EXHIBIT 10.2
PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
As Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2007

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    4  
1.1 Account
    4  
1.2 Adjustment Date
    4  
1.3 Administrator
    4  
1.4 Adopting Company
    4  
1.5 Basic Contributions
    4  
1.6 Beneficiary
    4  
1.7 Board
    4  
1.8 Code
    4  
1.9 Committee
    4  
1.10 Company
    4  
1.11 Company Stock
    4  
1.12 Compensation
    5  
1.13 Disability Retirement Date
    6  
1.14 Effective Date
    6  
1.15 Employee
    6  
1.16 Employer
    6  
1.17 Employment Commencement Date
    6  
1.18 ERISA
    7  
1.19 ESOP Contributions
    7  
1.20 Fiduciary
    7  
1.21 5% Owner
    7  
1.22 Forfeiture
    7  
1.23 Highly Compensated Employees
    7  
1.24 Hour of Service
    8  
1.25 Inactive Participant
    9  
1.26 Ineligible Employee
    9  
1.27 Investment Manager
    9  
1.28 Key Employee
    10  
1.29 Matching Contributions
    10  
1.30 Normal Retirement Date
    10  
1.31 Participant
    10  
1.32 Period of Severance
    10  
1.33 Permanent Disability
    10  
1.34 Plan
    11  
1.35 Plan Year
    11  
1.36 Prior Plans
    11  
1.37 Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
    11  
1.38 Reemployment Commencement Date
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1.39 Related Company
    11  
1.40 Salary Reduction Contributions
    11  
1.41 Section 415 Compensation
    12  
1.42 Service
    12  
1.43 Severance from Service Date
    15  
1.44 Suspense Account
    16  
1.45 Top Heavy
    16  
1.46 Trust, Trust Fund or Fund
    17  
1.47 Trustee
    17  
1.48 Gender and Number
    17  
 
       
ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION
    18  
2.1 Eligibility Requirements
    18  
2.2 Reemployment
    21  
2.3 Loss of Eligibility with Continued Employment
    21  
 
       
ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTIONS
    22  
3.1 ESOP Contributions
    22  
3.2 Savings Plan Contributions
    23  
3.3 Limitation on Contributions
    24  
3.4 No Right or Duty of Inquiry
    25  
3.5 Non-Reversion
    25  
3.6 Time and Manner of Payment of Contributions
    25  
3.7 Catch-up Contributions
    26  
 
       
ARTICLE IV ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
    27  
4.1 Accounts
    27  
4.2 Allocation of Contributions and Forfeitures
    29  
4.3 Ineligibility to Receive Allocations of Company Stock
    30  
4.4 Allocation of Earnings
    31  
4.5 Segregated Accounts
    32  
4.6 Annual Additions
    32  
4.7 Anti-Discrimination Test for Salary Reduction Contributions
    33  
4.8 Anti-Discrimination Test for Matching Contributions
    35  
4.9 Distribution of Excess Contributions
    36  
4.10 Correction of Error
    38  
4.11 Trust as Single Fund
    38  
 
       
ARTICLE V VESTING
    39  
5.1 Vesting
    39  
5.2 Service Rules
    40  
5.3 Vested Benefits and Forfeitures
    40  
 
       
ARTICLE VI BENEFITS
    43  
6.1 Normal Retirement
    43  
6.2 Disability Retirement
    43  
6.3 Termination of Employment
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6.4 Death Benefits
    43  
6.5 Designation of Beneficiary
    43  
6.6 Commencement of Distribution
    44  
6.7 Form of Benefit
    46  
6.8 Location of Former Participants
    47  
6.9 Benefits to Minors and Incompetents
    48  
6.10 Withdrawals
    48  
6.11 Loans
    50  
6.12 Installment Payment and Annuity Options
    52  
 
       
ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTION IN COMPANY STOCK
    53  
7.1 Legends
    53  
7.2 Basis of Company Stock
    53  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION BY THE COMMITTEE
    54  
8.1 Appointment of the Committee
    54  
8.2 Powers of the Committee
    54  
8.3 Operation
    55  
8.4 Meetings and Quorum
    55  
8.5 Compensation
    56  
8.6 Payment of Expenses
    56  
8.7 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
    56  
8.8 Rollovers and Trustee-to-Trustee Transfers to and from the Plan
    57  
 
       
ARTICLE IX DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE
    59  
9.1 General
    59  
9.2 Trust Agreement
    59  
9.3 Limitation of Liability
    59  
9.4 Power of Trustee to Carry Out the Plan
    59  
9.5 Life Insurance
    59  
9.6 Directed Investments
    61  
9.7 Investment Diversification of ESOP Accounts Applicable to Periods Prior to
January 1, 2007
    62  
 
       
ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
    64  
10.1 Amendment
    64  
10.2 Termination
    64  
10.3 Merger
    64  
 
       
ARTICLE XI CLAIMS PROCEDURE
    65  
11.1 Right to File Claim
    65  
11.2 Denial of Claim
    65  
11.3 Claims Review Procedure
    65  
 
       
ARTICLE XII ADOPTION OF PLAN BY RELATED COMPANIES AND TRANSFERRED ASSETS
    67  
12.1 Adoption of the Plan
    67  

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12.2 Withdrawal
    67  
12.3 Sale of Employer’s Assets
    67  
 
       
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
    68  
13.1 Indemnification
    68  
13.2 Exclusive Benefit Rule
    68  
13.3 No Right to the Fund
    68  
13.4 Rights of Employer
    68  
13.5 Non-Alienation of Benefits
    68  
13.6 Construction and Severability
    69  
13.7 Delegation of Authority
    69  
13.8 Request for Tax Ruling
    69  
13.9 Qualified Military Service
    69  

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PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
BACKGROUND
     Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pocahontas Food
Group, Inc. (formerly Pocahontas Food Companies of America, Inc.), established
the Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (the “Pocahontas
Plan”) effective as of August 1, 1987. The Pocahontas Plan was originally
designed to be a qualified profit sharing plan under Section 401(a) of the Code
and included a qualified cash or deferred arrangement (“CODA”) under Section
401(k) of the Code.
     Effective as of June 1, 1988, the Pocahontas Plan was amended and restated
to permit the plan to borrow funds for the purpose of acquiring qualified
employer securities and to satisfy the requirements necessary for the plan to
qualify as an employee stock ownership plan under Sections 409 and 4975(e)(7) of
the Code. As amended and restated, the Pocahontas Plan retained and continued
the CODA portion of the Plan, and was designated the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc.
Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plan (as amended and restated in 1988, the
“1988 Plan”).
     On June 2, 1988, Caro Produce & Institutional Foods, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Pocahontas Food Group, Inc., (and its wholly owned subsidiaries)
adopted the 1988 Plan and on July 1, 1988 the assets of the Caro Produce &
Institutional Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan (the “Caro Produce Plan”) were
transferred to the 1988 Plan.
     On July 5, 1988, Kenneth O. Lester Co., Inc. became a subsidiary of
Pocahontas Food Group, Inc., adopted the 1988 Plan on July 5, 1988 and on
July 6, 1988 the assets of the Kenneth O. Lester Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
(the “Lester Company Plan”) were transferred to the 1988 Plan.
     Each participant in the Caro Produce Plan, the Lester Company Plan and the
1988 Plan is entitled to a benefit under the 1988 Plan immediately after the
transfer of assets from the Caro Produce Plan and the Lester Company Plan into
the 1988 Plan, equal to or greater than his account balance determined under the
Caro Produce Plan, the Lester Company Plan, or the 1988 Plan, as the case maybe,
immediately before the transfer.
     The 1988 Plan has been amended by various amendments, including an
amendment in 1993 to change the name of the Plan to the Performance Food Group
Company Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plan, in order to reflect the
change in the name of the Company from Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. to
Performance Food Group Company.
     On December 31, 1994, effective January 1, 1989, the 1988 Plan was amended
and restated in its entirety in order to bring the Plan into compliance with the
Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation (as amended and restated in
1994, the “1994 Plan”).

 

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     On January 3, 1995, Milton’s Food Service, Inc. became a subsidiary of the
Company and adopted the 1994 Plan effective February 1, 1995. Effective
January 1, 1996, the Milton’s Institutional Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the
“Milton’s Plan”) was merged into the 1994 Plan.
     On October 31, 1997, AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc. became a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company and adopted the 1994 Plan effective October 31,
1997. Effective August 4, 1999, the AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc. Profit
Sharing and Savings Plan (the “AFI Plan”) was merged into the 1994 Plan.
     On February 28, 1999, NCF Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, merged into NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation, which adopted the
1994 Plan effective March 21, 1999. Effective as of such date, the NorthCenter
Foodservice Corporation Profit Sharing Plan (the “NorthCenter Plan”) was merged
into the 1994 Plan.
     Each participant in the Milton’s Plan, the NorthCenter Plan, the AFI Plan
and the 1994 Plan is entitled to a benefit under the 1994 Plan immediately after
the transfer of assets from the Milton’s Plan, the NorthCenter Plan, and the AFI
Plan into the 1994 Plan, equal to or greater than his account balance determined
under the Milton’s Plan, the NorthCenter Plan, the AFI Plan, or the 1994 Plan,
as the case may be, immediately before the transfer.
     The 1994 Plan has been amended by various amendments, including amendments
to increase the percentage of Compensation that a Participant may defer under
the Plan to 15 percent, to increase the Employer Matching Contribution, to
modify the participant loan provisions, to provide for daily valuation of
certain Accounts, and to eliminate the minimum participation age.
     Effective January 1, 2000, the 1994 Plan was amended and restated in its
entirety in order to bring the Plan into compliance with the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (“GATT”), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994 and various regulatory and other statutory provisions now
effective (as amended and restated in 2000, the “2000 Plan”). The Plan was also
amended to increase the Employer Matching Contribution and to reduce the
eligibility service requirement.
     In October 2000, the Company decided to eliminate the installment payment
option available to Participants under the Plan and the annuity options
available to certain Participants who were formerly participants in the Lester
Company Plan, the Caro Produce Plan and the Milton’s Plan in accordance with
Section 1.411(d)-4(e) of the Treasury Regulations. Notice was provided
Participants effective February 1, 2001, as required by such regulations.
     The 2000 Plan was amended and restated in its entirety in order to bring
the Plan into compliance with the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and
Reform Act of 1998, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, and certain
provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
(including the provision of the Act that permits deductible dividends on Company
stock to be reinvested in such stock), to eliminate the

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installment payment and annuity options formerly available under the Plan, to
change to the “elapsed time” method for computing service for purposes of the
Plan, to eliminate the cash-out limit “lookback rule” in accordance with
Sections 1.411(a)-11(c)(3) and 1.417(e)-1(b)(2)(i) of the Treasury Regulations,
to make the Employer Matching Contribution a discretionary contribution, to
permit in-service withdrawals from the Plan of all or part of a Participant’s
Rollover Account upon attaining age 591/2 or in the event such Participant
incurs a financial hardship, to permit a Participant to direct the investment of
his ESOP Contributions Account and Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account from
Company Stock to the investment funds authorized by the Committee, to permit a
Participant to elect not to have Salary Reduction Contributions made from
bonuses, and to permit a Participant to designate that Salary Reduction
Contributions be made as a flat dollar amount rather than as a whole percentage
of Compensation.
     The Plan is again amended and restated effective January 1, 2007, to
incorporate all amendments adopted since the last restatement in 2002. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Effective Date of the Plan, as amended and
restated, shall be January 1, 2007.
     It is intended that the amended and restated Plan (hereafter, the “Plan”)
shall continue to be a qualified plan under Code Section 401(a) and to qualify
as a qualified employee stock ownership plan under Code Sections 409 and
4975(e)(7) that includes a qualified CODA as described in Code Section 401(k).
     In addition to providing retirement benefits for employees of the Employer
(which includes the Company and each Related Company that adopts the Plan) and
their Beneficiaries, a primary purpose of the Plan is to enable employees to
share in the growth and prosperity of the Company and to accumulate capital for
their future economic security by acquiring a proprietary interest in the
Company. In furtherance of that goal, the employee stock ownership portion of
the Plan is designed to invest its assets primarily in Company Stock.

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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     Where indicated by initial capital letters, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
     1.1 Account. An account (or accounts) maintained for the benefit of a
Participant pursuant to Section 4.1.
     1.2 Adjustment Date. The last day of each calendar quarter. The Committee
may establish more frequent Adjustment Dates in such circumstances and for such
purposes as the Committee deems it appropriate, including the adoption of a
daily valuation system for amounts held in Basic Contributions Accounts, Salary
Reduction Contributions Accounts, Matching Contributions Accounts, Prior Plan
Employee Contributions Accounts, Prior Plan Employer Contributions Accounts and
Rollover Accounts.
     1.3 Administrator. The Committee.
     1.4 Adopting Company. The Company and any Related Company that adopts the
Plan as provided in Article XII.
     1.5 Basic Contributions. The Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.2(a).
     1.6 Beneficiary. Any person or entity who is to receive any benefits
payable from the Plan on account of the death of a Participant in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.4 and Section 6.5 of the Plan.
     1.7 Board. Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, the duly
constituted Board of Directors of the Company.
     1.8 Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
subsequently enacted federal revenue law. A reference to a particular Section of
the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any regulations issued under
the Section and to the corresponding section of any subsequently enacted federal
revenue law.
     1.9 Committee. The committee established pursuant to Article VIII of the
Plan to be responsible for the general administration and interpretation of the
Plan and supervision of the Trust Fund in accordance with the provisions of
Article VIII.
     1.10 Company. Performance Food Group Company (formerly known as Pocahontas
Food Group, Inc.) and any successor (by merger, consolidation or otherwise).
     1.11 Company Stock. Common stock issued by the Company (or by a Related
Company) that is readily tradable on an established securities market or, if no
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tradable common stock exists, common stock issued by the Company (or a Related
Company) that has a combination of voting power and dividend rights equal to or
in excess of:
     (a) that class of common stock of the Company (or Related Company) having
the greatest voting power, and
     (b) that class of common stock of the Company (or Related Company) having
the greatest dividend rights.
Non-callable preferred stock shall be treated as Company Stock if (i) such stock
is convertible at any time into stock which meets the requirements of the
preceding sentence and (ii) such conversion is at a conversion price that, as of
the date of the acquisition of such preferred stock by the Plan, is reasonable.
For purposes of the next preceding sentence, callable preferred stock shall be
treated as non-callable if, after the call, there will be a reasonable
opportunity for a conversion that satisfies the requirements of the last
preceding sentence. Company Stock shall meet the requirements of a “qualifying
employer security” under ERISA Section 407(d)(5) and “employer securities” under
Code Section 409(1).
     1.12 Compensation.
     (a) The earnings paid to an Employee by the Employer during a Plan Year for
personal services, prior to withholding as reported on Form W-2, including
bonuses, overtime pay, and commissions, but excluding contributions or benefits
under this Plan or any other plan of deferred compensation maintained by the
Employer and excluding special allowances (such as amounts paid to an Employee
during an authorized leave of absence, moving expenses, car expenses, tuition
reimbursement, meal allowances, the cost of excess group life insurance income
includible in taxable income, and similar items). Compensation shall include all
Salary Reduction Contributions by a Participant pursuant to Section 4.2(a) and
any salary reduction contributions to a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125.
Effective January 1, 2001, Compensation shall also include any elective amounts
that are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code
Section 132(f)(4). Notwithstanding the above, Compensation shall not include a
retention bonus paid by the Company to any Participant who becomes a Companies
Covered Employee, as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 22,
2005, between the Company and Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
     (b) For purposes of the nondiscrimination tests of Sections 4.7 and 4.8,
“Compensation” means Compensation for services performed for the Company that is
currently includible in gross income, increased by the Employee’s Salary
Reduction Contributions, elective contributions under a cafeteria plan and
elective contributions under other arrangements permitted to be included under
Code Section 414(s). Effective January 1, 2001, “Compensation” for purposes of
these nondiscrimination tests shall be increased by any elective amounts that
are not includible in gross income under Code Section 132(f)(4).

