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                                                                   Exhibit 10.23

                                2004-2 AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                                    STEELCASE
                       BENEFIT PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
                         (EFFECTIVE AS OF MARCH 1, 1999)

                  This 2004-2 Amendment to the STEELCASE BENEFIT PLAN FOR
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS ("Plan") is adopted by STEELCASE INC. to be effective as of
March 1, 2004.

                  Pursuant to Section 1.3 of the Plan, Steelcase Inc. amends the
Plan as follows:

                                       A.

                  Section 1.5(bb) is amended as follows:

                           (bb)     NURSE PRACTITIONER: A person who is licensed
         or certified to practice as a nurse practitioner and fulfills all of
         the following requirements:

                                    (i)      The person is licensed by a board
                  of nursing as a registered nurse;

                                    (ii)     The person has completed a program
                  approved by the state for the preparation of nurse
                  practitioners; and

                                    (iii)    The person is working under the
                  direct supervision of a Physician.

                  Nurse Practitioners are payable on the same Eligible Expenses
as given by a Physician.

                                       B.

                  Article VI is amended as follows:

                                   ARTICLE VI

               PLAN'S RIGHT TO REIMBURSEMENT AND SUBROGATION RIGHT

                  6.1      PLAN'S RIGHT TO REIMBURSEMENT.

                  If the Plan pays benefits and another party (other than the
Participant or the Plan) is or may be liable for the expenses, the Plan has a
right of reimbursement which entitles it to

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recover from the Participant or another party 100% of the amount of benefits
paid by the Plan to or on behalf of the Participant.

                  The Plan's right to 100% reimbursement applies:

                           (a)      Not only to any recovery the Participant
         receives or is entitled to receive from the other party but also to any
         recovery the Participant receives or is entitled to receive from the
         other party's insurer or a plan under which the other party has
         coverage.

                           (b)      To any recovery from the Participant's own
         insurance policy, including, but not limited to, coverage under any
         uninsured or underinsured policy provisions.

                           (c)      Even if the other party is not found to be
         legally at fault for causing the Participant to incur the expenses paid
         or payable by the Plan.

                           (d)      Even if the damages recovered or recoverable
         from the other party, its insurer or plan or the Participant's policy
         are not for the same charges or types of losses and damages as those
         for which benefits were paid by the Plan.

                           (e)      To any full or partial recovery, regardless
         whether the recovery fully compensates the Participant for his Injuries
         and regardless whether the Participant is made whole by the recovery.

                           (f)      To the entire amount of the recovery. The
         Plan disavows any obligation to pay all or any portion of the
         Participant's attorneys fees or costs in obtaining the recovery.

                  6.2      PLAN'S SUBROGATION RIGHT TO INITIATE LEGAL ACTION.

                  If a Participant does not bring an action against the other
party who caused the need for benefits paid by the Plan within a reasonable
period of time after the claim arises, the Plan shall have the right to bring an
action against the other party to enforce and protect its right to reimbursement
as described in this Article. In this circumstance, the Plan shall be
responsible for its own attorneys' fees.

                  6.3      COOPERATION OF PARTICIPANT.

                  A Participant shall do whatever is necessary and shall
cooperate fully to secure the rights of the Plan described in this Article. This
includes assigning the Participant's rights against any other party to the Plan
and executing any other legal documents that may be required by the Plan.

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                  6.4      PLAN'S RIGHT TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT.

                  The Plan may withhold payment of benefits when it appears that
a party other than the Participant or the Plan may be liable for the expenses
until such liability is legally determined. Further, as a pre-condition to
paying benefits when it appears that the need for the benefits paid by the Plan
was caused by another party, the Plan may withhold the payment of benefits until
the Participant signs an agreement furnished by the Plan Administrator setting
forth the Plan's right to reimbursement and subrogation right.

                  6.5      PRECONDITIONS TO PARTICIPATION AND THE RECEIPT OF
                           BENEFITS.

                  All of the following rules are preconditions to an
individual's participation in the Plan and the receipt of Plan benefits:

                           (a)      The Participant agrees not to raise any
         make-whole, common fund or other apportionment claim or defense to any
         action or case involving reimbursement or subrogation in connection
         with the Plan, and acknowledges that the Plan expressly disavows such
         claims or defenses.

                           (b)      The Participant agrees not to raise any
         ERISA jurisdictional or procedural issue which would defeat the Plan's
         claim to reimbursement or subrogation in connection with the Plan.

                           (c)      The Participant specifically acknowledges
         the Plan's fiduciary right to bring an equitable reimbursement recovery
         action under Section 502 of ERISA should the Participant obtain or be
         entitled to obtain a recovery from another party who is or may be
         liable for the expenses paid by the Plan. In connection with such an
         action, the Participant agrees that the Plan shall have a constructive
         trust over (1) any recovery obtained or sought by the Participant; (2)
         any real or personal property purchased with any such recovery; and/or
         (3) any real or personal property owned by the Participant of equal
         value to any such recovery.

