Exhibit 10.4

H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

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H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

   1  

1.1.

   Introduction.    1  

1.2.

   Definitions.    1      1.2.1.    Account    1      1.2.2.    Affiliate    1  
   1.2.3.    Base Plan    1      1.2.4.    Beneficiary    2      1.2.5.   
Change in Control    2      1.2.6.    Code    2      1.2.7.    Committee    2  
   1.2.8.    Company    3      1.2.9.    Continuous Participation    3     
1.2.10.    DB SERP    3      1.2.11.    Disability    3      1.2.12.    Deferred
Compensation Plan    3      1.2.13.    Effective Date    3      1.2.14.   
Eligible Compensation    3      1.2.15.    Employers    4      1.2.16.    ERISA
   4      1.2.17.    Measuring Option(s)    4      1.2.18.    Participant    4  
   1.2.19.    Plan    4      1.2.20.    Plan Statement    4      1.2.21.    Plan
Year    5      1.2.22.    Retirement Plan    5      1.2.23.    Separation from
Service    5      1.2.24.    Unforeseeable Emergency    6

SECTION 2 PARTICIPATION

   6  

2.1.

   Eligibility Requirements.    6      2.1.1.    General Requirements.    6     
2.1.2.    Requirements for Restoration Match Credits.    6      2.1.3.   
Requirements for Restoration Nonelective Credits.    6      2.1.4.   
Requirements for SERP Credits.    6  

2.2.

   Suspension of Eligibility.    6

 

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SECTION 3 CREDITS TO ACCOUNT    7   3.1.    Restoration Match Credits.    7     
3.1.1.    Amount.    7      3.1.2.    Eligible Participants.    7   3.2.   
Restoration Nonelective Credits.    7      3.2.1.    Amount.    7      3.2.2.   
One-Time Additional Amount.    7      3.2.3.    Eligible Participants.    8  
3.3.    SERP Credits.    8      3.3.1.    Amount.    8      3.3.2.    One-Time
Additional Amount.    8      3.3.3.    Eligible Participants.    8   3.4.   
Reduction for FICA Taxes.    8 SECTION 4 ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS    8   4.1.   
Establishment of Accounts.    8   4.2.    Adjustments of Accounts.    8   4.3.
   Investment Adjustments.    8 SECTION 5 VESTING    9   5.1.    Restoration
Match Account.    9   5.2.    Restoration Nonelective Account.    9   5.3.   
SERP Account.    9      5.3.1.    Vesting Schedule.    9      5.3.2.   
Forfeiture of Benefits.    9   5.4.    Forfeitures.    10   5.5.    Corrections.
   10 SECTION 6 CHANGE IN CONTROL    10   6.1.    Provisions Applicable to a CIC
Participant.    10   6.2.    Definitions.    10      6.2.1.    “CIC Participant
   10      6.2.2.    “Cause”    11      6.2.3.    “Good Reason”    11 SECTION 7
DISTRIBUTIONS    11   7.1.    Time of Distribution.    11   7.2.    Form of
Distribution.    11   7.3.    Distributions in Cash.    11   7.4.    Special
Rules.    12      7.4.1.    Unforeseeable Emergency.    12      7.4.2.    Code
§162 Delay.    12      7.4.3.    Lump Sum Distribution to Pay Taxes.    12

 

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  7.5.    Designation of Beneficiaries.    12      7.5.1.    Right to Designate.
   12      7.5.2.    Failure of Designation.    12      7.5.3.    Disclaimers by
Beneficiaries.    13      7.5.4.    Definitions.    13      7.5.5.    Special
Rules.    14   7.6.    No Spousal Rights.    15   7.7.    Death Prior to Full
Payment.    15   7.8.    Facility of Payment.    15 SECTION 8 FUNDING OF PLAN   
15   8.1.    Unfunded Obligation.    15   8.2.    Corporate Obligation.    16
SECTION 9 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION    16   9.1.    Amendment of Plan.    16  
9.2.    Termination of Plan.    16   9.3.    No Oral Amendments.    16 SECTION
10 DETERMINATIONS — RULES AND REGULATIONS    17   10.1.    Determinations.    17
  10.2.    Method of Executing Instruments.    17   10.3.    Claims Procedure.
   17      10.3.1.    Initial Claim and Decision.    17      10.3.2.    Request
for Review and Final Decision.    17   10.4.    Rules and Regulations.    18  
   10.4.1.    Adoption of Rules.    18      10.4.2.    Specific Rules.    18  
   10.4.3.    Limitations and Exhaustion.    19 SECTION 11 PLAN ADMINISTRATION
   20   11.1.    Authority.    20      11.1.1.    Company.    20      11.1.2.   
Committee.    20      11.1.3.    Board of Directors.    20   11.2.    Conflict
of Interest.    20   11.3.    ERISA Administrator.    20   11.4.    Service of
Process.    20   11.5.    Indemnification    20 SECTION 12 CONSTRUCTION    20  
12.1.    ERISA Status.    20   12.2.    IRC Status.    21

 

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12.3.

   Effect on Other Plans.    21  

12.4.

   Disqualification.    21  

12.5.

   Rules of Document Construction.    21  

12.6.

   References to Laws.    21  

12.7.

   Choice of Law.    22  

12.8.

   Delegation.    22  

12.9.

   Not an Employment Contract.    22  

12.10.

   Tax Withholding.    22  

12.11.

   Expenses.    22  

12.12.

   Spendthrift Provision.    22

 

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H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

1.1. Introduction. Effective January 1, 2007, H.B. Fuller Company (“H.B.
Fuller”) established a nonqualified, unfunded, nonelective deferred compensation
plan entitled “H.B. Fuller Company Defined Contribution Restoration Plan” (the
“Plan”) for the purpose of providing a select group of management or highly
compensated employees of H.B. Fuller and certain affiliated corporations
(“Employers” or “Employer” as applicable) with retirement benefits that cannot
be provided under the tax-qualified H.B. Fuller Company Thrift Plan and EFTEC
Savings Plan on account of compensation limits under section 401(a)(17) of the
Code.

Pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Plan, H.B. Fuller hereby amends and restates the
Plan Statement in its entirety to read as set forth in this instrument. This
amendment and restatement shall be effective as of January 1, 2008.

1.2. Definitions. When the following terms are used herein with initial capital
letters, they shall have the following meanings:

1.2.1. Account — the separate bookkeeping accounts representing the separate
unfunded and unsecured general obligation of the Employers established with
respect to each person who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with
Section 2 and to which is credited the amounts specified in Sections 3 and 4 and
from which are subtracted payments made pursuant to Section 7, including:

(a) a Restoration Match Account, to record the amounts that are credited to a
Participant pursuant to Section 3.1;

(b) a Restoration Nonelective Account, to record the amounts that are credited
to a Participant pursuant to Section 3.2; and

(c) a SERP Account, to record the amounts that are credited to a Participant
pursuant to Section 3.3.

