EXHIBIT
10.4


 




 





 


WASHINGTON GROUP
INTERNATIONAL


VOLUNTARY DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN


 


Effective as of
January 1, 2003


(As Amended and Restated August 14, 2003)




 





 

















 


TABLE
OF CONTENTS


 


 


	
  ARTICLE I

  	
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  PURPOSE OF PLAN

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II

  	
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  DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III

  	
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  ELIGIBILITY; DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV

  	
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  ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V

  	
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  DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI

  	
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  ADMINISTRATION

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII

  	
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  BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII

  	
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  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX

  	
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  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  



 

















 


ARTICLE I


 


PURPOSE OF PLAN


 


The purpose of the Washington Group International
Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan is to provide certain key employees of
Washington Group International, Inc. and its affiliates with an opportunity to
defer all or a portion of their salary and certain types of incentive
compensation as a means of supplementing their retirement income or satisfying
other personal financial objectives. 
The Plan is intended to qualify under Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
401(a)(1) of ERISA as an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees.


 


ARTICLE
II


 


DEFINITIONS


 


Section 2.1                                      Definitions.  Whenever used in this instrument the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings set forth in this
Section 2.1:


 


“Account” means the deferred compensation
account maintained for a Participant pursuant to Article IV.


 


“Administrative
Committee” means an administrative committee designated by the
Committee for the purpose of overseeing the day-to-day administration and
operation of the Plan in accordance with Section 6.1.


 


“Beneficiary” means the person
designated, or deemed designated, by the Participant pursuant to Article VII,
who will receive payments as provided under the Plan in the event of the
Participant’s death.


 


“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Plan Sponsor.


 


“Incentive Compensation” means cash
compensation which is in excess of a Participant’s base salary and which is
payable by a Company to the Participant for a Plan Year pursuant to a
short-term or project incentive compensation plan or arrangement maintained by
the Company, including any emergence or retention bonus payments.  The term “Incentive Compensation” shall not
include any amounts awarded or received with respect to the Washington Group
International, Inc. Equity and Performance Incentive Plan or any other
remuneration defined as long-term compensation by the Company or any amounts
designated by the Company as not being eligible compensation under this Plan.


 


“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.


 


“Committee” means the Compensation
Committee of the Board, which committee shall be responsible for administering
and operating the Plan in accordance with Article VI.


 


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“Company” means the Plan Sponsor and each
affiliate of the Plan Sponsor.


 


“Deferral Election” means an election to
defer all or a portion of Salary or Incentive Compensation for a Plan Year that
is made by a person who is an eligible employee under Section 3.1 or who has
already become a Participant in a prior Plan Year.


 


“Disability” has the meaning assigned to
such term in the Participant’s employment agreement with a Company, or if there
is no such employment agreement in effect in which such term is defined,
“Disability” means any illness or other physical or mental condition of the
Participant for which he is eligible to receive benefits under the long-term
disability plan of a Company in which such Participant participates.  In the event that a Participant does not
participate in such a long-term disability plan of a Company, the determination
of whether a “Disability” exists for purposes of the Plan shall be determined
by the Committee.


 


“Effective Date” means January 1, 2003.


 


“Election Period” means (i) for any Plan
Year, the period commencing on November 1 and ending on December 1 of the
immediately preceding Plan Year, or (ii) such other periods as the Committee
may designate.


 


“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.


 


“Participant” means a Washington Group
Participant or a Westinghouse Participant.


 


“Plan” means the Washington Group
International Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan, as set forth herein and as
amended from time to time.


 


“Plan Sponsor”
means Washington Group International, Inc., and its successors and assigns.


 


“Plan Year” means the calendar year.


 


“Qualifying
Position” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.


 


“Salary”
means the base salary payable in cash to a Participant by a Company.


 


“Retirement” means a voluntary termination
of employment by a Participant that is designated as a “retirement” by a
Company.


