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Exhibit 10.3

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

QUANEX CORPORATION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

THIS AGREEMENT by Quanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”),

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Sponsor maintains the Quanex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, as amended and
restated effective January 1, 2005 (the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Plan, the Sponsor has the right to amend the Plan;
and

WHEREAS, the Sponsor has determined to amend the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sponsor agrees that, effective August 1, 2006, the Plan is amended as set
forth below:

1. Section 1.06 of the Plan shall be amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.06 “Benefit Payment Date” means the date on which the Trustee disburses the
cash lump sum.

2. Sections 1.06 and 1.08 of the Plan, the definitions for “Benefit Payment Date” and
“Beneficiary or Beneficiaries,” shall be renumbered as Sections 1.08 and 1.06 respectively.

3. Sections 1.27, 1.42, 1.43 and 1.56 of the Plan, the definitions for “Entry Date,” “QJSA,”
“QPSA” and “Temroc Plan,” respectively, shall be deleted in their entirety and the remaining
Sections in Article I shall be renumbered accordingly.

4. Section 1.13 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.13 “Committee” means the committee appointed by the Sponsor to administer the
Plan, and, as applicable, the individual or entity to which the Committee has
delegated its duties.

5. Section 1.22 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.22 “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who is employed by the Sponsor at
its plant in Lincolnshire, Illinois, or primarily in connection with its Nichols
Aluminum or HOMESHIELD division. Effective July 1, 1999, “Eligible Employee” also
means an Employee who is employed by Nichols Aluminum Alabama, Inc., a Delaware
corporation. Effective June 1, 2000, “Eligible Employee” also means an Employee who
is employed by Imperial Products, Inc.,

 

 

 

a Delaware corporation. Effective February 13, 2002, “Eligible Employee” also
means an Employee who is employed by Colonial Craft, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

6. Section 1.22 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.22 “Employer” or “Employers” means the Sponsor, Nichols Aluminum-Alabama,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (previously named Decatur Aluminum Corp.), a Delaware
corporation, Imperial Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Colonial Craft, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and any other business organization that adopts the Plan.

7. Section 1.55 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 1.52 in accordance with paragraph 2 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.52 “Spouse” means the person to whom the Participant or former Participant is
married under applicable local law. In addition, to the extent provided in a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order, a surviving former spouse of a Participant or
former Participant will be treated as the Spouse of the Participant or former
Participant, and to the same extent any current spouse of the Participant or former
Participant will not be treated as a Spouse of the Participant or former
Participant. A former Spouse to whom all or a portion of a Participant’s or former
Participant’s Plan benefit is payable under a Qualified Domestic Order shall, to
that extent, be treated as a Spouse or surviving Spouse regardless of whether the
Qualified Domestic Relations Order specifically provides that the former Spouse is
to be treated as the Spouse for purposes of Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the Code.

8. Section 2.01 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

2.01 Eligibility Requirements. Except as specified below, each Eligible
Employee who is employed by an Employer shall be eligible to participate in the Plan
for purposes of Salary Deferral Contributions, Catch-Up Salary Deferral
Contributions and Rollover Contributions to the Plan, in each case, on the date on
which he completes an Hour of Service. However, unless the Employee is employed by
the Sponsor at its plant in Lincolnshire, Illinois, an Employee who is included in a
unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the
Employees’ representative and the Employer is not eligible to participate in the
Plan if there has been good faith bargaining between the Employer and the Employees’
representative pertaining to retirement benefits and the agreement does not require
the Employer to include such Employees in the Plan. In addition, a Leased Employee
shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan unless the Plan’s qualified status
is dependent upon coverage of the Leased Employee. An Employee who is a nonresident
alien (within the meaning of section 7701(b) of the Code) and receives no earned
income (within the meaning of section 911(d)(2) of the Code) from any Affiliated
Employer that constitutes income from sources within the United States (within

 

 

 

the meaning of section 861(a)(3) of the Code) is not eligible to participate in
the Plan. An Employee who is a nonresident alien (within the meaning of section
7701(b) of the Code) and who does receive earned income (within the meaning of
section 911(d)(2) of the Code) from any Affiliated Employer that constitutes income
from sources within the United States (within the meaning of section 861(a)(3) of
the Code) all of which is exempt from United States income tax under an applicable
tax convention is not eligible to participate in the Plan. During any period in
which an individual is classified by an Employer as an independent contractor with
respect to such Employer, the individual is not eligible to participate in the Plan
(even if he is subsequently reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service as a common
law employee of the Employer and the Employer acquiesces to the reclassification).
During any period in which an individual is classified by an Employer as an intern
or student with respect to such Employer, the individual is not eligible to
participate in the Plan. Finally, an Employee who is employed outside the United
States is not eligible to participate in the Plan unless the Committee elects to
permit him to participate in the Plan.

9. Section 2.02 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

2.02 Participation for Purposes of Matching Contributions and Supplemental
Contributions. An Employee who satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in
Section 2.01 shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for all purposes relating
to Matching Contributions and Supplemental Contributions on the date on which he
completes on year of Active Service

10. Section 2.03 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

2.03 Eligibility Upon Reemployment. If an Employee incurs a Separation From
Service prior to the date he initially begins participating in the Plan, he shall be
eligible to begin participation in the Plan on the first date on which he performs
an Hour of Service after he incurs a Separation From Service. Subject to Section
2.04, once an Employee becomes a Participant, his eligibility to participate in the
Plan shall continue until he Severs Service.

11. Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to
provide as follows:

3.03 Matching Contributions. Except with respect to Employees who are included
in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the
Employers’ representative and the Sponsor and are employed at the Sponsor’s plant in
Lincolnshire, Illinois, each Employer will make a Matching Contribution on behalf of
each of its Employees who is a Participant in an amount equal to 50 percent of the
first five percent of such Participant’s Considered Compensation contributed to the
Plan pursuant to such Participant’s Salary Deferral Contributions and Catch-up
Salary Deferral Contributions.

 

 

 

3.04 Supplemental Contributions for Hourly Employees Other Than Employees of
Nichols Aluminum-Alabama, Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and Colonial Craft, Inc.
Each Employer other than Nichols Aluminum-Alabama, Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and
Colonial Craft, Inc. may contribute for an Allocation Period a Supplemental
Contribution to be allocated among Employees who receive hourly remuneration and are
eligible to participate in the Plan in such amount, if any, as shall be determined
by the Employer. The rate of the Supplemental Contribution need not be uniform
among all divisions of the Employer. Unless the Employer determines otherwise by a
resolution of its board of directors, the Employer shall not make a Supplemental
Contribution to the Plan for an Allocation Period on behalf of its Employees who are
compensated on an hourly basis and are eligible to participate in the Plan unless
during the fiscal year of the Sponsor immediately preceding the Allocation Period
the Sponsor had positive Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.