Such subaccounts may be established as the Company may determine necessary or
useful to the administration of this Plan.

1.2.2. Affiliate — a business entity that is treated as a single employer with
H.B. Fuller Company under the rules of section 414(b) and (c) of the Code,
including the eighty percent (80%) standard therein.

1.2.3. Base Plan — the H.B. Fuller Company Thrift Plan or any successor plan
thereto.

 

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1.2.4. Beneficiary — a person designated by a Participant (or automatically by
operation of Section 7.5) to receive all or a part of the Participant’s Account
in the event of the Participant’s death prior to full distribution thereof. A
person so designated shall not be considered a Beneficiary until the death of
the Participant.

1.2.5. Change in Control — any of the following events:

(a) a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be
reported in accordance with Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act”), whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement;

(b) a public announcement (which for purposes hereof, shall include, without
limitation, a report filed pursuant to section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) that
any individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity
becomes a beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) promulgated under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities or the Company representing
30% or more of the Voting Power of the Company then outstanding;

(c) the individuals who, as of January 1, 2007, are members of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board (provided, however, that if the
election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders of any new
director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Board,
such a new director shall be considered to be a member of the Incumbent Board);

(d) the approval of the shareholders of the Company of (i) any consolidation,
merger or statutory share exchange of the Company with any person in which the
surviving entity would not have as its directors at least 60% of the Incumbent
Board and as a result of which those persons who were shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such transaction would not hold, immediately after
such transaction, at least 60% of the Voting Power of the Company then
outstanding or the combined voting power of the surviving entity’s then
outstanding voting securities; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
in one transaction or series of related transactions substantially all of the
assets of the Company; or (iii) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the
complete or partial liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(e) a determination by a majority of the members of the Incumbent Board, in
their sole and absolute discretion, that there has been a Change in Control of
the Company.

1.2.6. Code — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (including, when the
context requires, all regulations, interpretations and rulings issued
thereunder).

1.2.7. Committee — the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of H.B.
Fuller (or any successor committee) or such other person or persons whom the
Committee authorizes to act on its behalf to administer the Plan.

 

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1.2.8. Company — H.B. Fuller Company and any successor thereto.

1.2.9. Continuous Participation — a period commencing on the date on which an
Eligible Employee becomes eligible to receive SERP credits under Section 3.3,
and ending on the date the Participant Separates from Service or otherwise
ceases to be eligible to receive SERP credits; provided, that:

(a) the Continuous Participation of a Participant described in Section 2.1.1(c)
shall be deemed to have commenced on January 1, 2007; and

(b) a period during which a Participant’s eligibility is suspended pursuant to
Section 2.2 shall be included in the Participant’s period of Continuous
Participation.

Separate periods of Continuous Participation shall not be aggregated.

1.2.10. DB SERP — the H.B. Fuller Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
I.

1.2.11. Disability — a medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which (i) is expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of
at least 12 months, (ii) renders the Participant incapable of any substantial
gainful activity, and (iii) is evidenced by a certification to this effect by a
doctor of medicine approved by the Company. Alternatively, a Participant will be
considered disabled if the Participant is, by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death
or to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months, receiving income
replacement for a period of at least 3 months under the Employer’s disability
plan. A Participant who provides proof of a determination of disability by the
Social Security Administration will be deemed disabled under this Plan.
Disability shall be construed to be consistent with the meaning of that term in
section 409A of the Code and regulations and guidance thereunder.

1.2.12. Deferred Compensation Plan — the H.B. Fuller Company Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan or any successor plan thereto.

1.2.13. Effective Date — January 1, 2007. The Effective Date of this amendment
and restatement of the Plan Statement is January 1, 2008.

1.2.14. Eligible Compensation — whichever of the following is applicable to the
credits in question:

(a) Restoration Match Compensation — Eligible Earnings as defined under the Base
Plan; provided, however, that (i) Restoration Match Compensation shall be
determined without regard to limitations imposed under section 401(a)(17) of the
Code; and (ii) to the extent not already excluded from the definition of
Eligible Earnings under the Base Plan, Restoration Match Compensation shall
exclude the value of all stock options and stock appreciation rights (whether or
not exercised).

 

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(b) Restoration Nonelective Compensation — that portion of a Participant’s
Restoration Match Compensation for a Plan Year that exceeds the Participant’s
Eligible Earnings as defined under the Base Plan for such Plan Year.

(c) SERP Compensation — Compensation as defined under the Retirement Plan;
provided, however, that (i) SERP Compensation shall be determined without regard
to limitations imposed under section 401(a)(17) of the Code; and (ii) SERP
Compensation shall be determined by including amounts that would have been
treated as Compensation under the Retirement Plan, but for the fact that the
Participant elected to defer payment of such amounts pursuant to the Deferred
Compensation Plan. Deferred compensation shall only be treated as compensation
when it would have been received by a Participant had it not been deferred.
Payments to a Participant from the Deferred Compensation Plan will not be
included in determining the Participant’s SERP Compensation.

1.2.15. Employers — H.B. Fuller and each Affiliate that employs persons who are
designated by the Committee for participation in this Plan (collectively the
“Employers” and separately the “Employer”).

1.2.16. ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(including, when the context requires, all regulations, interpretations and
rulings issued thereunder).

1.2.17. Measuring Option(s) — the investment option(s) determined from time to
time in the sole discretion of the Committee which may be elected by the
Participant to measure the value of credits in the Participant’s Account. In the
absence of a specific determination by the Committee, the value of the
Participant’s Account shall be increased daily by a factor that would result in
an annual rate of return equal to the annual prime rate for corporate borrowers
quoted each day by the Wall Street Journal.

1.2.18. Participant — an employee of an Employer who becomes a Participant in
this Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 2. An employee who has
become a Participant shall be considered to continue as a Participant in this
Plan until the date of the Participant’s death or, if earlier, the date when the
Participant is no longer employed by an Employer or an Affiliate and upon which
the Participant no longer has any Account under this Plan (that is, the
Participant has received a distribution of all of the Participant’s Account).

1.2.19. Plan — the nonqualified, income deferral program maintained by H.B.
Fuller established for the benefit of Participants eligible to participate
therein, as set forth in the Plan Statement. (As used herein, “Plan” does not
refer to the documents pursuant to which this Plan is maintained. That document
is referred to herein as the “Plan Statement.”) The Plan shall be referred to as
the H.B. Fuller Company Defined Contribution Restoration Plan.

