Exhibit 10.1

ATLAS AIR, INC.

401(k) RESTORATION AND VOLUNTARY DEFERRAL PLAN

Effective as of February 11, 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE OF PLAN AND DEFINITIONS      1   

1.1    Name and effective date.

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1.2    Status of Plan; Section 409A, etc..

     1   

1.3    Definitions.

     1    ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION      4   

2.1 Eligibility to participate.

     4   

2.2    Termination of participation.

     5    ARTICLE III CREDITS; ELECTIONS TO DEFER; NOTIONAL INVESTMENT OF
ACCOUNTS      5   

3.1    Employer Credits.

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3.2    Elective Credits.

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3.3    Accounts.

     6    ARTICLE IV VESTING      6   

4.1    Vesting of Elective Credits.

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4.2    Vesting of Employer Credits.

     7    ARTICLE V PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS      7   

5.1    Time and form of payment.

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5.2    Designation of Beneficiary; Death.

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5.3    Certain tax matters.

     8    ARTICLE VI ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN      8   

6.1    Administrator.

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6.2    Indemnification.

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6.3    Claims and appeal procedures.

     9    ARTICLE VII AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION      9   

7.1    Amendment; termination.

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7.2    Effect of amendment or termination.

     9    ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      9   

8.1    Source of payments.

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8.2    Inalienability of benefits.

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8.3    Expenses.

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8.4    No right of employment.

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8.5    Headings.

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8.6    Acceptance of Plan terms.

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8.7    Construction.

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ARTICLE I

NAME AND PURPOSE OF PLAN AND DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Name and effective date. The Plan set forth herein is the Atlas Air, Inc.
401(k) Restoration and Voluntary Deferral Plan, effective February 11, 2011.

 

1.2 Status of Plan; Section 409A, etc.. The Plan is intended to be (i) a plan
described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1) and 4021(b)(6) of ERISA, and
(ii) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that complies in form and
operation with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company
nor any parent, subsidiary or affiliate, nor any officer, director or employee
of the Company or of any parent, subsidiary or affiliate shall be liable to any
Participant or to any other person by reason of any failure or asserted failure
of the Plan so to qualify, in whole or in part. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) if at the time of a
Participant’s Separation From Service the Participant is determined by the
Administrator to be a specified employee under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(i), any and all amounts payable under the Plan on account of
such Separation From Service that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation
and would otherwise be payable within six (6) months following the date of
Separation From Service shall instead be paid on the next business day following
the expiration of such six (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the
Participant’s death; and (ii) if any portion of an Account is determined by the
Administrator to be includible, by reason of Section 409A, in a Participant’s or
Beneficiary’s income, such portion shall be paid by the Company to such
Participant or Beneficiary in a manner consistent with Section 409A and the
regulations thereunder.

 

1.3 Definitions. When used herein, the following words shall have the meanings
indicated below.

 

  (a) “Account”: an account described in Section 3.3, including any sub-accounts
that the Administrator may establish.

 

  (b) “Administrator”: the Administrator appointed pursuant to Section 6.1.

 

  (c) “Basic Plan”: the Atlas Air, Inc. Retirement Plan, as from time to time
amended and in effect.

 

  (d)

“Basic Plan Compensation”: for purposes of calculating the Employer Credits, for
any Participant for any Plan Year, all items of remuneration for such Plan Year
that would be eligible for deferral by the Participant under the Basic Plan,
determined with regard to the dollar limit in effect for such Plan Year under
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. For any Plan Year, the amount of Basic Plan
Compensation allocable to any day shall equal the total amount of Basic Plan
Compensation for the year divided by three hundred sixty-five (365). For the
avoidance of doubt, Basic Plan Compensation for the Plan Year ending December
31,

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  2011 shall also include amounts that would have qualified as Basic
Compensation for the period January 1, 2011 through February 10, 2011.

 

  (e) “Beneficiary”: in respect of any Participant, the person or persons that
are treated as the Participant’s Beneficiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a).