3..05 Supplemental Contributions for Salaried Employees Other Than Employees of
Nichols Aluminum-Alabama, Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and Colonial Craft, Inc. If
during the fiscal year of the Sponsor immediately preceding an Allocation Period the
Sponsor had positive Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, each Employer other than
Nichols Aluminum-Alabama, Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and Colonial Craft, Inc.
shall contribute for such Allocation Period on behalf of its Employees who are
compensated on a salaried basis and are eligible to participate in the Plan an
amount equal to 61/2 percent of such Participants or former Participants’ Considered
Compensation for the Allocation Period.

3.06 Supplemental Contributions for Employees of Nichols Aluminum-Alabama,
Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and Colonial Craft, Inc. Notwithstanding Sections
3.04 or 3.05, Nichols Aluminum-Alabama, Inc., Imperial Products, Inc. and Colonial
Craft, Inc. may contribute for an Allocation Period a Supplemental Contribution to
be allocated among its Employees who are Participants in such amount, if any, as
shall be determined by it.

12. Section 4.01 of the Plan shall be amended and restated to provide as follows:

4.01 Information Statements from Employer. Upon request by the Committee, the
Employer shall provide the Committee with a schedule setting forth the amount of its
Salary Deferral Contribution, Catch-Up Salary Deferral Contribution, Supplemental
Contribution, QNEC, and restoration contribution; the names of its Participants, the
number of years of Active Service of each of its Participants, the amount of
Considered Compensation and Annual Compensation paid to each Participant, and the
amount of Considered Compensation and Annual Compensation paid to all its
Participants. Such schedules shall be conclusive evidence of such facts.

 

 

 

13. The last sentence of Section 4.05 of the Plan shall be amended and restated to provide as
follows:

This Section 4.05 shall not apply to Participants or former Participants who
are not entitled to Supplemental Contributions under the Plan.

14. Section 5.03 of the Plan shall be amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.03 Form and Method of Distribution. Any distribution under the Plan shall be
made in the form of (1) a single lump sum cash payment or (b) as a Direct Rollover
as provided in Section 5.05.

15. Sections 5.04, 5.08 and 5.09 of the Plan shall be deleted in their entireties and the
remaining Section in Article V shall be renumbered accordingly.

16. Section 5.05 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.04 in accordance with paragraph 15
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

17. Section 5.05 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.04 in accordance with paragraph 15
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.04 Immediate Payment of Small Amount Upon Separation From Service. Effective
as of March 28, 2005, each Participant or former Participant whose Nonforfeitable
Interest in his Account balance at the time of a distribution to him on account of
his Separation From Service is, in the aggregate, less than or equal to $1,000.00,
shall be paid in the form of an immediate single sum cash payment and/or as a Direct
Rollover, as elected by him under Section 5.05. However, if a Distributee who is
subject to this Section 5.04 does not furnish instructions in accordance with Plan
procedures to directly roll over his Plan benefit within 45 days after he becomes
eligible for such distribution, he will be deemed to have elected to receive an
immediate lump sum cash distribution of his entire Plan benefit. If a Participant’s
or former Participant’s Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance payable upon
his Separation From Service is zero (because he has no Nonforfeitable Interest in
his Account balance), he will be deemed to have elected and to have received an
immediate distribution of his entire Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance.

18. Section 5.07 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.06 in accordance with paragraph 15
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.06 Consent to Distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
no benefit shall be distributed or commence to be distributed to a Participant or
former Participant prior to his attainment of the later of age 62 or Retirement Age
without his consent, unless the benefit is payable immediately under Section 5.04.
Any such consent shall be valid only if given not more than 90 days prior to the
Participant’s or former Participant’s Benefit Payment Date and after his receipt of
the notice regarding benefits described in Section 5.07(a).

19. Section 5.10 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.07 in accordance with paragraph 15
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

 

 

 

5.07 Information Provided to Participants and Former Participants. Information
regarding the form of benefits available under the Plan shall be provided to Participants or former Participants in accordance with the
following provisions:

(a) General Information. The Sponsor shall provide each Participant or
former Participant with a written general explanation of the Participant’s
or former Participant’s right, if any, to defer receipt of the distribution.

(b) Time for Giving Notice. The written general explanation or
description regarding any optional forms of benefit available under the Plan
shall be provided to a Participant or former Participant no less than 30
days and no more than 90 days before his Benefit Payment Date unless he
legally waives this requirement.

20. Section 5.12 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.08 in accordance with paragraph 7 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

(a) 5.08 Required Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan, all benefits payable under the Plan shall be distributed, or
commence to be distributed, in compliance with the following provisions:

(b) Required Distributions for Certain Persons Who are 701/2 or Older.
Unless a Participant’s or former Participant’s entire Nonforfeitable
Interest in his Plan benefit is distributed to him in a single sum no later
than his Required Beginning Date or in the form of an annuity purchased from
an insurance company, the Participant’s or former Participant’s
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit must begin to be distributed,
not later than his Required Beginning Date, over the life of the Participant
or former Participant, or the joint lives of the Participant or former
Participant and his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary, or over a period not
extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or former
Participant or the joint and last survivor expectancy of the Participant or
former Participant and his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary. The distribution
required to be made on or before the Participant’s or former Participant’s
Required Beginning Date shall be the distribution required for his first
Distribution Calendar Year. The minimum required distribution for other
Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for
the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s or former
Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs must be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year. In the case of a benefit
payable in a form other than a single sum or an annuity purchased from an
insurance company, the amount that must be distributed for a Distribution
Calendar Year is an amount equal to the amount specified in Paragraph (b) of
this Section 5.08.

(c) Required Minimum Distributions. If a Participant’s or former
Participant’s Required Beginning Date is before the date on which he incurs
a Separation From Service, the Participant or former Participant

 

 

 

(if he is then alive) must be paid either the entire amount credited to
his Account or annual distributions from the Plan in the amounts required
under section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Regulations thereunder commencing no
later than his Required Beginning Date until his entire interest under the
Plan has been distributed under this Article V. The distribution required
to be made on or before the Participant’s or former Participant’s Required
Beginning Date shall be the distribution required for his first Distribution
Calendar Year. The minimum required distribution for other Distribution
Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the
Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s or former
Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs must be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year. The amount that must be
distributed for a Distribution Calendar Year is an amount equal to (1) the
Participant’s or former Participant’s Account balance as of the last
Valuation Date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution
Calendar Year, increased by any contributions or forfeitures allocated and
made to the Account during such immediately preceding calendar year after
the Valuation Date, and decreased by distributions made during such
immediately preceding calendar year after the Valuation Date, divided by (2)
the Participant’s or former Participant’s Applicable Distribution Period.