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     (c) For convenience of administration, Compensation may be rounded to the
nearest $100.
     (d) Notwithstanding Section 1.12(a) and (b), Compensation taken into
account under the Plan shall be limited as follows:
     (i) The amount of an Employee’s annual Compensation that may be taken into
account under the Plan shall not exceed $225,000 (for 2007, to be adjusted for
future years pursuant to Code Sections 401(a)(17)(B) and 415(d)).
     (ii) If a Plan Year (or any other period, not exceeding 12 months, over
which Compensation is determined under the Plan) consists of fewer than
12 months, the relevant statutory Compensation limit (as described in (i) above)
in effect for such Plan Year (or other determination period) shall be multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the Plan Year
(or other determination period), and the denominator of which is 12.
     1.13 Disability Retirement Date. The date upon which the Committee
determines that a Participant has incurred a Permanent Disability.
     1.14 Effective Date. For the amended and restated Plan, January 1, 2007,
except as otherwise provided herein. The original effective date of the salary
reduction portion of the Plan, as part of the Pocahontas Plan (as defined in
Section 1.36), was August 1, 1987, and the original effective date of the
employee stock ownership portion of the Plan, as part of the 1988 Prior Plan (as
defined in Section 1.36), was June 1, 1988. The original effective date of the
Pocahontas Plan was August 1, 1987; the original effective date of the Caro
Produce Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was January 1, 1973; the original
effective date of the Lester Company Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was
September 1, 1981; the original effective date of the Milton’s Plan (as defined
in Section 1.36) was May 1, 1987; the original effective date of the NorthCenter
Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was December 28, 1972; the original effective
date of the AFI Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was January 1, 1980; the
original effective date of the TPC Spinoff Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was
September 15, 1989; and the original effective date of the Plee-Zing Plan (as
defined in Section 1.36) was January 1, 1989.
     1.15 Employee. Any person employed by the Employer, other than a person
classified in the records of the Employer as an independent contractor
(regardless of whether he is later determined by the Internal Revenue Service or
a federal or state court to be a common law employee) or a leased employee.
     1.16 Employer. The Company and each other Adopting Company.
     1.17 Employment Commencement Date. The date on which an Employee first
completes an Hour of Service.

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     1.18 ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. A reference to a particular Section of ERISA shall be deemed to include
a reference to any regulations issued under the Section.
     1.19 ESOP Contributions. The Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.1.
     1.20 Fiduciary. Any person who (a) exercises any discretionary authority or
discretionary control respecting management of the Plan or exercises any
authority or control respecting management or disposition of its assets,
(b) renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or
indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of the Plan or has any
authority or responsibility to do so, or (c) has any discretionary authority or
discretionary responsibility in the administration of the Plan. The Committee
and the Trustee each shall be a named Fiduciary for purposes of the Plan and
ERISA.
     1.21 5% Owner. If the Employer is a corporation, any person who owns (or is
considered to own within the meaning of Code Section 318) more than 5% of the
outstanding stock of the corporation or stock possessing more than 5% of the
total combined voting power of all stock of the corporation. If the Employer is
not a corporation, a 5% Owner is any person who owns more than 5% of the capital
or profits interest in the Employer. In determining percentage ownership
hereunder, employers that would otherwise be aggregated under Code Section 414
shall be treated as separate employers.
     1.22 Forfeiture. That portion of a Participant’s Account that is not vested
(as provided in Section 5.1). A Forfeiture occurs upon the earlier of:
     (a) the distribution of the entire vested portion of the Participant’s
Account in a “cash-out” distribution described in Section 5.3(c), or
     (b) the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant incurs a
five-year Period of Severance.
For purposes of subparagraph (a), in the case of a Participant who has
terminated employment other than by reason of death, Permanent Disability, or
retirement on or after the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date, and whose
vested Account balance is zero, such terminated Participant shall be deemed to
have received a cash-out distribution of the Participant’s vested Account
balance upon his termination of employment. Restoration of forfeited amounts
shall occur pursuant to Section 5.3(c). The term Forfeiture shall also include
amounts deemed to be Forfeitures pursuant to any other provision of the Plan.
     1.23 Highly Compensated Employees. Any Employee or former Employee who:
     (a) was a 5% Owner (as defined in Section 1.21) at any time during the Plan
Year or the preceding Plan Year; or

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     (b) received 415 Compensation from the Employer in excess of $100,000 (for
2007, to be adjusted for future years pursuant to Code Sections 414(q) and
415(d)) for the preceding Plan Year.
     A former Employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if:
     (a) such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee at the time such
Employee terminated employment; or
     (b) such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after
attaining age 55.
     1.24 Hour of Service.
     (a) Each hour:
     (i) For which the Employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to
payment, by the Employer or a Related Company for the performance of duties.
These hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period in
which the duties are performed;
     (ii) For which the Employee is paid or entitled to payment by the Employer
or a Related Company for a period of time during which no duties are performed
(irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) because of
vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury
duty, military duty or leave of absence, up to a maximum of 501 hours during a
single continuous period). These hours shall be credited to the Employee for the
computation period in which the duties would have been performed;
     (iii) For which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been
either awarded or agreed to by the Employer or a Related Company. These hours
shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period to which the award
or agreement pertains, rather than the computation period in which the award,
agreement or payment is made. The same Hours of Service shall not be credited
both under subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iv), as the case may be, and under this
subparagraph (iii); and
     (iv) For purposes of determining whether an Employee has a one-year Period
of Severance, each hour (up to a maximum of 501 hours in a single continuous
period) for which the Employee is absent because of (A) the pregnancy of the
Employee, (B) the birth of a child of the Employee, (C) the placement of a child
with the Employee in connection with the Employee’s adoption of the child,
(D) the Employee’s caring for a child described in clause (B) or (C) immediately
after the birth or placement of the child, or (E) an authorized leave of absence
under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. These hours shall be credited to
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which the absence begins only if the Employee would otherwise incur a one-year
Period of Severance in that computation period. In all other cases, these hours
shall be credited to the next following computation period.
Notwithstanding the above, an hour for which an Employee is directly or
indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no
duties are performed is not required to be credited to the Employee if such
payment is made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of
complying with applicable worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation, or
disability insurance laws; nor are Hours of Service required to be credited for
a payment which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or medically related
expenses incurred by the Employee.
     (b) If a leased employee later becomes an Employee, Hours of Service with
the Employer and Related Companies as a leased employee shall be credited for
such leased employee if he or she is required to be treated as an employee for
purposes of the Plan under Code Section 414(n) (including any Hours of Service
during a period for which such leased employee would have been treated as an
employee but for the requirement that he or she perform services on a
substantially full-time basis for at least a year).
     (c) Hours of Service under this Section 1.24 shall be calculated and
credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations,
which are incorporated in the Plan by this reference.
     1.25 Inactive Participant. An Employee or former Employee who was a
Participant in this Plan and has vested benefits under the Plan that have not
been paid in full but who, either pursuant to Section 2.3 or because he has
terminated employment with the Employer, as the case may be, is no longer
entitled to accrue benefits under the Plan.
     1.26 Ineligible Employee. An Employee whose terms and conditions of
employment (including retirement benefits) are the subject of good faith
bargaining between the Employer and employee representatives, unless the
Employer and employee representatives have negotiated for coverage of the
Employee hereunder and agreed to such coverage in writing.
     1.27 Investment Manager. A person other than the Trustee, the Company, or
the Committee:
     (a) who (i) is registered as an investment advisor under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940, (ii) is registered as an investment advisor under the laws
of a state which meets the requirements of ERISA Section 3(38)(B), (iii) is a
bank as defined in that Act, or (iv) is an insurance company qualified to
perform services relating to the management, acquisition or disposition of
assets of a plan under the laws of more than one state; and
     (b) who has acknowledged in writing that it is a fiduciary with respect to
the Plan.

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     1.28 Key Employee.
     (a) An Employee or former Employee, or a Beneficiary thereof, who, at any
time during the Plan Year is or was:
     (i) An officer of the Employer or a Related Company whose annual
Section 415 Compensation from the Employer and Related Companies exceeds
$130,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 416(i)(1)) for such Plan Year;
     (ii) A 5% Owner (as defined in Section 1.21) of the Employer that employs
(or employed) the Employee (or former Employee); or
     (iii) A 1% owner (defined as any person who would be a 5% Owner under
subparagraph (c) above if “1%” were substituted for “5%” each place it appears
in Section 1.21) whose annual Section 415 Compensation from the Employer and
Related Companies exceeds $150,000.
“Key Employee” shall also include the Beneficiary of a deceased Key Employee, as
described above.
     (b) For purposes of this Section 1.28, Section 415 Compensation shall have
the meaning provided in Section 1.40.
     (c) The determination of Key Employee status shall be made in accordance
with Code Section 416(i), and the number of persons who are considered Key
Employees shall be limited as provided under that Section.
     (d) A “non-Key Employee” is any Employee who is not a Key Employee.
     1.29 Matching Contributions. The Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.2(c).
     1.30 Normal Retirement Date. The date that a Participant attains age 65.
     1.31 Participant. An Employee who meets the requirements of Article 11 of
the Plan.
     1.32 Period of Severance. The period of time commencing on the Employee’s
Severance from Service Date and ending on his Reemployment Commencement Date,
except that, for an Employee or former Employee absent for a maternity or
paternity leave, as defined in the Hour of Service definition at Section 1.24, a
Period of Severance shall commence on the second anniversary of the date such
absence begins.
     1.33 Permanent Disability. Any medically determinable physical or mental
infirmity of a Participant which may be expected to result in death, or to be of
long continued and indefinite duration, and which renders him incapable to
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employment with the Employer. The Committee shall determine whether a
Participant has incurred a Permanent Disability on the basis of a medical report
of a physician acceptable to the Committee.
     1.34 Plan. The Performance Food Group Company Employee Savings and Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. Employee
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan), as set forth herein and as amended from time
to time.
     1.35 Plan Year. The 12 consecutive month period beginning on January 1 and
ending on December 31.
     1.36 Prior Plans. The Performance Food Group Company Employee Savings and
Stock Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. Employee
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan), as in effect immediately before the Effective
Date of this Plan (the “1988 Prior Plan”); the Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc.
Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, as in effect immediately before June 1, 1988
(the “Pocahontas Plan”); the Caro Produce & Institutional Foods, Inc. Retirement
Plan, as in effect immediately before June 2, 1988 (the “Caro Produce Plan”);
the Kenneth O. Lester Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, as in effect
immediately before July 6, 1988 (the “Lester Company Plan”); the Hale Brothers,
Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the “Hale Brothers Plan”) as in effect immediately
before the merger of the Hale Brothers Plan into the Plan; the Milton’s
Institutional Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan as in effect immediately before
February 1, 1995 (the “Milton’s Plan”); the NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation
Profit Sharing Plan as in effect immediately before March 21, 1999 (the
“NorthCenter Plan”); the AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc. Profit Sharing and
Savings Plan (the “AFI Plan”) as in effect immediately before August 4, 1999;
the portion of the Thomas-Proestler Company Retirement Savings Plan attributable
to its non-union employees (the “TPC Spin-off Plan”) as in effect immediately
before January 1, 2003; and the Plee-Zing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the
“Plee-Zing Plan”) as in effect immediately before August 15, 2005.
     1.37 Qualified Non-Elective Contributions. The Employer’s contributions
made pursuant to Sections 3.2(e), 4.7(a)(iii) and 4.8(a)(ii).
     1.38 Reemployment Commencement Date. The date on which an Employee
completes an Hour of Service following a termination or Period of Severance.
     1.39 Related Company. Any corporation or business organization that is
under common control with the Company (as determined under Code Section 414(b)
or 414(c)), any organization that is a member of an affiliated service group
that includes the Company (as determined under Code Section 414(m)), and any
other entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to Treasury
Regulations under Code Section 414(o). For the purpose of applying the
limitations set forth in Section 4.6, Code Sections 414(b), 414(c) and 414(m)
shall be applied as modified by Code Section 415(h).
     1.40 Salary Reduction Contributions. The Employer’s contributions made in
accordance with a Participant’s salary reduction agreement made pursuant to
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     1.41 Section 415 Compensation.
     (a) An Employee’s total annual compensation from the Employer and Related
Companies, as defined in the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 415.
Under this definition, “Section 415 Compensation” includes an Employee’s wages,
salaries, fees for professional services and other amounts received for personal
services actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer and
Related Companies (including, but not limited to, commissions paid to salesmen,
compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions
on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits, and reimbursement or
other expense allowances under a nonaccountable plan (as described in
Section 1.62-2(c) of the Treasury Regulations). “Section 415 Compensation” does
not include items such as:
     (i) Contributions made by the Employer or a Related Company to a plan of
deferred compensation to the extent that, before application of the Section 415
limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible in the Employee’s
gross income for the taxable year in which they are contributed;
     (ii) Any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation, regardless of
whether such amounts are includible in the gross income of the Employee when
distributed; provided, however, that any amounts received by an Employee
pursuant to an unfunded nonqualified plan shall be included in Section 415
Compensation in the year such amounts are includible in the gross income of the
Employee.
     (iii) Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option or
from restricted property;
     (iv) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock
acquired under a statutory stock option; or
     (v) Other amounts that receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for
group term life insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are not
includible in the gross income of the Employee).
     (b) The amount of an Employee’s annual Section 415 Compensation that may be
taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed $225,000 (for 2007, to be
adjusted for future years pursuant to Code Sections 401(a)(17)(B) and 415(d)).
In applying these limitations, the short Plan Year rules described in
Section 1.13(d)(ii) shall apply. Section 415 Compensation shall include Salary
Reduction Contributions by a Participant pursuant to Section 4.2(a), any salary
reduction contributions to a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, and any
elective amounts that are not includible in the gross income of the Participant
under Code Section 132(f)(4).
     1.42 Service. Effective January 1, 2002, for a Participant who completes an
Hour of Service on or after such date, the period of service from the Employee’s
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Date of Reemployment until his Severance from Service Date, subject to the
following qualifications:
     (a) All periods of Service shall be aggregated on the basis that 12 months
of Service shall equal one year of Service, and 30 days of Service shall equal a
month of Service in the aggregation of fractional months. Separate periods of
Service shall be aggregated on the same basis.
     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) below, if an Employee terminates
employment because of voluntary termination, discharge or retirement and then
performs an Hour of Service within twelve months from his Severance from Service
Date, the period from such termination of employment until the performance of an
Hour of Service will be counted as Service.
     (c) If an Employee terminates employment because of voluntary termination,
discharge or retirement during an absence from Service of 12 months or less for
any reason other than termination, retirement or death and then performs an Hour
of Service within 12 months of the original date on which the Employee was first
absent from Service, the period from the original date from which the Employee
was first absent from Service until the performance of an Hour of Service will
be counted as Service.
     (d) Service with the Employer shall include Service recognized under any
Prior Plan.
     (e) Effective as of December 28, 1991, Service shall include service
credited to an Employee under the terms of the Taylor & Sledd, Incorporated
Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, the Treasure Isle, Inc. Employees’ Thrift and
Savings Plan, and any of the Prior Plans.
     (f) Effective as of December 22, 1992, Service shall include service with
Loubat-L. Frank, Inc. d/b/a American Beauty for employees of Loubat-L. Frank,
Inc. on December 21, 1992, who became Employees of Performance Food Group
Company effective December 22, 1992, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (g) Effective as of May 24, 1993, Service shall include service with Summit
Distributors, Inc. for employees of Summit Distributors, Inc. on May 24, 1993,
who became Employees of Performance Food Group Company effective May 24, 1993,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (h) Effective as of June 15, 1995, Service shall include service with the
Cannon Foodservice Division of Asheville Packing Company (“Cannon’s”) for
employees of Cannon’s on June 15, 1995, who became employees of Milton’s
Foodservice, Inc. effective June 15, 1995, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (i) Effective as of January 1, 1997, Service shall include credited service
with McLane Foodservice-Temple, Inc. and McLane Company, Inc. for employees of
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companies who became employees of Performance Food Group of Texas, L.P.
effective on the effective date of the acquisition of the McLane food service
business pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with the Company dated October,
1996, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (j) Effective as of July 1, 1997, Service shall include credited service
with Central Florida Finer Foods, Inc. for employees of such company who became
employees of Performance Food Group Company on June 30, 1997, subject to the
service rules of Section 5.2.
     (k) Effective as of July 1, 1997, Service shall include credited service
with W. J. Powell Company, Inc. for employees who were employed with W. J.
Powell Company, Inc. on June 30, 1997, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (l) Effective as of July 1, 1997, Service shall include credited service
with Tenneva Foodservice, Inc. for employees of such company who became
employees of Hale Brothers/Summit, Inc. on May 18, 1997, subject to the service
rules of Section 5.2.
     (m) Effective as of October 31, 1997, Service shall include credited
service with AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc. for employees of AFI Food
Service Distributors, Inc. on October 31, 1997, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (n) Effective as of July 1, 1998, Service shall include credited service
with Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. (prior to its sale of certain assets of
such company to a Related Company) for employees of such company who became
employees of Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. (formerly, APC Acquisition, Inc.)
on July 1, 1998, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (o) Effective as of July 27, 1998, Service shall include credited service
with Taylor & Sledd, Inc. (prior to its sale of certain assets of such company
to a Related Company) for employees of such company who became employees of T &
S Acquisition, Inc. (whose name was changed to Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc.)
on July 27, 1998, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (p) Effective as of March 21, 1999, Service shall include credited service
with NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation for employees of such company on the
date of the merger of NCF Acquisition, Inc. into NorthCenter Foodservice
Corporation, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (q) Effective as of August 28, 1999, Service shall include credited service
with Dixon Tom-A-Toe Companies, Inc. for employees of such company on the date
of the merger of Dixon Tom-A-Toe Companies, Inc. into Performance Acquisition,
Inc., subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (r) Effective as of December 13, 1999, Service shall include credited
service with RAGONE, L.L.C. and DNGONE, L.L.C. for employees of such companies
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became employees of Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc. on December 13, 1999,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (s) Effective as of August 4, 2000, Service shall include credited service
with Carroll County Foods, Inc. for employees of Carroll County Foods, Inc. on
August 4, 2000, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (t) Effective as of December 13, 2000, Service shall include credited
service with Redi-Cut Foods, Inc., Kansas City Salad Holdings, Inc. and Kansas
City Salad, L.L.C. for employees of Redi-Cut Foods, Inc., Kansas City Salad
Holdings, Inc. or Kansas City Salad, L.L.C. on December 13, 2000, subject to the
service rules of Section 5.2.
     (u) Effective as of April 2, 2001, Service shall include credited service
with Empire Seafood, Inc. for employees of Empire Seafood, Inc. on April 2,
2001, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (v) Effective as of August 31, 2001, Service shall include credited service
with Springfield Foodservice Corporation for employees of Springfield
Foodservice Corporation on August 31, 2001, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (w) Effective as of January 1, 2002, Service shall include credited service
with Fresh Express, Inc., Fresh International Corporation, Fresh Cuts, Inc.,
Bruce Church, LLC, Transfresh Corporation, Fresh Express Chicago, Inc. and Fresh
Express Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (the “Fresh Companies”) for employees of the Fresh
Companies on October 16, 2001, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (x) Effective as of July 26, 2002, Service shall include credited service
with Thoms-Proestler Company for employees of Thoms-Proestler Company on
July 26, 2002, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
     (y) Effective as of July 7, 2004, Service shall include credited service
with Plee-Zing, Inc. for Donald Donakowski, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
     (z) Service shall include service with an Adopting Company to the extent
determined by the Adopting Company and the Company pursuant to Section 12.1 to
include such service as Service under this Plan.
     (aa) Service credited to an Employee prior to January 1, 2002 shall be
determined in accordance with the hours of service computation method used under
the previous Plan document, effective January 1, 2000.
     1.43 Severance from Service Date. The earlier of the date on which an
Employee quits, is discharged, retires or dies, or the first anniversary of the
first date of a period in which an Employee remains absent from Service with the
Employer or Related Employer maintaining the Plan for any reason other than a
quit, discharge, retirement or death.

