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EX-10.42

EXHIBIT 10.42

The Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan

The Dresser-Rand Company

Non-Qualified Retirement Plan

Established January 1, 2007

Restated Effective January 1, 2009

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	INTRODUCTION	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.1
	 	Account	 	 	2	 
	1.2
	 	Associated Company	 	 	2	 
	1.3
	 	Beneficiary	 	 	2	 
	1.4
	 	Board	 	 	2	 
	1.5
	 	Bonus	 	 	2	 
	1.6
	 	Change in Control	 	 	2	 
	1.7
	 	Class Year Account	 	 	3	 
	1.8
	 	Code	 	 	3	 
	1.9
	 	Code Section 409A	 	 	4	 
	1.10
	 	Company	 	 	4	 
	1.11
	 	Company Match Contribution	 	 	4	 
	1.12
	 	Deferral Election	 	 	4	 
	1.13
	 	Deferral Period	 	 	4	 
	1.14
	 	Distribution Election	 	 	4	 
	1.15
	 	Eligible Employee	 	 	4	 
	1.16
	 	Employee Benefits Committee	 	 	5	 
	1.17
	 	Employee	 	 	5	 
	1.18
	 	Enrollment Period	 	 	5	 
	1.19
	 	ERISA	 	 	5	 
	1.20
	 	Participant	 	 	5	 
	1.21
	 	Performance-Based Bonus	 	 	7	 
	1.22
	 	Plan	 	 	7	 
	1.23
	 	Plan Year	 	 	7	 
	1.24
	 	Salary	 	 	7	 
	1.25
	 	Separation from Service	 	 	7	 
	1.26
	 	Short-Term Distribution Option	 	 	8	 
	1.27
	 	Spouse	 	 	8	 
	1.28
	 	Termination Distribution Option	 	 	8	 
	1.29
	 	Trust	 	 	8	 
	1.30
	 	Unforeseeable Emergency	 	 	8	 
	1.31
	 	Valuation Date	 	 	9	 
	1.32
	 	Transfer Contributions	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II: ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.1
	 	Participation	 	 	10	 
	2.2
	 	Termination of Participation	 	 	10	 
	2.3
	 	Inactive Participation	 	 	10	 
	2.4
	 	Enrollment Period	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III: PARTICIPANT DEFERRALS AND COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.1
	 	Participant Salary and/or Bonus Deferrals	 	 	12	 

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	3.2
	 	Company Match Contribution	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV: ACCOUNTS	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.1
	 	Establishment of Accounts	 	 	14	 
	4.2
	 	Earnings Credited to Accounts	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V: ELECTION, TIMING AND FORM OF DISTRIBUTIONS	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.1
	 	Participant's Distribution Election of Timing and Form of Payment	 	 	15	 
	5.2
	 	Class Year Accounts Subject to Short-Term Distribution Options	 	 	17	 
	5.3
	 	Accounts Subject to the Termination Distribution Option	 	 	17	 
	5.4
	 	Hardship Distributions	 	 	17	 
	5.5
	 	Restrictions on Specified Employees	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI: VESTING	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.1
	 	Vesting	 	 	19	 
	6.2
	 	Service	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII: DEATH BENEFITS	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.1
	 	Beneficiary Designation	 	 	20	 
	7.2
	 	Death of Participant	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII: ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS AND DUTIES	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.1
	 	Plan Administration	 	 	21	 
	8.2
	 	Delegation of Authority	 	 	21	 
	8.3
	 	Expenses	 	 	21	 
	8.4
	 	Indemnity of Employee Benefits Committee	 	 	21	 
	8.5
	 	Claims and Appeals Procedures	 	 	22	 
	8.6
	 	Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX: AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.1
	 	Amending the Plan	 	 	24	 
	9.2
	 	Plan Termination	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X: MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10.1
	 	Severability	 	 	25	 
	10.2
	 	Unsecured Interest	 	 	25	 
	10.3
	 	Payments to the Account Trust	 	 	25	 
	10.4
	 	Not an Employment Agreement	 	 	25	 
	10.5
	 	No Assignment or Anticipation of Benefits	 	 	26	 
	10.6
	 	Taxes	 	 	26	 
	10.7
	 	State Law	 	 	26	 
	10.8
	 	Legal Actions	 	 	27	 
	10.9
	 	Facility of Payment	 	 	27	 
	10.10
	 	     Unclaimed Benefits	 	 	27	 
	10.11
	 	      Appendices	 	 	27	 
	10.12
	 	     Entire Agreement	 	 	27	 

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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management and
highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and
future business success of the Dresser-Rand Company and its affiliates, if any, that sponsor this
Plan.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan, (the “Plan”),
set forth in the following pages, is intended to comply with Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section
409A and any regulatory or other guidance issued under Code Section 409A. Any terms of this Plan
that conflict with such future guidance shall be null and void as of the effective date of the
Plan. The Plan is restated effective January 1, 2009 to fully comply with Section 409A of the Code,
final regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code and any other requirements applicable to
the Plan.

The Company desires to adopt this restated Plan in order to: (1) set forth the terms and conditions
upon which the Company shall pay such deferred compensation to the Participants or their designated
beneficiaries; (2) reflect the transfer of liabilities from the ERISA Excess Benefit Plan for
Dresser-Rand Company and the ERISA Compensation Limit Plan for Dresser-Rand Company; and (3) bring
the benefits described in (2) into compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

The Company intends this Plan to be considered an unfunded arrangement, maintained primarily to
provide retirement income for such Participants, for tax purposes and for purposes of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

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Article I:Definitions

	1.1	 	Account

“Account” means the total bookkeeping entry established under the Plan to track the amount
of benefits to which the Participant is entitled. A Participant’s Account shall consist of
the following sub-accounts. Each sub-account shall be maintained on a year-by-year basis,
such that each Class Year of each sub-account may be separately determined. Sub-accounts
established are:

	 	(a)	 	Salary Deferrals
	 
	 	(b)	 	Bonus Deferrals
	 
	 	(c)	 	Company Match Contributions
	 
	 	(d)	 	Transfer Contributions

Each sub-account reflects the value of the principal contributions credited to such
Participant in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, and the investment experience,
expenses, distributions and withdrawals attributable to such amounts. Each Participant’s
Account shall be maintained by the Company as long as any balance credited to such Account
remains.

	1.2	 	Associated Company

Associated Company means any entity which when aggregated with the Company pursuant to Code
Section 414(b) or (c) would be considered a single employer.

	1.3	 	Beneficiary

“Beneficiary” means the person(s) designated to receive benefits in the event of a
Participant’s death pursuant to Section 7.2.

	1.4	 	Board

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Dresser-Rand Company.

	1.5	 	Bonus

“Bonus” means a Performance-Based Bonus which is earned by an Eligible Employee under any of
the annual incentive or bonus plans of the Company that the Employee Benefits Committee
determines to be an eligible bonus program for purposes of this Plan.

	1.6	 	Change in Control

“Change in Control” means the first to occur of any of the following events:

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	 	(a)	 	during any 12-month period, the members of the Board (the “Incumbent
Directors”) cease for any reason other than due to death or disability to constitute at
least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any director whose
election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a
vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board who are at the time Incumbent
Directors shall be considered an Incumbent Director, other than any such individual
whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened
election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual
or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other
than the Board;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the acquisition or ownership by any individual, entity or “group” (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”)), other than the Company or an Associated Company, or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Associated
Company, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the merger, consolidation or other similar transaction of the Company, as a
result of which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation or other transaction, do not, immediately thereafter, beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged,
consolidated or other surviving company; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately
prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, Associated Companies.

A “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to occur if the Company undergoes a bankruptcy,
liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

	1.7	 	Class Year Account

“Class Year Account” means the sub-account of a Participant’s Account that reflects the
amount of Salary or Bonus deferred by the Participant for a particular Plan Year (and
investment earnings and losses thereon). For a given Plan Year, a Participant who elects to
defer both Salary and Bonus for a Plan Year shall therefore have two Class Year Accounts
for that Plan Year because the Plan allows a Participant to elect different Deferral Periods
and different forms of payment for each respective deferral of each Plan Year’s Salary or
Bonus.

	1.8	 	Code

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

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	1.9	 	Code Section 409A

“Code Section 409A” means the provisions of section 409A of the Code, as interpreted by any
and all proposed or final regulations or other published guidance of the Department of the
Treasury or Internal Revenue Service.

	1.10	 	Company

“Company” means the Dresser-Rand Company; provided, however, that for the purpose of
construing Articles I through VII of the Plan, “Company” shall include Dresser-Rand Group,
Inc. solely with respect to the Employee or Employees of Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.

	1.11	 	Company Match Contribution

“Company Match Contribution” means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account by the
Company for a Plan Year on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis, based on the aggregate amount
of Salary and Bonus deferred by the Participant during the Plan Year, subject to limitations
set forth in Section 3.2.

