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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3

                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made and
entered into as of March 6, 2000 by and between K-Tron International, Inc., a
New Jersey corporation (the "Company") and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company (the "Rights Agent"). This Amendment amends and otherwise modifies the
Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of October 3, 1991 by and between
the Company and First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., the predecessor Rights
Agent. Terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

         WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 26(a) of the Agreement, the Company
and the Rights Agent wish to change certain provisions of the Agreement in a
manner that the Company deems necessary or desirable and that does not adversely
affect the interests of the holders of Rights Certificates.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:

         1. Section 1(g) shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:

                    (g) Intentionally left blank.

         2. Section 11(a)(ii)(B) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:

                            (B) any Person (other than the Company, any
            Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company
            or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity
            organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant
            to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its
            Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights
            Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or
            more of the Common Shares then outstanding, unless the event causing
            the 20% threshold to be crossed is a Section 13 Event, or is an
            acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to a tender offer or an
            exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares at a price and on
            terms that provide fair value to all shareholders, as determined by
            at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, after
            taking into consideration all factors that such members of the
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            Board of Directors deem relevant, including, without limitation, the
            long-term prospects and value of the Company and the prices and
            terms that such members of the Board of Directors believe, in good
            faith, could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets
            were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value, or

         3. Section 11(a)(iii) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

                            (iii) In the event that the number of Common Shares
            that are authorized by the Company's Restated Certificate of
            Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for
            purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient
            to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the
            foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company
            shall: (A) determine the excess of the value of the Adjustment
            Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value")
            over the Purchase Price (such excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with
            respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for the
            Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price,
            (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares
            of the same or a different class or other equity securities of the
            Company (including, without limitation, preferred shares or units of
            preferred shares that a majority of the Board of Directors of the
            Company has deemed (based, among other things, on the dividend and
            liquidation rights of such preferred shares) to have substantially
            the same economic value as Common Shares (such preferred shares,
            hereinafter referred to as "common share equivalents")), (4) debt
            securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination
            of the foregoing, having an aggregate value equal to the Current
            Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by a majority
            of the Board of Directors of the Company after considering the
            advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected
            by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the
            Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value
            pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the
            later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and
            (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to
            Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to
            herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company
            shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a
            Right and

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            without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, Common Shares (to
            the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares
            and/or cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If the
            Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that
            it is likely that sufficient additional Common Shares could be
            authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the
            thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent
            necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days after the Section
            11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek
            shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares
            (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To
            the extent that the Company determines that some action need be
            taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section
            11(a)(iii), the Company shall provide, subject to Section 7(e)
            hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding
            Rights, and may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the
            expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any
            authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate
            form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and
            to determine the value thereof. The Company shall make a public
            announcement when the exercisability of the Rights has been
            temporarily suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer
            in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the
            Common Shares shall be the current market price (as determined
            pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section
            11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common share
            equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common
            Shares on such date.

         4. Section 11(q) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

                            (q) In the event that the Rights become exercisable
            following a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Company, by action of a
            majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, may permit the
            Rights, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, to be exercised for 50% of
            the Common Shares (or cash or other securities or assets to be
            substituted for the Adjustment Shares pursuant to subsection
            (a)(iii)) that would otherwise be purchasable under subsection (a),
            in consideration of the surrender to the Company of the Rights so
            exercised and without other payment of the Purchase Price. Rights
            exercised under this subsection (q) shall be deemed to have been
            exercised in full and shall be canceled.

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         5. Section 13(e) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

                            (e) In the event that the Rights become exercisable
            under subsection (a) (except as provided in subsection (d)), the
            Company, by action of a majority of the Board of Directors of the
            Company, may agree with the Principal Party that the Principal Party
            shall permit the Rights to be exercised for 50% of the Common Shares
            of the Principal Party that would otherwise be purchasable under
            subsection (a), in consideration of the surrender to the Principal
            Party, as the successor to the Company under subsection (a)(ii), of
            the Rights so exercised and without other payment of the Purchase
            Price. Rights exercised under this subsection (e) shall be deemed to
            have been exercised in full and shall be canceled.

         6.       Section 21 of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

                            SECTION 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent
            or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its
            duties under this Agreement upon thirty (30) days' prior written
            notice mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent of the
            Common Shares and Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail,
            and to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class mail.
            The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
            Agent upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice mailed to the
            Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to
            each transfer agent of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares, by
            registered or certified mail, and to the holders of Rights
            Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign
            or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
            Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the
            Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of
            thirty (30) days after giving notice of such removal or after it has
            been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the
            resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Rights
            Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Rights
            Certificate for inspection by the Company), then any registered
            holder of any Rights Certificate may apply to any court of competent
            jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any
            successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the

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            Company or by such a court, shall be (a) a corporation organized,
            doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United
            States or of any state, having a principal office in the State of
            New York or the State of New Jersey, that is authorized by law to
            exercise corporate trust and stock transfer powers and is subject to
            supervision or examination by federal or state authority and that
            has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined
            capital and surplus adequate in the judgment of a majority of the
            Board of Directors of the Company to assure the performance of its
            duties hereunder and the protection of the interests of the Company
            and the holders of Rights or beneficial interests therein, or (b) an
            Affiliate of a corporation described in clause (a) of this sentence.
            After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with
            the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had
            been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed;
            but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the
            successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it
            hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance,
            conveyance, act or deed necessary for that purpose. Not later than
            the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file
            notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each
            transfer agent of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares and mail a
            notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Rights
            Certificates or, prior to the Distribution Date, to the registered
            holders of the Common Shares. Failure to give any notice provided
            for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not
            affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the
            Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as
            the case may be.

         7. Section 23(a) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

                            (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at
            its option, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the close of
            business on the tenth day following a Stock Acquisition Date (or, if
            the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record
            Date, the close of business on the tenth day following the Record
            Date), or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less
            than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.01
            per Right, as such amount may be appropriately adjusted to reflect
            any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring
            after the date hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter
            referred to as the

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            "Redemption Price") and the Company may, at its option, pay the
            Redemption Price either in Common Shares (based on the "current
            market price", as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof, of the Common
            Shares at the time of redemption) or cash; provided, however, if,
            following the occurrence of a Stock Acquisition Date and following
            the expiration of the right of redemption hereunder but prior to any
            Triggering Event, (i) an Acquiring Person shall have transferred or
            otherwise disposed of a number of Common Shares in one transaction
            or a series of transactions, not directly or indirectly involving
            the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which did not result in the
            occurrence of a Triggering Event or the Company shall have issued
            additional equity securities, in either instance such that such
            Person is thereafter a Beneficial Owner of 10% or less of the
            outstanding Common Shares, and (ii) there is no other Acquiring
            Person immediately following the occurrence of the event described
            in clause (i), then the right of redemption shall be reinstated and
            thereafter be subject to the provisions of this Section 23.
            Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
            contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first
            occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the
            Company's right of redemption hereunder has expired.

         8. Section 26(a) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

                            (a) Prior to the Distribution Date and subject to
            the penultimate sentence of this Section 26, the Company and the
            Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend
            any provision of this Agreement without the approval of any holders
            of certificates representing Common Shares. From and after the
            Distribution Date and subject to the penultimate sentence of this
            Section 26, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company
            so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval
            of any holders of Rights Certificates in order (i) to cure any
            ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained
            herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
            provisions herein, (iii) to shorten or lengthen any time period
            hereunder, or (iv) to change or supplement the provisions hereunder
            in any manner that the Company may deem necessary or desirable and
            that shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of
            Rights Certificates; provided, this Agreement may not be
            supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iii) of
            this sentence, (A) a time period

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            relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as the
            Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless
            such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or
            clarifying the rights of and/or the benefits to, the holders of
            Rights. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate
            officer of the Company that states that the proposed supplement or
            amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 26, the
            Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment and shall be
            fully protected hereunder by doing so. Nothing herein shall require
            the Rights Agent to execute any supplement or amendment adversely
            affecting its rights and protections hereunder. Notwithstanding
            anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no supplement
            or amendment shall be made that changes the Redemption Price, the
            Final Expiration Date, the Purchase Price or the number of Preferred
            Share Fractions for which a Right is exercisable. Prior to the
            Distribution Date, the interests of the beneficial owners of Rights
            shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of
            Common Shares.

         9.       Section 28 of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

                            SECTION 28. Determinations and Actions by the Board
            of Directors, etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, any
            calculation of the number of Common Shares outstanding at any
            particular time, including for purposes of determining the
            particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares of which any
            Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the
            last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and
            Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the
            Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer
            this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically
            granted to the Board or to the Company, or as may be necessary or
            advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including,
            without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the
            provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations
            deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this
            Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the
            Rights or to amend or supplement the Agreement). All such actions,
            calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for
            purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the
            foregoing) that are done or made by the Board in good faith, shall
            (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights

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            Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not
            subject the Board to any liability to the holders of the Rights.

         10. This Amendment shall be effective as of March 6, 2000 and shall be
governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any conflict of laws provisions.

         11. As amended and modified hereby, the Agreement is ratified and
confirmed in all respects.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Rights Agent have executed this
Amendment as of March 6, 2000.

[corporate seal]                           K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Attest:

 /s/ Mary E. Vaccara                       By:  /s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
---------------------                           --------------------------
Mary E. Vaccara                                 Edward B. Cloues, II
As its Secretary                                As its Chairman of the Board
                                                and Chief Executive Officer

                                            AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER
                                            & TRUST COMPANY

                                            By: /s/ Isaac Kagan
                                               -----------------------
                                               Isaac Kagan
                                               As its Vice President

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

                           K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
                         PROFIT-SHARING AND THRIFT PLAN

             As Amended and Restated Effective As Of January 1, 1999
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                           K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
                         PROFIT-SHARING AND THRIFT PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I.
                        STATEMENT OF HISTORY AND PURPOSE

         1.1. History. K-Tron International, Inc. has had in effect since
December 1, 1984, the K-Tron International, Inc. and Affiliated Companies
Profit-Sharing and Thrift Plan, to which it has made contributions for the
purpose of sharing its profits with its employees in order to provide for the
accumulation of funds for the benefit of eligible employees and their
beneficiaries in the manner and to the extent set forth in such plan.

         The K-Tron International, Inc. and Affiliated Companies Profit-Sharing
and Thrift Plan, as amended and restated herein, and its related trust
agreement, constitute an amendment in its entirety to the K-Tron International,
Inc. and Affiliated Companies Profit-Sharing and Thrift Plan which is continued
effective as of January 1, 1999. The purpose of this amendment and restatement
is to reflect changes required by the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996,
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
and also to make other desired changes.

         1.2. Qualification under the Internal Revenue Code. It is intended that
the Plan be a qualified profit-sharing plan within the meaning of section 401(a)
of the Code, that the requirements of section 401(k) of the Code be satisfied as
to that portion of the Plan represented by contributions made pursuant to
Participant Salary Deferral elections, that the requirements of section 401(m)
of the Code be satisfied as to that portion of the Plan represented by Employer
Matching Contributions and that the trust or other funding vehicle associated
with the Plan be exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to the provisions
of section 501(a) of the Code.

         1.3. Documents. The Plan consists of the Plan document as set forth
herein, and any amendments thereto. Certain provisions relating to the Plan and
its operation are contained in the corresponding Trust Agreement (or documents
establishing any other funding vehicle for the Plan), and any amendments,
supplements, appendices and riders to any of the foregoing.

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                                   ARTICLE II.
                                   DEFINITIONS

         2.1. "Account" means the entire interest of a Participant in the Plan.
A Participant's Account will consist of one or more separate accounts reflecting
the various types of contributions permitted under the Plan, as hereinafter
provided.

         2.2. "Actual Deferral Percentage" means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of (a) (1) an Eligible
Employee's Salary Deferrals for the Plan Year (excluding any Salary Deferrals
that are (A) taken into account in determining the Contribution Percentage, (B)
distributed to an Eligible Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee
pursuant to a claim for distribution under Section 5.1, or (C) returned to the
Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 5.4), plus (2) at the election of the
Committee, any portion of the Qualified Employer Contributions allocated to the
Participant for the Plan Year permitted to be taken into account under section
401(k) of the Code, plus (3) in the case of any Highly Compensated Employee who
is eligible to participate in more than one cash or deferred arrangement
maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Company, elective deferrals made on
his behalf under all such arrangements (excluding those that are not permitted
to be aggregated with the Plan under Treas. Reg. Section
1.401(k)-1(b)(3)(ii)(B)) for the Plan Year, to (b) the Eligible Employee's
Compensation for the portion of the Plan Year that the individual was an
Eligible Employee.

         2.3. "Affiliated Company" means any entity which (a) with any Employer,
constitutes (1) a "controlled group of corporations" within the meaning of
section 414(b) of the Code, (2) a "group of trades or businesses under common
control" within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code, or (3) an "affiliated
service group" within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code or (b) is
required to be aggregated with any Employer pursuant to Treasury regulations
under section 414(o) of the Code. An entity will be considered an Affiliated
Company only with respect to such period as the relationship described in the
preceding sentence exists. For purposes of Section 2.5 or 5.4, "Affiliated
Company" will mean an Affiliated Company, but determined with "more than 50
percent" substituted for the phrase "at least 80 percent" in section 1563(a)(1)
of the Code when applying sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code.

         2.4. "Alternate Payee" means the person entitled to receive payment of
benefits under the Plan pursuant to a QDRO.

         2.5. "Annual Addition" means, for any Participant for any Plan Year,
the sum of the following amounts allocated to a Participant's accounts under the
Plan and any other qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the
Employer or an Affiliated Company:

         (a) Employer contributions (including Matching Contributions, Salary
Deferral amounts except Salary Deferrals distributed pursuant to Section 5.1,
and Qualified Employer Contributions);

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         (b) Participant contributions (including mandatory or voluntary
employee contributions made under a qualified defined benefit plan of the
Employer or an Affiliated Company, but excluding Rollover Contributions and
amounts repaid pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(4);

         (c) forfeitures; and

         (d) amounts described in section 415(l)(1) of the Code (relating to
contributions allocated to individual medical accounts which are part of a
pension or annuity plan) and section 419A(d)(2) of the Code (relating to
contributions allocated to post-retirement medical benefit accounts for key
employees).

