ex10-14a.htm


    Exhibit
10.14(a)

    


    FIRST
AMENDMENT TO

    MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES INC. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

    (as
amended and restated effective as of September 14, 2007, with certain other
effective dates)

    


    WHEREAS, pursuant to Section
XXIII of the Minerals Technologies Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, as amended
and restated effective as of September 14, 2007, with certain other effective
dates (the “Plan”), Minerals Technologies Inc. (the “Employer”) reserves the
right to amend the Plan by action of its Board of Directors; and

    


    WHEREAS, the Employer desires
to amend the Plan to comply with the final regulations under Section 415 of the
Internal Revenue Code.

    


    NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is
hereby amended effective January 1, 2008, as follows:

    


    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.  Section 1.6 of the Plan
      shall be amended by adding the following to the conclusion of such
      Section:

            


    

    


    
      	
               
      

            	
              Any
      compensation described in this Section 1.6 shall not fail to be
      Compensation merely because it is paid after the Participant’s severance
      from employment with the Employer, provided the Compensation is paid by
      the later of 21⁄2 months after severance from employment with the Employer
      or the end of the Plan Year that includes the date of severance from
      employment.

            


    

    


    
      	
               
      

            	
              In
      addition, payment for unused accrued bona fide vacation shall be included
      as Compensation described in this Section 1.6 if (i) the Participant would
      have been able to use the leave if employment had continued, (ii) such
      amounts are paid by the later of 21⁄2 months after severance from employment
      with the Employer or the end of the Plan Year that includes the date of
      severance from employment, and (iii) such amounts would have been included
      as Compensation if they were paid prior to the Participant’s severance
      from employment with the Employer.

            


    

    


      
2.Section 11.1(a)(4) of the Plan
shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

    


    
      	
               
      

            	
              (4)If
      the limitations of Code Section 415 are exceeded, such excess amount shall
      be corrected in accordance with the requirements of applicable law,
      including pursuant to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution
      System.

            


    

    



    
      
         


      

      
         


        
          

        

      

      
         


      

    


    
      	
               
      

            	
              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
      Employer, by its duly authorized officers, has caused this First Amendment to be
      executed on this 22nd day of December,
2008.

            


    

    


    


    MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES
INC.

    


    


    


    


    BY:   /s/Kirk
Forrest

    Kirk Forrest

    General Counsel

    


    


    BY:   /s/ D. Randy
Harrison

    D. Randy Harrison

    Sr. Vice-President, Organization and
Human Resources