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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10

                           INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

      Agreement, effective as of October 21, 1991, between THE HORN & HARDART
COMPANY, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and MICHAEL P. SHERMAN (the
"Indemnitee").

      WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is and has served as a director, officer or key
employee of the Company or any one of its subsidiaries;

      WHEREAS, both the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the increased risk
of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors, officers and
key employees of public companies in today's environment;

      WHEREAS, in recognition of the Indemnitee's services on behalf of the
Company and its subsidiaries, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement
for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to the Indemnitee to
the full extent (whether partial or complete) permitted by law and as set forth
in this Agreement, and, if the Indemnitee is a director or officer of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company, and to the extent insurance is
maintained, for the continued coverage of the Indemnitee under the Company's
directors' and officers' liability insurance policies;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the Indemnitee's
service to the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

      1. Certain Definitions. (a) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have
occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), other
than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company, together with any new
director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by
the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least

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two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors
at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof,
or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of
the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation
which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving
entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting
Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after
such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan
of complete liquidation of the company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.

      (b) Claim: any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or
any other party, that the Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or other.

      (c) Expenses: attorneys' fees and all other costs, expenses and
obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being
a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend,
be a witness in or participate in any Claim relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

      (d) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence relating to the fact that
the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of
the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, or
relating to anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity.

      (e) Reviewing Party: any appropriate person or body consisting of a member
or members of the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or body
appointed by the Board (including the special, independent counsel referred to
in Section 3) who is not a party to the particular claim for which the
Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.

      (f) Voting Securities: with respect to the Company or any other
corporation, any securities of the Company or such other corporation which vote
generally in the election of directors.

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      2. Basic Indemnification Agreement. (a) In the event the Indemnitee was,
is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to
be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Claim by reason of (or
arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law as soon as practicable but in
any event no later than thirty days after written demand is presented to the
Company by Indemnitee, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties
and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other
charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses,
judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Claim.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to a Change in
Control the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement in connection with any Claim initiated by the Indemnitee against the
company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined
in or consented to the initiation of such Claim. If so requested by the
Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within two business days of such request)
any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance").

      (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company
under section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party
shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the
special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 is involved) that the
Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and
(ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to
Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent
that the Reviewing Party determines that the Indemnitee would not be permitted
to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by the Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for
all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, that if the Indemnitee has
commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a
determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law,
any determination made by the Reviewing Party that the Indemnitee would not be
permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and the
Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense
Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to
which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). If there
has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the
Board of Directors, and if there has been a Change in Control, the Reviewing
Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3. If
there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party
determines, that the Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified in
whole or in past under applicable

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law, the Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in
the state of New York or Nevada having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and
in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or
challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof,
and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such
proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be
conclusive and binding on the Company and the Indemnitee.

      3. Change In Control. The Company agrees that if there is a Change in
Control then with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the
rights of the Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this
Agreement or any other agreement or Company By-law or the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for
Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from special,
independent counsel selected by the Indemnitee and approved by the Company
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other
things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and the Indemnitee as to
whether and to what extent the Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified
under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the
special, independent counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such
counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees), claims,
liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its
engagement pursuant hereto.

      4. Indemnification for Additional Expenses. The Company shall indemnify
the Indemnitee against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and, if
requested by the Indemnitee, shall (within two business days of such request)
advance such expenses to the Indemnitee which are incurred by the Indemnitee in
connection with any claim asserted against or action brought by the Indemnitee
for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this
Agreement or any other agreement or Company By-law or the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for
Indemnifiable Events or (ii) recovery under any directors' and officers'
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether
the Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification,
advance expense payment or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

      5. Partial Indemnity, Etc. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any
provisions of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement or a Claim but not for the total amount thereof, the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which the

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Indemnitee is entitled. Moreover, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits
or otherwise in defense of any Claim relating in whole or in part to an
Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any Claim relating in whole or in part to
an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including
dismissal without prejudice, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all
Expenses incurred in connection therewith. In connection with any determination
by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to
be indemnified hereunder the burden of proof shall be on the Company to
establish that the Indemnitee is not so entitled.

      6. No Presumption. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any
claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with
or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet
any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court
has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

      7. Non-Exclusivity, Etc. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be
in addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the company's
Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Nevada Revised Statutes or otherwise.
To the extent that a change in the Nevada Revised statutes (whether by statute
or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be
afforded currently under the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation and
this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the Indemnitee shall
enjoy by virtue of this agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such
change.

      8. Liability Insurance. The Company shall and shall cause its subsidiaries
to maintain an insurance policy or policies providing directors' and officers'
liability insurance and the Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or
policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the
coverage currently available under such policy or policies maintained by the
Company and its subsidiaries any Company director or officer; provided, that the
Company shall not be required to maintain such insurance policy or policies to
the extent that the cost of such liability insurance shall exceed 150% of the
current cost of much insurance in effect on the date hereof, and, provided
further, that in the event the Company cannot obtain such insurance coverage at
150% of the current cost of such insurance, the Company shall obtain the maximum
amount of insurance coverage available for such amount.

      9. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of
action shall be asserted by or on behalf

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of the Company or any affiliate of the Company against the Indemnitee or the
Indemnitee's spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives
after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of
action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company or its affiliates shall
be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a
legal action within such two-year period; provided, that if any shorter period
of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter
period shall govern.

      10. Amendments, Etc. No supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No
waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall
constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor
shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

      11. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of
recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do
everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution
of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring
suit to enforce such rights.

      12. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this
Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the
Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment
(under any insurance policy, By-law or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise
indemnifiable hereunder.

      13. Binding Effect, Etc. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective
successors, assigns (including any direct or indirect successor or assign by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company), spouses, heirs and personal and legal
representatives. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether
the Indemnitee continues to serve as an officer, director or employee of the
Company or of any other enterprise at the Company's request.

      14. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in
the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a
single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining
provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by 1aw.

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      15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving affect to New
York principles of conflicts of laws.

      16. Guaranty. By its execution or this Indemnification Agreement, The
Hanover Companies unconditionally guaranties performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Indemnification Agreement.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification
Agreement this ____ day of October, 1991.

                                       THE HORN & HARDART COMPANY

                                       By:______________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                       THE HANOVER COMPANIES

                                       By:______________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Michael P. Sherman

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.12

                                 HANOVER DIRECT

                           SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              AS OF JANUARY 1, 1989

                   HANOVER DIRECT SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              AS OF JANUARY 1, 1989

         WHEREAS, The Horn & Hardart Company, a predecessor employer to Hanover
Direct, Inc. (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Company"), has
previously adopted the Horn & Hardart Company Savings Plan (hereinafter referred
to as the "Plan"), effective as of April 1, 1983, which is to continue to be
funded through the medium of a Trust Fund; and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to rename and amend and restate the Plan
in order to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Omnibus Reconciliation
Acts of 1986 and 1987, the Revenue Act of 1987, the Technical and Miscellaneous
Revenue Act of 1988 and the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby renames, amends and restates the
Plan, effective January 1, 1989, unless otherwise indicated, with such Plan to
be known as the Hanover Direct Savings and Retirement Plan as follows:

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE                                                                 PAGE
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I         DEFINITIONS                                                     1

II        PARTICIPATION AND ENTRY DATE                                   17

III       CONTRIBUTIONS                                                  19

IV        ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS                                        39

V         RETIREMENT BENEFITS                                            46

VI        DEATH BENEFITS                                                 49

VII       VESTING AND SEPARATION FROM SERVICE                            52

VIII      WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS                                          55

IX        ADMINISTRATION                                                 60

X         AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS                             64

XI        MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS                                       69

XII       TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS                                           73

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                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

1.01 "Account" shall mean with respect to a Participant all of the various
accounts maintained to define such Participant's proportionate interest in the
Trust Fund as follows:
          (a) A "Salary Deferral Contribution Account" shall be maintained for
each Participant which includes the Salary Deferral Contributions made on behalf
of the Participant, and the appreciation or depreciation of the investments
allocated to that Account and the income earned on such investments.
          (b) An "After-Tax Contribution Account" shall be maintained for each
Participant which includes the Participant's After-Tax Contributions, and the
appreciation or depreciation of the investments allocated to that Account and
the income earned on such investments.
          (c) A "Matching Employer Contribution Account" shall be maintained for
each Participant which reflects the Matching Employer Contributions allocated to
the Participant and the appreciation or depreciation of the investments
allocated to that Account and the income earned on such investments.
          (d) A "Discretionary Employer Contribution Account" shall be
maintained for each Participant which reflects the Discretionary Employer
Contributions allocated to the Participant and the appreciation or depreciation
of the investments allocated to that Account and the income earned on such
investments.
          (e) A "Rollover Contribution Account" shall be maintained for each
Participant which reflects any rollover contribution made in accordance with
Section 3.12 and the

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appreciation or depreciation of the investments allocated to that Account and
the income earned on such investments.