	1.12	 	Deferral Election

“Deferral Election” means an agreement between a Participant and the Company whereby the
Participant elects to reduce the Salary, that will become payable in the following calendar
year and/or the Bonus that is earned in the current year and will be paid in the following
calendar year. The form and content of the Deferral Election shall be prescribed by the
Employee Benefits Committee, and shall allow for the Participant to specify a percentage of
Salary and/or Bonus to be deferred.

	1.13	 	Deferral Period

The “Deferral Period” for a Class Year Account for which a Participant elects a Short-Term
Distribution Option means the duration of the deferral of the Salary or Bonus amount,
measured in whole Plan Years. Under the Short-Term Distribution Option, a Participant may
elect to receive the principal, plus applicable investment gains/losses, the amount of the
deferred Salary or Bonus for a Plan Year in a single lump sum in January of a year specified
by the Participant. The amount subject to the Short-Term Distribution must have been in the
Participant’s account for a minimum of two complete calendar years prior to the January date
of issuance of Short-Term Distribution. The Participant’s Deferral Election is irrevocable
for the Deferral Period, unless another event that triggers a distribution occurs first,
such as Separation from Service or death.

	1.14	 	Distribution Election

“Distribution Election” shall refer to the Short-Term Distribution Option and/or the
Termination Distribution Options described in Section V.

	1.15	 	Eligible Employee

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“Eligible Employee” means a person actively employed who meets the definition of Employee
and is classified by the Company in pay-grades 32 or higher.

	1.16	 	Employee Benefits Committee

“Employee Benefits Committee” means the committee appointed by the Board to administer this
Plan which shall consist of at least three persons. Each member of the Employee Benefits
Committee shall serve until he or she resigns or is removed by the Board. A member may be
removed by the Board at any time for any reason. For purposes of this document, the
Employee Benefits Committee is also referred to as the “Plan Administrator”.

	1.17	 	Employee

“Employee” means any person who is employed by the Company.

The term “Employee” specifically excludes any individual classified by the Company as an
independent contractor, leased employee (within the meaning of Section 414(n) of the Code),
any individual who performs services for the employer whose remuneration for services not
initially reported by the employer on IRS Form W-2 and any temporary individual whose
services are contracted from or through an entity which is not an affiliated, regardless of
any later classification or reclassification of any such individual as a common-law employee
of the Employer. The term “Employee” also specifically excludes any nonresident alien
without earned income from sources within the United States.

	1.18	 	Enrollment Period

“Enrollment Period” means an annual election period that is established by the Employee
Benefits Committee to enable each Participant to make an annual set of Deferral Elections
pursuant to Section 1.12 and 2.4. The deadline for an Enrollment Period, which is the date
as of which a Deferral Election shall become irrevocable, shall be as stated in Section
2.4(c).

	1.19	 	ERISA

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

	1.20	 	Participant

	 	(a)	 	Subject to paragraph (b), a “Participant” means an individual: (1) who is an
Eligible Employee and who has elected, under the Plan, to defer payment of all or
allowable portions of his or her Bonus or Salary or (2) who has a Transfer Contribution
to his credit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	An individual who becomes a Participant solely as a result of having a Transfer
Contribution to his credit shall not be eligible to make a Deferral Election or receive
an allocation of Company Match Contribution under Article III until and

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unless such individual becomes an Eligible Employee.

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	1.21	 	Performance-Based Bonus

“Performance-Based Bonus” means a Bonus that conforms to the definition of
“performance-based compensation” under Code Section 409A. As applied to any Bonus paid or
payable on or after January 1, 2007, the Employee Benefits Committee is authorized to
determine whether the Bonus is a Performance-Based Bonus, meaning a Bonus:

	 	(a)	 	which provides compensation based on the achievement of individual and/or
organizational performance goals, measured (objectively and/or subjectively) over a
period of at least 12 months;
	 
	 	(b)	 	is subject to performance criteria established in writing not later than the
90th day of such performance period;
	 
	 	(c)	 	for which there is no substantial certainty of payment, and the amount of the
Bonus is not ascertainable, at the time a Participant’s Deferral Election is to be made
for such Bonus; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	which, in all other respects, complies with the definition of
“performance-based compensation” under Code Section 409A.

	1.22	 	Plan

“Plan” means the Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan, as amended from time to
time.

	1.23	 	Plan Year

“Plan Year” means a calendar year.

	1.24	 	 Salary

“Salary” means the annual base compensation, including base salary, sales commissions and
other compensation for time worked or approved time off, paid by the Company to an employee
before payroll deductions and before any deferrals pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Plan.
Salary shall furthermore include pay for vacation, holidays, jury duty, bereavement, back or
retroactive pay, and overtime paid in accordance with a bona fide Dresser-Rand policy.
Salary shall exclude bonuses, proceeds, earnings or value from any program involving stock,
reimbursements of expenses, separation pay, fringe benefits, and other remuneration which is
not specifically related to time worked or approved time off.

	1.25	 	Separation from Service

“Separation from Service” shall mean the Participant’s complete and total retirement or
termination of service or termination of employment with the Company. No Separation from
Service shall be deemed to occur due to military leave, sick leave or other bona fide

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leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months or, in excess of six
months if the Participant’s right to reemployment is provided by law or contract. If the
leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided by law
or by contract, then the Participant shall be deemed to have a Separation from Service on
the first date immediately following such six-month period. The Participant shall not be
treated as having a Separation from Service if the Participant provides more than
insignificant services for the Company following the Participant’s actual or purported
termination of or employment with the Company. Services shall be treated as being
insignificant if such services are performed at an annual rate that is less than 20% of the
services rendered by the Participant for the Company, on average, during the immediately
preceding three full calendar years of service or employment (or if employed less than three
years, such shorter period of employment). Services shall be treated as not being
insignificant if such services are performed at an annual rate that is equal to or greater
than 50% of the services rendered by the Participant for the Company, on average, during the
immediately preceding three full calendar years of service or employment (or if employed
less than three years, such shorter period of employment).

The provision of this Section 1.25 shall be applied consistent with the guidance issued
under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) and Treasury Regulations 1.409A-1(h).

	1.26	 	Short-Term Distribution Option

“Short-Term Distribution Option” shall pertain to a distribution of the Participant’s Salary
and/or Bonus, to include the principal amount adjusted for the investment earnings and less
losses, of a Class Year Account in a single lump sum in January of the calendar year
specified by the Participant as further described in Section 5.1(b)(i).

	1.27	 	Spouse

“Spouse” means the individual to whom the Participant is legally married under State law at
the time of the Participant’s death.

	1.28	 	Termination Distribution Option

“Termination Distribution Option” shall mean a Distribution Election pertaining to the
timing and form of distribution of a Participant’s Account that applies in the event that a
distribution is triggered by the Participant’s Separation of Service, as further described
in Section 5.l(b)(ii).

	1.29	 	Trust

“Trust” means the Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan Trust, a rabbi trust
described in Code Section 671, established December 2006.

	1.30	 	Unforeseeable Emergency

The term “Unforeseeable Emergency”, shall be interpreted consistently with guidance issued
pursuant to Code Section 409A, and shall generally mean a Participant’s severe

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financial hardship resulting from either:

	 	(a)	 	an illness or accident of the Participant or his or her Spouse, beneficiary or
“dependent”, as defined in Code Section 152(a), and the related extraordinary and
unforeseeable medical expenses, including non-refundable deductibles and the cost of
prescription drugs;
	 
	 	(b)	 	loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild
a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance);
	 
	 	(c)	 	other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result
of events beyond the control of the Participant, such as the imminent foreclosure of or
eviction from the Participant’s primary residence, or extraordinary funeral expenses of
a Spouse, beneficiary or dependent (as defined above).

Generally, the purchase of a home and the payment of college tuition are not Unforeseeable
Emergencies. Whether an event constitutes an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be determined by
the Employee Benefits Committee based on the relevant facts and circumstances of each case.

	1.31	 	Valuation Date

“Valuation Date” means each business day on which investment markets and the Plan’s
third-party recordkeeper are open.

	1.32	 	Transfer Contributions

“Transfer Contributions” means, with respect to a Participant, amounts transferred from the
ERISA Excess Benefit Plan for Dresser-Rand and/or the ERISA Compensation Limit Plan for
Dresser-Rand Company as of November 12, 2008, the transfer date. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall Transfer Contributions and earnings be
subject to: (a) the enrollment and election provisions of Section 2.4, (b) the Short Term
Deferral Option of Section 5.1; or (c) the hardship distribution provisions of Section 5.4.