1.2.20. Plan Statement — this document entitled “H.B. Fuller Company Defined
Contribution Restoration Plan” as adopted by the Board of Directors of H.B.
Fuller, as the same may be amended from time to time thereafter.

 

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1.2.21. Plan Year — the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending on any
December 31.

1.2.22. Retirement Plan — the H.B. Fuller Company Retirement Plan or any
successor plan thereto.

1.2.23. Separation from Service — severance of an employee’s employment
relationship with the Employers and all Affiliates for any reason other than the
employee’s death.

(a) A transfer from employment with an Employer to employment with an Affiliate,
or vice versa, shall not constitute a Separation from Service.

(b) Whether a Separation from Service has occurred is determined based on
whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Employer and employee
reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a
certain date or that the level of bona fide services the employee would perform
after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would
permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level
of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent
contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or the
full period of services to the employer if the employee has been providing
services to the employer for less than thirty six (36) months).

(c) Separation from Service shall not be deemed to occur while the employee is
on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period
does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, so long as the employee retains a
right to reemployment with the Employer or an Affiliate under an applicable
statute or by contract. For this purpose, a leave is bona fide only if, and so
long as, there is a reasonable expectation that the employee will return to
perform services for the Employer or an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a twenty-nine (29) month period of absence will be substituted for
such six (6) month period if the leave is due to any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of no less than six (6) months and that
causes the employee to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of
employment.

(d) Where as part of a sale or other disposition of assets by the Employer to an
employer that is not an Affiliate, an employee providing services to the
Employer immediately before the transaction and to the buyer immediately after
the transaction (“Affected Employee”) would otherwise experience a Separation
from Service from the Employer as a result of the transaction, the Employer and
the buyer shall have the discretion to specify that the Affected Employee has
not experienced a Separation from Service if (i) the transaction results from
bona fide, arm’s length negotiations, (ii) all Affected Employees are treated
consistently, and (iii) such treatment is specified in writing no later than the
closing date of the transaction.

 

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1.2.24. Unforeseeable Emergency — a severe financial hardship to the Participant
resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s
spouse, or a dependent (as defined in section 152 of the Code, without regard to
section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), or (d)(1)(B) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of
the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Participant. Unforeseeable Emergency shall be construed to be consistent
with the meaning of that term in section 409A of the Code and regulations and
guidance thereunder.

SECTION 2

PARTICIPATION

2.1. Eligibility Requirements.

2.1.1. General Requirements. Each employee of an Employer shall become a
Participant in the Plan upon satisfaction of the following requirements:

(a) Employee is determined by the Committee to be classified at the pay grade of
thirty-two (32) or higher or to be a member of a select group of management or
highly compensated employees (as that term is used in ERISA); and

(b) Employee is affirmatively selected by the Committee for participation in the
Plan; or

(c) Employee made a “Transition Election” under section 2.4 of the DB SERP, as
in effect on December 31, 2007.

2.1.2. Requirements for Restoration Match Credits. To be eligible for credits
under Section 3.1, an employee must satisfy the requirements in Section 2.1.1(a)
and (b) and be eligible to participate in the Base Plan.

2.1.3. Requirements for Restoration Nonelective Credits. To be eligible for
credits under Section 3.2, an employee must satisfy the requirements in Sections
2.1.1(a) and (b) and 2.1.2 and be eligible to receive “Nonelective
Contributions” under the Base Plan.

2.1.4. Requirements for SERP Credits. To be eligible for credits under
Section 3.3, an employee must either:

(a) satisfy the requirements in Section 2.1.1(a) and (b); or

(b) satisfy the requirement in 2.1.1(c) and be determined by the Committee to be
a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees (as
that term is used in ERISA).

2.2. Suspension of Eligibility. If the Committee, a court of competent
jurisdiction, any representative of the U.S. Department of Labor or any other
governmental, regulatory or similar body makes any direct or indirect, formal or
informal determination that a Participant has ceased to be a member of a select
group of management or highly compensated employees (as that term is used in
ERISA), credits under Section 3 for such individual shall cease upon such

 

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determination until such time as the individual is again determined by the
Committee to be eligible to participate in the Plan. In addition, credits under
Section 3 shall cease for any period during which a Participant is employed by a
non-U.S. Affiliate.

SECTION 3

CREDITS TO ACCOUNT

3.1. Restoration Match Credits.

3.1.1. Amount. As soon as administratively feasible after the end of the Plan
Year (or as soon as administratively feasible following a Participant’s
Separation from Service, if the Participant Separates from Service before the
end of the Plan Year), the Company shall credit the Account of each eligible
Participant with an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the Participant’s
Restoration Match Compensation for such Plan Year less the amount of employer
matching contributions actually credited to the Participant for such Plan Year
in the Base Plan. In no event shall the credit to the Account before the
reduction for taxes exceed the matching contribution the Participant would have
received in the Base Plan but for restrictions that reflect limits under the
Code on contributions to the Base Plan.

3.1.2. Eligible Participants. For purposes of this Section 3.1, a Participant
shall be an eligible Participant for a Plan Year only if (a) the Participant was
eligible to participate under the Base Plan on the first day of the Plan Year,
and (b) the Participant’s elective deferrals under the Base Plan were equal to
the maximum amount permitted for such Plan Year under section 402(g) of the Code
PLUS, if applicable to the Participant, the maximum amount permitted for such
Plan Year under section 414(v) of the Code (i.e., catch up deferrals). For this
purpose, a Participant who ceases to be eligible to participate in the Base Plan
before the end of the Plan Year shall be treated as having deferred the maximum
amounts under sections 402(g) and 414(v) of the Code if the Participant deferred
a pro-rated amount of such maximum amounts based on the number of pay periods
during which the Participant was eligible to participate in the Base Plan.

3.2. Restoration Nonelective Credits.

3.2.1. Amount. As soon as administratively feasible after the end of a Plan Year
beginning on or after January 1, 2008 (or as soon as administratively feasible
following a Participant’s Separation from Service, if the Participant Separates
from Service before the end of such a Plan Year), the Company shall credit the
Account of each eligible Participant with an amount equal to three percent
(3%) of the Participant’s Restoration Nonelective Compensation for such Plan
Year (or such lesser percentage as was used in determining Nonelective
Contributions to the Base Plan for such Plan Year).

3.2.2. One-Time Additional Amount. As soon as administratively feasible after
December 31, 2007, the Company shall credit the Account of a Participant who
would have been eligible to receive a credit pursuant to this Section 3.2 for
the Plan Year ending December 31, 2007, had this Section 3.2 been in effect on
January 1, 2007, with an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the Participant’s
Restoration Nonelective Compensation for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2007.

