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WWW.EXFILE.COM, INC. -- 888-775-4789 -- SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. -- EXHIBIT 10.2 TO FORM 8-K

     

    EXHIBIT 10.2

    

 

    October
29, 2008

     

    

    Tamara L.
Lundgren

    President
and Chief Executive Officer

    Schnitzer
Steel Industries, Inc.

    3200 NW
Yeon Avenue

    Portland,
Oregon 97210

     

    Re:
Change in Control Severance Agreement

     

    Dear
Tamara:

     

    Schnitzer
Steel Industries, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), considers
the establishment and maintenance of a sound and vital management to be
essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the
Company.  In this connection, the Company recognizes that, as is the
case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a change in
control may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions
which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction
of management personnel to the detriment of the Company, its customers and its
shareholders.  Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has
determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the
continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management to
their assigned duties without distraction in circumstances arising from the
possibility of a change in control of the Company.

     

    In order
to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company, this amended and restated
letter agreement (the “Agreement”), which
has been approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board, sets forth
severance benefits which the Company agrees will be provided to you in the event
your employment with the Company is terminated in connection with a Change in
Control (as defined in Section 3 hereof) under the circumstances described
below.  This Agreement amends and restates the Change in Control
Severance Agreement between you and the Company, dated as of March 24,
2006.

     

    1.    Right to
Terminate.  The Company or you may terminate your employment as
the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer at any time, subject to the
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated October 29, 2008 (the “Employment
Agreement”) and this Agreement, as applicable.  Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Employment Agreement.

     

    2.    Term of
Agreement.  This Agreement shall commence on December 1, 2008
and shall continue in effect through December 1, 2011, or earlier termination of
your employment; provided, that (1)
commencing on December 1, 2009 and each December 1 thereafter, the term of this
Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless at
least 90 days prior to such December 1 date, the Company or you shall have given
notice that this Agreement shall not be extended; provided, further that (1) the
Company’s ability to give such a notice shall be suspended during the period
commencing on the date on which the Company executes an agreement to undergo a
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    Control
is consummated or such agreement lapses or is otherwise terminated, as
applicable and (2) in the event a Change in Control occurs during the term of
this Agreement, the Agreement shall automatically be extended such that the
Agreement shall remain in effect for the 24-month period commencing on the date
such Change in Control is consummated.

     

    3.    Change in
Control.

     

    (i)    For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control”
shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

     

    (A)    The
consummation of:

     

    (1)    any
consolidation, merger or plan of share exchange involving the Company (a “Merger”) as a result
of which the holders of outstanding securities of the Company ordinarily having
the right to vote for the election of directors (“Voting Securities”)
immediately prior to the Merger do not continue to hold at least 50% of the
combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving
corporation or a parent corporation of the surviving corporation immediately
after the Merger, disregarding any Voting Securities issued to or retained by
such holders in respect of securities of any other party to the Merger;
or

     

    (2)    any sale,
lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all, or substantially all, the assets of the
Company;

     

    (B)    At any
time during a period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning
of such period constituted the Board (“Incumbent Directors”)
shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; provided,
however, that the term “Incumbent Director” shall also include each new director
elected during such two-year period whose nomination or election was approved by
two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then in office; or

     

    (C)    Any
Person (as hereinafter defined) shall, as a result of a tender or exchange
offer, open market purchases or privately negotiated purchases from anyone other
than the Company, have become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
directly or indirectly, of Voting Securities representing twenty percent (20%)
or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting
Securities.

     

    Notwithstanding
anything in the foregoing to the contrary, unless otherwise determined by the
Board, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of
this Agreement if (1) you acquire (other than on the same basis as all other
holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company) an equity interest in an
entity that acquires the Company in a Change in Control otherwise described
under subparagraph (A) above, or (2) you are part of a group that constitutes a
Person which becomes a beneficial owner of Voting Securities in a transaction
that otherwise would have resulted in a Change in Control under subparagraph (C)
above.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii)    For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Person” shall mean
and include any individual, corporation, partnership, group, association or
other “person,” as such term is used in Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other
than the Company or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the
Company.

     

    4.    Termination During Change in
Control Protection Period.  If a Change in Control occurs, you
shall be entitled to the payments and benefits provided in Section 5(ii) hereof
in the event that within 24 months following the Change in Control, (x) your
employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for any reason other
than Cause (for the avoidance of doubt, a termination by the Company “for any
reason other than Cause” includes a termination by the Company due to your
Disability), or (y) your employment with the Company is terminated by you for
Good Reason (as defined below).  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, in the event a Change in Control shall occur during the
six-month period following the termination of your employment by the Company
without Cause, or by you for Good Reason, then your employment shall be deemed
to have been terminated immediately after such Change in Control and you shall
be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 5(ii) hereof, less the amount of
severance (if any) you have received pursuant to Sections 7(b)(ii) and 7(b)(iii)
of your Employment Agreement.