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Article II:Eligibility and Participation

	2.1	 	Participation

	 	(a)	 	Once an Employee is determined to be an Eligible Employee during the Enrollment
Period (Section 2.4), he or she shall be eligible to make a Deferral Election during
the applicable Enrollment Period following the eligibility effective date designated by
the Board. Such an Eligible Employee shall become a Participant on the January 1
immediately following his or her timely delivery of a Deferral Election in which he or
she elects to defer an amount of Salary and/or Bonus.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Employee’s status/position changes such that he/she is no longer an
Eligible Employee, under the criteria set forth in Section 1.15, such Employee shall
continue to be a Participant for the remainder of the calendar year. However, at the
end of this calendar year, the Employee shall cease to be an active Participant and the
provisions of Section 2.3 below shall apply.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A Participant shall be entitled to participate under the terms of the Plan only
so long as the Board shall allow.

	2.2	 	Termination of Participation

A Participant’s participation in the Plan will terminate when the balance in the
Participant’s Account under this Plan has been paid in full.

	2.3	 	Inactive Participation

A Participant shall cease to be an active Participant upon (a) written notification by the
Employee Benefits Committee, (b) on December 31 of the calendar year in which the
Participant no longer meets the requirements of an Eligible Employee, or (c) if the
Participant is transferred or reassigned to an Associated Company that is not a
participating Company in the Plan. In any such case, the Participant shall be considered an
inactive Participant.

An inactive Participant shall continue participation with respect to amounts credited to his
or her Account, but the Participant shall cease to be eligible to make any further Deferral
Elections under the Plan. If the Participant is transferred or reassigned to an Associated
Company that is not a participating Company in the Plan, any Deferral Elections will
continue through the end of the calendar year in which such transfer or reassignment occurs.
The Account of an inactive Participant shall continue to be adjusted for investment
earnings, and distributions shall be administered in accordance with the Participant’s most
recent Distribution Election.

	2.4	 	Enrollment Period

	 	(a)	 	Administration of Enrollment Period

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At least once per Plan Year, the Employee Benefits Committee shall administer an
Enrollment Period during which each Eligible Employee shall be offered the
opportunity to complete and deliver a Deferral Election for Salary and/or any Bonus
earned in the following Plan Year. A Deferral Election shall be presented in a form
and manner, and delivered not later than the applicable deadline as established by
the Employee Benefits Committee, subject to paragraph (c).

	 	(b)	 	Enrollment for a Newly Eligible Employee

The earliest date an individual who becomes an Eligible Employee during the Plan
Year shall be eligible to enroll will be: (i) to defer Salary, the January 1 of the
following Plan Year, and (ii) to defer Bonus, six full months prior to the last day
of the fiscal year during which performance is measured for the Bonus. If the
Eligible Employee fails to enroll during the earliest possible annual Enrollment
Period, such Eligible Employee shall be eligible to make a Deferral Election at the
next annual Election Period.

If an Employee becomes an Eligible Employee during the Enrollment Period, and the
Plan Administrator is not notified in a timely manner such that allows for the newly
Eligible Employee to be notified and to complete the Deferral Election process, such
Eligible Employee shall be eligible to make a Deferral Election at the next annual
Election Period so long as they remain otherwise eligible to participate.

	 	(c)	 	Deadline for Deferral Election Form

For annual Enrollment Periods, subject to any decision by the Employee Benefits
Committee to the contrary, the deadline for Participants to irrevocably deliver
Deferral Elections shall not be later than:

	 	(i)	 	To Defer Salary: A specified date during the December
immediately prior to the calendar year in which the Salary is earned; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	To Defer a Bonus: Six full months prior to the last day of the
fiscal year during which performance is measured for the Bonus.

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Article III:Participant Deferrals and Company Contributions

	3.1	 	Participant Salary and/or Bonus Deferrals
	 
	 	 	Each Eligible Employee shall be eligible to make an annual Deferral Election, with regard to
the Salary and/or Bonus that will be earned in the following Plan Year, during an Enrollment
Period as described in Section 2.4, and in accordance with the
following terms:

	 	(a)	 	Bonus Deferrals
	 
	 	 	 	An Eligible Employee may elect, under the terms and conditions of the Plan, to defer
up to 80% of his or her Bonus. As soon as practicable on or after the date a Bonus
is awarded, for each Eligible Employee whose Deferral Election provides for deferral
of a Bonus amount, the applicable dollar amount that the Participant elected to
defer shall be credited to his or her Class Year Account and designated with the
timing and form of Distribution Election elected by the Eligible Employee.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Salary Deferrals
	 
	 	 	 	An Eligible Employee may elect, under the terms and conditions of the Plan, to defer
up to 80% his or her Salary per pay period. Such Salary Deferrals shall be credited
to his or her Class Year Account and earmarked with the timing and form of
Distribution Election elected by the Eligible Employee.

	 	 	The Eligible Employee’s Deferral Election shall become irrevocable on the last day of the
Enrollment Period.
	 
	3.2	 	Company Match Contribution
	 
	 	 	The dollar-for-dollar Company Match Contribution, as described in Section 1.11, for a Plan
Year shall not exceed the dollar amount, as follows:

			
	           Tier 1 3⁄4	 	For Participants in Pay Grades 35 and higher, 100% of the first 10%
of Salary Deferral and Bonus Deferral, up to a maximum Company Match Contribution of
$150,000 during the Plan Year

			
	           Tier 2 3⁄4	 	For Participants in Pay Grades 32 through 34, the Company Matching
Contribution shall equal 100% of first 5% of Salary Deferral and Bonus Deferral, up to
a maximum Company Match Contribution of $15,000 during the Plan Year.

	 	 	For purposes of this definition, if the Participant’s status changes such that he or she:

	 	(a)	 	Was receiving the Tier I Company Match Contribution and becomes Eligible for
the Tier 2 Company Match Contribution during the same Plan Year, the Participant will
begin receiving the Tier 2 Company Match Contribution as of the effective date of the
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	 	(b)	 	Was receiving the Tier 2 Company Match Contribution and becomes Eligible for
the Tier 1 Company Match Contribution during the same Plan Year, the Participant will
begin receiving the Tier 1 Company Match Contribution as of the effective date of the
pay grade change, for the remainder of the same Plan Year,
	 
	 	(c)	 	Is no longer an Eligible Employee, the Participant’s Salary and Bonus deferrals
and associated Company Matching Contributions will continue, subject to the Tier 2
limit as of the effective date he/she became an Ineligible Employee, for the remainder
of the same Plan Year.

	 	 	The Company Match Contribution and applicable investment gains and losses are not subject to
the Short-Term Distribution Option.
	 
	 	 	Effective for Company Match Contributions that relate to 2009 and later Plan Years, a
Participant shall be not eligible for an allocation of match attributable to a Participant’s
Bonus Deferral, unless he is employed on the December 31 of the calendar year to which the
Bonus relates, or he has died or become disabled.

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Article IV: Accounts

	4.1	 	Establishment of Accounts
	 
	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee (or the designated third-party record keeper, if any) shall
establish on the Company’s books and records an Account for each Participant and such
sub-accounts as are described in this Plan and applicable to the Participant. For purposes
of this Article IV, a Participant’s Account is a bookkeeping entry only and does not entitle
the Participant to any ownership interest in any actual assets.
	 
	4.2	 	Earnings Credited to Accounts
	 
	 	 	Until a Participant’s Account has been fully distributed, the balance of such Account shall
be credited as of each Valuation Date with the investment earnings, losses and/or income
attributable to the investment fund or funds chosen by the Participant. The Employee
Benefits Committee shall have full and complete discretion to determine the investment funds
offered under the Plan.

	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee shall have the authority to establish any and all rules
pertaining to the frequency of permissible changes in investment directions, the manner and
timing for a Participant to deliver directions for the investment of future allocations to
his or her Account, and procedures for the reinvestment of existing account balances.

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Article V: Election, Timing and Form of Distributions

	5.1	 	Participant’s Distribution Election of Timing and Form of Payment

	 	(a)	 	Election of Distribution

	 	(i)	 	A Participant’s Distribution Election shall include
electing whether a deferral of Salary and/or Bonus shall be subject to the
Short-Term Distribution Option or the Termination Distribution Option. The
Participant may choose separate Short-Term Distribution Options for Salary
and Bonus.
	 
	 	 	 	The Termination Distribution Option shall automatically apply to a
Participant’s vested portion of the Company Matching Contributions Account,
and all applicable investment earnings thereon.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	In lieu of an election submitted by the Participant, the
default Termination Distribution Election will be in the form of a single
lump sum.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The Distribution Elections described in this Article V
must be completed by, and shall be irrevocable on, the deadline date for
making the Deferral Election under Section 2.4(c).
	 
	 	(iv)	 	(A) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (i) and (iii) of this
Section 5.1(a), the provisions of this subparagraph (iv) shall apply to the
time and manner of distribution of a Participant’s Transfer Contributions and
earnings.