 

  (f) “Change in Control”: means a “change in control event” (as that term is
defined at Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations) with respect to
the Company, which generally will include the following events, subject to such
additional rules and requirements as may be set forth in the Treasury
Regulations and related guidance:

 

  (1) a transfer or issuance of stock of the Company, where stock in the Company
remains outstanding after the transaction, and one person, or more than one
person acting as a group (as determined under the Treasury Regulations),
acquires ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by
such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value
or total voting power of the stock of the Company (however, if a person or group
is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or 30% of the
total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional
stock by the same person or group will not be considered a change in control for
purposes of this Section 2(f));

 

  (2) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on
the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of ownership of
stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company (however,
if a person or group is considered to control the Company within the meaning of
this sentence (i.e.,owns stock of the Company possessing 30% of the total voting
power of the Company), then the acquisition of additional control will not be
considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(1));

 

  (3) the replacement of a majority of members of the Company’s Board of
Directors during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election
is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors
before the appointment or election; or

 

  (4) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on
the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of assets from
the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40%
of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company, as
determined under the Treasury Regulations (however, a transfer of assets to
certain related persons, as provided under the Treasury Regulations, or to an
entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the Company immediately after
the transfer, will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this
Section 2(f)).

 

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  (g) “Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

  (h) “Committee”: the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas
Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

 

  (i) “Company”: Atlas Air, Inc.

 

  (j) “Credit”: any or all, as the context requires, of an Elective Credit or an
Employer Credit.

 

  (k) “Deferred Compensation Agreement”: a written agreement described in
Section 3.2(a).

 

  (l) “Disabled” and the correlative term “Disability”: a Participant will be
considered Disabled (as that term is defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code) on the date as of which, in the Administrator’s
determination, he or she: (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of 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 not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) is, by reason of
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 not less
than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of
not less than three (3) months, under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Company.

 

  (m) “Elective Credit”: an amount credited under Section 3.2.

 

  (n) “Eligible Employee”: an employee who meets the eligibility criteria set
forth in Section 2.1.

 

  (o) “Eligible Compensation”: with respect to Employer Credits, for any
Participant for any Plan Year, the excess of (i) all items of remuneration
(other than Equity Compensation) for such Plan Year that would be eligible for
deferral by the Participant under the Basic Plan, determined without regard to
any dollar limits in effect under the Code, over (ii) the dollar limit in effect
for such Plan Year under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. For any Plan Year, the
amount of Eligible Compensation allocable to any day shall equal the total
amount of Eligible Compensation for the year divided by three hundred sixty-five
(365). For the avoidance of doubt, Eligible Compensation for the Plan Year
ending December 31, 2011 shall also include amounts that would have qualified as
Eligible Compensation for the period January 1, 2011 through February 10, 2011.

 

  (p) “Employer Credit”: an amount credited under Section 3.1.

 

  (q)

“Equity Compensation”: all items of remuneration received by a Participant
pursuant to a stock-based award under the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
2007 Incentive Plan, the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2004 Long Term

 

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  Incentive and Share Award Plan or any other plan of the Company or its parent,
subsidiary or affiliate providing for awards of stock-based incentive
compensation.

 

  (r) “Participant”: an Eligible Employee who has an Account under the Plan.

 

  (s) “Pay”: with respect to Elective Credits, for any Participant for any Plan
Year, the sum of base salary plus any cash bonus and/or cash incentive pay. Base
salary shall be treated as Pay for a Plan Year only if it is or, but for
deferral under the Plan or the Basic Plan, would be paid on a current basis in
respect of services performed during the Plan Year. Cash bonuses and/or cash
incentive pay shall be treated as Pay for a Plan Year (the “first Plan Year”)
only if it is or, but for deferral under the Plan or the Basic Plan, would be
paid not later than the following Plan Year in respect of a performance period
consisting of the first Plan Year.

 

  (t) “Plan”: this Atlas Air, Inc. 401(k) Restoration and Voluntary Deferral
Plan, as from time to time amended and in effect.

 

  (u) “Section 409A”: Section 409A of the Code.

 

  (v) “Separation from Service”: a separation from service, within the meaning
of Treas. Regs. §1.409A-1(h), with the Company and any other company that would
be treated as a single employer with the Company under the first sentence of
Treas. Regs. §1.409A-1(h)(3); and correlative terms shall be construed to have a
corresponding meaning.