(d) Distribution Deadline for Death Benefit When Participant or Former
Participant Dies Before His Distributions Begin. If a Participant or former
Participant dies before the date distribution of his Nonforfeitable Interest
in his Plan benefit begins, his entire Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan
benefit will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to his Section
401(a)(9) Beneficiary no later than as follows:

(e) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is
the Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9)
Beneficiary, then distributions to the surviving Spouse will begin by
December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in
which the Participant or former Participant died, or by December 31 of the
calendar year in which the Participant or former Participant would have
attained age 70 1/2 , if later.

(f) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is
not the Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9)
Beneficiary and the payment of Plan death benefits to the Section 401(a)(9)
Beneficiary will not be in the form of a single sum, then distributions to
the Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary will begin by December

 

 

 

31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in
which the Participant or former Participant died.

(g) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is
the Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9)
Beneficiary, and the payment of a Plan death benefit to the Section
401(a)(9) Beneficiary will be in the form of a single sum, then the
Participant’s or former Participant’s entire Nonforfeitable Interest in his
Plan benefit will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s or former
Participant’s death.

(h) If there is no Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary as of September 30 of
the calendar year following the calendar year of the Participant’s or former
Participant’s death, then the Participant’s or former Participant’s entire
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit will be distributed by December
31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the
Participant’s or former Participant’s death.

(i) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is
the Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary
and the surviving Spouse dies after the Participant or former Participant
but before distributions to the surviving Spouse begin, this Section
5.08(e), other than Section 5.08(e)(1), will apply as if the surviving
Spouse were the Participant.

(j) Unless the Participant’s or former Participant’s interest is
distributed in the form of an annuity or in a single sum on or before the
Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year
distributions will be made in accordance with Paragraph (b) of this Section
5.08.

(k) Distribution of Death Benefit When Participant or Former
Participant Dies On or After His Required Beginning Date. If a Participant
or former Participant dies on or after his Required Beginning Date, his Plan
benefit must be distributed to his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary at least as
rapidly as the method of payment of minimum required distributions being
used as of the date of his death.

(l) Limitations on Death Benefits. Benefits payable under the Plan
shall not be provided in any form that would cause a Participant’s or former
Participant’s death benefit to be more than incidental. Any distribution
required to satisfy the incidental benefit requirement shall be considered a
required distribution for purposes of section 401(a)(9) of the Code.

(m) Compliance with Section 401(a)(9). All distributions under the
Plan will be made in accordance with the requirements of section 401(a)(9)
of the Code and all Regulations promulgated thereunder,

 

 

 

including, effective January 1, 2003, the Final Section 401(a)(9)
Regulations, including sections 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the
Final Section 401(a)(9) Regulations. The provisions of the Plan reflecting
section 401(a)(9) of the Code override any distribution options in the Plan
inconsistent with section 401(a)(9) of the Code.

(n) Compliance with Section 401(a)(14). Unless the Participant or
former Participant otherwise elects, the payment of benefits under the Plan
to the Participant or former Participant will begin not later than the 60th
day after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the latest of (a) the
date on which the Participant or former Participant attains the later of age
62 or Retirement Age, (b) the tenth anniversary of the year in which the
Participant or former Participant commenced participation in the Plan, or
(c) the Participant’s or former Participant’s Separation From Service.

21. Subsection 5.16(c) of the Plan, renumbered as Subsection 5.12(c), in accordance with
paragraph 15 above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

(c) This Section 5.12 does not apply in connection with determinations as to
whether a Participant or former Participant has incurred a Disability. Rather, such
determinations shall be subject to the procedures specified in Section 5.13.

22. Subsection (e) of Section 6.01 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and subsection
(f) of Section 6.01 shall be renumbered as subsection (e) of Section 6.01.

23. Section 6.03 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated to provide as follows:

6.03 Form and Method of Payment. Any distribution made pursuant to this
Article VI, will be paid in the form of a single lump sum cash payment.

24. Sections 6.04 and 6.05 of the Plan shall be deleted in their entireties.

25. Article VII of the Plan is hereby amended and restated to provide as follows:

ARTICLE VII

LOANS

(a) Except as specified below, the Committee may direct the Trustees to make
loans to Participants (and Beneficiaries who are “parties in interest” within the
meaning of ERISA) who have Nonforfeitable Interests in their Account balances. The
Committee will be responsible for administering the Plan loan program. All loans
will comply with the following requirements:

(b) All loans will be made solely from the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
Account.

 

 

 

(c) Loans will be available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all Beneficiaries
who are “parties in interest” within the meaning of ERISA, and to all Participants.

(d) Loans will not be made for less than $1,000.00.

(e) The maximum amount of a loan may not exceed the lesser of (A)

$50,000.00 reduced by the person’s highest outstanding loan balance from the
Plan during the preceding one-year period, or (B) one-half of the person’s
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance under the Plan determined as of the
date on which the loan is approved by the Committee.

(f) Any loan from the Plan will be evidenced by a note or notes (signed by the
person applying for the loan in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee) having such maturity, bearing such rate of interest, and containing such
other terms as the Committee will require by uniform and nondiscriminatory rules
consistent with this Article and proper lending practices.

(g) All loans will bear a reasonable rate of interest which will be established
by the Committee. In determining the proper rate of interest to be charged, at the
time any loan is made or renewed, the Committee will contact at least two of the
largest banks in the geographic location in which the Participant or Beneficiary
resides to determine what interest rate the banks would charge for a similar loan
taking into account the collateral offered.

(h) Each loan will be fully secured by a pledge of the borrowing person’s
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance. No more than 50 percent of the
person’s Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance (determined immediately
after the origination of the loan) will be considered as security for any loan.

(i) The term of the loan will not be less than 18 months. Generally, the term
of the loan will not be more than five years. The Committee may agree to a longer
term (but not more than seven years) only if such term is otherwise reasonable and
the proceeds of the loan are to be used to acquire a dwelling which will be used
within a reasonable time (determined at the time the loan is made) as the principal
residence of the borrowing person.

(j) The terms of each Plan loan agreement will require substantially level
amortization of the loan (with payments not less frequently than quarterly) over the
term of the loan. However, the level amortization requirement will not apply for a
period, not longer than one year (or such longer period as may apply under the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994) that an eligible
borrower is on a bona fide leave of absence, either without pay from the District or
at a rate of pay (after income and employment tax withholding) that is less than the
amount of the installment payments required under the terms of the loan. However,
the loan (including interest that accrues during the leave of absence) must be
repaid by the five-year loan maturity deadline specified in paragraph (h) above
(unless the loan was a home loan described in paragraph (h) above), and the amount
of the installments due after the leave ends (or, if earlier, after the first
anniversary of the leave or such longer period as may apply under the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994) must not be less than the
amount required under the terms of the original loan.

 

 

 

(k) Except with respect to a former Employee as provided in subsection (l)
herein, a Participant’s loan agreement will require that loan repayments be made
through payroll deductions.

(l) If a person fails to make a required payment within 30 days of the due date
set forth in the loan agreement, the loan will be in default.