                           (d)      The Participant specifically recognizes that
         the Plan has the right to intervene in any third party action to
         enforce its reimbursement rights. The Participant consents to such
         intervention.

                           (e)      The Participant specifically agrees that the
         Plan has the right to obtain injunctive relief prohibiting the
         Participant from accepting or receiving any settlement or other
         recovery related to the expenses paid by the Plan until the Plan's
         right to reimbursement is fully satisfied. The Participant consents to
         such injunctive relief.

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                  6.6      NOTICE AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM.

                  A Participant shall give the Plan Administrator written notice
of any claim against another party as soon as the Participant becomes aware that
he may recover damages from another party. A Participant shall be deemed to be
aware that he may recover damages from another party upon the earliest of the
following events:

                           (a)      The date the Participant retains an attorney
         in connection with the claim; and

                           (b)      The date a written notice of the claim is
         presented to another party or the other party's insurer or attorney by
         the Participant or the Participant's insurer or attorney.

                  A Participant shall not compromise or settle any claim against
another party without the prior written consent of the Plan Administrator. If a
Participant fails to provide the Plan Administrator with written notice of a
claim as required in this Section or if a Participant compromises or settles a
claim without prior written consent as required in this Section, the Plan
Administrator shall deem the Participant to have committed fraud or
misrepresentation in a claim for benefits and accordingly, shall terminate the
Participant's participation in the Plan.

                                       C.

                  The Deductible in Section 8.2 shall be increased from $200 (as
revised by the 2003-1 Amendment) to $250.

                                       D.

                  Section 8.4(d) is amended as follows:

                  (d)      CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. Charges for chiropractic
         services are reimbursed at 60%, up to a maximum benefit of $625 per
         Participant per Plan Year (See Section 8.7(q)).

                                       E.

                  Subsections (d), (h), (i), (p), (q) and (s) of Section 8.7 are
amended as follows:

                  (d)      NURSING AND THERAPY. Charges made by a registered
         nurse, Nurse Practitioner, licensed practical nurse or physical,
         occupational, or speech therapist for nursing care or treatment,
         including cardiac rehabilitation. Coverage is for medical restorative
         purposes only and not for learning disabilities.

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                           (i)      For physical therapy, Developmental
                  Treatment and sports-related training is not eligible.

                           (ii)     For occupational therapy, Developmental
                  Treatment and cognitive treatment is not eligible.

                           (iii)    For speech therapy, Developmental Treatment
                  and cognitive treatment is not eligible.

                  (H)      MISCELLANEOUS. Charges for the following services and
         supplies:

                           (i)      X ray examinations, and microscopic
                  laboratory tests;

                           (ii)     Anesthesia, oxygen and their administration;

                           (iii)    X ray and radioactive isotope therapy;

                           (iv)     Drugs and medicines dispensed by a
                  Physician;

                           (v)      Blood, blood derivatives and their
                  administration;

                           (vi)     Casts, splints, trusses, braces, crutches,
                  surgical dressings, ostomy supplies and initial artificial
                  limbs or eyes;

                           (vii)    Repair and adjustment of artificial limbs
                  and braces where the repair or adjustment is due to wear and
                  tear, accident, or when Medically Necessary;

                           (viii)   Replacement of artificial limbs or braces
                  subject to the following conditions:

                                    (A)      The replacement must be due to wear
                           and tear or accident and the device is beyond repair,
                           or replacement is Medically Necessary;

                                    (B)      The replacement device must be the
                           same as or equivalent to the device being replaced;
                           and

                                    (C)      The device shall be replaced only
                           once per Plan Year;

                           (ix)     Surgically implanted internal prosthetic
                  devices and special appliances/devices that are worn
                  externally, when the appliances or devices temporarily or
                  permanently replace all or part of the functions of an
                  inoperative or malfunctioning body organ, or an external body
                  part, lost, weakened or deformed as a result of an Illness or
                  Injury. When an appliance or device is covered, the

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                  Plan shall repair or replace it if that need arises because of
                  normal growth or normal wear and tear. Coverage is for
                  standard prosthetics and orthotic/support devices only.

                           (x)      Rental (or purchase, if economically
                  justified), of non life sustaining equipment such as a
                  wheelchair, hospital type bed, and equipment for the
                  administration of oxygen. Wheelchairs are covered if the
                  patient's condition would otherwise cause them to be bed or
                  chair-confined. An electric wheelchair is covered if the
                  patient is unable to operate a wheelchair manually;

                           (xi)     Charges for kidney, dialysis and other
                  similar treatment;

                           (xii)    Charges for chemotherapy and anesthetics;
                  and

                           (xiii)   Charges for allergy testing, evaluations and
                  injections, including serum costs to the extent not covered
                  under the Prescription Drug program (see subsection (u)).