     

    (i)    Good Reason.
Termination by you of your employment with the Company for “Good Reason” shall
mean termination by you of your employment with the Company based on any of the
following events set forth in (A) through (H) below, provided  (1)
you give Notice of Termination (as defined below) no later than 90 days after
the first occurrence of the events giving rise to your intent to terminate your
employment for Good Reason; (2) the Company fails to fully correct such events
within 30 days of receiving such Notice of Termination, and (3) such termination
occurs no later than 180 days following the first occurrence of the events
giving rise to Good Reason:

     

    (A)    an
adverse change or diminution in your status, title, positions or
responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer or the assignment to
you of any duties, reporting requirements or responsibilities which are
inconsistent with such status, title or positions (including, without
limitation, any requirement that you report to any person other than the Board
or any failure to be the senior most officer of the Company), or your removal
from or any failure to reappoint or you to such positions (including, without
limitation, any failure to be reappointed or reelected to the Board), in each
case except in connection with the termination of your employment for Cause or
by you other than for Good Reason;

     

    (B)    a
reduction by the Company in your base salary as in effect immediately prior to
the Change in Control (or any higher rate in effect subsequent to the Change in
Control);

     

    (C)    the
failure by the Company to continue in effect any Plan (as hereinafter defined)
in which you are participating immediately prior to the Change in Control (or
Plans providing you with at least substantially similar benefits) other than as
a result of the normal expiration of any such Plan in accordance with its terms
as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, or the taking of any
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    act, by
the Company which would adversely affect your continued participation in any of
such Plans on at least as favorable a basis to you as is the case immediately
prior to the Change in Control or which would materially reduce your benefits in
the future under any of such Plans or deprive you of any material benefit
enjoyed by you immediately prior to the Change in Control;

     

    (D)    the
failure by the Company to provide and credit you with the number of paid
vacation days to which you are then entitled in accordance with the Company’s
normal vacation policy as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control
(or any higher number of paid vacation days to which you are entitled following
the Change in Control);

     

    (E)    the
Company’s requiring you to relocate your personal residence, or to change your
base office locations from either of the current locations in New York City, New
York and Portland, Oregon, absent agreement by you, except for required travel
on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the
business travel obligations which you undertook on behalf of the Company prior
to the Change in Control;

     

    (F)    the
failure by the Company to obtain from any Successor (as hereinafter defined) the
assent to this Agreement contemplated by Section 7 hereof;

     

    (G)    any
purported termination by the Company of your employment which is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 4(iv)
below; and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall
be effective; or

     

    (H)    the
failure by the Company to pay you any portion of your current compensation, to
credit your deferred compensation plan account in accordance with your previous
election, or to pay you any portion of an installment of deferred compensation
under any Plan in which you participated, within seven days of the date such
compensation is due.

     

    For
purposes of this Agreement, “Plan” shall mean any
compensation plan such as an incentive, stock option or restricted stock plan or
any employee benefit plan, such as a thrift, pension, profit sharing, deferred
compensation, medical, disability, accident, life insurance, or relocation plan
or policy or any other plan, program or policy of the Company intended to
benefit employees.

     

    (ii)    Notice of
Termination. Any purported termination by the Company or by you (other
than termination due to your death, which shall terminate your employment
automatically) following a Change in Control shall be communicated by Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto.  For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Notice
of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of your employment under the provision so indicated.

     

    (iii)    Date of Termination.
“Date of
Termination” shall mean the date your employment with the Company is
terminated, which date shall be determined as follows:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (A)    if your
employment is terminated due to your death, the date of your death;

     

    (B)    if your
employment is to be terminated by the Company or if your employment is to be
terminated by you without a claim of Good Reason, the date specified in the
Notice of Termination; and

     

    (C)    if your
employment is to be terminated by you for Good Reason, the date on which your
employment terminates in accordance with Section 4(i) above.

     

    5.    Compensation Upon
Termination.

     

    (i)    If your
employment shall be terminated for Cause, the Company shall pay you the Accrued
Obligations (as defined in the Employment Agreement).  Thereupon the
Company shall have no further obligations to you under this
Agreement.

     

    (ii)    If within
the twenty-four (24) months immediately following a Change in Control, a Date of
Termination of your employment with the Company occurs as a result of (a) a
termination by the Company other than for Cause (for the avoidance of doubt, a
termination by the Company “for any reason other than Cause” includes a
termination by the Company due to your Disability), or (b) a termination by you
for Good Reason, then, by no later than the fifth day following the later of the
Date of Termination or, if this Section 5(ii) applies due to the application of
the last sentence of Section 4, the Change in Control (in each case, except as
may otherwise be provided herein), you (or your estate, as applicable) shall be
entitled to a severance benefit as follows:

     