1.02 "Affiliated Organization" shall mean (i) any corporation on or after the
date it becomes a member of a controlled group of corporations which includes
the Company, as determined under the provisions of Section 414(b) of the Code,
(ii) any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, on or after it comes
under common control with the Company, as determined under Section 414(c) of the
Code, (iii) any organization which is an affiliated service organization within
the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code, and (iv) any other entity required to
be aggregated pursuant to regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code.

1.03 "Age" or "age" shall mean the chronological age attained by the Participant
at his most recent birthday or as of such other date of reference as set forth
in this Plan.

1.04      "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of the
Company.

1.05 "Break-in-Service" shall mean a Plan Year during which an Employee has not
completed more than five hundred (500) Hours of Service.

1.06 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the same presently
exists, and as it may hereafter be amended or clarified by regulations, rulings,
notices or other publications of the Internal Revenue Service having legal
effect.

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1.07 "Compensation" shall mean, for any applicable period, the W-2 earnings of a
Participant including bonuses, overtime, commissions and any Salary Deferral
Contribution made on behalf of the Participant under this Plan, and any
contributions made by salary reduction to a plan established in accordance with
Section 125 or 129 of the Code. Compensation shall exclude premiums paid to a
life insurance plan of the Company for additional coverage above $50,000, the
value of Company car or commutation allowances, reimbursements for expenses and
any other fringe benefits. For any Plan Year commencing after December 31, 1988,
Compensation shall not exceed $200,000, or such other maximum amount as set
forth under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, adjusted at the same time and in the
same manner as under Section 415(d) of the Code, except that the dollar increase
in effect on January 1 of any calendar year is effective for Plan Years
beginning in such calendar year and the first adjustment to the $200,000
limitation is effected on January 1, 1990. If Compensation is determined over a
Plan Year that contains fewer than 12 calendar months, the annual compensation
limit is an amount equal to the annual compensation limit for the calendar year
in which the compensation period begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by
dividing the number of full months in the period by 12.
          In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the Plan, and
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, for Plan Years
beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual Compensation of each Employee
taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the OBRA '93 annual
Compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual Compensation limit is $150,000, as
adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in accordance
with section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. The cost-of-living
adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12
months, over which compensation is determined (determination period) beginning
in such calendar year. If a determination period

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consists of fewer than 12 months, the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the
determination period, and the denominator of which is 12.
          For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any reference in
this Plan to the limitation under section 401(a)(17) of the Code shall mean the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this provision.
          If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken into
account in determining an employee's benefits accruing in the current Plan Year,
the Compensation for that prior determination period is subject to the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination period. For
this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the first day of the
first Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit is $150,000.
          In determining the Compensation of a Participant for purposes of this
limitation, the rules of Section 414(q)(6) of the Code shall apply, except in
applying such rules, the term "family" shall include only the spouse of the
Participant and any lineal descendants of the Participant who have not attained
age 19 before the close of the Plan Year.

1.08 "Contribution" shall mean any or all of the various types of contributions
made under the Plan by Participants or the Employer, as described below:
          (a) "Salary Deferral Contribution" shall mean that portion of the
Contribution made to the Plan on behalf of a Participant by his Employer through
a salary reduction agreement, as described under Section 3.01.

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          (b) "After-Tax Contribution" shall mean that portion of a
Participant's Contribution to the Plan which he elects to make independent of a
salary reduction agreement, as described under Section 3.02.
          (c) "Matching Employer Contribution" shall mean a Contribution made by
an Employer as described under Section 3.04, based on a Participant's Salary
Deferral Contribution (including any Salary Deferral Contributions
recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions pursuant to Section 3.06).
          (d) "Discretionary Employer Contribution" shall mean a Contribution
made by an Employer which is unrelated to any Participant Contributions, as
described under Section 3.05.
          (e) "Qualified Non-elective Contribution" shall mean a Contribution
made by an Employer (other than those listed above) in order that the Plan will
satisfy the requirements of Section 3.06 for a Plan Year. The allocation may be
made to all Active Participants who are not Highly-Paid Employees or, with
respect to satisfaction of the ADP test, only to those Active Participants who
have made Salary Deferral Contributions for a Plan Year and who are not
Highly-Paid Employees. Such Contributions shall be treated as Salary Deferral
Contributions for all purposes under the Plan.

1.09 "Contribution Percentage" shall mean the percentage determined by dividing
(i) the sum of the Salary Deferral Contribution, After-Tax Contribution,
Matching Employer Contribution and any Qualified Non-elective Contribution used
to satisfy the non-discrimination requirements of Section 3.06 or any
combination of such Contributions, whichever is applicable, made by or on behalf
of a Participant for the applicable period by (ii) his compensation as

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defined under Code Section 414(s). 'ADP' shall sometimes be used herein to refer
to the average Contribution Percentage with respect to Salary Deferral
Contributions or amounts treated as Salary Deferral Contributions. 'ACP' shall
sometimes be used herein to refer to the average Contribution Percentage with
respect to Matching Employer Contributions and After-Tax Contributions, if
applicable.

1.10 "Date of Employment" shall mean the first date on which an Employee is
credited with an Hour of Service for the Employer.

1.11 "Disability" shall mean a physical or mental condition of such severity and
probable prolonged duration as to cause the Participant to be unable to continue
his duties as an Employee. The existence of any Disability shall be determined
by a physician chosen by the Plan Administrator, based on medical evidence of a
physical or mental impairment that can be expected to last more than 12 months
or result in death, or on other uniform and non-discriminatory criteria as
established by the Plan Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
eligibility for Social Security Disability benefits or for long term disability
benefits under an insured plan sponsored by the Employer shall be deemed
conclusive proof of disability.

1.12 "Effective Date" of this Plan shall mean April 1, 1983. The effective date
of this amended and restated Plan is January 1, 1989.

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1.13 "Eligible Employee" shall mean an Employee who has completed one (1) Year
of Service and attained age twenty-one (21). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
term "Eligible Employee" shall not include any person whose terms and conditions
of employment are determined by collective bargaining with a third party and
with respect to whom inclusion in this Plan has not been provided for in the
collective bargaining agreement setting forth those terms and conditions of
employment, nor shall the term "Eligible Employee" include any independent
contractor or a leased employee.

1.14 "Employee" shall mean any employee of the Employer or an Affiliated
Organization, including a leased employee as defined under Section 414(n) of the
Code.
          The term "leased employee" means any person (other than an employee of
the recipient organization) who pursuant to an agreement between the recipient
organization and any other person ("leasing organization") has performed
services for the recipient organization (including related persons determined in
accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a substantially full-time
basis for at least one (1) year, and such services are of a type historically
performed by employees in the business field of the recipient organization.
Contributions or benefits provided a leased employee by the leasing organization
which are attributable to services performed for the recipient employer shall be
treated as provided by the recipient employer.
          A leased employee shall not be considered an employee of the recipient
organization if: (i) such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan
providing immediate participation, full and immediate vesting and a
nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least ten (10%) percent of
compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code, but

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including amounts contributed by the employer pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement which are excludable from the employee's gross income under Section
125, Section 402(a)(8), Section 401(h) or Section 403(b) of the Code). Also, the
leased employees must not constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the
recipient organization's non-highly compensated workforce.

1.15 "Employer" shall mean Hanover Direct, Inc. (hereinafter sometimes referred
to as the "Company"), its predecessor, The Horn & Hardart Company, and the
Company's subsidiaries and affiliates and any successor entities thereto which
adopt this Plan. Such adopting Employers shall be set forth in Appendix A
attached at the end of this document.

1.16 "Entry Date" shall mean every January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October
1st during which the Plan remains in effect.

1.17      "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(P.L. 93-406), including all amendments thereto.

1.18 "Fund" or "Trust Fund" shall mean all of the assets of the Plan held by the
Trustees (or any nominees thereof) at any time under the Trust Agreement.