                  (i)      MENTAL OR NERVOUS DISORDERS. Charges for the
         treatment of a Mental or Nervous Disorder, where services are rendered
         on an inpatient, partial hospitalization or outpatient basis, subject
         to the special Deductible, Copayment and maximum benefit rules
         described in Section 8.4. Treatment which is precertified and case
         managed by the URP, is an Eligible Expense if the Participant is
         treated by one of the following:

                           (i)      An individual certified or licensed as a
                  social worker by appropriate governmental authority where such
                  person renders services;

                           (ii)     A Nurse Practitioner with a master's degree
                  in psychiatric nursing; or

                           (iii)    A clinical psychologist who is licensed and
                  certified as a psychologist by the appropriate governmental
                  authority where such person renders service.

                  Charges for the outpatient treatment of a Mental or Nervous
         Disorder may also include intensive outpatient treatment and home care
         provided by a psychiatric mental health nurse who has experience in the
         field of psych/mental health, medical/surgical nursing and home care,
         working under the direction of a Physician.

                  Charges for non-medical services (other than marital or family
         counseling) are not covered. Charges related to long-term therapy are
         not covered.

                  The Plan Administrator or its agent or contractor reserves the
         right to determine the original or continuing eligibility of expenses
         for the treatment of Mental or Nervous Disorders. Such determination
         shall be made by a Physician or consulting psychologist of the
         Company's choice. Failure of the Participant to agree to such an

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         examination shall result in termination or denial of his or her claim
         for the treatment of Mental or Nervous Disorders. Services not
         case-managed by the URP shall be paid at a reduced rate.

                  (p)      PREVENTIVE CARE. 100% of the Reasonable and Customary
         Charge (no Deductible or Copayment shall apply) for preventive testing
         expenses (minus a diagnosis) for health risk appraisals, physical
         exams, immunizations, blood pressure readings, blood chemistry, EKG
         testing, hemocults, pap smears, mammography screenings (once per Plan
         Year for women age 35 and over), sigmoidoscopies, colonoscopies, PSA
         testing, prostate exams, and laboratory services, up to a Plan Year
         total of $500 in Eligible Expenses per person. Any cancer screening
         tests recommended by the American Cancer Society will be a covered
         preventive care benefit in the frequency recommended by the American
         Cancer Society (unless the Plan specifies a more generous frequency).
         Services over $500 per Participant per Plan Year shall not be
         considered for payment. If a new diagnosis is found as a result of a
         wellness physical exam, the eligible charges shall be paid at the
         preventive care level.

                  (q)      CHIROPRACTIC EXPENSES. Chiropractic expenses are
         payable at 60%, subject to a limit of $625 per Participant per Plan
         Year, for the detection and correction, by manual or mechanical means
         (including incidental x-rays) of a structural imbalance, distortion or
         subluxation for the removal of nerve interference where such
         interference is the result of or related to distortions or subluxations
         of misalignment of the vertebrae column. Care is not to be used in
         conjunction with physical or occupational therapy, Chronic Treatment or
         Preventive Care.

                  (s)      INFERTILITY EXPENSES. Tests or procedures to diagnose
         the cause of infertility are Medically Necessary as are drug therapy
         and Surgical Procedures to treat the cause of infertility. Covered
         services include the following:

                           (i)      DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP FOR FEMALES:

                                    (A)      Antibody testing;

                                    (B)      Laparoscopy/hysteroscopy;

                                    (C)      Hysterosalpingram;

                                    (D)      Serology; and

                                    (E)      Other miscellaneous laboratory
                           services.

                           (ii)     DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP FOR MALES:

                                    (A)      Same laboratory tests as females;

                                    (B)      Semen analysis;

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                                    (C)      Sperm count; and

                                    (D)      Post coital test.

                           (iii)    COVERED SURGICAL PROCEDURES:

                                    (A)      Tuboplasty, except to reverse
                           previous voluntary sterilization;

                                    (B)      Salpingoplasty, except to reverse
                           previous voluntary sterilization;

                                    (C)      Surgical correction of a congenital
                           deformity of the reproductive system; and

                                    (D)      Cervical cerclage.

                  Drug therapy is covered for four cycles and if pregnancy has
         not occurred, additional medical documentation must be provided before
         allowing ongoing treatment. This consists of office notes during the
         past four cycles, lab values (including FSH and LH) and ultrasound
         results. Fertility drugs are only covered if obtained through the
         mail-order program (see subsection (u)).

                                       F.