(B) Subject to subsection (D), with respect to a Participant who is an
Eligible Employee as of November 12, 2008 and who has one or more Transfer
Contributions to his credit, the time and manner of distribution of the
Transfer Contributions and earnings shall be governed by the Distribution
Election that the Participant previously made with respect to the remainder
of the Participant’s Account under the Termination Distribution Option. In
the absence of such an election, the default provisions of subparagraph (ii)
shall apply.

(C) Subject to subsection (D), a Participant who is not an Eligible Employee
as of November 12, 2008 but who has one or more Transfer Contributions to
his credit may make a Distribution Election with respect to his Termination
Distribution Option on or before December 31, 2008. Any such election shall
be irrevocable. If a Participant fails to make an election, the default
provisions of subparagraph (ii) shall apply.

(D) A Participant who was receiving installment payments from the ERISA
Excess Benefit Plan for Dresser-Rand and the ERISA Compensation Limit Plan
for Dresser-Rand Company when such balances transferred to the Plan shall
continue to receive his Transfer Contributions in the form of installment
payments until the Transfer Account is fully distributed.

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	 	(b)	 	Timing of Distributions

	 	(i)	 	Short-Term Distribution Option
	 
	 	 	 	If the Participant elects the Short-Term Distribution Option, which shall
apply to the principal amount of Salary or Bonus deferred, and any
applicable investment earnings, he or she is to specify the year in which
the Short Term Distribution is to be paid.
	 
	 	 	 	The earliest Short-Term Distribution Option payment date of a Class Year
Account shall be in January following a period of two calendar years post
the Participant’s Deferral Period.
	 
	 	 	 	However, if the Participant’s Separation from Service or death precedes a
scheduled Short-Term Distribution payment date, all pending Short-Term
Distributions are voided and the Termination Distribution Option or Survivor
distribution option shall be administered.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Termination Distribution Option
	 
	 	 	 	If the Participant elects the Termination Distribution Option for his or her
deferred Salary or deferred Bonus, the triggering event for the distribution
of the Class Year Account shall be the Participant’s Separation from
Service. In no event shall such distribution be made or commence later than
the end of the calendar year containing the date of such Separation from
Service or the 15th day of the third month following such date,
if later. In the event a Participant incurs a Separation from Service as a
result of a Change in Control, the latest date on which payment can be made
shall be determined without regard to the date on which the Company incurs a
Change in Control.

	 	(c)	 	Form of Distribution

	 	(i)	 	Short-Term Distribution Option
	 
	 	 	 	The form of payment for a distribution of deferred Salary or Bonus, to the
extent that a Participant has elected the Short Term Distribution Option for
a Class Year Account, shall be a single lump sum payment at the time elected
by the Participant (as stated in subsection (b)(i) above.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Termination Distribution Option
	 
	 	 	 	As applied to all of a Participant’s Account balances that are subject to
the Termination Distribution Option (or which become subject to that option
at the time of the Participant’s Separation from Service), a Participant
shall make an initial Deferral Election among the following optional forms
of payment. Once elected, the form of payment for the Termination
Distribution Option may not be changed by the Participant. The optional
forms of payment are:

	 	(A)	 	a single lump-sum payment;
	 
	 	(B)	 	a single lump-sum payment in January following
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	 	 	 	Separation from Service; or

	 	(C)	 	an annual declining balance installment over a
period of 5 years. Each installment payment will be issued in January
of each year. The amount of the annual installment shall be calculated
using a declining balance formula whereby the first payment will be 1/5
of the account, the second payment will be 1/4 of the remaining
Account, and so on until the account is depleted. Payment of
installments shall not be interrupted or suspended in the event a
Participant becomes rehired by the Company.

	5.2	 	Class Year Accounts Subject to Short-Term Distribution Options

	 	(a)	 	Payment Triggered by Short-Term Distribution Election
	 
	 	 	 	In the case of a Class Year Account for which a Participant has elected a Short-Term
Distribution Option, the principal amount of deferred Salary or Bonus, plus
applicable earnings credited to that Class Year Account, shall be distributed in one
lump-sum payment in January of the calendar year, in accordance with the
Participant’s applicable Distribution Election. Payment shall be made no later than
the end of the calendar year containing the specified date.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Exception
	 
	 	 	 	Notwithstanding subsection (a), all of the Participant’s future elected Short-Term
Distribution Options shall cease to apply in the event of the Participant’s
Separation from Service, in which case, the Participant’s election under the
Termination Distribution Option shall apply.

	5.3	 	Accounts Subject to the Termination Distribution Option

	 	(a)	 	Payment Triggered by Separation from Service
	 
	 	 	 	In the event of a Participant’s Separation from Service, the Separation from Service
shall be a triggering event for the distribution of a Participant’s vested Account,
including: (i) the principal and earnings of any and all Class Year Accounts
(regardless of any Short-Term Distribution Option elected by the Participant), (ii)
the Participant’s Company Match Contribution Account and (iii) the Participant’s
Transfer Account.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Form of Payment
	 
	 	 	 	A distribution triggered by a Participant’s Separation from Service shall be paid in
the form elected by the Participant for his or her Termination Distribution Option.

	5.4	 	Hardship Distributions

	 	(a)	 	In the event of a Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant may
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	 	 	 	the balance
of the Participant’s Account (excluding Transfer Contributions and
earnings). In such a case, the burden of proof shall be on the Participant to
produce information sufficient to demonstrate to the Employee Benefits Committee the
existence of the Unforeseeable Emergency, the inadequacy or lack of availability of
other resources, and the amount required to satisfy the need. Distributions
attributable to an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be limited to the amount that the
Employee Benefits Committee determines to be reasonably necessary to satisfy the
emergency need (which may include amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, or
local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the
distribution). A distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency may not be
made to the extent that the emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement
from insurance or otherwise, or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the
extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Suspension of Deferrals following Hardship Distribution
	 
	 	 	 	In the event that a Participant receives a hardship withdrawal pursuant to
subsection (a) or (b) above, or from the Retirement Savings Plan, any Deferral
Election under this Plan shall be suspended for the remainder of the Plan Year.

	5.5	 	Restrictions on Specified Employees
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary and except as otherwise
permitted under Code Section 409A, in the case of a Participant who is a “specified
employee” as such term is defined under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), no distribution shall
be made to such Participant upon such Participant’s Separation from Service until the date
that is six months after such Participant’s Separation from Service. A “specified employee”
is a Participant who is a key employee as defined in Code Section 416(i) (without regard to
paragraph (5) thereof) of the Company while the Company is a corporation, any stock of which
is publicly traded on an established securities market. A Participant is a “specified
employee” for the 12-month period beginning April 1 if such Participant meets the
requirement for a key employee for the calendar year immediately preceding the April 1 date.
Any payments delayed under this Section 5.5 will be credited with applicable investment
gains/losses in the Participant’s Account.

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Article VI: Vesting

	6.1	 	Vesting

	 	(a)	 	The portion of the Participant’s Account comprised of the Salary Deferrals,
Bonus Deferrals and Transfer Contributions shall be fully vested.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Participant’s interest in the Company Match Contributions Account shall become
fully vested and non-forfeitable upon the 

earliest of:

	 	(1)	 	completion of 36 Months of Service as determined under Section
6.2; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	attainment of age 65 while in the employ of the Company; or
	 
	 	(3)	 	death while in the employ of the Company; or
	 
	 	(4)	 	a Change in Control while in the employ of the Company.

	 	 	 	Upon vesting due to a Change in Control any and all subsequent deferrals and
contributions to such Account shall also be immediately 100% vested.

	 	(c)	 	If a Participant incurs a termination of employment before one of the events
described in paragraph (b), the Participant’s Company Match Contributions Account shall
be forfeited.

	6.2	 	Service
	 
	 	 	A Participant will be credited with a Month of Service for each full calendar month the
Participant is an Employee with the Company or an Associated Company.
	 
	 	 	The following is included in determining a Month of Service:

	 	(i)	 	If a Participant was employed by the Company on September
5, 2005 and was employed by Tuthill Corporation on September 4, 2005, then
the service with Tuthill Corporation will be included in computing a Month of
Service.

	 	(ii)	 	If a Participant was employed by the Company on August 29,
2008 and was employed by Arrow Industries on August 28, 2008, then the
service with Arrow Industries will be included in computing a Month of
Service.

	 	(a)	 	Breaks–In–Service
	 
	 	 	 	Period of services when a person was not employed by the Company or an Associated
Company will be excluded from determining the Months of Service for Vesting. Service
with the Company or an Associated Company that precedes a break-in-service equal to
60 or more months will not be included for Vesting determination, unless the person
had a minimum of 120 Months of Service prior to the break.