1.19 "Highly-Paid Employee" shall mean any Employee who during the current or
preceding Plan Year (`determination year' and `look back year', respectively):

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          (a)    was at any time a 5% owner of the Employer or an Affiliated
Organization; or
          (b) received compensation for such Plan Year in excess of $75,000 or
such higher amount as provided under Section 414(q) of the Code, as adjusted at
the same time and in the same manner as under Section 415(d) of the Code; or
          (c) received compensation for such Plan Year in excess of $50,000 or
such higher amount as provided under Section 414(q) of the Code, as adjusted at
the same time and in the same manner as under Section 415(d) of the Code,
provided such compensation exceeded that of 80% of all Employees for the
applicable Plan Year; or
          (d) was at any time an officer of the Employer or an Affiliated
Organization, and received compensation for such Plan Year in excess of $45,000,
as adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as under Section 415(d) of
the Code (or, if higher, 50% of the amount in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A)
of the Code for such Plan Year).
          For each Plan Year for which a determination in accordance with the
above paragraph is being made, any individual not described in sub-paragraph
(b), (c) or (d) for the preceding Plan Year (without regard to this paragraph)
shall not be treated as described in sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (d) for the
current Plan Year unless such individual is among the one-hundred (100) highest
paid Employees for the current Plan Year.
          In no event shall the number of officers taken into account under
sub-paragraph (d) exceed the lesser of (i) fifty (50), and (ii) the greater of
(A) three or (B) 10% of the total Employees. Furthermore, if no officer of the
Employer or an Affiliated Organization is

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described in sub-paragraph (d) for a Plan Year, then the highest paid officer
shall be treated as described in sub-paragraph (d) for such Plan Year.
          The term "Highly-Paid Employee" shall include any highly paid former
employee who separated from service (or was deemed to have separated) prior to
the determination year, performs no service for the Employer during the
determination year, and was a Highly-Paid Employee for either the separation
year or any determination year ending on or after the Employee's 55th birthday.
          If an Employee is, during a determination year or look-back year, a
family member of either a five percent (5%) owner who is an active or former
Employee or a Highly-Paid Employee who is one of the ten (10) most highly
compensated Employees ranked on the basis of Compensation paid by the Employer
during such year, then the family member and the five percent (5%) owner or
top-ten Highly-Paid Employee shall be aggregated. In such case, the family
member and five percent (5%) owner or top-ten Highly-Paid Employee shall be
treated as a single Employee receiving compensation and plan contributions or
benefits equal to the sum of such compensation and contributions or benefits of
the family member and five percent owner or top-ten Highly-Paid Employee. For
purposes of this Section, family member includes the spouse, lineal ascendants
and descendants of the Employee or former Employee and the spouses of such
lineal ascendants and descendants.
          The determination of who is a Highly-Paid Employee, including the
determinations of the number and identity of Employees in the top-paid group,
the top one hundred (100) Employees, the number of Employees treated as officers
and the compensation that is considered, will be made in accordance with Section
414(q) of the Code. In determining the

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identity of Highly-Paid Employees for a determination year, the Company may make
the calendar year election provided for in Answer 14(b) of Treasury Reg.
section 1.414(q)-IT.

1.20      "Hour of Service" shall mean the following:
          (a) An Hour of Service is each hour for which an Employee is paid, or
entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for the Employer or an
Affiliated Organization during the Plan Year.
          (b) An Hour of Service is each hour for which an Employee is paid, or
entitled to payment, (either directly or indirectly), by the Employer or an
Affiliated Organization on account of a period of time during which no duties
are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), lay-off, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence:
          (i)         No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under
                      this paragraph (b) to an Employee on account of any single
                      continuous period during which the Employee performs no
                      duties (whether or not such period occurs in a single Plan
                      Year) except as the following provisions may result in a
                      credit of more than 501 Hours of Service: (1) If an
                      Employee receives full pay during any
                           authorized leave of absence, and he returns to work
                           after such absence, he shall be credited with an Hour
                           of Service for each hour for which he was paid.

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                      (2)  If an Employee is on a paid sick leave, he shall
                           receive an Hour of Service for each hour that he
                           would have normally worked during such leave.
                      (3)  If an Employee is absent in military service, and he
                           retained re-employment rights under the law, and he
                           completed requirements under the law as to
                           re-employment and was re-employed, he shall be
                           credited with an Hour of Service for each hour that
                           he would have normally worked had he not entered
                           military service solely for purposes of determining
                           his vested rights; and
                      (4)  If an Employee transfers to an employment status
                           which is ineligible to participate in this Plan, he
                           will continue to be credited with Hours of Service as
                           described above, for purposes of determining his
                           vested rights. However, he will receive no Hours of
                           Service for purposes of determining his right to
                           receive a Contribution to his Account after the date
                           of his change in employment status.
          ( ii)  An hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid,
                 or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no
                 duties are performed, is not required to be credited to the
                 Employee if such payment is made or due under a plan
                 maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable
                 workers compensation, unemployment compensation or disability
                 insurance laws; and

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          (iii)  Hours of Service are not required to be credited for a payment
                 which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or medically
                 related expenses incurred by the Employee.
          (c) An hour worked at overtime or premium pay will count as only one
Hour of Service under the Plan.
          (d) An Hour of Service is each hour for which back pay, irrespective
of mitigation of damages, is either awarded to or agreed to by the Employer. The
same Hours of Service shall not be credited both under Paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b), as the case may be, and under this paragraph (d). Crediting of
Hours of Service for each pay awarded shall be subject to the limitations set
forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
          (e) An Hour of Service shall also be credited for reasons other than
the performance of duties in accordance with Department of Labor Regulations,
Section 2530.200b-2(b). Further, the computation periods used for purposes of
crediting Hours of Service shall be in accordance with Department of Labor
Regulations, Section 2530.200b-2(c). If an Employer does not maintain hourly
records with respect to any Employee, such Employee shall be credited with
forty-five (45) Hours of Service for each week in which he is entitled to be
credited with an Hour of Service.

1.21 "Named Fiduciary" shall mean the Employer, the Trustees and the Plan
Administrator. Each named Fiduciary shall have only those particular powers,
duties, responsibilities and obligations as are specifically given him under the
Plan and/or the Trust Agreement.

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1.22      "Normal Retirement Date" shall mean the date on which the Participant
  has attained Age 65.

1.23 "Participant" shall mean any person who is eligible to receive benefits
under the Plan. The term "Participant" shall include an Active Participant (each
Eligible Employee who has satisfied the participation requirements of Section
2.01 as of an applicable Entry Date or who has made a Rollover Contribution),
Terminated Vested Participants (former Employees who are entitled at some future
date to the distribution of benefits from this Plan), and Inactive Participants
(former Participants who are not Terminated Vested Participants and who continue
to be employed in a non-covered class by an Employer or by an Affiliated
Organization).

1.24 "Plan" shall mean the Hanover Direct Savings and Retirement Plan as set
forth herein, and as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended.

1.25 "Plan Administrator" or "Administrator" shall mean the Employer, or the
persons or committee named as such pursuant to the provisions of Article IX
hereof.

1.26 "Plan Year" shall mean a twelve (12) month period beginning on January 1st
  and ending on each December 31st.

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1.27 "Reduced Compensation" shall mean Compensation reduced by any Salary
Deferral Contributions made by the Participant and also reduced by any
contributions made by salary reduction to a plan established in accordance with
Sections 125 or 129 of the Code.

1.28 "Trust Agreement" shall mean the Hanover Direct Savings and Retirement
Trust Agreement as the same presently exists and as it may from time to time
hereafter be amended.

1.29 "Trustees" shall mean the party or parties so designated pursuant to
the Trust Agreement.

1.30 "Valuation Date" shall mean the last day of each quarter during the Plan
Year and any other date as of which the Plan Administrator elects to make a
valuation of Plan Accounts.

1.31 "Wage Base" shall mean the amount of compensation with respect to which old
age and survivors insurance benefits would be provided for a Participant under
the Social Security Act, as in effect for the calendar year in which the Plan
Year commences.

1.32 "Year of Service" shall mean a Plan Year in which an Employee has at least
one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service. In addition, solely for purposes of
determining whether an Employee is eligible to become a Participant after his
initial year of employment under Section 2.01, a Year of Service shall be
credited to an Employee who has at least one thousand (1,000)

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Hours of Service during the initial twelve (12) month period commencing with
such Employee's Date of Employment.
          All Years of Service shall be counted regardless of whether or not
such years are continuous, subject to Appendix A attached at the end of this
document.

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                                   ARTICLE II
                          PARTICIPATION AND ENTRY DATE

2.01      Initial Eligibility.
          Each Eligible Employee who is a Participant immediately prior to the
effective date of this amended and restated Plan shall continue to participate
as of such effective date. Each other Employee shall be eligible to become a
Participant on the Entry Date coincident with or next following the date he
first becomes an Eligible Employee.