                  Section 8.7(u), as most recently amended by the 2003-1
Amendment, is amended as follows:

                  (u)      PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. If specifically indicated in an
         Appendix, prescription drugs shall constitute an Eligible Expense under
         the medical options and the normal Deductible and Copayment rules shall
         apply. Otherwise, a Participant may only fill orders and refills for
         prescription drugs through the prescription drug card program. Under
         the prescription drug card program, the Plan shall pay 100% of the
         Reasonable and Customary Charge, in excess of the prescription
         Copayment amount, for each prescription or refill of a prescription
         drug pursuant to the Company's mail-order and retail pharmacy options.
         For this purpose, except as specifically indicated in an Appendix, the
         prescription Copayment amount is as follows:

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Mail-order copay (for supply of       $30 per generic drug
three months or more)                 $60 per formulary brand-name drug
                                      $90 per non-formulary brand-name drug

Participating retail pharmacy copay   $15 per generic drug
(for supply of 30 days or less)       $30 per formulary brand-name drug
                                      $45 per non-formulary brand-name drug

                  Further, the prescription drug provider (i.e., the mail-order
         program or participating retail pharmacy) shall be directed to dispense
         generic drugs whenever possible. If an equivalent generic is
         unavailable, the prescription drug provider shall be directed to
         dispense a formulary brand-name drug whenever possible (i.e., an
         equivalent formulary brand-name drug is available). The only exception
         to this general rule is if the Physician's order for the prescription
         drug specifies a non-formulary brand-name drug where a generic or
         formulary brand-name drug is available or specifies a formulary
         brand-name where a generic drug is available. This is known as the
         "dispensed as written" or DAW prescription order rule. If the
         Physician's order is not labeled DAW and the Participant requests that
         a formulary or non-formulary brand-name drug be dispensed when an
         equivalent lesser cost generic prescription drug is available, the
         Participant must pay the difference in cost between the brand-name
         prescription drug ordered and the generic equivalent prescription drug,
         in addition to the generic prescription Copayment amount.

                                       G.

         A new subsection (w) is added to Section 8.7 to read as follows:

                  (w)      DIABETES. The following treatment for diabetes, to
         the extent not covered under the Prescription Drug Benefit (see
         subsection (u)):

                           (i)      Blood glucose monitors, including monitors
         for the legally blind;

                           (ii)     Test strips for glucose monitors, visual
         reading and urine testing strips, lancets and spring powered lancet
         devices;

                           (iii)    Mechanical injection aids;

                           (iv)     Cartridges for the legally blind;

                           (v)      Syringes;

                           (vi)     Insulin pumps and related appurtenances;

                           (vii)    Insulin infusion devices;

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                           (viii)   Oral agents for controlled blood sugar and
         other medications if filled by a pharmacist;

                           (ix)     Diabetes self-management training, including
         information on medical nutrition therapy;

                           (x)      Medications prescribed by a podiatrist used
         in the treatment of foot ailments, infections and other medical
         conditions of the foot, ankle or nails associated with diabetes; and

                           (xi)     Diabetes self-management training provided
         by a podiatrist to insure that persons with diabetes are trained as to
         the proper self-management and treatment of their diabetic condition
         related to conditions of the foot, ankle, and nails attributable to
         diabetes.

                                       H.

         Sections (a) and (i) of Article IX are amended as follows:

                  (a)      Services or supplies received as a result of an act
         of declared or undeclared war (including resistance to armed
         aggression) occurring while a Participant. This exclusion shall not
         apply to acts of terrorism and shall only apply where the Participant
         is serving in the military forces of the U.S.A. or another federal
         government.

                  (i)      Charges for cosmetic care, custodial care,
         Maintenance Treatment or experimental care. However, charges for
         reconstructive surgery to correct a congenital birth defect or the
         effects of any Illness or Injury shall be eligible for coverage.

                                       I.

                  In all other respects, the Plan shall be unchanged.

                  IN WITNESS OF WHICH, Steelcase Inc. has executed this 2004-2
Amendment to the Plan.

                                    STEELCASE INC.

Dated: February 4, 2004             By /s/  Nancy W. Hickey
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                                     Its Sr. Vice President, Global Strategic
                                       Resources & Chief Administrative Officer

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                   TRUST UNDER
                         WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
                     NONQUALIFIED EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

         THIS AGREEMENT is made this 23rd day of March, 2004, by and between
Weatherford International Ltd. ("Company") and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee for Trust under Weatherford International Ltd.
Nonqualified Executive Retirement Plan ("Trustee");

         WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Weatherford International Ltd.
Nonqualified Executive Retirement Plan ("Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company has incurred or expects to incur liability under
the terms of the Plan; and

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to establish a trust (hereinafter called
"Trust") and to contribute to the Trust assets that shall be held therein,
subject to the claims of Company's creditors in the event of Company's
Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to Plan participants and their
beneficiaries in such manner and at such times as specified in the Plan; and

         WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties that this Trust shall
constitute an unfunded arrangement and shall not affect the status of the Plan
as an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees
for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
and

         WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Company to make contributions to
the Trust to provide itself with a source of funds to assist it in the meeting
of its liabilities under the Plan:

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby establish the Trust and agree
that the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:

         1. Establishment of Trust .

         (a) The Company hereby deposits with Trustee in trust one dollar
($1.00), which shall become the principal of the Trust to be held, administered
and disposed of by Trustee as provided in this Trust Agreement.