         2.6. "Applicable Computation Period" means the following:

         (a) For purposes of Hours of Employment for eligibility in accordance
with Section 3.1, an Employee's first Applicable Computation Period shall be the
12-month period beginning as of the date he first completed an Hour of
Employment with an Employer. Thereafter, such Employee's Applicable Computation
Period shall be each Plan Year, commencing with the Plan Year which begins after
the date he first completed an Hour of Employment.

         (b) For purposes of contributions in accordance with Articles IV and
VIII, Applicable Computation Period means the Plan Year.

         (b) For all other purposes, Applicable Computation Period means the
12-month period beginning as of the first day of the month during which a person
first completes an Hour of Employment with an Employer and each anniversary
thereof.

         2.7. "Average Actual Deferral Percentage" means the average (expressed
as a percentage to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of the Actual
Deferral Percentages of a specified group of Eligible Employees.

         2.8. "Average Contribution Percentage" means the average (expressed as
a percentage to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of the Contribution
Percentages of a specified group of Eligible Employees.

         2.9. "Beneficiary" means the person or entity designated or otherwise
determined to be such in accordance with Section 7.5.

         2.10. "Benefit Payment Date" means, for any Participant or Beneficiary
of a deceased Participant, the date as of which the first benefit payment from a
Participant's Account is due; provided, however, that the Benefit Payment Date
applicable to any amount withdrawn pursuant

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to Section 7.3 will not be taken into account in determining the Participant's
Benefit Payment Date with respect to the remainder of his Account.

         2.11. "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company
or a committee of the Board of Directors to which the Board has delegated some
or all of its responsibilities hereunder.

         2.12. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may
be amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar purpose.

         2.13.    "Committee" means the committee described in Article IX.

         2.14. "Company" means K-Tron International, Inc. and any successor
which shall maintain this Plan.

         2.15.    "Compensation" means, for any Employee, for any Plan Year:

         (a) except as otherwise provided below in this definition, for purposes
of Article IV, the amount described in Subsection (c) below, exclusive of any
(i) amount paid by an Employer for any period during which the Participant was
not an Employee and (ii) amount paid before an Employee was eligible to become a
Participant in accordance with Section 3.1 except for purposes of Regular
Contributions.

         (b) for purposes of Section 5.4, the Participant's wages, salaries,
fees for professional services and other amounts received during the Plan Year
for personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with an
Employer. Such other amounts include commissions, bonuses and tips, vacation and
holiday pay, sick/disability pay paid directly by the Employer or by a third
party under the Employer's short-term disability program; severance pay on a
payroll in lieu of notice; earned income as described in section 401(c)(2) of
the Code; and, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1997, amounts that
are contributed by the Employer under a salary reduction agreement and excluded
from gross income under sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), 403(b) and 457 of the
Code. Such other amounts exclude amounts paid under an Employer's long-term
disability program; worker's compensation payments; fringe benefits such as
moving expenses, employee discounts, meals, van pooling, reimbursed medical and
educational expenses and life insurance, whether or not includible in gross
income; expenses reimbursed in connection with the performance of duties;
accidental injury payments; contributions made by the Employer to any qualified
deferred compensation, cafeteria or pension plan, including salary reduction
contributions, contributions to a simplified employee pension plan described in
Code section 408(k) and contributions toward the purchase of an annuity contract
described in Code section 403(b); deferrals under any non-qualified deferred
compensation plan until such time as such deferrals are includable in gross
income during a period of employment; amounts realized from the exercise of a
stock option, whether or not qualified, or when restricted stock or property
held by a Participant either becomes freely

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transferrable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; and
any other amounts which receive special tax benefits.

         (c) for purposes of the definitions of Highly Compensated Employee,
Actual Deferral Percentage, Actual Contribution Percentage and Article VIII, the
amount described in Subsection (b) above increased, for Plan Years beginning
before December 31, 1997, by the amount of any contributions made by the
Employer under any salary reduction or similar arrangement to a qualified
deferred compensation, pension or cafeteria plan, contributions to a simplified
employee pension plan described in Code section 408(k), and contributions toward
the purchase of an annuity contract described in Code section 403(b). For
purposes of the definition of Highly Compensated Employee, the amount described
above shall be for the applicable period for making the determination of Highly
Compensated Employees.

         (d) for purposes of Section 4.6, "compensation" means the Compensation,
as defined in subsection (a), that the Participant would have received during a
period of Qualified Military Service (or, if the amount of such Compensation is
not reasonably certain, the Participant's average earnings from the Employer or
an Affiliated Company for the twelve-month period immediately preceding the
Participant's period of Qualified Military Service); provided, however, that the
Participant returns to work within the period during which his right to
reemployment is protected by law.

         (e) only the first $160,000, or such other amount as may be applicable
under section 401(a)(17) of the Code, of the amount otherwise described in
subsection (b) and the aggregate amount described in subsections (a) and (d) of
this definition will be counted. In determining Compensation for purposes of
this limitation, the family aggregation rules of section 401(a)(17)(A) of the
Code shall apply for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1997.

         (f) if the Compensation of a Participant is determined for a Plan Year
that contains fewer than 12 calendar months, then the annual compensation
limitation described in subsection (e) above will be adjusted with respect to
that Participant by multiplying the annual compensation limitation in effect for
the Plan Year by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full months
in the Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12; provided, however, that no
proration is required for a Participant who is covered under the Plan for less
than one full Plan Year if the formula for allocations is based on Compensation
for a period of at least 12 months.

         2.16. "Contribution Percentage" means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of (a) (1) the Matching
Contributions allocated to an Eligible Employee's Account for the Plan Year
(excluding any Matching Contributions forfeited pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or
5.3(a)), plus (2) at the election of the Committee, any portion of the Qualified
Employer Contributions allocated to the Eligible Employee for the Plan Year
required or permitted to be taken into account under section 401(m) of the Code,
plus (3) in the case of any Highly Compensated Employee who is eligible to
participate in more than one plan

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maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Company to which employee or
matching contributions are made, after-tax employee contributions and employer
matching contributions made on his behalf under all such plans (excluding those
that are not permitted to be aggregated with the Plan under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.401(m)-1(b)(3)(ii)) for the Plan Year), to (b) the Eligible Employee's
Compensation for the portion of the Plan Year that the individual was an
Eligible Employee. For purposes of determining Contribution Percentages, the
Employer or the Committee may take Salary Deferrals into account, in accordance
with Treasury regulations, so long as the requirements of Section 5.2(a) are met
both when the Salary Deferrals used in determining Contribution Percentages are
and are not included in determining Actual Deferral Percentages.

         2.17. "Deferred Retirement Date" means the first day of any month
subsequent to a Participant's Normal Retirement Date.

         2.18. "Disability" means any physical or mental condition for which a
Participant shall be eligible to receive benefits under the disability insurance
provisions of the Social Security Act.

         2.19. "Effective Date" means December 1, 1984, except as otherwise
provided herein.

         2.20. "Eligible Employee" means each Employee of an Employer for whom
the Employer is required to contribute Federal Insurance Contributions Act
taxes, other than (a) any person who is transferred from a foreign subsidiary on
temporary assignment in the United States, (b) any person whose terms and
conditions of employment are determined through collective bargaining, unless
the collective bargaining agreement provides for the eligibility of such person
to participate in this Plan, (c) any person who is an Employee solely by reason
of being a "leased employee" as defined under section 414(n) or 414(o) of the
Code, or (d) an independent contractor or any other person who is not treated by
the Employer as an employee for purposes of withholding federal employment
taxes, regardless of any contrary governmental or judicial determination
relating to such employment status or tax withholding. If a person described in
clause (d) of the preceding sentence is subsequently reclassified as, or
determined to be, an employee by the Internal Revenue Service, any other
governmental agency or authority, or a court, or if an Employer or Affiliated
Company is required to reclassify such an individual as an employee as a result
of such reclassification or determination (including any reclassification by an
Employer or Affiliated Company in settlement of any claim or action relating to
such individual's employment status), such individual will not become eligible
to become a Participant in this Plan by reason of such reclassification or
determination.

         2.21. "Employee" means a person who is employed by an Employer or an
Affiliated Company. A person who is not otherwise employed by an Employer will
be deemed to be employed by any such company if he is a leased employee with
respect to whose services such Employer or Affiliated Company is the recipient,
within the meaning of section 414(n) or 414(o) of the Code, but to whom section
414(n)(5) of the Code does not apply.

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         2.22. "Employer" means the Company and each Affiliated Company which
adopts this Plan and joins in the corresponding Trust Agreement.

         2.23. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor statute of
similar purpose.

         2.24. "Highly Compensated Employee" means, for Plan Years beginning on
or after January 1, 1997, any Employee who performed services for an Employer or
an Affiliated Company during the Plan Year for which a determination is being
made (the "Determination Year") and who:

         (a) was at any time in the Determination Year or the immediately
preceding Determination Year a five-percent (5%) owner, as defined in section
416(i) of the Code; or

         (b) for the immediately preceding Determination Year, received
Compensation from the Employer or an Affiliated Company in excess of $80,000, as
adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with section 414(q) of
the Code.

         2.25. "Investment Fund" means any of the funds established pursuant to
Section 6.2 for the investment of the assets of the Trust Fund.

         2.26. "Investment Manager" means any fiduciary (other than the Trustee
or other Named Fiduciary) who has the power to manage, acquire, or dispose of
any asset of the Plan and who is qualified as an "investment manager" within the
meaning of section 3(38) of ERISA.

         2.27. "Matching Contribution" means an Employer contribution made
pursuant to Section 4.2.

         2.28. "Matching Contribution Account" means so much of a Participant's
Account as consists of amounts attributable to Matching Contributions allocated
to such Participant's Account, including all earnings and gains attributable
thereto and reduced by all losses attributable thereto, all expenses chargeable
thereagainst and by all withdrawals and distributions therefrom.

         2.29. "Named Fiduciary" means the Board of Directors, the Trustee, and
the Committee. Each Named Fiduciary will have only those particular powers,
duties, responsibilities and obligations as are specifically delegated to him
under the Plan or the Trust Agreement. Any fiduciary, if so appointed, may serve
in more than one fiduciary capacity and may also serve in a non-fiduciary
capacity.

         2.30. "Normal Retirement Date" means as to Participants who attained
age 65 prior to January 1, 1992, the date on which on which a Participant
attained age 65 and as to all other

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Participants, the later to occur of (a) the date on which the Participant
attains age 62, or (b) January 1, 1992.

         2.31. "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who has elected to
participate in the Plan and has filed the required authorizations operative
under the Plan as provided in Article III hereof, or a person who has an
undistributed interest in the Trust Fund.

         2.32. "Plan" means the K-Tron International, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies Profit-Sharing and Thrift Plan as set forth herein, and as the same
may from time to time hereafter be amended.

         2.33. "Plan Year" means each consecutive 12-month period beginning on
each January 1 and ending on each December 31.

         2.34. "QDRO" means a "qualified domestic relations order" within the
meaning of section 206(d)(3)(B) of ERISA and section 414(p) of the Code.

         2.35. "Qualified Employer Contribution" means a contribution made by an
Employer pursuant to Section 4.4.

         2.36. "Qualified Employer Contribution Account" means so much of a
Participant's Account as consists of amounts attributable to Qualified Employer
Contributions allocated to such Participant's Account, including all earnings
and gains attributable thereto and reduced by all losses attributable thereto,
all expenses chargeable thereagainst and by all withdrawals and distributions
therefrom.

         2.37. "Qualified Military Service" means any service in the uniformed
services (as defined in chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code) where the
Participant's right to reemployment is protected by law.

         2.38. "Regular Contribution" means an Employer contribution made
pursuant to Section 4.3.

         2.39. "Regular Contribution Account" means so much of a Participant's
Account as consists of amounts attributable to Regular Contributions and
top-heavy contributions pursuant to Article VIII that are allocated to such
Participant's Account, including all earnings and gains attributable thereto and
reduced by all losses attributable thereto, all expenses chargeable thereagainst
and by all withdrawals and distributions therefrom.

         2.40. "Retirement" means the termination of a Participant's employment
on his Normal or Deferred Retirement Date.

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         2.41. "Rollover Account" means so much of a Participant's Account as
consists of his Rollover Contributions, including all earnings and gains
attributable thereto, and reduced by all losses attributable thereto, all
expenses chargeable thereto and all withdrawals and distributions therefrom.

         2.42. "Rollover Contributions" means amounts contributed by an Eligible
Employee pursuant to Section 4.7.

         2.43. "Salary Deferral Account" means so much of a Participant's
Account as consists of his Salary Deferrals, including all earnings and gains
attributable thereto, and reduced by all losses attributable thereto, all
expenses chargeable thereto and all withdrawals and distributions therefrom.

         2.44. "Salary Deferrals" means the portion of a Participant's
Compensation which is reduced in accordance with Section 4.1(a) and with respect
to which a corresponding contribution is made to the Plan by the Employer
pursuant to Section 4.1(c).

         2.45.    "Service" means the following:

         (a)      All periods of employment with an Employer.

                  A period of employment begins as of the date the Employee
                  first completes an Hour of Employment for the Employer and
                  ends on the earlier of the date the Employee resigns, is
                  discharged, retires or dies or, if the Employee is absent for
                  any other reason, on the first anniversary of the first day of
                  such absence (with or without pay) from the Employer. If an
                  Employee is absent for any reason and returns to the employ of
                  the Employer before incurring a Break-in-Service, as provided
                  in Subsection (b), he shall receive credit for his period of
                  absence up to a maximum of 12 months. Service subsequent to a
                  Break-in-Service will be credited as a separate period of
                  employment.

         (b)      "Break-in-Service" means a period of 12-consecutive months
                  during which an Employee fails to accrue an Hour of Employment
                  with the Employer. Such period begins on the earlier of the
                  date the Employee resigns, is discharged, retires or dies or,
                  if the Employee is absent for any other reason, on the first
                  anniversary of the first day of such absence (with or without
                  pay) from the Employer. If an Employee is absent by reason of
                  (i) the pregnancy of the Employee, (ii) the birth of a child
                  of the Employee, (iii) the placement of a child with the
                  Employee in connection with an adoption of such child by such
                  Employee, or (iv) caring for such child immediately following
                  such birth or placement, such Employee will not be treated as
                  having retired, resigned or been discharged and the period
                  between the first and second anniversary of the first day of
                  such absence shall not be deemed a Break-in-Service.

