Exhibit 10.5

WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

Section 1.         Purpose

Worthington Industries, Inc. established this deferred compensation plan to
provide the Directors of Worthington Industries, Inc. with the option to defer
the payment of their Directors Fees. The Plan is effective as to Directors Fees
which are paid with respect to fees earned on or after January 1, 2005. The Plan
is being amended and restated to comply with Code Section 409A effective as of
December 2008.

Section 2.         Definitions

2.1 “Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account on which the amount of
Directors Fees that is deferred by a Participant shall be recorded and credited
with investment gains or losses in accordance with the Plan.

2.2 “Beneficiary” shall mean the person designated by a Participant in
accordance with the Plan to receive payment of any remaining balance in his
Account in the event of the Participant’s death.

2.3 “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.4 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.5 “Committee” shall mean the committee appointed by the Board of Directors to
administer the Plan. If no committee is specifically named by the Board of
Directors to administer the Plan, the “Committee” shall mean the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors.

2.6 “Company” shall mean Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, its
corporate successors and the surviving corporation resulting from any merger or
acquisition of Worthington Industries, Inc. with or by any corporation or
corporations.

2.7 “Date of Deferral” shall mean the date to which payment of the Participant’s
Directors Fees is deferred in accordance with this Plan. Subject to the terms of
the following sentence, the Date of Deferral shall be the earliest of (i) the
date selected by the Participant in the Election Form, which date must be at
least one year after the end of the Plan Year with respect to which the payment
would otherwise be made, (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, or (iii) the
date the Participant Separates from Service as a Director. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall a Participant’s Date of Deferral extend beyond the
later of his 70th birthday or the date he Separates from Service as a Director.
Unless the Participant elects a different Date of Deferral, his Date of Deferral
shall be the date he Separates from Service as a Director.

2.8 “Director” shall mean any member of the Board of Directors of the Company
who is not an employee of the Company.

2.9 “Directors Fees” shall mean fees owed to the Directors by the Company for
their services as Directors including retainers, board meeting fees, committee
meeting fees and other similar fees, if any.

2.10 “Election Form” means the written form or other method pursuant to which
the Participant elects the amount of his Directors Fees to be deferred into the
Plan, the Date of Deferral, the deemed investment and/or the form of payment for
such amounts.

 

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2.11 “401(k) Plan” shall mean the Worthington Industries Deferred Profit Sharing
Plan, as in effect from time to time.

2.12 “IRS Regulations” shall mean the laws and regulations adopted by Congress
or issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service
under the Code.

2.13 “Participant” shall mean any Director who has elected to defer payment of
all or any portion of his Directors Fees in accordance with the Plan and who
still has an Account under the Plan.

2.14 “Plan” shall mean the “Worthington Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated
2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors” as set forth herein, as the same
may be amended from time to time.

2.15 “Plan Year” shall mean the calendar year.

2.16 “Separates from Service” means a “separation from service” of a Director
within the meaning IRS Regulations §1.409A-1(h).

2.17 “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the
Participant within the meaning of IRS Regulations §1.409A-3(i)(3) resulting from
(a) an illness or accident of the Participant or the Participant’s spouse,
Beneficiary, or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to
Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), (b) loss of the Participant’s
property due to casualty, or (c) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
Participant.

2.18 “Valuation Date” shall mean the date the Accounts in the Plan are adjusted
to reflect earnings and losses in accordance with the hypothetical investment
directions, as set from time to time by the Committee.

Section 3.         Administration

3.1         Power of the Committee

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full
power to construe and interpret the Plan, to establish and amend rules and
regulations for administration of the Plan, and to take any and all actions
necessary or desirable to effectuate or carry out the Plan.

The Committee may exercise the powers hereby granted in its sole and absolute
discretion. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any
actions taken by the Committee unless the member’s action involves willful
misconduct. The Committee may delegate to others certain aspects of the
management and operational responsibilities of the Plan including the employment
of advisors and the delegation of ministerial duties to qualified individuals.

3.2         Actions Final

All actions taken by the Committee under or with respect to the Plan shall be
final and binding on all persons. No member of the Committee shall be liable for
any action taken or determination made in good faith.

3.3         Books and Records

The books and records to be maintained for the purpose of the Plan shall be
maintained by the officers and employees of the Company at the Company’s expense
and subject to the supervision and control of the Committee. The Company may
hire a third party to maintain all or a part of the Plan’s books and records.