         (b) The Trust hereby established is revocable by the Company except
that the Trust shall become irrevocable in accordance with Section 12.

         (c) The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, of which the Company
is the grantor, within the meaning of subpart E, part I, subchapter J, chapter
1, subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and shall be
construed accordingly.

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         (d) The principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon, shall be held
separate and apart from other funds of the Company and shall be used exclusively
for the uses and purposes of Plan participants and general creditors as herein
set forth. Plan participants and their beneficiaries shall have no preferred
claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust. Any
rights created under the Plan and this Trust Agreement shall be mere unsecured
contractual rights of Plan participants and their beneficiaries against the
Company. Any assets held by the Trust will be subject to the claims of the
Company's general creditors under federal and state law in the event of
Insolvency, as defined in Section 3(a) herein.

         (e) Upon a Change of Control, the Company shall, as soon as possible,
but in no event longer than fifteen (15) days following the Change of Control or
such shorter period as required to make payments under the terms of the Plan,
make an irrevocable contribution to the Trust in an amount that is sufficient to
pay each Plan participant or beneficiary the benefits to which Plan participants
or their beneficiaries would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan, plus
anticipated administrative and Trustee's fees and expenses, as of the date on
which the Change of Control occurred. Thereafter, as of the last day of each
subsequent calendar year, the Company shall, as soon as possible, but in no
event longer than fifteen (15) days following such date, make an irrevocable
contribution to the Trust in an amount that is sufficient to pay each Plan
participant or beneficiary the benefits to which Plan participants or their
beneficiaries would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan, plus
anticipated administrative and Trustee's fees and expenses, as of such date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, contributions under this Section 1(e) shall be
required only to the extent, if any, that the assets of the Trust are
insufficient to pay all benefits due under the Plan, plus anticipated fees and
expenses, as of the applicable date.

         2. Payments to Plan Participants and Their Beneficiaries.

         (a) The Company shall deliver to Trustee a schedule (the "Payment
Schedule") that indicates the amounts payable in respect of each Plan
participant (and his or her beneficiaries), that provides a formula or other
instructions reasonably acceptable to Trustee for determining the amounts so
payable, the form in which such amount is to be paid (as provided for or
available under the Plan), and the time of commencement for payment of such
amounts. Except as otherwise provided herein, Trustee shall make payments to the
Plan participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with such Payment
Schedule. The Trustee shall make provision for the reporting and withholding of
any federal, state or local taxes that may be required to be withheld with
respect to the payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan and shall
pay amounts withheld to the appropriate taxing authorities or determine that
such amounts have been reported, withheld and paid by the Company.

         (b) The entitlement of a Plan participant or his or her beneficiaries
to benefits under the Plan shall be determined by the Company or such party as
it shall designate under the Plan, and any claim for such benefits shall be
considered and reviewed under the procedures set out in the Plan.

         (c) The Company may make payment of benefits directly to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries as they become due under the terms of the
Plan. The Company shall notify Trustee of its decision to make payment of
benefits directly prior to the time amounts are payable

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to participants or their beneficiaries. In addition, if the principal of the
Trust, and any earnings thereon, are not sufficient to make payments of benefits
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Company shall make the balance of
each such payment as it falls due. Trustee shall notify the Company where
principal and earnings are not sufficient.

         3. Trustee Responsibility Regarding Payments to Trust Beneficiary When
Company Is Insolvent.

         (a) The Trustee shall cease payment of benefits to Plan participants
and their beneficiaries if the Company is Insolvent. The Company shall be
considered "Insolvent" for purposes of this Trust Agreement if (i) the Company
is unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) the Company is subject to
a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

         (b) At all times during the continuance of this Trust, as provided in
Section 1(d) hereof, the principal and income of the Trust shall be subject to
claims of general creditors of the Company under federal and state law as set
forth below.

             (1) The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company shall have the duty to inform the Trustee in writing of the Company's
Insolvency. If a person claiming to be a creditor of the Company alleges in
writing to Trustee that the Company has become Insolvent (which such allegation
must contain reasonable evidence of Insolvency), the Trustee shall promptly
determine whether the Company is Insolvent and, pending such determination,
which such determination shall be made within 15 days after being informed, the
Trustee shall discontinue payment of benefits to Plan participants or their
beneficiaries.