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Article VII: Death Benefits

	7.1	 	Beneficiary Designation
	 
	 	 	Each Participant shall name one or more persons as the Beneficiary who will receive any
payment under Section 5.1(c)(ii). A Beneficiary designation is effective only if made in
writing on a form provided by the Employee Benefits Committee and filed with the Employee
Benefits Committee. A Participant may change a Beneficiary designation by filing another
form in accordance with this Section.
	 
	 	 	If the Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary or no designated Beneficiary is living
when any payment under Section 5. l(c)(ii) is to be made, then:

	 	(a)	 	the surviving Spouse of the Participant shall be the Beneficiary; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	if the Participant’s Spouse is not living, then the surviving children of the
Participant will be deemed the Beneficiaries and will take on a per stirpes basis.
	 
	 	(c)	 	if there are no children, then the estate of the Participant will be deemed the
Beneficiary.

	7.2	 	Death of Participant
	 
	 	 	On the death of a Participant, the entire balance of such Participant’s Account shall be
distributed to the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) in a lump sum (or divided equally in the
case of multiple Beneficiaries) as soon as administratively practicable following the
Participant’s death, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year containing the
date of death or the 15th day of the third month following the date of death, if later. The
restrictions in Section 5.5 will not apply in the event of a Participant’s death.

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Article VIII: Administrative Powers and Duties

	8.1	 	Plan Administration
	 
	 	 	The administration of the Plan shall be vested in the Employee Benefits Committee.
	 
	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee shall, subject to express provisions of the Plan, have power
to construe the Plan, prescribe rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and make all
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. All resolutions or
other actions or decisions of the Employee Benefits Committee shall be by vote of a majority
of the Employee Benefits Committee members. No member of the Employee Benefits Committee
shall have the right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or herself
under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his individual right to claim any benefit
under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which an Employee Benefits Committee
member is so disqualified to act, and the remaining members cannot agree, the Board shall
decide the matter in which he or she is disqualified.
	 
	 	 	The Company may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in
the Plan in the manner and to the extent deemed expedient to carry it into effect within
legal confines.
	 
	8.2	 	Delegation of Authority
	 
	 	 	The administrative duties and responsibilities set forth in Section 8.1 may be delegated by
the Employee Benefits Committee in whatever manner and extent it chooses to such person or
persons as it selects. Employee Benefits Committee will notify the Company and the Trustee
of the authority conferred upon such person or persons.
	 
	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee may delegate to others certain aspects of the management and
operational responsibilities of the Plan, including the employment of advisors and the
delegation of ministerial duties to qualified individuals.
	 
	8.3	 	Expenses
	 
	 	 	All expenses and costs incurred in connection with the administration and operation of the
Plan shall be borne by the Company.
	 
	8.4	 	Indemnity of Employee Benefits Committee
	 
	 	 	The Company indemnifies and holds harmless the members of the Employee Benefits Committee,
and each of the members individually, from and against any and all loss resulting from
liability to which the Employee Benefits Committee, or the members of the Employee Benefits
Committee, may be subjected by reason of any act or conduct (except willful misconduct,
fraud or gross negligence) in their official capacities in the administration of the Trust,
Plan or both, including all expenses reasonably incurred in their defense, in case the
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	8.5	 	Claims and Appeals Procedures

	 	(a)	 	The claims and appeals procedures under the Plan shall be administered in
accordance with written guidelines which may be revised in the discretion of the
Employee Benefits Committee from time to time; provided, however, that any such
guidelines shall be substantially in accordance with the claims and appeals procedures
described herein (as this Plan may be amended from time to time). A “claim” (as that
term is used in this Section) occurs when a Participant or Beneficiary either (i) makes
an application for a benefit under the Plan, or (ii) disputes a determination by the
Employee Benefits Committee (or a person authorized by the Employee Benefits Committee)
of the amount of any benefit or the resolution of any matter affecting a benefit under
the Plan. A claim or appeal may be filed by an authorized representative of the
Participant or Beneficiary who is the claimant.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, a Participant or Beneficiary
shall not have a right to submit a dispute with respect to a benefit under this Plan
more than 3 years after the date the individual has knowledge of all material facts
that are the subject of the dispute.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be filed with the corporate benefits
office on forms provided for that purpose. Each claim will be decided by one or more
persons who are authorized by the Employee Benefits Committee and are referred to in
this Section as the “Claims Administrator”. The Claims Administrator will give the
claimant written notice of the disposition of a claim within 90 days after the claim
has been filed, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing, in which case such notice of disposition shall be given within 180 days
after the application has been filed. If notice of disposition is not given, the claim
is deemed to be denied.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Claims Administrator shall give
the claimant a written explanation stating the reasons for the denial, citing pertinent
provisions of the Plan, the manner in which the claim denial can be appealed to the
Employee Benefits Committee and, in the event of an appeal, the further information
which the claimant may submit or request in connection with the appeal and the
claimant’s eventual rights to pursue other remedies under ERISA.
	 
	 	(e)	 	A claimant wishing a review of a denied claim may submit an appeal in writing
in a manner acceptable to the Employee Benefits Committee. The deadline for submitting
any such appeal shall be 60 days after receipt of the written notification of the
denial of the claim, as described above. Within 60 days following the receipt of the
notice of appeal, the Employee Benefits Committee will give the claimant either (i) a
written notice of the decision of the reviewer, or (ii) if special circumstances
require an extension of time for review, a notice of a 60 day extension of the review
period. In the latter case, the notice of the decision of the reviewer shall be
delivered to the claimant by the Employee Benefits Committee within 120 days after the
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	 	 	 	Employee Benefits Committee who vote on the decision on appeal shall not include any
person who decided the initial claim, but a person who decided the initial claim may
participate in the discussion of the appeal with the voting members of the Employee
Benefits Committee.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Plan hereby delegates full and complete discretion to the Claims
Administrator and the Employee Benefits Committee:

	 	(i)	 	to make findings of fact pertaining to a claim or appeal;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to interpret the Plan as applied to the facts; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to decide all aspects of the claim or appeal.

	 	 	 	The decision by the Employee Benefits Committee shall be the final and conclusive
administrative review proceeding under the Plan.

	8.6	 	Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
	 
	 	 	If claimants continue to dispute the benefit denial, then claimants may assert a legal or
equitable action for benefits, subject to the terms of this section. No legal or equitable
action for benefits under the Plan shall be brought unless and until the claimant has:

	 	(a)	 	submitted a written application for benefits;
	 
	 	(b)	 	been notified that the application is denied;
	 
	 	(c)	 	filed a written request for a review of the application in accordance with
Section 8.4; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	been notified in writing that the Employee Benefits Committee has affirmed the
denial of the application; provided, however, that an action may be brought after the
Company or the Employee Benefits Committee has failed to act on the claim within the
time prescribed in Section 8.4, above.

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Article IX:Amendment and Termination

	 	9.1	 	Amending the Plan
	 
	 	 	 	The Company, by action of the Board of Directors or its duly
authorized delegate, may amend
this Plan at any time; provided, however, that such amendment shall not adversely affect
any rights to amounts that Participants have accrued hereunder as of the date of such
amendment, unless such amendment is required under applicable law.
	 
	 	9.2	 	 Plan Termination
	 
	 	 	 	The Company may terminate the Plan at any time in whole or in part.

	 	(a)	 	Except for such modifications, limitations or restrictions as may otherwise be required to avoid
current income taxation or other adverse tax consequences as a result of changes to the tax laws
and regulations applicable to the Plan, no such plan amendment or plan termination authorized by
the Company shall adversely affect the benefits accrued to date under the Plan or otherwise reduce
the then outstanding balances credited to Accounts or otherwise adversely affect the distribution
provisions in effect for those Accounts. Termination of the Plan shall not serve to reduce the
amount credited to a(n) Account(s) at the time of termination.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Plan is terminated, benefits accrued through the date of Plan termination shall be paid in
such manner and at such time as they would have been paid if the Plan had not terminated, except to
the extent acceleration of payment of benefits is permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

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Article X:Miscellaneous

	 	10.1	 	Severability
	 
	 	 	 	If any of the provisions of this Plan shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Plan
shall not be affected thereby. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan, if any provision
of the Plan or an interpretation of any provisions of the Plan shall be inconsistent with
the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder, the Plan
provision shall be applied in a manner such that the provision shall be read as consistent
with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder to the extent such application avoids
application of Code Section 409A(a)(1) causing the early taxation of the Participant.
	 
	 	10.2	 	 Unsecured Interest
	 
	 	 	 	No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any rights with respect to any portion of the
Company contributions made on his or her behalf or any benefits under the Plan except as a
general, unsecured creditor of the Company. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the
Company to make future benefits payments pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Deferred
Compensation credited to a Participant’s Account is not held in escrow and is not secured
by any specific assets of the Company or in which the Company has an interest. The Company
may make such arrangements as it desires to provide for the payment of benefits under the
Plan. The Company may, but is not required to, establish a Trust to hold contributions and
any earnings from investment of the contributions. In order to satisfy its Plan
obligations, the Company may, but is not required to, make, or cause the trustee of the
Trust to make, actual investments.
	 