3.4         Action by the Committee

The Committee shall act by a majority of its members at the time in office, and
such action may be taken either by vote at a meeting or in writing. If a
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vote on matters specifically relating to his rights under the Plan; provided,
however, that this provision shall not prevent such person from voting on
matters which, although they may affect his rights, relate to Participants in
general.

3.5         Indemnification of Committee

The Company shall indemnify the members of the Committee against any and all
claims, losses, damages, expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by them,
and any liability, including any amounts paid in settlement with their approval,
arising from their action or failure to act, except when the same is judicially
determined to be attributable to their willful misconduct.

Section 4.         Eligibility and Participation

4.1         Eligibility

Each Director is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan. Participants are
those Directors who elect to defer Directors Fees under the Plan. A Director’s
eligibility to defer Directors Fees shall cease when he dies or otherwise ceases
to be a Director of the Company.

4.2         Election to Defer

Any Director who desires to defer the payment of any portion of his Directors
Fees for any Plan Year must complete and deliver an Election Form to the
Committee (in substantially the form approved by the Committee from time to
time) no later than December 31 of the immediately preceding Plan Year in which
the applicable fee is earned. (Retainers shall be earned commencing the first
day of the fiscal year, the fiscal quarter or other period as to which they
relate. Meeting fees shall be earned by attendance at the meeting).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in the discretion of the Committee, a
Participant may elect to defer any portion of Directors Fees by completing and
delivering an Election Form to the Committee no later than 30 days after the
Participant first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan with respect to
any Directors Fees for which services will be performed after such election is
made. For this purpose, a Participant is first eligible to participate in this
Plan if he is not a participant in any other arrangement that, along with this
Plan, would be treated as a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan
within the meaning of IRS Regulations §1.409A-1(c)(2).

Any election made pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be irrevocable once such
Plan Year begins.

4.3         The Election Form

A Participant shall designate on an Election Form (i) the portion of his
Directors Fees he desires to defer, (ii) the Date of Deferral, and (iii) the
method of payment of his Account. Payment of the Account shall be made in
accordance with Section 6. The Participant shall also designate the investment
option selected for his Account on an Election Form. The elections described in
the first sentence of this Section 4.3 must be made no later than the date
described in Section 4.2.

If a Participant makes no election as to the form of payment, that Participant’s
form of payment shall be a lump sum.

4.4         Sub-Accounts

In the event a Participant makes different elections as to the method of payment
or as to the time for commencement of payments with respect to Directors Fees
deferred for different fees, for purposes of determining the amounts to be paid
under each election, the Participant shall be treated as if he had a separate
sub-account for Directors Fees deferred pursuant to the differing elections.

Section 5.         Deferred Compensation Account

5.1         Crediting Fees

 

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The Directors Fees which a Participant elects to defer shall be treated as if
they were set-aside in an Account on the date the Directors Fees would otherwise
have been paid to the Participant.

5.2         Investment Options – General

Until changed by amendment, the investment options available under the Plan
shall be those available under the 401(k) Plan as in effect from time to time.

5.3         Selection of Investment Option

The Participant shall select the investment option for his Account in an
Election Form. The Participant may change the investment option for his Account
as of the time permitted under the 401(k) Plan for the same investment option.

Section 6.         Payment of Deferred Compensation

6.1         General

The amount of a Participant’s Account or subaccount maintained with respect to
the amount deferred, as the case may be, shall be paid to the Participant,
within a reasonable time, not to exceed 90 days, after the Participant’s Date of
Deferral, in a lump sum or in a number of substantially equal annual
installments (not more than 12), as designated by the Participant in his
Election Form. A Participant, subject to approval by the Committee, may change
the form of payment of his Account or his Deferral Date by filing an amended
Election Form with the Committee; provided, however, that any such change to an
existing election (i) may not take effect until at least 12 months after the
date on which such Election Form is filed; and (ii) the payment with respect to
which such election is made must be deferred (other than a distribution upon
death or an Unforeseeable Emergency) for a period of not less than five years
from the date such payment would otherwise have been paid (or in the case of
installment payments treated as a single payment, five years from the date the
first amount was scheduled to be paid); and (iii) any election affecting a
distribution to be made at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule must
be made not less than 12 months before the date the amount was scheduled to be
paid (or in the case of installment payments treated as a single payment, 12
months before the date the first amount was scheduled to be paid).

6.2         Death

(a) In the event of the death of a Participant, the amount of the Account shall
be paid to his Beneficiary, within a reasonable time, not to exceed 90 days,
after the Participant’s death.