2.02      Plan Participation.
          Each Employee who is eligible to participate in accordance with
Section 2.01 shall complete such forms and provide such data as are reasonably
required by the Plan Administrator as a precondition to Plan participation. In
order to receive a Salary Deferral Contribution, a Participant must enter into a
salary reduction agreement to be effective as of an Entry Date, electing to
reduce his salary by an amount equal to his Salary Deferral Contribution. A
Participant's Salary Deferral Contribution for any Plan Year shall not exceed
the lesser of (i) 10% of his Compensation for the Plan Year or portion of such
Plan Year during which he was an Active Participant, subject to the limitations
set forth in Article III, and (ii) $7,627, or such higher maximum contribution
for a taxable year as may be permitted under Section 402(g) of the Code. The
Plan Administrator shall determine the minimum and/or maximum permitted salary
reduction. Any maximum permitted salary reduction may apply to all Participants
or solely to those Participants who are Highly-Paid Employees. Participants
shall make separate

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elections with respect to Salary Deferral and After-Tax Contributions, and the
election of either type of contribution shall not, in any way, be contingent
upon any other election made under the Plan. By becoming a Participant, an
Employee shall for all purposes be deemed conclusively to have assented to the
provisions of the Plan, the corresponding Trust Agreement and to all amendments
to such instruments.

2.03      Re-employment.
          In the event an Employee terminates employment, and is reemployed, he
shall be eligible to be admitted or readmitted as an Active Participant on the
date of his reemployment or, if later, the Entry Date coincident with or next
following the date he becomes an Eligible Employee.

2.04      Change in Status.
          In the event that a person who has been an Employee in an employment
status not eligible for participation in this Plan subsequently becomes eligible
by reason of a change in status, he shall be eligible to become a Participant on
the Entry Date coincident with or next following the date on which he becomes an
Eligible Employee.

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                                   ARTICLE III
                                  CONTRIBUTIONS

3.01      Salary Deferral Contributions.
          The Employer will make a Salary Deferral Contribution to the Plan for
each Active Participant who has entered into a salary reduction agreement, in
accordance with Section 2.02, as determined by such salary reduction agreement.
In addition, for any Plan Year, an Employer may elect to make a Qualified
Non-elective Contribution (including a qualified matching Contribution)
allocable only to those Participants who are not Highly-Paid Employees, in order
that the Plan will satisfy requirements of Section 3.06 for such Plan Year. Any
Contribution made in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated
among applicable Participants in proportion to the ratios of each such
Participant's Compensation or, with respect to satisfaction of the ADP test,
only to those Participants who have made Salary Deferral Contributions (under
the same allocation procedure used for Matching Employer Contributions or
pro-rata). Matching Employer Contributions used to satisfy the test described
under Section 3.06 must comply with the Regulations under Code Section
1.401(k)-1(b)(3).
          "Excess Elective Deferrals" shall mean any Salary Deferral
Contributions which exceed the dollar limitation under Code Section 402(g). Such
Excess Elective Deferrals shall be treated as annual additions under the Plan
unless they are distributed in accordance with this Article.
          A Participant may assign to this Plan any Excess Elective Deferrals
made during a taxable year of the Participant by providing fifteen (15) days
written notification to the

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Administrator of the amount of the Excess Elective Deferrals to be assigned to
this Plan. Such notice shall be provided no later than the first March 1st
following the close of the individual's tax year. Excess Elective Deferrals with
respect to the combination of Excess Elective Deferrals and deferrals under
another plan of deferred compensation of an Employer or an Affiliated
Organization may automatically be returned to the Participant.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Excess Elective
Deferrals, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be
distributed no later than April 15th to any Participant to whose Account Excess
Elective Deferrals were assigned for the preceding year and who claims Excess
Elective Deferrals for such taxable year.
          Excess Elective Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or loss.
The income or loss allocable to Excess Elective Deferrals is the income or loss
allocable to the Participant's Account for the taxable year multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is such Participant's Excess Elective Deferrals
for the year and the denominator of which is the Participant's Salary Deferral
Contribution Account without regard to any income or loss occurring during such
taxable year.

3.02      After-Tax Contributions.
          Participants may elect to make After-Tax Contributions to the Trust
for each Plan Year in amounts not less than one percent (1%) of Compensation,
nor more than ten percent (10%) of Compensation for such Plan Year.

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3.03      Method of Contribution.
          Salary Deferral and After-Tax Contributions may be made by periodic
payroll deductions or on such other basis as shall be determined from time to
time by the Plan Administrator. Nothing contained herein shall preclude the Plan
Administrator from not allowing Salary Deferral or After-Tax Contributions to be
made by any Participant in accordance with Section 3.06 or from limiting the
number of payroll periods in a Plan Year during which such Contributions are
permitted. A Participant may elect an increase or decrease in his Salary
Deferral Contribution or After-Tax Contributions, provided that written notice
of such change (including amendment of a salary reduction agreement, if
applicable) is submitted to the Plan Administrator at least fifteen (15) days in
advance of the effective date, which date shall be the first day of a calendar
quarter. A Participant may cease Contributions as of any payroll period upon
fifteen (15) days written notice in advance of the last day of such payroll
period.
          No contributions may be made by or on behalf of any Participant during
any period that he is receiving long term disability benefits, worker's
compensation benefits or while the Participant is on a leave of absence for
which no Compensation is being paid from the Employer.

3.04      Matching Employer Contributions.
          An Employer may elect, in its sole discretion, to make Matching
Employer Contributions for a Plan Year for each Active Participant on whose
behalf Salary Deferral Contributions have been made during the Plan Year.

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          For any Plan Year, the Matching Employer Contributions (including any
forfeitures reallocated in accordance with Section 3.07) shall be allocated to
the Accounts of such Active Participants for the Plan Year in the same
proportion as the amount of Salary Deferral Contributions (not in excess of six
percent (6.0%) of the Participant's Compensation) for each such Active
Participant for such Plan Year bears to the total Salary Deferral Contribution
(as so limited) for all such Active Participants for such Plan Year.

3.05      Discretionary Employer Contributions.
          For any Plan Year, an Employer may elect, in its sole discretion, to
make an additional Discretionary Employer Contribution to the Plan. If a
Discretionary Employer Contribution is made, then it shall be allocated as of
the last day of the Plan Year to the Account of each Active Participant who (i)
retired at or after age 65, retired due to a Disability or died during such Plan
Year or (ii) (a) had at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such Plan Year and
(b) is actively employed as of the last day of such Plan Year, including any
such Participant who did not make Salary Deferral Contributions for such Plan
Year. An individual who is terminated prior to the last day of a Plan Year, but
who is receiving severance pay as of such date, shall not be deemed to be
actively employed as of the last day of a Plan Year.
          The amount allocated to each such Participant shall be an amount
chosen by the Company to be allocated under (a) below. If any Discretionary
Employer Contribution remains, such amount shall be allocated in accordance with
(b) below.
          (a)    An amount shall be allocated equal to a percentage of each such
                 Participant's Compensation earned while a Participant for such
                 Plan Year, plus the same

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                 percentage of the excess of (i) such Participant's Compensation
                 earned while a Participant for the Plan Year above (ii) the
                 Wage Base for such Plan Year. However, the percentage of
                 Compensation used for allocations above the Wage Base shall not
                 exceed 5.7% (or such other percentage which equals the maximum
                 percentage permitted under Code Section 401(1)).
          (b)    Any remaining Discretionary Employer Contribution shall be
                 allocated to each such Participant in proportion to the ratio
                 that each such Participant's Compensation earned while a
                 Participant bears to such eligible Compensation of all eligible
                 Participants for the Plan Year.

3.06      Non-Discrimination Test.
          For any Plan Year, the average Contribution Percentage for Highly-Paid
Employees determined based on Salary Deferral Contributions (ADP) and separately
based on the sum of After-Tax Contributions and any Matching Employer
Contributions (ACP) shall not exceed the greater of:
          (a)    1.25 multiplied by the average Contribution Percentage for all
                 Eligible Employees who are not Highly-Paid Employees; or
          (b)    the lesser of
                 ( i) twice the average Contribution Percentage for all Eligible
                 Employees who are not Highly-Paid Employees; and (ii) the
                 average Contribution Percentage for all Eligible Employees who
                 are not Highly-Paid Employees, plus two percent (2%).