 

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3.2.3. Eligible Participants. For purposes of this Section 3.2, a Participant
shall be an eligible Participant for a Plan Year only if the Participant was
eligible to receive a “Nonelective Contribution” under the Base Plan for such
Plan Year.

3.3. SERP Credits.

3.3.1. Amount. As soon as administratively feasible after the end of a Plan Year
beginning on or after January 1, 2008 (or as soon as administratively feasible
following a Participant’s Separation from Service, if the Participant Separates
from Service before the end of such a Plan Year), the Company shall credit the
Account of each eligible Participant with an amount equal to seven percent
(7%) of the Participant’s SERP Compensation for such Plan Year.

3.3.2. One-Time Additional Amount. As soon as administratively feasible after
December 31, 2007, the Company shall credit the Account of each eligible
Participant who made a “Transition Election” under section 2.4 of the DB SERP,
as in effect on December 31, 2007, with an amount equal to the Participant’s “DC
SERP Transfer Amount,” as determined under section 2.4 of the DB SERP as in
effect on December 31, 2007.

3.3.3. Eligible Participants. For purposes of this Section 3.3, a Participant
shall be an eligible Participant for a Plan Year only if the Participant
satisfies the requirements of Section 2.1.4 for such Plan Year.

3.4. Reduction for FICA Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amounts from
time to time credited to the Account of a Participant shall be reduced by the
amount of any FICA taxes that may be due with respect to such credit. Such
reductions shall be made in accordance with the requirements of section 3121(v)
of the Code, as of the later of the date on which services creating the right to
the amount deferred are performed or the date on which the right to the deferred
amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

SECTION 4

ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS

4.1. Establishment of Accounts. There shall be established for each Participant
unfunded, bookkeeping Accounts which shall be hypothetical in nature. Neither
the Plan nor any of the Accounts shall hold or be required to hold any actual
funds or assets.

4.2. Adjustments of Accounts. From time to time, but not less frequently than
the last day of each Plan Year, the value of each Account or portion of an
Account shall be increased (or decreased) for distributions, credits (including
any earnings, gains or losses thereon) and any expenses charged to the Account.

4.3. Investment Adjustments. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to
designate from time to time the Measuring Option(s) in which the Accounts may be
deemed invested. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, adopt rules
specifying (i) the circumstances under which a particular Measuring Option may
be elected (or automatically utilized), (ii) the minimum or maximum percentages
which may be allocated to the Measuring Option, (iii) the procedures (if any)
for Participants making or changing elections of Measuring Options (including
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elections and election changes shall be implemented after the election is
accepted by the Committee), (iv) the extent (if any) to which beneficiaries of
deceased Participants may change Measuring Options, and (v) the effect of a
Participant’s or beneficiary’s failure to make an effective election with
respect to a Measuring Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsequent to a
Change in Control, the Committee shall maintain the availability of those
Measuring Options in place at the time of the Change in Control (or
substantially equivalent Measuring Options).

SECTION 5

VESTING

5.1. Restoration Match Account. The Restoration Match Account of each
Participant shall be fully (100%) vested and nonforfeitable at all times.

5.2. Restoration Nonelective Account. The Restoration Nonelective Account of
each Participant shall become fully (100%) vested and nonforfeitable when:

(a) the Participant attains his or her Normal Retirement Date (as such term is
defined in the Base Plan);

(b) the Participant dies or becomes Disabled (as such term is defined in the
Base Plan); or

(c) the Participant completes three (3) years of Continuous Service (as such
term is defined in the Base Plan).

A Participant’s Restoration Nonelective Account shall be zero percent (0%)
vested at all times prior to the date on which it becomes fully (100%) vested.

5.3. SERP Account.

5.3.1. Vesting Schedule. The SERP Account of each Participant shall be fully
(100%) vested:

(a) when the Participant dies or becomes Disabled; or

(b) on the date the Participant completes three (3) years of Continuous
Participation; or

(c) in the case of a Participant described in Section 2.1.1(c), on the later of
January 1, 2009 or the date the Participant has attained age fifty-five (55) and
completed at least ten (10) years of Credited Service (as defined for the
purposes of the DB SERP);

whichever first occurs. A Participant’s SERP Account shall be zero percent (0%)
vested at all times prior to the date on which it becomes fully (100%) vested.

5.3.2. Forfeiture of Benefits. In addition, and notwithstanding the foregoing,
the balance credited to a Participant’s SERP Account shall be zero percent (0%)
vested if:

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(b) the Committee determines that the Participant has committed a material
breach of any non-competition or confidentiality agreement between such
Participant and the Company or an Affiliate.

5.4. Forfeitures. The nonvested portion of a Participant’s Accounts shall be
forfeited to the Company upon the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, in
the case of a SERP Account, upon a determination that the Participant has
committed a material breach of any non-competition or confidentiality
agreement), and the Participant shall have no further right or claim thereto.

5.5. Corrections. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company determines in
its discretion that a Participant has improperly received a credit under this
Plan for any reason (including, but not limited to, an erroneous calculation or
other mistake of fact, or on account of a restatement of earnings), the Account
shall be reduced by the amount of the improper credit.

SECTION 6

CHANGE IN CONTROL

6.1. Provisions Applicable to a CIC Participant. Following the occurrence of a
Change in Control, the following number of years shall be added to a CIC
Participant’s years of Continuous Service for the purposes of Section 5.2(c),
and to a CIC Participant’s years of Continuous Participation for the purposes of
Section 5.3.1(b):

(a) three years, if the CIC Participant is the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, or is classified as a key manager direct report to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, when the Change in Control occurs;

(b) two years, if the CIC Participant is not the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, or classified as a key manager direct report to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, but is in pay grade 32 or above, when the Change in
Control occurs;

(c) one year, if the CIC Participant is not the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, or classified as a key manager direct report to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, but is in pay grade 30 or 31, when the Change in Control
occurs; or

(d) no years, if the CIC Participant is not the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, or classified as a key manager direct report to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and is in a pay grade below pay grade 30 when the Change
in Control occurs.

6.2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Section 6:

6.2.1. “CIC Participant means a Participant whose employment is terminated upon
or within two years after the occurrence of a Change in Control, if such
termination is initiated:

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(b) by the Participant for Good Reason.

6.2.2. “Cause” means any act by a Participant that is materially inimical to the
best interests of the Company and that constitutes common law fraud, a felony or
other gross malfeasance of duty on the part of the Participant, the
Participant’s death, or the Participant’s leaving active employment and
qualifying for and receiving disability benefits under the Company’s long-term
disability programs as in effect from time to time.

