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                                                                   Exhibit 10.9

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on the 22nd day of March, 2000, by
and between PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, ("Payless") and
__________________ ("Executive").

In consideration of mutual promises and agreements set forth in this Employment
Agreement, Payless and Executive agree as follows:

1.   (a)  Payless agrees to employ Executive, and Executive agrees to render
personal services to Payless, for the period commencing on the date of this
Employment Agreement through [May 31, 2002 or 2003] (the "Contract Term") as
________________________________ of Payless ShoeSource, Inc.

     (b)  Payless agrees to pay Executive basic compensation for such services
during the Contract Term at the annual rate of $____________, payable in equal
bi-weekly installments, and in accordance with Paragraph 5, which annual rate
will be subject to an annual review during Payless' regularly scheduled review
time.

     (c)  If Executive is eligible to participate in one of Payless' bonus
plans (the "Incentive Plan"), then Executive shall be entitled to such Awards,
if any, which may be payable under the Incentive Plan, determined in accordance
with and subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Incentive Plan.

     (d)  Payless shall reimburse Executive for all items of normal expense
incurred by Executive as an employee of Payless in accordance with Payless'
reimbursement policies in effect from time to time.

     (e)  The Executive Compensation Change Memorandum from time to time in
effect, as initialed on behalf of Payless and by Executive, is hereby
incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.  In addition, Payless
has adopted certain employee benefit plans and has established certain
arrangements concerning executive perquisites which may, from time to time,
confer rights and benefits on the Executive in accordance with their terms, and
Payless may, in the future, adopt additional employee benefit plans and
establish additional arrangements concerning executive perquisites, and may in
the future amend, modify or terminate any of the aforesaid employee benefit
plans and arrangements, all in accordance with their terms and in accordance
with applicable law.  Executive shall be entitled to whatever rights and
benefits may be conferred on Executive, from time to time in accordance with
the terms of such plans and arrangements, as they may be amended from time to
time, independent of this Agreement.  All references to payment dates or
vesting dates in this Paragraph 1 or in such plans and arrangements, shall
require that Executive be employed by Payless on such date to receive such
payment or be vested in such benefit.

     (f) Executive will be eligible for future grants of restricted stock and
stock options as may be made under the terms of the Stock Incentive Plan in
accordance with the levels established by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors.

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2.   (a)  At all times during the Contract Term, Executive will:

          (i) faithfully and diligently perform Executive's duties in
     conformity with the directions of Payless and serve Payless to the best
     of Executive's ability; and

          (ii) devote Executive's undivided time and attention to the business
     of Payless, subject to reasonable vacations in accordance with Payless'
     vacation policy as it applies from time to time, to such extent as may be
     reasonably necessary for the proper performance of the personal services
     to be rendered by Executive under this Agreement; and

          (iii) maintain Executive's residence in the Topeka, Kansas
     metropolitan area or the environs thereof within reasonable access to the
     business activities of Payless therein for the Contract Term.

     (b)  At all times during the Contract Term, Executive will not:

          (i)  engage in any activity which conflicts or interferes with or
     adversely affects Executive's performance of Executive's duties
     hereunder, or

          (ii) accept any other employment, whether as an Executive or as a
     consultant or in any other capacity, and whether or not compensated
     therefor, or

          (iii) violate the terms of any of the policies described in Payless'
     Policy of Business Conduct distributed from time to time to Executive.

3.   (a)  At all times during the Contract Term and for a period of [one or two]
years from actual termination of employment or, if there are more than one year
remaining in the Contract Term at the time of termination of employment, for
the remainder of the Contract Term, Executive will not:

          (i) directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, finance, join,
     control, or participate in the ownership, management, operation,
     financing or control of, or be employed by or connected in any manner
     with any Competing Business, or

          (ii) solicit for employment, hire or offer employment to, or
     disclose information to or otherwise aid or assist any other person or
     entity other than Payless or any subsidiary of Payless in soliciting for
     employment, hiring or offering employment to, any employee of Payless or
     any subsidiary of Payless, or

          (iii) take any action which is intended to harm Payless or its
     reputation, which Payless reasonably concludes could harm Payless or its
     reputation or which Payless reasonably concludes could lead to unwanted
     or unfavorable publicity to Payless.

Ownership of an investment of less than the greater of $25,000 or 1% of any
class of equity or debt security of a Competing Business shall not constitute
ownership or participation in ownership in violation of Paragraph 3(a).

     (b)  The term "Competing Business" shall include, but not be limited to,

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          (i) any retail business with gross sales or revenue in the prior
     fiscal year of more than $25 million (or which is a subsidiary, affiliate
     or joint venture partner of a business with gross sales or revenue in the
     prior fiscal year of more than $25 million) which sells footwear at
     retail to consumers at price points competitive, or likely to be
     competitive with Payless (e.g., including, without limitation, Wal-Mart,
     K-Mart, Target, Ames, Mervyn's Pic-N-Pay, Foot Star, Inc., Edison, Aldo,
     Genesco, Venator, Famous Footwear, Shoe Carnival, Jones Apparel Group,
     Kohl's, Liz Claiborne, Big Five, J.C. Penney and Sears) within 20 miles
     of any Payless store or the store of any wholesale customer of Payless in
     the United States, or anywhere in any foreign country in which Payless
     has retail stores, franchisees or wholesale customers;

          (ii) any franchising or wholesaling business with gross sales or
     revenue in the prior fiscal year of more than $25 million (or which is a
     subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture partner of a business with gross
     sales or revenue in the prior fiscal year of more than $25 million) which
     sells footwear at wholesale to franchisees, retailers or other footwear
     distributors located within 20 miles of any Payless store or the store of
     any wholesale customer of Payless in the United States, or anywhere in
     any foreign country in which Payless has retail stores, franchisees or
     wholesale customers:

          (iii) any footwear manufacturing business with gross sales or
     revenue in the prior fiscal year of more than $25 million (or which is a
     subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture partner of a business with gross
     sales or revenue in the prior fiscal year of more than $25 million) which
     sells footwear to retailers or other footwear distributors located within
     20 miles of any Payless store or the store of any wholesale customer of
     Payless in the United States, or anywhere in any foreign country in which
     Payless has retail stores, franchisees, or wholesale customers; (e.g.,
     including, without limitation, Jones Apparel Group, Dexter, Stride Rite,
     Liz Claiborne, Wolverine Worldwide, Timberland, Nike, Reebok, K-Swiss,
     Keds and Adidas); or

          (iv) any business which provides buying office services to any store
     or group of stores or businesses referred to in Paragraph 3.(b) (i), 3.
     (b) (ii) and 3.(b)(iii).