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          If the limitation described under subsection (b) above is applied with
respect to Salary Deferral Contributions, it shall not be applied with respect
to the sum of After-Tax Contributions and Matching Employer Contributions, and
vice-versa, except as otherwise permitted under the following Definitions and
Special Rules Section describing the multiple use test.
          For purposes of this Section, an Excess Contribution shall mean the
excess of a Highly-Paid Employee's Salary Deferral Contribution (or amounts
treated as Salary Deferral Contributions) over the maximum amount of such
Contributions as provided under the above test.
          For purposes of this Section, Excess Aggregate Contributions shall
mean the excess of the aggregate amount of After-Tax Contributions and Matching
Employer Contributions which were made on behalf of Highly-Paid Employees for
any Plan Year, over the maximum amount of such Contributions as provided under
the above test.
          The Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions, whichever
is applicable, shall be allocated by reducing the actual Contribution Percentage
of the Highly-Paid Employee with the highest actual Contribution Percentage.
Such Contribution Percentage shall be reduced until the Highly-Paid Employee
with the highest actual Contribution Percentage is equal to that of the
Highly-Paid Employee with the next highest actual Contribution Percentage or
until the above test is passed. This process shall be repeated until the test is
passed and such leveling method shall determine the amount of Excess
Contributions attributable to each Highly-Paid Employee. The Excess Aggregate
Contribution amount shall be determined after any Salary Deferral Contributions
are recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions.

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DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES:
          "Aggregate Limit" shall mean the sum of (i) 125 percent of the greater
of the ADP of the Non-Highly-Paid Employees for the Plan Year or the ACP of
Non-Highly-Paid Employees under the Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the
Plan Year beginning with or within the Plan Year of the cash or deferred
arrangement (`CODA') and (ii) the lesser of 200% or two plus the lesser of such
ADP or ACP. `Lesser' is substituted for `greater' in (i) above and `greater' is
substituted for `lesser' after `two plus the' in (ii) if it would result in a
larger Aggregate Limit.
          A multiple use method may be used in order to satisfy the
non-discrimination test if one or more Highly-Paid Employees participate in both
a CODA and a plan maintained by the Employer subject to the ACP test. If the sum
of the ADP and ACP of those Highly-Paid Employees subject to either or both
tests exceeds the Aggregate Limit, then the ACP of those Highly-Paid Employees
who also participate in a CODA will be reduced (beginning with such Highly-Paid
Employee whose ACP is the highest) so that the limit is not exceeded. The amount
by which each Highly-Paid Employee's Contribution Percentage amount is reduced
shall be treated as an Excess Aggregate Contribution. The ADP and ACP of the
Highly-Paid Employees are determined after any corrections required to meet the
ADP and ACP tests. Multiple use does not occur if both the ADP and ACP of the
Highly-Paid Employees does not exceed 1.25 multiplied by the ADP and ACP of the
Non-Highly Paid Employees.
          Effective prior to the first Plan Year beginning after December 31,
1991, the Plan Administrator shall also have discretionary authority to
restructure the Plan and satisfy the above test based on specific common
attributes among Employees.

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          For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage test,
After-Tax Contributions are considered to have been made in the Plan Year in
which contributed to the trust. Salary Deferral Contributions, Matching Employer
Contributions and Qualified Non- elective Contributions will be considered made
for a Plan Year only if made no later than the end of the twelve-month period
beginning on the day after the close of the Plan Year.
          The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
satisfaction of the above tests and the amount of Qualified Non-elective
Contributions, including qualified matching Contributions, if applicable, used
in the test.
          The determination and treatment of the Contribution Percentage of any
Participant shall satisfy such other requirements as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
          A Participant may treat his Excess Contributions under Section 3.01 as
an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by such
Participant to the Plan. Such recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable
and subject to the same distribution requirements as Salary Deferral
Contributions. Amounts may not be recharacterized by a Highly-Paid Employee to
the extent that such amount, in combination with other After-Tax Contributions
made by that Employee, would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on After-Tax
Contributions.
          Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half months
after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions arose and
is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly-Paid Employee is
informed in writing of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof.
Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the Participant for the Participant's
tax year in which the Participant would have received them in cash.

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          If a Highly-Paid Employee is subject to the family aggregation rules
of the Code, the combined actual Contribution Percentage (based on Salary
Deferral Contributions and separately based on After-Tax Contributions and
Matching Employer Contributions) for the family group shall be treated as one
Highly-Paid Employee. The combined actual Contribution Percentage shall be
determined as the combined actual Contribution Percentage of all eligible family
members.
          The Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions for the
family members shall be allocated in proportion to the ratio of such
Contributions for each family member.
          Any distribution or forfeiture of Excess Contributions or Excess
Aggregate Contributions for any Plan Year shall be made based on the respective
portions of such amounts attributable to each Highly-Paid Employee.
          Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be
adjusted for any income or loss. The income or loss allocable to such
Contributions is the income or loss allocable to the Participant's Account for
the Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is such
Participant's Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions for the
year and the denominator is the Participant's Account attributable to
satisfaction of ADP and ACP test (as applicable) without regard to any income or
loss occurring during such Plan Year.
          Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any other reasonable method
for computing the income allocable to Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate
Contributions may be used, provided that the method is non-discriminatory, is
used consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions
under the Plan for the Plan Year, and is used by the Plan for allocating income
to Participants' Accounts.

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          Excess Contributions and Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be
forfeited, or if not forfeitable, distributed from the Participant's various
Accounts in proportion to the ratio of such Participant's applicable Accounts.
Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the Participant's Qualified
Non-elective Contribution Account only to the extent that such Excess
Contributions exceed the balance in the Participant's Salary Deferral Account
and Matching Contribution Account.
          Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be applied to
reduce Employer Contributions in accordance with Section 3.07.
          Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions, plus any
income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be forfeited, or if not
forfeitable, distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to
Participants to whose Accounts such Contributions were allocated for the
preceding Plan Year. If such excess amounts are distributed more than 2 1/2
months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such excess amounts arose, a
ten percent (10%) excise tax will be imposed on the Employer maintaining the
Plan with respect to such amounts to the extent required by law.
          In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Sections
401(k), 401(m), 401(a)(4), or 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such
Sections of the Code only if aggregated with this Plan, then this Section 3.06
shall be applied by determining the Contribution Percentage of Employees as if
all such plans were a single plan. For Plan Years beginning after December 31,
1989, plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy section 401(k) or 401(m) of
the Code only if they have the same Plan Year.

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          The ADP for any Participant who is a Highly-Paid Employee for the Plan
Year and who is eligible to have Salary Deferral Contributions (or amounts
treated as Salary Deferral Contributions for purposes of the ADP test) allocated
to his or her accounts under two or more arrangements described in Section
401(k) of the Code that are maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as
if such Contributions were made under a single arrangement. If a Highly-Paid
Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred arrangements that have
different Plan Years, all cash or deferred arrangements ending with or within
the same calendar year shall be treated as a single arrangement.
          In the event that any provisions of this Section 3.06 are no longer
required or applicable for qualification of the Plan under the Code, then any
applicable provisions of this Section 3.06 shall thereupon be void.

3.07      Forfeitures.
          As of the end of each Plan Year, any forfeitures occurring during such
Plan Year resulting from an Employee's termination of employment and election to
receive a distribution prior to being one hundred percent (100%) vested in
accordance with Section 7.01 shall first be applied to restore the previously
forfeited accounts, if applicable, of former Terminated Vested Participants who
have been re-employed. If a Participant elects to defer his distribution the
resulting forfeiture (subject to Section 7.03) shall occur after a one year
Break-in-Service.
          Any remaining portion of the total forfeiture not applied in
accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be used to reduce a Matching
Employer Contribution and shall be allocated to remaining Active Participants in
the same manner as provided under Section 3.04.

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          Should a Participant who is 0% vested in his Matching Employer
Contribution and Discretionary Employer Contribution Accounts under Section 7.01
terminate employment, he shall cease to be a Participant (unless reemployed) and
the resulting forfeiture of his Matching and Discretionary Employer Contribution
Accounts shall be deemed a full distribution of such
Accounts.
          If a terminated Participant who was 0% vested in his Matching Employer
Contribution and Discretionary Employer Contribution Accounts and was deemed to
have received a distribution is subsequently reemployed by the Employer prior to
the occurrence of five consecutive one year Breaks-in-Service after the date of
his termination of employment, any amount forfeited shall be
reinstated to his Account.

3.08      Maximum Contributions.
          Notwithstanding the above, the total amount of Salary Deferral
Contributions, Matching Employer Contributions and Discretionary Employer
Contributions for any Plan Year shall not exceed an amount equal to fifteen
percent (15%) of the total Reduced Compensation of all Participants for such
Plan Year. The excess, if any, of fifteen (15%) percent of the total
Compensation of all Participants earned in any year commencing before January 1,
1987 above the actual aggregate Employer Contributions for such years may be
added to the total contribution provided the Plan was then in effect.