To the extent permitted by the Administrator, the terms “written,” “in writing,”
and terms of similar import shall include communications by electronic media.

ARTICLE II

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

2.1 Eligibility to participate.

 

  (a) General Rule. Except as provided in Section 2.1(b), an individual shall be
eligible to receive Credits under the Plan for a Plan Year only if, as of the
immediately preceding December 31 (the “eligibility determination date”), he or
she holds the title of Senior Vice President or above of the Company. Any
individual who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of this Section 2.1 as
of the December 31 immediately preceding a Plan Year shall remain an Eligible
Employee for the entirety of the Plan Year or until his or her Separation from
Service if earlier. All determinations by the Administrator under this
Section 2.1 for a Plan Year shall be made not later than by the immediately
preceding eligibility determination date.

 

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  (b) Special Rule for Newly Eligible Individuals. An individual who, by reason
of commencement of employment or promotion during a Plan Year, would first
satisfy the requirements for eligibility then in effect under Section 2.1(a) as
of a date during such Plan Year (the “mid-year eligibility determination date”),
will be treated as an Eligible Employee for the remainder of the Plan Year. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the rules of Section 1.409A-2(a)(7) shall
apply.

 

2.2 Termination of participation. The Committee may terminate an Eligible
Employee’s participation in the Plan at any time. If an Eligible Employee’s
participation in the Plan terminates hereunder, the Participant’s Account shall
continue to be adjusted for notional earnings until it is distributed as further
provided in Section 3.3. No termination of participation shall result in a
cessation or refund of deferrals for which the deferral election has already
been made, except in a manner that is consistent with compliance with the
requirements of Section 409A.

ARTICLE III

CREDITS; ELECTIONS TO DEFER; NOTIONAL INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS

 

3.1 Employer Credits. For each Plan Year, an Eligible Employee shall be entitled
to an Employer Credit equal to (a) the excess of 5% of Basic Plan Compensation
over half the limit in effect for such Plan Year described in
Section 402(g)(1)(A) of the Code (without regard to Section 402(g)(1)(C) of the
Code) plus (b) 5% of the Participant’s Eligible Compensation for such Plan Year.
Employer Credits for a Plan Year shall be added to the Participant’s Account as
of and as soon as practicable following the earlier of (i) the last day of the
Plan Year, (ii) the Participant becoming Disabled, (iii) the date of the
Participant’s Separation from Service, (iv) the date of the Participant’s death,
or (v) a Change in Control.

 

3.2 Elective Credits.

 

  (a) Deferred Compensation Agreement. An Eligible Employee may elect to defer a
portion of his or her Pay for a Plan Year (or, in the case of an Eligible
Employee described in Section 2.1(b), for the balance of the Plan Year of
initial eligibility) by entering into a Deferred Compensation Agreement with the
Company. Elective Credits equal to the amounts deferred shall be credited to the
Participant’s Account as soon as practicable after the deferral is withheld from
Pay.

 

  (b)

Election procedures and deadlines: deferrals of base salary. In general, a
Deferred Compensation Agreement with respect to Pay consisting of base salary
must be entered into, in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator
may establish, prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in which the services
relating to such base salary are to be performed. In the case of an Eligible
Employee described in Section 2.1(b), a Deferred Compensation Agreement with

 

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  respect to Pay consisting of base salary for the balance of the Plan Year of
initial eligibility must be entered into within thirty (30) days of initial
eligibility and shall apply only to base salary for services performed after the
date of such Agreement.

 

  (c) Election procedures and deadlines; deferrals of cash bonuses or other cash
incentive pay. In general, a Deferred Compensation Agreement with respect to Pay
consisting of cash bonuses or other cash incentive pay must be entered into
prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in which any portion of the services
relating to such bonus or incentive pay is performed. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) in the case of cash bonuses or other cash incentive pay that in
the Administrator’s judgment will qualify under Section 409A of the Code as
“performance-based compensation” that has not yet become readily ascertainable,
a Deferred Compensation Agreement with respect to such pay may be entered into
as late as six (6) months before the end of the performance period if the
Eligible Employee has been in continuous employment with the Company since the
later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the performance
criteria are established, and (ii) in the case of an Eligible Employee described
in Section 2.1(b) above, any Deferred Compensation Agreement with respect to
cash bonuses or other cash incentive pay for the balance of the Plan Year of
initial eligibility must be entered into with thirty (30) days of initial
eligibility and, unless clause (i) of this Section 3.2(c) is applicable, shall
apply only to the portion of such bonuses or incentive pay determined by
multiplying the total amount of such bonuses or incentive pay by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days from the date of such Deferred
Compensation Agreement until the close of the Plan Year and the denominator of
which is three hundred sixty five (365).