 


“Washington Group
Participant” means an employee of a Company who satisfies all of
the following: (i) the employee is eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant
to Section 3.1, (ii) the employee has made a Deferral Election pursuant to
Section 3.2, and (iii) the employee is eligible to participate in the
Washington Group International, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.


 


“Westinghouse
Participant” means an employee of a Company who satisfies all of
the following: (i) the employee is eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant
to Section 3.1, (ii) the employee has made a Deferral Election pursuant to
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to participate in the Westinghouse Government Services
Group Savings Plan or the Westinghouse Savannah River Company/Bechtel Savannah
River, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan.


 


Section 2.2                                      Rules of
Construction.  Unless the context
otherwise requires (i) a term shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.1; (ii) all references to “Section” and “Article” shall be to sections and
articles of this instrument; (iii) when reference is made herein to
“Retirement” or “termination of employment” from a Company in the case of a
Participant who is an employee of more than one Company, such reference shall
mean Retirement or termination of employment from all Companies which employ
such Participant; (iv) words in the singular shall include the plural, and
vice-versa; and (v) words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine
and neuter, and vice-versa.


 


ARTICLE
III


 


ELIGIBILITY; DEFERRAL ELECTIONS


 


Section 3.1                                      Eligibility.  An employee of a Company shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan if (i) the employee has attained a position within a
Company of Vice President or functional leader or an equivalent thereof as
determined by the Committee for an officer and the Chief Executive Officer for
a non-officer, or has attained a higher position within a Company (any such
position a “Qualifying Position”), (ii) the employee is selected for
participation in this Plan as directed by the Committee or the Chief Executive
Officer, and (iii) the employee is notified by the Committee of such
selection.  The notice of selection sent
by the Committee shall be in such form and shall be provided in such manner as
the Committee may determine.  Subject to
Section 3.3, once an employee becomes a Participant, he shall continue to be a
Participant until the entire balance credited to his Account is paid in full in
accordance with Article IV.


 


Section 3.2                                      Deferrals.


 


(a)                                  Election
Periods and Deferral Elections.  An
eligible employee shall become a Participant on the January 1 immediately succeeding
the Election Period during which he first makes a Deferral Election, and he
shall continue to be a Participant until the entire balance credited to his
Account is paid in full in accordance with Article V.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may in its sole and
absolute discretion permit an eligible employee to make a Deferral Election
within thirty (30) days of initial eligibility to participate, and in the event
such a Deferral Election is made, the Deferral Election shall relate only to
Salary and Incentive Compensation earned for the remainder of the Plan Year
following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period.


 


(b)                                 Effect
of Deferral Election.  A Deferral
Election shall constitute an irrevocable election by a Participant, and an express
authorization to the Company which employs such Participant, to defer the
receipt of all or a portion of the Salary and Incentive Compensation that would
otherwise have been payable to the Participant for the Plan Year covered by the
Deferral Election.


 


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(c)                                  Amount
of Deferral.  A Washington Group
Participant may elect to defer an amount (i) between five percent (5%) and
fifty percent (50%) of his Salary for a Plan Year, and (ii) between five percent
(5%) and one hundred percent (100%) of his Incentive Compensation for a Plan
Year, expressed in whole numbers.  A
Westinghouse Participant may elect to defer an amount (ii) between five percent
(5%) and fifty percent (50%) of his Salary for a Plan Year, and (ii) between
five percent (5%) and fifty percent (50%) of his Incentive Compensation for a
Plan Year, expressed in whole numbers. 
A separate Deferral Election must be made with respect to each Plan Year
in order for the Participant to defer Salary or Incentive Compensation for that
Plan Year.  In the event a Participant
does not make a Deferral Election during the Election Period with respect to a
particular Plan Year, no amount of the Participant’s Salary or Incentive
Compensation for that Plan Year shall be deferred hereunder.


 


(d)                                 Limitation
On Amount of Deferral. 
Notwithstanding Section 3.2(c) or any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, if the Company determines that the portion of a Participant’s
Incentive Compensation for a Plan Year that is not deferred hereunder is less
than the amount of withholding taxes applicable to such Participant’s entire
Incentive Compensation for such Plan Year, the amount of such withholding taxes
shall be subtracted from and shall reduce the Incentive Compensation which the
Participant elects to defer pursuant to Section 3.2(c).