(m) If a Participant or former Participant has an outstanding loan from the
Plan at the time of his Separation From Service, the Participant or former
Participant will have the right to elect to continue to repay the loan in accordance
with its terms; provided that if such an election is made such election shall be
irrevocable and the Participant shall not be eligible to receive a distribution from
the Plan until he has fully repaid the loan. If the Participant or former
Participant does not elect to continue to repay the loan in accordance with its
terms, the outstanding loan principal balance and any accrued but unpaid interest
will become immediately due in full. The Participant or former Participant will
have the right to immediately pay the Trustee that amount. If the Participant or
former Participant fails to repay the loan, the Trustee will foreclose on the loan
and the Participant will be deemed to have received a Plan distribution of the
amount foreclosed upon. The Trustee will not foreclose upon a Participant’s or
former Participant’s Salary Deferral Contribution Account or Catch-up Salary
Deferral Contributions Account until the Participant’s Separation From Service.

(n) If a Beneficiary defaults on his loan, the Trustee will foreclose on the
loan and the Beneficiary will be deemed to have received a Plan distribution of the
amount foreclosed upon.

(o) No amount that is pledged as collateral for a Plan loan to a Participant
will be available for withdrawal before he has fully repaid his loan.

(p) All interest payments made pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement will
be credited to the borrowing person’s Account and will not be considered as general
earnings of the Trust Fund to be allocated to other Participants.

26. The first paragraph of Article VIII shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
provide as follows:

A Participant or former Participant has a fully Nonforfeitable Interest in his
entire Account balance when he (a) incurs a Disability on or prior to the date of
his Separation From Service, (b) attains his Normal Retirement Age on or prior to
the date of his Separation From Service, or (c) incurs a Separation From Service due
to death. A Participant or former Participant shall at all times have a fully
Nonforfeitable Interest in amounts credited to his Salary Deferral Contribution
Account, his Catch-up Salary Deferral Contribution Account, his QNEC Account, and
his Rollover Account. A Participant or former Participant shall have a
Nonforfeitable Interest in the following percentage of amounts credited to his
Matching Contribution Account and his Supplemental Contribution Account:

 

 

 

27. Section 9.04 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety.

28. Section 10.07 of the Plan shall be amended and restated in its entirety to provide as
follows:

10.07 Credit for Service With Other Employers. For purposes of determining an
Employee’s Active Service for eligibility to participate and vesting, his service
with Alumi-Brite Corporation, an Illinois corporation, Fruehauf Trailer Corporation,
a Delaware corporation, Decatur Aluminum Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation,
(and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Decatur Aluminum Holdings Corp.), Imperial
Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Alcoa, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,
Golden Aluminum Company, while owned by ACX Technologies, Inc. or Crown, Cork & Seal
Company, Inc., and Temroc Metals, Inc., prior to its sale by the Sponsor, will be
counted as Active Service under the Plan.

29. Sections 10.08, 10.09, 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12 of the Plan shall be deleted in their
entireties, and Section 10.13 shall be renumbered as Section 10.08.

30. Section 14.08 of the Plan shall be amended and restated in its entirety to provide as
follows:

14.08 Limitations on Legal Actions. No person may bring an action pertaining
to the Plan or Trust until he has exhausted his administrative claims and appeal
remedies identified in section 5.13. Further, no person may bring an action
pertaining to a claim for benefits under the Plan or the Trust following 180 days
after the Committee’s final denial of his claim for benefits.

31. Section 14.09 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and the remaining Sections of
Article XIV shall be renumbered accordingly.

32. Section 14.11 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 14.10 in accordance with paragraph 31
above, shall be amended and restated in its entirety to provide as follows:

     14.11 Special Provisions Applicable to Nichols Aluminum-Golden, Inc. Employees.

(a) Cessation of Participation. Upon the closing of the sale by the
Sponsor of the stock of Nichols Aluminum-Golden, Inc., (the “NAG Sale”), an
individual who is employed by Nichols Aluminum-Golden, Inc. shall cease to
be eligible to participate in the Plan.

(b) Sale is Distribution Event. An individual who continues to be
employed by Nichols Aluminum-Golden, Inc. following the NAG Sale shall be
deemed to have incurred a “Separation From Service” for all purposes under
the Plan.

(c) Vesting. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, an individual who continues to be employed by Nichols

 

 

 

Aluminum-Golden, Inc. immediately following the NAG Sale shall have a
fully Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance upon the Sale.

(d)` Loans. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, an individual who on the date of the NAG Sale (i) has an
outstanding loan from the Plan and (ii) is deemed to incur a Separation From
Service as a result of the Sale, will be allowed to repay to the Trustee the
outstanding loan principal balance and any accrued but unpaid interest over
the remaining term of the loan in accordance with the amortization schedule
provided in his loan agreement as if he had not incurred a Separation From
Service. The individual’s loan repayments will not be required to be made
on a payroll deduction basis; but rather may be made utilizing a loan coupon
procedure established by the Committee.

33. Subsection (i) of Section C.2 of Appendix C to the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety
and subsections (g) and (h) of Section C.2 of Appendix C to the Plan are hereby amended in their
entireties to provide as follows:

(g) to direct and instruct or to appoint an investment manager or
managers which would have the power to direct and instruct the Trustee in
all matters relating to the preservation, investment, reinvestment,
management, and disposition of the Trust assets; provided, however, that the
Committee shall have no authority that would prevent the Trustee from being
an “agent independent of the issuer,” as that term is defined in Rule 10b-18
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, at any time that the
Trustee’s failure to maintain such status would result in the Sponsor or any
other person engaging in a “manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance”
under the provisions of Rule 10b-6 of such Act; and

(h) to direct and instruct the Trustee in all matters relating to the
payment of Plan benefits and to determine a Participant’s or former
Participant’s entitlement to a benefit should he appeal a denial of his
claim for a benefit or any portion thereof.

34. Sections C.3, C.4, C.5, C.6, C.7, C.8, C.9, C.10, C.11, C.12, C.13, C.14, C.15, C.16 of
Appendix C to the Plan are hereby renumbered as Sections C.4, C.5, C.6, C.7, C.8, C.9, C.10, C.11,
C.12, C.13, C.14, C.15, C.16 and C.17, respectively, and a new Section C.3 is hereby added to
Appedix C to the Plan to provide as follows:

C.3 Delegation. The Committee shall have the power to delegate any of its
duties under the Plan, including, but not limited to, its clerical or recordation
duties, claims adjudication responsibilities and loan administrative duties, as it
may deem necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the
Plan. The Committee shall periodically review the performance of any person to whom
duties have been delegated or allocated by it under the provisions of this Plan or
pursuant to procedures established hereunder. This requirement may be satisfied by
formal periodic review by the Committee or by a qualified person

 

 

 

specifically designated by the Committee, through day-to-day conduct and
evaluation, or through other appropriate ways.