(b) Each Participant may name one or more Beneficiaries and may also name one or
more contingent Beneficiaries by making a written designation in a form
acceptable to the Committee. A Participant’s Beneficiary designation may be
changed at any time prior to his death by execution and delivery of a new
Beneficiary designation form. The Beneficiary designation on file with the
Company at the time of the Participant’s death which bears the latest date shall
govern.

(c) Payments to a Beneficiary shall be made in the same form as designated by
the Participant in his Election Form. In the case of a Beneficiary of a
Participant who is receiving installment payments at the time of his death, the
number of annual installments may not exceed the annual installments remaining
to be paid to the Participant.

(d) If no Beneficiary survives the Participant, the amount in the Deferred
Compensation Account shall be paid in a lump sum to the Participant’s estate.

(e) If the Beneficiary dies after the death of the Participant, any amount
otherwise payable to the Beneficiary shall be paid in a lump sum to the
Beneficiary’s estate.

 

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6.3         Unforeseeable Emergency

A Participant may request a distribution from all or part of his Account upon
the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency. As a condition of receiving a
distribution under this Section 6.3, the Participant must file a written
application with the Committee specifying the nature of the Unforeseeable
Emergency, the amount needed to address the Unforeseeable Emergency and
supplying any other information the Committee, in its discretion, may need to
ensure that the conditions specified in this Section 6.3 are satisfied. The
Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether an Unforeseeable
Emergency exists and distribute an amount to the Participant which shall not be
greater than the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need (plus
the amount necessary to pay any Federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution) or, if less,
the value of the Participant’s Account as of the distribution date.

A distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made to the
extent that such emergency is or may be relieved through a cancellation of
deferrals under this Plan, reimbursement or compensation from insurance or
otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the
liquidation of such assets would not cause a severe financial hardship.

6.4         Effect of Change in Control

(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, but subject
to the following sentence, in the event of a Change in Control, the Plan shall
be terminated and each Participant’s Account shall be paid out as of such date
in a lump sum.

(b) For purposes of this Section 6.4, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:

 

  (i)

A “Change in Control” with respect to the Company occurs on the earliest date
that (1) a Person or Group acquires ownership of stock of the Company that,
together with stock held by such Person or Group, constitutes more than 50% of
the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company;
or (2) any Person or Group (other than John P. McConnell or a group controlled
by John P. McConnell) acquires (or has acquired during the 12 month period
ending of the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Group)
ownership of stock of the Company possessing 35% or more of the total voting
power of the stock of the Company; or (3) a majority of the members of the Board
of Directors of the Company is replaced during any twelve-month period by
Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date that such
appointments or elections are made; or (4) any Person or Group (other than an
Excluded Person) acquires (or has acquired) during the twelve-month period
ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Group,
assets from the Company that have a total Gross Market Value equal to or more
than 65% of the total Gross Market Value of all of the assets of the Company
immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event shall be considered a Change in Control
if it would not be considered a “change in control event” within the meaning IRS
Regulations §1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

  (ii)

“Excluded Person” means (1) a shareholder of the Company in exchange for or with
respect to its stock; (2) the Company, any wholly owned Company Subsidiary, or
any entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company; (3) a Person or Group that owns,
directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of all
the outstanding stock of the Company; or (4) an entity, at least 50% of the
total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a
person described in Section 6.4(b)(ii)(2).

 

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  (iii)

“Gross Market Value” means the value of the assets of the Company or the value
of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets.

 

  (iv)

“Group” shall mean more than one Person acting as a “group” as interpreted in
accordance with IRS Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

  (v)

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, or other entity.

(c) In all cases, the provisions of and definitions used in this Section 6.4
shall be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of IRS Regulation
§1.409A-3(i)(5).

6.5         Changes to Deferral Date or Form of Payment.

On or before December 31, 2008, a Participant may change the form of payment of
his Account or Deferral Date (based on the choices described in this Section 6)
by filing an amended Election Form with the Committee on or before December 31,
2008; provided, however, that: (i) such election will not apply to any amount
otherwise payable in 2008; and (ii) such election may not cause an amount to be
paid in 2008 that would not otherwise be payable in 2008. Such election must be
made in a form prescribed by the Committee. After December 31, 2008, any
distribution election may be changed only as provided in Section 6.1.

Section 7.         Amendments

The Board of Directors may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate any or
all of the provisions of this Plan; provided that no such amendment, suspension,
or termination shall adversely affect in any material respect any right of any
Participant to receive any amount payable pursuant to the Plan (unless the
affected Participant consents in writing to the application of that amendment)
but this provision shall not restrict the authority of the Board of Directors to
change or limit investment options. The Board of Directors may terminate the
Plan at any time, provided, however, that no termination shall in and of itself
cause an acceleration of the distribution of Accounts under the Plan, except as
may otherwise be provided in the applicable IRS Regulations. Any such amendment
to or termination of the Plan shall be in writing.