     (c)  Background of non-compete restriction:

          (i) Payless is one of the leading retail companies in North America,
     with self-service shoe stores throughout the United States and its
     territories and Canada; and

          (ii) In connection with its business, Payless has expended a great
     deal of time, money and effort to develop and maintain its confidential,
     proprietary and trade secret information; this information, if misused or
     disclosed, could be very harmful to Payless' business and its competitive
     position in the marketplace; and

          (iii) Executive desires to be employed by Payless, to be eligible
     for opportunities for advancement within Payless, to be eligible for
     potential compensation increases and to be given access to confidential
     and proprietary information of Payless necessary for Executive to perform
     Executive's job, but which Payless would not make available to Executive
      but for

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     Executive's signing and agreeing to abide by the terms of this Agreement
     as a condition of Executive's employment by Payless; and

          (iv) Executive recognizes and acknowledges that Executive's position
     with Payless provides Executive with access to Payless' confidential and
     proprietary trade secret information and other confidential business
     information; and

          (v) Payless compensates its associates to, among other things,
     develop and preserve goodwill and relationships on Payless' behalf and to
     develop and preserve business information for Payless' exclusive
     ownership and use; and

          (vi) long-term customer and supplier relationships often can be
     difficult to develop and require a significant investment of time, effort
     and expense; and

          (vii) Executive recognizes and acknowledges that if Executive's
     employment with Payless were to cease, Payless needs certain protections
     in order to ensure that Executive does not appropriate and use any
     confidential information entrusted to Executive during the course of
     Executive's employment by Payless or take any other action which could
     result in a loss of Payless' goodwill that was generated on Payless'
     behalf and at its expense, and, more generally, to prevent Executive from
     having an unfair competitive advantage over Payless.

     (d)  Reasonableness of non-compete restriction.  Executive acknowledges
and agrees that the restrictions in Paragraph 3(a) are reasonable and
enforceable in view of the background for the non-compete restriction set forth
in Paragraph 3(c) and in view of, among other things,

          (i) the markets in which Payless and its subsidiaries operate their
     business; and

          (ii) the confidential information to which Executive has access; and

          (iii) Executive's training and background, which are such that
          neither Payless nor Executive believe that the restraint will pose
          an undue hardship on Executive; and

          (iv) the fact that a Competing Business could benefit greatly if it
     were to obtain Payless' confidential information; and

          (v) the fact that Payless would not have adequate protection if
     Executive were permitted to work for any Competing Business since Payless
     would be unable to verify whether its confidential information was being
     disclosed or misused; and

          (vi) the limited duration of, the limited scope of, and the limited
     activities prohibited by, the restrictions in Paragraph 3(a); and

          (vii) Payless' legitimate interests in protecting its confidential
     information, goodwill and relationships.

     (e)  If Executive violates Executive's obligations under Paragraph 3(a),
then Payless shall be entitled to an injunction and other relief provided for
in this Agreement to prevent such violation,

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and the time during which Executive violated the obligations shall not count
toward satisfying the time during which the restriction shall apply.  For
example, if Executive were to join a competitor at the end of the Contract Term
in violation of the restrictions in Paragraph 3(a) and work for such competitor
for one month before a court enjoined such violation, then the two year time
period of the restriction would begin when such injunction were issued; the one
month during which Executive violated such restriction would not count toward
the time that the restriction applies.

4. If Executive becomes Totally Disabled and remains continuously so Totally
Disabled for a period of 180 days, then Payless' obligations under this
Employment Agreement, at Payless' option, may be terminated by notice in
writing to that effect given during the continuance of such Total Disability,
such termination to take effect the later of (a) the last day of the month
during which such notice is given or (b) the last day of such 180 day period.
If Executive has made a previous election to participate in Payless' Long Term
Disability Plan (subject to the terms and provisions of that plan), then the
terms of that plan shall apply.  "Total Disability" or "Totally Disabled" shall
mean the inability of Executive to perform the normal duties of Executive's job
under this Agreement.

5.   (a)  If Executive's employment terminates during the Contract Term by
reason of Executive's death or Total Disability, by Executive's voluntary
termination of employment or by Payless for Cause,

          (i) Executive's basic compensation and employee benefits shall cease
     on the date of such termination, except as otherwise provided herein or
     in any applicable employee benefit plan or program; and

          (ii) Executive (or Executive's legal representative(s)) shall be
     entitled to such portion of any incentive compensation as shall be
     payable under the terms of the Incentive Plan.

     (b)  In addition, if Executive's employment is terminated by reason of
death, then Executive's obligations under Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall cease on the
effective date of such termination.

     (c)  In addition, if Executive's employment is terminated by reason of
Total Disability, by Executive voluntarily or by Payless for Cause, then
Executive's obligations under Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall cease on the effective
date of such termination and Executive's obligations under Paragraphs 3 and 6
remain in full force and effect, and Payless shall be entitled to all legal and
equitable rights and remedies under this Agreement, including all of its rights
and remedies referred to in Paragraph 8 of this Agreement, and Payless shall be
entitled to enjoin Executive from violating the provisions of Paragraphs 3 and
6 of this Agreement.

     (d)  If Executive's employment is terminated by Payless without Cause,
then

          (i) Executive's employment (and status as an employee) shall cease
     immediately; and

          (ii) Executive shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of
     Paragraph 5(d)(vi), to continue to receive for the remainder of the
     Contract Term the higher of (x) Executive's

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     basic compensation specifically stated in Paragraph 1(b) as of the date
     of this Agreement, and (y) Executive's basic compensation at the time
     Executive employment terminates; and

          (iii) Executive shall be entitled to such portion of any incentive
     compensation as shall be payable under the terms of the Incentive Plan;
     and

          (iv) Executive shall be entitled to post-termination benefits that
     are payable under Payless' employee benefit plans in accordance with
     their terms based on Executive's service through, and termination of
     employment on, the termination date, including any rights Executive may
     have to continued participation in Payless' medical plans under COBRA;
     and

          (v) except as expressly provided in this Paragraph 5(d), Executive's
     post-termination obligations under this Agreement, including, without
     limitation, the provisions of Paragraphs 3 and 6, shall continue to apply
     following such termination; and

          (vi) Executive shall use Executive's best efforts to find other
     employment which does not violate the provisions of Paragraph 3 hereof.
     If Executive accepts such other employment, Executive shall promptly
     notify Payless of such employment and of the compensation received, to be
     received or receivable from Executive's subsequent employer attributable
     to the remainder of the Contract Term, and all basic compensation
     otherwise payable under Paragraph 5(d) for the remainder of the Contract
     Term shall be reduced to the extent of Executive's similar compensation
     received, to be received or receivable from such other employer or other
     business.