	 	10.3	 	Payments to the Account Trust
	 
	 	 	 	In the event a Trust or Trusts are established by the Company for purposes of this Plan,
amounts credited to Participant Accounts under the Plan shall be contributed in like amount
by the Company directly to the trustee of the Trust on or about the date as of which such
amounts are credited to Participant Accounts. Any Trust or Trusts established by the
Company for purposes of this Plan and the taxation of the assets held in any such Trust on
behalf of Participants shall be subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A(b)
including (i) the transfers of assets for the benefit of covered employees (as defined in
Code Section 409A(b)(3)(D)(ii)) when the Company’s defined benefit pension plan is in a
restricted period, and (ii) the restriction of assets in connection with a change in the
Company’s financial health.
	 
	 	 	 	In the event a Trust or Trusts are not established by the Company for purposes of this
Plan, amounts shall nevertheless be credited to Participant Accounts as stated in the terms
of the Plan.
	 
	 	10.4	 	 Not an Employment Agreement
	 
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	 	 	 	service of the Company, nor will it interfere with the right of the Company to discharge
with or without cause the Participant at any time.

	 	10.5	 	No Assignment or Anticipation of Benefits

	 	(a)	 	No Assignment
	 
	 	 	 	Except as provided in the following paragraph, no Participant Account under the
Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, execution, attachment, garnishment, or any
other legal process, and any attempt to do so shall be void.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Domestic Relations Orders
	 
	 	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee shall follow 3⁄4 if, when, and to the extent a
Participant is receiving a distribution (or series of distributions) of his or her
Account under the Plan — any judgment, decree or order of a state court (including
a court approved property settlement agreement) which:

	 	(i)	 	relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property rights made
pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including a community property law),
	 
	 	(ii)	 	provides an alternate payee with a right to receive all or a stated portion of one or more
subsequent distributions which would otherwise then be payable entirely to the Participant or a
Beneficiary under the otherwise applicable provisions of this Plan, and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	satisfies the requirements of the Company’s administrative procedures for Domestic Relations
Orders.

	 	10.6	 	Taxes
	 
	 	 	 	The Company shall be entitled to: (i) deduct from each Participant’s current compensation
or from benefits payable under the Plan, any Federal, state or local withholding or other
taxes or charges which the employing company is required to deduct under applicable law;
and/or (ii) accelerate payment of a Participant’s benefit to pay employment tax to the
extent permitted by Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vi). If the aggregate amount of a
Participant’s current compensation and benefits payable from the Plan is insufficient to
meet any then applicable tax withholding obligation and payment of the Participant’s
benefit is not accelerated to fund the employment tax liability, the Participant shall have
the obligation to pay such withholding taxes in a manner then determined by the Employee
Benefits Committee, or in accordance with an administrative policy approved by the Employee
Benefits Committee.
	 
	 	10.7	 	State Law
	 
	 	 	 	The provisions of the Plan and all rights created thereunder shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, to the extent not
governed by federal law.

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The Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan

	 	10.8	 	Legal Actions
	 
	 	 	 	The Employee Benefits Committee will be a necessary party to any action or proceeding
involving the administration of the Plan. No employee, Participant, former Participant or
their Beneficiaries, or any other person having or claiming to have an interest in the Plan
will be entitled to any notice or process. Any final judgment that may be entered in any
such action or proceeding will be binding and conclusive on all persons having or claiming
to have any interest in the Plan.
	 
	 	10.9	 	Facility of Payment
	 
	 	 	 	In the event any benefit under this Plan is payable to a person who is under legal
disability or is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his or her financial
affairs, the Employee Benefits Committee may direct payment of such benefit to a duly
appointed guardian, committee or other legal representative of such person, or in the
absence of a guardian or legal representative, to a custodian for such person under a
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or relative of such person by blood or marriage, for such
person’s benefit. Any payment made in good faith pursuant to this provision shall fully
discharge the Company and the Plan of any liability to the extent of such payment.
	 
	 	10.10	 	Unclaimed Benefits
	 
	 	 	 	If the Employee Benefits Committee is unable after any benefit becomes due hereunder to
authorize payment because the whereabouts of a Participant or Beneficiary cannot be
ascertained, the Committee shall send written notice of such benefit to the Participant or
Beneficiary at his or her last known mailing address as shown by the records of the
Company.
	 
	 	 	 	If the Employee Benefits Committee, by making a reasonably diligent effort, cannot locate
the Participant or any Beneficiary under Section 7.1, the amount payable to such
Participant or Beneficiary shall be forfeited at such time as the Employee Benefits
Committee shall determine in a nondiscriminatory manner (but in all events prior to the
time such benefit would otherwise escheat under any applicable laws). The forfeiture shall
be applied to reduce future Company Match Contributions.
	 
	 	 	 	Should the Participant or Beneficiary subsequently make application for benefits, the
amount so forfeited shall be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary.
	 
	 	10.11	 	 Appendices
	 
	 	 	 	Any Appendix to this Plan, as amended from time to time, is incorporated into, and made a
part of, the terms and conditions of this Plan.
	 
	 	10.12	 	 Entire Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	The terms of this Plan document and the Participant’s elections supersede any written or
verbal agreements, representations, proposals or plans. Further, the terms of the Plan and
the elections cannot be amended or changed by any verbal agreement,
representation, proposal or other communication. Section 9.1 entitled Amendment
and Section 9.2

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The Dresser-Rand Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan

	 	 	 	entitled Plan Termination sets forth the sole mechanism for amending or
changing the terms of the Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Plan to be executed by a duly authorized member of
its Employee Benefits Committee this 30 day of December, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DRESSER-RAND COMPANY

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Elizabeth C. Powers
 

Elizabeth C. Powers
	 	 
	 

	 	Chairperson of the Employee Benefits Committee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Attested by:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Mark F. Mai
 

Mark Mai
	 	 
	 

	 	Corporate Secretary	 	 

28EX-10.43

EXHIBIT 10.43

DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN

(Effective as of January 1, 2009)

     WHEREAS, Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (the “Company”) previously established the Dresser-Rand Group
Inc. Director Compensation Program (the “Prior Program”) to allow the non-employee directors of the
Company to defer receipt of amounts payable for their services as members of the Board of Directors
of the Company; and

     WHEREAS, effective as of January 1, 2009, the Company wishes to amend and restate the Prior
Program as the Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral Plan (the “Plan”) to
comply with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 409A and thereby avoid any tax
arising thereunder;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, the Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Non-Employee
Director Fee Deferral Plan is hereby set forth below to be effective as of January 1, 2009.

     Section 1. Establishment and Purpose. The Company has established this Plan to
promote the long-term success of the Company by creating a long-term mutuality of interests between
the non-employee directors and stockholders of the Company, to provide an additional inducement for
such directors to remain with the Company and to provide a means through which the Company may
attract able persons to serve as directors of the Company.

     Section 2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:

     (a) “Accounts” means the Equity Deferral Account(s) and/or Fee Deferral Account(s)
established and maintained on the books of the Company to record a Participant’s interest under
the Plan.

     (b) “Affiliate” means any incorporated or unincorporated trade or business or other entity or
person, other than the Company, that along with the Company is considered a single employer under
Code section 414(b) or Code section 414(c); provided, however, that (i) in applying Code section
1563(a)(1), (2), and (3) for the purposes of determining a controlled group of corporations under
Code section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of the phrase “at least 80 percent” in each
place the phrase “at least 80 percent” appears in Code section 1563(a)(1), (2), and (3), and (ii)
in applying Treas. Reg. section 1.414(c)-2 for the purposes of determining trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) that are under common control for the purposes of Code section
414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of the phrase “at least 80 percent”
in each place the phrase “at least 50 percent” appears in Treas. Reg. section 1.414(c)-2.

 

 

     (c) “Annual Retainer” means the annual retainer to be paid to each Non-Employee Director for
a Plan Year as determined by the Board of Directors.

     (d) “Beneficiary” means the person or persons named by the Participant as the recipient of any
distribution remaining to be paid to the Participant under the Plan upon the Participant’s death.

     (e) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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

     (g) “Committee” means the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.

     (h) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

     (i) “Company” means Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     (j) “Deferral Election” is defined in Section 4(a) of the Plan.

     (k) “Determination Date” means the date described in Section 4(b)(ii) of the Plan.

     (l) “Director Fees” means the Annual Retainer and Meeting Fees payable by the Company to a
Non-Employee Director for his or her services as a director of the Company for a Plan Year.