 

  (d) Other requirements. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, a
new Deferred Compensation Agreement must be timely executed for each Plan Year
and shall be effective only if accepted and approved by the Administrator by the
applicable deadline.

 

  (e) Amount of Deferrals. The Administrator may, prior to the effectiveness of
any Deferred Compensation Agreement, limit the amount of Pay eligible to be
deferred under such Agreement.

 

3.3 Accounts. The Administrator shall establish for each Participant an Account
together with such sub-accounts as in the determination of the Administrator are
needed or appropriate to reflect the Credits described above as well as debits
and other adjustments, including without limitation adjustments for notional
(hypothetical) earnings as described in this Section 3.3. Notional earnings
shall be added to a Participant’s Account as of and as soon as practicable
following the earlier of (i) the last day of the Plan Year, (ii) the Participant
becoming Disabled, (iii) the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service,
(iv) the date of the Participant’s death, or (v) a Change in Control and will be
calculated using the U.S. prime interest rate as reported in The Wall Street
Journal as of the day prior to the date such earnings are added to a
Participant’s Account.

 

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ARTICLE IV

VESTING

 

4.1 Vesting of Elective Credits. The portions of each Account that reflect
Elective Credits, together with related notional earnings, shall be fully vested
at all times. The fact that an Account or any portion thereof is fully vested
shall not give the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary(ies)) or any other
person any right to receive the value of such Account (as the same may from time
to time be adjusted) except in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

4.2 Vesting of Employer Credits. Provided a Participant remains employed by the
Company, the portions of each Account that reflect Employer Credits together
with related notional earnings shall vest 100% on the third anniversary of the
Participant’s initial eligibility for the Plan. Notwithstanding the above, for
purposes of this Section 4.2, a Participant who is an Eligible Employee on
February 11, 2011 shall be deemed to be initially eligible for the Plan on the
first day he or she held the position of senior vice president or above of the
Company. The portions of each Account that reflect Employer Credits credited to
a Participant’s Account on or after the Participant’s third anniversary shall be
fully vested at all times. The fact that an Account or any portion thereof is
fully vested shall not give the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary(ies)) or
any other person any right to receive the value of such Account (as the same may
from time to time be adjusted) except in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

ARTICLE V

PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS

 

5.1 Time and form of payment. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Account,
and related notional earnings, shall be paid in a single lump sum to the
Participant within 60 days following the earliest to occur of:

 

  (a) The Participant becoming Disabled; or

 

  (b) The Participant’s Separation From Service;

 

  (c) The Participant’s death; or

 

  (d) A Change in Control.

 

5.2 Designation of Beneficiary; Death.

 

  (a)

Designation of Beneficiary. A Participant may designate, in writing in a form
acceptable to the Administrator, one or more beneficiaries under the Plan, who
may be the same or different than those named under the Basic Plan, to receive
benefits, if any, payable upon the Participant’s death; provided, that in the

 

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  absence of any beneficiary so designated, benefits payable following death
shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

 

  (b) Death. If a Participant dies while still employed by the Company, or
following a Separation from Service but prior to the complete distribution of
his or her Account, the Participant’s Account shall be paid to his or her
Beneficiary in a lump sum as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than
60 days, following such Participant’s death. The Administrator reserves the
right to require as a condition of payment of any death benefit hereunder a
certified death certificate or other confirmation of death satisfactory to the
Administrator with respect to a payment to be made to a Participant’s
Beneficiary.