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3.09      Time of Payment.
          Matching Employer Contributions and Discretionary Employer
Contributions may be made at any time on or before the date required for
deduction of such Contributions on the Employer's Federal income tax return.

3.10      Annual Additions Limitation.
          Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Article, in no event
shall the annual additions to a Participant's Account exceed the maximum amount
permitted under Section 415 of the Code, and all provisions of such Section are
hereby incorporated in the Plan by reference. The term "limitation year", as
defined under the Code, shall mean the Plan Year.
          The term Defined Contribution Fraction shall mean a fraction, the
numerator of which is the sum of the annual additions to the Participant's
Account under all the defined contribution plans (whether or not terminated)
maintained by the Employer for the current and all prior limitation years
(including the annual additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible
employee contributions to all defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer,
whether or not terminated, and the annual additions attributable to all welfare
benefits funds, as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, and individual medical
accounts, as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, maintained by the
Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum of the maximum aggregate
amounts for the current and all prior limitation years of service with the
Employer (regardless of whether a defined contribution plan was maintained by
the Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in any limitation year is the lesser
of 125 percent

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of the dollar limitation determined under Sections 415(b) and (d) of the Code in
effect under Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code or 35 percent of the Participant's
compensation for such year.
          If the Employee was a participant as of the end of the first day of
the first limitation year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more
defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on
May 5, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this
fraction and the defined benefit fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the
terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1)
the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of
this fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this
fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be
computed as of the end of the last limitation year beginning before January 1,
1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the plan made
after May 5, 1986, but using the Code Section 415 limitation applicable to the
first limitation year beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
          The annual addition for any limitation year beginning before January
1, 1987, shall not be recomputed to treat all employee contributions as annual
additions.
            The term "Defined Benefit Fraction" shall mean a fraction, the
numerator of which is the sum of the Participant's projected annual benefits
under all the defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by
the Employer, and the denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the
dollar limitation determined for the limitation year under Sections 415(b) and
(d) of the Code or 140 percent of the highest average compensation, including
any adjustments under Section 415(b) of the Code.

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          Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a participant as of
the first day of the first limitation year beginning after December 31, 1986, in
one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which were in
existence on May 5, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be less than
125 percent of the sum of the annual benefits under such plans which the
participant had accrued as of the close of the last limitation year beginning
before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of
the plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined
benefit plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of
section 415 for all limitation years beginning before January 1, 1987.
          As soon as administratively feasible after the end of the limitation
year, the maximum permissible amount for the limitation year will be determined
on the basis of the Participant's actual compensation for the limitation year.
          If due to the maximum permitted above or as a result of the allocation
of forfeitures there is an excess amount, the excess will be disposed of in the
following order:
          (1)    Any After-Tax Contributions, to the extent they would reduce
the excess amount, will be returned to the Participant;
          (2a) If an excess amount still exists, and the Participant is covered
by the Plan at the end of the limitation year, the excess amount in the
Participant's Account will be used to reduce Employer Contributions (including
any allocation of forfeitures) for such Participant in the next limitation year,
and each succeeding limitation year if necessary; or
          (2b) If an excess amount still exists, and the Participant is not
covered by the Plan at the end of a limitation year, the excess amount will be
held unallocated in a suspense account.

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The suspense account will be applied to reduce future Employer Contributions for
all remaining Participants in the next limitation year, and each succeeding
limitation year if necessary.
          If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a limitation
year pursuant to this Section, such account will not receive an allocation of
the trust's investment gains and losses. If a suspense account is in existence
at any time during a particular limitation year, all amounts in the suspense
account must be allocated and reallocated to Participant's Accounts before any
Employer or any employee contributions may be made to the Plan for that
limitation year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants or former
Participants, except as provided below.
          Notwithstanding the method for disposing of excess amounts as
indicated above, in the case where a reasonable error is made so that the
limitations of Section 415 are violated, the Plan may distribute Salary Deferral
Contributions (within the meaning of Section 402(g)(3) of the Code) to the
extent that the distribution would reduce the excess amounts in the
Participant's Account. These amounts are disregarded for purposes of the ADP and
ACP tests.

3.11      Return of Contribution.
          Except as provided in Section 3.10 and paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d),
(e) and (f) of this Section, and notwithstanding any other provision of this
Plan or of the Trust Agreement, the Employer irrevocably divests itself of any
interest or reversion whatsoever in any sums contributed by it to the Trust
Fund, and it shall be impossible for any portion of the Trust Fund to be used
for, or diverted to, any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of
Participants or their Beneficiaries.

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          (a) If a contribution by the Employer is conditioned upon initial
qualification of the Plan or any amendment thereto under Section 401 of the
Code, and the Plan or any amendment thereto under Section 401 of the Code, and
the Plan or amendment does not so qualify, the contribution shall be returned to
the Employer within one year of the date of denial of such qualification or of
the failure to qualify.
          (b) If a contribution made by the Employer is based upon a good faith
mistake of fact, the contribution shall be returned to the Employer within one
year after the payment of the contribution.
          (c) If a contribution which is intended to be deductible for Federal
income tax purposes is determined to not be deductible and part or all of the
deduction is disallowed, the contribution, to the extent disallowed, shall be
returned to the Employer within one year after the disallowance of the
deduction.
          (d) Earnings attributable to any mistaken or non-deductible
contribution may not be returned to the Employer, but losses attributable
thereto must reduce the amount to be so returned.
          (e) If the withdrawal of the amount attributable to the mistaken or
nondeductible contribution would cause the balance of the individual Account of
any Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which would have been in
the Account had the mistaken or nondeductible amount not been contributed, then
the amount to be returned to the Employer must be limited so as to avoid such
reduction. In the case of a reversion due to initial disqualification of the
Plan, the entire assets of the Plan attributable to Employer contributions may
be returned to the Employer.

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          (f) A contribution may be returned to the Employer or an Employee,
whichever is applicable, in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 3.06.

3.12     Rollover Contributions.
          (a) Direct Inter-Plan Transfers. Any Employee (including Employees who
are not yet Eligible Employees) may, no less than 15 days following written
notification to the Plan Administrator of such action, direct the appropriate
funding agency of any qualified retirement plan of the Employer, a former
employer, or of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) which was established
solely as a repository for a distribution from a qualified plan of a former
employer (provided the Employee certifies that he made no contributions to such
IRA) to distribute directly to the Trustee such Participant's entire interest in
the distributing plan or IRA, exclusive of any after-tax contributions made by
the Participant as an employee or participant thereunder, provided that the
transferor plan or IRA is not subject to the requirements of Section 401(a)(11)
of the Code. Any amount presented by a Participant to the Trustees within sixty
(60) days of the receipt shall be treated, upon receipt by the Trustee, as
having been received directly from the appropriate officer or fiduciary of the
distributing plan or IRA.
          (b)    Cash Transfers.  Only cash may be transferred in accordance
with paragraph (a) of this Section.  Property other than cash cannot be
transferred.
          (c)    Investment of Rollover Contribution Accounts.  Rollover
Contribution Accounts shall be invested as provided under Section 4.01 of the
Plan.
          (d)    Direct Rollovers.  This paragraph applies to distributions
made on or after January 1, 1993.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary that would otherwise

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limit a distributee's election under this paragraph, a distributee may elect, at
the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have any
portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible
retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. Such
distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice required under
section 1.411(a)-1(k) of the Income Tax Regulations is given, provided that (i)
the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the Participant has
a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider
the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a
particular distribution option), and (ii) the Participant, after receiving the
notice, affirmatively elects a distribution.
          For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
          Eligible rollover distribution:  An eligible rollover distribution is
any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the
distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include: any
distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments
(not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of
the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the
distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified
period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is
required under section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and the portion of any
distribution that is not includible in gross income (determined without regard
to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer
securities).
          Eligible retirement plan: An eligible retirement plan is an individual
retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code, an individual
retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the code, an annuity plan
described in section 403(a) of the Code, or a

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qualified trust described in section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts the
distributee's eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an
eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement
plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
          Distributee: A distributee includes an employee or former employee. In
addition, the employee's or former employee's surviving spouse and the
employee's or former employee's spouse or former spouse who is the alternate
payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p)
of the Code, are distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or
former spouse.
          Direct rollover: A direct rollover is a payment by the plan to the
eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.