             (2) Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Company's
Insolvency, or has received notice from the Company or a person claiming to be a
creditor alleging that the Company is Insolvent (which such allegation must
contain reasonable evidence of Insolvency), the Trustee shall have no duty to
inquire whether the Company is Insolvent. The Trustee may in all events rely on
such evidence concerning the Company's solvency as may be furnished to the
Trustee and that provides the Trustee with a reasonable basis for making a
determination concerning the Company's solvency.

             (3) If at any time the Trustee has reasonably determined that the
Company is Insolvent, the Trustee shall discontinue payments to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries and shall hold the assets of the Trust for
the benefit of the Company's general creditors. Nothing in this Trust Agreement
shall in any way diminish any rights of Plan participants or their beneficiaries
to pursue their rights as general creditors of the Company with respect to
benefits due under the Plan or otherwise.

             (4) The Trustee shall resume the payment of benefits to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with Section 2 of this Trust
Agreement only after the Trustee has reasonably determined that the Company is
not Insolvent (or is no longer Insolvent).

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         (c) Provided that there are sufficient assets, if the Trustee
discontinues the payment of benefits from the Trust pursuant to Section 3(a)
hereof and subsequently resumes such payments, the first payment following such
discontinuance shall include the aggregate amount of all payments due to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries under the terms of the Plan for the period
of such discontinuance plus interest, less the aggregate amount of any payments
made to Plan participants or their beneficiaries by the Company in lieu of the
payments provided for hereunder during any such period of discontinuance. Any
interest payable shall be based on the prevailing U.S. prime rate (as determined
by the Trustee in its sole discretion) and the length of the period between when
the payments were due and when they were actually paid.

         4. Payments to the Company.

         Except as provided in Section 3 hereof, after the Trust has become
irrevocable, the Company shall have no right or power to direct the Trustee to
return to the Company or to divert to others any of the Trust assets before all
payment of benefits have been made to Plan participants and their beneficiaries
pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines that as of any date the assets of
the Trust exceed 120% the aggregate amount that is sufficient to pay each Plan
participant or beneficiary the benefits to which Plan participants or their
beneficiaries would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan, plus
anticipated administrative and Trustee's fees and expenses, the Trustee may, in
its sole discretion, return all or part of the assets in excess of 120% of such
amount to the Company.

         5. Investment Authority.

         (a) The Trustee shall invest the principal of the Trust, any earnings
thereon, and the proceeds of any loans on any life insurance policy held as an
asset of the Trust as the Trustee shall deem to be reasonable and prudent to
accomplish the purpose of this Trust. In this regard, the Trustee is hereby
granted full power and authority:

             (1) To invest and reinvest the Trust fund or any part thereof in
any manner that it deems advisable and which is not clearly inconsistent with
the funding policy and method of the Plan. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Trustee may invest the corpus and the earnings of the Trust
fund exclusively or in any combination of investment-grade equity investments,
bonds, notes, mortgages, commercial paper, preferred stocks, common stocks, or
other securities, rights, obligations or property, real or personal, including
shares in certificates of participation issued by investment trusts;

             (2) To retain in cash or other property unproductive of income,
without liability for interest, so much of the Trust assets as may be determined
to be necessary and proper;

             (3) To manage, control, sell, convey, exchange, petition, divide,
subdivide, improve and repair; to grant options and to sell upon deferred
payments; to lease without limit as determined for any purpose; to compromise,
arbitrate or otherwise settle claims in favor of or against the Trust; to
institute, compromise and defend actions and proceedings; and to take any other
action necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the
Trust;

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             (4) To vote, notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement, any stock, bonds, or other securities of any corporation or other
issuer at any time held in trust; otherwise consent to or request any action on
the part of any such corporation or other issuer; to give general or special
proxies or powers of attorney, with or without power of substitution; to
participate in any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger or
similar transaction with respect to such securities; to deposit such stocks or
other securities in any voting trusts, or with any protective or like committee,
or with the Trustee, or with the depositories designated thereby; to exercise
any subscription rights and conversion privileges; and generally to do all such
acts, execute all such instruments, take all such proceedings and exercise all
such rights, powers and privileges with respect to the stock or other securities
or property constituting the Trust fund as if the Trustee were the absolute
owner thereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the
Trustee may cause securities or other property to be held in its own name, or in
the name of its nominee, with or without a disclosure of the Trust;

             (5) To purchase contracts of life insurance and fixed or variable
annuities and to exercise all the ownership rights under such contracts in
accordance with the terms and in conformity with the Plan;

             (6) To keep any property of the Trust in the name of a nominee with
or without disclosure of any fiduciary relationship;

             (7) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement, the
Trustee may deposit any part or all of the money and other property of this
Trust in any common trust fund, group trust, pooled fund or other commingled
investment fund maintained by a bank or other entity.