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     For purposes of determining Service, the Severance from Service Date for an
Employee or former Employee who is absent from work for maternity or paternity
leave shall be the second anniversary of the date such absence begins. For
purposes of this Section, an absence from work for maternity or paternity leave
means an absence (a) by reason of the pregnancy of the Employee or former
Employee, (b) by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee or former
Employee, (c) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee or former
Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by such Employee or
former Employee, or (d) for purposes of caring for such child for a period
beginning immediately following such birth or placement. Notwithstanding the
above, no credit shall be given for Service pursuant to this paragraph unless
the Employee or former Employee furnishes sufficient information to the
Committee to establish that the absence is due to maternity or paternity leave,
as well as the number of days of such absence.
     1.44 Suspense Account. The account, as described in Section 4.1(b),
established to hold Company Stock that has been pledged as security for a loan
that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 4975(d)(3) and ERISA
Section 408(b)(3) and Regulations promulgated thereunder (an “exempt loan”).
     1.45 Top Heavy. One or more plans that are qualified under Code Section
401(a) and under which the sum of the present value of the accrued benefits of
Key Employees under defined benefit plans and the account balances of Key
Employees under defined contribution plans exceeds 60% of the sum of the present
value of accrued benefits and account balances of all employees, former
employees and beneficiaries in such plans, subject to the following:
     (a) The determination of whether this Plan is Top Heavy for a Plan Year
shall be made as of the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year or, in
the case of the first Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year (the
“determination date”), based upon values as of that date, and shall be made in
accordance with Code Section 416(g).
     (b) If the Employer and Related Companies maintain more than one plan
qualified under Code Section 401, then (i) each such plan in which a Key
Employee is a participant and (ii) each such plan that must be taken into
account in order for a plan described in clause (i) to meet the requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410 shall be aggregated with this Plan (collectively,
the “required aggregation group”) to determine whether the plans, as a group,
are Top Heavy. For the purpose of making such determination, the Employer and
Related Companies may, in their discretion, aggregate any other qualified plan
with this Plan to the extent that such aggregation is permitted by Code Section
416(g) (such additional plans, together with the required aggregation group, the
“permissive aggregation group”).
     (c) For purposes of making a Top Heavy determination under this
Section 1.45, the following rules shall apply in determining the benefits in a
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     (i) there shall be included the present value of distributions from such
plans made during the one-year period ending on the determination date and
in-service distributions from such plans made during the five-year period ending
on the determination date, including distributions under a terminated plan
which, if it had not been terminated, would have been required to be included in
the required aggregation group;
     (ii) except to the extent provided in Treasury Regulations of the Secretary
of the Treasury, any rollover contributions (or similar transfers) made to the
plan shall not be taken into account;
     (iii) the accrued benefits and account balances of the following persons
shall not be taken into account:
     (A) any individual who is a non-Key Employee for the Plan Year but was a
Key Employee for any prior Plan Year; or
     (B) any individual who has not performed services for the Employer or a
Related Company maintaining the plan at any time during the five-year period
ending on the determination date; and
     (iv) the accrued benefit of a non-Key Employee shall be determined under
the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans
maintained by the Employer and Related Companies or, if there is no such method,
as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate
permitted under the fractional accrual rate of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
     1.46 Trust, Trust Fund or Fund. The trust implementing the Plan and the
Plan assets held in the trust.
     1.47 Trustee. The individual or individuals or the corporate entity (and
any successor thereto) that is appointed by the Company and that agrees to
administer the Trust.
     1.48 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context,
any masculine terminology shall also include the feminine and neuter, and the
definition of any tern in the singular may also include the plural.

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ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
     2.1 Eligibility Requirements.
     (a) Each Employee who was participating in the Plan on January 1, 2006 and
who is not an Ineligible Employee shall continue to be a Participant in this
Plan.
     (b) Effective January 1, 2006, each other Employee who is not already a
Participant pursuant to subparagraph (a) and who is not an Ineligible Employee
may become a Participant on the first day of the month next following the date
the Employee has completed at least 60 days of Service.
     (c) Effective January 1, 2006, each Employee whose Employment Commencement
Date is on or after January 1, 2006, who has not elected to participate in the
Plan in accordance with subsection 2.1(b) above, and who is not an Ineligible
Employee shall become a Participant on the first day of the month next following
the date the Employee has completed at least 60 days of Service in accordance
with the automatic enrollment provisions described in Plan section 3.2(b)(i)(A).
     (d) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of B&R Foods,
Inc., on December 27, 1991, who became employees of Pocahontas Foods USA, Inc.
effective December 28, 1991, and who are Employees and are not Ineligible
Employees, shall be eligible to participate in this Plan effective December 28,
1991.
     (e) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of Loubat-L.
Frank, Inc. d/b/a American Beauty on December 21, 1992, who became employees of
Performance Food Group Company effective December 22, 1992, and who are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees, shall be eligible to participate in
this Plan effective December 22, 1992.
     (f) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of Summit
Distributors, Inc. on May 24, 1993, who became employees of Performance Food
Group Company effective May 24, 1993, and who are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees, shall be eligible to participate in this Plan effective
May 24, 1993.
     (g) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
January 3, 1995, were employees of Milton’s Institutional Foods, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and who, on February 1, 1995, have
satisfied the age and service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b) as in
effect on that date, are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in this Plan effective February 1, 1995.
     (h) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of McLane
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became Employees of Performance Food Group of Texas, L.P. on the effective date
of the acquisition of the McLane food service business pursuant to an asset
purchase agreement with the Company dated October, 1996 who have satisfied the
service eligibility requirement of subparagraph (b), and are Employees and are
not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective
January 1, 1997.
     (i) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of Central Florida
Finer Foods, Inc. who became Employees of the B&R Foods Division of Performance
Food Group Company on June 30, 1997, have satisfied the service eligibility
requirement of subparagraph (b) on July 1, 1997, and are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective July 1,
1997.
     (j) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
June 30, 1997, were employees of W. J. Powell Company, Inc. a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and who, on July 1, 1997, have satisfied the age and
service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective July 1,
1997.
     (k) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of Tenneva
Foodservice, Inc. who became Employees of Hale Brothers/Summit, Inc. on May 18,
1997, have satisfied the service eligibility requirement of subparagraph (b) on
July 1, 1997, and are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective July 1, 1997.
     (l) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
October 31, 1997, were employees of AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and who, on October 31, 1997, have
satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective October 31, 1997.
     (m) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
July 1, 1998, were employees of Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. (formerly APC
Acquisition, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and who, on
July 1, 1998, have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of
subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective July 1, 1998.
     (n) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
July 27, 1998, were employees of T&S Acquisition, Inc. (whose name was changed
to Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
and who, on July 27, 1998, have satisfied the service eligibility requirements
of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective July 27, 1998.
     (o) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of the
date of the merger of NCF Acquisition, Inc. into NorthCenter Foodservice
Corporation were employees of NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation, and who, as
of March 21, 1999,

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have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective as of March 21, 1999 or as soon thereafter as is administratively
practicable.
     (p) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), employees of RAGONE, L.L.C.
and DNGONE, L.L.C. who became employees of Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc. on
December 13, 1999, and who as of December 13, 1999, have satisfied the service
eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective as of
December 13, 1999 or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
     (q) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
August 4, 2000, were employees of Carroll County Foods, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and who, on August 4, 2000, have satisfied the
service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective August 4,
2000.
     (r) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
April 2, 2001, were employees of Empire Seafood, Inc. and who, on April 2, 2001,
have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
as of April 2, 2001.
     (s) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, as of
August 31, 2001, were employees of Springfield Foodservice Corporation and who
on October 1, 2001 satisfied the service eligibility requirements of
subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective October 1, 2001.
     (t) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), individuals who, on July 26,
2002, were employees of Thoms-Proestler Company, and who, on November 1, 2002,
have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
on November 1, 2002 or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
     (u) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), Donald Donakowski who, on
July 7, 2004, was an employee of Plee-Zing, Inc., who, after July 7, 2004,
remained an employee of Plee-Zing, Inc. and who, on July 7, 2004, had satisfied
the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), is an Employee and is
not an Ineligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan on July 7,
2004, or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
     (v) An Employee who becomes a Participant shall remain a Participant until
such Participant retires, dies, or otherwise terminates employment with the
Employer, at which time he shall become an Inactive Participant until he no
longer maintains a vested Account balance in the Plan. Any Inactive Participant
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Participant upon reemployment with the Employer and satisfaction of the relevant
requirements of Section 2.2.
     (w) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), an Employee who is not an
Ineligible Employee because the Employer and employee representatives have
negotiated his coverage under the Plan and have agreed to such coverage in
writing shall only participate in the components(s) of the Plan specifically
agreed to in writing pursuant to such negotiations. For example, if the
applicable collective bargaining agreement only provides for a union Employee’s
participation in the 401(k) component of the Plan, he may not participate in the
profit sharing and ESOP components of the Plan.
     2.2 Reemployment.
     (a) If a Participant terminates employment with the Employer after he has a
vested interest in any part of his Account and then is reemployed by the
Employer, the Participant will requalify as a Participant as of his Reemployment
Commencement Date.
     (b) If a Participant (i) terminates employment with the Employer before he
has a vested interest in any part of his Account, (ii) has a Period of Severance
that equals or exceeds the greater of five years or his Service before his
termination of employment, and (iii) is then reemployed by the Employer, the
Participant must again satisfy the requirements of Section 2.1 in order to
qualify as a Participant. However, if such Participant’s Period of Severance is
less than that specified in (ii) above, the Participant will requalify as a
Participant as of his Reemployment Commencement Date.
     (c) If an Employee who is not an Ineligible Employee (i) terminates
employment with the Employer before such Employee has satisfied the requirements
of Section 2.1, and (ii) is then reemployed by the Employer, such Employee will
qualify as a Participant as of the first January 1, April 1, July 1 or
October 1, or, effective January 1, 2006, on the first day of the month,
coinciding with or next following the date on which he has met such
requirements, if he is then an Employee.
     2.3 Loss of Eligibility with Continued Employment. If a Participant who is
continuing in the employ of the Employer becomes an Ineligible Employee, such
Participant shall be considered an Inactive Participant, and his Account shall
continue to be held for his benefit and shall be adjusted and credited with
earnings and losses pursuant to Section 4.4. If such Inactive Participant ceases
to be an Ineligible Employee and again becomes an Employee, he shall be
immediately eligible to participate in the Plan, and, for purposes of vesting,
his Service shall include his Service as an Inactive Participant, to the extent
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ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
     3.1 ESOP Contributions.
     (a) For each Plan Year, the Employer may contribute to the Plan an amount
which the Board of Directors of the Company deems appropriate (“discretionary
ESOP Contribution”).
     (b) In addition to any discretionary ESOP Contribution under subparagraph
(a), if the Plan has incurred an exempt loan secured by Company Stock held in
the Trust Fund, for each Plan Year, the Employer shall make a contribution of
not less than the amount of the current installments of principal and interest
that are due on such loan during such Plan Year (a “mandatory ESOP
Contribution”). The obligation to make a mandatory ESOP Contribution, as well as
the obligation to make any discretionary ESOP Contribution that the Board
decides to make pursuant to subparagraph (a), shall be allocated as follows:
For each Plan Year, the Board shall allocate to each Adopting Company a share of
the contribution equal to the proportion that the total Compensation for the
relevant Plan Year of the Participants employed by the Adopting Company bears to
the total Compensation for such Plan Year of all Participants in the Plan for
the Plan Year; provided, however, that if, pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Plan,
a Participant is ineligible to share in allocations of ESOP Contributions, such
Participant’s Compensation shall be excluded from both the numerator and
denominator of the fraction.
     (c) The Employer’s ESOP Contributions may be made in cash or in Company
Stock; provided, however, that the Employer shall contribute annually an amount
of cash that is at least equal to the mandatory ESOP Contribution described in
subparagraph (b) above. The ESOP Contributions of the Employer for any Plan Year
may be made in one or more payments at any time during the Plan Year, provided
that the total amount of ESOP Contributions for any Plan Year shall be paid to
the Trustee no later than the date on which the Employer’s federal income tax
return is required to be filed, including any extensions for filing that may be
obtained.
     (d) The Employer’s cash ESOP Contribution, earnings on that contribution,
and earnings attributable to Company Stock held in the Trust Fund that is used
as collateral for an exempt loan shall be used to pay the current installments
of principal and interest on such loan. To the extent that such cash
contribution exceeds the amount necessary to pay the current installments of
principal and interest on such loan, the contribution shall be allocated to
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     3.2 Savings Plan Contributions.
     (a) Basic Contributions. For each Plan Year, an Employer may make a Basic
Contribution on behalf of each Participant employed by that Employer. The amount
of the Basic Contribution to be made by an Employer shall be determined by the
Board of Directors of the Employer. Basic Contributions will be allocated in
accordance with Section 4.2(a).
     (b) Salary Reduction Contributions.
     (i) A Participant may elect to have Salary Reduction Contributions made on
his behalf by entering into a salary reduction agreement with the Employer that
employs the Participant, which agreement shall be in the form prescribed by the
Committee. Under the agreement, such Employer will agree to reduce the
Participant’s Compensation during the portion of the Plan Year following the
election by a designated whole percentage of Compensation and to contribute that
designated percentage to the Plan for the benefit of the Participant. The
designated whole percentage may be from 1% to 50% of the Compensation that is
otherwise payable to the Participant during the Plan Year, provided that:
     (A) As set forth in Plan section 2.1(c), a Participant who does not elect
affirmatively to participate in the Plan prior to the date on which he is first
eligible shall be enrolled automatically in the Plan as soon as administratively
practicable following the date such Participant first becomes eligible.
Effective for Eligible Employees whose Employment Commencement Date is on or
after January 1, 2006, and who first become eligible pursuant to the
requirements set forth in Plan section 2.1 on or after January 1, 2006, such
Participant’s automatic Elective Deferral percentage shall equal one percent
(1%). The Plan Administrator shall provide reasonable notice and opportunity to
each Eligible Employee to decline participation or to elect a different deferral
percentage. The Plan Administrator shall notify periodically each Participant of
his Elective Deferral percentage and such Participant’s right to change the
percentage to an amount not less than one percent (1%), including the procedure
for exercising that right and the timing for implementation of any such
election.
     (B) At any time during the Plan Year, the Committee may limit the
percentage of Compensation that may be contributed for the benefit of Highly
Compensated Employees,
     (C) The maximum amount of Salary Reduction Contributions that may be made
on behalf of any Participant during a calendar year, together with elective
deferrals under any other qualified plan maintained by the Employer or a Related
Company, may not exceed $15,500 (for