    (A)    the
Company shall pay your full base salary at the rate in effect just prior to the
time a Notice of Termination is given plus your current year annual bonus
through the Date of Termination plus any benefits or awards which pursuant to
the terms of any Plans have been earned or become payable, but which have not
yet been paid to you; provided, that with
respect to a termination of your employment for Good Reason based on a reduction
by the Company in your base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Change
in Control, the Company shall pay your full base salary through the Date of
Termination at the rate in effect just prior to such reduction plus any benefits
or awards which pursuant to the terms of any Plans have been earned or become
payable, but which have not yet been paid to you;

     

    (B)    as
severance pay and in lieu of any further salary for periods subsequent to the
Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to you (or your estate, as
applicable) in a single payment an amount in cash equal to the sum of (1) three
times the greater of (i) your annual rate of base salary in effect on the Date
of Termination or (ii) your annual rate of base salary in effect immediately
prior to the Change in Control plus (2) three times the sum of the greater of
(i) the average of your last three annual bonuses (annualized in the case of any
bonus paid with respect to a partial year); provided, that the
amount taken into account with respect to each of the last three annual bonuses
shall not exceed three times the target bonus established by the Board with
respect to each such year or (ii) the target bonus as most recently established
by the Board;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (C)    for a
36-month period after the Date of Termination, the Company shall arrange to
provide you, your spouse and your dependents, as applicable, with life, accident
and health insurance benefits substantially similar to those which you were
receiving immediately prior to the Change in Control. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not provide any benefit otherwise receivable by you
pursuant to this subparagraph (C) to the extent that a similar benefit is
actually received by you from a subsequent employer during such 36-month period,
and any such benefit actually received by you shall be reported to the Company;
and

     

    (D)    all
options to purchase Company common stock then held by you shall become
immediately vested and exercisable in full and all performance shares,
restricted stock units and restricted stock then held by you shall become
immediately vested and all forfeiture provisions shall lapse.

     

    (iii)    Except as
expressly provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, the amount of any payment
provided for in this Section 5 shall not be reduced, offset or subject to
recovery by the Company by reason of any compensation earned by you as the
result of employment by another employer after the Date of Termination or
otherwise. Your entitlements under Section (5)(ii) are in addition to, and not
in lieu of, any rights, benefits or entitlements you may have under the terms or
provisions of any Plan.

     

    6.    Tax Gross-Up
Payments.

     

    (i)    Whether
or not your employment is terminated, if any of the payments provided for in
this Agreement or any other payment or benefit received or to be received by you
in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of your employment
(collectively, the “Change in Control
Payments”) will be subject to the tax imposed by section 4999 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any
similar tax that may hereafter be imposed (the “Excise Tax”), the
Company shall pay to you at the time any such Change in Control Payment is paid
an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”)
such that the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on
the Change in Control Payments and any federal, state and local income tax and
Excise Tax upon the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Change in Control
Payments. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, you
shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of
federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to
be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of
taxation in the state and locality of your personal residence on the Date of
Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be
obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In the event that the
Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into
account hereunder, you shall repay to the Company at the time that the amount of
such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up
Payment directly and indirectly attributable to such reduction plus interest on
the amount of such repayment at the rate provided for in section 1274(d) of the
Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken
into account hereunder (including by reason of any Change in Control Payment the
existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up
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    interest
and penalties payable to the taxing authorities with respect to such excess) at
the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined.

     

    (ii)    The
Company shall withhold the Excise Tax determined under Section 6(i) above in
accordance with section 4999(b) of the Code, and shall withhold federal, state
and local income taxes from Change in Control Payments and Gross-Up Payments as
required by law.

     

    7.    Successors; Binding
Agreement.

     

    (i)    The
Company will seek to have any Successor (as hereinafter defined), by agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to you, assent to the fulfillment by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Successor”
shall mean any Person that succeeds to, or has the practical ability to control
(either immediately or with the passage of time), the Company’s business
directly, by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets, or indirectly, by
purchase of the Company’s Voting Securities or otherwise.

     

    (ii)    This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. If you should die while any amount would
still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such
amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there
be no such designee, to your estate.

     

    8.    Fees and Expenses.
The Company shall pay to you all legal fees and related expenses incurred by you
in good faith as a result of your seeking to obtain or enforce in good faith any
right or benefit provided by this Agreement.

     

    9.    Survival. The
respective obligations of, and benefits afforded to, the Company and you as
provided in Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13 of this Agreement shall survive
termination of this Agreement, but only with respect to a Change in Control
occurring during the term of this Agreement.

     

    10.    Notice. For the
purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the respective party
set forth on the first page of this Agreement or to Executive as set forth in
the Company’s records, provided that all notices to the Company shall be
directed to the attention of the Secretary of the Company, or to such other
address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.

     

    11.    Amendment, Waiver;
Applicable Law.  No provision of this Agreement may be
modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is
agreed to in a writing signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the
Company (other than yourself).  No waiver by either party hereto at
any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or of compliance with, any
condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party
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    any prior
or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express
or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed
by the internal laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to conflicts of law
principles.