     (e)  "Cause" means

          (i) an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or any other
     material violation of law in connection with Executive's duties or in the
     course of Executive's employment with Payless; or

          (ii) intentional damage to assets of Payless; or

          (iii) intentional disclosure of confidential information of Payless
     contrary to the policy of Payless; or

          (iv) breach of Executive's obligations under this Agreement; or

          (iv) intentional engagement in any competitive activity which would
     constitute a breach of Executive's duty of loyalty or of Executive's
     obligations under this Agreement; or

          (v) intentional breach of any policy of Payless; or

          (vi) the willful and continued failure by Executive to substantially
     perform Executive's duties with Payless (other than any such failure
     resulting from Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness);
     or

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          (vii) the willful engaging by Executive in conduct which is
     demonstrably and materially injurious to Payless, monetarily or
     otherwise.

For purposes of this Paragraph 5(e), an act, or a failure to act, shall not be
deemed "willful" or "intentional" unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by
Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that Executive's action or
omission was in the best interest of Payless.  Failure to meet performance
standards or objectives, by itself, will not constitute "Cause".

     (f)  Executive agrees that, in addition to any other remedies, Payless
shall be permitted, as part of the computation of any final amount or amounts
due to Executive as wages, compensation, bonus, deferred compensation or
otherwise, and before any such amount shall be due and owing, to reduce any
amount which Payless may otherwise owe to Executive by any unpaid amount which
Executive owes to Payless.

6.   (a)  Executive will not, at any time, directly or indirectly, use or
disclose any of Payless' Confidential Information except as authorized and
within the scope of Executive's employment with Payless.

     (b)  At Payless' request and/or termination of Executive's employment with
Payless, Executive will return to Payless all documents, records, notebooks,
computer diskettes and tapes and anything else containing Payless' Confidential
Information, including all copies thereof, as well as any other Payless
property, in Executive's possession, custody or control.  Executive will also
delete from Executive's own computer or other electronic storage medium any of
Payless' proprietary or Confidential Information.  Not later than 20 days after
Executive's employment is terminated, Executive will certify in writing to
Payless that Executive has complied with these obligations.

     (c)  During Executive's employment with Payless and thereafter, Executive
will

          (i) notify and provide Payless immediately with the details of any
     unauthorized possession, use or knowledge of any of Payless' Confidential
     Information,

          (ii) assist in preventing any reoccurrence of this possession, use or
     knowledge, and

          (iii) cooperate with Payless in any litigation or other action to
     protect or retrieve Payless' Confidential information.

     (d)  "Confidential Information" means any non-public information
pertaining to Payless' business.  Confidential Information includes information
disclosed by Payless to Executive, and information developed or learned by
Executive during the course of or as a result of Executive's employment with
Payless, which Executive also agrees is Payless' property.  Executive further
agrees that any item of intellectual or artistic property generated or prepared
by Executive, for Executive or with others, in connection with Executive's
employment by Payless is Payless' sole property and shall remain so unless
Payless otherwise specifically agrees in writing.  Confidential Information
includes, without limitation, information and documents concerning Payless'
processes; suppliers (including Payless' terms, conditions and other business
arrangements with suppliers); supplier and customer lists; advertising,
marketing plans and strategies; profit margins; seasonal plans, goals,
objectives and projections, compilations, analyses and projections regarding
Payless'

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divisions, businesses, product segments, product lines, suppliers, sales and
expenses; files; trade secrets and patent applications (prior to their being
public); salary, staffing and employment information (including information
about performance of other executives); and "know-how," techniques or any
technical information not of a published nature relating, for example, to how
Payless conducts its business.

     (e)  Executive agrees that Executive will not disclose to Payless or use,
or induce Payless to use, any proprietary information, trade secret or
confidential business information of any other person or entity, including any
previous employer of Executive. Executive also represents that Executive has
returned property, proprietary information, trade secret and confidential
business information belonging to any prior employer.

7.   (a)  If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that, but for the
provisions of this Paragraph 7, any provision of this Agreement is illegal, void
as against public policy or otherwise unenforceable because it is deemed to be
overbroad, then such provision shall automatically be amended to the extent (but
only to the extent) necessary to make it sufficiently narrow in scope, time and
geographic area that it is not illegal, void as against public policy or
overbroad. All other remaining terms and provisions shall remain in full force
and effect.

     (b)  If Executive raises any question regarding the enforceability of any
aspect of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Paragraphs 3 or 6,
Executive specifically agrees that Executive will abide fully by such
provisions unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a
final judgment that such provisions are not fully enforceable. Following any
such final judgment, Executive and Payless will abide fully by such judgment.

8.   (a)  Payless and Executive shall each be entitled to pursue all legal and
equitable rights and remedies to secure performance of the obligations and
duties of the other under this Agreement, and enforcement of one or more of
such rights and remedies shall in no way preclude Payless or Executive from
pursuing any and all other rights and remedies available to each of them.

     (b)  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the individualized services
and capabilities that Executive will render and provide to Payless during the
Contract Term are of a personal, special, unique, unusual, extraordinary and
intellectual character.

     (c)  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions in this
Agreement on Executive are reasonable in order to protect Payless' expectations
and rights under this Agreement and to provide Payless with the protections
that Payless needs to, among other things, safeguard its confidential
information. Payless shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any
other remedy it may have, and Executive expressly consents to injunctive and
such other equitable relief as Payless in good faith believes it may need.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Executive breaches or
threatens to breach Executive's obligations under Paragraphs 3 or 6 hereof,
Executive consents to entry of an order enjoining Executive from rendering
personal services to or in connection with a Competing Business and from using
or disclosing any confidential information.

     (d)  If Executive's employment is terminated by Executive voluntarily or
by Payless for Cause, Executive shall be liable for all attorneys' fees and
costs incurred by Payless in seeking to enforce its rights under this
Agreement.

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9.       Payless Work-Product, The Executive agrees to disclose fully to
Payless, and hereby assigns and transfers to Payless, and agrees to execute any
additional documentation Payless may reasonably request to evidence the
assignment and transfer, immediately upon the conception, development, making or
acquisition thereof, the right, title, and interest in and to any and all
inventions, discoveries, improvements, innovations, and/or designs (the "Work
Product") conceived, discovered, developed, acquired or secured by the
Executive, solely or jointly with others or otherwise, together with all
associated U.S. and foreign intellectual property rights (i.e. patents,
copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets) either:

         (a) during the period of Executive's employment, if such Work Product
is related directly or indirectly, to the business of, or to the research or
development work of Payless;

         (b) with the use of the time, materials, or facilities of Payless; or

         (c) within one year after termination of such employment if conceived
as a result of and is attributable to work done during such employment and
relates to Work Product within the scope of the business of Payless, together
with rights to all intellectual property rights which may be granted thereon.