6.2.3. “Good Reason” means:

(a) a material change in the Participant’s pay consisting of a 10% or more
reduction in total cash compensation opportunity as in effect immediately prior
to the Change in Control (unless such reduction is part of an across-the-board
uniformly applied reduction affecting all similarly situated Participants); or

(b) a significant diminution in the Participant’s authority and duties as in
effect immediately prior to the Change of Control (excluding an isolated,
insubstantial or inadvertent action not taken in bad faith that is remedied
promptly by the Company after receiving notice); provided, however, that a
change of the individual or officer to whom the Participant reports, in and of
itself, would not constitute diminution; or

(c) any change in a Participant’s principal work location, if the new principal
work location is 50 or more miles from the previous work location;

provided, that a Participant shall not be deemed to have terminated employment
for Good Reason unless the termination occurs within 180 days after the
Participant is notified by the Company of the event constituting Good Reason or,
if later, within 180 days after the occurrence of such event.

SECTION 7

DISTRIBUTIONS

7.1. Time of Distribution. The value of the Participant’s vested Account shall
be determined as of the last business day of the month in which occurs the
earliest of (i) the date that is six (6) months following the Participant’s
Separation from Service, (ii) the date of Participant’s death, or (iii) the date
of the Participant’s Disability (the “Distribution Date”), and payment of the
vested amount to the Participant (or Beneficiary, if applicable) shall commence
within ninety (90) days thereafter.

7.2. Form of Distribution. Distribution shall be made to the Participant (or
Beneficiary, if applicable) in a single lump sum.

7.3. Distributions in Cash. Distribution from the Participant’s Account shall be
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7.4. Special Rules.

7.4.1. Unforeseeable Emergency. A Participant whose Distribution Date has not
occurred but who has incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency may request a
withdrawal from such Participant’s Account. In the event that the Company, upon
written petition of the Participant, determines in its sole discretion that the
Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Company shall
distribute to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable following such
determination, an amount (not in excess of the value of the Participant’s
Account) necessary to satisfy the emergency. Distribution shall be taken
starting with the most recent credits to such Account.

7.4.2. Code §162 Delay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 7, distribution shall be delayed when the Employer reasonably
anticipates that the Employer’s federal income tax deduction with respect to
such distribution otherwise would be limited or eliminated by application of
section 162(m) of the Code. The distribution shall thereafter be made at the
earliest date at which the Employer reasonably anticipates that the deduction
with respect to such distribution will not be limited or eliminated by
application of section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
distribution may not delayed pursuant to this Section 7.4.2 unless all scheduled
payments to the same Participant that may be delayed in accordance with section
1.409A-2(b)(7)(i) of the Treasury regulations are also delayed.

7.4.3. Lump Sum Distribution to Pay Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 7, a lump sum shall be distributed to the Participant
(i) to pay any employment taxes under FICA that may become due on compensation
deferred under this Plan, (ii) to pay any income tax withholding related to the
distribution of amounts to pay FICA taxes, and (iii) to pay any amounts required
to be included in the Participant’s income due to failure to comply with the
requirements in section 409A of the Code.

7.5. Designation of Beneficiaries.

7.5.1. Right to Designate. Each Participant may designate, upon a form to be
furnished by and filed with the Company, one or more primary Beneficiaries or
alternative Beneficiaries to receive all or a specified part of such
Participant’s Account in the event of such Participant’s death. The Participant
may change or revoke any such designation from time to time without notice to or
consent from any spouse, Beneficiary or any other person. No such designation,
change or revocation shall be effective unless executed by the Participant and
received by the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. The Company may
establish rules for the use of electronic signatures. Until such rules are
established, electronic signatures shall not be effective.

7.5.2. Failure of Designation. If a Participant:

(a) fails to designate a Beneficiary,

(b) designates a Beneficiary and thereafter revokes such designation without
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(c) designates one or more Beneficiaries and all such Beneficiaries so
designated fail to survive the Participant,

such Participant’s Account, or the part thereof as to which such Participant’s
designation fails, as the case may be, shall be payable to the first class of
the following classes of automatic Beneficiaries with a member surviving the
Participant and (except in the case of surviving issue) in equal shares if there
is more than one member in such class surviving the Participant:

Participant’s surviving spouse

Participant’s surviving issue per stirpes and not per capita

Participant’s surviving parents

Participant’s surviving brothers and sisters

Representative of Participant’s estate.

7.5.3. Disclaimers by Beneficiaries. A Beneficiary entitled to a payment of all
or a portion of a deceased Participant’s Account may disclaim an interest
therein subject to the following requirements. To be eligible to disclaim, a
Beneficiary must be a natural person, must not have received a payment of all or
any portion of the Account at the time such disclaimer is executed and
delivered, and must have attained at least age twenty-one (21) years as of the
date of the Participant’s death. Any disclaimer must be in writing and must be
executed personally by the Beneficiary before a notary public. A disclaimer
shall state that the Beneficiary’s entire interest in the unpaid Account is
disclaimed or shall specify what portion thereof is disclaimed. To be effective,
an original executed copy of the disclaimer must be both executed and actually
delivered to the Company after the date of the Participant’s death and prior to
the date on which payment is made pursuant to Section 7.1 (but not later than
nine (9) months after the date of the Participant’s death). A disclaimer shall
be irrevocable when delivered to the Company. A disclaimer shall be considered
to be delivered to the Company only when actually received by the Company. The
Company shall be the sole judge of the content, interpretation and validity of a
purported disclaimer. Upon the filing of a valid disclaimer, the Beneficiary
shall be considered not to have survived the Participant as to the interest
disclaimed. A disclaimer by a Beneficiary shall not be considered to be a
transfer of an interest in violation of the provisions of Section 12.12 and
shall not be considered to be an assignment or alienation of benefits in
violation of federal law prohibiting the assignment or alienation of benefits
under this Plan. No other form of attempted disclaimer shall be recognized by
the Company.

7.5.4. Definitions. When used herein and, unless the Participant has otherwise
specified in the Participant’s Beneficiary designation, when used in a
Beneficiary designation, the following definitions and rules shall be applied.

(a) “Issue” means all persons who are lineal descendants of the person whose
issue are referred to, subject to the following:

 

  (i) a legally adopted child and the adopted child’s lineal descendants always
shall be lineal descendants of each adoptive parent (and of each adoptive
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  (ii) a legally adopted child and the adopted child’s lineal descendants never
shall be lineal descendants of any former parent whose parental rights were
terminated by the adoption (or of that former parent’s lineal ancestors); except
that if, after a child’s parent has died, the child is legally adopted by a
stepparent who is the spouse of the child’s surviving parent, the child and the
child’s lineal descendants shall remain lineal descendants of the deceased
parent (and the deceased parent’s lineal ancestors);

 

  (iii) if the person (or a lineal descendant of the person) whose issue are
referred to is the parent of a child (or is treated as such under applicable
law) but never received the child into that parent’s home and never openly held
out the child as that parent’s child (unless doing so was precluded solely by
death), then neither the child nor the child’s lineal descendants shall be issue
of the person.