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2007, to be adjusted for future years pursuant to Code Section 402(g)(1) and
(g)(4)), and
     (D) Effective July 1, 2002, and through December 31, 2006, a Participant
may elect that Salary Reduction Contributions not be made from any bonuses paid
to him by the Employer. Effective January 1, 2007, Salary Reduction
Contributions will be made from any bonuses paid to the Participant unless such
Participant’s Compensation exceeds the limit set forth in Code section
401(a)(17) prior to receipt of such bonus.
     (ii) The Committee shall prescribe time periods within which salary
reduction elections must be made by a Participant and shall also prescribe the
manner for entering into salary reduction agreements pursuant to such
Participant elections. Effective January 1, 2007, a Participant may change his
election to increase, decrease or stop Salary Reduction Contributions by filing
a new election on any business day of the Plan Year. Such election shall be
effective as of the first day of the payroll period following the date such
election is received by the Committee or any third-party recordkeeper appointed
by the Committee. All elections made by a Participant shall continue in force
until they are changed or until the Participant ceases to be a Participant.
     (c) Matching Contributions. The Employer may, in its discretion, contribute
to the Matching Contribution Account of each Participant eligible for an
allocation of such contributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(ii) an amount
related to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year.
The matching formula and the maximum limit on the amount of Salary Reduction
Contributions that are matched under the formula shall be determined each Plan
Year in the discretion of the Employer. The Employer may, in its discretion,
make separate Matching Contributions to the Plan for each Adopting Company or
division thereof and shall not be required to make separate Matching
Contributions to the Plan for a particular Adopting Company or division for any
particular Plan Year.
     (d) Voluntary Employee Contributions. Employees of Caro Produce &
Institutional Foods, Inc. who were eligible to participate in the 1988 Prior
Plan could elect to make voluntary non-deductible employee contributions to such
Prior Plan on or before October 31, 1988, after which no such contributions were
permitted. Any such contributions previously made by any such Participant have
been allocated to the Participant’s Prior Plan Employee Contributions Account.
     (e) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions. The Employer may contribute to
the Qualified Non-Elective Contributions Account of each Participant eligible
for an allocation of such contributions pursuant to Sections 4.9(c) or 4.9(e),
whichever is applicable.
     3.3 Limitation on Contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan
to the contrary, the Employer’s aggregate contributions hereunder shall not
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amount allowable as a deduction to the Employer under the provisions of Code
Sections 404(a)(3) and (9); provided, however, that, to the extent necessary to
provide any statutorily required Top Heavy minimum allocations, the Employer
shall make a contribution to the Plan even if it causes the Employer’s aggregate
contributions to the Plan to exceed the amount deductible under Code
Sections 404(a)(3) and (9).
     3.4 No Right or Duty of Inquiry. Neither the Trustee, the Committee, nor
any Participant or Beneficiary shall have any right or duty to inquire into the
amount of an Employer’s annual contribution to the Plan or the method used in
determining the amount of such contribution. The Trustee shall be accountable
only for funds actually received by the Trustee.
     3.5 Non-Reversion. It shall be impossible, at any time before satisfaction
of all liabilities with respect to Participants and their Beneficiaries, for any
part of the principal or income of the Trust Fund to be used for, or diverted
to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of such Participants and their
Beneficiaries; provided, however, that:
     (a) If a contribution is made by the Employer under a mistake of fact, this
Section shall not prohibit the return of the contribution to the Employer within
one year after the payment of such contribution;
     (b) If a contribution is conditioned on qualification of the Plan under
Code Section 401 (as provided under Section 13.8 of the Plan), and the Plan does
not initially so qualify, this Section shall not prohibit the return of the
contribution to the Employer within one year after the date of denial of initial
qualification of the Plan, but only if the application for determination is made
by the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer’s return for the taxable
year in which the Plan was adopted or such later date as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe; or
     (c) If a contribution is conditioned upon the deductibility of the
contribution (as provided under Section 13.8 of the Plan), then, to the extent
the deduction is disallowed, this Section shall not prohibit the return of the
contribution (to the extent disallowed) to the Employer within one year after
the disallowance of the deduction.
     3.6 Time and Manner of Payment of Contributions.
     (a) Salary Reduction Contributions shall be paid by each Employer to the
Trustee within time frame required by law.
     (b) Basic Contributions, Matching Contributions and ESOP Contributions for
any Plan Year shall be made in one or more payments at any time; provided that
the total amount of such contributions shall be paid to the Trustee not later
than the date on which the Employer’s federal income tax return is required to
be filed, including any extensions for filing obtained. Such contributions may
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     3.7 Catch-up Contributions. A Participant who has attained age 50 before
the close of the Plan Year shall be eligible to make catch-up contributions in
accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Code Section 414(v). Such
catch-up contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the
provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of Code Sections
402(g) and 415. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the
provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(3),
401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b) or 416, as applicable, by reason of the making of
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ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
     4.1 Accounts.
     (a) As appropriate, the following Accounts shall be maintained for each
Participant:
     (i) An ESOP Contributions Account, to which shall be credited ESOP
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.1 and earnings thereon, to be invested
in Company Stock.
     (ii) A Basic Contributions Account, to which shall be credited Basic
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2(a) and earnings thereon.
     (iii) A Salary Reduction Contributions Account, to which shall be credited
Salary Reduction Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2(b) and earnings
thereon.
     (iv) A Matching Contributions Account, to which shall be credited Matching
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2(c) and earnings thereon.
     (v) A Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account, to which shall be credited
employer contributions (other than salary reduction contributions) and matching
contributions made to a Prior Plan (other than the 1988 Prior Plan or the
Pocahontas Plan) and transferred to this Plan to be invested in Company Stock,
and earnings thereon. Funds transferred from the Caro Produce Plan and from the
Lester Company Plan will be accounted for separately.
     (vi) A Prior Plan Employee Contributions Account, to which shall be
credited employee contributions and salary reduction contributions made to a
Prior Plan (other than the 1988 Prior Plan or the Pocahontas Plan) and any
earnings thereon. Salary reduction contributions, deductible employee
contributions and non-deductible employee contributions made to a Prior Plan
(other than the 1988 Prior Plan or the Pocahontas Plan) will be accounted for
separately. Funds transferred from the Caro Produce Plan and from the Lester
Company Plan, and funds attributable to employee after-tax contributions
transferred from the NorthCenter Plan, will be accounted for separately.
     (vii) A Prior Plan Employer Contributions Account, to which shall be
credited employer contributions (other than salary reduction contributions) and
matching contributions made to a Prior Plan (other than the 1988 Prior Plan or
the Pocahontas Plan) and transferred to this Plan (other than contributions
credited to a Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account, as provided in subparagraph
(v) above), and any earnings thereon. Funds transferred from the Caro Produce
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from the Lester Company Plan, from the Milton’s Plan, and from the NorthCenter
Plan will be accounted for separately.
     (viii) A Rollover Account, to which shall be credited transfers of assets
made pursuant to Section 8.8 and any earnings thereon.
     (ix) A Qualified Non-Elective Contributions Account, to which shall be
credited Qualified Non-Elective Contributions made pursuant to Sections 3.2(e),
4.7(a)(iii) and 4.8(a)(ii). Amounts in the Qualified Non-Elective Contribution
Account are nonforfeitable when made and are subject to the distribution
restrictions of Section 6.10.
     (b) If Company Stock has been pledged as collateral for an exempt loan, the
encumbered Company Stock will be held in a separate account (the “Suspense
Account”) pending repayment of the loan. As the loan is repaid, the Company
Stock that was originally pledged as collateral for the portion of the loan that
is repaid shall be released from encumbrance. The number of shares of Company
Stock released from encumbrance for each Plan Year during the duration of the
loan shall equal the number of encumbered shares of Company Stock held by the
Plan immediately before the release, multiplied by the following fraction (which
shall not exceed one):
     (i) The numerator is the amount of principal and interest paid on the loan
for the Plan Year, and
     (ii) The denominator is the sum of the numerator plus the principal and
interest to be paid on the loan for all future Plan Years (determined without
taking into account any possible extension or renewal periods).
The amount of Company Stock released from encumbrance for each Plan Year shall
be allocated to Participants’ Accounts in the manner described in Section 4.2.
     (c) As set forth in Section 4.1(a) above, separate segregated accounts (a
Prior Plan Employer Contributions Account and a Prior Plan Employee
Contributions Account) shall be maintained for each Participant who is credited
with Prior Plan contributions made on behalf of Participants whose Prior Plan
accounts (or a portion thereof) are not to be invested in Company Stock, and a
separate segregated account (Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account) shall be
maintained for each Participant who is credited with Prior Plan contributions
made on behalf of Participants whose Prior Plan accounts (or a portion thereof)
are to be invested in Company Stock. For purposes of this subparagraph (c),
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     4.2 Allocation of Contributions and Forfeitures.
     (a) Savings Plan Contributions.
     (i) As of each Adjustment Date, the Committee shall allocate to the Salary
Reduction Contributions Account of each Participant the Salary Reduction
Contributions made for the benefit of the Participant since the last Adjustment
Date. The Committee may designate additional dates for the allocation of Salary
Reduction Contributions to Participants’ Accounts.
     (ii) As of each payroll period in the Plan Year, the Committee shall
allocate to the Matching Contributions Account of each Participant the Matching
Contributions made on behalf of such Participant such payroll period.
     (iii) As of the last day of each Plan Year, the Committee shall allocate
Basic Contributions (if any) to the Basic Contributions Account of each
Participant who has completed a one-year period of Service during the Plan Year
and is employed on the last Adjustment Date of the Plan Year. The allocation of
Basic Contributions will be made in the proportion that each Participant’s
Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all
Participants for the Plan Year.
     (iv) As of the last day of the Plan Year, the Committee shall allocate
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions to the Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
Account of each eligible Participant in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 4.9(c) or 4.9(e), whichever is applicable.
     (b) ESOP Contributions. As of the last Adjustment Date of each Plan Year,
the Committee shall allocate discretionary ESOP Contributions (including all
shares and fractional shares of Company Stock contributed by the Employer in
kind or purchased by the Trust Fund with cash contributed by the Employer, and
cash contributions by the Employer), as well as Company Stock released from
encumbrance pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (collectively, “Allocable ESOP
Contributions”) to each Participant’s ESOP Contributions Account, as follows:
     (i) For each Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, the allocation shall
be made as follows:
     (A) Unless this minimum allocation is provided to the Participants under
another defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer, the Committee
shall first allocate Allocable ESOP Contributions among the ESOP Contributions
Accounts of Participants who are Employees on the last Adjustment Date of the
Plan Year, whether or not they completed a one-year period of Service during the
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Compensation. The allocation shall be made in the proportion that each such
Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of
all such Participants for the Plan Year.
     (B) The remainder, if any, of Allocable ESOP Contributions shall be
allocated to the Accounts of those Participants who completed a one-year period
of Service during the Plan Year and who are Employees on the last Adjustment
Date of the Plan Year. The allocation shall be made in the proportion that each
such Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year bears to all such
Participants’ Compensation for the Plan Year.
     (ii) For each Plan Year in which the Plan is not Top Heavy, such allocation
shall be made to the ESOP Contributions Account of each Participant who has
completed a one-year period of Service during the Plan Year and is employed by
the Employer on the last Adjustment Date of the Plan Year. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, an allocation shall be made to a Participant who was
employed by the Employer as of an Adjustment Date during the Plan Year, but who
is not employed on the last Adjustment Date of the Plan Year due to his
retirement on or after his Normal Retirement Date, death or Permanent
Disability. The allocation shall be made in the proportion that each such
Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of
all such Participants for the Plan Year.
     (c) Forfeitures. Forfeitures of Basic Contributions, Matching Contributions
and ESOP Contributions shall be allocated first to restore previously forfeited
Account balances, if any, in accordance with Section 5.3(c). Any remaining
Forfeitures shall be allocated to Participants’ Accounts, with Matching
Contribution Forfeitures being first used to reduce the Matching Contributions
pursuant to Section 3.2(c) and allocated in accordance with subparagraph
(a)(ii), Basic Contribution Forfeitures being first used to reduce Basic
Contributions pursuant to Section 3.2(a) and allocated in accordance with
subparagraph (a)(iii), and ESOP Contribution Forfeitures allocated to
Participants eligible to receive allocations of such Forfeitures on December 31,
2003 in accordance with subparagraph (b) of this Section 4.2.
     4.3 Ineligibility to Receive Allocations of Company Stock.
     (a) If the Trust acquires Company Stock in a sale to which Code
Section 1042 applies, no portion of the Company Stock acquired by the Trust in
the sale, earnings attributable to such Company Stock, or assets of the Trust
attributable to or allocable in lieu of such Company Stock, may be allocated
directly or indirectly to the ESOP Contributions Account (or any other Account)
of any of the following persons:
     (i) During the non-allocation period described in subparagraph (b), the
person who made the election under Code Section 1042;