35. Appendix E to the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has caused this Agreement to be executed on the 26th day of
July, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	QUANEX CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kevin P. Delaney
 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President — General Counsel and Secretaryexv10w4

 

Exhibit 10.4

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE

QUANEX CORPORATION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

THIS AGREEMENT by Quanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”),

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Sponsor maintains the Quanex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan for Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1998 (the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Plan, the Sponsor has the right to amend the Plan;
and

WHEREAS, the Sponsor has determined to amend the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sponsor agrees that, effective August 1, 2006, the Plan is amended as set
forth below:

1. Section 1.01(d) of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

(d) Gainsharing Contribution Account — the Employer’s gainsharing
contributions, if any, previously made to employees of Temroc Metals, Inc. under the
terms of the collective bargaining agreement between Temroc Metals, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation, and the United Steelworkers of America, Local 203A.

2. Section 1.06 of the Plan, the definition for “Benefit Payment Date,” shall be completely
amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.06 “Benefit Payment Date” means the date on which the Trustee disburses the
cash lump sum.

3. Section 1.12 of the Plan, the definition for “Committee,” shall be completely amended and
restated to provide as follows:

1.12 “Committee” means the committee appointed by the Sponsor to administer the
Plan, and, as applicable, the individual or entity to which the Committee has
delegated its duties.

4. Section 1.14(d) of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

(d) Gainsharing Contribution — a gainsharing contribution previously made by
the Employer to employees of Temroc Metals, Inc. under the terms of

 

 

 

the collective bargaining agreement between Temroc Metals, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation, and the United Steelworkers of America, Local 203A.

5. Section 1.20 of the Plan, the definition for “Eligible Employee,” shall be completely
amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.20 “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who is (1) compensated by the
Sponsor on an hourly basis and (2) is included in a unit of employees covered by the
Teamsters Collective Bargaining Agreement. Effective July 1, 1999, “Eligible
Employee” also means an Employee who (1) is compensated on an hourly basis by
Nichols Aluminum Alabama, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (2) is included in a
unit of employees covered by the Steelworkers Collective Bargaining Agreement.
During any period in which an individual is classified by an Employer as an intern
or student with respect to such Employer, the individual is not eligible to
participate in the Plan.

6. Section 1.24 of the Plan, the definition for “Employer” or “Employers,” shall be completely
amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.24 “Employer” or “Employers” means the Sponsor, Nichols Aluminum-Alabama,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (previously named Decatur Aluminum Corp.) and any other
business organization that adopts the Plan.

7. Sections 1.25 and 1.57 of the Plan, the definitions for “Entry Date” and “UAW Collective
Bargaining Agreement,” respectively, shall be deleted in their entireties and the remaining
Sections in Article I shall be renumbered accordingly.

8. Section 1.52 of the Plan, the definition for “Spouse,” renumbered as Section 1.51 in
accordance with paragraph 7 above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

1.51 "Spouse” means the person to whom the Participant or former Participant is
married under applicable local law. In addition, to the extent provided in a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order, a surviving former spouse of a Participant or
former Participant will be treated as the Spouse of the Participant or former
Participant, and to the same extent any current spouse of the Participant or former
Participant will not be treated as a Spouse of the Participant or former
Participant. For purposes of Section 5.06, a former Spouse to whom all or a portion
of a Participant’s or former Participant’s Plan benefit is payable under a Qualified
Domestic Order shall, to that extent, be treated as a Spouse or surviving Spouse
regardless of whether the Qualified Domestic Relations Order specifically provides
that the former Spouse is to be treated as the Spouse for purposes of Sections
401(a)(11) and 417 of the Code.

9. Section 2.01 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
2.05 and 2.06 shall be renumbered as Section 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 2.05, respectively.

10. Section 2.02 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 2.01 in accordance with paragraph 9 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

 

 

 

2.01 Employees of the Sponsor Covered by the Teamsters Collective Bargaining
Agreement. Each Eligible Employee of the Sponsor who is included in a unit of
employees covered by the Teamsters Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be eligible
to participate in the Plan for purposes of making Salary Deferral Contributions
(and, if applicable, Catch-up Salary Deferral Contributions) and Rollover
Contributions on the date on which he completes an Hour of Service. Each such
Eligible Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for Supplemental
Contribution purposes on the date on which the Eligible Employee completes one year
of Active Service.

11. Section 2.03 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 2.02 in accordance with paragraph 9 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

2.02 Employees of Nichols Aluminum Alabama, Inc. Covered by the Steelworkers
Collective Bargaining Agreement. Each Eligible Employee who is employed by Nichols
Aluminum Alabama, Inc. and included in a unit of employees covered by the
Steelworkers Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be a participant in the Plan for
purposes of making Salary Deferral Contributions (and, if applicable, Catch-up
Salary Deferral Contributions) and Rollover Contributions on the date on which he
completes an Hour of Service. Each such Eligible Employee shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan for Supplemental Contribution purposes on the date on which
the Eligible Employee completes one year of Active Service.

12. Section 2.04 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 2.03 in accordance with paragraph 9 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

2.03 Eligibility Upon Reemployment. If an Employee incurs a Separation From
Service prior to the date he initially begins participating in the Plan, he shall be
eligible to begin participation in the Plan on the date on which he performs an Hour
of Service after he incurs a Separation From Service. Subject to Section 2.04, once
an Employee becomes a Participant, his eligibility to participate in the Plan shall
continue until he Severs Service.

13. The first paragraph of Section 3.01 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated
to provide as follows:

3.01 Salary Deferral Contributions. Each Employer shall make a Salary Deferral
Contribution in an amount equal to the amount by which the Considered Compensation
of its Employees who are Participants was reduced on a pre-tax basis pursuant to
salary deferral agreements (excluding amounts of Considered Compensation deferred
pursuant to Section 3.02 that are properly characterized as Catch-up Salary Deferral
Contributions). Any such salary deferral agreement shall be an agreement in a form
satisfactory to the Committee to prospectively receive Considered Compensation from
the Employer in a reduced amount and to have the Employer contribute an amount equal
to the amount of the reduction to the Trust on account of the Participant. Any such
salary deferral agreement shall be revocable in accordance with its terms, provided
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Participant of the amount required to be contributed to the Trust. A
Participant’s or former Participant’s right to benefits attributable to Salary
Deferral Contributions made to the Plan on his behalf shall be nonforfeitable.