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                                   ARTICLE IV
                             ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS

4.01      Investment of Funds.
          Participant Accounts will be invested by the Plan Trustee, in
accordance with Participant directions as described below and in Section 4.02
and 4.03, in such investment funds as may be offered under the Plan from time to
time. The available investment alternatives may include any or all of the
alternatives described below:
          (a)    Common or capital stocks, bonds, convertible debentures or
                 preferred stocks, money market investments and other short term
                 corporate and government investments and fixed debt obligations
                 of corporations and of the Federal, state and local government,
                 or any pooled or mutual fund invested in such instruments.
          (b)    One or more guaranteed interest funds which shall be invested
                 under a contract (or contracts) with a bank, or an insurance
                 company licensed in the state in which an office of the
                 Employer is domiciled and whereby terms of such contract
                 guarantee both the repayment of principal and the payment of
                 interest at a pre-determined minimum rate for a fixed period
                 of time.  Any such contract is subject to approval of the Plan
                 Administrator and may be renewed or discontinued in its
                 discretion.  Should such contract be discontinued and should
                 the Plan Administrator not enter into or instruct the Trustee
                 to enter into a successor contract providing similar
                 guarantees as to principal and

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                 interest, then any Participant whose Account was invested under
                 the contract shall be given the opportunity to make a new
                 investment election.
          (c)    Any other managed fund which the Plan Administrator deems
                 appropriate for investment of plan assets.
          (d)    A fund invested in shares of common stock of the Company.
                 Any dividends received on such shares shall be reinvested
                 in this fund.  Contributions designated for the fund, or
                 dividends paid on shares held in the fund, shall be temporarily
                 invested in a short-term investment fund while the Trustee
                 awaits the opportunity to purchase additional shares. The
                 shares of common stock of the Company from time to time
                 required to be acquired for the purposes of this Plan shall be
                 acquired by the Trustees by purchase in the open market at
                 prevailing prices, or, if directed by the Company, by
                 contribution in kind or by purchase privately from the Company
                 or any other person at a price per share equal to the closing
                 market price per share at which the shares of common stock of
                 the Company were sold on the last business day preceding the
                 day of the purchase; it being understood that shares purchased
                 from the Company may be either treasury shares or authorized
                 but unissued shares, if the Company shall make such shares
                 available for that purpose.

          The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, discontinue the use of
any investment alternatives maintained under the Plan, without obligation to
substitute new alternatives, provided that Participants with Accounts invested
in a discontinued investment alternative are given an

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opportunity to make an election to transfer the affected portion of their
Accounts to another investment alternative permitted under the Plan.

4.02      Investment Elections.
          Each Participant shall, by written instructions to the Plan
Administrator, designate in which investment alternative or combination of
alternatives his Contributions shall be invested; provided, however, that the
portion invested in any alternative which he elects shall be 5% or any multiple
thereof, or such other percentage as designated by the Plan Administrator,
subject to the maximum of 100%. Each Participant shall, upon request, be
furnished with written confirmation of such instructions.

4.03      Change of Elections.
          Changes in investment elections shall (subject to Section 4.04) be
permitted effective as of the first day of any quarter in each calendar year or
such other period as specified by the Plan Administrator, in the manner
described below:
          (a) Any Participant may, by written request filed with the Plan
Administrator by a specified number of days prior to the effective date of the
change, or under any other method as prescribed by the Plan Administrator, alter
his election with respect to the investment of his future contributions.
          (b) Any Participant may, by written request filed with the Plan
Administrator by a specified number of days prior to the effective date of the
change, or under any other method as prescribed by the Plan Administrator, alter
his election with respect to the investment

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alternatives in which his prior contributions have been invested and may direct
the Trustee to transfer all or any portion of the balance in his Account to any
investment alternative or combination of alternatives.

4.04      Restrictions on Changes.
          The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, establish
restrictions, limitations or prohibitions with respect to changes in investment
elections, or transfers, permitted under the Plan. Any such restrictions,
limitations or prohibitions which may apply to elections related to, or
transfers among, any or all investment funds maintained under the Plan, shall be
communicated in advance of their applicability to Plan Participants, and shall
apply in a non-discriminatory manner to all Participants in similar
circumstances.

4.05      Allocation of Contributions.
          As of each Valuation Date, the Plan Administrator shall allocate the
Salary Deferral Contributions, Matching Employer Contributions, Discretionary
Employer Contributions and After-Tax Contributions to the Account of each
Participant.

4.06      Valuation of Assets.
          As of each Valuation Date, the assets of the Trust shall be valued at
fair market value and any gains or losses shall be allocated to the same
investment alternatives in which they arose.

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4.07      Voting of Shares.
          Before each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company,
the Company shall cause the Trustee to send to each Participant whose Account is
invested in common stock of the Company, a copy of the proxy solicitation
material therefor, together with a form providing confidential instructions to
the Trustee on how to vote the shares of Company stock held within the
Participant's Account. Upon receipt of such instructions in conformance with
said proxy solicitation material, the Trustee shall vote the shares of Company
stock as instructed. Instructions received from individual Participants by the
Trustee shall be held in strictest confidence and shall not be divulged or
released to any person, including officers or Employees of an Employer. The
Trustees shall vote the shares of the Company stock for which no instructions
have been received in the same proportion as the shares for which instructions
have been received.

4.08      Tender Offer Procedure.
          In the event an offer is received by the Trustee (including, but not
limited to, a tender offer or exchange offer) to purchase any shares of Company
stock held by the Trustee in the Trust, the Company shall cause the Trustee to
send to each Participant whose Account is invested in Company stock such
information as will be distributed to shareholders of the Company in connection
with such offer, and to notify each Participant in writing of the number of
shares of Company stock which are then credited to such Participant's Account.
The Trustee shall provide to each Participant a form requesting confidential
directions as to the manner in which the Trustee is to respond to the offer with
respect to shares of Company stock allocated

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to such Participant's Account. Upon timely receipt of such directions, the
Trustee shall respond as directed with respect to the tender or exchange of such
shares. Instructions received from individual Participants by the Trustee shall
be held in the strictest confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any
person, including officers or Employees of an Employer. The Trustee shall not
tender or exchange shares of Company stock allocated to a Participant's Account
for which the Trustee has not received directions from the Participant.
          A Participant who has directed the Trustee to tender or exchange
shares of Company stock allocated to such Participant's Account may, at any time
prior to the offer withdrawal date, direct the Trustee to withdraw such shares
from the offer prior to the withdrawal deadline, in which case the Trustee shall
carry out such directive.
          In the event that shares of Company stock held in a Participant's
Account are tendered or exchanged pursuant to this Section 4.08, the proceeds
received upon the acceptance of such tender or exchange shall be credited to
such Participant's Account, and shall be invested in the manner determined by
the Company or as otherwise provided in the Plan.

4.09      ERISA Section 404(c) Plan.
          The Plan is intended to constitute a plan described in Section 404(c)
of ERISA and shall be administered in accordance with such intent. Beginning
with the Plan Year commencing January 1, 1994, the Plan shall be administered in
compliance with Department of Labor Regulations Section 2550.440c-1.

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4.10      Confidentiality.
          Information relating to the purchase, holding, and sale of Company
stock in a Participant's Account and the exercise of voting, tender, and similar
rights with respect to such stock by Participants and their beneficiaries shall
be maintained in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator shall
establish designed to safeguard the confidentiality of such information, except
to the extent necessary to comply with Federal laws or state laws not preempted
by ERISA.

4.11      Fiduciary Designation.
          Effective for Plan Years commencing on or after January 1, 1994, the
Administrator is designated as the Plan fiduciary responsible for ensuring that
the procedures implemented pursuant to Section 4.10 are sufficient to safeguard
the confidentiality of information described in that Section, that such
procedures are being followed, and that an independent fiduciary is appointed to
carry out activities which the Administrator determines involve a potential for
undue influence by any Employer upon Participants and beneficiaries with regard
to the direct or indirect exercise of shareholder rights with respect to Company
stock.

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                                    ARTICLE V
                               RETIREMENT BENEFITS

5.01      Normal Retirement Benefit.
          A Normal Retirement Benefit shall be payable with respect to any
Participant retiring at his Normal Retirement Date, and shall be equal to the
Participant's Account as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following
the Participant's Normal Retirement Date. Payment shall commence no later than
sixty (60) days following the last day of the Plan Year in which the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date occurs.

5.02      Deferred Retirement Benefit.
          A Deferred Retirement Benefit shall be payable with respect to any
Participant retiring after his Normal Retirement Date and shall be equal to the
Participant's Account as of the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately
following the Participant's actual retirement. Any Contribution to such
Participant's Account after he has attained age 70 1/2 shall be taken into
consideration in determining the minimum distribution requirements of Section
5.04.