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     (ii) During the non-allocation period described in subparagraph (b), any
person who is related to the person described in item (i) (within the meaning of
Code Sections 267(b) and 409(n)(3)); or
     (iii) Any person who owns (after application of Code Section 318(a)) more
than 25% of any class of outstanding stock of the Company or a Related Company
or more than 25% of the total value of outstanding stock of the Company or a
Related Company.
     (b) In applying the non-allocation rules described in subparagraph (a), the
“non-allocation” period is the period beginning on the date of the sale of
Company Stock to which Code Section 1042 applies and ending on the later of
(i) the date which is ten years after the date of such sale, or (ii) the date of
the Plan allocation attributable to the final payment of any acquisition
indebtedness incurred in connection with the sale.
     4.4 Allocation of Earnings.
     (a) As of each Adjustment Date, the Trustee shall determine and advise the
Committee of the amount of any increase (or decrease) in the value of the Trust
Fund (disregarding the value of Company Stock and dividends paid on Company
Stock) since the last Adjustment Date. The Committee shall allocate among the
Accounts any such increase (or decrease) in such value on the basis of the value
of each Account on the preceding Adjustment Date, as adjusted below in the
following order:
     First: Any withdrawals, distributions or Forfeitures made from or with
respect to each Participant’s Accounts during the period since the last
Adjustment Date shall be deducted from such Accounts.
     Second: One-half of the Salary Reduction Contributions made by or on behalf
of each Participant pursuant to Section 3.2(b) during the period since the last
Adjustment Date shall be added to each such Participant’s Accounts.
Any increase (or decrease) in the fair market value of the Trust Fund shall be
allocated and credited to the appropriate Accounts on the basis of the ratio
that each Account balance, as adjusted, bears to the total of all Account
balances, as adjusted. The Committee shall adopt such additional procedures as
may be necessary or desirable to ensure proper and equitable allocations of any
increases (or decreases) in the fair market value of the Trust Fund between
Adjustment Dates.
     (b) As of each Adjustment Date, the Trustee shall adjust the Suspense
Account and each Participant’s Account credited with Company Stock to reflect
any increase (or decrease) in the value of, and any dividends paid on, such
Company Stock since the last Adjustment Date. Any Company Stock received by the
Trustee as a result of a stock split or stock dividend or as a result of a
reorganization or other recapitalization of the Company or a Related Company
shall be allocated among Participants’ Accounts credited with Company Stock and
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split or stock dividend factor to the number of shares in each Participant’s
Account and in the Suspense Account, respectively, on the record date for the
stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization. Cash dividends paid on Company
Stock allocated to the Suspense Account will be used to repay the loan for which
such Company Stock has been pledged as collateral and shall be disregarded in
the adjustment of Participants’ Accounts under this subparagraph until such
Company Stock is released from the Suspense Account. Cash dividends paid on
Company Stock allocated to Participants’ Accounts will, in the Administrator’s
sole discretion, either be distributed to the Participants no later than ninety
(90) days after the close of the Plan Year in which such dividends are paid to
the Trust or paid directly to such Participants. If the Administrator decides to
distribute or pay cash dividends as described in the preceding sentence, the
Participants may elect to have such dividends reinvested in Common Stock in lieu
of receiving such distributions or payments thereof.
     4.5 Segregated Accounts. Any account that has been segregated from the
Trust Fund pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall not share in the adjustments and
allocations of Section 4.4. Each such segregated account shall be credited with
the net income and increases and decreases in value attributable to that account
only.
     4.6 Annual Additions.
     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the total amount of
the Annual Addition (defined below) that may be allocated to the Accounts of any
Participant for any Limitation Year (defined below) shall not exceed the lesser
of (i) $40,000 or (ii) 100% of the Participant’s Section 415 Compensation. The
amount referred to in (i) above shall be adjusted from time to time to
correspond to the amount prescribed by law under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or by
the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Code Section 415(d), determined as of
the last Adjustment Date of the relevant Limitation Year.
     (b) For purposes of this Section, the “Limitation Year” is the Plan Year
and the term “Employer” includes Related Companies. Except to the extent
modified by subparagraph (c), “Annual Addition” means the total of (i) Basic
Contributions, (ii) Salary Reduction Contributions, (iii) Matching
Contributions, (iv) ESOP Contributions, and (v) Forfeitures, credited to the
Participant’s Accounts.
     (c) If no more than one-third of the ESOP Contributions deductible under
Code Section 404(a)(9) for a Plan Year are allocated to the Accounts of Highly
Compensated Employees, then, notwithstanding the foregoing rules, Annual
Additions will not include either:
     (i) ESOP Contributions that are applied to the payment of interest on an
exempt loan used to acquire Company Stock; or
     (ii) Forfeitures of Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of such a
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     (d) If, as a result of the allocation of Forfeitures, a reasonable error in
estimating a Participant’s Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the
amount of Salary Reduction Contributions that may be made with respect to any
Participant under the limits of Code Section 415, or any other facts and
circumstances to which Treasury Regulation 1.415-6(b)(6) shall be applied, the
Annual Additions to a Participant’s Account in any Limitation Year exceed the
limitation of this Section 4.6, then the amounts in excess of the limitation,
which would have been credited to the Participant’s Account but for this
Section, shall be administered as follows:
     (i) First, any excess amounts allocable to Salary Reduction Contributions
(in association with the Matching Contributions associated with such Salary
Reduction Contributions) shall be distributed (including earnings thereon) to
the appropriate Participants;
     (ii) Any excess amount remaining shall, as of the end of the Plan Year to
which the limitation applies, be reallocated among the Accounts of all
Participants (other than Participants for whom such allocation would cause the
limitation to be exceeded);
     (iii) If no further allocation or reallocation of the excess amount can be
made for the Limitation Year without exceeding the limitation with respect to a
Participant, then the remaining excess amount as finally determined shall be
held unallocated in a separate suspense account and shall first be used to
reduce Employer contributions for the next Limitation Year, and then shall be
reallocated among the Accounts of Participants in the next Limitation Year (and
succeeding Limitation Years, as necessary) before any contributions are made for
that Limitation Year that would constitute Annual Additions. A suspense account
described herein shall not be subject to adjustment for investment gains or
losses.
Any amounts reallocated to Participants’ Accounts hereunder shall be allocated
in the proportion that each Participant’s Compensation for the relevant
Limitation Year bears to the total Compensation of all Participants for such
Limitation Year.
     (e) If the Employer and Related Companies maintain more than one defined
contribution plan qualified under Code Section 401, then this Section shall be
applied in such a way that the total Annual Additions under all such plans shall
not exceed the amount specified in subparagraph (a). If Annual Additions in
excess of the limitations are allocated, the Committee shall instruct the
Trustee to adjust the Annual Additions to this Plan before adjustments are made
to any other defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer or a Related
Company.
     4.7 Anti-Discrimination Test for Salary Reduction Contributions.
     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Plan shall meet
the anti-discrimination test of Code section 401(k) (described in subparagraph
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each Plan Year. In order to ensure that the anti-discrimination test is met,
either or a combination of the following steps may be taken:
     (i) At any time during the Plan Year, the Committee may limit the amount of
Salary Reduction Contributions that may be made on behalf of Highly Compensated
Employees.
     (ii) The Committee may reduce the Salary Reduction Contributions made for
the Plan Year to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of Code Section
401(k) in the manner described in Section 4.9(b).
     (iii) The Employer may contribute a Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on
behalf of each eligible Participant pursuant to Section 4.9(c).
     (b) The anti-discrimination requirements of Code Section 401(k) require
that, in each Plan Year, one of the following tests must be met:
     (i) The Actual Deferral Percentage (defined below) of the eligible Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year is not more than the Actual Deferral
Percentage of all other eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25;
or
     (ii) The excess of the Actual Deferral Percentage of the eligible Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year over that of the other eligible
Employees for the Plan Year is not more than 2 percentage points, and the Actual
Deferral Percentage of the eligible Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan
Year is not more than 200% of the Actual Deferral Percentage of all other
eligible Employees for the Plan Year. The provisions of Code Section 401(k)(3)
and Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-1(b) are incorporated herein by reference.
     (c) Notwithstanding Section 4.7(b) above, for the 1998 Plan Year, the
anti-discrimination requirements of Code Section 401(k) were satisfied using the
Actual Deferral Percentage of eligible Employees who were not Highly Compensated
Employees for the preceding Plan Year, rather than the Actual Deferral
Percentage for the Plan Year.
     (d) The Actual Deferral Percentage for a group of Participants is the
average of the ratios, calculated separately for each Participant in the group,
of the amount of Salary Reduction Contributions that are credited under the Plan
on behalf of each Participant for the Plan Year, to the Participant’s
Compensation for the Plan Year.
     (e) If the Employer maintains more than one plan qualified under Code
Section 401(a), and if the plans are aggregated for purposes of satisfying Code
Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b)(1)(A) or (B), all qualified cash or deferred
arrangements contained in such plans shall be aggregated for purposes of
performing the anti-discrimination test for Salary Reduction Contributions. If a
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than one plan of the Employer, all elective deferrals made by the Highly
Compensated Employee under all such plans shall be aggregated for purposes of
performing the anti-discrimination test described in subparagraph (b).
     4.8 Anti-Discrimination Test for Matching Contributions.
     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Plan shall meet
the anti-discrimination test of Code Section 401(m) (described in subparagraph
(b) below) for each Plan Year. In order to ensure that the anti-discrimination
test is met, either or a combination of the following steps may be taken:
     (i) The Committee shall reduce the Matching Contributions for the Plan Year
to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(m) in the
manner described in Section 4.9(d).
     (ii) The Employer may contribute a Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on
behalf of each eligible Participant pursuant to Section 4.9(e).
     (b) The anti-discrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m) require
that, in each Plan Year, one of the following tests must be met:
     (i) The Contribution Percentage (defined below) of the eligible Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year is not more than the Contribution
Percentage of all other eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25;
or
     (ii) The excess of the Contribution Percentage of the eligible Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year over that of the other eligible
Employees for the Plan Year is not more than 2 percentage points, and the
Contribution Percentage of the eligible Highly Compensated Employees for the
Plan Year is not more than 200% of the Contribution Percentage of all other
eligible Employees for the Plan Year. The provisions of Code Section 401(m)(2)
and Treasury Regulations 1.401(m)-1(a) and (b) are incorporated herein by
reference.
     (c) Notwithstanding Section 4.8(b) above, for the 1998 Plan Year, the
anti-discrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m) were satisfied using the
Contribution Percentage of eligible Employees who were not Highly Compensated
Employees for the preceding Plan Year, rather than the Contribution Percentage
for the Plan Year.
     (d) The Contribution Percentage for a group of Participants is the average
of the ratios, calculated separately for each Participant in the group, of the
amount of Matching Contributions that are credited under the Plan on behalf of
each Participant for the Plan Year, to the Participant’s Compensation for the
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include Salary Reduction Contributions in determining the Contribution
Percentage, if the Committee deems it appropriate.
     (e) If the Employer maintains more than one plan qualified under Code
Section 401(a), and if the plans are aggregated for purposes of satisfying Code
Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b)(1)(A) or (B), all voluntary employee contributions
and matching contributions made to such plans will be aggregated for purposes of
performing the anti-discrimination test described in subparagraph (b). If a
Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to participate in more than one plan
maintained by the Employer, voluntary employee contributions and matching
contributions made by or on behalf of the Highly Compensated Employee under all
such plans shall be aggregated for purposes of performing the
anti-discrimination test described in subparagraph (b).
     4.9 Distribution of Excess Contributions.
     (a) If, notwithstanding Section 3.2(b)(i)(B), a Participant’s Salary
Reduction Contributions exceed the $15,500 limit (for 2007, to be adjusted for
future years pursuant to Code Section 402(g)(1) and (g)(4)) described in
Section 3.2(b)(i)(B) for a calendar year, the amount of Salary Reduction
Contributions in excess of the limit and income attributable to those
contributions shall be distributed to the Participant by the first April 15
following the close of the calendar year in which the Salary Reduction
Contributions were made.
     (b) If Salary Reduction Contributions of Highly Compensated Employees are
required to be reduced as a result of the anti-discrimination test described in
Section 4.7, the excess Salary Reduction Contribution and income or losses
attributable to those contributions shall be distributed to the Highly
Compensated Employees within 2-1/2 months after the close of the Plan Year to
which the Salary Reduction Contributions relate.
     The distributions required to be made to Highly Compensated Employees to
satisfy the anti-discrimination test described in Section 4.7 shall be
determined by allocating to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest
amounts of Salary Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year in which the excess
arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amount of
such Salary Reduction Contributions and continuing in descending order until all
the excess Salary Reduction Contributions have been allocated. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, the “largest amount” is determined before any such
distribution.
     (c) If Matching Contributions of Highly Compensated Employees are required
to be reduced as a result of the anti-discrimination test described in
Section 4.8, the excess Matching Contributions and income or losses attributable
to those contributions shall be distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees
within 2-1/2 months after the close of the Plan Year to which the Matching
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     The distributions required to be made to Highly Compensated Employees to
satisfy the anti-discrimination test described in Section 4.8 shall be
determined by allocating to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest
amounts of Matching Contributions for the Plan Year in which the excess arose,
beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amount of such
Matching Contributions and continuing in descending order until all the excess
Matching Contributions have been allocated. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the “largest amount” is determined before any such distribution.
     (d) Within twelve (12) months after the end of the Plan Year, the Employer
may make a special Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on behalf of non-Highly
Compensated Participants in an amount sufficient to satisfy one of the tests set
forth in Section 4.8(b), which contribution shall be allocated in accordance
with one of the following provisions:
     (i) Such contribution shall be allocated to the Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions Account of the non-Highly Compensated Participant having the
lowest 414(s) Compensation, until one of the tests set forth in Section 4.8(b)
is satisfied, or until such non-Highly Compensated Participant has received the
maximum Annual Addition pursuant to Section 4.6. This process shall continue
with successive non-Highly Compensated Participants or groups of non-Highly
Compensated Participants in ascending order of 414(s) Compensation until one of
the tests set forth in Section 4.8(b) is satisfied. The Plan shall consider
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions to the extent they do not exceed the amount
permitted by final Regulations under Code Section 401(m).
     (ii) Such contribution shall be allocated in the same proportion that each
non-Highly Compensated Participant’s 414(s) Compensation for the year bears to
the total 414(s) Compensation of all non-Highly Compensated Participants.
     (e) For purposes of determining the amount of “income attributable” to
excess contributions described in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (d) above, such
amount shall include that portion of the gain (or loss) allocable to the
Participant’s Account to which the contributions were allocated for the Plan
Year that bears the same ratio as the amount of excess contributions bears to
the total balance of that Account.
     (f) The distributions required under this Section may be made without the
consent of the Participant or his spouse and may be made without regard to any
Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as described in Section 8.7.
     (g) The amount of excess contributions determined under Section 4.7 shall
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amount (for 2007, to be adjusted for future years pursuant to Code Section
402(g)(1) and (g)(4)), as provided in Section 3.2, which were previously
distributed for the taxable year ending in the same Plan Year.
     4.10 Correction of Error. If an error is made in the adjustment of a
Participant’s Account, the error shall be corrected by the Committee, and any
gain or loss resulting from the correction shall be credited to the income or
charged against the expense of the Trust Fund for the Plan Year in which the
correction is made. In no event shall the Accounts of other Participants be
adjusted on account of the error.
     4.11 Trust as Single Fund. The creation of separate Accounts for accounting
and bookkeeping purposes shall not restrict the Trustee in operating the Trust
as a single Fund. Allocations to the Accounts of Participants in accordance with
this Article IV shall not vest any right or title to any part of the assets of
the Fund in such Participants, except as provided in Article V.

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ARTICLE V
VESTING
     5.1 Vesting.
     (a) Effective for Participants who perform an Hour of Service on or after
January 1, 2006, a Participant shall become vested in his Basic Contributions
Account, ESOP Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account, Prior Plan
Employer Contributions Account, and Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account
according to the following schedule:

          Service   Vested Percentage
Less than 1 year
    0 %
1 to 2 years
    20 %
2 to 3 years
    40 %
3 to 4 years
    60 %
4 to 5 years
    80 %
5 years or more
    100 %

     (b) If a Participant does not perform an Hour of Service on or after
January 1. 2006, the Participant shall become vested in his Accounts described
in subparagraph (a) according to the vesting schedule provided in the relevant
Prior Plan in effect prior to January 1, 2006.
     (c) Each Participant shall have a fully vested interest in his Salary
Reduction Contributions Account and his Prior Plan Employee Contributions
Account (including both deductible and non-deductible contributions).
     (d) For any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, effective for
Participants who perform an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 2006, a
Participant will become vested in his Account according to the following
schedule:

          Service   Vested Percentage
Less than 1 year
    0 %
1 to 2 years
    20 %
2 to 3 years
    40 %
3 to 4 years
    60 %
4 to 5 years
    80 %
5 years or more
    100 %

The vesting schedule described in this subparagraph (d) shall only apply to
Participants who perform an Hour of Service on or after the first day of the
Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy. If the Plan becomes Top Heavy and then
ceases to be Top Heavy, the vesting schedule of this subparagraph (d) shall
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have then completed at least three (3) years of Service (whether or not
consecutive) and the vesting schedule provided in subparagraph (a) shall apply
to all other Participants; provided, however, that no Participant’s vested
interest in his Account balance may be reduced as a result of such change in
vesting.
     (e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of thus Plan, a Participant’s
Accounts derived from Employer contributions subject to the vesting requirements
of Section 5.1 shall become fully vested on the first to occur of the following
events, if the Participant is then an Employee:
     (i) the Participant’s attainment of age 65;
     (ii) the Participant’s death; or
     (iii) the Participant’s Permanent Disability.
     (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, any Participant who
becomes a Companies Continuing Employee, as defined in the Stock Purchase
Agreement dated February 22, 2005, between the Company and Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. (the Agreement), shall become fully vested in Accounts
derived from Employee contributions on the Closing Date (as defined in the
Agreement) of such sale.
     5.2 Service Rules.
     (a) If an Employee who is not an Ineligible Employee terminates employment
before he has a vested interest in his Accounts, has a Period of Severance that
equals or exceeds the greater of (i) five years or (ii) his Service before his
termination of employment, and then is reemployed by the Employer, his Service
performed before his termination of employment shall be disregarded in applying
the applicable vesting schedule described in Section 5.1 to his
post-reemployment Accounts. In all other cases, if an Employee who is not an
Ineligible Employee terminates employment and then is reemployed by the
Employer, all of his Service shall be counted for purposes of applying the
applicable vesting schedule to his post-reemployment Accounts.
     (b) If a Participant incurs a five-year Period of Severance, is reemployed
by the Employer and again qualifies as a Participant, and has an Account balance
attributable to his employment with the Employer prior to the five-year Period
of Severance, the Participant’s Service completed after his reemployment shall
not increase his vested interest in his pre-reemployment Account balance. The
Committee shall maintain records sufficient to determine a Participant’s vested
interest in his pre-reemployment Account balance.
     5.3 Vested Benefits and Forfeitures.
     (a) If a Participant terminates employment for any reason other than the
Participant’s retirement on or after his Normal Retirement Date, death, or
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Disability, the Committee shall determine the Participant’s vested interest in
his Account. The Participant’s Account shall be valued as of the Adjustment Date
coinciding with or immediately preceding the Participant’s termination of
employment (increased by Salary Reduction Contributions made since such
Adjustment Date), and the vested portion of the Account shall be distributed in
a cash-out distribution no later than the end of the second Plan Year following
the Plan Year in which such termination occurred, which distribution shall be
made in accordance with Article VI.
     (b) The treatment of the Account balance of a Participant described in
subparagraph (a) shall be as follows:
     (i) If the Participant receives a cash-out distribution of his entire
vested Account balance, the non-vested portion of his Account balance shall be
forfeited in accordance with Section 1.22.
     (ii) If the Participant does not receive a cash-out distribution of his
entire vested Account balance, both the vested and the non-vested portion of the
Participant’s Account shall continue to be invested in the Trust Fund and shall
continue to share in the allocation of earnings and losses as provided in
Section 4.4, but the non-vested portion shall be accounted for separately.
     (c) If a Participant described in subparagraph (b)(i) is reemployed by the
Employer before he has a five-year Period of Severance, the undistributed
portion of the Participant’s Account shall be restored in full, unadjusted by
any gains or losses occurring subsequent to the Adjustment Date as of which his
Account balance was valued immediately prior to the distribution he received
upon his earlier termination of employment. The Participant shall not be
required to repay the amount previously distributed to him. The source for such
restoration shall first be any Forfeitures occurring during the Plan Year. If
such source is insufficient, then the Employer shall contribute an amount that
is sufficient to restore any such forfeited Accounts; provided, however, that if
a discretionary Employer contribution is made for such Plan Year pursuant to
Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, such contribution shall first be applied to restore
any such Accounts and the remainder shall be allocated in accordance with
Section 4.2.
     (d) If a Participant described in subparagraph (b)(ii) is not reemployed
before he has a five-year Period of Severance, the non-vested portion of his
Account shall be forfeited as of the date on which the Participant has a
five-year Period of Severance. If such Participant is reemployed before he has a
five-year Period of Severance, the Participant’s vested interest in his Accounts
derived from Employer contributions subject to the vesting requirements of
Section 5.1 at any later point in time (referred to below as the “date of the
computation”) shall be the amount (“X”) determined by the following formula:
X = P (AB + (D x R)) - (D x R)
The letters other than “X” shall have the following meanings:

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  P = his vested percentage determined under Section 5.1 as of the date of the
computation.     AB = his Account balance derived from Employer contributions
(as described in (d) above) as of the date of the computation.     D = the
amount of the Participant’s vested Account balance derived from Employer
contributions (as described in (d) above) that was previously distributed to
him.     R = the ratio of his Account balance derived from Employer
contributions (as described in (d) above) as of the date of the computation to
the Account balance immediately after the prior distribution.