     

    12.    Validity. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
which shall remain in full force and effect.

     

    13.    Arbitration. Any
dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be settled exclusively by arbitration in Portland, Oregon by three arbitrators
in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators’ award, which award shall be
a final and binding determination of the dispute or controversy, in any court
having jurisdiction; provided, that you
shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid until
the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement. The Company shall bear all
costs and expenses of the arbitrators arising in connection with any arbitration
proceeding pursuant to this Section 13.

     

    14.    Compliance with Code Section
409A.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if
at the time of your termination of employment with the Company you are a
“specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the deferral of
the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a
result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any
accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company
will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits
hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or
provided to you) until the date that is six months following your Date of
Termination (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the
Code) and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to you
hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under
Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if
deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A
of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured,
to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Board, that does not
cause such an accelerated or additional tax.  In the event that
payments under this Agreement are deferred pursuant to this Section 14 in order
to prevent any accelerated tax or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code,
then such payments shall be paid at the time specified under this Section 14
(together with interest for any additional deferral period resulting from this
Section 14 at the applicable federal rate under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the
Code in effect on the date of termination).  The Company shall consult
with you in good faith regarding the implementation of this Section
14.  For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the right to a series
of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a
series of separate payments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for
purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of amounts
or benefits upon or following a termination of employment until such termination
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    and, for
purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “resignation,”
“termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean Separation
from Service.

     

    15.    Related Agreements.
To the extent that any provision of any other agreement between the Company or
any of its subsidiaries and you (including, without limitation, the Employment
Agreement) shall limit, qualify or be inconsistent with any provision of this
Agreement, while this Agreement remains in force and effect, then the provision
of this Agreement shall control and such provision of such other agreement shall
be deemed to have been superseded, and to be of no force or effect, as if such
other agreement had been formally amended to the extent necessary to accomplish
such purpose.

     

    16.    Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.

     

    If this
letter correctly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly
sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then
constitute our agreement on this subject.

    
    

     

    
      	 	

              Sincerely,

               

              SCHNITZER
      STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

              

              By:  
      /s/ Judith Johansen

              

                
      

              Name:
      Judith Johansen

              Title:  Acting
      Chair, Compensation Committee of the Board of
    Directors 

            

    

     

    

    

    

    Agreed to
this 29th
day

    of
October, 2008

    

    

    /s/
Tamara L. Lundgren

      
        

      

    

    Tamara L.
Lundgren

    
 

    
 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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EXHIBIT 10.3

    
 

    SCHNITZER
STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

    AMENDED
AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     

    John D.
Carter – Executive

     

    Schnitzer
Steel Industries, Inc. – Company

    3200 NW
Yeon Avenue

    Portland,
Oregon 97210

     

    In
consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and
valuable consideration, the Company and Executive agree as follows.

     

    1.    Effective
Date and Term. The effective date of this
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is
December 1, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) and
this Agreement governs the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment
through December 1, 2011 (the “Term”).  This
Agreement amends  and restates the Employment Agreement, dated as of
February 17, 2006, between the Company and Executive (the “Prior
Agreement”).  This Agreement has been approved by the
Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the
Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

     

    2.    Employment
At Will.  During the Term,
the Company will employ Executive as the Chairman of the Board on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.  Executive will serve in such
position at the pleasure of the Board.  Executive’s employment is at
will and may be terminated at any time, for any reason or no reason, upon notice
by either the Company or Executive, subject to the obligations of the Company
and Executive as provided in this Agreement and any other agreement between
Executive and the Company then in effect.  Unless otherwise terminated
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate upon the expiration of
the Term. Termination of Executive for any reason, shall constitute the
resignation by Executive, effective upon such termination as a director and
officer of the Company.  Upon request, Executive shall provide the
Company with additional written evidence of any such resignation.  At
any time during the Term, Executive may request that the Board reduce his duties
and time commitment to the Company.  If the Board agrees to any such
request, Executive’s Base Salary (as defined in Section 4 below) shall be
proportionally reduced by a mutually agreed upon amount that appropriately
reflects the extent by which Executive’s duties and time commitment to the
Company have been reduced.

     

    3.    Change
In Control Severance Agreement.  In connection
with the execution of this Agreement, the Company and the Executive also entered
into an Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement dated October
29, 2008 (the “Change
in Control Agreement”).

     

    4.    Annual
Salary and Bonus.

     

    (a)    Base
Salary.  Beginning on the Effective Date, Executive’s base
salary (the “Base
Salary”) shall be at the annual rate of $720,000.  Base Salary
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    deductions.  Base
Salary for any partial period of employment shall be
prorated.  Executive’s performance and the amount of the Base Salary
shall be reviewed annually in connection with the Company’s normal compensation
review and bonus cycle for executive officers, and the Base Salary may be
increased (but not decreased) from time to time in the sole discretion of the
Committee.

     

    (b)    Annual Performance
Bonus.