Upon discovery, development or acquisitions or any such Work Product, Executive
shall notify Payless and shall execute and deliver to Payless, without further
compensation, such documents prepared by Payless as may be reasonable or
necessary to prepare or prosecute applications for such Work Product and to
assign and transfer to Payless Executive's right, title and interest in and to
such Work Product and intellectual property rights thereof. Executive
acknowledges that Executive has carefully read and considered the provisions of
this paragraph and, having done so, agrees that the restrictions set forth
herein are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection of
the interests of Payless, its officers, directors, and other executives.

10.      The entire understanding and agreement between the parties has been
incorporated into this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes all other
agreements and understandings between the Executive and Payless and its parents
and subsidiaries, with respect to the employment of Executive by Payless and its
parents and subsidiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and
shall be binding upon, Payless, its successors and assigns and upon Executive
and Executive's heirs, successors and assigns; provided, however, that, since
this is an agreement for the rendering of personal services, Executive cannot
assign any of Executive's obligations under this Agreement to anyone else. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, in which case each of the two
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original and the final counterpart shall
be deemed to have been executed in Topeka, Kansas.

11.      Executive agrees that this Agreement may be assigned by Payless to a
subsidiary of Payless; such assignment, however, shall not relieve Payless of
any of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that such obligations are
actually discharged by such subsidiary.

12.      This Agreement has been executed by Payless at Payless' corporate
headquarters and principal executive offices in Topeka, Kansas. Any questions or
other matter arising under this Agreement, whether of validity, interpretation,
performance or otherwise, shall be governed by and

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construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas applicable to
agreements made and to be performed in such state without regard to such state's
conflicts of law provision. All actions and proceedings arising out of or
relating directly or indirectly to this Agreement shall be filed and litigated
exclusively in any state court or federal court located in the City of Topeka,
Kansas or in Shawnee County, Kansas. The parties hereto expressly consent to the
jurisdiction of any such court and to venue therein and consent to service of
process if made upon Payless' registered agent or if made at Executive's last
known address on the records of Payless.

BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, EXECUTIVE HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT EXECUTIVE (A) HAS
RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW AND STUDY BEFORE SIGNING IT; (B)
HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING IT; (C) HAS HAD SUFFICIENT
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT WITH ANY ADVISOR WHICH EXECUTIVE MAY DESIRE
TO CONSULT, INCLUDING LEGAL COUNSEL; (D) HAS HAD SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE
SIGNING IT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS EXECUTIVE HAS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT AND HAS
RECEIVED SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO ALL SUCH QUESTIONS; AND (E) UNDERSTANDS
EXECUTIVE'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by Executive, and then by
Payless in Topeka, Kansas, effective as of the date first above written.

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                                             PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC.

                                             By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                                                  Exhibit 10.10

                            PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC.

                          SUPPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT PLAN

                             AMENDED MARCH 16, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 1.  Definitions......................................................................................1

         1.1  Act............................................................................................1

         1.2  Actuarial Equivalent...........................................................................1

         1.3  Annual Compensation............................................................................1

         1.4  Annual Estimated Social Security Benefits......................................................1

         1.5  Annual Minimum Benefit Amount..................................................................2

         1.6  Annual Retirement Income.......................................................................2

         1.7  Annual Retirement Benefits Offset..............................................................3

         1.8  Average Annual Compensation....................................................................3

         1.9  Associate......................................................................................3

         1.10 Committee......................................................................................3

         1.11 Company........................................................................................3

         1.12 Compensability.................................................................................3

         1.13 Competing Business.............................................................................4

         1.14 Effective Date.................................................................................4

         1.15 Employer.......................................................................................4

         1.16 Gender.........................................................................................4

         1.17 May............................................................................................4

         1.18 May Profit Sharing Plan........................................................................4

         1.19 May Retirement Plan............................................................................4

         1.20 Member.........................................................................................4

         1.21 Payless........................................................................................4

         1.22 Payless Profit Sharing Plan....................................................................5

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         1.23 Retirement Date................................................................................5

         1.24 Plan Service...................................................................................5

Section 2.  Membership.......................................................................................5

         2.1  Eligibility for Membership.....................................................................5

         2.2  Eligibility for Benefits.......................................................................5

Section 3.  Benefits.........................................................................................5

         3.1  Normal Retirement..............................................................................5

         3.2  Early Retirement...............................................................................6

         3.3  Cessation of Benefits..........................................................................9

         3.4  Form of Benefit................................................................................9

         3.5  Standard Payment Period.......................................................................10

         3.6  Limitation on Payments........................................................................10

         3.7  Indirect Payment of Benefits..................................................................12

         3.8  Termination and Rehire........................................................................12

         3.9  Withholding...................................................................................12

Section 4.  Administration of the Plan......................................................................12

         4.1  The Committee.................................................................................12

         4.2  Delegation of Duties..........................................................................12

         4.3  Authority.....................................................................................12

Section 5.  Certain Rights and Obligations..................................................................13

         5.1  Rights of Members, Members' Spouses and Beneficiaries.........................................13
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         5.2  Employer-Associate Relationship...............................................................13

         5.3  Unfunded Nature of Plan.......................................................................13

 Section 6.   Non-Alienation of Benefits....................................................................13

         6.1  Provisions with Respect to Assignment and Levy................................................13

         6.2  Alternate Application.........................................................................13

 Section 7.   Amendment and Termination.....................................................................13

         7.1  Company's Rights..............................................................................14

         7.2  Rights to Terminate...........................................................................14

 Section 8.   Construction..................................................................................14
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             Payless ShoeSource, Inc. Supplementary Retirement Plan

This document constitutes and sets forth the terms of the Payless ShoeSource,
Inc. Supplementary Retirement Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"),
effective as of the date Payless ShoeSource, Inc. was "spun-off" from and ceased
to be a subsidiary of The May Department Stores Company, May 4, 1996 (the
"Effective Date"). Capitalized terms, not otherwise defined herein, which are
defined in the Payless Profit Sharing Plan shall have the meanings set forth in
such plan.

SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Act means the Social Security Act as in effect from time to time.

1.2 Actuarial Equivalent means a benefit of equivalent value when computed on
the basis of the actuarial principles and tables adopted or otherwise approved
by the Committee.

1.3 Annual Compensation means an Associate's Compensation during a fiscal year
of the Company, on an accrual basis, and shall include all of the Associate's
Compensation accrued for services during such fiscal year, regardless of when
such Compensation is paid or credited.

