EXHIBIT 10.17

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

     The non-employee members of the Board of Directors of The Allied Defense
Group, Inc. are entitled to be compensated for their service via a combination
of cash and shares of stock of The Allied Defense Group, Inc. (“Stock”). This
Deferred Compensation Plan For Non-Employee Directors is intended to allow the
members of the Board of Directors of The Allied Defense Group, Inc. to defer
receipt of the cash and/or Stock compensation, all as set forth herein.

1. Eligibility

     Each member of the Board of Directors (a “Director”) of The Allied Defense
Group, Inc. (“Company”) who is not an employee of the Company, or of any of its
subsidiaries, is eligible to participate in this Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors (“Plan”).

2. Participation

     (a) Prior to the beginning of any July 1 — June 30 period (“Fiscal Year”),
each eligible Director may elect to participate in the Plan by directing that
(i) all of the cash compensation which would otherwise be payable for services
as a Director during such Fiscal Year (“Cash Compensation”) shall be credited to
a deferred compensation account (“Cash Account”), and/or (ii) all of the Stock
compensation which would otherwise be payable for services as a Director during
such Fiscal Year (“Stock Compensation”) shall be credited to a separate deferred
compensation account (“Stock Account”), all pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

     (b) An election to participate in the Plan shall be in the form of an
enrollment form (“Enrollment Form”) executed by the Director and filed with the
Secretary of the Company. Upon the adoption of this Plan, each eligible Director
has completed an Enrollment Form and filed it with the Secretary of the Company.
Each such election shall be effective for the upcoming Fiscal Year and shall
continue in effect from Fiscal Year to Fiscal Year until the Director terminates
or modifies the election by providing a substitute Enrollment Form prior to the
commencement of any Fiscal Year.

3. Cash Accounts

     (a) A Cash Account for each participating Director shall be maintained on a
book-keeping basis by the Secretary of the Company.

 

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     (b) Deferrals of Cash Compensation credited to a Cash Account shall bear
interest from the first day of the month in which the related Cash Compensation
would otherwise be paid. The interest credited will be compounded and credited
at the end of each Fiscal Year. Interest during each Fiscal Year will accrue at
the same rate as is earned by the Company on its funds in its bank account.

     (c) The accumulated amount in the Cash Account shall be paid to the
Director (or beneficiary) upon the earliest to occur of the following
(“Retirement”):

  (i)   the termination of the Director’s service on the Board for any reason
(including death);     (ii)   the sale, merger or consolidation of, change of
control of, or similar extraordinary transaction involving, the Company.

     (d) At the time of election to participate in the Plan, a Director shall
also make elections with respect to the method of distribution of Cash
Compensation deferred under the Plan, plus accumulated interest. Such elections
shall be contained in the Enrollment Form.

4. Stock Accounts

     (a) Stock Accounts for each participating Director shall be maintained on a
book-keeping basis by the Secretary of the Company.

     (b) For each share of Stock issuable as Stock Compensation for which a
Director has elected deferral pursuant to the Enrollment Form, the Director’s
Stock Account shall be credited with a stock unit (the “Unit”).

     (c) The number of Units credited to the Stock Account shall be
appropriately and equitably adjusted to reflect any change in the outstanding
stock of the Company in the event of any recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, exchange of shares or
other securities of the Company, stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, extraordinary dividend, liquidation, dissolution, or other similar
corporate transaction or event affecting the Company, all as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company.

     (d) Payment of the deferred compensation represented by a Stock Account
shall be made to the Director (or beneficiary) upon a Director’s Retirement
solely in the form of one share of Stock for each Unit. All Stock shall be
issued from the Company’s 2001 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended, or a
subsequent plan approved by the Company’s stockholders.

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     (e) At the time of election to participate in the Plan, a Director shall
also make elections with respect to the method of distribution of Stock
Compensation deferred under the Plan. Such elections shall be contained in the
Enrollment Form.

     (f) Directors who elect to make a deferral of Stock in accordance with this
Plan will have no rights as stockholders of the Company with respect to Units
credited to their Stock Accounts.

     (g) On each payment date for any cash dividends paid on the Stock, the
Company shall pay to each Director as an additional cash fee an amount equal to
the cash dividends that would be payable by the Company on a number of shares of
Stock equal to the number of Units in the Director’s Stock Account as of such
payment date. Such amounts shall be paid directly to each Director in cash and
shall not be eligible for deferral under this Plan.

5. Miscellaneous

     (a) The right of a Director to any payment hereunder shall not be subject
to assignment by the Director.