     

    (i)    For each
fiscal year during the Term, the Committee will establish a bonus program at the
beginning of such fiscal year (and in any event no later than 90 days into the
fiscal year) that will have two components: a component based on objective
Company financial measures and a component based on management objectives
(“MBO”).  The
first component will set forth objective Company financial performance criteria
that will determine the amount of Executive’s bonus.  The plan will
specify bonus amounts higher and lower than the target for Company performance
based on the predetermined objectives.  The second component will be
based on MBO performance criteria.  At the beginning of each fiscal
year the Committee, in consultation with Executive, will establish MBO
performance criteria for Executive which will be clearly understood and
measurable. The plan will specify bonus amounts higher or lower than the target
for performance based on the objectives. At the end of each applicable fiscal
year, the Committee will review Executive’s performance, and determine the
extent to which the objectives have been met and the applicable bonus
amount.

     

    (ii)    For each
applicable fiscal year, (A) the target annual bonus under the combined bonus
plan will be 100% of the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the last day of
such fiscal year (the “Target Bonus”), (B)
the Company financial performance component will apply to 50% of the Target
Bonus and the MBO component will apply to 50% of the Target Bonus, (C) with
respect to any fiscal year, the minimum bonus payable to Executive shall be $0
and the maximum bonus payable to Executive shall be three times the amount of
the Target Bonus allocated to the Company financial performance component and
three times the amount of Target Bonus allocated to the MBO component, and (D)
with respect to both the Company financial performance component and the MBO
component, the amount of bonus payable to Executive if the level of performance
achieved falls between (x) the level required to receive a payout of the minimum
amount for such component and the level required to receive a payout of the
target amount for such component or (y) the level required to receive a payout
of the target amount for such component and the level required to receive a
payout of the maximum amount for such component, shall be determined by linear
interpolation between the applicable points.  The bonus earned for a
fiscal year shall be payable to Executive on a date selected by the Company
prior to the expiration of the period beginning on the first day after the end
of the applicable fiscal year and ending on the date which is two and one-half
months after the end of the applicable fiscal year, and shall be subject to
withholding for taxes and other proper deductions.

     

    5.    Stock
Award and Other Benefits.

     

    (a)    Stock
Award.  Subject to Executive’s continued employment or service
with the Company on such date or an earlier termination by the Company without
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    Executive
on or before December 31, 2008 a fully vested stock award having an aggregate
grant date fair market value of $2,400,000.  For the avoidance of
doubt, a termination due to Executive’s death or Disability shall not constitute
a termination without Cause.  Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees
that, effective as of the date of this Agreement, he shall no longer participate
in the Company’s long term incentive program, other than with respect to any
awards thereunder that are outstanding on the date of this
Agreement.

     

    (b)    Benefits. Executive shall be
entitled to participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans, insurance,
executive medical coverage, sick leave, holidays, auto allowance and such other
benefits as the Company from time to time may generally provide to its most
senior officers, including, without limitation, the Company’s Supplemental
Executive Retirement Bonus Plan (“SERBP”).

     

    6.    Definitions. The
following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this
Agreement:

     

    (a)    “Cause” shall mean (i)
the willful and continued failure by Executive to perform substantially
Executive’s assigned duties with the Company (other than any such failure
resulting from Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after a
demand for substantial performance is delivered to Executive by the Board which
specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that Executive
has not substantially performed Executive’s duties or (ii) the willful engaging
by Executive in illegal conduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious
to the Company.  For purposes of Section 6(a)(ii), no act, or failure
to act, on Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or
omitted to be done, by Executive in knowing bad faith and without reasonable
belief that his action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the Company.  Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority
given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the
advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or
omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be deemed to have
been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to
Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not
less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board (excluding
Executive) at a meeting of the Board called and held for the purpose (after
reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for Executive, together with
Executive’s counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in its good
faith opinion Executive was guilty of the conduct set forth above in (i) or (ii)
of this Section 6(a)) and specifying the particulars thereof in
detail.

     

    (b)    “Disability” shall
mean Executive’s absence from his duties with the Company on a full-time basis
for one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days as a result of his incapacity due
to physical or mental illness, unless within thirty (30) days after notice of
termination is given to Executive following such absence he shall have returned
to the full-time performance of his duties.