14. The first paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated
to provide as follows:

3.02 Catch-up Salary Deferral Contributions. Each Employer shall make a
Catch-up Salary Deferral Contribution in an amount equal to the amounts by which its
Catch-up Eligible Participants’ Considered Compensation was reduced as a result of
salary deferral agreements authorizing Catch-up Salary Deferral Contributions (to
the extent that their deferrals are properly characterized as Catch-up Salary
Deferral Contributions). Any such salary deferral agreement shall be an agreement
in a form satisfactory to the Committee to prospectively receive Considered
Compensation from the Employer in a reduced amount and to have the Employer
contribute an amount equal to the amount of the reduction to the Trust on behalf of
the Catch-up Eligible Participant. Further, any such salary deferral agreement
shall be revocable in accordance with its terms, provided that no revocation shall
be retroactive or permit payment to the Catch-up Eligible Participant of the amount
required to be contributed to the Trust. A Catch-up Eligible Participant’s or
former Catch-up Eligible Participant’s right to benefits derived from Catch-up
Salary Deferral Contributions made to the Plan on his behalf shall be
nonforfeitable.

15. Section 3.03 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

3.03 Supplemental Contributions. Each Plan Year, the Sponsor shall make a
Supplemental Contribution for its Eligible Employees who are Participants in such
amount and at such times as is required under the terms of the Teamsters Collective
Bargaining Agreement. Nichols Aluminum Alabama, Inc. shall make a Supplemental
Contribution for its Eligible Employees who are Participants in such amount and at
such times as is required under the terms of the Steelworkers Collective Bargaining
Agreement.

16. Section 3.04 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07,
3.08, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.11 shall be renumbered as Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09 and
3.10, respectively.

17. Section 3.10 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 3.09 in accordance with paragraph 9 above,
shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

3.09 Deadline for Payment of Contributions. Salary Deferral Contributions and
Catch-Up Contributions shall be paid to the Trustee in installments. The
installment for each payroll period shall be paid as soon as administratively
feasible. The Supplemental Contributions for a Plan Year shall be paid to the
Trustee in one or more installments, as the Employer may from time to time
determine; provided, however, that such contributions may not be paid later than the
time prescribed by law (including extensions thereof) for filing

 

 

 

the Employer’s income tax return for its taxable year ending with or within
such Plan Year.

18. Section 4.01 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

4.01 Information Statements from Employer. Upon request by the Committee, the
Employer shall provide the Committee with a schedule setting forth the amount of its
Salary Deferral Contribution, Catch-Up Contributions, Supplemental Contributions,
qualified nonelective contributions and restoration contribution; the names of its
Participants, the number of years of Active Service of each of its Participants, the
amount of Considered Compensation and Annual Compensation paid to each Participant,
and the amount of Considered Compensation and Annual Compensation paid to all its
Participants. Such schedules shall be conclusive evidence of such facts.

19. Section 4.04 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

4.04 Allocation of Supplemental Contributions. The Committee shall allocate
the Supplemental Contributions made by an Employer during a Plan Year among the
Participants who are employed by the Employer during the Plan Year, based upon each
such Participant’s Considered Compensation paid by the Employer as compared to the
Considered Compensation for all such Participants who are employed by the Employer

20. Section 4.05 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and Sections 4.06, 4.07 and 4.08
shall be renumbered as Section 4.05, 4.06 and 4.07, respectively.

21. Section 5.03 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.03 Form of Distribution. Any distribution under the Plan shall be made in
the form of (a) a single lump sum cash payment, or (b) as a Direct Rollover as
provided in Section 5.05.

22. Section 5.04 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and the Sections in Article V
shall be renumbered accordingly.

23. Section 5.05 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.04 in accordance with paragraph 22
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.04 Immediate Payment of Small Amount Upon Separation From Service. Each
Participant or former Participant whose Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account
balance at the time of a distribution to him on account of his Separation From
Service is, in the aggregate, less than or equal to $1,000.00, shall be paid in the
form of an immediate single sum cash payment and/or as a Direct Rollover, as elected
by him under section 5.05. However, if a Distributee who is subject to this Section
5.04 does not furnish instructions in accordance with Plan procedures to directly
roll over his Plan benefit within 45 days after he becomes

 

 

 

eligible for such distribution, he will be deemed to have elected to receive an
immediate lump sum cash distribution of his entire Plan benefit. If a Participant’s
or former Participant’s Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance payable upon
his Separation From Service is zero (because he has no Nonforfeitable Interest in
his Account balance), he will be deemed to have elected and to have received an
immediate distribution of his entire Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance.

24. Section 5.07 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.06 in accordance with paragraph 10
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.07 Required Distributions.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, all benefits payable under the
Plan shall be distributed, or commence to be distributed, in compliance with the
following provisions:

(a) Required Distributions for Certain Persons Who are 701/2 or Older. Unless a
Participant’s or former Participant’s entire Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit is
distributed to him in a single sum no later than his Required Beginning Date or in the form
of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, the Participant’s or former Participant’s
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit must begin to be distributed, not later than his
Required Beginning Date, over the life of the Participant or former Participant, or the
joint lives of the Participant or former Participant and his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary,
or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or former
Participant or the joint and last survivor expectancy of the Participant or former
Participant and his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary. The distribution required to be made on
or before the Participant’s or former Participant’s Required Beginning Date shall be the
distribution required for his first Distribution Calendar Year. The minimum required
distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum
distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s or former
Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs must be made on or before December 31 of that
Distribution Calendar Year. In the case of a benefit payable in a form other than a single
sum or an annuity purchased from an insurance company, the amount that must be distributed
for a Distribution Calendar Year is an amount equal to the amount specified in Paragraph (b)
of this Section 5.06.

(b) Required Minimum Distributions. If a Participant’s or former Participant’s
Required Beginning Date is before the date on which he incurs a Separation From Service, the
Participant or former Participant (if he is then alive) must be paid either the entire
amount credited to his Account or annual distributions from the Plan in the amounts required
under section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Regulations thereunder commencing no later than his
Required Beginning Date until his entire interest under the Plan has been distributed under
this Article V. The distribution required to be made on or before the Participant’s or
former Participant’s Required Beginning Date shall be the distribution required for his
first Distribution Calendar Year. The minimum required distribution for other Distribution
Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar
Year in which the Participant’s or former Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs must
be made on or before December 31

 

 

 

of that Distribution Calendar Year. The amount that must be distributed for a
Distribution Calendar Year is an amount equal to (1) the Participant’s or former
Participant’s Account balance as of the last Valuation Date in the calendar year immediately
preceding the Distribution Calendar Year, increased by any contributions or forfeitures
allocated and made to the Account during such immediately preceding calendar year after the
Valuation Date, and decreased by distributions made during such immediately preceding
calendar year after the Valuation Date, divided by (2) the Participant’s or former
Participant’s Applicable Distribution Period.

(c) Distribution Deadline for Death Benefit When Participant or Former Participant Dies
Before His Distributions Begin. If a Participant or former Participant dies before the date
distribution of his Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit begins, his entire
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit will be distributed, or begin to be distributed,
to his Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary no later than as follows:

(i) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is the
Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary, then
distributions to the surviving Spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant or former
Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant or
former Participant would have attained age 70 1/2 , if later.

(ii) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is not the
Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary and the
payment of Plan death benefits to the Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary will not be in
the form of a single sum, then distributions to the Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary
will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar
year in which the Participant or former Participant died.