 


Section 3.3                                      Termination of
Deferrals.  In the event a
Participant ceases to hold any Qualifying Position, the Participant shall no
longer be eligible to defer any amounts under this Plan.  The Committee shall so notify the
Participant, and the crediting of deferral amounts under this Plan on behalf of
such Participant shall cease as of the date specified in such notice.


 


ARTICLE
IV


 


ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS


 


Section 4.1                                      Establishment
of Accounts.  The Committee shall
establish a separate bookkeeping account for each Participant that shall be
designated as the Participant’s “Account” under the Plan.  The Plan Sponsor shall credit to such
Account an amount equal to the Salary and Incentive Compensation deferred
pursuant to the Participant’s Deferral Elections plus interest credited
pursuant to Section 4.2, and shall charge such Account for any distributions
under the Plan with respect to the Participant or his Beneficiary.  Salary or Incentive Compensation deferred
hereunder shall be credited to the Account of a Participant as soon as
administratively feasible following the date the Salary or Incentive
Compensation would have been paid to the Participant.


 


Section 4.2                                      Interest
Credits.  Each Account shall be
credited with interest commencing on the date the Account is established and up
until the date of a Participant’s Retirement or other termination of
employment.  The interest rate credited
for any Plan Year shall be the Moody’s Average Corporate Bond Rate for August
of the immediately preceding year, and the Plan Sponsor shall notify each
Participant of such rate prior to commencement of a Plan Year.  Such interest shall be credited monthly and
compounded daily.  Following a
Participant’s Retirement or termination of employment from a Company, interest
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manner as the Administrative Committee determines is
consistent with the rate at which interest is credited and the manner in which
interest is credited hereunder prior to such Retirement or termination of
employment.


 


Section 4.3                                      Account
Valuation; Participant Statements. 
For each Plan Year or more frequently as the Committee may determine,
the Committee shall provide a written statement to each Participant setting
forth as of a date specified in such statement: (i) the amount of his Salary
and Incentive Compensation, if any, deferred under the Plan, (ii) the rate at
which interest was credited to his Account and the aggregate amount of interest
credited to the Account since the last such statement, and (iii) his total
Account balance.


 


ARTICLE V


 


DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS


 


Section 5.1                                      Form and
Timing of Payment.


 


(a)                                  Deferred
Payment Date.  At the time a
Participant makes his initial Deferral Election, he shall elect the form and
timing of payment of his Account after Retirement or other termination of
employment.  A Participant is permitted
to choose payment in the form of either a lump sum or annual installments over
a period of five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) years; provided, however, that
notwithstanding any such election, if a Participant’s Account balance is less
than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) on the date of his Retirement or
termination of employment from a Company, his Account shall be paid in a lump
sum.  A Participant may elect to receive
payment of his Account as soon as practical after his Retirement or termination
of employment or as soon as practical after the end of the calendar year in
which the Participant’s Retirement or termination of employment occurs.  A Participant may change such elections;
provided, however, that any such change shall be effective only if approved by
the Committee and if received at least twelve (12) months before the date of
the Participant’s Retirement or termination of employment with a Company.


 


(b)                                 Payment
Upon Disability or Death. 
Notwithstanding Section 5.1(a), in the event the Participant terminates
employment with the Company due to Disability, such Participant’s Account shall
be distributed in a lump sum to the Participant or his legal representative,
and in the event the Participant’s termination of employment is due to his
death, the Participant’s Account shall be distributed in a lump sum to his
Beneficiary(ies).  A distribution
pursuant to this Section 5.1(b) shall be made as soon as practical after the
Committee receives evidence that is satisfactory to the Committee confirming
the Participant’s Disability or death and the status of an individual as a
legal representative or Beneficiary of the Participant.