1.4 Annual Estimated Social Security Benefits means:

         (a) the estimated initial annual amount of the Primary Insurance Amount
or the Disability Insurance Benefit (as such terms are defined in the Act),
whichever is applicable, determined by the Committee from available records and
such other information as the Committee may request the Member to furnish, to
which the Member would be entitled under the Act as in effect at the beginning
of the calendar year in which cessation of employment occurs assuming the Member
is not thereafter in employment covered under the Act. The estimated Primary
Insurance Amount shall be applicable under this Plan in all cases except as
hereinafter provided in certain cases of Total Disability and shall be adjusted
in the manner provided in the Act as of the date of retirement if such
retirement occurs on or after the Member's 62nd birthday or as if the Member's
age at retirement were 62 if such retirement occurs before the Member's 62nd
birthday. The estimated Disability Insurance Benefit shall be applicable to a
Member who sustains Total Disability and qualifies for LTD Plan benefits which
are reduced on account of Disability Insurance Benefits under the Act; and

         (b) the estimated initial annual amount of benefit to which the Member
would be entitled under any public pension or welfare system of any country
other than the United States of America which is similar to the Primary
Insurance Amount or the Disability Insurance benefit under the Act, as
determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.

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1.5 Annual Minimum Benefit Amount means:

         (a) for all years in which the Member participated in the Payless
Profit Sharing Plan or the May Profit Sharing Plan, the amount of the Company
contribution and forfeitures which would have been allocated to the Member's
Company Accounts in the May and Payless Profit Sharing Plans but for the
limitation on annual additions imposed by Section 415(c)(1) and Section
415(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), and the limitation under
Code Section 401(a)(17) on the amount of such Member's Compensation which may be
taken into account in determining 1) the Member's basic contributions under the
May Profit Sharing Plan and 2) the Member's Allocation Pay Amount under the
Payless Profit Sharing Plan. The Minimum Benefit Amount with respect to the
Payless Profit Sharing Plan shall be determined as if the Company Contribution
for the applicable year or years was invested in the investment fund(s) in which
the Company Contribution actually allocated for the Member was invested. (The
amount determined under this paragraph shall be converted to an annual benefit
which would be produced if the amount determined were paid in the form of an
Actuarially Equivalent immediate life annuity with appropriate adjustments to
the amount on account of investment experience actually experienced by the
Profit Sharing Plan); and

         (b) the difference between the annual amount of Retirement Pension, if
any, to which the Member is entitled under the May Retirement Plan paid in the
form of an immediate life annuity and the annual amount of such Retirement
Pension which would be payable to the Member but for (i) the limitation on
benefits under Section 415(b) of the Code, (ii) the limitation under Code
Section 401(a) (17) on the amount of such Member's Compensation which may be
taken into account in determining such Member's annual amount of Retirement
Pension, and (iii) the limitation under Code Section 415(e) on the benefit
payable to a Member who participates in both a defined benefit plan and a
defined contribution plan, to the extent applicable.

1.6 Annual Retirement Income means the amount determined by multiplying two
percent (2%) of the Member's Average Annual Compensation by the number of years
and fractions thereof (to the closest one-twelfth) of Plan Service, up to a
maximum of twenty-five (25) years of Plan Service, completed by the Member on
his actual Retirement Date.

1.7 Annual Retirement Benefits Offset means the total of the following annual
amounts:

         (a) the annual amount of Retirement Pension that would be produced if
the benefits payable under the May Retirement Plan were paid to the Member in
the form of an immediate life annuity,

         (b) the annual amount of Retirement Pension that would be produced
under any other retirement plan to which the Company or a related entity
contributes and which

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credits employment included in Plan Service if the benefits thereunder were
payable in the form of an Actuarially Equivalent immediate life annuity,

         (c) the annual amount of benefits that would be produced if the amount
payable from the Member's Company Accounts under the Payless Profit Sharing Plan
(including Company Accounts which were Employer or Company Accounts under the
May Profit Sharing Plan or Plans merged into the May Profit Sharing Plan) were
paid in the form of an Actuarially Equivalent immediate life annuity, assuming
that:

         (i)      for each calendar year that the Member was eligible to
                  participate as a Member of the May Profit Sharing Plan and for
                  such period of time that the Member is eligible to share in
                  Company matching contributions under the Payless Profit
                  Sharing Plan, the Company Contribution and forfeitures
                  allocated to the Member's Company Accounts were and are deemed
                  to be in an amount equal to the product of the May or Company
                  matching rate (as applicable) actually applicable to such year
                  or period of time multiplied by the maximum basic
                  contributions under the May or Payless Profit Sharing Plan(s)
                  which could have been contributed by the Member for such
                  calendar year or other period of time;

         (ii)     appropriate adjustments on account of investment experience
                  were made to such amount based on the actual investment
                  experience of the May Profit Sharing Plan, as the Committee
                  shall determine,

         (d) the May Retirement Plan and May Profit Sharing Plan offsets set
forth in this Section 1.7 shall apply only if the period of membership in those
Plans is included in Plan Service under this Plan.

1.8 Average Annual Compensation means the average of the three highest amounts
of Annual Compensation of the Member accrued with respect to three (not
necessarily consecutive) of the most recent five fiscal years of the Company
ending before the Member's actual Retirement Date.

1.9 Associate means any associate of an Employer under the Payless Profit
Sharing Plan.

1.10 Committee means the committee established by Section 4 of this Plan.

1.11 Company means Payless ShoeSource, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any
other organization which may be a successor to it.

1.12 Compensation means the total compensation from an Employer (or, for the
period prior to the date Payless ceases to be a subsidiary of May, from an
Employer or from any member of the controlled group of corporations determined
in accordance with Section

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414(b) of the Code or is a trade or business under common control in accordance
with Section 414(c) of the Code, which includes an Employer) with respect to an
Associate for services rendered prior to the Associate's actual Retirement Date,
including all regular pay commissions, overtime pay, cash incentives, prize
awards, amounts which an Associate elected to have the Employer contribute
directly to the May or Payless Profit Sharing Plans on the Associate's behalf in
accordance with Section 4.01(b) of each such Plan, amounts not otherwise
includable in the Associate's taxable income pursuant to Section 125 of the
Code, and amounts subject to the Deferred Compensation Plan of May or Payless.
Compensation shall not include a pension, retirement allowance, severance pay,
retainer or fee under contract, any special payments, cash or otherwise,
relating to the spinoff of Payless or distributions from the Profit Sharing
Plan.