(b) “Child” means an issue of the first generation;

(c) “Per stirpes” means in equal shares among living children of the person
whose issue are referred to and the issue (taken collectively) of each deceased
child of such person, with such issue taking by right of representation of such
deceased child; and

(d) “Survive” and “surviving” mean living after the death of the Participant.

7.5.5. Special Rules. Unless the Participant has otherwise specified in the
Participant’s Beneficiary designation, the following rules shall apply:

(a) If there is not sufficient evidence that a Beneficiary was living at the
time of the death of the Participant, it shall be deemed that the Beneficiary
was not living at the time of the death of the Participant.

(b) The automatic Beneficiaries specified in Section 7.5.2 and the Beneficiaries
designated by the Participant shall become fixed at the time of the
Participant’s death so that, if a Beneficiary survives the Participant but dies
before the receipt of all payments due such Beneficiary hereunder, such
remaining payments shall be payable to the representative of such Beneficiary’s
estate.

(c) If the Participant designates as a Beneficiary the person who is the
Participant’s spouse on the date of the designation, either by name or by
relationship, or both, the dissolution, annulment or other legal termination of
the marriage between the Participant and such person shall automatically revoke
such designation. The foregoing shall not prevent the Participant from
designating a former spouse as a Beneficiary on a form that is both executed by
the Participant and received by the Company (i) after the date of the legal
termination of the marriage between the Participant and such former spouse and
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(d) Any designation of a nonspouse Beneficiary by name that is accompanied by a
description of relationship to the Participant shall be given effect without
regard to whether the relationship to the Participant exists either then or at
the Participant’s death.

(e) Any designation of a Beneficiary only by statement of relationship to the
Participant shall be effective only to designate the person or persons standing
in such relationship to the Participant at the Participant’s death.

(f) The Company shall be the sole judge of the content, interpretation and
validity of a purported Beneficiary designation.

7.6. No Spousal Rights. No spouse, former spouse, Beneficiary or other person
shall have any rights or interest in the benefits credited under this Plan
including, but not limited to, the right to be the sole Beneficiary or to
consent to the designation of Beneficiaries (or the changing of designated
Beneficiaries) by the Participant.

7.7. Death Prior to Full Payment. If, at the death of the Participant, any
payment to the Participant was due or otherwise pending but not actually paid,
the amount of such payment shall be paid to the Beneficiary (and shall not be
paid to the Participant’s estate).

7.8. Facility of Payment. In case of the legal disability, including minority,
of an individual entitled to receive any payment under this Plan, payment shall
be made, if the Committee shall be advised of the existence of such condition:

(a) to the duly appointed guardian, conservator or other legal representative of
such individual, or

(b) to a person or institution entrusted with the care or maintenance of the
incompetent or disabled Participant or Beneficiary, provided such person or
institution has satisfied the Committee that the payment will be used for the
best interest and assist in the care of such individual, and provided further,
that no prior claim for said payment has been made by a duly appointed guardian,
conservator or other legal representative of such individual.

Any payment made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section
shall constitute a complete discharge of any liability or obligation of the Plan
and the Company therefore.

SECTION 8

FUNDING OF PLAN

8.1. Unfunded Obligation. The obligation of the Employers to make payments under
this Plan constitutes only the unsecured (but legally enforceable) promise of
the Employers to make such payments. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have
any lien, prior claim or other security interest in any property of the
Employers. The Employers may, but shall have no obligation to, establish or
maintain any fund, trust or account (other than a bookkeeping account or
reserve) for the purpose of funding or paying the benefits promised under this
Plan. If such a fund, trust or account is established, the property therein
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Employer that established it. The Employers shall be obligated to pay the
benefits of this Plan out of their general assets. If, as of the close of
business on the date of a Change in Control, the aggregate value of the
Participant Accounts exceeds the value of the assets held in a trust that has
been established by an Employer, then within thirty (30) days of such Change in
Control, each Employer that has established such a trust shall contribute to
such trust assets having a value at least equal to the amount of such excess.

8.2. Corporate Obligation. Neither the Company, the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Chief Executive Officer, the Committee, the Employers nor any of
their directors, officers, agents or employees in any way secure or guarantee
the payment of any benefit or amount which may become due and payable hereunder
to or with respect to any Participant. Each person entitled or claiming to be
entitled at any time to any benefit hereunder shall look solely to the assets of
the Employers for such payments as unsecured general creditors. If, or to the
extent that, Accounts have been paid to or with respect to a present or former
Participant and that payment purports to be the payment of a benefit hereunder,
such former Participant or other person or persons, as the case may be, shall
have no further right or interest in the other assets of the Employers in
connection with this Plan. No person shall be under any liability or
responsibility for failure to effect any of the objectives or purposes of this
Plan by reason of the insolvency of the Employers.

SECTION 9

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

9.1. Amendment of Plan. The Company reserves the power to alter, amend or wholly
revise the Plan at any time and from time to time by action of the Board of
Directors, and the interest of each Participant is subject to the powers so
reserved; provided, however, that no amendment made subsequent to a Change in
Control shall be effective to the extent that it would have a materially adverse
impact on a Participant’s reasonably expected economic benefit attributable to
compensation deferred by the Participant prior to the Change in Control. An
amendment shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and shall be stated in
an instrument in writing signed in the name of the Company by a person or
persons authorized by the Board of Directors. After the instrument has been so
executed, the Plan shall be deemed to have been amended in the manner therein
set forth. No amendment to the Plan may alter, impair or reduce the benefits
credited to any Accounts prior to the effective date of such amendment without
the written consent of any affected Participant.

9.2. Termination of Plan. The Company may terminate the Plan at any time by
action of the Board of Directors. If there is a termination of the Plan with
respect to all Participants, the Company shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, and notwithstanding any elections made by the Participant, to amend
the Plan to provide for the distribution of all Accounts in a lump sum following
such Plan termination to the extent permissible under section 409A of the Code
and related Treasury regulations and guidance.

9.3. No Oral Amendments. No modification of the terms of the Plan Statement or
termination of this Plan shall be effective unless it is approved by action of
the Board of Directors. No oral representation concerning the interpretation or
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SECTION 10

DETERMINATIONS — RULES AND REGULATIONS

10.1. Determinations. The Committee shall make such determinations as may be
required from time to time in the administration of this Plan. The Committee
shall have the discretionary authority and responsibility to interpret and
construe the Plan Statement and all relevant documents and information, and to
determine all factual and legal questions under this Plan, including but not
limited to the entitlement of Participants and Beneficiaries, and the amounts of
their respective interests.