(iii) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is the
Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary, and the
payment of a Plan death benefit to the Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary will be in the
form of a single sum, then the Participant’s or former Participant’s entire
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit will be distributed by December 31 of
the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s or former
Participant’s death.

(iv) If there is no Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary as of September 30 of the
calendar year following the calendar year of the Participant’s or former
Participant’s death, then the Participant’s or former Participant’s entire
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Plan benefit will be distributed by December 31 of
the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s or former
Participant’s death.

(v) If the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse is the
Participant’s or former Participant’s sole Section 401(a)(9) Beneficiary and the
surviving Spouse dies after the Participant or former Participant but before
distributions to the surviving Spouse begin, this Section 5.06(e), other than
Section 5.06(e)(1), will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant.

 

 

 

Unless the Participant’s or former Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of
an annuity or in a single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first
Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Paragraph (b) of
this Section 5.06.

(d) Distribution of Death Benefit When Participant or Former Participant Dies On or
After His Required Beginning Date. If a Participant or former Participant dies on or after
his Required Beginning Date, his Plan benefit must be distributed to his Section 401(a)(9)
Beneficiary at least as rapidly as the method of payment of minimum required distributions
being used as of the date of his death.

(e) Limitations on Death Benefits. Benefits payable under the Plan shall not be
provided in any form that would cause a Participant’s or former Participant’s death benefit
to be more than incidental. Any distribution required to satisfy the incidental benefit
requirement shall be considered a required distribution for purposes of section 401(a)(9) of
the Code.

(f) Compliance with Section 401(a)(9). All distributions under the Plan will be made
in accordance with the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and all Regulations
promulgated thereunder, including, effective January 1, 2003, the Final Section 401(a)(9)
Regulations, including sections 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Final Section
401(a)(9) Regulations. The provisions of the Plan reflecting section 401(a)(9) of the Code
override any distribution options in the Plan inconsistent with section 401(a)(9) of the
Code.

(g) Compliance with Section 401(a)(14). Unless the Participant or former Participant
otherwise elects, the payment of benefits under the Plan to the Participant or former
Participant will begin not later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which
occurs the latest of (a) the date on which the Participant or former Participant attains the
later of age 62 or Retirement Age, (b) the tenth anniversary of the year in which the
Participant or former Participant commenced participation in the Plan, or (c) the
Participant’s or former Participant’s Separation From Service.

25. Section 5.08 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.07 in accordance with paragraph 22
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

5.07 Consent to Distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
no benefit shall be distributed or commence to be distributed to a Participant or
former Participant prior to his attainment of the later of age 62 or Retirement Age
without his consent, unless the benefit is payable immediately under Section 5.04.
Any such consent shall be valid only if given not more than 90 days prior to the
Participant’s or former Participant’s Benefit Payment Date and after his receipt of
the notice regarding benefits described in Section 5.08(a).

26. Section 5.13 of the Plan, renumbered as Section 5.12 in accordance with paragraph 22
above, shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

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(a) Claims Review Procedures. When a benefit is due, the Claimant
should submit a claim to the Committee. Under normal circumstances, the
Committee will make a final decision as to a claim within 90 days after
receipt of the claim. If the Committee notifies the Claimant in writing
during the initial 90-day period, it may extend the period up to 180 days
after the initial receipt of the claim. The written notice must indicate
the circumstances necessitating the extension and the anticipated date for
the final decision. If a claim is denied during the claims period, the
Committee must notify the Claimant in writing, and the written notice must
set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

(i) the specific reason or reasons for denial;

(ii) specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the
denial is based;

(iii) a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation
of why such material or information is necessary; and

(iv) an explanation of the Plan claims review procedures and
time limits, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring
a civil action under section 502(a) of ERISA.

If a decision is not given to the Claimant within the claims review
period, the claim is treated as if it were denied on the last day of the
claims review period.

(b) Claims Appeals Procedures. If a Claimant’s claim made pursuant to
Section 5.12(a) is denied and he wants a review, he must apply to the
Committee in writing. That application can include any arguments, written
comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim
for benefits. In addition, the Claimant is entitled to receive on request
and free of charge reasonable access to and copies of all information
relevant to the claim. For this purpose, “relevant” means information that
was relied on in making the benefit determination or that was submitted,
considered or generated in the course of making the determination, without
regard to whether it was relied on, and information that demonstrates
compliance with the Plan’s administrative procedures and safeguards for
assuring and verifying that Plan provisions are applied consistently in
making benefit determinations. The Committee must take into account all
comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the
Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether the information
was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The
Claimant may either represent himself or appoint a representative, either of
whom has the right to inspect all documents pertaining to the claim and its
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meeting with the Claimant or his representative that it finds necessary
or appropriate to complete its review.

(c) This Section 5.12 does not apply in connection with determinations
as to whether a Participant or former Participant has incurred a Disability.
Rather, such determinations shall be subject to the procedures specified in
Section 5.13.

27. Article VI of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

ARTICLE VI

LOANS

Except as specified below, the Committee may direct the Trustees to make loans
to Participants (and Beneficiaries who are “parties in interest” within the meaning
of ERISA) who have Nonforfeitable Interests in their Account balances. The
Committee will be responsible for administering the Plan loan program. All loans
will comply with the following requirements:

(a) All loans will be made solely from the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Account.

(b) Loans will be available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all Beneficiaries who are
“parties in interest” within the meaning of ERISA, and to all Participants.

(c) Loans will not be made for less than $1,000.00.

(d) The maximum amount of a loan may not exceed the lesser of (A) $50,000.00 reduced by
the person’s highest outstanding loan balance from the Plan during the preceding one-year
period, or (B) one-half of the person’s Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance under
the Plan determined as of the date on which the loan is approved by the Committee.

(e) Any loan from the Plan will be evidenced by a note or notes (signed by the person
applying for the loan in accordance with procedures established by the Committee) having
such maturity, bearing such rate of interest, and containing such other terms as the
Committee will require by uniform and nondiscriminatory rules consistent with this Article
and proper lending practices.

(f) All loans will bear a reasonable rate of interest which will be established by the
Committee. In determining the proper rate of interest to be charged, at the time any loan
is made or renewed, the Committee will contact at least two of the largest banks in the
geographic location in which the Participant or Beneficiary resides to determine what
interest rate the banks would charge for a similar loan taking into account the collateral
offered.

(g) Each loan will be fully secured by a pledge of the borrowing person’s
Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance. No more than 50 percent of the person’s

 

 

 

Nonforfeitable Interest in his Account balance (determined immediately after the
origination of the loan) will be considered as security for any loan.

(h) The term of the loan will not be less than 18 months. Generally, the term of the
loan will not be more than five years. The Committee may agree to a longer term (but not
more than seven years) only if such term is otherwise reasonable and the proceeds of the
loan are to be used to acquire a dwelling which will be used within a reasonable time
(determined at the time the loan is made) as the principal residence of the borrowing
person.