 

5.3 Certain tax matters. Payments hereunder shall be reduced by required tax
withholdings. To the extent any deferral or credit under the Plan results in
current “wages” for FICA purposes, the Company may reduce other pay of the
Participant to satisfy withholding requirements related thereto; but if there is
no other pay (or if the Company fails to withhold from such other pay to satisfy
its FICA withholding obligations), the Participant’s Account shall be
appropriately reduced (in a manner consistent with Section 409A and the
regulations thereunder) by the amount of the required withholding.

ARTICLE VI

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

6.1 Administrator. Except as the Committee may otherwise determine, the
Administrator shall be the Director of Benefits or such other person holding the
most senior position in the Benefits Department of the Company as from time to
time in office, and his or her delegates. The Administrator shall have complete
discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and to decide all matters under
the Plan. Such interpretation and decision shall be final, conclusive and
binding on all Participants and any person claiming under or through any
Participant, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that the
Administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously. However, no individual acting,
directly or by delegation, as the Administrator may determine his or her own
rights or entitlements under the Plan. The Administrator shall establish such
rules and procedures, maintain such records and prepare such reports as it
considers to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Plan.

 

6.2

Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law and not prohibited by its
charter and by-laws, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless every person
serving (directly or by delegation) as Administrator and the estate of such an
individual if he or she is deceased from and against all claims, loss, damages,
liability and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in carrying out his or her
responsibilities as Administrator, unless due to the gross negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct of such individual; provided, that counsel fees and
amounts paid in settlement must be approved by the Company; and further
provided, that this Section 6.2 will not apply to any claims, loss, damages,

 

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  liability or costs and expenses which are covered by a liability insurance
policy maintained by the Company or by the individual. The provisions of the
preceding sentence shall not apply to any corporate trustee, insurance company,
investment manager or outside service provider (or to any employee of any of the
foregoing) unless the Company otherwise specifies in writing.

 

6.3 Claims and appeal procedures. The Administrator shall establish claims and
appeals procedures for the Plan under Section 503 of ERISA, which procedures (as
from time to time amended and in effect) shall be deemed a part of the Plan and
incorporated herein.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

7.1 Amendment; termination. By action of the Committee or its delegate, the
Company reserves the absolute right at any time and from time to time to amend
any or all provisions of the Plan, and to terminate the Plan at any time. In
addition, the Administrator shall have the right at any time and from time to
time to make amendments to the Plan (in general or with respect to one or more
individual Participants or Beneficiaries) that are administrative in nature,
including, without limitation, amendments coordinating the provisions of the
Plan with the terms of any severance, separation or similar plan or agreement.

 

7.2 Effect of amendment or termination. No action under Section 7.1 shall
operate to reduce the balance of a Participant’s Account as compared to such
balance immediately prior to the effectiveness of such action, other than
through a distribution upon a termination and liquidation of the Plan in
accordance with the requirements of Treas. Regs. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)).

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

8.1 Source of payments. All payments hereunder to Participants and their
Beneficiaries shall be paid from the general assets of the Company, including
for this purpose, if the Company in its sole discretion so determines, assets of
one or more trusts established in a manner consistent with Section 1.2 above to
assist in the payment of benefits hereunder.

 

8.2

Inalienability of benefits. Except as required by law, no benefit under, or
interest in, the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale,

 

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  transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to do so
shall be void.

 

8.3 Expenses. The Company shall pay all costs and expenses incurred in operating
and administering the Plan.

 

8.4 No right of employment. Nothing contained herein, nor any action taken under
the provisions hereof, shall be construed as giving any Participant the right to
be retained in the employ of the Company.

 

8.5 Headings. The headings of the sections in the Plan are placed herein for
convenience of reference, and, in the case of any conflict, the text of the
Plan, rather than such heading, shall control.

 

8.6 Acceptance of Plan terms. By receiving Employer Credits or executing a
Deferred Compensation Agreement, a Participant agrees, on his or her behalf and
on behalf of his or her Beneficiaries, to abide by the terms of the Plan and the
determinations of the Administrator with respect thereto.

 

8.7 Construction. The Plan shall be construed, regulated, and administered in
accordance with the laws of New York and applicable federal laws.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by it
duly respective duly authorized officer as of the 11th day of February, 2011.

 

ATLAS AIR, INC. By:  

/s/ Adam R. Kokas

  Adam R. Kokas   Senior Vice President

 

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