003, is made between CONSOL Energy, Inc., 1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> (the &#147;Executive&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>WITNESSETH</U>: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive previously entered into a Change in Control Severance Agreement (&#147;Agreement&#148;) effective as of July 21,
2003 (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;); and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the
Company and the Executive wish to amend the Agreement to clarify that the provisions of Section 6 of the Agreement, regarding the application of Section 280G of the Code to payments and benefits under the Agreement, are intended to supersede and
replace any provisions in any stock option agreement or other agreement between the Company and the Executive entered into prior to the Effective Date regarding the application of Section 280G of the Code to payments and benefits thereunder.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Executive agree as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Amendment to Section 6</U>. Effective as of the Effective Date, the first sentence of Section 6 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor: &#147;The provisions of
this Section 6 shall apply notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition, the provisions of this Section 6 shall supersede and replace any provision in any stock option agreement or other agreement entered into prior to
the Effective Date between the Executive and the Company which relates to the application of Section 280G or Section 4999 of the Code to any payments or benefits provided thereunder, including, without limitation, any provision reducing or limiting
such payments or benefits.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused
this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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