(i) The loan agreement will require level amortization over the term of the loan. A
Participant’s loan agreement will also require that loan repayments be made through payroll
deductions.

(j) If a person fails to make a required payment within 30 days of the due date set
forth in the loan agreement, the loan will be in default.

(k) If a Participant or former Participant has an outstanding loan from the Plan at the
time of his Separation From Service, the Participant or former Participant will have the
right to elect to continue to repay the loan in accordance with its terms; provided that if
such an election is made such election shall be irrevocable and the Participant shall not be
eligible to receive a distribution from the Plan until he has fully repaid the loan. If the
Participant or former Participant does not elect to continue to repay the loan in accordance
with its terms, the outstanding loan principal balance and any accrued but unpaid interest
will become immediately due in full. The Participant or former Participant will have the
right to immediately pay the Trustee that amount. If the Participant or former Participant
fails to repay the loan, the Trustee will foreclose on the loan and the Participant will be
deemed to have received a Plan distribution of the amount foreclosed upon. The Trustee will
not foreclose upon a Participant’s or former Participant’s Salary Deferral Contribution
Account or Catch-up Salary Deferral Contributions Account until the Participant’s Separation
From Service.

(l) If a Beneficiary defaults on his loan, the Trustee will foreclose on the loan and
the Beneficiary will be deemed to have received a Plan distribution of the amount foreclosed
upon.

(m) No amount that is pledged as collateral for a Plan loan to a Participant will be
available for withdrawal before he has fully repaid his loan.

(n) All interest payments made pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement will be
credited to the borrowing person’s Account and will not be considered as general earnings of
the Trust Fund to be allocated to other Participants.

28. Section 7.01 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

7.01 In-Service Financial Hardship Distributions.

(a) General. Prior to his Separation From Service, a Participant is entitled
to receive a distribution from his Salary Deferral Contribution Account

 

 

 

(except for income that was not credited to his Salary Deferral Account as of
December 31, 1988), his Catch-up Salary Deferral Contribution Account (except for
income credited to his Catch-up Salary Deferral Contribution Account), his Rollover
Account, his Gainsharing Account, and his Nonforfeitable Interest in his
Supplemental Contribution Account in the event of an immediate and heavy financial
need incurred by the Participant and the Committee’s determination that the
withdrawal is necessary to alleviate that hardship.

(b) Permitted Reasons For Financial Hardship Distributions. A distribution
shall be made on account of financial hardship only if the distribution is for: (i)
expenses for medical care described in section 213(d) of the Code previously
incurred by the Participant, the Participant’s Spouse, or any dependents of the
Participant (as defined in section 152 of the Code) or necessary for these persons
to obtain medical care described in section 213(d) of the Code, (ii) costs directly
related to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for
the Participant, (iii) payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next
12 months of post-secondary education for the Participant, his Spouse, children, or
dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code), (iv) payments necessary to
prevent the eviction of the Participant from his principal residence or foreclosure
on the mortgage of the Participant’s principal residence, or (v) any other event
added to this list by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

(c) Amount. A distribution to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need
shall not be made in excess of the amount of the immediate and heavy financial need
of the Participant and the Participant must have obtained all distributions, other
than hardship distributions, and all nontaxable (at the time of the loan) loans
currently available under all plans maintained by the Employer. The amount of a
Participant’s immediate and heavy financial need includes any amounts necessary to
pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to
result from the financial hardship distribution.

(d) Suspension of Participation in Certain Benefit Programs. The Participant’s
hardship distribution shall terminate his right to have the Employer make any Salary
Deferral Contributions on his behalf until the next time Salary Deferral
Contributions are permitted after (1) the lapse of 12 months following the hardship
distribution and (2) his timely filing of a written request to resume his Salary
Deferral Contributions. In addition, for 12 months after he receives a hardship
distribution from the Plan, the Participant is prohibited from making elective
contributions and employee contributions to or under all other qualified and
nonqualified plans of deferred compensation maintained by the Employer, including
stock option plans, stock purchase plans and Code section 401(k) cash or deferred
arrangements that are part of cafeteria plans described in section 125 of the Code.
However, the Participant is not prohibited from making contributions to a health or
welfare benefit plan, including one that is part of a cafeteria plan within the
meaning of section 125 of the Code.

(e) Order of Distributions. Financial hardship distributions will be made in
the following order: First withdrawals will be made from the

 

 

 

Participant’s Rollover Contribution Account, then from his Supplemental
Contribution Account, then from his Gainsharing Contribution Account, then from his
Salary Deferral Contribution Account, and finally, from his Catch-up Salary Deferral
Contribution Account.

29. Section 7.03 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

7.03 Method of Payment. Any distribution made pursuant to this Article VII,
will be paid in the form of a single lump sum cash payment.

30. The first paragraph of Article VIII of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated
to provide as follows:

A Participant or former Participant has a fully Nonforfeitable Interest in his
entire Account balance when he (a) incurs a Disability on or prior to the date of
his Separation From Service, (b) attains his Normal Retirement Age on or prior to
the date of his Separation From Service, or (c) incurs a Separation From Service due
to death. A Participant or former Participant shall at all times have a fully
Nonforfeitable Interest in amounts credited to his Salary Deferral Contribution
Account, his Catch-up Salary Deferral Contribution Account, his Gainsharing
Contribution Account and his Rollover Account. A Participant or former Participant
shall have a Nonforfeitable Interest in the following percentage of amounts credited
to his Supplemental Contribution Account:

31. Section 9.01(a) of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as
follows:

(a) If as a result of his Separation From Service a Participant or former
Participant receives (or is deemed to receive under Section 5.04), a distribution of
his entire Nonforfeitable Interest in the Plan not later than the end of the second
Plan Year following the Plan Year in which his Separation From Service occurs, the
remaining Forfeitable Interest in his Account balance will be immediately forfeited
upon the distribution.

32. Section 9.04 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety.

33. Section 10.07 of the Plan shall be completely amended and restated to provide as follows:

10.07 Credit for Service With Other Employers. For purposes of determining an
Employee’s Active Service for eligibility to participate and vesting, his service
with Alumi-Brite Corporation, an Illinois corporation, Fruehauf Trailer Corporation,
a Delaware corporation, Decatur Aluminum Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation,
(and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Decatur Aluminum Holdings Corp. and Temroc Metals,
Inc., a Minnesota corporation, prior to its sale by the Sponsor, will be counted as
Active Service under the Plan.

34. Sections 10.08, 10.09 and 10.10 of the Plan shall be deleted in their entireties and
Section 10.11 shall be renumbered as Section 10.08.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has caused this Agreement to be executed on the 26th day of
July, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	QUANEX CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kevin P. Delaney
 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President — General Counsel and Secretary

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