         (b) The Trustee may invest in securities (including stock or rights to
acquire stock) or obligations issued by the Company. All rights associated with
assets of the Trust shall be exercised by the Trustee or the person designated
by Trustee, and shall in no event be exercisable by or rest with Plan
participants. The Company shall have the right at any time, and from time to
time in its sole discretion, to substitute assets of equal fair market value for
any asset held by the Trust. This right is exercisable by Company in a
nonfiduciary capacity without the approval or consent of any person in a
fiduciary capacity.

         (c) Pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 8(d) hereof, the
Trustee has hired Financial Advisory Services, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma
("Investment Advisor"), to serve as an investment advisor with respect to
investment of the Trust fund pursuant to this Section 5. To the extent provided
in written directions from the Company, the Investment Advisor shall have the
exclusive authority to direct and manage the investment of the assets of the
Trust in any manner that it deems reasonably advisable and which is not clearly
inconsistent with the funding policy and method of the Plan. The Trustee shall
have no liability for acting in accordance with written directions from the
Investment Advisor with respect to the investment of such assets, and the
Investment Advisor shall supply the Trustee with the names and signatures of the
individuals authorized to give such directions. The Investment Advisor may be
discharged by the Trustee, with the written consent of the Company, in which
event the Trustee shall assume the investment authority previously exercised by
the Investment Advisor or, if directed by the Company, hire a

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new investment advisor. The Investment Advisor's fees and expenses shall be paid
from the Trust and shall be in addition to, and shall not reduce, the fees
payable to the Trustee hereunder.

         6. Disposition of Income.

         During the term of this Trust, all income received by the Trust, net of
expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated and reinvested.

         7. Accounting by the Trustee.

         The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed records of all
investments, receipts, disbursements, and all other transactions, including such
specific records as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Company and the
Trustee. Within sixty (60) days following the close of each calendar year and
within sixty (60) days after the removal or resignation of the Trustee, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company a written account of its administration of
the Trust during such year or during the period from the close of the last
preceding year to the date of such removal or resignation, setting forth all
investments, receipts, disbursements and other transactions effected by it,
including a description of all securities and investments purchased and sold
with the cost or net proceeds of such purchases or sales (accrued interest paid
or receivable being shown separately), and showing all cash, securities and
other property held in the Trust at the end of such year or as of the date of
such removal or resignation, as the case may be.

         8. Responsibility of the Trustee.

         (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence
under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like
capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the
Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to
a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by,
and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this Trust and is given in
writing by the Company. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a
party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the
dispute.

         (b) If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in
connection with this Trust, the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee against
the Trustee's costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for
such payments. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities
in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust.

         (c) The Trustee may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel
for the Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations
hereunder.

         (d) The Trustee may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment
advisors (subject to Section 5(c) hereof), financial consultants or other
professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations
hereunder.

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         (e) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on
the Trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein,
provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust,
the Trustee shall have no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than
the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a
different form) other than to a successor the Trustee, or to loan to any person
the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.

         (f) However, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(e) above, the
Trustee may loan to the Company the proceeds of any borrowing against an
insurance policy held as an asset of the Trust.

         (g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that
could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the
gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and
Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.

         9. Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee.

         The Company shall pay all administrative and Trustee's fees and
expenses. If not so paid, the fees and expenses shall be paid from the Trust.
The Company may, and pursuant to Section 1(e) upon and after a Change of Control
shall, deposit funds in a reserve established by the Trustee for the payment of
anticipated fees and expenses.

         10. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.

         (a) The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to Company,
which shall be effective thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice unless
the Company and the Trustee agree otherwise.

         (b) The Trustee may be removed by the Company on thirty (30) days
notice or upon shorter notice accepted by the Trustee.

         (c) Upon or after a Change of Control, as defined herein, the Trustee
may not be removed by the Company without the written consent of two-thirds
(2/3) of the Plan participants.

         (d) If the Trustee resigns upon or after a Change of Control, as
defined herein, the Company shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee or for instructions.

         (e) Upon resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee, all assets shall subsequently be transferred to the successor
Trustee. The transfer shall be completed within ninety (90) days after receipt
of notice of resignation, removal or transfer, unless the Company extends the
time limit.

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         (f) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, a successor shall be
appointed, in accordance with Section 11 hereof, by the effective date of
resignation or removal under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. If no such
appointment has been made, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a successor or for instructions. All expenses of
Trustee in connection with the proceeding shall be allowed as administrative
expenses of the Trust.

         11. Appointment of Successor.

         (a) If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with Section
10(a) or (b) hereof, the Company may appoint any third party, such as a bank
trust department or other party that may be granted corporate trustee powers
under state law, as a successor to replace the Trustee upon resignation or
removal. The appointment shall be effective when accepted in writing by the new
Trustee, who shall have all of the rights and powers of the former Trustee,
including ownership rights in the Trust assets. The former Trustee shall execute
any instrument necessary or reasonably requested by the Company or the successor
Trustee to evidence the transfer.