1.13 Competing Business means any single (i) retail department store; (ii)
discount department store; (iii) catalog showroom store; (iv) specialty store;
(v) furniture store; (vi) shoe store; (vii) clothing store; or a group of any of
the type of stores referred to in (i) through (vii) hereof, which such store or
group of stores had, in its fiscal year ending within the twelve month period
immediately preceding the date of such Member's Retirement Date, a gross sales
volume, including sales in leased or licensed departments, in excess of
$25,000,000.

1.14 Effective Date means May 4, 1996. The effective date of this amendment and
restatement is the effective date of the Merger.

1.15 Employer means an employer designated as an Employer under the Payless
Profit Sharing Plan.

1.16 Gender. Wherever applicable, the masculine pronoun as used herein shall
include the feminine pronoun.

1.17 May means The May Department Stores Company.

1.18 May Profit Sharing Plan means The May Department Stores Company Profit
Sharing Plan.

1.19 May Retirement Plan means The May Department Stores Company Retirement
Plan.

1.20 (a) Member means any person included in the membership of the Plan as
provided in Section 2.

     (b) Retired Member means a Member who retires after the Effective Date
and becomes entitled to a supplementary retirement benefit under this Plan in
accordance with its provisions.

1.21 Payless means Payless ShoeSource, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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1.22 Payless Profit Sharing Plan means the Payless ShoeSource, Inc. 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan, as amended from time to time, and any other successor
retirement plan which may be designated by the Committee, including the Payless
ShoeSource, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan for Puerto Rico Associates.

1.23 Plan Service means Years of Service determined using the elapsed time
method. Plan Members shall receive a Year of Plan Service on each anniversary
date of their commencement of employment with an Employer, subject to any
limitations or restrictions as may be imposed in connection with such Employer's
adoption of the Plan.

1.24 Retirement Date means the last day of the month in which a Member retires
under the Payless Profit Sharing Plan.

SECTION 2.  MEMBERSHIP.

2.1 Eligibility for Membership. Each Associate who is a member of The May
Department Stores Company Supplementary Retirement Plan on the day Payless
ceased to be a subsidiary of May shall become a Member of the Plan as of that
date. Each other Associate of an Employer who has Compensation from an Employer
in any later calendar year completed prior to his Retirement Date equal to at
least twice the amount of "wages" which are subject to the payment of F.I.C.A.
tax by the Associate in such year shall become a Member as of the January 1
thereafter. The Committee, in its discretion, may permit any other Associate to
become a Member if the Committee determines that the Associate's Compensation
from an Employer in any calendar year does not adequately reflect the
Associate's full Compensation for such year.

2.2 Eligibility for Benefits. A Member shall become entitled to benefits under
the Plan only if, and to the extent that, the Plan so provides. The fact that an
Associate becomes a Member shall not, by itself, entitle the Associate to any
benefit under the Plan.

SECTION 3.  BENEFITS.

3.1      Normal Retirement.

         (a) Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 3, the annual
supplementary retirement benefit payable to a Member who retires on or after
attaining age 65 shall be equal to the excess, if any, of:

       (i)      such Members Annual Retirement Income, over

       (ii)     the sum of:

                o        his Annual Estimated Social Security Benefits, and

                o        his Annual Retirement Benefits Offset.

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         (b) If the benefit payable under subsection (a) above is less than the
Annual Minimum Benefit Amount computed pursuant to Section 1.5, the Member shall
receive the Annual Minimum Benefit Amount.

3.2      Early Retirement.

         (a) A Member may retire early under this Plan at any time after
attaining age 55 and completing 5 years of Plan Service. Subject to the
remaining provisions of this Section 3, the annual supplementary retirement
benefit determined under Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(b) above, payable to a Member
who retires prior to attaining age 65 shall be first computed on the basis
provided by Section 3.1(a), taking into account only years of Plan Service and
Average Annual Compensation to the Member's Retirement Date or, if applicable,
on the basis provided by Section 3.1(b), which amount shall be reduced as
follows:

Age at Retirement                   Reduction in Payment
-----------------                   --------------------
65 or older                         No reduction
64                                  2.0% of Average Annual Compensation
63                                  4.0% of Average Annual Compensation
62                                  6.0% of Average Annual Compensation
61                                  6.5% of Average Annual Compensation
60                                  7.0% of Average Annual Compensation
59                                  7.5% of Average Annual Compensation
58                                  8.0% of Average Annual Compensation
57                                  8.5% of Average Annual Compensation
56                                  9.0% of Average Annual Compensation
55                                  9.5% of Average Annual Compensation

         (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 3.2, if a
Member's retirement occurs prior to his 62nd birthday, then during the period
between his Retirement Date and the Member's 62nd birthday only, in the
calculation of the Member's supplementary retirement benefit, such Member's
supplementary retirement benefit shall not be reduced by his Annual Estimated
Social Security Benefits.

         (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Section
3.2 or otherwise in the Plan, if, during the five-year period following the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Company or an Employer
terminates a Member's employment other than for cause and such Member had
attained age 50 on the date on which the Change in Control occurred, then such
Member's annual supplementary retirement benefit shall be computed and paid to
such Member as if such Member had retired at age 55 with at least five years of
service on the date of termination with benefits to be determined as if such
Member had been employed through age 55 at a level of Compensation equal to the
Member's Average Annual Compensation. For this purpose,

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the Average Annual Compensation of such Member shall be deemed to be the greater
of his Average Annual Compensation determined (i) as of the date of the Change
in Control or (ii) as of the date of termination of employment.

         (d) A "Change in Control of the Company" shall be deemed to have
occurred if:

          (i)  any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section
               13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
               amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") acquires beneficial
               ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
               Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then- outstanding
               shares of common stock 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"); provided, however, that, for
               purposes of this Section 3.2(d), none of the following shall
               constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from
               the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any
               acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
               sponsored or maintained by the Company or any affiliated company
               or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a
               transaction that complies with Sections 3.2(d)(iii)(A),
               3.2(d)(iii)(B) and 3.2(d)(iii)(C) or (v) any acquisition by the
               Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Outstanding
               Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities,
               increases the proportionate number of shares of Outstanding
               Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities
               beneficially owned by any Person to 20% or more of the
               Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting
               Securities; provided, however, that, if such Person shall
               thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares
               of Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting
               Securities and beneficially owns 20% or more of either the
               Outstanding Company Common Sock or the Outstanding Company Voting
               Securities, then such additional acquisition shall constitute a
               Change of Control; or

          (ii) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the
               "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a
               majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual
               becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election,
               or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was
               approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then
               comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though

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               such individual were 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; or

          (iii) a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale or other
               disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
               Company (a "Business Combination") is consummated, in each case,
               unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or
               substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the
               beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company
               Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities
               immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own,
               directly or indirectly, more than 50%, respectively, of the
               then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting
               power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
               generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of
               the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
               (including, without limitation, a corporation that, 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) in substantially the same proportions as their
               ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
               Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company
               Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding
               any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any
               employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such
               corporation resulting from such Business Combination)
               beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of,
               respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the
               corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the
               combined voting power of the then- outstanding voting securities
               of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership
               existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a
               majority of the members of the board of directors of the
               corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members
               of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the
               initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for
               such Business Combination; or

          (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve of a complete liquidation
               or dissolution of the Company.