 


Section 5.2                                      Committee
Action.  The Committee may, in its
sole and absolute discretion, accelerate the payment of all or any portion of
the balance credited to a Participant’s Account (i) in the event the Committee
determines that the Participant must include all or any portion of such Account
in his gross income for federal income tax purposes even though such Account
has not been distributed to the Participant, or (ii) if the Committee
determines that such payment is in the best interests of the Company.


 


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ARTICLE
VI


 


ADMINISTRATION


 


Section 6.1                                      Authority and
Duties of Administrator.  The
Committee shall be responsible for administering the Plan and shall have sole
and absolute discretion to (i) determine the eligibility of employees to
participate in the Plan, (ii) interpret, construe and make determinations under
the Plan, (iii) establish such rules as may be necessary or appropriate for the
administration of the Plan, (iv) maintain Accounts, books and records with
respect to the Plan, (v) calculate the amount of Salary and Incentive
Compensation deferred and interest credited under the Plan, (vi) delegate to an
Administrative Committee authority to take certain actions on behalf of the
Committee and to oversee the day-to-day operation of the Plan, and (vii) take
such other action in the administration of the Plan as the Committee deems
necessary or appropriate in furtherance hereof.  Any interpretation, construction or determination made or action
taken by the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be conclusive and binding
on all persons interested therein.


 


Section 6.2                                      Manner of
Taking Action.  All actions
permitted or required to be taken hereunder by a person who is an eligible
employee under Section 3.1 or a Participant shall be effective only if such
action is taken at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee and
in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 
All actions permitted or required to be taken hereunder by the Committee
may be taken by a majority of its members at a meeting in person or by
telephone, or by unanimous written consent of such members.  The Committee may delegate to any one or
more of its members authority to individually take any action the Committee is
authorized to take hereunder.


 


Section 6.3                                      Plan Expenses.  All expenses of administering the Plan shall
be borne by the Company.


 


Section 6.4                                      Indemnification
of Administrator.  To the extent
permitted by law, the Plan Sponsor shall indemnify and save harmless any person
serving as a member of the Committee or the Administrative Committee, or both,
from claims for liability, loss or damage (including payment of expenses in
connection with defense against any such claim) which result from such person’s
good faith exercise or failure to exercise any responsibilities with respect to
the Plan.


 


Section 6.5                                      Claims
Procedure.


 


(a)                                  Benefit
Claims.  A Participant (or his legal
representative in the event of the Participant’s Disability or his
Beneficiaries in the event of the Participant’s death) may file a claim with
respect to amounts asserted to be due hereunder by filing a written claim with
the Committee specifying the nature of such claim in detail.  Such a claim shall not be permitted unless
submitted within two years from (i) in the case of a lump sum payment, the date
on which the payment was made, (ii) in the case of installment payments, the
date on which the first in the series of payments was made, or (iii) in the
case of all other claims, the date on which the action complained of occurred
or the inaction complained of should have occurred.  The Committee shall notify the claimant within ninety (90) days
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unless the claimant receives written notice from the
Committee prior to the end of the ninety (90) day period stating that special
circumstances require an extension of time for a decision on the claim, in
which case the period shall be extended by an additional sixty (60) days.  Notice of the Committee’s decision shall be
in writing, sent by mail to the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s last known address
and, if the claim is denied, such notice shall (i) state the specific reasons
for denial, (ii) refer to the specific provisions of the Plan upon which such
denial is based, and (iii) describe any additional information or material
necessary to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such information or
material is necessary, and an explanation of the review procedure in Section
6.5(b), including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action
under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination on review.