     

    (c)    “Good Reason” shall
mean termination by Executive of Executive’s employment with the Company based
on any of the following events:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (i)    an
adverse change or diminution in Executive’s status, title, positions or
responsibilities as Chairman of the Board, as applicable, or the assignment to
Executive of any duties, reporting requirements or responsibilities which are
inconsistent with such status, title or positions, or any removal of Executive
from or any failure to reappoint or reelect Executive to such positions, in each
case except in connection with the termination of Executive’s employment for
Cause or Disability or as a result of Executive’s death or by Executive other
than for Good Reason;

     

    (ii)    a
reduction by the Company in the Base Salary;

     

    (iii)    a failure
by the Company to provide to Executive the compensation and benefits as provided
in Section 4 or Section 5 of this Agreement;

     

    (iv)    a failure
by the Company to provide and credit Executive with the number of paid vacation
days to which Executive is then entitled in accordance with the Company’s normal
vacation policy;

     

    (v)    the
Company’s requiring Executive to be based more than 30 miles from where
Executive’s office is located as of the date of this Agreement except for
required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent
with the business travel obligations which Executive undertook as of the
Effective Date;

     

    (vi)    a failure
by the Company to obtain from any Successor (as defined in Section 10 of this
Agreement) the assent to this Agreement contemplated by Section 10;
or

     

    (vii)    a failure
by the Company to pay Executive any portion of Executive’s current compensation,
to credit any deferred compensation plan account of Executive in accordance with
Executive’s previous election, or to pay Executive any portion of an installment
of deferred compensation under any plan in which Executive participated, within
seven days of the date such compensation is due.

     

    Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Executive may terminate his
employment for Good Reason only if (1) within 90 days after the first occurrence
of the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason, Executive gives written notice
to the Company of Executive’s belief that Good Reason exists and of his
intention to terminate his employment for Good Reason, (2) within 30 days of
such notice from Executive the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason are not
fully corrected, and (3) such termination occurs no later than 180 days
following the first occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to Good
Reason.

     

    7.    Effect
of Termination of Employment.

     

    (a)    Termination by the Company for Cause
or by Executive without Good Reason.  If the Company terminates
Executive’s employment for Cause or Executive terminates his employment without
Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive only (i) the Base Salary,
any earned but unpaid bonus for the prior fiscal year, and any other
compensation or benefits which have been earned or become payable as of the date
of termination but which have not yet been paid to Executive, (ii) all paid time
off accrued but untaken through the effective date of such termination, and
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    incurred
through the effective date of such termination pursuant to the Company’s normal
expense reimbursement policy, which reimbursement shall be paid promptly and in
any event within 30 days after submission in accordance with Company policy;
provided that
Executive shall submit all outstanding unreimbursed business expenses no later
than 15 days following the date of termination.  The amounts described
in clauses (i) through (iii) of the foregoing are referred to as the “Accrued
Obligations.”

     

    (b)    Termination by the Company Without
Cause or by Executive for Good Reason.  If the Company
terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall include any termination of Executive’s employment upon the
expiration of the Term as a result of the Company’s election not to extend the
Term in accordance with Section 1 of this Agreement) or Executive terminates his
employment for Good Reason at any time during the Term and such termination does
not occur under circumstances that would give rise to severance payments to
Executive under the Change in Control Agreement:

     

    (i)    Executive
shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations;

     

    (ii)    Executive
shall be entitled to receive a severance payment (subject to applicable taxes
and withholding) in a lump sum in an amount equal to three times Executive’s
annualized rate of Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the time of
termination plus three times Executive’s target annual bonus in effect
immediately prior to the termination;

     

    (iii)    Executive
shall be paid an amount equal to the product of the annual incentive bonus
Executive would have received had Executive remained employed on the last day of
such fiscal year multiplied by the percentage of days during the fiscal year
prior to the Termination Date during which Executive was employed, such amount
to be paid at the same time as the annual incentive bonus would have been paid
to Executive if he had remained employed on the applicable payment date for such
annual incentive bonus;

     

    (iv)    for a
24-month period after the date of termination, the Company shall arrange to
provide Executive, her spouse and dependents with life, accident and health
insurance benefits substantially similar to those which Executive was receiving
immediately prior to such termination; provided, that the
Company shall not provide any benefit otherwise receivable by Executive pursuant
to this Section 7(b)(iv) to the extent that a similar benefit is actually
received by Executive from a subsequent employer during such 24-month period,
and any such benefit actually received by Executive shall be reported to the
Company; and

     

    (v)    all
options to purchase Company common stock then held by Executive shall become
immediately vested and exercisable in full, all restricted stock units and
restricted stock then held by Executive shall become immediately vested and all
related forfeiture provisions shall lapse, and all performance shares then held
by Executive shall vest to the extent provided in the applicable plan and award
agreement pursuant to which such performance shares were granted.

     

    (c)    Death.  If
Executive’s employment is terminated as a result of Executive’s death, Executive
shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (d)    Disability.  If
Executive’s employment is terminated as a result of Executive’s Disability,
Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations.

     

    (e)    Date of
Payment.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
cash payments and lump-sum awards required to be made pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 7 shall be paid (i) in the case of the Accrued Obligations, no
later than the 30th day
following such termination of employment, (ii) in the case of the pro rata
bonus, as provided in Section 7(b)(iii), and (iii) in the case of the payments
described in Sections 7(b)(ii), within 45 days of the date of termination;
provided that Executive has delivered an executed copy of a release of claims in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (and not
revoked such release) prior to the expiration of such 45-day
period.