         (e) "Termination by the Company or by an Employer of employment for
cause" means termination upon:

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          (i)  the willful and continued failure by the Member to substantially
               perform his duties with the Company or an Employer (other than
               any such failure resulting from disability or any such actual or
               anticipated failure after the Member notifies the Company or an
               Employer of termination for good reason) after a written demand
               for substantial performance is delivered to the Member by the
               Company or Employer, which demand specifically identifies the
               manner in which the Company or Employer believes the Member has
               not substantially performed his duties, or

          (ii) the willful engaging by the Member in conduct that is
               demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or Employer,
               monetarily or otherwise.

For the purposes of this subparagraph, "good reason" means, without the Member's
express written consent, the occurrence of any of the following circumstances
during the one-year period following a Change in Control of the Company, unless
such circumstances are fully corrected (effective retroactive to and including
the date the circumstances first occurred) within 30 days of the Company or
Employer receiving notice of the Member's termination:

          (i)  a reduction by the Company or Employer or a subsidiary, as
               appropriate, in the Member's annual base salary, bonus
               opportunity or benefits as the same may be increased from time to
               time except for across-the-board salary, bonus opportunity or
               benefit reductions similarly affecting all management personnel
               of the Company, Employer and/or subsidiaries (and all management
               personnel of any person in control of the Company or Employer and
               of all persons, firms, corporations and partnerships and other
               entities controlled by such person); or

          (ii) the relocation of the Company's or Employer's (or subsidiary's)
               offices at which the Member is principally employed to a location
               more than 35 miles from such location. or the Company's or
               Employer's (or subsidiary's) requiring the Member to be based
               anywhere other than the Company's or Employer's (or subsidiary's)
               offices at such location.

3.3 Cessation of Benefits. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.4, 3.5 and
3.6, all payments of supplementary retirement benefits hereunder shall cease
upon the death of the Member.

3.4 Form of Benefit. Subject to subsection (b) below, the standard form of the
supplementary retirement benefit payable hereunder shall be an immediate life
annuity; provided, however, that one of the following optional forms of payment
may also be elected:

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          (a)  100% Joint Annuity. This option is an actuarially reduced benefit
               payable to a Member during his life and, after his death, payable
               for life to such person he shall have designated as his
               contingent annuitant.

          (b)  50% Joint and Survivor Annuity. This option is an actuarially
               reduced benefit payable to a Member during his life and, after
               his death, a benefit at one-half the rate of such actuarially
               reduced benefit payable for life to such person as he shall have
               designated as his contingent annuitant. Unless the Member's
               spouse consents to another optional form of payment, this will be
               the standard form of payment for a Member who is married at
               Retirement Date. The Member's spouse will be the contingent
               annuitant.

          (c)  Period Certain Annuity (10 years). This option is an actuarially
               reduced benefit payable to a Member during his life with periodic
               payments certain terminating at the end of ten years, with
               provision that if the Member dies before receiving all the
               periodic payments for such ten year period, (i) periodic payments
               for the remainder of such period shall be paid to a designated
               beneficiary, and (ii) if there is no such designated beneficiary,
               to his estate.

          (d)  Period Certain Annuity. (15 years). This option is an actuarially
               reduced benefit payable to a Member during his life with periodic
               payments certain terminating at the end of fifteen years, with
               provision that if the Member dies before receiving all the
               periodic payments for such fifteen year period, (i) periodic
               payments for the remainder of such period shall be paid to a
               designated beneficiary, and (ii) if there is no such designated
               beneficiary, to his estate.

The supplementary retirement benefit payable under an optional form shall be the
Actuarial Equivalent of the supplementary retirement benefit otherwise payable
in the form of an immediate life annuity.

3.5 Standard Payment Period. Supplementary retirement benefit payments shall be
made in monthly installments, except that the Committee may, in its discretion
at any time and from time to time prior or subsequent to retirement, direct that
such payments be made other than at monthly intervals, or direct that either a
lump sum settlement or a different form of payment be made equal to the
Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit or remainder thereof otherwise payable.

3.6      Limitation on Payments.

         (a) It is recognized that a Member's duties during the period of
employment with the Company or an Employer entail the receipt of confidential
information concerning not

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only the current operations and procedures of the Company or an Employer but
also its short-range and long-range plans. If (A) the Member during any portion
of the period of two (2) years following his retirement (1) has an aggregate
investment (as determined from time to time) in a Competing Business equal to at
least the greater of (i) $100,000, (ii) 1% in value of such Competing Business
or (iii) such greater amount as the Committee may establish on a case by case
basis or (2) personally renders services to a Competing Business in any manner,
including without limitation, as owner, partner, director, trustee, officer,
employee, consultant or advisor thereof, and (B) the Committee determines, in
its discretion, that such investment or rendering of personal services is
contrary to the best interests of the Company, then all rights to receive any
benefits under the Plan shall immediately cease if the Member does not reduce
such aggregate investment to an amount permitted hereunder or cease rendering
such personal services, within 60 days of receipt of written notice of such
determination from the Committee. The term "value" as used herein shall mean the
net worth of such Competing Business, as disclosed by the balance sheet of such
Competing Business, as of the close of the last preceding fiscal year; provided,
however. that with respect to an investment in stock or other securities of a
Competing Business, if such stock or other securities are part of a class of
stock or other securities listed on any stock exchange, the term "value" shall
mean the market value of such class of stock or other securities of such
Competing Business, as of the date of any such determination by the Committee.

         (b) Any and all rights to benefits payable to or for the account of a
Member shall at all times be subject to termination (i) if the Committee shall
find such Member guilty of dishonesty or any other unlawful act causing injury
or harm to the Company or an Employer or their employees or customers, or (ii)
if such Member voluntarily terminates his employment without the written consent
of the Company or his Employer or in violation of a written contract of
employment.