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         (c)      "Month of Service" means a calendar month any part of which is
                  in a period of employment or credited absence.

         (d)      "Year of Service" means, unless otherwise indicated, twelve
                  (12) Months of Service.

         (e)      "Hour of Employment" means the following:

                  (1)      For an Employee paid on an hourly basis or for whom
                           hourly records of employment are required to be
                           maintained, each hour for which the person is
                           directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment
                           for the performance of duties or for the period of
                           time when no duties are performed, irrespective of
                           whether the employment relationship has terminated,
                           such as vacation, holiday or illness.

                  (2)      For an Employee paid on a non-hourly basis or for
                           whom hourly records of employment are not required to
                           be maintained, each week for which the person
                           directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment
                           shall be equal to 45 Hours of Employment.

                  (3)      A person shall receive an Hour of Employment for each
                           hour for which back pay has been awarded or agreed to
                           irrespective of mitigation of damages, provided that
                           each such hour shall be credited to the Applicable
                           Computation Period to which it pertains, rather than
                           the Applicable Computation Period in which the award
                           or agreement is made, and further provided that no
                           such award or agreement shall have the effect of
                           crediting an Hour of Employment for any hour for
                           which the person previously received credit under (1)
                           or (2) above.

                  (4)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, Hours of Employment
                           shall be computed and credited in accordance with
                           Department of Labor Regulations 2530.200(b)-2,
                           subparagraphs (b) and (c).

         (f)      An Employee shall receive credit for the period of his
                  employment with another business entity to which he had been
                  transferred by the Company solely for purposes of determining
                  his vested interest in accordance with Section 7.1.

         2.46. "Social Security Taxable Wage Base" means the amount of wages
from which Social Security taxes are required to be withheld in accordance with
the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or any successor act, regulation, or
ruling pertaining thereto, which is in effect at the beginning of each Plan
Year.

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         2.47. "Trust Agreement" means the trust instrument executed by the
Company and the Trustee for purposes of providing a vehicle for investment of
the assets of the Plan.

         2.48. "Trustee" means the party or parties so designated pursuant to
the Trust Agreement and each of their respective successors.

         2.49. "Trust Fund" means all of the assets of the Plan held by the
Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

         2.50. "Valuation Date" means the last day of each calendar month or
such other dates as the Committee may determine from time to time. The date or
dates designated by the Committee and communicated in writing to the Trustee for
the purpose of valuing each Investment Fund and adjusting Accounts hereunder
need not be uniform with respect to each Investment Fund or Participant
Accounts; provided, however, that each Investment Fund will be valued and each
Participant Account will be adjusted no less often than once annually.

         2.51. Other Defined Terms. Other terms may be defined within the text
of subsequent Sections of this Plan. Unless specifically indicated otherwise,
such terms will have those defined meanings for all purposes under this Plan,
with the same force and effect as if set out in this Article II.

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                                  ARTICLE III.
                            PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY

         3.1.     Eligibility for Participation.

         (a) Each Employee who was a Participant on December 31, 1998 shall
continue to be a Participant as of January 1, 1999. Each Employee who was an
Eligible Employee on December 31, 1998 shall continue to be an Eligible Employee
as of January 1, 1999.

         (b) Prior to October 1, 1999, each other Eligible Employee may:

                  (1) for purposes of Section 4.1, become a Participant as of
the first day of the calendar quarter next following the date he completes one
(1) Year of Service.

                  (2) for all other purposes of the Plan, become a Participant
as of the last day of the calendar quarter in which he completes one (1) Year of
Service.

                  For purposes of this Section 3.1, "Year of Service" shall mean
an Applicable Computation Period in which the Eligible Employee completes 1,000
Hours of Employment with an Employer.

         (c) Effective October 1, 1999, each other Eligible Employee may:

                  (1) for purposes of Section 4.1, become a Participant as of
the first day of the calendar quarter next following the date he completes six
(6) Months of Service.

                  (2) for all other purposes of the Plan, become a Participant
as of the last day of the calendar quarter in which he completes six (6) Months
of Service.

                  For purposes of this Section 3.1, "six (6) Months of Service"
shall mean an Applicable Computation Period in which the Eligible Employee
completes 500 Hours of Employment with an Employer.

         3.2. Procedure for and Effect of Participation. Each Participant will
complete such forms and provide such data as are reasonably required by the
Committee as a precondition of such participation. By becoming a Participant, an
Eligible Employee will for all purposes be deemed conclusively to have assented
to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the corresponding Trust Agreement, and
to all amendments to such instruments.

         3.3.     Reemployment.

         (a) If an Eligible Employee satisfies the requirements of Section 3.1,
terminates employment with the Employers and Affiliated Companies and is later
reemployed, he will again

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be eligible to participate in the Plan on the date he is reemployed or on the
first day of any subsequent calendar quarter.

         (b) If an Employee satisfies the requirements of Section 3.1 and
subsequently becomes an Eligible Employee, he will be eligible to participate in
the Plan on the date he becomes an Eligible Employee or on the first day of any
subsequent calendar quarter.

         3.4. Effect of Collective Bargaining. In the event a collective
bargaining agreement is entered into between an Employer and a representative
for any class of Employees in the employ of the Employer subsequent to January
1, 1999, eligibility for participation in the Plan by such Employees who are not
Participants shall not be extended beyond the effective date of the collective
bargaining agreement unless the agreement extends membership in the Plan to such
Employees. If, under the collective bargaining agreement, participation in the
Plan is not extended, such Employees who are Participants in the Plan shall
remain Participants but shall not be permitted to contribute in accordance with
Article IV or share in any Employer contributions or forfeitures allocated in
accordance with Articles IV and VIII for the period beyond the effective date of
the collective bargaining agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                  CONTRIBUTIONS

         4.1.     Salary Deferral Contributions.

         (a) Elections. Subject to the limitations set forth in Article V, each
Participant may elect, in the manner prescribed by the Committee, to reduce his
Compensation received on and after the effective date of the election through
payroll reductions by an amount equal to from one percent (1%) to fifteen
percent (15%), in whole percentages, of his Compensation payable with respect to
any payroll period.

         The Salary Deferrals elected by a Participant will be tentative and
will become final only after the Committee has made such adjustments thereto as
it deems necessary to maintain the qualified status of the Plan and to satisfy
all requirements of section 401(k) of the Code.

         (b) Increase in or Reduction of Salary Deferrals. A Participant may, in
the manner prescribed by the Committee, elect to increase or reduce the rate of
his Salary Deferrals (including cessation or recommencement of such Salary
Deferrals), or change the type of contribution being made, within the limits
described in Section 4.1. Any new election made pursuant to this subsection (b)
at least 30 days (or such other period as the Committee may designate from time
to time) prior to the first day of the next following calendar month (for
periods prior to August 1, 1999, the next following calendar quarter) (or as of
such other dates as the Committee may designate from time to time), will be
effective as of such date.

         (c) Contribution and Allocation of Salary Deferrals. The Employer will
contribute to the Plan with respect to each Plan Year an amount equal to the
Salary Deferrals of its Participants for such Plan Year, as determined pursuant
to Salary Deferral elections in force pursuant to this Section. There will be
allocated to the Salary Deferral Account of each Participant the Salary Deferral
amounts contributed by the Employer to the Plan with respect to that
Participant.

         4.2.     Matching Contributions.

         (a) Matching Contributions. Subject to the limitations described in
Article V, an Employer will contribute to the Plan, on behalf of each
Participant who is eligible to receive an allocation of Matching Contributions
and who has made Salary Deferrals during a Plan Year, an amount equal to the
designated percentage rate of each Participant's Salary Deferrals for the Plan
Year. Such designated percentage rate shall be determined by the Company and
announced to Employees at the end of the Plan Year of reference. Notwithstanding
the foregoing and subject to the limitations described in Article V, an Employer
may contribute to the Plan, on behalf of each Participant who is eligible to
receive an allocation of additional Matching Contributions and who has made
Salary Deferrals during a Plan Year, an additional amount of Matching
Contributions.

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         (b) Allocation of Matching Contributions. Matching Contributions made
pursuant to this Section 4.2 will be allocated, as of the last day of the Plan
Year for which such contributions are made, to the Matching Contribution
Accounts of Participants who are employed by an Employer on the last business
day of the Plan Year. Additional Matching Contributions will be allocated, as of
the last day of the Plan Year for which such contributions are made, to the
Matching Contribution Accounts of Participants who are employed by the Employer
on the last business day of the Plan Year, in the same proportion that the
Salary Deferrals of each such Participant for such Plan Year bears to the
aggregate Salary Deferrals of all Participants for such Plan Year.

         4.3. Regular Contributions. Subject to the limitations described in
Article V, the Employers may contribute for each Plan Year an amount which,
along with forfeitures, shall be allocated to Participants in the employ of the
Employers on the last business day of such Plan Year, which amount shall be
credited at the end of such Plan Year.

         Such amount shall be allocated to a Participant in the same proportion
as (i) the sum of such Participant's Compensation and Compensation in excess of
the Social Security Taxable Wage Base, bears to (ii) the sum of Compensation and
Compensation in excess of the Social Security Taxable Wage Base for all such
Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum percentage allocated to
a Participant pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be the greater of (i)
5.7% or (ii) the portion of the rate of tax payable by an Employer under Section
3111(a) of the Code which is attributable to old-age insurance at the beginning
of each Plan Year; provided, however, that if the total amount to be allocated
to a Participant exceeds this limitation, the excess allocation to which the
Participant is entitled shall be in the same proportion as the Participant's
Compensation bears to the sum of all Participants' Compensation.

         4.4. Qualified Employer Contributions. Subject to the limitations
described in Article V, the Employer may, in its discretion, make Qualified
Employer Contributions for a Plan Year, which will be allocated as of the last
day of the Plan Year for which such contributions are made to the Qualified
Employer Contribution Accounts of some or all of those Participants who are not
Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year, as determined by the Employer at
the time such contributions are made, in an amount necessary to satisfy at least
one of the tests in Section 5.2. The allocable share of each such Participant
will be in the ratio which his Salary Deferrals for the Plan Year bears to the
aggregate Salary Deferrals for all such Participants.

         4.5. Contributions for Additional Participants. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Article IV, a Participant shall be entitled to
share in the Matching Contributions, additional Matching Contributions,
Qualified Employer Contributions and Regular Contributions and forfeitures, if
any, for the Plan Year of (i) his Retirement, Disability or death, (ii) the
commencement or end of a "leave of absence" authorized by the Employer, or (iii)
his transfer to another business entity to which such Participant had been
transferred by the Employer, even if the Participant is not in the employ of the
Employer on the last business day of such Plan Year.

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         As used herein, "leave of absence" shall mean a leave granted for
pregnancy, sickness, death or any other family obligation or status; personal or
family hardship or special business circumstances; educational purposes; and/or
civic, charitable or governmental services, provided that all Participants under
similar circumstances are treated in a similar manner.

         A Participant shall not share in the allocation of an Employer's
Regular Contributions or forfeitures for any Plan Year during which he
terminated his employment for reasons other than those specified above.

         4.6.     Contributions With Respect to Military Service.

         (a) Salary Deferrals. A Participant who returns to employment with an
Employer or an Affiliated Company following a period of Qualified Military
Service will be permitted to make additional Salary Deferrals, within the limits
described in Section 4.1, up to an amount equal to the Salary Deferrals that the
Participant would have been permitted to contribute to the Plan if he had
continued to be employed and received Compensation during the period of
Qualified Military Service. Salary Deferrals under this Section may be made
during the period which begins on the date such Participant returns to
employment and which has the same length as the lesser of (a) 3 multiplied by
the period of Qualified Military Service and (b) 5 years.

         (b) Matching Contributions. The Employer will contribute to the Plan,
on behalf of each Participant who is eligible for Matching Contributions and who
has made Salary Deferrals under paragraph (a) above, an amount equal to the
Matching Contributions that would have been required under Section 4.2 had such
Salary Deferrals been made during the period of Qualified Military Service.

         (c) Other Employer Contributions. The Employer will contribute to the
Plan, on behalf of each Participant who returns from Qualified Military Service
as described in subsection (a), an amount equal to any other Employer
contributions that would have been required under Sections 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 had
such Participant continued to be employed and received Compensation during the
period of Qualified Military Service.

         (d) Limitations on Contributions. The Salary Deferrals, Matching
Contributions, additional Matching Contributions, Qualified Employer
Contributions and Regular Contributions made under this Section will be subject
to the limitations described in Article V for the Plan Year
to which such contributions relate.

         4.7. Rollover Contributions. Effective September 1, 1999, the Plan will
accept, as "Rollover Contributions" made on behalf of any Eligible Employee,
cash equal to (a) all or a portion of the amount received by the Eligible
Employee as a distribution from (either directly or through a conduit individual
retirement account), or (b) an amount transferred directly to the Plan (pursuant
to section 401(a)(31) of the Code) on the Eligible Employee's behalf, by the
trustee of another qualified trust forming a part of a plan described in section
401(a) or 403(a)

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of the Code, but only if the deposit qualifies as a tax-free rollover as defined
in section 402 of the Code as determined in accordance with procedures
established by the Committee. If the amount received does not qualify as a
tax-free rollover, the amount will be refunded to the Eligible Employee.
Rollover amounts will be allocated to the Eligible Employee's Rollover Account
and invested in accordance with the provisions of Article VI.

         4.8. Timing of Contributions. Matching Contributions, additional
Matching Contributions, Qualified Employer Contributions and Regular
Contributions for any Plan Year under this Article IV will be made no later than
the last date on which amounts so paid may be deducted for federal income tax
purposes for the taxable year of the Employer in which the Plan Year ends.
Amounts contributed as Salary Deferrals will be remitted to the Trustee as soon
as such practicable, but no later than the fifteenth (15th) business day of the
month following the month in which such contributions were withheld from the
Participant's Compensation. The requirements of this Section do not apply to
contributions made pursuant to Section 4.6.