     

    (f)    Options, Performance Shares and
Restricted Stock. The options, performance shares, restricted stock
units and restricted stock awarded to Executive by the Company shall, in the
event of a termination of Executive’s employment, be governed by the provisions
of the applicable plan and award agreement; provided that the
accelerated vesting provisions of Section 7(b)(v) shall, if triggered, control
in the event of any inconsistency with any such agreement.

     

    (g)    No Obligation of Executive to
Mitigate. The amount of any payment provided for in this Section 7 shall
not be reduced, offset or subject to recovery by the Company by reason of any
compensation earned by Executive as the result of employment by another employer
after the date of termination.

     

    (h)    280G Excise Tax Gross Up
Provision.  If any of the payments or benefits provided for in
Section 7 of this Agreement, under any other agreement between Executive and the
Company or otherwise (collectively, the “Payments”) will be
subject to the tax imposed by section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), or any
similar tax that may hereafter be imposed (the “Excise Tax”), the
Company shall pay to Executive at the time any such Payment is paid an
additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”)
such that the net amount retained by Executive, after deduction of any Excise
Tax on the Payments and any federal, state and local income tax and Excise Tax
upon the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Payments. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, Executive shall be deemed to pay
federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in
the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and
local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and
locality of Executive’s personal residence on the date of termination, net of
the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from
deduction of such state and local taxes. In the event that the Excise Tax is
subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder,
Executive shall repay to the Company at the time that the amount of such
reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up
Payment directly and indirectly attributable to such reduction plus interest on
the amount of such repayment at the rate provided for in section 1274(d) of the
Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken
into account hereunder (including by reason of any payment the existence or
amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the
Company shall make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess
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    excess is
finally determined. The Company shall withhold the Excise Tax in accordance with
section 4999(b) of the Code, and shall withhold federal, state and local income
taxes from the Payments and Gross-Up Payments as required by law.

     

    (i)    Compliance with Code Section
409A.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if
at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company Executive
is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the
deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable
hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to
prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then
the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or
benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits
ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is six months
following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the
earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (ii) if any
other payments of money or other benefits due to Executive hereunder could cause
the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the
Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make
such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or
otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent
possible, in a manner, determined by the Board, that does not cause such an
accelerated or additional tax.  In the event that payments under this
Agreement are deferred pursuant to this Section 7(i) in order to prevent any
accelerated tax or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then such
payments shall be paid at the time specified under this Section 7(i) (together
with interest for any additional deferral period resulting from this Section
7(i) at the applicable federal rate under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code in
effect on the date of termination).  The Company shall consult with
Executive in good faith regarding the implementation of this Section
7(i).  For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the right to a series
of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a
series of separate payments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for
purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of amounts
or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such
termination is also a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement,
references to a “resignation,” “termination,” “termination of employment” or
like terms shall mean Separation from Service.

     

    8.    Restrictive
Covenants.

     

    (a)    Noncompetition.  In
consideration of the payments, benefits and other obligations of the Company to
Executive pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company’s obligation to provide Executive with Confidential Information pursuant
to Section 8(c), and in order to protect the such Confidential Information and
preserve the goodwill of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
“Company
Group”), Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, during the “Restricted Period”
(as defined below), Executive shall not, anywhere in the world where any member
of the Company Group conducts business, directly or indirectly, own any interest
in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager,
employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise),
consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business
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    (collectively,
a “Competing
Business”); provided that nothing
herein shall prohibit Executive from (i) investing in stocks, bonds, or other
securities in any business if such stocks, bonds, or other securities are listed
on any United States securities exchange or are publicly traded in an over the
counter market, and such investment does not exceed, in the case of any capital
stock of any one issuer two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding capital
stock or in the case of bonds or other securities, two percent (2%) of the
aggregate principal amount thereof issued and outstanding or (ii) working for a
subsidiary, affiliate or division of a Competing Business if such subsidiary,
affiliate or division is not itself engaged in a Competing Business and
Executive does not provide services to such Competing Business.  For
purposes of this Section 8(a), the “Restricted Period”
shall mean all times during which Executive is employed by the Company and the
period commencing on the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with
the Company for any reason and ending on the first anniversary of the date of
such termination.

     

    (b)    Nonsolicitation.  In
further consideration of the payments by the Company to Executive pursuant to
this Agreement, Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, during Executive’s
employment with the Company and for the two-year period following the date of
Executive’s termination for any reason, Executive shall not attempt to
influence, persuade or induce, or assist any other person in so influencing,
persuading or inducing, (i) any customer of the Company Group to give up, or to
not commence, a business relationship with the Company Group and shall not
otherwise directly or indirectly solicit any such customer except on behalf of
the Company Group, and (ii) any employee of the Company Group to cease such
employee’s employment with the Company Group and shall not otherwise directly or
indirectly solicit for employment any such employee.