         (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, in the event that
the aggregate amount of benefits paid under this Plan in any benefit year (the
period commencing on July 1 of any year and ending on the following June 30),
after taking into account the tax effect on the Company or an Employer, shall
exceed five percent (5%) of the average consolidated net earnings of the Company
as shown in the Company's annual report to shareowners for the three (3) most
recent consecutive fiscal years, ending prior to the conclusion of the benefit
year, then all benefits otherwise payable hereunder during the next following
benefit year shall be reduced or if necessary terminated. Such reduction shall
be made by reducing the benefits otherwise payable during such next following
benefit year in the same proportion that the benefits for the immediately
preceding benefit year (before the imposition of the limitations provided for by
this paragraph) would have had to have been reduced so that no excess would have
occurred during such immediately preceding benefit year.

         (d) Notwithstanding anything provided in this Section 3.6 or otherwise
in the Plan, to the contrary, the terms of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section 3.6 shall cease to apply and shall be null and void immediately upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, as defined in Section 3.2(d)
of the Plan.

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3.7 Indirect Payment of Benefits. If any retired Member or his beneficiary is,
in the judgment of the Committee, legally, physically or mentally incapable or
incompetent, payment may be made to the guardian or other legal representative
of such retired Member or beneficiary or, if there be none, to such other person
or institution who or which, in the opinion of the Committee, based on
information furnished to the Committee, is then maintaining or has custody of
such retired Member or beneficiary. Such payment shall constitute a full
discharge with respect thereto.

3.8 Termination and Rehire. In the event a Member's employment is terminated
prior to eligibility for early retirement, as described in Section 3.2, (for any
reason other than Total Disability), or in the event that a Member dies prior to
the date as of which supplementary retirement benefits hereunder would otherwise
commence, then no benefits shall be payable under this Plan. If a terminated
Member is rehired under circumstances which result in reinstatement of
membership under the Payless Profit Sharing Plan, reinstatement of membership
under this Plan will occur at the same time. Such reinstatement will result in
cessation of payment of benefits under this Plan. Upon the subsequent retirement
of a Member whose benefits had ceased by reason of this Section 3.8,
supplementary retirement benefits shall again be payable based upon such
adjustments in amounts as the Committee may deem equitable.

3.9 Withholding. The Employer shall withhold from amounts otherwise payable
under this Plan any amounts required to be withheld under federal, state or
local law or regulations, such amounts to be remitted on a timely basis to the
appropriate governmental authorities.

SECTION 4.  ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

4.1 The Committee. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan shall be
administered by the Committee constituted under the Payless Profit Sharing Plan.

4.2 Delegation of Duties. In the administration of the Plan, the Committee may,
from time to time, appoint agents and delegate to such agents and to the
Administrative Subcommittee such duties as it considers appropriate and to the
extent that such duties have been so delegated, the Administrative Subcommittee
or agent, as the case may be, shall be exclusively responsible for the proper
discharge of such duties. The Committee, the Administrative Subcommittee or any
agent may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to the
Company.

4.3 Authority. Any decision or action of the Committee (or, with respect to any
duty delegated to it, any decision or action of the Administrative Subcommittee
or of a duly appointed agent) in respect of any question arising out of or in
connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan
and the rules and regulations thereunder shall be in its absolute discretion and
shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in
the Plan.

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SECTION 5.  CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

5.1 Rights of Members, Members' Spouses and Beneficiaries. The rights of the
Members, their spouses, their beneficiaries and other persons are hereby
expressly limited as set forth herein and shall be determined solely in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

5.2 Employer-Associate Relationship. The establishment of the Plan shall not be
construed as conferring any legal or other rights upon any Associate or any
other person for a continuation of employment or as interfering with or
affecting in any manner the right of the Company or any Employer to discharge
any Associate or otherwise act with relation to such Associate. The Company or
an Employer may take action (including discharge) with respect to any Associate
or other person and may treat him without regard to the effect which such action
or treatment might have upon him under the Plan.

5.3 Unfunded Nature of Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded. Neither an Employer nor
the Committee shall be required to segregate any assets in connection with
benefits provided by the Plan. Neither the Company, an Employer nor the
Committee shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the
Plan. Any liability of the Company or an Employer to any person with respect to
benefits payable under the Plan shall be based solely upon such contractual
obligations, if any, as shall be created by the Plan and shall be only a claim
against the general assets of the Company or the Employer, and no such liability
shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or any other encumbrance on any
specific property of the Company or any Employer.

SECTION 6.  NON-ALIENATION OF BENEFITS.

6.1 Provisions with Respect to Assignment and Levy. No benefit payable under the
Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation. sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, levy or charge, and any attempt so to
anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, levy upon or
charge the same shall be void; nor shall any such benefit be in any manner
liable for or, subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or
torts of the person entitled to such benefit, except as specifically provided
herein.

6.2 Alternate Application. If any Member, Member's spouse or beneficiary under
the Plan becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber or charge any benefit under the Plan, except as
specifically provided herein, or any benefit shall be levied upon, garnished or
attached, then such benefit shall, in the discretion of the Committee, cease,
and in that event the Committee may hold or apply the same or any part thereof
to or for the benefit of such Member, Member's spouse or beneficiary, children
or other dependents, or any of them, or in such other manner and in such
proportion as the Committee may deem proper.

SECTION 7.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

7.1 Company's Rights. The Company reserves the right at any time and from time
to time in its sole discretion to modify or amend in whole or in part any or all
of the provisions

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of the Plan, provided that no amendment shall reduce any supplementary
retirement benefit with respect to a Member who had already retired and no
amendment shall reduce the amount of any supplementary retirement benefit with
respect to a Member who, at the time of amendment, was eligible for retirement
under the terms of the Plan, to a level below that determined as if retirement
were effective at the time of amendment.

Notwithstanding anything provided to the contrary in this Section 7.1 or the
next Section 7.2, following a Change in Control of the Company the Plan may not
be amended or terminated in a manner that would adversely affect the rights of
any Member to his vested annual supplementary retirement benefits. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Section 3.2(c) through (e) may not be
amended or deleted following a Change of Control of the Company.

7.2 Rights to Terminate. Except as provided in the previous Section 7.1, the
Company reserves the right at any time and from time to time in its sole
discretion to terminate the Plan, in whole or in part. In the event the Plan is
terminated, the Employer shall be under no further obligation to provide
benefits under the Plan, except to the extent of any supplementary retirement
benefit with respect to a Member who had already retired and to the extent of
any supplementary retirement benefit with respect to a Member who, at the time
of termination, was eligible for retirement under the terms of the Plan,
determined as if retirement were effective at the time of Plan termination. If
the Plan is partially terminated, the preceding sentence shall apply to Members
in the class with respect to which the Plan is terminated.

SECTION 8.  CONSTRUCTION.

The provisions of the Plan shall be construed, regulated, administered and
enforced according to the laws of the State of Kansas.

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