         4.9. Contingent Nature of Contributions. Each contribution made by the
Employer pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6
is made expressly contingent on its deductibility for federal income tax
purposes for the fiscal year with respect to which such contribution is made,
and no such contribution will be made for any year to the extent it would exceed
the deductible limit for such year as set forth in section 404 of the Code.

         4.10. Exclusive Benefit; Refund of Contributions. All contributions
made to the Plan are made for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and
their Beneficiaries, and such contributions will not be used for, nor diverted
to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their
Beneficiaries (including the costs of maintaining and administering the Plan and
corresponding trust). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that such
refunds do not, in themselves, deprive the Plan of its qualified status, refunds
of contributions will be made to the Employer under the following circumstances
and subject to the following limitations:

         (a) Disallowance of Deduction. To the extent that a federal income tax
deduction is disallowed, in whole or in part, for any contribution made by an
Employer, or such contribution is otherwise nondeductible and recovery thereof
is permitted, the Trustee will refund to the Employer the amount so disallowed
within one (1) year of the date of such disallowance or as otherwise permitted
by applicable administrative rules.

         (b) Mistake of Fact. In the case of a contribution which is made in
whole or in part by reason of a mistake of fact, so much of the Employer
contribution as is attributable to the mistake of fact will be returnable to the
Employer upon demand, upon presentation of evidence of the mistake of fact to
the Trustee and of calculations as to the impact of such mistake. Demand and
repayment must be effectuated within one (1) year after the payment of the
contribution to which the mistake applies.

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         In the event that any refund is paid to the Employer hereunder, such
refund will be made without regard to net investment gains attributable to the
contribution, but will be reduced to reflect net investment losses attributable
thereto.

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                                   ARTICLE V.
                          LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS

         5.1.     Calendar Year Limitation on Salary Deferrals.

         (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Salary
Deferrals made on behalf of an active Participant under this Plan together with
elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g) of the Code) under any other
plan or arrangement maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Company will not
exceed $10,000 (as adjusted in accordance with section 402(g) of the Code and
Treasury regulations thereunder) for any calendar year. Furthermore, should a
Participant claim that his Salary Deferrals under this Plan when added to his
other elective deferrals under any other plan or arrangement (whether or not
maintained by an Employer or an Affiliated Company) exceed the limit imposed by
section 402(g) of the Code for the calendar year in which the deferrals
occurred, the Committee will distribute, by April 15 of the following calendar
year, the amount of Salary Deferrals specified in the Participant's claim, plus
income thereon determined in the manner described in Section 5.3(c). The
Participant's claim will be in writing and will be submitted to the Committee
prior to April 1 following the calendar year in which such deferrals occurred. A
Participant will be deemed to have made a claim for distribution of excess
deferrals from the Plan to the extent that his Salary Deferrals together with
his elective deferrals under any other plan or arrangement maintained by the
Employer or an Affiliated Company exceed the limit imposed by section 402(g) of
the Code for the calendar year. For purposes of determining the necessary
reduction, (1) Salary Deferrals previously distributed pursuant to Section
5.3(a) or returned to the Participant pursuant to Section 5.4 will be treated as
distributed under this Section 5.1 and (2) Salary Deferrals not taken into
account in determining Matching Contributions under Section 4.2 will be reduced
first.

         (b) In the event a Participant receives a distribution of excess Salary
Deferrals pursuant to paragraph (a), the Participant will forfeit any Matching
Contributions (plus income thereon determined as described in Section 5.3(c))
allocated to the Participant by reason of the distributed Salary Deferrals.
Amounts forfeited will be used to reduce future Matching Contributions made
pursuant to Section 4.2.

         5.2. Nondiscrimination Limitations on Salary Deferrals and Matching
Contributions.

         (a) Salary Deferral Limitations. With respect to Salary Deferrals for
any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1997, one of the following tests
must be satisfied:

                  (1) The Average Actual Deferral Percentage for active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year will not
exceed the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for all other active Participants
for the preceding Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or

                  (2) The Average Actual Deferral Percentage for active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year will not
exceed the Average Actual Deferral

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Percentage for all other active Participants for the preceding Plan Year
multiplied by two (2), provided that the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for
such Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the applicable Average Actual
Deferral Percentage for all other active Participants by more than two (2)
percentage points.

         (b) Matching Contribution Limitations. With respect to Matching
Contributions for any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1997, one of
the following tests must be satisfied:

                  (1) The Average Contribution Percentage for active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year will not
exceed the Average Contribution Percentage for all other active Participants for
the preceding Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or

                  (2) The Average Contribution Percentage for active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year will not
exceed the Average Contribution Percentage for all other active Participants for
the preceding Plan Year multiplied by two (2), provided that the Average
Contribution Percentage for such Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed
the applicable Average Contribution Percentage for all other active Participants
by more than two (2) percentage points.

         (c) Aggregate Limitation. For any Plan Year in which both the
limitations in Sections 5.2(a)(1) and (b)(1) are exceeded, the sum of the
Average Actual Deferral Percentage and the Average Contribution Percentage for
active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees (determined after
adjustments are made under Sections 5.3(a) and (b) for purposes of satisfying
the limitations described in Sections 5.2(a) and (b)) will not exceed the
greater of:

                  (1) the sum of (A) the greater of the applicable Average
Actual Deferral Percentage or the Average Contribution Percentage for all other
active Participants multiplied by 1.25, plus (B) the lesser of (i) two (2)
multiplied by the lesser of the applicable Average Actual Deferral Percentage or
the Average Contribution Percentage for all other Participants, or (ii) two
percent (2%) plus the lesser of the applicable Average Actual Deferral
Percentage or the Average Contribution Percentage for all other active
Participants; or

                  (2) the sum of (A) the lesser of the applicable Average Actual
Deferral Percentage or the Average Contribution Percentage for all other active
Participants multiplied by 1.25, plus (B) the lesser of (i) two (2) multiplied
by the greater of the applicable Average Actual Deferral Percentage or the
Average Contribution Percentage for all other active Participants, or (ii) two
percent (2%) plus the greater of the applicable Average Actual Deferral
Percentage or the Average Contribution Percentage for all other active
Participants.

         (d) For purposes of subsections (a) through (c), this Plan will be
aggregated and treated as a single plan with other plans maintained by the
Employer or an Affiliated Company

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to the extent that this Plan is aggregated with any such other plan for purposes
of satisfying section 410(b) (other than section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) of the Code.

         (e) The determination and treatment of the Salary Deferrals, Matching
Contributions, Qualified Employer Contributions, Actual Deferral Percentage and
Contribution Percentage of any Participant will satisfy such other requirements
as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.

         5.3.     Correction of Discriminatory Contributions.

         (a) If the nondiscrimination tests of Section 5.2(a) are not satisfied
with respect to Salary Deferrals for any Plan Year beginning on or after January
1, 1997, the Committee will (1) determine the amount by which the Actual
Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee or Employees with the
highest Actual Deferral Percentage for the Plan Year would need to be reduced to
comply with the limit in Section 5.2(a), (2) convert the excess percentage
amount determined under clause (1) into a dollar amount, and (3) reduce the
Salary Deferrals of the Highly Compensated Employee or Employees with the
greatest dollar amount of Salary Deferrals by the lesser of (A) the amount by
which the Highly Compensated Employee's Salary Deferrals exceeds the Salary
Deferrals of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount
of Salary Deferrals, or (B) the amount of the excess dollar amount determined
under clause (2). This process will be repeated until the Salary Deferrals of
Highly Compensated Employees have been reduced by an amount equal to the excess
dollar amount determined under clause (2). The Salary Deferrals of any Highly
Compensated Employee which must be reduced pursuant to this subsection (a) will
be reduced (i) first, by distributing Salary Deferrals not taken into account in
determining Matching Contributions under Section 4.2, and (ii) then, by
distributing Salary Deferrals not described in (i), within twelve (12) months of
the close of the Plan Year with respect to which the reduction applies, and the
provisions of Section 5.1(b) regarding the forfeiture of related Matching
Contributions will apply. For purposes of determining the necessary reduction,
Salary Deferrals previously distributed pursuant to Section 5.1 will be treated
as distributed under this Section 5.3(a).

         (b) If the nondiscrimination tests of Section 5.2(b) are not satisfied
with respect to Matching Contributions for any Plan Year beginning on or after
January 1, 1997, the Committee will (1) determine the amount by which the Actual
Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee or Employees with
the highest Actual Contribution Percentage for the Plan Year would need to be
reduced to comply with the limit in Section 5.2(b), (2) convert the excess
percentage amount determined under clause (1) into a dollar amount, and (3)
reduce the excess contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee or Employees
with the greatest dollar amount of Matching Contributions by the lesser of (A)
the amount by which the dollar amount of the affected Highly Compensated
Employees's Matching Contributions exceeds the dollar amount of the Matching
Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar
amount of Matching Contributions, or (B) the amount of the excess dollar amount
determined under clause (2). This process will be repeated until the

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Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employees has been reduced by
an amount equal to the excess dollar amount determined under clause (2). The
Matching Contributions of any Highly Compensated Employee which must be reduced
pursuant to this subsection (b) will be reduced by distributing any Matching
Contributions, within twelve (12) months of the close of the Plan Year with
respect to which the reduction applies. Amounts forfeited under this subsection
(b) will be applied to reduce future Matching Contributions made pursuant to
Section 4.2.

         (c) Any distribution, recharacterization or forfeiture of Salary
Deferrals or Matching Contributions necessary pursuant to subsections (a) or (b)
will include a distribution or forfeiture of the income, if any, allocable to
such contributions. Such income will be equal to the sum of (1) the allocable
gain or loss for the Plan Year (determined by multiplying the income allocable
to the Participant's Salary Deferrals or Matching Contributions, as applicable,
for the Plan Year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Participant's
excess Salary Deferrals or Matching Contributions, as applicable, for the Plan
Year and the denominator is the Participant's Salary Deferral Account or
Matching Contribution Account, as applicable, as of the beginning of the Plan
Year), plus (2) ten percent (10%) of the amount determined under clause (1)
multiplied by the number of whole calendar months between the end of the Plan
Year and the date of distribution, counting the month of distribution if
distribution occurs after the fifteenth day of the month.

         (d) For purposes of satisfying the nondiscrimination test described in
Section 5.2(c), the Salary Deferrals of all Highly Compensated Employees will be
reduced as described in subsections (a) and (b), (i) first, by distributing
Salary Deferrals not taken into account in determining Matching Contributions
under Section 4.2, and (ii) then, by distributing Salary Deferrals not described
in clause (i) and forfeiting Matching Contributions corresponding to such
distributed Salary Deferrals.

         (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, for any
Highly Compensated Employee who is an active Participant in the Plan while
eligible to participate in any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the
Employer or an Affiliated Company (excluding any such plan which is not
permitted to be aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Treas. Reg.
Section 1.401(k)-1(g)(11) or Section 1.401(m)-1(f)(14)) under which the Employee
has made employee contributions or elective deferrals, or is credited with
employer matching contributions for the year, the Committee will coordinate
corrective actions under this Plan and such other plan for the year.

         (f) In lieu of or in addition to the actions described in subsections
(a) through (e) of this Section, to satisfy the tests in Section 5.2, the
Employer may make Qualified Employer Contributions as described in Section 4.4.

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         5.4.     Annual Additions Limitations.

         (a) In no event will the Annual Additions on behalf of any Participant
for any Plan Year exceed the lesser of:

                  (1)      $30,000, or

                  (2) twenty-five percent (25%) of such Participant's
Compensation for the Plan Year.

         The limitation referred to in Section 5.4(a)(2) will not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits within the meaning of section 401(h) or
section 419A(f)(2) of the Code which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition
under section 415(l)(1) or 419A(d)(2) of the Code.

         If the amount otherwise allocable to the Account of a Participant would
exceed the amount described above as a result of the reallocation of
forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating the Participant's Compensation, a
reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals (within the
meaning of section 402(g) of the Code) that may be made under the limitations of
section 415 of the Code, or such other circumstances as permitted by law, the
Committee will determine which portion, if any, of such excess amount is
attributable to the Participant's Salary Deferrals and/or Matching Contributions
and/or Qualified Employer Contributions, if any, until such excess amount has
been exhausted. To the extent any portion of a Participant's Salary Deferrals
are determined to be excess under this Section, such Salary Deferrals, with
income thereon, will be returned to the Participant as soon as administratively
practicable. To the extent any portion of the Matching Contributions and/or
Qualified Employer Contributions allocable to a Participant are determined to be
excess under this Section, while the Participant remains an Eligible Employee,
his excess Matching Contributions and/or Qualified Employer Contributions will
be held in a suspense account (which will share in investment gains and losses
of the Fund) by the Trustee until the following Plan Year (or any succeeding
Plan Years), at which time such amounts will be allocated to the Participant's
Account before any Matching Contributions and/or Qualified Employer
Contributions are made on his behalf for the Plan Year. When the Participant
ceases to be an Eligible Employee, his excess Matching Contributions and/or
Qualified Employer Contributions held in the suspense account will be allocated
in the following Plan Year (or any succeeding Plan Years) to the Accounts of
other Participants in the Plan. Furthermore, the Committee will perform any
other actions as may be necessary to preserve the Plan's status as a qualified
plan.

         (b) Effective for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2000, the
amount allocated to the Account of any Participant for any Plan Year will not
cause the sum of the "defined contribution fraction" and the "defined benefit
fraction," as such terms are defined in section 415(e) of the Code, to exceed
1.0, or such other limitation as may be applicable under section 415 of the Code
with respect to any combination of qualified plans without disqualification of

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any such plan. In the event that the amount tentatively available for allocation
to the Account of any Participant in any Plan Year beginning before January 1,
2000 exceeds the maximum amount permissible hereunder, benefits under the
defined benefit plan or plans in which the Participant is participating will be
adjusted to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of section 415(e)
of the Code.

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                                   ARTICLE VI.
                     INVESTMENT AND VALUATION OF TRUST FUND;
                             MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS

         6.1. Investment of Assets. All existing assets of the Trust Fund and
all future contributions will be invested by the Trustee in accordance with the
terms of the Trust Agreement and Section 6.2.