     

    (c)    Confidential
Information.  Executive acknowledges that the Company Group has
a legitimate and continuing proprietary interest in the protection of its
confidential information and that it has invested substantial sums and will
continue to invest substantial sums to develop, maintain and protect such
confidential information.  During the Term and at all times
thereafter, Executive shall not, except with the written consent of the Company
or in connection with carrying out Executive’s duties or responsibilities
hereunder, furnish or make accessible to anyone or use for Executive’s own
benefit any trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information of the
Company Group (all such information, “Confidential
Information”), including its business plans, marketing plans, strategies,
systems, programs, methods, employee lists, computer programs, insurance
profiles and client lists; provided, that
Confidential Information shall not include information known to the public or
otherwise in the public domain without violation by Executive of this
Section 8(c).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may
disclose Confidential Information when required to do so by a court of competent
jurisdiction, by any governmental agency having supervisory authority over the
business of the Company Group or by any administrative body or legislative body
(including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order Executive to divulge,
disclose or make accessible such information; provided, further, that in the
event that Executive is ordered by a court or other government agency to
disclose any Confidential Information, Executive shall (i) promptly notify
the Company of such order, (ii) at the written request of the Company,
diligently contest such order at the sole expense of the Company as expenses
occur, and (iii) at the written request of the Company, seek to obtain, at
the sole expense of the Company, such confidential treatment as may be available
under applicable laws for any information disclosed under such
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    (d)    Enforcement.  Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or
threatened breach of any of the provisions of Sections 8(a), (b) or (c)
herein would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, Executive agrees
that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any
remedies at law, the Company shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the
form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or
permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be
available.  It is expressly understood and agreed that although
Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in
Sections 8(a) and 8(b) to be reasonable, if a judicial determination is
made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any
other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction
against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void
but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and
to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be
enforceable.  Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction
finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and
such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding
shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained
herein.

     

    9.    Withholding.  Payment
of all compensation under this Agreement, including but not limited to the Base
Salary and annual performance bonus, shall be subject to all applicable federal,
state and local tax withholding.

     

    10.    Attorneys’
Fees.  The
Company shall pay to Executive all reasonable legal fees and related expenses
incurred by Executive in good faith as a result of Executive seeking to obtain
or enforce in good faith any right or benefit provided by this
Agreement.

     

    11.    Successors;
Binding Agreement.

     

    (a)    Upon
Executive’s written request, the Company will seek to have any Successor (as
hereinafter defined), by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
Executive, assent to the fulfillment by the Company of its obligations under
this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Successor” shall mean
any Person that succeeds to, or has the practical ability to control (either
immediately or with the passage of time), the Company’s business directly, by
merger, consolidation or purchase of assets, or indirectly, by purchase of the
Company’s voting securities or otherwise.

     

    (b)    This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s
personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. If Executive should die while any amount
would still be payable to Executive hereunder if Executive had continued to
live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee or
other designee or, if there be no such designee, to Executive’s
estate.

     

    12.    Survival. The
respective obligations of, and benefits afforded to, the Company and Executive
as provided in Sections 7-13 and 16 of this Agreement shall survive termination
of Executive’s employment and this Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    13.    Notice. For the
purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the Company as set
forth on the first page of this Agreement or to Executive as set forth in the
Company’s records, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to
the attention of the Secretary of the Company, or to such other address as
either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith,
except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.

     

    14.    Miscellaneous. No
provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in a writing signed by Executive
and a duly authorized officer of the Company (other than
Executive).  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any
breach by the other party hereto of, or of compliance with, any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any
prior or subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or
otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have
been made by either party that are not expressly set forth in this Agreement or
the Change in Control Agreement.  The validity, interpretation,
construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal
laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to conflicts of law
principles.

     

    15.    Validity. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
which shall remain in full force and effect.

     

    16.    Arbitration. Any
dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be settled exclusively by arbitration in Portland, Oregon by three arbitrators
in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators’ award, which award shall be
a final and binding determination of the dispute or controversy, in any court
having jurisdiction; provided, that
Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of Executive’s right to
be paid until the date of termination during the pendency of any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. The Company
shall bear all costs and expenses of the arbitrators arising in connection with
any arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section 16.

     

    17.    Related
Agreements. To the
extent that any provision of any other agreement between the Company or any of
its subsidiaries and Executive, other than the Change in Control Agreement,
shall limit, qualify or be inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement,
then for purposes of this Agreement, while the same shall remain in force, the
provision of this Agreement shall control and such provision of such other
agreement shall be deemed to have been superseded, and to be of no force or
effect, as if such other agreement had been formally amended to the extent
necessary to accomplish such purpose.

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    18.    Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.

     

    Dated:  October
29, 2008

     

    
      	
              SCHNITZER
      STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

               

               

              By:  
      /s/ Judith Johansen

                
      

              Name:
      Judith Johansen

              Title:  Acting
      Chair, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

            	
               

               

              /s/ John
      D. Carter

              
                
      

              John
      D. Carter

            

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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