     (m) “Director Incentive Plan” means, for the period prior to May 13, 2008, the Dresser-Rand
Group Inc. 2005 Directors Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and for the period thereafter, the
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

     (n) “Election Period” means, with respect to a Plan Year, the reasonable period prior to the
beginning of such year that is established for the making of elections for such Plan Year pursuant
to Section 4(a) of the Plan. The term “Election Period” shall also include the 30-day election
period provided for under Section 4(a) of the Plan.

     (o) “Equity Award” means the award specified by the Committee that will be granted to
Non-Employee Director under the terms of the Director Incentive Plan for his or her services as a
director of the Company for a Plan Year.

     (p) “Equity Deferral Account” an account established and maintained on the books of the
Company with respect to a Participant pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) of the Plan.

     (q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any valuation date, the closing price of a share of
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or on such other recognized market or quotation
system on which the trading prices of Common Stock are traded or quoted at the

 

 

relevant time). If there are no Common Stock transactions reported on such exchange or system on such valuation date,
Fair Market Value shall mean the closing price of a share of common stock on the nearest preceding
date on which Common Stock transactions were so reported.

     (r) “Fee Deferral Account” means an account established and maintained on the books of the
Company with respect to a Participant pursuant to Section 4(b)(i) of the Plan.

     (s) “Financial Hardship” means a severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from an
illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary,
or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code section 152, without regard to Code section
152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), the loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty
(including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by
insurance), or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of
events beyond the control of the Participant that cannot be relieved (i) through reimbursement or
compensation from insurance or otherwise, (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the
extent that such liquidation would not cause severe financial hardship, or (iii) by cessation of
deferrals under the Plan. A financial need arising from a foreseeable event such as the purchase
of a home or the payment of education expenses for children shall not be considered to be a
Financial Hardship.

     (t) “Meeting Fees” means cash compensation payable by the Company to a Non-Employee Director
for attending meetings of the Board of Directors or committees thereof on which such Non-Employee
Director serves as a member.

     (u) “Non-Employee Director” means an individual who (i) is a member of the Board of Directors
by virtue of being elected to the Board of Directors by the stockholders of the Company or by the
Board of Directors under applicable corporate law, and (ii) is not an officer or employee of the
Company or an Affiliate.

     (v) “Participant” means a Non-Employee Director or former Non-Employee Director for whom an
Account is being maintained under the Plan.

     (w) “Payment Date” is defined in Section 4(c)(ii) of the Plan.

     (x) “Payment Election” is defined in Section 4(c)(i) of the Plan.

     (y) “Plan” means this Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral Plan as in
effect from time to time.

     (z) “Plan Year” means the calendar year.

     (aa) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a fictional share of stock credited to the Account of a
Participant pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Plan.

     (bb) “Separation from Service” means, with respect to a Non-Employee Director, such
Non-Employee Director’s separation from service (within the meaning of Code section 409A

 

 

and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder) with the group of employers that includes
the Company and each Affiliate.

     Section 3. Plan Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
Committee shall have discretionary and final authority to interpret and implement the provisions of
the Plan. The Committee shall act by a majority of its members at the time in office and such
action may be taken either by a vote at a meeting or in writing without a meeting. The Committee
may adopt such rules and procedures for the administration of the Plan as are consistent with the
terms hereof and shall keep adequate records of its proceedings and acts. Every interpretation,
choice, determination of other exercise by the Committee of any power or discretion given either
expressly or by implication to it shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties having or
claiming to have an interest under the Plan or otherwise directly or indirectly affected by such
action (without restriction, however, on the right of the Committee to reconsider and redetermine
such action). The Plan is intended to provide compensation and benefits that are not subject to
the tax imposed under Internal Revenue Code section 409A and shall be interpreted and administered
to the extent possible in accordance with such intent.

     Section 4. Deferral of Director Fees and Equity Awards.

     (a) Deferral Elections. During the Election Period for each Plan Year, a Non-Employee
Director may make an election to defer all or any portion of the Director Fees and/or Equity Awards
otherwise payable to him or her for services to be performed for such Plan Year (a “Deferral
Election”). If an individual becomes a Non-Employee Director for the first time during a Plan
Year, or if a former Non-Employee Director resumes serving as a Non-Employee Director during a Plan
Year and was not a Non-Employee Director during the 24-month period immediately preceding the date
of his or her resumption of service as a Non-Employee Director, such Non-Employee Director may make
the Deferral Election referred to in this Plan Section 4(a) within thirty (30) days after the date
he or she first becomes or resumes being, as the case may be, a Non-Employee Director; provided,
however, that the Deferral Election so made shall apply only to the Director Fees and Equity Awards
otherwise payable to such Non-Employee Director for his or her services to be performed after the
end of said 30-day election period. The Deferral Election made by a Non-Employee Director for a
Plan Year pursuant to this Plan Section 4(a) shall specify (i) the portion of the Director Fees and
Equity Awards to which he or she is entitled for services to be performed for such Plan Year that
shall be deferred pursuant to the Plan and (ii) as provided in Section 4(c) of the Plan, the
Payment Date with respect to the Restricted Stock Units credited to his or her Accounts for such
Plan Year. The election made by a Non-Employee Director for a Plan Year pursuant to this Section
4(a) shall (i) be made in writing on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or such other form that
is prescribed by and filed with the Committee, (ii) be irrevocable as of the December 31
immediately prior to the first day of the Plan Year to which the election relates (or such earlier
date as the Committee may prescribe), and (iii) unless otherwise determined by the Committee and
specifically provided for in writing on an election form, a new election form shall be required to
be completed during the Election Period for each Plan Year.

     (b) Crediting of Accounts. For each Plan Year, the Company shall establish and
maintain Accounts on its books for each Non-Employee Director who elects to defer Director Fees

 

 

and/or Equity Awards for such Plan Year pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Plan. Each such Account
shall be designated by the name of the Participant for whom established and the Plan Year to which
it relates.

	 	 	     (i) If a Participant elects to defer his or her Director Fees for a Plan Year, such
fees shall be credited by the Company in the form of Restricted Stock Units to such
Participant’s Fee Deferral Account on the date such amounts would have otherwise been paid
by the Company to such Participant. A Participant is permitted to make a separate election
with respect to his or her Annual Retainer and Meeting Fees. The number of Restricted
Stock Units credited to a Fee Deferral Account with respect to any Participant shall be
determined by dividing the amount of Director Fees to be deferred by the Fair Market Value
of the Company’s Common Stock on the date such Director Fees would have been paid in cash
but for the Deferral Election. All Restricted Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Fee
Deferral Account shall be at all times fully vested and nonforfeitable.
	 
	 	 	     (ii) If a Participant elects to defer an Equity Award, the value of such award shall
be credited by the Company in the form of Restricted Stock Units on the date such Equity
Award would have otherwise been granted by the Company to such Participant. The number of
Restricted Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Equity Deferral Account shall be
determined by dividing the value of the Equity Award by the Fair Market Value of the
Company’s Common Stock at the close of business on the date of the first Board of Directors
meeting that occurs during the Plan Year (the “Determination Date”).

	 	     (A) All Restricted Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Equity Deferral
Account shall vest in accordance with the terms established by the Committee that
would have applied to the Equity Award in the absence of a Deferral Election;
provided, however, that the Committee, in it sole discretion, shall have the
authority to accelerate vesting of any Restricted Stock Units.
	 
	 	     (B) In the event of a Participant’s Separation from Service with the Company
and its Affiliates prior to the date the Restricted Stock Units vest in accordance
with Section 4(b)(ii)(A) above, (i) such Participant shall have no rights
whatsoever in and to any of the unvested Restricted Stock Units credited to his or
her Equity Deferral Account; (ii) all of the unvested Restricted Stock Units credited to his or her
Elective Deferral Account shall be forfeited to the Company and shall no longer be
outstanding as of the date of such Separation from Service; and (iii) neither the
Participant nor any of his or her heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators
or other personal representatives shall have any rights with respect thereto.

	 	     (iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to any dividend rights, dividend equivalent
rights, voting rights, rights upon liquidation or other rights of owners of Common Stock
with respect to any Restricted Stock Units credited to his or her Accounts unless and until
shares of Common Stock are issued to Participant in respect of the Restricted Stock Units.

     (c) Issuance of Shares.

 

 

	 	 	     (i) A Participant shall make a payment election with respect to each Deferral Election
made under the Plan for a Plan Year (the “Payment Election”). The Payment Election shall
be made during the Election Period for a Plan Year and shall apply to the Restricted Stock
Units credited to the Participant’s Accounts that are attributable to the related Deferral
Election. A Participant may elect one of the following payment dates (the “Payment Date”)
in the Payment Election for a Plan Year: (A) the date of the Participant’s Separation from
Service or (B) a fixed date or dates which shall be (1) no earlier than the first day of
the Plan Year following the Plan Year for which the related Deferral Election is made and
(2) no earlier than the date all Restricted Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Equity
Deferral Account for such Plan Year will be fully vested. Such Payment Date is subject to
being accelerated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(d) of the Plan, Section 5
of the Plan or Section 6(d) of the Plan. If a Participant fails to make a Payment Election
or to select a Payment Date, he or she will be deemed to have elected Separation from
Service as his or her Payment Date.
	 