10.2. Method of Executing Instruments. Information to be supplied or written
notices to be made or consents to be given by Company or any other person
pursuant to any provision of the Plan Statement may be signed in the name of
Company by any officer or other person who has been authorized to make such
certification or to give such notices or consents.

10.3. Claims Procedure. The claim and review procedures set forth in this
Section shall be the mandatory claim and review procedures for the resolution of
disputes and disposition of claims filed under the Plan. An application for a
distribution shall be considered as a claim for the purposes of this Section.

10.3.1. Initial Claim and Decision. An individual may, subject to any applicable
deadline, file with the Committee a written claim for benefits under the Plan in
a form and manner prescribed by the Committee. If the claim is denied in whole
or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant of the adverse benefit
determination within 90 days after receipt of the claim (45 days if the claim
requires a determination as to whether the Participant is Disabled). The period
for making the claim determination may be extended for 90 days (30 days if the
claim requires a determination as to whether the Participant is Disabled), if
the Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time
for determination of the claim, provided that the Committee notifies the
claimant, prior to the expiration of the initial period, of the special
circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which a claim determination
is expected to be made. The 30-day extension for making a determination of a
claim requiring a determination as to whether the Participant is Disabled may be
extended for an additional 30 days, if the Committee determines that special
circumstances require a further extension of time for determination of the
claim, provided that the Committee notifies the claimant, prior to the
expiration of the initial 30-day extension, of the special circumstances
requiring an extension and the date by which a claim determination is expected
to be made. The notice of adverse determination shall provide: (i) the specific
reasons for the adverse determination; (ii) references to the specific
provisions of the Plan Statement (or other applicable Plan document) on which
the adverse determination is based; (iii) a description of any additional
material or information necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary; (iv) a description of the claim and
review procedures, including the time limits applicable to such procedure, (v) a
statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
section 502(a) following an adverse determination on review, and (vi) such
additional information as may be required by ERISA.

10.3.2. Request for Review and Final Decision. Within 60 days after receipt of
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written request for a review of the adverse determination and may, in connection
therewith submit written comments, documents, records and other information
relating to the claim for benefits. Any request for review of the initial
adverse determination not filed within 60 days after receipt of the initial
adverse determination notice shall be untimely. If the claim, upon review, is
denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant within 60
days (45 days if the claim requires a determination as to whether the
Participant is Disabled) after receipt of the request for a review. Such period
may be extended for 60 days (45 days if the claim requires a determination as to
whether the Participant is Disabled) if the Committee determines that special
circumstances require an extension and notifies the claimant what special
circumstances require the extension and the date by which the decision is
expected. If the extension is due to the claimant’s failure to submit
information necessary to decide the claim, the claimant shall have 60 days (45
days if the claim requires a determination as to whether the Participant is
Disabled), to provide the necessary information and the period for making the
decision shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent
until the date the claimant responds to the information request or, if earlier,
the expiration of 60 days (45 days if the claim requires a determination as to
whether the Participant is Disabled). The Committee’s review of a denied claim
shall take into account all documents and other information submitted by the
claimant, whether or not the information was submitted before the claim was
initially decided. The notice of denial upon review shall set forth in a manner
calculated to be understood by the claimant: (i) the specific reasons for the
denial; (ii) references to the specific provisions of the Plan document on which
the denial is based; (iii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive,
upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all
documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim; (iv) a
statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
section 502(a); and (v) such additional information as may be required by ERISA.

10.4. Rules and Regulations.

10.4.1. Adoption of Rules. Any rule not in conflict or at variance with the
provisions hereof may be adopted by the Company.

10.4.2. Specific Rules.

(a) Any decision or determination to be made by the Company shall be made by the
Committee unless delegated as provided for in the Plan, in which case references
in this Section 10 to the Committee shall be treated as references to the
Committee’s delegate. No inquiry or question shall be deemed to be a claim or a
request for a review of a denied claim unless made in accordance with the
established claim procedures. The Committee may require that any claim for
benefits and any request for a review of a denied claim be filed on forms to be
furnished by the Company upon request.

(b) Claimants may be represented by a lawyer or other representative at their
own expense, but the Committee reserves the right to require the claimant to
furnish written authorization and establish reasonable procedures for
determining whether an individual has been authorized to act on behalf of a
claimant. A claimant’s representative shall be entitled to copies of all notices
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(c) The decision on a claim and on a request for a review of a denied claim may
be provided to the claimant in electronic form instead of in writing at the
discretion of the Company.

(d) The time period within which a benefit determination will be made shall
begin to run at the time a claim or request for review is filed in accordance
with the claims procedures, without regard to whether all the information
necessary to make a benefit determination accompanies the filing.

(e) The claims and review procedures shall be administered with appropriate
safeguards so that benefit claim determinations are made in accordance with
governing plan documents and, where appropriate, the plan provisions have been
applied consistently with respect to similarly situated claimants.

(f) For the purpose of this Section, a document, record, or other information
shall be considered “relevant” as defined in Labor Reg. §2560.503-1(m)(8).

(g) The Committee may, in its discretion, rely on any applicable statute of
limitation or deadline as a basis for denial of any claim.

10.4.3. Limitations and Exhaustion.

(a) No claim shall be considered under these administrative procedures unless it
is filed with the Company within one (1) year after the Participant knew (or
reasonably should have known) of the general nature of the dispute giving rise
to the claim. Every untimely claim shall be denied by the Company without regard
to the merits of the claim. No suit may be brought by or on behalf of any
Participant or Beneficiary on any matter pertaining to this Plan unless the
action is commenced in the proper forum before the earlier of: (i) three
(3) years after the Participant knew (or reasonably should have known) of the
general nature of the dispute giving rise to the action, or (ii) sixty (60) days
after the Participant has exhausted these administrative procedures.

(b) These administrative procedures are the exclusive means for resolving any
dispute arising under this Plan. No Participant or Beneficiary shall be
permitted to litigate any such matter unless a timely claim has been filed under
these administrative procedures and these administrative procedures have been
exhausted, and determinations under these administrative procedures (including
determinations as to whether the claim was timely filed) shall be afforded the
maximum deference permitted by law.

(c) For the purpose of applying the deadlines to file a claim or a legal action,
knowledge of all facts that a Participant knew or reasonably should have known
shall be imputed to every claimant who is or claims to be a Beneficiary of the
Participant or otherwise claims to derive an entitlement by reference to the
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SECTION 11

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

11.1. Authority.

11.1.1. Company. Functions generally assigned to the Company shall be discharged
by the Committee, except where delegated and allocated as provided herein.