     (b) Benefits provided by this Plan shall be unfunded. All amounts payable
under this Plan to the participating Directors shall be paid from the general
funds of the Company, and nothing contained in this Plan shall require the
Company to set aside or hold in trust any amounts or assets for the purpose of
paying benefits to any Director. This Plan shall create only a contractual
obligation on the part of the Company, and participating Directors shall have
the rights of a general unsecured creditor with respect to the benefit
obligations hereunder. Funds of the Company available to pay benefits pursuant
to the Plan shall be subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company,
and may be used for any purpose by the Company. The obligation of the Company to
make payments pursuant to this Plan constitutes an unsecured but legally
enforceable promise of the Company to make such payments.

     (c) A participating Director’s interest in his Cash Account and Stock
Account shall at all times be 100% vested and nonforfeitable.

     (d) The Company shall have the right to amend or terminate this Plan in
whole or in part from time to time by resolution of the Board; provided,
however, that no action shall cancel or reduce the amount of a Director’s
previously accrued benefits.

     (e) Deferral elections and beneficiary designations made pursuant to this
Plan must be made in writing on forms substantially similar to the forms set
forth in Exhibit 1 to this Plan, and shall be subject to such other procedural
rules as the Board of Directors may establish.

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     (f) This Plan shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects
in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Plan to be executed by a
duly authorized officer.

            THE ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP, INC.
    Dated: June 3, 2004  By:          

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      John G. Meyer, Jr.,        President and Chief Executive Officer     

Allied/Deferred Compensation Plan 2004.5 (Exhibit 10.17)

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EXHIBIT 1 TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

DEFERRAL ELECTION FORM
AND DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM

I. DEFERRAL(S)

     
TO:
  The Allied Defense Group, Inc.

  Attn: Corporate Secretary

     Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Deferred Compensation Plan For
Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”), I hereby make the following election to
defer Cash Compensation and/or Stock Compensation pursuant to the Plan.

     All capitalized terms not expressly defined in this Deferral Election Form
have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

     1._____Deferral of Cash Compensation: I hereby irrevocably elect to defer
receipt of each monthly payment of Cash Compensation.

     2._____Deferral of Stock Compensation: I hereby irrevocably elect to defer
receipt of the shares of Stock payable with respect to the upcoming July 1 -
June 30 Fiscal Year.

     3.          Payment of Cash Account: I hereby irrevocably elect to have my
Cash Account paid to me as follows:

  (a)   In a lump sum within sixty (60) days of my Retirement; or     (b)   In
______ (not to exceed 5) equal annual installments (without further interest)
commencing within sixty (60) days of my Retirement.

     4.          Payment of Stock Account: I hereby irrevocably elect to have my
Stock Account paid to me in the form of Stock as follows:

  (a)   In a lump sum Stock award within ten (10) days of my Retirement; or    
(b)   In ______ (not to exceed 5) equal annual Stock installments commencing
within ten (10) days of my Retirement.

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II. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

     
Name of Director:
  Marital Status: Single
Social Security No.:
  Married

     I hereby revoke any previous designation(s) of beneficiary made by me with
respect to amounts payable by The Allied Defense Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
under the Deferred Compensation Plan For Non-Employee Directors in the event of
my death; and I hereby designate the following person(s) or entity to receive,
upon my death, any such amounts:

Primary Beneficiary or Beneficiaries:

             
Name:                   
  Share:     %   Relationship:                      Birth Date:                 
 
Address:                                                                
 
SS#:                             
   
 
           
Name:                   
  Share:     %   Relationship:                      Birth Date:                 
 
Address:                                                                
 
SS#:                             
   

Contingent Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (if your Primary Beneficiary(ies) all
predecease you):

             
Name:                   
  Share:     %   Relationship:                      Birth Date:                 
 
Address:                                                                
 
SS#:                             
   
 
           
Name:                   
  Share:     %   Relationship:                      Birth Date:                 
 
Address:                                                                
 
SS#:                             
   

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This election to defer is made as of the date of my signature below.

I certify that the foregoing elections are not being made in reliance upon any
financial or tax advice given by the Company. I understand that I should consult
my own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of my elections.

         
Date:
       

 

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      (Signature of Non-Employee Director)
 
       

      Name:

     

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Received by the Company:

The Allied Defense Group, Inc.

     
Date:
   

 

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Acknowledged:
   

 

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  Name and Title

  Office of Corporate Secretary

ADG/Deferred Compensation Plan 2004.5 (Exhibit 10.17)

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