	 	 	     (ii) Shares of Common Stock in settlement of the vested Restricted Stock Units
credited to a Participant’s Accounts for a Plan Year (A) shall be issued or commence being
issued, as the case may be, to such Participant pursuant to this Plan Section 4(c) on a
date determined by the Committee that is within 15 calendar days following the Payment Date
elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) of the Plan and (B) shall be issued
to such Participant either in single issuance or in a series of installments over a period
of up to five (5) years, such form of distribution to be made in accordance with such
Participant’s Payment Election; provided, however, that if a Participant does not elect a
form of distribution, he or she will be deemed to have elected to receive such shares of
Common Stock in a single issuance. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to a
Participant in any annual installment shall be determined by dividing the total vested
Restricted Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Accounts for the applicable Plan Year by
the number of annual installments remaining to be paid; provided, however, that if this
results in a fractional number, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued will be
the next lower whole number. Installment payments after the first of a series of
installment payments shall be made on anniversary dates of the first installment payment.
At the time that any shares of Common Stock are issued to a Participant in settlement of
Restricted Stock Units, the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to such Participant’s
Accounts shall be reduced accordingly to reflect such issuance, and any remaining
Restricted Stock Units credited to the Participants’ Accounts will continue to be subject
to adjustment under Section 6(f) of the Plan. The amount of any fractional shares shall be
paid in cash.

     (d) Death of Participant. Any provision of the Plan or a Payment Election to the
contrary notwithstanding, (i) if a Participant dies prior to his or her Payment Date or (ii) if a
Participant who elected installment payment dies after his or her Payment Date but prior to
receiving all installments due under the Plan, the Company shall issue a certificate to the
Beneficiary of such Participant representing the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
whole number of vested Restricted Stock Units credited to the deceased Participant’s Accounts, and
the amount of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash to the Beneficiary. Any Beneficiary

 

 

designation shall be made in writing on a form prescribed by and filed with the Committee, and
shall remain in effect until changed by such Participant by the filing of a new beneficiary
designation form with the Committee. If a Participant fails to so designate a Beneficiary, or in
the event all of the designated Beneficiaries are individuals who predecease the Participant, any
remaining shares distributable under the Plan shall be issued to such Participant’s surviving spouse, or if no surviving spouse, to his or her
estate. All distributions under this Plan Section 4(d) shall be made on a date determined by the
Committee that is within 90 days following the Participant’s death.

     (e) Financial Hardship. If a Participant encounters a Financial Hardship, the
Committee in its absolute discretion may cancel such Participant’s Deferral Election under the
Plan. In addition, if a Participant incurs a Financial Hardship, the Committee in its absolute
discretion may direct the Company to distribute shares attributable to such number of vested
Restricted Stock Units credited to such Participant’s Accounts as the Committee shall determine to
be reasonably necessary to satisfy the Financial Hardship need of such Participant (which amount
may include the amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the Financial Hardship payment to be made to such
Participant). The determination of the number of shares reasonably necessary to satisfy the
Financial Hardship need shall take into account any additional compensation that is available to
the Participant from any cancellation of his or her Deferral Election under the Plan. No
distribution shall be made to a Participant pursuant to this Plan Section 4(f) unless (i) such
Participant’s Financial Hardship is an “unforeseeable emergency” within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
section 1.409A-3(i)(3), and (ii) such Participant requests such a distribution in writing and
provides to the Committee such information and documentation with respect to his or her Financial
Hardship as may be requested by the Committee.

     Section 5. Plan Amendment and Termination. The Board of Directors shall have the
right and power at any time and from time to time to amend the Plan, in whole or in part, for any
reason; provided, however, that no such amendment shall reduce the number of Restricted Stock Units
actually credited to a Participant’s Accounts as of the date of such amendment without the consent
of the affected Participant or further defer the date or dates as of which shares of Common Stock
are to be issued in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units. The Board of Directors shall also
have the right and power at any time and for any reason to terminate the Plan and to issue shares
of Common Stock to a Participant with respect to the Restricted Stock Units then credited to his or
her Accounts in a manner that does not subject the Participant to the tax imposed by Code section
409A as a result of the issuance of such shares.

     Section 6. General Provisions.

     (a) Nature of Plan and Rights. The Plan is unfunded and maintained by the Company
primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for Non-Employee Directors. The
Accounts maintained under this Plan are fictional devices used solely for the accounting purposes
of the Plan to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company to a
Participant pursuant to the Plan, and shall not be deemed or construed to create a trust fund or
security interest of any kind or to grant a property interest of any kind to any Participant,
designated Beneficiary or estate. The amounts credited by the Company to the Accounts maintained
under the

 

 

Plan are and for all purposes shall continue to be a part of the general liabilities of
the Company, and to the extent that a Participant, designated Beneficiary or estate acquires a
right to receive shares of Common Stock or a cash payment from the Company pursuant to the Plan,
such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

     (b) No Continuing Right as Director. Neither the adoption or operation of the Plan,
nor the Plan itself or any document describing or relating to the Plan, shall confer upon any
Participant any right to continue as a director of the Company or interfere in any way with the
rights of the stockholders of the Company or the Board of Directors to elect and remove directors.

     (c) Specified Employees. If a Participant is a “specified employee” within the
meaning of Code section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) as of the date of his or her Separation from Service, no
distribution on account of the Participant’s Separation from Service may be made with respect to
such Participant before the date that is six months after the Participant’s Separation from Service
(or, if earlier than the end of the six-month period, the date of the Participant’s death). In
such case, any shares of Common Stock that would have been issued, and any cash payment in lieu of
fractional shares that would have been made, upon a Participant’s Separation from Service will be
issued or paid on the earliest business day that complies with the requirements of Code section
409A.

     (d) Special Distributions. Any provision of the Plan or a Payment Election to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Committee in its absolute discretion may direct the Company to
accelerate the time for the distributing shares of a Common Stock with respect to Restricted Stock
Units credited to a Participant’s Accounts under the Plan to the extent that such acceleration is a
permitted exception under Treas. Reg. section 1.409A-3(j)(4) (or other applicable guidance issued
by the Internal Revenue Service) that does not subject such Participant to the tax imposed by Code
section 409A as a result of such acceleration.

     (e) Compliance with Code Section 409A. The compensation payable by the Company to a
Participant or beneficiary of a deceased Participant pursuant to the Plan is intended to be
compensation that is not subject to the tax imposed by Code section 409A, and the Plan shall be
administered and construed to the fullest extent possible to reflect and implement such intent.

     (f) Adjustments upon Changes in Common Stock. If any change is made in the stock of
the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or otherwise, the number of Restricted Stock
Units credited to the Accounts of a Participant will be appropriately adjusted by the Board of
Directors to account for the change. The Restricted Stock Units created pursuant to the Plan shall
not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to issue additional common stock or other
securities, make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or other changes in its corporate,
capital or business structure, to participate in a merger, consolidation or share exchange or to
transfer its assets or dissolve or liquidate.

 

 

     (g) Spendthrift Provision. No right or interest under the Plan of a Participant,
designated beneficiary or estate may be assigned, transferred or alienated, in whole or in part,
either directly or by operation of law (except pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order
within the meaning of Code section 414(p)), and no such balance, right or interest shall be liable
for or subject to any debt, obligation or liability of such Participant, designated Beneficiary or
estate.

     (h) Severability. If any provision of the Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for
any reason, such illegal or invalid provision shall not affect the remaining provisions of the
Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not
been included herein.

     (i) Expenses. All expenses associated with the administration of the Plan, including
but not limited to legal and accounting fees, shall be paid by the Company.

     (j) Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding
upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other
reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to all
or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. The terms and conditions of the
Plan shall be binding upon each Participant and his or her heirs, legatees, distributee and legal
representatives.

     (k) Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws (without regard to principles of conflicts of laws) of the State
of Delaware.

     (l) Construction. The headings of the Sections and subsections in the Plan are placed
herein for convenience of reference only, and in case of any conflict, the text of this instrument,
rather than such titles or headings, shall control. When a noun or pronoun is used in the Plan in
plural form and there is only one person or entity within the scope of the word so used, or in
singular form and there is more than one person or entity within the scope of the word so used,
such noun or pronoun shall have a plural or singular meaning as appropriate under the circumstance.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Plan on this 5th day of
December, 2008, to be effective as of January 1, 2009.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.

 	 
	 	By /s/ Mark F. Mai
 	 
	 	Name:  	Mark F. Mai 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

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