The foregoing formula shall be used to compute the Participant’s vested interest
until he becomes 100% vested in his Account.
     (e) All amounts forfeited under the Plan shall be reallocated as of the
last Adjustment Date of the Plan Year in which such amounts were forfeited, in
accordance with Section 4.2. The amount of a Participant’s Forfeiture shall be
deducted first from amounts in the Participant’s Account representing
investments other than Company Stock before any amount is deducted from Company
Stock held in his Account, and any amounts deducted from Company Stock shall be
deducted first from any Company Stock that was not acquired with the proceeds of
an exempt loan. All amounts forfeited under the Plan shall be reallocated as
described in Section 4.2.
     If forfeited amounts include life insurance policy cash values, the Trustee
shall surrender such policies to the insurer for the cash value of the policy or
offer the policy to the terminated Participant for an amount equal to the
forfeited cash value. Any forfeited values resulting from such surrender by the
Trustee or purchase by the Participant shall be allocated in the manner
described in Section 4.2.

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ARTICLE VI
BENEFITS
     6.1 Normal Retirement. A Participant may retire as of his Normal Retirement
Date or as of the first day of any month following his Normal Retirement Date.
The Participant’s Account shall be valued as of the Adjustment Date coinciding
with or immediately preceding the Participant’s actual date of retirement
(increased by Salary Reduction Contributions made since such Adjustment Date)
and shall be distributed in accordance with Sections 6.6 and 6.7.
     6.2 Disability Retirement. A Participant who incurs a Permanent Disability
may retire effective as of his Disability Retirement Date if he is then an
Employee. The Participant’s Account shall be valued as of the Adjustment Date
coinciding with or immediately preceding the Participant’s Disability Retirement
Date, increased by Salary Reduction Contributions made since such Adjustment
Date, and shall be distributed in accordance with Sections 6.6 and 6.7.
     6.3 Termination of Employment. A Participant who terminates employment with
the Employer and all Related Companies for any reason other than death,
retirement on or after his Normal Retirement Date, or a Permanent Disability
shall be entitled to receive his vested interest in his Account, as provided in
Article V. His vested interest shall be distributed in accordance with
Sections 6.6 and 6.7.
     6.4 Death Benefits. If a Participant or former Participant dies before his
vested interest in his Account has been distributed, the Participant’s vested
interest in his Account will be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in
accordance with Section 6.7. The deceased Participant’s Account shall be valued
as of the Adjustment Date coinciding with or immediately preceding the
Participant’s death (increased by Salary Reduction Contributions made since such
Adjustment Date) and shall be distributed in accordance with Sections 6.6 and
6.7.
     6.5 Designation of Beneficiary. Subject to the rights of a surviving spouse
as described herein, each Participant may from time to time designate a
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. Each Beneficiary designation (or revocation
thereof) shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee and shall not be
effective until filed with the Committee. Unless the conditions which follow for
the designation of a Beneficiary other than the surviving spouse are satisfied,
the Beneficiary of a Participant who is married on the date of the Participant’s
death shall be the Participant’s surviving spouse, whether or not so designated
on the form, and even if no such form is filed. Designation of a Beneficiary
other than such Participant’s surviving spouse for any portion of the benefits
payable under the Plan shall be valid only if one of the following conditions is
satisfied:
     (a) the spouse consents thereto in writing, acknowledging the effect of
such designation and the particular non-spouse Beneficiary;
     (b) the spouse consents thereto in writing, acknowledging the effect of
such designation, and the consent by the spouse expressly permits future changes
of Beneficiary without further consent by the spouse and expressly acknowledges
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spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific beneficiary and that the
spouse voluntarily relinquishes such right;
     (c) the Participant, although married at the time of the designation, is
ultimately not survived by his spouse or, as of the Participant’s date of death,
is divorced from his spouse;
     (d) it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee that there is no
surviving spouse or the surviving spouse cannot be located; or
     (e) as of the Participant’s date of death, the Participant and spouse are
legally separated or the Participant has been abandoned (within the meaning of
local law), as evidenced by an order entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Spousal consent pursuant to (a) or (b) above must be witnessed by a Plan
representative or a notary public, and shall be irrevocable. If the Participant
is survived by a spouse other than the spouse who consented to designation of
another as Beneficiary, the consent of the former spouse shall be ineffective.
If, at the time of his death, the Participant has no surviving spouse or
designated Beneficiary, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the personal
representative of the Participant’s estate. A Participant’s Beneficiary is bound
by the terms of the Plan.
     6.6 Commencement of Distribution.
     (a) Subject to subparagraphs (b) and (c):
     (i) A retired or deceased Participant’s vested Account balance shall be
distributed as soon as practicable after the Participant’s retirement or death
and the Committee’s receipt of a written election (as described in Section 6.7)
from the Participant (or, in the case of a Participant’s death, his
Beneficiary), and
     (ii) A terminated Participant’s Account balance shall be distributed as
soon as practicable after the Participant’s termination of employment and the
Committee’s receipt of a written election (as described in Section 6.7) from the
Participant.
The Participant’s Account shall remain in the Trust Fund and shall share in
earnings, allocations and adjustments under Section 4.4 until distributed in
accordance with subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above.
     (b) Distributions to Inactive Participants must commence not later than
60 days following the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the latest of:
     (i) The date the Participant attains age 65.
     (ii) The 10th anniversary of the date on which the Participant first
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     (iii) The Participant’s date of termination of employment with the Employer
and all Related Companies.
     (c) Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the
distribution of a Participant’s benefits shall be made in accordance with the
following requirements and shall otherwise comply with Code Section 401(a)(9)
and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (including
Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-2), the provisions of which shall override any
distribution options in the Plan inconsistent with Code Section 401(a)(9) and
which are incorporated herein by reference:
     (i) Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1997, except
as otherwise permitted by law, each Participant’s vested interest in his Account
must be distributed not later than the April 1 following the later of (i) the
calendar year in which the Participant reaches age 701/2 or (ii) the calendar
year in which the Participant retires; provided, however, that a Participant who
was born before July 1, 1932 and who remains in the employ of the Employer may
elect to have his distributions begin not later than the April 1 following the
calendar year in which the Participant reaches age 701/2. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each 5% Owner’s vested interest in his Account must be distributed
(or must begin to be distributed) not later than the April 1 following the
calendar year in which the 5% Owner reaches age 701/2.
     (ii) Distributions to a Participant and his Beneficiaries shall be made in
accordance with the incidental death benefit requirements of Code Section
401(a)(9)(G) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
     (iii) Distributions to a Participant who has attained age 701/2 and who is
receiving minimum distributions pursuant to Section 6.6(c)(i) shall be made in
accordance with Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9). The Required
Beginning Date for such a Participant was April 1 of the calendar year following
the calendar year in which he attained age 701/2. The required minimum
distribution for such Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year must be
made on or before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. The required
minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the
required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the
Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs, must be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.
     The minimum amount which must be distributed for each Distribution Calendar
Year is the lesser of:
     (1) the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account balance as
of December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution
Calendar Year by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth
in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury

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Regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the
Distribution Calendar Year; or
     (2) if the Participant’s sole designated Beneficiary for the Distribution
Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the
Participant’s Account balance as of December 31 of the calendar year immediately
preceding the Distribution Calendar Year by the number in the Joint and Last
Survivor Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations,
using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as of the Participant’s and
spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year.
     A Distribution Calendar Year is a calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required pursuant to this Section 6.6(c) and Code
Section 401(a)(9). For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death,
the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding
the calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning Date and
the last Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year during which the
Participant retires or dies prior to retirement.
     6.7 Form of Benefit.
     (a) Benefits from the Plan will be paid in cash; provided that a
Participant or Beneficiary who is entitled to receive a distribution from the
ESOP Contributions Account or the Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account, to the
extent the Participant has not directed the investment in such Accounts from the
Company Stock to the investment funds authorized by the Committee as permitted
in Section 9.6, shall receive his distribution in whole shares of Company Stock,
with fractional shares paid in cash, unless the Participant or Beneficiary
elects in a manner approved by the Administrator to receive the distribution
from the ESOP Contributions Account or the Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account
in the form of cash.
     (b) Benefits from the Plan will be paid to a Participant or Beneficiary in
a single, lump sum payment.
     (c) Effective for distributions made on or after March 28, 2005, any
distribution to a Participant who has a vested Account balance (not taking into
account the Participant’s Rollover Account, if any) that exceeds $1,000 (as
adjusted from time to time by applicable legislative or regulatory changes)
shall require such Participant’s consent if such distribution commences prior to
his attainment of age 65. With regard to this required consent:
     (i) The Participant must be informed of his right to defer receipt of the
distribution. If a Participant fails to consent, it shall be deemed an election
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However, any election to defer the receipt of a distribution shall not apply
with respect to distributions that are required under Section 6.6(c);
     (ii) Notice of the rights specified under this subparagraph (d) shall be
provided no less than thirty days and no more than 90 days before the first day
on which all events have occurred that entitle the Participant to a
distribution;
     (iii) Written consent of the Participant to the distribution must not be
made before the Participant receives the notice and must not be made more than
90 days before the first day on which all events have occurred that entitle the
Participant to a distribution;
     (iv) The distribution may commence less than thirty days after the notice
described above is given, provided that the Committee clearly informs the
Participant that the Participant has a right to a period of at least thirty days
after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a
distribution, which election shall be deemed a waiver of such thirty-day period,
and the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a
distribution; and
     (v) No consent shall be valid if a significant detriment is imposed under
the Plan on any Participant who does not consent to the distribution.
     (d) If a Participant dies before his vested Account balance has been
distributed or while receiving distributions of his benefits under
Section 6.6(c), then his vested Account balance (or his remaining vested Account
balance if he was receiving distributions of his benefits under Section 6.6(c)),
if any, shall be distributed to his Beneficiary as soon as practicable after the
Participant’s death.
     6.8 Location of Former Participants. If an Inactive Participant who is
entitled to a distribution cannot be located and the Committee has made
reasonable efforts to locate the Inactive Participant, then the Inactive
Participant’s vested interest shall be forfeited. The Committee will be deemed
to have made reasonable efforts to locate the Participant if the Committee is
unable to locate the Inactive Participant (or, in the case of a deceased
Inactive Participant, his Beneficiary) after having made all efforts as required
by published guidance from the United States Department of Labor regarding lost
participant procedures. The Inactive Participant’s Account shall be forfeited as
of the last day of the Plan Year in which occurs the close of the 12 consecutive
calendar month period following the last of the two successive mailings. If the
Inactive Participant or Beneficiary makes a written claim for the vested
interest after it has been forfeited, the Employer shall cause the vested
interest to be reinstated. The source for such reinstatement shall be the same
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     6.9 Benefits to Minors and Incompetents.
     (a) If any person who is entitled to receive payment under the Plan is a
minor, the Committee shall pay the amount in a lump sum either directly to the
minor, to the guardian of the minor, or to a custodian selected by the Trustee
under the appropriate Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
     (b) If a person who is entitled to receive payment under the Plan is
physically or mentally incapable of receiving and giving a valid receipt for any
payment due, unless a previous claim has been made by a duly qualified committee
or other legal representative, the payment may be made to the person’s spouse,
son, daughter, parent, brother, sister, or other person deemed by the Committee
to have incurred expense for the person otherwise entitled to payment.
     6.10 Withdrawals.
     (a) The Committee will permit a Participant to make a withdrawal from his
Salary Reduction Contributions Account and Rollover Account if (i) the
Participant has attained age 59-1/2 or (ii) the Participant has incurred
financial hardship, as described below.
     (b) The Participant will be considered to have incurred financial hardship
if he has an immediate heavy financial need that cannot be fulfilled though
other reasonably available financial resources of the Participant. The term
immediate and heavy financial need shall include:
     (i) Expenses for or necessary to obtain medical care that would be
deductible (without regard to whether the expenses exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross
income);
     (ii) Costs directly related to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments)
of a principal residence for the Participant;
     (iii) Payment of tuition, related educational fees, and room and board
expenses for up to the next twelve months of post-secondary education for the
Participant or his spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Section 152 of
the Code and, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, without
regard to Code sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B));
     (iv) Payments necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his
principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s
principal residence;
     (v) Effective January 1, 2006, payments necessary for burial or funeral
expenses for the Participant’s deceased parent, spouse, children or dependents
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defined in Code Section 152 and, for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2006, without regard to Code sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and
(d)(1)(B); and
     (vi) Effective January 1, 2006, expenses for the repair of damage to the
Participant’s principal residence that would qualify as the casualty deduction
under Code section 165 (determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds
10% of adjusted gross income).
Unless it has actual knowledge to the contrary, the Committee may rely on the
Participant’s representation that the financial need cannot be relieved:
     (i) Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise;
     (ii) By reasonable liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent
such liquidation would not itself increase the amount of the need;
     (iii) By cessation of Salary Reduction Contributions under the Plan;
     (iv) By other distributions or non-taxable loans from plans maintained by
the Employer or by any other employer, or by borrowing from commercial sources
on reasonable commercial terms, to the extent such amounts would not themselves
increase the amount of the need.
The determination of hardship shall be made by the Committee in a uniform and
non-discriminatory manner in accordance with such standards as may be
promulgated from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service.
     (c) A Participant who wishes to make a withdrawal shall apply in writing to
the Committee, on forms provided by the Committee. The Participant must furnish
such information in support of his application as may be requested by the
Committee. The Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of withdrawal that
shall be made and, in the case of a hardship withdrawal, may direct distribution
of as much of the Participant’s Account as it deems necessary to alleviate or to
help alleviate the hardship, including any amount necessary to pay any federal,
state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from
the distribution. The distribution will be made as soon as possible after the
hardship withdrawal is approved, based on the Account balance as of the
preceding Adjustment Date. The Committee may not authorize a hardship withdrawal
in excess of the amount deemed necessary to alleviate the hardship, as
determined in accordance with subparagraph (e) of this Section 6.10.
     (d) Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1989, a
Participant may not withdraw from his Salary Reduction Contributions Account on
account of financial hardship any funds in excess of the amount of Salary
Reduction Contributions made to the Account. In addition, a Participant may not
withdraw from his Salary Reduction Contributions Account on account of attaining
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Reduction Contributions made during the same Plan Year in which the Participant
requests the withdrawal.
     (e) A withdrawal shall be deemed to be necessary to satisfy the immediate
and heavy financial need of the Participant only if:
     (i) The Participant first obtains all distributions, other than hardship
distributions, and all non-taxable (at the time of the loan) loans currently
available under all plans maintained by the Employer;
     (ii) The Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions under this Plan and
elective contributions under all other plans maintained by the Employer are
limited for the next taxable year to the applicable limit under Code Section
402(g) for that year minus the Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions or
other elective contributions for the year of the hardship withdrawal; and
     (iii) The Participant is prohibited, under the terms of the Plan or an
otherwise legally enforceable agreement, from making Salary Reduction
Contributions, other elective contributions and employee contributions to the
Plan and all other plans maintained by the Employer for at least six months
alter receipt of the hardship withdrawal (12 months after the receipt of the
hardship withdrawal for such a withdrawal made prior to January 1, 2002). For
this purpose, the phrase “all other plans maintained by the Employer” means all
qualified and non-qualified plans of deferred compensation maintained by the
Employer.
     6.11 Loans. A Participant (including an Inactive Participant who is a
party-in-interest within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA) may apply in
writing to the Committee, on a form approved by the Committee, for a loan to be
made to the Participant from the vested interest in his Basic Contributions
Account, Matching Contributions Account, Salary Reduction Contributions Account,
Prior Plan Employee Contributions Account, Prior Plan Employer Contributions
Account and Rollover Account. No other loan may be made when any other such loan
is outstanding, except as provided in subsection (l) hereof. A loan may be made
to a Participant subject to the following conditions:
     (a) Approval of Loan. A loan may not be made to a Participant unless the
Committee or its designee approves the loan, acting according to uniform and
nondiscriminatory standards. The Committee shall take into consideration the
terms of any Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as described in Section 8.7) in
determining whether to approve the loan.
     (b) Amount of Loan. A loan may only be made from a Participant’s vested
interest in his Basic Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account,
Salary Reduction Contributions Account, Prior Plan Employee Contributions
Account, Prior Plan Employee Contributions Account and Rollover Account. The
amount of loans outstanding to a Participant at any time, aggregated with the
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other loans to the Participant from all other “qualified employer plans” (as
defined in Code Section 72(p)(4)) maintained by the Employer and Related
Companies, shall not exceed the lesser of:
     (i) $50,000; or
     (ii) the greater of (x) one-half of the present value of the Participant’s
vested Account balance under the Plan and any other qualified employer plans
maintained by the Employer and Related Companies or (y) $10,000.
For purposes of applying the foregoing limitations, a Participant’s vested
interest in his Accounts shall be determined as of the most recent Adjustment
Date. In no event may the amount of the loan be less than $1,000. The note
evidencing the loan will provide that the amount of interest due and unpaid
shall be subject to the terms of the loan. Effective for loans made, renewed,
modified, renegotiated or extended after December 31, 1986, the $50,000 limit
referred to in subparagraph (i) shall be reduced by the excess (if any) of the
highest outstanding balance of loans from the Plan and ally other qualified
employer plans maintained by the Employer and Related Companies during the
one-year period ending on the day before the date the loan is made, over the
outstanding balance of loans from all such Plans on the date the loan is made.
     (c) Nondiscrimination. Loans shall be available to all Participants on a
reasonably equivalent basis, provided that the Committee may make reasonable
distinctions among prospective borrowers on the basis of credit-worthiness.
Loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in a greater
percentage of their vested Account balances derived from Employer contributions
subject to the vesting requirements of Section 5.1 than the percentage that is
available to other Participants.
     (d) Security. A loan to a Participant shall be secured by a pledge of the
Participant’s Account in the Fund and by the pledge of such further collateral
as the Committee, in its discretion, deems necessary or desirable to assure
repayment of the loan. A pledge of a Participant’s interest in the Fund to
secure a loan made from the Fund shall not be subject to the requirements of
Section 13.5.
     (e) Interest Rate. Interest on a loan shall be charged at the prevailing
rate in the community for a loan of the type being made.
     (f) Repayment. Repayment of a loan must be made within five years from the
date of the loan, provided that if the loan proceeds are used to acquire a
principal residence of the Participant, then the loan repayment term may exceed
five years.
     (g) Distributions. If any amount is distributed from the Fund to a
Participant or his Beneficiary while a loan to the Participant is outstanding,
the Committee will direct that the distributed amount be applied to reduce the
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     (h) Loan as a Separate Investment of the Participant’s Account. A loan made
to a Participant shall be considered a separate investment of the portion of the
Participant’s Account that is equal to the outstanding balance of the loan. The
balance in the borrowing Participant’s Account shall be reduced by the
outstanding balance of the loan for purposes of allocating net income and
increases and decreases in the value of Fund assets pursuant to Section 4.4.
Interest paid on the loan shall be credited to the borrowing Participant’s
Account and shall not be considered earnings of the Fund for allocation
purposes.
     (i) Default. If an outstanding loan is not repaid as and when due, the
principal of and interest on the loan shall be deducted from any Plan benefit
that the Participant or his Beneficiary is entitled to receive; however, no such
deduction shall be made before the Participant’s Accounts could be distributed
from the Plan in accordance with the Code.
     (j) Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Committee and the Trustee in
making, administering, and collecting a loan may be charged against the Account
of the borrowing Participant. This may include a monthly maintenance fee in an
amount determined from time to time by the Committee.
     (k) Level Amortization. A loan must be amortized in level payments made not
less frequently than quarterly over the term of the loan and shall be repaid by
periodic payroll deductions.
     (l) Exception to One-Loan Limit. Subject to subsections (a) through
(k) above, a Participant may apply for a second loan from the vested interest in
his Accounts if (i) such Participant is actively employed by the Company or a
Related Company or a branch of the Company or a Related Company located in a
federally declared disaster area or (ii) such Participant’s primary place of
residence is located in a federally-declared disaster area; and (iii) the loan
request is made after the date such area is declared a federal disaster area and
prior to the six-month anniversary of such date of declaration.
     6.12 Installment Payment and Annuity Options. Effective February 1, 2001,
the installment payment option available to Participants under the Plan and the
annuity options available to certain Participants who were formerly participants
in the Lester Company Plan, the Caro Produce Plan, and the Milton’s Plan were
eliminated in accordance with Section 1.411(d)-4(e) of the Treasury Regulations.
The installment payment and annuity provisions applicable to distributions from
the Plan prior to February 1, 2001 are contained in the previous Plan document
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION IN COMPANY STOCK
     7.1 Legends. The Committee shall direct the Trustee to cause shares of
Company Stock that are distributed to bear a legend setting forth such
representations as the Committee deems appropriate, which may include, without
being limited to, representations, to the extent applicable, that (a) the shares
have not been registered under federal or state securities law and (b) under the
law, the transferability of the shares is restricted. In addition, the Company
may, to the extent applicable, require the recipient of a distribution of
Company Stock to sign a letter agreeing that the Company Stock received shall
not be transferred except in compliance with federal and state securities law
and making such other agreements and representations as the Committee deems
appropriate.
     7.2 Basis of Company Stock. The basis of Company Stock held in the Trust
Fund shall be determined as follows:
     (a) The basis of Company Stock purchased by the Trustee shall be the actual
cost of the Company Stock to the Trustee. The basis of all other Company Stock
acquired by the Trustee (including Company Stock contributed by the Company to
the Trust Fund) shall be the fair market value of the Company Stock on the date
of the acquisition.
     (b) Any shares of Company Stock (hat are held unallocated in a suspense
account pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.6 shall retain their original basis,
without regard to when the shares are released and allocated to Participants’
Accounts.
     (c) As of the last Adjustment Date of each Plan Year, the basis of all
Company Stock that is made available for allocation shall be calculated as of
that date, as determined pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (b).
     (d) The basis of all Company Stock allocated to a Participant’s Account for
a Plan Year shall be averaged with the basis of all Company Stock previously
allocated to the Participant’s Account, and the resulting average, as adjusted
annually, shall be the Participant’s basis with respect to distributions of
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ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION BY THE COMMITTEE
     8.1 Appointment of the Committee. The members of the Committee shall
consist of one or more persons appointed from time to time by the Company to
serve until their death, resignation or removal by the Company. A person shall
not be ineligible to be a member of the Committee because he is or may be a
Participant in the Plan. The Company from time to time may increase or decrease
the number of members of the Committee. The Committee and each of its members
shall be named fiduciaries with respect to the Plan, and shall be indemnified by
the Employer against any and all liabilities incurred by reason of any action
taken in good faith pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.
     8.2 Powers of the Committee.
     (a) The Committee shall be responsible for the general administration and
interpretation of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions and shall have
all power and authority (including absolute discretion with respect to the
exercise of that power and authority) necessary, properly advisable, desirable
or convenient for the performance of its duties. In performing its duties, the
Committee shall have discretionary authority to grant or deny benefits under
thus Plan. The powers and duties of the Committee shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
     (i) To construe and interpret the Plan, to decide all questions of
eligibility and to determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any
benefits hereunder;
     (ii) To prescribe procedures to be followed by Employees in filing
applications for benefits;
     (iii) To make a determination as to the right of any person to a benefit
and to afford any person dissatisfied with such determination the right to a
hearing;
     (iv) To request and receive from the Employer and from Employees such
information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan,
including but not limited to, such information as the Committee may reasonably
require to determine each Participant’s eligibility to participate in the Plan
and the benefits payable to each Participant upon his death, retirement or
termination of employment;
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     (vi) To furnish the Employer, upon request, with such annual reports with
respect to the administration of the Plan as are reasonable and appropriate;
     (vii) To direct the Trustee as to the method in which and persons to whom
Plan assets will be distributed; and
     (viii) To receive and review reports on the financial condition of the
Trust Fund and statements of the receipts and disbursements of the Trust Fluid
from the Trustee; and
     (ix) To direct the Trustee to invest Plan assets in Company Stock.
     (b) The Committee may adopt such rules, regulations and bylaws and may make
such decisions as it deems necessary or desirable for the proper administration
of the Plan, and all rules and decisions of the Committee shall be uniformly and
consistently applied to all Participants in similar circumstances. Any rule or
decision by the Committee that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons affected by it, and
subject to judicial review only where it is shown by clear and convincing
evidence that the Committee acted in a capricious and arbitrary manner. When
making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely
upon information furnished by an Employer or anyone acting on behalf of an
Employer.
     (c) The Committee shall have the power to (i) establish a funding policy
for the Trust Fund and (ii) receive and review reports on the financial
condition of the Trust Fund and statements of the receipts and disbursements of
the Trust Fund from the Trustee.
     8.3 Operation. The members of the Committee shall elect a Chairman. They
shall also elect a Secretary who may, but need not, be a member of the
Committee. The Committee shall have the power to (a) appoint from its membership
such sub-committees with such powers as the Committee shall determine,
(b) authorize one or more of its members or any agent to execute or deliver any
instrument or to make any payment on behalf of the Committee, and (c) employ
counsel and agents and such clerical and other services as the Committee shall
deem requisite or desirable in carrying out the provisions of the Plan. The
Committee shall be fully protected in relying on data, information or statistics
furnished it by persons performing ministerial and limited discretionary
functions as long as the Committee has had no reason to doubt the competence,
integrity or responsibility of any such person.
     8.4 Meetings and Quorum. The Committee shall hold meetings upon such
notice, at such places, and at such intervals as it may from time to time
determine. A majority of the members of the Committee at the time in office
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions or
other actions taken by the Committee at any meeting shall be by the vote of a
majority of those present at any such meeting. Action may be taken by the
Committee without a meeting by a written consent signed by a majority of the
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     8.5 Compensation. The members of the Committee shall not be entitled to any
compensation for their services with respect to the Plan, but the Committee
members shall be entitled to reimbursement for any and all necessary expenses
that each member may incur. The expenses shall be paid by the Employer or from
the Trust Fund. Any such payments from the Trust Fund shall be deemed to be for
the exclusive benefit of Participants.
     8.6 Payment of Expenses. All expenses of administration of the Plan and
Trust may be paid out of the Trust Fund unless paid by the Employer. Such
expenses shall include any expenses incident to the functioning of the Committee
or Trustee, including, but not limited to, fees of accountants, counsel, and
other specialists and their agents, and other costs of administering the Plan
and Trust. Until paid, the expenses shall constitute a liability of the Trust
Fund. However, the Employer may reimburse the Trust Fund for any administration
expense incurred. Any administration expense paid to the Trust Fund as a
reimbursement shall not be considered an Employer contribution.
     8.7 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
     (a) If the Trustee or the Committee receives a domestic relations order
that purports to require the payment of a Participant’s benefits to a person
other than the Participant, the Committee shall take the following steps:
     (i) If benefits are in pay status, the Committee shall direct the Trustee
to hold and separately account for the amounts that will be payable to the
Alternate Payees (defined below) if the order is a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order (defined below).
     (ii) The Committee shall promptly notify the named Participant and any
Alternate Payees of the receipt of the domestic relations order and of the
Committee’s procedures for determining if the order is a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order.
     (iii) The Committee shall determine whether the order is a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order under the provisions of Code Section 414(p).
     (iv) The Committee shall notify the named Participant and any Alternate
Payees of its determination as to whether the order meets the requirements of a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
     (b) If, within the 18 months beginning on the date the first payment would
have been required to be made under the domestic relations order (the “18-Month
Period”), the order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order,
the Committee shall direct the Trustee to pay the specified amounts to the
persons entitled to receive the amounts pursuant to the order.
     (c) If, within the 18-Month Period, (i) the order is determined not to be a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order or (ii) the issue as to whether the order is
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Domestic Relations Order has not been resolved, the Committee shall direct the
Trustee to pay the Participant’s benefits to the Participant or Beneficiary who
would have been entitled to such benefits if there had been no order, in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan governing the distribution of such
benefits.
     (d) If an order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order
after the end of the 18-Month Period, the determination shall be applied
prospectively only.
     (e) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the
following definitions:
     Alternate Payee: Any spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a
Participant who is recognized by a domestic relations order as having a right to
all or a portion of the benefits payable under the Plan to the Participant.
     Qualified Domestic Relations Order: Any domestic relations order or
judgment that meets the requirements set forth in Code Section 414(p).
     (f) To the extent provided in Code Section 414(p), distributions may be
paid pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order in any form in which
benefits may be paid to the Participant (even though the Participant has not
terminated employment) as if the Participant had retired on the date payment is
to begin under the order. Such distribution to an Alternate Payee shall be paid
as soon as administratively practicable or on another date before the
Participant attains the “earliest retirement date” (as that term is defined in
Section 414(p) of the Code) if the Qualified Domestic Relations Order so
provides.
     8.8 Rollovers and Trustee-to-Trustee Transfers to and from the Plan.
     (a) The Trustee may receive, with the consent of the Committee, the
transfer of assets previously held under an “eligible retirement plan” as
defined in Section 8.8(b) (except for an individual retirement account which is
not a rollover individual retirement account) for the benefit of a person who is
a Participant in this Plan. Assets may be received (i) directly from the trustee
of such an “eligible retirement plan,” provided such transferor plan is not a
defined benefit plan or a money purchase pension plan, or (ii) as a rollover
contribution from the plan or from a rollover individual retirement account. Any
“eligible retirement plan” from which assets are received must be qualified
under the applicable Code provision at the time of the transfer, and any
rollover individual retirement account must be an individual retirement account
within the meaning of Code Section 408 at the time of the rollover.
     (b) The transferred assets shall be credited to the Participant’s Rollover
Account and held as a separate part of the Trust Fund on the books of the Trust
for the benefit of the Participant. Such Account shall be credited with
dividends and adjustments pursuant to Section 4.4. Payments of such Account
shall be made on the same basis as payment of the Participant’s Salary Reduction
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     (c) The Committee and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying on
data, representations, or other information provided by the trustee or custodian
of a qualified plan or rollover individual retirement account for the purpose of
determining that the requirements of subparagraph (a) have been satisfied.
     (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a
Participant shall be permitted to elect to have any “eligible rollover
distribution” transferred directly to an “eligible retirement plan” specified by
the Participant. The Plan provisions otherwise applicable to distributions
continue to apply to this direct transfer option. The Participant shall, in the
time and manner prescribed by the Committee, specify the amount to be directly
transferred and the “eligible retirement plan” to receive the transfer. Any
portion of a distribution which is not transferred shall be distributed to the
Participant. For purposes of this subparagraph (d), the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
     (i) The term “eligible rollover distribution” means any distribution other
than a distribution of substantially equal periodic payments over the life or
life expectancy of the Participant (or joint life or joint life expectancies of
the Participant and the designated Beneficiary), a distribution over a period
certain of ten years or more, or, a hardship withdrawal as described in
Section 6.10. Amounts required to be distributed under Code Section 401(a)(9)
are not eligible rollover distributions. The direct transfer option described in
subparagraph (d) above applies only to eligible rollover distributions which
would otherwise be ineludible in gross income if not transferred.
     (ii) The term “eligible retirement plan” means an individual retirement
account as described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity as
described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan as described in Code
Section 403(a), an annuity contract as described in Code Section 403(b), an
eligible deferred compensation plan as described in Code Section 457(b) which is
maintained by a governmental employer as described in Code Section 457(e)(1)(A),
or a defined contribution plan as described in Code Section 401(a) which is
exempt from tax under Code Section 501(a) and which accepts rollover
distributions.
     The election described in subparagraph (d) also applies to the surviving
spouse after the Participant’s death. For purposes of subparagraph (d), a spouse
or former spouse who is the Alternate Payee (as defined in Code Section 414(p))
under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as defined in Code Section 414(p))
will be treated as the Participant.