         6.2. Investment in Investment Funds. The Committee will designate the
available Investment Funds to which a Participant may direct the investment of
amounts credited to his Account. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may from
time to time designate additional Investment Funds of the same or different
types or modify, cease to offer or eliminate any existing Investment Funds.

         Anything contained in this Section 6.2 to the contrary notwithstanding,
all or any part of the Trust Fund may be invested by one or more Investment
Managers appointed by the Committee, under one or more pooled or commingled
funds maintained by a bank or insurance company, together with commingled assets
of other plans of deferred compensation qualified under section 401(a) of the
Code. A portion of the Trust Fund, as determined by the Committee, may be held
in the form of uninvested cash or in a liquid asset account for temporary
periods pending reinvestment or distribution.

         6.3. Investment Elections. Each Participant, upon commencing or
recommencing active participation under Section 4.1, will direct in the form and
at the time prescribed by the Committee the investment of contributions made by
him or on his behalf in any one or more of the available Investment Funds, in
whole percentage increments, subject to such limitations as the Committee may
prescribe. In the event a Participant fails to direct the investment of all or a
portion of his Account, the Committee will designate a default Investment Fund
in which such amount will be invested.

         6.4. Change of Election. Each Participant may change his investment
direction with respect to the investment of his future contributions by written
notice to the Committee (or its delegate) at least 30 days (or such shorter
period as is acceptable to the Committee) prior to the first day of the first
calendar month as of which such election is to be effective. Until changed in
accordance with this Section 6.4, an Investment Fund election shall remain in
effect for all subsequent Plan Years.

         6.5. Transfers Between Investment Funds. Each Participant or
Beneficiary of a deceased Participant may elect to transfer all or a portion of
his interest in any Investment Fund to any other available Investment Fund by
written notice to the Committee (or its delegate) at least 30 days (or such
shorter period as is acceptable to the Committee) prior to the first day of the
first calendar month as of which such election is to be effective (or at such
other time as determined in accordance with Section), provided such change (i)
results in multiples of 5% in

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any one Investment Fund; (ii) is applied to the ending balance determined as of
the applicable Valuation Date; and (iii) is applicable equally to each of the
Participant's Accounts. Such change shall become effective within such period of
time as may be administratively required for the orderly liquidation of
investments following the applicable Valuation Date.

         6.6. Individual Accounts. There will be maintained on the books of the
Plan with respect to each Participant, as applicable, a Salary Deferral Account,
a Matching Contribution Account, a Regular Contribution Account, a Qualified
Employer Contribution Account and a Rollover Account. Each such Account will
separately reflect the Participant's interest in each Investment Fund relating
to such Account. Each Participant will receive, at least annually or at more
frequent intervals determined by the Committee, a statement of his Account
showing the balances in each Investment Fund. A Participant's interest in any
Investment Fund will be determined and accounted for based on his beneficial
interest in any such fund, and no Participant will have any interest in or
rights to any specific asset of any Investment Fund.

         6.7. Valuation. The Trust Fund shall be valued by the Trustee as of
each Valuation Date on the basis of its fair market value. The Trust Fund may
also be valued by the Trustee as of any other date as the Committee may
authorize for any reason the Committee deems appropriate.

         6.8. Allocation of Investment Earnings and Expenses. On the basis of
the valuation as of a Valuation Date, subject to the provisions of Article VII,
the Accounts of all Participants shall be (a) proportionately adjusted to
reflect expenses and investment earnings such as interest, dividends, realized
and unrealized investment profits and losses, and (b) directly adjusted to
reflect all other applicable transactions during the Plan Year attributable to
such Accounts including, but not limited to, any distributions or annuity
purchases.

         6.9. Fiduciary Responsibility. This Plan is intended to constitute a
plan described in section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of
1974, as amended, and Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section
2550.404c-1. None of the Company, an Employer, the Committee, the Trustee nor
any other Plan fiduciary will be liable for any losses which are the direct and
necessary result of investment instructions provided by any Participant,
Beneficiary or Alternate Payee.

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                                  ARTICLE VII.
                        VESTING AND BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS

         7.1.     Vesting.

         (a) Upon Retirement. A Participant shall be 100% vested in his Account
at all times after first becoming eligible for Retirement. A Participant shall
be eligible to retire on his Normal or Deferred Retirement Date. In the event a
Participant does not retire on his Normal Retirement Date, he shall continue to
be credited with contributions in accordance with Articles IV and VIII until his
actual retirement.

         (b) Upon Disability. A Participant who incurs a Disability prior to his
termination of employment shall be 100% vested in his Account. The Committee
shall require evidence that the application for such benefits has been approved
by the Social Security Administrator. The final determination shall be made by
the Committee on the basis of such evidence.

                  If such Participant returns to the employ of an Employer, he
shall resume his participation as of the date of his return. The Participant's
vested interest in that portion of his Account attributable to Service from the
date of his last reemployment shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of this Article VII, without regard to his prior Disability.

         (c) Upon Death. A Participant who dies prior to his termination of
employment shall be 100% vested in his Account. Upon the death of a Participant,
his Beneficiary shall be entitled to 100% of such Participant's vested Account.

         (d) Upon Termination of Employment. Upon a Participant's termination of
employment for reasons other than his Retirement, Disability or death, the
following provisions shall apply:

                  (1) A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his
Account, except for the portion of his Account that is his Regular Contribution
Account.

                  (2) (a) Subject to Section 7.1(d)(4), for periods prior to
December 31, 1999, a Participant shall be vested in his Regular Contribution
Account in accordance with the following schedule on the basis of the
Participant's full Years of Service:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  Number of Years                              Percentage of Account
                  ---------------                              ---------------------
<S>                                                            <C>
                  Less than 3 full Years of Service            0
                  3 full Years of Service                      20%
                  4 full Years of Service                      40%
                  5 full Years of Service                      60%
                  6 full Years of Service                      80%
                  7 or more full Years of Service              100%
</TABLE>

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                           (b) Subject to Section 7.1(d)(4), for periods on and
after December 31, 1999, a Participant shall be vested in his Regular
Contribution Account in accordance with the following schedule on the basis of
the Participant's full Years of Service:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  Number of Years                              Percentage of Account
                  ---------------                              ---------------------
<S>                                                            <C>
                  Less than 1 full Year of Service             0
                  1 full Year of Service                       20%
                  2 full Years of Service                      40%
                  3 full Years of Service                      60%
                  4 full Years of Service                      80%
                  5 or more full Years of Service              100%
</TABLE>

                  (3) The portion of a Participant's Account which is not vested
shall be forfeited on the earlier of the date on which the Participant receives
a distribution of his vested benefits or the date on which such Participant
incurs five consecutive Breaks-in-Service, but in no event shall such forfeiture
occur earlier than the first day after the Valuation Date next following the
date on which the Participant terminated employment. If a Participant does not
have a vested interest in his Account, he shall be deemed to have received an
immediate distribution as of the first day after the Valuation Date next
following the date on which such Participant terminated employment. That portion
of a Participant's Regular Contribution Account which is forfeited shall be
reallocated in accordance with Section 4.3 and Article VIII.

                  (4) If a Participant is reemployed by the Employer prior to
incurring five consecutive Breaks-in-Service, the dollar amount which was
subject to forfeiture in accordance with Section 7.1(d)(3) will be restored to
the Participant's Account if the Participant repays the amount distributed from
his Account. Such amounts must be repaid to the Trust Fund in a lump sum within
five years from the date such Participant resumes his employment with the
Employer. The funds required for the restoration of such Account may, as
determined by the Committee, be paid from forfeitures, Regular Contributions, or
investment gains of the Trust Fund attributable to the Regular Contribution
Accounts of all Participants.

                  Such repaid amounts shall be credited to the Participant's
Accounts as determined by the Committee, taking into account the applicable
vesting schedules, amounts subject to special tax treatment and withdrawal
rules. Additional Accounts will be established, if required, to accommodate
these objectives. Amounts repaid and restored in accordance with this Subsection
will not be treated as Annual Additions.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no restoration shall be made to
a Participant's Account and no repayment shall be permitted with respect to
funds accumulated prior to reemployment in the case of

                  (i)      any Participant who was fully vested;

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                  (ii) any Participant who is reemployed after incurring five
consecutive Breaks-in-Service, or

                  (iii) any Participant who incurred a one year Break-in-Service
prior to January 1, 1985 and reemployment.

         7.2.     Commencement of Benefits.

         (a)      Death Benefits.

                  (1) Form and Timing of Benefit. Unless otherwise elected by
the Beneficiary and subject to Section 7.2(a)(2), death benefits will be paid in
a single lump sum to the Participant's Beneficiary as soon as practicable after
the Participant's death.

                  (2) Required Distribution Dates. Notwithstanding any provision
in the Plan to the contrary, the Benefit Payment Date:

                           (a) for a non-spouse Beneficiary will be no later
than December 31 of the year containing (i) the fifth anniversary of the
Participant's death or (ii) with respect to death benefits payable from the
Participant's Account in the form of installments, the first anniversary of the
Participant's death.

                           (b) for a spouse Beneficiary will be no later than
December 31 of the later of (i) the calendar year following the year of the
Participant's death or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant would
have attained age 70-1/2.

                  Distributions under this Section 7.2(a) will otherwise comply
with the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder, including the incidental death benefit requirements of proposed
Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.

         (b)      Upon Other Events.

                  (1) Amount of Benefit. The Plan benefit payable to a
Participant upon such Participant's termination of employment for reasons other
than his death, will be equal to the balance of his vested Account, determined
as of the Valuation Date related to the Benefit Payment Date for the
Participant.

                  (2)      Time of Distribution.

                           (a) General Rule. Distribution of benefits under this
Section 7.2(b) to the Participant will be made no later than the 60th day
following the Valuation Date next subsequent to the Participant's termination of
employment; provided, however, that in the case of a Participant who has not
reached his Normal Retirement Date and whose Account balance

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exceeds $5,000 ($3,500 for Benefit Payment Dates before January 1, 1999), no
distribution will be made at such time without the written consent of the
Participant. If the Participant does not so consent, then distribution will be
deferred until any subsequent date elected by the Participant in a manner
prescribed by the Committee, but not later than the 60th day following the last
day of the Plan Year during which the anniversary of the Participant's Normal
Retirement Date occurs.

                           (b) Required Distribution Dates. Except as otherwise
provided in this Section, the Benefit Payment Date for any Participant will not
be later than the 60th day following the close of the Plan Year in which (A) the
Participant attains age 65, (B) occurs the tenth anniversary of the year in
which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan, or (C) the
Participant terminates from employment, whichever occurs last. Notwithstanding
any provision in the Plan to the contrary, a Participant's Benefit Payment Date
shall not be later than April 1 of the calendar year following the later of (i)
the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2, or (ii) for
distributions after December 31, 1996, in the case of a Participant who is not a
5% owner (within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code) with respect to the
Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
70-1/2, the calendar year in which the Participant's termination of employment
occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who attains age 70-1/2
prior to January 1, 2000 shall be entitled to elect the April 1 of the calendar
year following the calendar year in which he attains age 70-1/2 as his Benefit
Payment Date. Distributions under this Section 7.2 will otherwise comply with
the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder, including the incidental death benefit requirements of proposed
Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.

                  (3) Election Period. A Participant's election to commence
payment prior to his Normal Retirement Date must be made within the ninety (90)
day period ending on the Benefit Payment Date elected by the Participant and in
no event earlier than the date the Committee provides the Participant with
written information relating to his right to defer payment until his Normal
Retirement Date and his right to make a direct rollover as set forth in Section
7.8. Such information must be supplied not less than thirty (30) days nor more
than ninety (90) days prior to the Benefit Payment Date. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a Participant's Benefit Payment Date may occur less than
thirty (30) days after such information has been supplied to the Participant
provided that, after the Participant has received such information and has been
advised of his right to a thirty (30) day period to make a decision regarding
the distribution, the Participant affirmatively elects a distribution.

         7.3. Withdrawals. A Participant may, in a manner prescribed by the
Committee thirty (30) days prior to the requested date of withdrawal, request a
withdrawal from his Account in accordance with the following rules:

         (a) 59-1/2 Withdrawals. A Participant, while still employed, may
request a withdrawal of (i) all or a portion of his Salary Deferral Account at
any time after he attains age 59-1/2, provided, however, that at least three
Plan Years must elapse before such Participant is

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eligible for another withdrawal from his Salary Deferral Account pursuant to
this clause; or (ii) all or a portion of his Salary Deferral Account at any time
before he attains age 59-1/2, provided such withdrawal meets the financial
hardship provisions set forth in paragraph (b) below; or (iii) all or a portion
of his Qualified Employer Contribution Account at any time after he attains age
59-1/2.

         (b) Hardship Withdrawals. Each Participant will have the right to make
a withdrawal from his Account on account of hardship. If the Committee or its
delegate determines that a requested withdrawal is on account of an immediate
and heavy financial need of the Participant, and the withdrawal is necessary to
satisfy such financial need, the Participant will be permitted to withdraw all
or a portion of his Account; provided, however, the aggregate amount of a
Participant's withdrawals from his Salary Deferral Account (including any such
withdrawals under any predecessor plan from elective deferrals and earnings
attributable thereto under such predecessor plan) will not exceed the balance of
his Account to the extent attributable to elective deferrals under any
predecessor plan as of December 31, 1988, plus the sum of his Salary Deferrals
and any elective deferrals made to any predecessor plan after December 31, 1988.
Withdrawals pursuant to this Section will be subject to the following additional
rules:

                  (1) A distribution will be deemed to be on account of an
immediate and heavy financial need of a Participant when the distribution is on
account of:

                           (A) expenses for medical care described in section
213(d) of the Code incurred by the Participant, the Participant's spouse, or any
dependents of the Participant as defined in section 152 of the Code (or the
distribution is necessary for such persons to obtain such medical care);

                           (B) costs directly related to the purchase (excluding
mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the Participant;

                           (C) payment of tuition, related educational fees,
room and board for the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for
the Participant, his spouse, children or dependents;

                           (D) the need to prevent the eviction of the
Participant from his principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of his
principal residence; or

                           (E) any other financial need as may be promulgated by
the Internal Revenue Service.