11.1.2. Committee. Except as hereinafter provided, the Committee may delegate or
redelegate and allocate and reallocate to one or more persons or to a committee
of persons jointly or severally, and whether or not such persons are directors,
officers or employees, such functions assigned to the Committee or to the
Company generally hereunder, as the Committee may from time to time deem
advisable.

11.1.3. Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of
Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive authority (which may not be
delegated except to the Committee) to amend the Plan Statement and to terminate
this Plan.

11.2. Conflict of Interest. If any individual to whom authority has been
delegated or redelegated hereunder shall also be a Participant in this Plan,
such Participant shall have no authority with respect to any matter specially
affecting such Participant’s individual interest hereunder or the interest of a
person superior to him or her in the organization (as distinguished from the
interests of all Participants and Beneficiaries or a broad class of Participants
and Beneficiaries), all such authority being reserved exclusively to other
individuals as the case may be, to the exclusion of such Participant, and such
Participant shall act only in such Participant’s individual capacity in
connection with any such matter.

11.3. ERISA Administrator. The Company shall be the administrator of this Plan
for purposes of section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.

11.4. Service of Process. The Secretary of the Company is designated as the
appropriate and exclusive agent for the receipt of service of process directed
to this Plan in any legal proceeding, including arbitration, involving this
Plan.

11.5. Indemnification The Company and each Employer shall indemnify the members
of the Board of Directors of the Company, the members of the Committee, and the
directors, officers, and employees of each Employer from and against any and all
liabilities that may arise out of the administration of the Plan, except those
that are imposed on account of such person’s willful misconduct.

SECTION 12

CONSTRUCTION

12.1. ERISA Status. This Plan is adopted with the understanding that it is an
unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees as
provided in section 201(2), section 301(3) and section 401(a)(1) of ERISA. Each
provision shall be interpreted and administered accordingly.

 

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12.2. IRC Status. This Plan is intended to be a nonqualified deferred
compensation arrangement. The rules of section 401(a) et. seq. of the Code shall
not apply to this Plan. The rules of section 3121(v) and section 3306(r)(2) of
the Code shall apply to this Plan. The rules of section 409A of the Code shall
apply to this Plan, and this Plan Statement shall be construed and administered
accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its
officers, directors, agents or affiliates shall be obligated, directly or
indirectly, to any Participant or any other person for any taxes, penalties,
interest or like amounts that may be imposed on the Participant or other person
on account of any amounts under this Plan or on account of any failure to comply
with any Code section.

12.3. Effect on Other Plans. This Plan shall not alter, enlarge or diminish any
person’s employment rights or obligations or rights or obligations under any
other qualified or nonqualified plan. It is specifically contemplated that this
Plan will, from time to time, be amended and possibly terminated.

12.4. Disqualification. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
Statement or any election or designation made under this Plan, any individual
who feloniously and intentionally kills a Participant shall be deemed for all
purposes of this Plan and all elections and designations made under this Plan to
have died before such Participant. A final judgment of conviction of felonious
and intentional killing is conclusive for this purpose. In the absence of a
conviction of felonious and intentional killing, the Company shall determine
whether the killing was felonious and intentional for this purpose.

12.5. Rules of Document Construction.

(a) An individual shall be considered to have attained a given age on such
individual’s birthday for that age (and not on the day before). Individuals born
on February 29 in a leap year shall be considered to have their birthdays on
February 28 in each year that is not a leap year.

(b) Whenever appropriate, words used herein in the singular may be read in the
plural, or words used herein in the plural may be read in the singular; the
masculine may include the feminine; and the words “hereof,” “herein” or
“hereunder” or other similar compounds of the word “here” shall mean and refer
to the entire Plan Statement and not to any particular paragraph or Section of
the Plan Statement unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.

(c) The titles given to the various Sections of the Plan Statement are inserted
for convenience of reference only and are not part of the Plan Statement, and
they shall not be considered in determining the purpose, meaning or intent of
any provision hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding any thing apparently to the contrary contained in the Plan
Statement, the Plan Statement shall be construed and administered to prevent the
duplication of benefits provided under this Plan and any other qualified or
nonqualified plan maintained in whole or in part by the Employers.

12.6. References to Laws. Any reference in the Plan Statement to a statute or
regulation shall be considered also to mean and refer to any subsequent
amendment or replacement of that statute

 

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or regulation unless, under the circumstances, it would be inappropriate to do
so. The terms “spouse,” “nonspouse,” “married,” “surviving spouse,” and other
similar terms shall be construed, interpreted and applied on a basis consistent
with the federal statute known as the Defense of Marriage Act.

12.7. Choice of Law. Except to the extent that federal law is controlling, this
Plan Statement be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
State of Minnesota.

12.8. Delegation. No person shall be liable for an act or omission of another
person with regard to a responsibility that has been allocated to or delegated
to such other person pursuant to the terms of the Plan Statement or pursuant to
procedures set forth in the Plan Statement.

12.9. Not an Employment Contract. This Plan is not and shall not be deemed to
constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and any employee or
other person, nor shall anything herein contained be deemed to give any employee
or other person any right to be retained in any Employer’s employ or in any way
limit or restrict any Employer’s right or power to discharge any employee or
other person at any time and to treat him without regard to the effect which
such treatment might have upon him as a Participant in this Plan.

12.10. Tax Withholding. The Employers (or any other person legally obligated to
do so) shall withhold the amount of any federal, state or local income tax,
payroll tax or other tax required to be withheld under applicable law with
respect to any amount payable under this Plan. All benefits otherwise due
hereunder shall be reduced by the amount to be withheld.

12.11. Expenses. All expenses of administering the benefits due under this Plan
shall be borne by the Employers.

12.12. Spendthrift Provision. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any
interest in any Account which can be transferred nor shall any Participant or
Beneficiary have any power to anticipate, alienate, dispose of, pledge or
encumber the same while in the possession or control of the Employers. The
Company shall not recognize any such effort to convey any interest under this
Plan. No benefit payable under this Plan shall be subject to attachment,
garnishment, execution following judgment, or other legal process before actual
payment to such person.

The power to designate Beneficiaries to receive the Account of a Participant in
the event of such Participant’s death shall not permit or be construed to permit
such power or right to be exercised by the Participant so as thereby to
anticipate, pledge, mortgage or encumber such Participant’s Account or any part
thereof, and any attempt of a Participant so to exercise said power in violation
of this provision shall be of no force and effect and shall be disregarded by
the Employers.

This section shall not prevent the Company from exercising, in its discretion,
any of the applicable powers and options granted to it upon a Distribution Date,
as such powers may be conferred upon it by any applicable provision hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its
duly authorized officers this 19th day of December, 2007.

 

    H.B. FULLER COMPANY Dated: December 19, 2007   By:  

/s/ Michele Volpi

  Its:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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