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ARTICLE IX
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE
     9.1 General. The Trustee shall receive, hold, manage, convert, sell,
exchange, invest, disburse and otherwise deal with such contributions as may
from time to time be made to the Trust Fund and the income and profits
therefrom, in the manner and for the uses and purposes of the Plan as provided
in the Plan and in the Trust Agreement described in Section 9.2.
     9.2 Trust Agreement. The Company has entered into a trust agreement (“Trust
Agreement”) with the Trustee under which the Trustee will receive, invest and
administer the Trust Fund. The Trust Agreement is incorporated by reference as a
part of the Plan, and the rights of all persons under the Plan are subject to
the terms of the Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement provides for the
investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund, the management of the Trust Fund,
the responsibilities and immunities of the Trustee, the removal of the Trustee
and appointment of a successor, the accounting by the Trustee, and the
disbursement of the Trust Fund.
     9.3 Limitation of Liability. The Trustee shall hold in trust and administer
the Trust Fund subject to all the terms and conditions of this Plan and of the
Trust Agreement described in Section 9.2. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for the administration of the Plan unless employed by the Company to serve in
such capacity. The Trustee’s responsibility shall be limited to holding,
investing and reinvesting the assets of the Trust Fund from time to time in its
possession or under its control as Trustee and to disbursing funds as shall be
directed by the Committee. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the
correctness of any payment or disbursement or action if made in accordance with
the instructions of the Committee.
     9.4 Power of Trustee to Carry Out the Plan. The powers of the Trustee for
carrying out the provisions of the Plan are enumerated in the Trust Agreement.
     9.5 Life Insurance.
     (a) Subject to Section 9.5(g), any Participant shall have the right to
request the Trustee (on a form provided by the Committee and subject to the
approval of the Committee) to invest a portion of his Basic Contributions
Account in any form or type of ordinary or term life insurance policy on the
Participant’s life. Any such policies shall be purchased upon application by the
Trustee or the Participant to the insurer. The policies shall constitute
separate investments of the Basic Contributions Account of the respective
Participants, and all premiums shall be paid from the respective Accounts. The
aggregate amount paid for the purchase of ordinary or term life insurance on a
Participant’s life must be less than 50% or 25%, respectively, of the total
Basic Contributions and Forfeitures that have been allocated to the
Participant’s Basic Contributions Account. In the event a Participant elects to
invest a portion of his Basic Contributions Account in the form of ordinary and
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such life insurance must be less than 50% of the total Basic Contributions and
forfeitures that have been allocated to the Participant’s Basic Contributions
Account.
     (b) Upon issuance, each policy purchased under subparagraph (a) shall be
owned by the Trustee and shall designate the Trustee to receive any proceeds
payable on maturity as a death claim. Insofar as possible, the policies shall
have common basic options, cash surrender values, premium due dates and other
material features. The policies shall provide that an automatic premium loan or
similar provision shall be effective in the event of nonpayment of a premium, if
such a provision is available under the terms of the policy. At the
Participant’s retirement, the policy shall be used to provide increased amounts
of retirement benefits to the Participant pursuant to the Plan, or shall be
transferred to the Participant.
     (c) At issuance, each policy purchased under subparagraph (a) shall contain
a provision that the owner may not change the ownership of the policy; nor may
the policy be sold, assigned, or pledged as collateral for an exempt loan or as
security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose to any
person other than the insurer unless the owner is the trustee of an Employees’
trust qualified under Code Sections 401 and 501; provided, however, the
Committee may authorize the Trustee to transfer the policy (or policies) held by
the Trustee on the life of the Participant in exchange for its cash surrender
value.
     (d) Any death benefit payable under a policy held on behalf of a
Participant shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary. The death benefit
may be paid directly by the insurer to the Beneficiary in a lump sum, used to
provide increased amounts of death benefits to the Beneficiary pursuant to the
Plan, or paid under the settlement option elected by the Participant (or the
Trustee, in the absence of an election by the Participant) pursuant to the Plan.
     (e) The Trustee shall have the power to invest in life insurance policies
on the lives of Key Employees of the Employer, at the direction of the Employer.
The policies shall be payable upon death to the Trust as beneficiary. The
policies shall be vested exclusively in the Trustee for the benefit of the
Trust. Death proceeds under the policy shall be allocated in the same manner as
Basic Contributions as provided in Section 4.2(a).
     (f) The insurer with respect to any policy issued pursuant to this
Section 9.5 shall not be a party to this Plan. In the event the terms of any
policy conflict with the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan
shall prevail.
     (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, a Participant may not
make an election under Section 9.5(a), or elect to increase the amount of life
insurance previously elected, on or after June 1, 1988. Any Plan assets invested
in life insurance as of June 1, 1988 shall remain invested in life insurance
pursuant to Sections 9.5(a) through (e), unless such life insurance is canceled
at the request of the Participant or the policy (or policies) is
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     9.6 Directed Investments.
     (a) General Rules. Effective January 1, 2007, each Participant shall have
the right to direct the investment of any or all of his Basic Contributions
Account, Salary Reduction Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account,
Prior Plan Employee Contributions Account, Prior Plan Employer Contributions
Account, Rollover Account, ESOP Contributions Account and Prior Plan ESOP
Contributions Account (collectively, “Directed Investment Accounts”) among the
investment funds (including one or more Company Stock funds, if permitted by the
Committee) authorized by the Committee, as follows:
     (i) Each Participant may file a written investment direction (or such other
form of investment direction as the Committee may from time to time prescribe)
with the Committee that specifies the investment funds (as described in
subparagraph (b)) in which his Directed Investment Accounts are to be invested.
     (ii) The Committee shall prescribe dates as of which investment directions
shall be effective and time periods within which investment directions must be
filed with the Committee, or, if designated by the Committee, the Trustee or
other entity responsible for implementing such directions; provided, however,
that, with respect to each investment fund (as described in subparagraph (b)),
such dates and time periods shall permit Participants to give investment
directions no less frequently than once within any three-month period. An
investment direction shall continue to apply until a subsequent direction is
given in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.
     (iii) The Committee shall establish procedures for forwarding investment
directions to the Trustee (or to such third party as the Committee and the
Trustee shall designate) in order to implement the Participants’ directions.
     (b) Investment Funds. The Committee shall select investment funds in which
Participants’ Directed Investment Accounts may be invested. The investment funds
selected by the Committee may include one or more Company Stock funds. A
Participant may direct that his Directed Investment Accounts be invested in one
or more of the investment funds authorized for investment by the Committee. The
Committee may add to or reduce the number and type of investment funds that will
be available for investment in any Plan Year; provided, however, that the
Committee shall make available investment funds that are sufficient to provide
the Participant with a reasonable opportunity to materially affect the potential
return on the amounts in his individual Accounts with regard to which he is
permitted to direct investments and the degree of risk to which such amounts are
subject, and to choose from at least three investment funds each of which is
diversified and has materially different risk and return characteristics. Such
investment funds shall, in the aggregate, enable the Participant by choosing
among them to achieve a portfolio with aggregate risk and return characteristics
at any point within the range normally appropriate for the Participant, and each
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shall, when combined with investments in the other investment funds, tend to
minimize through diversification the overall risk of a Participant’s portfolio.
The Committee may limit the percentage of a Participant’s Directed Investment
Accounts that may be invested in any one of the funds, including any funds
invested in Company Stock; provided that no such limitation shall apply to an
investment fund necessary to satisfy the requirement that a broad range of
investments be provided as described above. The Committee may establish rules
relating to the investment of Accounts in the funds.
     (c) Accounts Not Directed. If a Participant fails to designate the funds in
which his Directed Investment Accounts are to be invested, the Participant’s
Directed Investment Accounts shall be invested in the manner directed by the
Committee.
     (d) 404(c) Plan. The provisions of this Plan section are intended to
satisfy the requirements of ERISA Section 404(c) and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.

  9.7 Investment Diversification of ESOP Accounts Applicable to Periods Prior
to, January 1, 2007.

     (a) A Participant (including any Inactive Participant) shall become a
Qualified Participant for purposes of this Section 9.7 on the date that such
Participant has both (i) attained age 55 and (ii) completed at least 10 years of
participation in the Plan; provided, however, that participation in a Prior
Plan, prior to the merger of such Prior Plan into this Plan, shall be counted
for purposes of determining whether a Participant is a Qualified Participant
hereunder if Code Section 401(a)(28) (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder) require that such Prior Plan participation be so counted. During the
periods described in subparagraph (b) below, each Qualified Participant shall
have the right to make a diversification election with respect to a portion of
the shares of Company Stock allocated to his ESOP Contributions Account and
Prior Plan ESOP Contributions Account (collectively, “ESOP Accounts”), as
follows:
     (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) below with respect to the
Qualified Participant’s last “election period,” the portion of the Qualified
Participant’s ESOP Accounts subject to a diversification election during any
“election period” is equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of
shares of Company Stock contributed to the Plan or a Prior Plan after 1986 that
have ever been allocated to the ESOP Accounts of the Qualified Participant up to
the most recent allocation date, less the number of shares previously
distributed, transferred, or diversified pursuant to a previous diversification
election hereunder or under a Prior Plan.
     (ii) In determining the portion subject to a diversification election
during the Qualified Participant’s last “election period,” the reference to 25%
in subparagraph (i) above shall be replaced with 50%.
The Committee shall effectuate a Qualified Participant’s diversification
election in any “election period” within ninety (90) days after the end of such
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by either (i) providing to the Qualified Participant three investment options
(other than Company Stock) or (ii) permitting the Qualified Participant to elect
to receive an immediate distribution of the amount elected by the Qualified
Participant under the diversification election.
     (b) Each Qualified Participant (as described in subparagraph (a) above) may
make a diversification election during any “election period” that occurs during
the “qualified election period.” An “election period” is the 90 days following
the end of each Plan Year in the “qualified election period.” The “qualified
election period” consists of the six consecutive Plan Years beginning with the
Plan Year during which the Participant became a Qualified Participant.
     (c) This Section 9.7 will apply only if the aggregate fair market value of
the Company Stock allocated to the Participant’s ESOP Accounts is greater than
$500. The fair market value shall be calculated as of the Adjustment Date
immediately preceding the first day on which the Participant is eligible to make
a diversification election.

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ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
     10.1 Amendment. This Plan shall be irrevocable and binding as to all
contributions made by an Employer to the Trust, but this Plan may be amended
from time to time by the Company through action of its Board of Directors or a
duly authorized officer of the Company. No amendment shall be made to the Plan
that (a) would have the effect of diverting any of the Trust from Participants
or their Beneficiaries as provided in the Plan, (b) would prevent the allowance
as a deduction for federal income tax purposes, and particularly under Code
Section 404, of any contribution made by an Employer to the Trust, (c) would
take the Plan and Trust out of the scope of Code Sections 401, 402 and 501(a),
(d) would increase the duties of the Trustee without its consent, (e) would
decrease a Participant’s vested interest in his Account in the Trust Fund, or
(f) would eliminate an optional form of benefit in violation of Code
Section 411(d)(6).
     10.2 Termination. This Plan may be terminated at any time by the Company.
If the Plan is terminated, or if a partial termination occurs (through a
complete discontinuance of contributions or otherwise), each affected
Participant shall have a 100% vested interest in his Account, and his Account
shall be paid to him (or to his Beneficiary, in the event of his death) in a
lump sum as soon as is practicable after the termination.
     10.3 Merger. In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or
a transfer of Plan assets or liabilities to, any other plan, each Participant
shall be entitled to a benefit under such other plan immediately after the
merger, consolidation, or transfer that is equal to or greater than his Account
balance determined under this Plan immediately before the merger, consolidation
or transfer.

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ARTICLE XI
CLAIMS PROCEDURE
     11.1 Right to File Claim. Every Participant, former Participant, or
Beneficiary of a Participant or former Participant shall be entitled to file
with any member of the Committee a claim for benefits under the Plan. The claim
is required to be in writing.
     11.2 Denial of Claim. If the claim is denied by the Committee member, in
whole or in part, the claimant shall be furnished, within 90 days after the
claim is filed (or within 180 days after such filing if special circumstances
require an extension of time), a written notice of denial of the claim
containing the following:
     (a) Specific reason or reasons for the denial.
     (b) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is
based,
     (c) A description of any additional material or information necessary for
the claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why the material or
information is necessary, and
     (d) An explanation of the claims review procedure.
     11.3 Claims Review Procedure.
     (a) Review may be requested at any time within 60 days following the date
the claimant received written notice of the denial of his claim. For purposes of
this Section, any action required or authorized to be taken by the claimant may
be taken by a representative authorized in writing by the claimant to represent
him. The Committee shall afford the claimant a full and fair review of the
decision denying the claim and, if so requested, shall:
     (i) Permit the claimant to review any documents that are pertinent to the
claim;
     (ii) Permit the claimant to submit to the Committee issues and comments in
writing; and
     (iii) Afford the claimant an opportunity to meet with a quorum of the
Committee as a part of the review procedure.
     (b) The decision on review by the Committee shall be in writing and shall
be issued within 60 days following receipt of the request for review. The period
for decision may be extended to a date not later than 120 days after such
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determines that special circumstances require extension, provided the extension
and the special circumstances occasioning it are communicated to the claimant
within the original 60-day period. The decision on review shall include specific
reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan
provisions on which the decision of the Committee is based.

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ARTICLE XII
ADOPTION OF PLAN BY RELATED COMPANIES
AND TRANSFERRED ASSETS
     12.1 Adoption of the Plan. A Related Company may become an Employer (and
thus a party to the Plan), with the approval of the Company, by adopting the
Plan for its Employees. A Related Company that so becomes a party to the Plan
(after adoption, an “Adopting Company”) shall promptly deliver to the Trustee a
certified copy of the resolutions or other documents evidencing its adoption of
the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, a Related
Company adopting the Plan may determine whether and to what extent periods of
employment with the Related Company before the Related Company adopted the Plan
shall be included as service under the Plan.
     12.2 Withdrawal. A Related Company may withdraw from the Plan at any time
by giving advance written notice of its intention to withdraw to the Company and
to the Committee. Upon the receipt of such notice of a withdrawal, the Committee
shall certify to the Trustee the equitable share representing interests of
Participants employed by the Related Company in the Trust Fund, and the Trustee
shall thereupon set aside from the Trust Fund such securities and other property
as it shall, in its sole discretion, deem to be equal in value to such equitable
share. If the Plan is to be terminated with respect to the Related Company, the
amount set aside shall be administered according to Section 10.2. If the Plan is
not to be terminated with respect to the Related Company, the Trustee shall turn
over the amount set aside to a trustee designated by the Related Company, and
the securities and other property shall thereafter be held and invested as a
separate trust of the Related Company.
     12.3 Sale of Employer’s Assets. If all or any portion of Employer’s assets
are sold to another corporation that adopts a defined contribution plan as a
continuation of this Plan, then the Committee shall certify to the Trustee the
equitable share in the Trust Fund representing interests of Participants who
become participants in the other plan immediately following the transfer. The
Trustee shall transfer that share of the Trust Fund to the trustee of the other
plan, to be held in accordance with the terms of the other plan.

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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
     13.1 Indemnification. The Employer shall indemnify the Administrator
(including each Committee member) and each other Employee who is involved in the
administration of the Plan against all costs, expenses and liabilities,
including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding instituted against any such person alleging any act of omission or
commission performed while acting in good faith in discharging his duties with
respect to the Plan. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of
the commencement of any such action, the indemnified party shall notify the
Employer of the action. The Employer shall be entitled to participate at its own
expense in the defense or to assume the defense of any such action brought
against any indemnified party. If the Employer elects to assume the defense of
any such suit, the defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by the Employer,
and the indemnified party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional
counsel retained by the indemnified party.
     13.2 Exclusive Benefit Rule. This Plan shall be administered for the
exclusive benefit of the Employees of an Employer and for the purpose of payment
to Participants and Beneficiaries out of the income and principal of the Trust
Fund of the benefits provided under the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in
the Plan, no part of the income or principal of the Trust Fund shall be used for
or diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants or
their Beneficiaries, as provided in the Plan.
     13.3 No Right to the Fund. No person shall have any interest in, or right
to, any part of the assets of the Trust Fund or any rights under the Plan,
except to the extent expressly provided in the Plan.
     13.4 Rights of Employer. The establishment of this Plan shall not be
construed as conferring any legal or other rights upon any Employee or any other
person for continuation of employment, nor shall it interfere with the right of
the Employer to discharge any Employee or to deal with him without regard to the
effect thereof under the Plan.
     13.5 Non-Alienation of Benefits. No amount payable to or held under the
Plan for the account of any Participant, former Participant, or Beneficiary of a
Participant or former Participant shall be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or
charge, and any attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign,
pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void. No amount payable to or held
under the Plan for the account of any Participant, former Participant, or
Beneficiary may be in any manner liable for the debts, contracts, liabilities,
engagements or torts of such Participant, former Participant, or Beneficiary, or
be subject to any legal process, levy or attachment. The provisions of this
Section shall not preclude distributions made by the Trustee in accordance with
a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as provided in Section 8.6 of the Plan.

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     13.6 Construction and Severability. Except as otherwise provided by federal
law, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and enforced according to
Tennessee law, and all of the provisions of the Plan shall be administered in
accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee. For simplicity of
expression, pronouns and other terms are sometimes expressed in a particular
number and gender; however, where appropriate to the context, such terms shall
be deemed to include each of the other numbers and the other gender. Each
provision of this Plan shall be considered to be severable from all other
provisions so that if any provision or any part of a provision shall be declared
void, then the remaining provisions of the Plan that are not declared void shall
continue to be effective.
     13.7 Delegation of Authority. Whenever an Employer, under the terms of this
Plan, is permitted or required to do or perform any act, the act may be done or
performed by any officer of the Employer, and such officer shall be presumed to
be duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Employer.
     13.8 Request for Tax Ruling. This Plan is based upon the condition
precedent that it shall meet the requirements of the Code with respect to
qualified employees’ trusts so as to permit the Employer to deduct for federal
income tax purposes the amounts of its contributions and so that its
contributions will not be taxable to the Participants as income in the year in
which the contributions are made. The Employer shall apply for a determination
by the Internal Revenue Service that this Plan is so qualified, which
application shall be made by the time prescribed in Section 3.5(b) of the Plan.
If the Internal Revenue Service rules that this Plan is not so qualified, then
the then current value of all contributions made by the Employer before the
initial determination as to qualification shall be returned to the Employer
within one year of the denial of qualification, and this Plan shall be of no
further force or effect.
     13.9 Qualified Military Service. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan
to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to
qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code
Section 414(u). Loan repayments will be suspended under this Plan as permitted
under Code Section 414(u)(4).
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amended and restated Plan
to be executed as of the day ___ of                     , 2007.

            PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
      By:              

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