                  (2) A withdrawal will be deemed necessary to satisfy the
financial need of a Participant if:

                           (A) the amount of the withdrawal does not exceed the
amount of the Participant's immediate and heavy financial need, including, at
the election of the Participant,

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any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution;

                           (B) the Participant provides the Committee with a
signed, written statement certifying that the financial hardship cannot be
relieved:

                                    (i) through reimbursement of compensation by
insurance or otherwise;

                                    (ii) by reasonable liquidation of such
Participant's assets, including those of his spouse and minor children if they
are reasonably available to him;

                                    (iii) by discontinuance of Salary Deferrals;
or

                                    (iv) by other distributions or loans from
the Plan or any other qualified plan or loans from commercial sources on
reasonably commercial terms.

                           (C) in the absence of the certification described in
(B), the following requirements will apply:

                                    (i) The Participant must have obtained all
other distributions and loans available under all plans maintained by the
Employer.

                                    (ii) Salary Deferrals and any other Employee
contributions under all plans maintained by the Employer will be suspended for
12 months following the receipt of the financial hardship withdrawal. The
Participant's Salary Deferrals will automatically be resumed following the
required period of suspension, unless the Participant elects otherwise.

                                    (iii) The limitation of Section 5.1 which is
imposed on a Participant's Salary Deferrals for the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year of the financial hardship withdrawal will be reduced
by the amount of such contributions and/or deferrals for the calendar year of
such withdrawal.

                  (3) The amount of such financial hardship withdrawal may not
exceed the amount required to meet the specified need. In addition, the amount
of such withdrawal from a Participant's Salary Deferral Account shall be limited
to the sum of the Participant's Salary Deferrals made, plus the income credited
to the Salary Deferral Account as of the last Valuation Date in 1988.

                  (4) A financial hardship withdrawal from a Participant's
Salary Deferral Account will be available only after the total amount available
from all other Accounts has been withdrawn.

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                  (5) A hardship withdrawal will be made in a single sum
payment.

         (c) General Withdrawal Rules. Any withdrawal pursuant to this Section
7.3 shall be subject to the following requirements:

                  (1) Only one withdrawal will be permitted during any Plan
Year.

                  (2) A written request for a withdrawal must be submitted to
the Committee at least 30 days prior to the withdrawal date and must specify the
Investment Fund from which the withdrawal is to be taken.

                  (3) A withdrawal may be requested as of any January 1, or at
such other dates as the Committee may fix from time to time with respect to a
hardship withdrawal. If requested as of any date other than the day after a
Valuation Date, no investment earnings will be credited on the amount withdrawn
from the period from the last Valuation Date to the date specified for the
withdrawal.

                  (4) The minimum amount that may be withdrawn is $1,000, or the
balance in the Participant's Account from which a current withdrawal is
permitted, if less. The minimum amount limitation shall not apply in the case of
a hardship withdrawal.

         7.4.     Form of Benefit Payment.

         (a) General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.4, all
distributions of benefits payable to a Participant under Section 7.2 or 7.3 of
the Plan will be made in the form of a single lump sum. Any benefits payable
under this Article VII may be paid in cash, securities or such other assets of
the Trust Fund as the Committee may direct. The distribution of a lump sum to a
Participant or his Beneficiary shall constitute the complete discharge of all
obligations of the Plan.

         (b) Small Benefits. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, the Committee will direct that a Participant's Account will be paid in
a single sum without the Participant's consent (or, in the event of the
Participant's death, his Beneficiary's) if, as of a Benefit Payment Date which
occurs on or after January 1, 1999, the total value of the Participant's Account
is $5,000 or less ($3,500 for Benefit Payment Dates before January 1, 1999). Any
such distribution shall occur not later than the earlier to occur of (1) the
90th day following the Valuation Date next subsequent to such termination, or
(2) the 60th day following the Valuation Date occurring at the end of the Plan
Year in which such termination occurs if, by the end of such Plan Year, the
Participant has attained his Normal Retirement Date and there has occurred the
10th anniversary of the date on which the Participant's Plan participation
commenced.

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         7.5.     Beneficiary Designation Right.

         (a) Spouse as Beneficiary. The Beneficiary of a death benefit payable
pursuant to Section 7.1 will be the Participant's spouse as of the Participant's
date of death; provided, however, that the Participant may designate a
Beneficiary other than his spouse pursuant to Section 7.5(b) if:

                  (1)  the requirements of Section 7.5(c) are satisfied, or

                  (2)  the Participant has no spouse, or

                  (3) the Committee determines that the spouse cannot be located
or such other circumstances exist under which spousal consent is not required,
as prescribed by Treasury regulations.

         (b) Beneficiary Designation Right. Each Participant who is permitted to
designate a Beneficiary other than his spouse pursuant to Section 7.5(a) will
have the right to designate one or more primary and one or more secondary
Beneficiaries to receive any benefit becoming payable upon the Participant's
death. All Beneficiary designations will be in writing in a form satisfactory to
the Committee. Each Participant will be entitled to change his Beneficiaries at
any time and from time to time by filing a written notice of such change with
the Committee. However, the Participant's spouse must again consent in writing
to such change, unless (1) the prior consent of the spouse expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by
the spouse or (2) one of the exceptions described in Sections 7.5(a)(2) and
7.5(a)(3) applies.

         If no designation is made, or if all of the Beneficiaries named in such
designation predecease the Participant or cannot be located by the Committee,
then the Participant will be deemed to have designated the following as his
Beneficiaries and contingent Beneficiaries, with priority in the order named:

                           (1) his spouse;

                           (2) his estate.

         (c) Form and Content of Spouse's Consent. A spouse may consent to the
designation of one or more Beneficiaries other than such spouse provided that
such consent will be in writing, must consent to the specific alternate
beneficiary or beneficiaries designated (or permit beneficiary designations by
the Participant without the spouse's further consent), must acknowledge the
effect of such consent, and must be witnessed by a Plan representative or notary
public. Such spouse's consent will be irrevocable, unless expressly made
revocable. The consent of a spouse in accordance with this Section 7.5(c) will
not be effective with respect to any subsequent spouse of the Participant.

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         7.6.     Domestic Relations Orders.

         (a) General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.6, an
Alternate Payee will have no rights to a Participant's benefit and will have no
rights under this Plan other than those rights specifically granted to the
Alternate Payee pursuant to a QDRO. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Alternate
Payee will have the right to make a claim for any benefits awarded to the
Alternate Payee pursuant to a QDRO, as provided in Article XI. Any interest of
an Alternate Payee in the Account of a Participant, other than an interest
payable solely upon the Participant's death pursuant to a QDRO which provides
that the Alternate Payee will be treated as the Participant's surviving spouse,
will be separately accounted for by the Trustee in the name and for the benefit
of the Alternate Payee.

         (b)      Distribution.

                  (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, a
QDRO may provide that any benefits of a Participant payable to an Alternate
Payee that are separately accounted for will be distributed immediately or at
any other time specified in the order but not later than the latest date
benefits would be payable to the Participant pursuant to this Article. If the
order does not specify the time at which benefits will be payable to the
Alternate Payee, the Alternate Payee may elect, in writing on a form prescribed
by the Committee, to have benefits commence (A) in accordance with Section 7.2,
as of the earlier of (i) the Participant's 50th birthday or (ii) the
Participant's termination of employment, or as of any date thereafter that is
not later than the latest date on which benefits would be payable to the
Participant pursuant to that Section or (B) in accordance with Section 7.1, but
as of the Alternate Payee's death; provided, however, that in the event the
amount payable to the Alternate Payee under the QDRO does not exceed $5,000
($3,500 for Benefit Payment Dates occurring before January 1, 1999), such amount
will be paid to the Alternate Payee in a single sum as soon as practicable
following the Committee's receipt of the order and verification of its status as
a QDRO.

                  (2) If the QDRO does not specify the Participant's Accounts,
or Investment Funds in which the Participant's Accounts are invested, from which
amounts that are separately accounted for will be paid to an Alternate Payee,
such amounts will be distributed, or segregated, from the Participant's
Accounts, and the Investment Funds in which such Accounts are invested, on a pro
rata basis.

                  (3) The benefit payable to an Alternate Payee will be paid in
the form of a single sum.

         (c) Withdrawals. An Alternate Payee will not be permitted to make any
withdrawals under Article VII.

         (d) Death Benefits. Unless a QDRO establishing a separate account for
an Alternate Payee provides to the contrary, an Alternate Payee for whom a
separate account is established

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will have the right to designate a Beneficiary, in the same manner as provided
in Section 7.5 with respect to a Participant (except that no spousal consent
will be required), who will receive benefits payable to an Alternate Payee which
have not been distributed at the time of an Alternate Payee's death. If the
Alternate Payee for whom a separate account is established does not designate a
Beneficiary, or if the Beneficiary predeceases the Alternate Payee, benefits
payable to the Alternate Payee which have not been distributed will be paid to
the Alternate Payee's estate. Any death benefit payable to the Beneficiary of an
Alternate Payee will be paid in a single sum in cash as soon as administratively
practicable after the Alternate Payee's death.

         (e) Investment Direction. Unless a QDRO establishing a separate account
for an Alternate Payee provides to the contrary, an Alternate Payee for whom a
separate account is established will have the right to direct the investment of
any portion of a Participant's Accounts payable to the Alternate Payee under
such order in the same manner as provided in Article VI with respect to a
Participant, which amounts will be separately accounted for by the Trustee in
the Alternate Payee's name; provided, however, that the Alternate Payee shall
not be permitted to elect to invest any such amounts in "employer securities"
within the meaning of section 409(l) of the Code.

         7.7. Post Distribution Credits. In the event that, after the payment of
a single-sum distribution under this Plan (other than an in-service benefit
distribution described in Section 7.3), any funds will be subsequently credited
to the Participant's Account, such additional funds will be paid to the
Participant or applied for the Participant's Account as promptly as practicable
thereafter; provided, that the Participant is not then an Employee or, if he is
an Employee, he has reached the required distribution date described in Section
7.2(b)(2).

         7.8. Direct Rollovers. In the event any payment or payments to be made
under the Plan to a Participant, a Beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of a
Participant, or an Alternate Payee who is the spouse or former spouse of a
Participant, would constitute an "eligible rollover distribution," such
individual may request that such payment or payments be transferred directly
from the Trust to the trustee of (i) an individual retirement account described
in section 408(a) of the Code, (ii) an individual retirement annuity described
in section 408(b) of the Code (other than an endowment contract), (iii) an
annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, or (iv) a qualified
defined contribution plan the terms of which permit the acceptance of rollover
distributions; provided, however, that (iii) and (iv) will not apply to a
Beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of a Participant. Any such request will
be made in writing, on the form prescribed by the Committee for such purpose, at
such time in advance as the Committee may specify.

         For purposes of this Section 7.8, "eligible rollover distribution" will
mean a distribution from the Plan, excluding (1) any distribution that is one of
a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than
annually) over the life (or life expectancy) of the individual, the joint lives
(or joint life expectancies) of the individual and the individual's designated
Beneficiary, or a specified period of ten (10) or more years, (2) any
distribution to

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the extent such distribution is required under section 401(a)(9) of the Code,
(3) any distribution to the extent such distribution is not included in gross
income, and (4) for distributions after December 31, 1998 (in accordance with
guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service), any hardship distribution
described in section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Code.

         7.9.     Delay of Payment.

         (a) If the amount of any payment under this Article VII would adversely
affect the Trust Fund by forcing the premature liquidation of assets, such
payment may be delayed until the timely and orderly liquidation of investments
can be accomplished, but in no event later than the 60th day following the last
day of the Plan Year during which the Participant's Normal Retirement Date
occurs.

                  If the amount of any payment under this Section would
adversely affect the Trust Fund by permitting former Participants to enter into
direct competition with the Company, such payment will be delayed until the 60th
day after the end of the Plan Year during which the Participant's Normal
Retirement Date occurs.

                  If the amount of any payment under this Section cannot be
ascertained by the applicable commencement date, payment shall be made no later
than 60 days after the earliest day on which the amount of such payment can be
ascertained.

                  If a Participant is in receipt of benefits from the Company's
insured long-term disability program, payment of the Participants Account shall
be deferred to the first day of the month in which such Participant is no longer
eligible to receive such benefits or, if earlier, the 60th day following the
last day of the Plan Year during which the Participant's Normal Retirement Date
occurs, provided the benefits payable under the long-term disability program
would otherwise be reduced by the benefits payable under the Plan.

         (b) When distribution of benefits from the Trust Fund is to be deferred
in accordance with Section 7.2(b)(2), after the applicable Valuation Date, the
provisions of Section 6.8 shall apply to a Participant's Account until
distribution is made.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII.
                     PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLANS

         8.1. Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, the following
terms will have the following meanings:

         (a) "Aggregation Group" will mean the group of qualified plans
sponsored by the Employer or by an Affiliated Company formed by including in
such group (1) all such plans in which a Key Employee participates in the Plan
Year containing the Determination Date, or any of the four (4) preceding Plan
Years, including any frozen or terminated plan that was maintained within the
five-year-period ending on the Determination Date, (2) all such plans which
enable any plan described in clause (1) to meet the requirements of either
section 401(a)(4) of the Code or section 410 of the Code, and (3) such other
qualified plans sponsored by the Employer or an Affiliated Company as the
Employer elects to include in such group, as long as the group, including those
plans electively included, continues to meet the requirements of sections
401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.

         (b) "Determination Date" will mean the last day of the preceding Plan
Year or, in the case of the first Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year.

         (c) "Key Employee" will mean a person employed or formerly employed by
the Employer or an Affiliated Company who, during the Plan Year or during any of
the preceding four (4) Plan Years, was any of the following:

                  (1) An officer of the Employer having an annual Compensation
of more than fifty percent (50%) of the amount in effect under section
415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for the Plan Year. The number of persons to be
considered officers in any Plan Year and the identity of the persons to be so
considered will be determined pursuant to the provisions of section 416(i) of
the Code and the regulations published thereunder.