 


(b)                                 Review
Procedure.  A claimant is entitled
to request a review of any denial of his claim under Section 6.5(a).  The request for review must be submitted to
the Committee in writing within sixty (60) days of mailing by the Committee of
notice of the denial.  Absent a request
for review within the sixty (60) day period, the claim shall be deemed
extinguished in its entirety.  The
claimant or his representative shall be entitled to submit issues and comments
orally and in writing as well as other relevant documents to the
Committee.  The claimant shall also be
entitled to receive from the Committee, upon request and free of charge,
reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information
relating to his claim.  The review shall
be conducted by the Committee, which shall afford the claimant a hearing and
which shall render a decision in writing within sixty (60) days of a request
for a review, provided that, if the Committee determines prior to the end of
such sixty (60) day review period that special circumstances require an
extension of time for the review and decision of the denial, the period for
review and decision on the denial shall be extended by an additional sixty (60)
days.  The review shall take account of
all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the
claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was
submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination under Section
6.5(a).  The claimant shall receive
written notice of the Committee’s review decision, together with specific
reasons for the decision and reference to the pertinent provisions of the
Plan.  The claimant shall also be
notified that, upon request and free of charge, the claimant can have
reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information
relevant to his claim.


 


ARTICLE
VII


 


BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION


 


A Participant may, on a form prescribed by and filed
with the Committee, designate one or more Beneficiaries to receive the balance
credited to the Participant’s Account, if any, in the event of the
Participant’s death prior to full payment thereof.  If the designated Beneficiary is not the spouse of the
Participant, the spouse must consent to the nonspousal Beneficiary designation,
acknowledging his or her waiver of rights to the benefit, by providing the
spouse’s notarized consent on the signature form.  Such beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at
any time without the consent of any prior Beneficiary (other than the spouse)
upon receipt by the Committee of a new designation to that effect; provided,
however, that no such designation shall be effective unless received by the
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Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary
hereunder, or if no Beneficiary survives the Participant, the Participant’s
estate shall be deemed to be the Beneficiary.


 


ARTICLE
VIII


 


AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION


 


The Committee may amend the Plan from time to time or
terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that no
amendment or termination shall reduce the Participant’s Account balance
immediately prior to such amendment or termination.  In the event the Plan is terminated, payment of Accounts shall
not be accelerated unless the Committee determines otherwise, and the terms of
the Plan shall continue to apply until full payment thereof is made to the
Participant or Beneficiary.


 


ARTICLE
IX


 


MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section 9.1                                      Liability of
Company; Nature of Obligation. 
Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute the creation of a trust or
other fiduciary relationship between a Company and any of its employees or
between a Company and any other person. 
Neither the Plan Sponsor nor any Company shall be considered a trustee
by reason of this Plan.  Participants,
Beneficiaries and any other person who may have rights hereunder shall be mere
unsecured general creditors of the Company with respect to a Participant’s
Account and any Salary and Incentive Compensation deferred or interest credited
hereunder, and all amounts deferred or credited to an Account shall be payable
solely from the general assets of the Company.


 


Section 9.2                                      Right of
Set-Off.  Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Sponsor shall have the right to
reduce and offset any payment a Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to
receive hereunder by the amount of any debt or other amount owed to a Company
by the Participant at the time of such payment.


 


Section 9.3                                      No Guarantee
of Employment.  Nothing contained
herein shall require the Plan Sponsor or any Company to continue the employment
of any person, and the Plan Sponsor and any Company shall have the right to
terminate the employment of any person at any time notwithstanding the terms of
the Plan.


 


Section 9.4                                      Benefits Not
Assignable.  The Account of a
Participant and any right or interest in any Salary or Incentive Compensation
deferred or interest credited hereunder shall not be subject to alienation,
transfer, assignment, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind or nature, or
claim for alimony or support pursuant to a divorce decree or other court order,
and any attempt to accomplish the foregoing shall be null and void.


 


Section 9.5                                      Severability.  If any particular provision of the Plan
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unenforceable, such illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision shall not affect any other provision of the Plan and the other
provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.


 


Section 9.6                                      Tax
Withholding.  Any amounts payable
hereunder shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local tax
withholding.


 


Section 9.7                                        Headings.  The headings of the several Articles and
Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only
and shall in no way restrict or modify any of the terms of the provisions
hereof.


 


Section 9.8                                      Governing Law.  To the extent not subject to ERISA, the Plan
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Idaho, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.


 


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