         (b) The successor Trustee need not examine the records and acts of any
prior Trustee and may retain or dispose of existing Trust assets, subject to
terms hereof. The successor Trustee shall not be responsible for and the Company
shall indemnify and defend the successor Trustee from any claim or liability
resulting from any action or inaction of any prior Trustee or from any other
past event, or any condition existing at the time it becomes successor Trustee.

         12. Amendment or Termination.

         (a) The Trust shall become irrevocable upon a Change of Control. In
addition, the Trust shall be irrevocable during the period beginning with the
announcement of a transaction that may result in a Change of Control and ending
with such Change of Control or the abandonment of such transaction, as
applicable.

         (b) This Trust Agreement may be amended by a written instrument
executed by Trustee and Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no such
amendment shall (i) conflict with the terms of the Plan, (ii) make the Trust
revocable after it has become irrevocable in accordance with Section 12(a)
above, (iii) be made during the period beginning with the announcement of a
transaction that may result in a Change of Control and ending with such Change
of Control or the abandonment of such transaction, as applicable, or (iv) be
made after a Change of Control without the written consent of two-thirds (2/3)
of the Plan participants.

         (c) The Trust shall not terminate until the date on which Plan
participants and their beneficiaries are no longer entitled to benefits pursuant
to the terms of the Plan unless sooner revoked in accordance with Section 1(b)
hereof. Upon termination of the Trust any assets remaining in the Trust shall be
returned to the Company.

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         13. Miscellaneous.

         (a) Any provision of this Trust Agreement prohibited by law shall be
ineffective to the extent of any such prohibition, without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.

         (b) Benefits payable to Plan participants and their beneficiaries under
this Trust Agreement may not be anticipated, assigned (either at law or in
equity), alienated, pledged, encumbered or subjected to attachment, garnishment,
levy, execution or other legal or equitable process.

         (c) This Trust Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to the principles
of conflicts of law which might otherwise apply.

         (d) For purposes of this Trust, "Change of Control" shall mean the
event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred or is
pending:

             (1) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Acts of 1934, as amended from time to
time ("Exchange Act")), directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of either (A) the
then outstanding common shares of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common
Stock") or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities"), excluding any Person
who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction that
complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) below;

             (2) individuals, who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
constitute at least two-thirds of such Board of Directors; provided, however,
that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose
election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was approved
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board shall be considered as
though such individual was a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for
this purpose, 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 of Directors of the
Company; or

             (3) the consummation of a Corporate Transaction, unless, following
such Corporate Transaction or series of related Corporate Transactions, as the
case may be, (A) all of the individuals and entities (which, for purposes of
this Plan, shall include, without limitation, any corporation, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or other business entity) who were the beneficial
owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding
Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 66 2/3 percent of,
respectively, the then outstanding common shares and

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the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors (or other governing body), as the
case may be, of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including,
without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the
Company or all or substantially all of the Company's Assets either directly or
through one or more subsidiaries or entities) in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction,
of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting
Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any entity resulting
from such Corporate Transaction or any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
of the Company or such entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction)
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20 percent or more of, respectively,
the then outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such
Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting securities of such entity except to the extent that such ownership
existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (C) at least two-thirds of the
members of the board of directors or other governing body of the entity
resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at
the time of the approval of such Corporate Transaction; or

             (4) approval or adoption by the Board of Directors or the
shareholders of the Company of a plan or proposal which could result directly or
indirectly in the liquidation, transfer, sale or other disposal of all or
substantially all of the Company's Assets or the dissolution of the Company.

         (e) For purposes of Section 13 hereof:

             (1) "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except
that such term shall not include (A) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B)
a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan
of the Company or any of its Affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act), (C) an underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering by the Company of such securities, or (D) a
corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders
of the Company in the same proportions as their ownership of common shares of
the Company; and

             (2) "Corporate Transaction" shall mean a reorganization, merger,
amalgamation or consolidation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's
Assets.

             (3) "Company Assets" shall mean assets (of any kind) owned by the
Company, including, without limitation, any securities of the Company's
subsidiaries and any of the assets owned by the Company's subsidiaries.

         14. Effective Date.

         The effective date of this Trust Agreement shall be March 23, 2004.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF the foregoing Agreement was executed on March 23,
2004.

Weatherford International Ltd.         Wachovia Bank, National Association,
                                       as Trustee for Trust under Weatherford
                                       International Ltd. Nonqualified Executive
                                       Retirement Plan

By: /s/ JON R. NICHOLSON               By: /s/ JOHN N. SMITH
        Jon R. Nicholson                       John N. Smith
        Senior Vice President                  Senior Vice President

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