                  (2) One (1) of the ten (10) Employees who owns (or is
considered as owning under the attribution rules set forth at section 318 of the
Code and the regulations thereunder) the largest interest in the Employer or
such Affiliated Company, provided that no person will be considered a Key
Employee under this paragraph (2) if his annual Compensation is not greater than
the limitation in effect for such Plan Year under section 415(c)(1)(A) of the
Code, nor will any person be considered a Key Employee under this paragraph (2)
if his ownership interest in the Plan Year being tested and the preceding four
Plan Years was at all times less than one-half of one percent (1/2%) in value of
any of the entities forming the Employer and the Affiliated Companies.

                  (3) A five-percent (5%) owner of the Employer.

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                  (4) A person who is both an Employee whose annual Compensation
exceeds $150,000 and who is a one-percent (1%) owner of the Employer.

         The beneficiary of any deceased Participant who was a Key Employee will
be considered a Key Employee for the same period as the deceased Participant
would have been so considered.

         (d) "Key Employee Ratio" will mean the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) for any Plan Year, calculated as of the Determination Date with
respect to such Plan Year, determined by dividing the amount described in
paragraph (1) hereof by the amount described in paragraph (2) hereof, after
deduction from both such amounts of the amount described in paragraph (3)
hereof.

                  (1) The amount described in this paragraph (1) is the sum of
(A) the aggregate of the present value of all accrued benefits of Key Employees
under all qualified defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group, (B)
the aggregate of the balances in all of the accounts standing to the credit of
Key Employees under all qualified defined contribution plans included in the
Aggregation Group, and (C) the aggregate amount distributed from all plans in
such Aggregation Group to or on behalf of any Key Employee during the period of
five (5) Plan Years ending on the Determination Date.

                  (2) The amount described in this paragraph (2) is the sum of
(A) the aggregate of the present value of all accrued benefits of all
Participants under all qualified defined benefit plans included in the
Aggregation Group, (B) the aggregate of the balances in all of the accounts
standing to the credit of all Participants under all qualified defined
contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group, and (C) the aggregate
amount distributed from all plans in such Aggregation Group to or on behalf of
any Participant during the period of five (5) Plan Years ending on the
Determination Date.

                  (3) The amount described in this paragraph (3) is the sum of
(A) all rollover contributions (or similar transfers) to plans included in the
Aggregation Group initiated by an Employee from a plan sponsored by an employer
which is not the Employer or an Affiliated Company, (B) any amount that would
have been included under paragraph (1) or (2) hereof with respect to any person
who has not rendered service to any Employer at any time during the
five-year-period ending on the Determination Date, and (C) any amount that is
included in paragraph (2) hereof for, on behalf of, or on account of, a person
who is a Non-Key Employee as to the Plan Year of reference but who was a Key
Employee as to any earlier Plan Year.

                  The present value of accrued benefits under any defined
benefit plan will be determined under the method used for accrual purposes for
all plans maintained by the Employer and all Affiliated Companies if a single
method is used by all such plans, or otherwise, the slowest accrual method
permitted under section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.

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         (e) "Non-Key Employee" will mean any Employee or former Employee who is
not a Key Employee as to that Plan Year, or a beneficiary of a deceased
Participant who was a Non-Key Employee.

         8.2. Determination of Top-Heavy Status. The Plan will be deemed
"top-heavy" as to any Plan Year if, as of the Determination Date with respect to
such Plan Year, either of the following conditions is met:

         (a) The Plan is not part of an Aggregation Group and the Key Employee
Ratio, determined by substituting the "Plan" for the "Aggregation Group" each
place it appears in Section 8.1(d), exceeds sixty percent (60%), or

         (b) The Plan is part of an Aggregation Group, and the Key Employee
Ratio of such Aggregation Group exceeds sixty percent (60%).

         The Plan will be deemed "super top-heavy" as to any Plan Year if, as of
the Determination Date with respect to such Plan Year, the conditions of
subsections (a) or (b) hereof are met with "ninety percent (90%)" substituted
for "sixty percent (60%)" therein.

         8.3. Top-Heavy Plan Minimum Allocation. The aggregate allocation made
under the Plan to the Account of each active Participant who is a Non-Key
Employee for any Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan and who
remained in the employ of the Employer or an Affiliated Company through the end
of such Plan Year (whether or not in the status of Eligible Employee) will be
not less than the lesser of:

         (a) Three percent (3%) of the Compensation of each such Participant for
such Plan Year; or

         (b) The percentage of such Compensation so allocated under the Plan to
the Account of the Key Employee for whom such percentage is the highest for such
Plan Year.

         If any person who is an active Participant in the Plan is a Participant
under any defined benefit pension plan qualified under section 401(a) of the
Code sponsored by the Employer or an Affiliated Company, there will be
substituted "Four percent (4%)" for "Three percent (3%)" in subsection (a)
above. For the purposes of determining whether or not the provisions of this
Section have been satisfied, (i) contributions or benefits under chapter 2 of
the Code (relating to tax on self-employment income), chapter 21 of the Code
(relating to Federal Insurance Contributions Act), title II of the Social
Security Act, or any other Federal or state law are disregarded; (ii) all
defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group will be treated as a single
plan; and (iii) employer matching contributions and elective deferrals under all
plans in the Aggregation Group will be disregarded. For the purposes of
determining whether or not the requirements of this Section have been satisfied,
contributions allocable to the account of the Participant under any other
qualified defined contribution plan that is part of the Aggregation

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Group will be deemed to be contributions made under the Plan, and, to the extent
thereof, no duplication of such contributions will be required hereunder solely
by reason of this Section. Subsection (b) above will not apply in any Plan Year
in which the Plan is part of an Aggregation Group containing a defined benefit
pension plan (or a combination of such defined benefit pension plans) if the
Plan enables a defined benefit pension plan required to be included in such
Aggregation Group to satisfy the requirements of either section 401(a)(4) or
section 410 of the Code.

         8.4. Top-Heavy Plan Maximum Allocations. Effective for Plan Years
beginning before January 1, 2000, if the Plan is a Super Top-Heavy Plan, or if
the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan which fails to satisfy the additional minimum
allocation requirements under Section 8.3 hereof, the definitions of "defined
contribution fraction" and "defined benefit fraction" as incorporated by
reference in Section 5.4 will be modified as required under section 416 of the
Code.

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                                   ARTICLE IX.
                                    COMMITTEE

         9.1. Committee. The Committee will be appointed by and serve at the
discretion of the Board of Directors. The Committee will act by a majority of
its members with minutes being recorded for each meeting. Such minutes will be
made available to any member upon written request.

         9.2. Authority and Responsibility of the Committee. The Committee will
be the Plan "administrator" as such term is defined in section 3(16) of ERISA,
and as such will have the following duties and responsibilities:

         (a) to adopt and enforce such rules and regulations and prescribe the
use of such forms as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Plan;

         (b) to maintain and preserve records relating to Participants, former
Participants, and their Beneficiaries and Alternate Payees;

         (c) to prepare and furnish to Participants, Beneficiaries and Alternate
Payees all information and notices required under federal law or the provisions
of this Plan;

         (d) to prepare and file or publish with the Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of the Treasury, their delegates and all other appropriate government
officials all reports and other information required under law to be so filed or
published;

         (e) to provide directions to the Trustee with respect to methods of
benefit payment, valuations at dates other than regular Valuation Dates and on
all other matters where called for in the Plan or requested by the Trustee;

         (f) to determine all questions of the eligibility of Employees and of
the status of rights of Participants, Beneficiaries and Alternate Payees, to
make factual determinations, to construe the provisions of the Plan, to correct
defects therein and to supply omissions thereto;

         (g) to engage assistants and professional advisers;

         (h) to arrange for bonding, if required by law;

         (i) to provide procedures for determination of claims for benefits and
to establish rules, not inconsistent with the provisions or purposes of the
Plan, as it may deem necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the
Plan or transaction of its business;

         (j) to determine whether any domestic relations order constitutes a
QDRO and to take such action as the Committee deems appropriate in light of such
domestic relations order;

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         (k) to make such determinations as are required pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 7.3 hereof;

         (l) to retain records on elections and waivers by Participants, their
spouses and their Beneficiaries and Alternate Payees;

         (m) to perform such other functions and duties as are set forth in the
Plan that are not specifically given to another Named Fiduciary;

         (n) to monitor the performance of various Investment Funds;

         (o) to appoint the Trustee and, at least once during each Plan Year, to
review the Trustee's performance;

         (p) to approve and amend the Trust Agreement;

         (q) to terminate the Trust Agreement and settle the account of the
Trustee and to remove the Trustee and, upon such removal or upon the resignation
of the Trustee, to appoint a successor;

         (r) to appoint an Investment Manager(s) (or to refrain from such
appointment), to monitor the performance of the Investment Manager(s) so
appointed, to terminate such appointment and, upon such termination or upon
resignation of the Investment Manager(s), to appoint a successor, to amend the
separate agreement(s) which will be entered into with the Investment Manager(s)
and either increase or decrease the portion of the Trust Fund which will be
managed by the Investment Manager(s);

         (s) to establish, revise from time to time, and communicate to the
Trustee and/or Investment Manager(s), a funding policy and method for the Plan;
and

         (t) to ensure that an independent qualified public accountant examines
the Trustee's accounts and records as of the close of each Plan Year and renders
an opinion.

         9.3. Reporting and Disclosure. The Committee will keep all individual
and group records relating to Plan Participants, Beneficiaries and Alternate
Payees, and all other records necessary for the proper operation of the Plan.
Such records will be made available to the Employer and to each Participant,
Beneficiary and Alternate Payee for examination during normal business hours
except that a Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee will examine only such
records as pertain exclusively to the examining Participant, Beneficiary or
Alternate Payee and those records and documents relating to all Participants
generally. The Committee will prepare and will file as required by law or
regulation all reports, forms, documents and other items required by ERISA, the
Code, and every other relevant statute, each as amended, and all regulations
thereunder. This provision will not be construed as imposing upon the

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Committee the responsibility or authority for the preparation, preservation,
publication or filing of any document required to be prepared, preserved or
filed by the Trustee or by any other Named Fiduciary to whom such
responsibilities are delegated by law or by this Plan.

         9.4. Construction of the Plan. The Committee will take such steps as
are considered necessary and appropriate to remedy any inequity that results
from incorrect information received or communicated in good faith or as the
consequence of an administrative error. The Committee will have full
discretionary power and authority to make factual determinations, to interpret
the Plan, to make benefit eligibility determinations, and to determine all
questions arising in the administration, interpretation and application of the
Plan. The Committee will correct any defect, reconcile any inconsistency,
resolve any ambiguity or supply any omission with respect to the Plan. All such
corrections, reconciliations, interpretations and completions of Plan provisions
will be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties, including the Employer,
the Employees, their families, dependents, Beneficiaries and any Alternate
Payees.

         9.5. Compensation of the Committee. The Committee will serve without
compensation for its services as such.

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                                   ARTICLE X.
                     ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

         10.1. Authority and Responsibilities of the Committee. The Committee
will have the authority and responsibilities imposed by Article X hereof. With
respect to the said authority and responsibility, the Committee will be a "Named
Fiduciary," and as such, will have no authority and responsibility other than as
granted in the Plan, or as imposed by law.

         10.2. Authority and Responsibilities of the Trustee. The Trustee will
be the "Named Fiduciary" with respect to those powers and duties set forth in
the Trust Agreement. The Trustee will keep complete and accurate accounts of all
of the assets of, and the transactions involving, the Trust Fund. All such
accounts will be open to inspection by the Committee during normal business
hours.

         10.3. Limitations on Obligations of Named Fiduciaries. No Named
Fiduciary will have authority or responsibility to deal with matters other than
as delegated to it under this Plan, under the Trust Agreement, or by operation
of law. Except as provided by section 405 of ERISA, a Named Fiduciary will not
in any event be liable for breach of fiduciary responsibility or obligation by
another fiduciary (including Named Fiduciaries) if the responsibility or
authority for the act or omission deemed to be a breach was not within the scope
of the said Named Fiduciary's authority or delegated responsibility. The
determination of any Named Fiduciary as to any matter involving its
responsibilities hereunder will be conclusive and binding on all persons.

         10.4. Designation and Delegation. Each Named Fiduciary may designate
other persons to carry out such of its responsibilities hereunder for the
operation and administration of the Plan as it deems advisable and delegate to
the persons so designated such of its powers as it deems necessary to carry out
such responsibilities. Such designation and delegation will be subject to such
terms and conditions as the Named Fiduciary deems necessary or proper. Any
action or determination made or taken in carrying out responsibilities hereunder
by the persons so designated by the Named Fiduciary will have the same force and
effect for all purposes as if such action or determination had been made or
taken by such Named Fiduciary.

         10.5. Reports to Board of Directors. As deemed necessary or proper, the
Named Fiduciaries, or an appropriate committee thereof, will report to the Board
of Directors on the operation and administration of the Plan.

         10.6. Engagement of Assistants and Advisers. Any Named Fiduciary will
have the right to hire, at the expense of the Trust Fund, such professional
assistants and consultants as it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or
advisable.

         10.7. Payment of Expenses. The expenses incurred by the Named
Fiduciaries in connection with the operation of the Plan, including but not
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reason of the engagement of professional assistants and consultants, will be
expenses of the Plan and will be payable from the Trust Fund at the direction of
the Committee. The Company will have the option, but not the obligation, to pay
any such expenses, in whole or in part, and by so doing, to relieve the Trust
Fund from the obligation of bearing such expenses. Payment of any such expenses
by the Company on any occasion will not bind the Company to thereafter pay any
similar expenses.

         10.8. Indemnification. Each person who is a Named Fiduciary or a member
of any committee or board comprising a Named Fiduciary (other than the Trustee)
will be indemnified by the Company against costs, expenses and liabilities
(other than amounts paid in settlement to which the Company does not consent)
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action to which he may be a
party by reason of his service as a Named Fiduciary except in relation to
matters as to which he will be adjudged in such action to be personally guilty
of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties. The
foregoing right to indemnification will be in addition to such other rights as
the person may enjoy as a matter of law or by reason of insurance coverage of
any kind, but will not extend to costs, expenses and/or liabilities otherwise
covered by insurance or that would be so covered by any insurance then in force
if such insurance contained a waiver of subrogation. Rights granted hereunder
will be in addition to and not in lieu of any rights to indemnification to which
the person may be entitled pursuant to the bylaws of the Company. Service as a
Named Fiduciary will be deemed in partial fulfillment of the person's function
as an employee, officer and/or director of the Company, if he serves in that
capacity as well as in the role of Named Fiduciary.