Section 8.         Miscellaneous Provisions

8.1         Non-Assignability of Benefits

No Participant, Beneficiary or distributee of benefits under the Plan shall have
any power or right to transfer, assign, anticipate, hypothecate or otherwise
encumber any part or all of the amounts payable hereunder, which are expressly
declared to be unassignable and non-transferable. Any such attempted assignment
or transfer shall be void. No amount payable hereunder shall, prior to actual
payment hereof, be subject to seizure by any creditor of any such Participant,
Beneficiary or other distributee for the payment of any debt, judgment, or other
obligation, by a proceeding at law or in equity, nor transferable by operation
of law in the event of the bankruptcy, insolvency or death of such Participant,
Beneficiary or other distributee hereunder.

8.2         Withholding

All deferrals and payments provided for hereunder shall be subject to applicable
withholding and other deductions as shall be required of the Company under any
applicable local, state or federal law.

8.3         No Trust Created

Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions
by either party hereto, shall create, nor be construed to create, a trust of any
kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and the Participant, his
Beneficiary, or any other person. The Company may establish a “grantor trust”
(so-called “Rabbi Trust”) which is within the jurisdiction of the courts of the
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obligations created under this Plan, but the Company intends that the assets of
any such trust will at all times remain subject to the claims of the Company’s
general creditors and that the existence of any such Rabbi Trust will not alter
the characterization of the Plan as “unfunded” for purposes of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and will not be construed to provide
income to any Participant prior to actual payment under this Plan.

8.4         Unsecured General Creditor Status of Director

The payments to a Participant, his Beneficiary or any other distributee
hereunder shall be made from assets which shall continue, for all purposes, to
be a part of the general, unrestricted assets of the Company; no person shall
have or acquire any interest in any such assets by virtue of the provisions of
this Plan. The obligation hereunder shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise
to pay money in the future. To the extent that the Participant, a Beneficiary,
or other distributee acquires a right to receive payments from the Plan under
the provisions hereof, such right shall be no greater than the right of any
unsecured general creditor of the Company. No such person shall have nor acquire
any legal or equitable right, interest or claim in or to any property or assets
of any Company; provided, however, that, to the extent the Company is unable to
make the payment, the obligation to make such payment shall be the obligation of
all affiliates and subsidiaries of the Company, regardless of whether such
affiliate or subsidiary was an affiliate or subsidiary of the Company at the
time the Directors Fee’s to which the claim relates were credited to the
claiming Participant’s Account.

In the event that, in its discretion, the Company purchases an insurance policy
or policies insuring the life of the Participant (or any other property) to
allow the Company to recover the cost of providing the benefits, in whole, or in
part, hereunder, neither the Participant, his Beneficiary or other distributee
shall have nor acquire any rights whatsoever therein or in the proceeds
therefrom. The Company shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such
policy or policies and, as such, shall possess and may exercise all incidents of
ownership therein. Except to the extent the Company may establish a Rabbi Trust
as described in Section 8.3, no such policy, policies or other property shall be
held in any trust for a Participant, Beneficiary or other distributee or held as
collateral security for any obligation hereunder. The existence of any such
Rabbi Trust does not give a Participant, Beneficiary or other distributee, any
interest, direct or beneficial, in any policy, policies or other property held
in such a trust. A Participant’s participation in the underwriting or other
steps necessary to acquire such policy or policies may be required by the
Committee and, if required, shall not be a suggestion of any beneficial interest
in such policy or policies to a Participant.

8.5         Binding Effect

This Plan shall be binding on each Participant and his heirs and legal
representatives and on the Company and its successors and assigns.

8.6         Governing Laws

All provisions of the Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
Ohio, except to the extent pre-empted by federal law.

8.7         Code Section 409A

This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and
the IRS Regulations promulgated thereunder and, to the maximum extent permitted
by law, shall be interpreted, administered and operated accordingly. Nothing
herein shall be construed as an entitlement to or guarantee of any particular
tax treatment to a Participant, and none of the Company, Committee or any other
person shall have any liability with respect to any failure to comply with Code
Section 409A. The Company may accelerate the time or schedule of payment of a
Participant’s Account at any time this Plan fails to meet the requirements of
Code Section 409A. Such payment may not exceed the amount required to be
included in income as a result of the failure to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

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