         10.9. Bonding. The Committee will arrange for such bonding as is
required by law for persons who are Employees and/or members of the Board of
Directors, but no bonding in excess of the amount required by law will be
considered required by the Plan. The Company will obtain, and pay the expense
of, any bond required by law.

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                                   ARTICLE XI.
                                CLAIMS PROCEDURES

         11.1. Application for Benefits. Each Participant, Beneficiary or
Alternate Payee believing himself or herself eligible for benefits under the
Plan will apply for such benefits by completing and filing with the Committee an
application for benefits on a form supplied by the Committee. Before the date on
which benefit payments commence, each such application must be supported by such
information and data as the Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence
of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or
Disability), and location of residence will be required of all applicants for
benefits. In the event a Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee fails to
apply to the Committee at least sixty (60) days prior to the applicable required
distribution date described in Section 7.2, the Committee will make diligent
efforts to locate such Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee and obtain
such application. In the event the Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee
fails to make application by the applicable date described in Section 7.2, the
Committee will commence distribution as of such date without such application;
provided, however, that in the event the Committee fails to locate the
Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee so that distribution as of the
applicable date described in Section 7.2 is not possible, payment will be made
no later than sixty (60) days after the date on which the Participant,
Beneficiary or Alternate Payee is located.

         11.2. Appeals of Denied Claims for Benefits. In the event that any
claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Participant, Beneficiary
or Alternate Payee whose claim has been so denied will be notified of such
denial in writing by the Committee. The notice advising of the denial will be
furnished to the Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee within ninety (90)
days of receipt of the benefit claim by the Committee, unless special
circumstances require an extension of time to process the claim. If an extension
is required, the Committee will provide notice of the extension prior to the
termination of the ninety (90) day period. In no event may the extension exceed
a total of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the original receipt
of the claim. The notice advising of the denial will specify the reason or
reasons for denial, make specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions,
describe any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to
perfect the claim (explaining why such material or information is needed), and
will advise the Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee, as the case may be,
of the procedure for the appeal of such denial. All appeals will be made by the
following procedure:

         (a) The Participant, Beneficiary or Alternate Payee whose claim has
been denied will file with the Committee a notice of desire to appeal the
denial. Such notice will be filed within sixty (60) days of notification by the
Committee of claim denial, will be made in writing, and will set forth all of
the facts upon which the appeal is based. Appeals not timely filed will be
barred.

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         (b) The Committee will consider the merits of the claimant's written
presentations, the merits of any facts or evidence in support of the denial of
benefits, and such other facts and circumstances as the Committee will deem
relevant.

         (c) The Committee will ordinarily render a determination upon the
appealed claim within sixty (60) days after its receipt which determination will
be accompanied by a written statement as to the reasons therefor. However, in
special circumstances the Committee may extend the response period for up to an
additional sixty (60) days, in which event it will notify the claimant in
writing prior to commencement of the extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Committee holds regularly scheduled meetings at least quarterly to review
such appeals, a individual's request for review will be acted upon at the
meeting immediately following the receipt of the individual's request unless
such request is filed within thirty (30) days preceding such meeting. In such
instance, the decision will be made no later than the date of the second meeting
following the Committee's receipt of such request. If special circumstances
(such as a need to hold a hearing) require a further extension of time for
processing a request, a decision will be rendered not later than the third
meeting of the Committee following the receipt of such request for review and
written notice of the extension will be furnished to the individual prior to the
commencement of the extension. Any determination rendered by the Committee will
be final and binding upon all parties.

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                                  ARTICLE XII.
                            AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         12.1.    Amendment.

         (a) The Plan may be amended or otherwise modified by the Board of
Directors, or the Committee to the extent authorized in accordance with
Subsection (c). Copies of any such amendment or modification shall be sent to
the governing body of each Employer. It shall be deemed each Employer consented
to such amendment or modification unless its governing body delivers written
notice to the contrary to the Board of Directors, the Committee and the Trustee
within 30 days of its receipt of such amendment or modification.

         (b)      No amendment or modification shall:

                  (1) permit any part of the Trust Fund, other than such part as
is required to pay taxes, administrative expenses and expenses incurred in
effectuating such changes, to be used for or diverted to purposes other than the
exclusive benefit of the Participants or Beneficiaries and/or persons entitled
to benefits under the Plan or permit any portion of the Trust Fund to revert to
or become the property of the Company;

                  (2) have the effect of reducing the Account of any Participant
as of the date of such amendment or deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of a
benefit accrued and payable; or

                  (3) eliminate any option which constitutes a valuable right
available to a Participant with respect to benefits previously accrued to the
extent the Participant satisfied, either before or after the amendment, the
conditions for the form of payment except as otherwise permitted by applicable
law and regulations.

         (c) The Committee may amend or modify the Plan in order to bring the
Plan into compliance with applicable law or regulations, provided said amendment
or modification does not have a material effect on the estimated cost of
maintaining the Plan and does not create a new class of benefits or
entitlements.

         12.2.    Plan Termination.

         (a) The Company expects to continue this Plan and the corresponding
Trust indefinitely, but reserves the right to terminate in whole or in part
either or both at any time by resolution of the Board of Directors, without the
consent of any Participant, Alternate Payee, Surviving Spouse or Beneficiary.

        (b) Any termination of the Plan will become effective as of the date
designated by the Board of Directors. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in
the Plan, prior to the satisfaction

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of all liabilities with respect to the benefits provided under this Plan, no
termination will cause any part of the funds or assets held to provide benefits
under the Plan to be used other than for the benefit of Participants and their
Beneficiaries or Alternate Payees or to meet the administrative expenses of the
Plan. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan, or upon complete
discontinuance of contributions, the rights of all affected persons to benefits
accrued to the date of such termination will be nonforfeitable. Upon termination
of the Plan, Accounts will be distributed in accordance with applicable law.

        12.3. Mergers and Consolidations of Plans. Pursuant to action by the
Board of Directors, the Plan may be merged or consolidated with, or a portion of
its assets and liabilities may be transferred to, another qualified plan. In the
event of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities
to, any other plan, each Participant will have a benefit in the surviving or
transferee plan if such plan were then terminated immediately after such merger,
consolidation or transfer that is equal to or greater than the benefit he would
have had immediately before such merger, consolidation or transfer in the plan
in which he was then a participant had such plan been terminated at that time.
For the purposes hereof, former Participants, Beneficiaries and Alternate Payees
will be considered Participants.

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                                  ARTICLE XIII.
                             PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

        13.1. Adoption by Other Entities. Any corporation or other business
entity may, by resolution of its own governing body, and with the approval of
the Board of Directors, adopt the Plan and thereby become an Employer.
Notwithstanding the adoption of the Plan by other entities, the Plan will be
administered as a single plan and all Plan assets will be available to pay
benefits to all Participants under the Plan

        13.2. Alternative Provisions. No Employer may adopt alternative
provisions as to itself or its Employees. Upon request of the governing body of
an Employer, the Board of Directors may amend the Plan with respect to the
Employees of such Employer provided that any change will only apply if any
inequity resulting from such changed Plan provisions is not found to be
discriminatory on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees.

        13.3. Right to Withdraw (Plan Spinoff). Each Employer having adopted the
Plan shall have the right as of the last day of any month to withdraw from the
Plan and/or Trust Agreement by delivering to the Board of Directors, the
Committee and the Trustee written notification from its own governing body of
such action and setting forth the date as of which the withdrawal shall be
effective. The date specified in such written notice shall be deemed a Valuation
Date.

        13.4.  Procedure Upon Withdrawal.

        (a) If an Employer withdraws from the Plan and Trust Agreement as of the
result of its adoption of a different plan, the Trustee shall segregate the
portion of the Trust Fund attributable to the Accounts of Participants employed
solely by such Employer.

               As soon as administratively feasible following receipt of a
favorable letter of determination from the Internal Revenue Service with regard
to the adoption of such successor plan, the Trustee shall transfer the
segregated assets to the insurance carrier or fiduciary designated by the
Employer as the agency through which the benefits of such successor plan are to
be disbursed.

        (b) If an Employer withdraws from the Plan and Trust Agreement as the
result of its adoption of a resolution to terminate its participation in the
Plan and to distribute assets to its Employees who are Participants, the Trustee
shall segregate the portion of the Trust Fund attributable to the Accounts of
the Participants who are employed solely by such Employer, and the termination
provisions of Article XII shall apply with respect to such segregated assets.

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                                  ARTICLE XIV.
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

        14.1.  Nonalienation of Benefits.

        (a) Except as provided in Section 14.1(b), none of the payments,
benefits or rights of any Participant, Alternate Payee or Beneficiary will be
subject to any claim of any creditor, and, in particular, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, all such payments, benefits and rights will be free from
attachment, garnishment, trustee's process, or any other legal or equitable
process available to any creditor of such Participant, Alternate Payee or
Beneficiary. Except as provided in Section 14.1(b), no Participant, Alternate
Payee or Beneficiary will have the right to alienate, anticipate, commute,
pledge, encumber or assign any of the benefits or payments which he may expect
to receive, contingently or otherwise, under the Plan, except the right to
designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries as hereinabove provided.

        (b) Compliance with the provisions and conditions of (1) any QDRO, (2)
any federal tax levy made pursuant to section 6331 of the Code, or (3) subject
to the provisions of section 401(a)(13) of the Code, a judgment, order, decree
or settlement agreement between the Participant and the Secretary of Labor or
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation relating to a violation (or an alleged
violation) of part 4 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA, will not be considered a
violation of this provision.

        14.2. No Contract of Employment. Neither the establishment of the Plan,
nor any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund, trust or account,
nor the payment of any benefits will be construed as giving any Participant or
Employee, or any person whomsoever, the right to be retained in the service of
the Employer, and all Participants and other Employees will remain subject to
discharge to the same extent as if the Plan had never been adopted.

        14.3. Severability of Provisions. If any provision of the Plan will be
held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability will not
affect any other provisions hereof, and the Plan will be construed and enforced
as if such provisions had not been included.

        14.4. Heirs, Assigns and Personal Representatives. This Plan will be
binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the
parties, including each Participant, Beneficiary and Alternate Payee, present
and future (except that no successor to the Employer will be considered a Plan
sponsor unless that successor adopts the Plan).

        14.5. Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are
provided for reference and convenience only, will not be considered part of the
Plan, and will not be employed in the construction of the Plan.

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        14.6. Gender and Number. Except where otherwise clearly indicated by
context, the masculine and the neuter will include the feminine and the neuter,
the singular will include the plural, and vice-versa.

        14.7. Controlling Law. This Plan will be construed and enforced
according to the laws of the State of New Jersey to the extent not preempted by
Federal law, which will otherwise control.

        14.8. Funding Policy. The Committee will establish, and communicate to
the Trustee, a funding policy and method consistent with the objectives of the
Plan and of the Trust Fund.

        14.9. Title to Assets; Source of Benefits. No person will have any right
to, or interest in, any assets of the Trust Fund, except as provided from time
to time under the Plan, and then only to the extent of the benefits payable
under the Plan to such person or out of the assets of the Trust Fund. All
payments of benefits as provided for in the Plan will be made from the assets of
the Trust Fund, and neither the Employer nor any other person will be liable
therefor in any manner.

        14.10. Payments to Minors, Etc. Any benefit payable to or for the
benefit of a minor, an incompetent person or other person incapable of
receipting therefor will be deemed paid when paid to such person's guardian or
to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such
person, and such payment will fully discharge the Trustee, the Committee, the
Employers and all other parties with respect thereto.

        14.11. Reliance on Data and Consents. The Employers, the Trustee, the
Committee, all fiduciaries with respect to the Plan, and all other persons or
entities associated with the operation of the Plan, the management of its
assets, and the provision of benefits thereunder, may reasonably rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of all data provided by any Participant,
Beneficiary or Alternate Payee, including, without limitation, data with respect
to age, health and marital status. Furthermore, the Employers, the Trustee, the
Committee and all fiduciaries with respect to the Plan may reasonably rely on
all consents, elections and designations filed with the Plan or those associated
with the operation of the Plan and its corresponding trust by any Participant,
the spouse of any Participant, any Beneficiary of any Participant, any Alternate
Payee of any Participant or the representatives of such persons without duty to
inquire into the genuineness of any such consent, election or designation. None
of the aforementioned persons or entities associated with the operation of the
Plan, its assets and the benefits provided under the Plan will have any duty to
inquire into any such data, and all may rely on such data being current to the
date of reference, it being the duty of the Participants, spouses of
Participants, Beneficiaries and Alternate Payees to advise the appropriate
parties of any change in such data.

        14.12. Lost Payees. A benefit will be deemed forfeited, and used to
reduce future Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.2 by the
Employer that last employed the Participant, if the Committee is unable to
locate a Participant, a Beneficiary or an Alternate Payee

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to whom payment is due; provided, however, that such benefit will be reinstated
if a claim is made by the party to whom properly payable.

        14.13. No Warranties. Neither the Board of Directors nor its members nor
the Committee nor the Company nor any Affiliated Company nor the Trustee nor any
Employer warrants or represents in any way that the value of each Participant's
Accounts will increase or will not decrease. The Participant assumes all risk in
connection with any change in values.

        14.14. Notices. Each Participant, Beneficiary and Alternate Payee will
be responsible for furnishing the Committee with the current and proper address
for the mailing of notices, reports and benefit payments. Any notice required or
permitted to be given will be deemed given if directed to the person to whom
addressed at such address and mailed by regular United States mail, first-class
and prepaid. If any check mailed to such address is returned as undeliverable to
the addressee, mailing of checks will be suspended until the Participant,
Beneficiary or Alternate Payee furnishes the proper address. This provision will
not be construed as requiring the mailing of any notice or notification if the
regulations issued under ERISA deem sufficient notice to be given by the posting
of notice in appropriate places, or by any other publication device.

Executed this 20th day of July, 1999.

                                  K-Tron International, Inc.

                                  By:   /s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
                                        -----------------------------

                                  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                         ------------------------------------

Attest:   /s/ Mary Vaccara
          ----------------
               Secretary

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