5.03      Disability Retirement Benefit.
          A Disability Retirement Benefit shall be payable with respect to any
Participant who has suffered a Disability and who retires from service of the
Employer by reason of such Disability, and shall be equal to the Participant's
Account as of the Valuation Date coincident

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with or next following the date of the Participant's termination due to
Disability. Such a Participant may also elect to be paid in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.02.

5.04      Payment of Benefits.
          Any benefit under this Article shall be made in a lump sum payment no
later than sixty days following the close of the Plan Year in which the
Participant's retirement occurs.
          If, after a Participant terminates employment, the total value of his
vested Account is less than $3,500, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to
cash-out the Participant's benefit in a single lump sum after any Valuation Date
coincident with or following the date of his or her termination of employment,
without any requirement for such Participant's consent.
          For Active Participants, benefit payments as mandated by Code Section
401(a)(9) shall not commence later than the April 1st following the calendar
year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 or such later date as permitted
under the Code, unless the Participant was (i) over age 70 1/2 before January 1,
1988 and was not a 5% owner of the Employer during the Plan Year ending within
the calendar year in which the Participant attained age 66 1/2, or any
subsequent year, or (ii) the Participant made a designation under Section
242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, in which
event benefit payments may commence after the April 1st following the calendar
year in which the Participant reaches age 70 1/2, but as soon after the
Participant terminates employment as is practical.
          All distributions required under this Section shall be determined and
made in accordance with the Proposed or, if applicable, Final Regulations under
Code Section 401(a)(9),

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including the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Section
1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Proposed or Final Regulations.

5.05      Additional Allocations on Retirement.
          Any allocation for a Participant, made as of a Valuation Date
subsequent to the date of his retirement shall be paid to such Participant, or
his beneficiary, as soon after such Valuation Date as is practical.

5.06      Crediting of Investment Earnings.
          Investment earnings shall be credited to a Participant's Account
through the Valuation Date coincident with or preceding the date that
distribution of the Account is made. No earnings shall be credited after such
Valuation Date.

5.07      Company Stock.
          A Participant may elect to have the portion, if any, of his vested
Account attributable to a fund invested in common stock of the Company
distributed all in cash or all in kind. In the case of an in-kind distribution,
the value of fractional shares shall be paid in cash.

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                                   ARTICLE VI
                                 DEATH BENEFITS

6.01      Death Benefits.
          In the event of the death of an Active Participant or of a Terminated
Vested Participant who has not yet received payment of his Account, the Account
shall be paid to his Beneficiary in a single lump sum. Any payment under this
Section shall be paid as soon as practicable at the Beneficiary's election and
no later than five (5) years after the Participant's death. The distribution
shall be equal to the Participant's Account as of the Valuation Date coincident
with or immediately preceding the date of payment.

6.02      Additional Allocations on Death.
          Any allocation for a Participant, made as of a Valuation Date
subsequent to the date of his death, shall be paid to such Participant's
Beneficiary as soon after such Valuation Date as is practical.

6.03      Beneficiary Designation.
          "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons named to receive any
death benefits which may become payable under the Plan, and shall include any
contingent beneficiary.
          If a Participant has a qualified spouse, then such spouse shall
automatically be the Beneficiary eligible to receive the Account of the
Participant pursuant to the Participant's death, unless the Participant names an
alternate Beneficiary, and the qualified spouse consents in

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writing to the Participant's naming of an alternate Beneficiary, which consent
must acknowledge the effect of such designation and be witnessed by a
representative of the Plan Administrator, or attested to by a notary public. For
purposes of this paragraph, a qualified spouse is a spouse to whom the
Participant is married at the date of death and to whom the Participant has been
married for at least one year. Each Participant shall have the right by written
notice to the Plan Administrator, in the form prescribed by the Plan
Administrator, to designate, and from time to time to change the designation of,
one or more Beneficiaries and contingent beneficiaries to receive any benefit
which may become payable under the Plan pursuant to his death, provided his
qualified spouse, if any, consents to the designation of an alternate
Beneficiary as set forth in the preceding sentence. A qualified spouse may also
expressly permit a Participant to subsequently change an alternative beneficiary
designation without any further spousal consent.
          If it is established to the satisfaction of a Plan representative that
there is no qualified spouse or that such spouse cannot be located, an
alternative beneficiary designation will be deemed a proper election without any
spousal consent.
          Any consent by a qualified spouse obtained under this provision (or
establishment that the consent of a qualified spouse may not be obtained) shall
be effective only with respect to such spouse. A consent that permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by
the qualified spouse must acknowledge that such spouse has the right to limit
consent to a specific beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where
applicable, and that the spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both
of such rights. A revocation of a prior beneficiary designation may be made by a
Participant without the consent of the qualified spouse

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at any time before the commencement of benefits.  The number of revocations
shall not be limited.
          In the event that a Participant who does not have a qualified spouse
as described above fails to designate a Beneficiary to receive a benefit under
the Plan that becomes payable pursuant to his death, or in the event that the
Participant is pre-deceased by all automatic or designated primary and
contingent beneficiaries, the death benefit shall be payable to the
Participant's estate.

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                       VESTING AND SEPARATION FROM SERVICE

7.01      Vesting of Accounts.
          A Participant shall at all times be fully (100%) vested in his Salary
Deferral Contribution Account, After-Tax Contribution Account, Rollover
Contribution Account and in any restoration contributions made pursuant to
Section 7.03.
          A Participant shall be vested in his Matching Employer Contribution
Account and his Discretionary Employer Contribution Account based on his Years
of Service in accordance with the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Years of Service              Vesting Percentage
                          ----------------              ------------------
                          <S>                                   <C>
                          Less than 2                             0%
                          2 but less than 3                      20%
                          3 but less than 4                      40%
                          4 but less than 5                      60%
                          5 but less than 6                      80%
                          6 or more                             100%
</TABLE>

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Active Participant shall be 100%
vested in his Account at his Normal Retirement Date, the date of his retirement
due to Disability or the date of his death.

7.02      Payment of Benefits.
          An Active Participant who is vested in his Account and terminates
employment prior to his Normal Retirement Date shall be deemed a Terminated
Vested Participant.  Payment

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of his vested Account shall be made in a single lump sum no later than sixty
(60) days following the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date. However, any such Participant may elect
that payment of his vested Account be made as of the Valuation Date coincident
with or following the date of his termination of employment, provided that he
makes such election on or before the applicable Valuation Date. A Terminated
Vested Participant's Account shall continue to be credited with investment
earnings through the last Valuation Date coincident with or immediately
preceding the date that payment of the Account is made. No earnings shall be
credited after such Valuation Date.
          The failure of a Participant to make such an election shall be deemed
to be an election to defer commencement of benefits.
          If, after a Participant terminates employment, the total value of his
vested Account is less than $3,500, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to
cash-out the Participant's benefit in a single lump sum after the Valuation Date
coincident with or following the date of his or her termination of employment,
without any requirement for such Participant's consent.

7.03      Re-employment After Distribution and Restoration Contributions.
          Any former Participant who once again qualifies as an Active
Participant and who has received a distribution of any portion of his vested
Account attributable to his prior participation in this Plan may restore to the
Trustee the full amount of the distribution he previously received which was
derived from Employer Contributions. In order to reinstate his full Matching or
Discretionary Employer Contribution Account, a reemployed Participant must repay
the full amount of the distribution from such Accounts prior to the earlier of
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anniversary of the date such participant is reemployed or (ii) five consecutive
one year Breaks-in-Service after the date of distribution. Any Participant who
fails to make his restoration contribution within such time period shall waive
his right to the portion of his Account which was not vested when he received
his distribution.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                              WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

8.01      Withdrawals While Employed.
          In-service withdrawals shall be made upon 15 days written notice in
the following order:
          (a) A Participant may withdraw all or any portion of his After-Tax
Contribution Account. Such withdrawal shall come first from After-Tax
Contributions made prior to January 1, 1987. Next, such withdrawal shall be
allocated proportionately between the Participant's After-Tax Contributions made
after December 31, 1986 and the investment earnings on such contributions. A
Participant may then withdraw the investment earnings on his After-Tax
Contributions made prior to January 1, 1987.
          (b) A Participant may withdraw any portion of his Rollover
Contribution Account upon attainment of age 59 1/2 or in the event of a
financial hardship as described below.
          (c) A Participant may withdraw his Salary Deferral Contribution
Account for any reason after he has attained Age 59 1/2 and prior to Age 59 1/2
solely in the event of a financial hardship, and solely to the extent required
to satisfy the hardship. The amount that may be distributed due to a hardship
may include the amount necessary to pay income taxes or penalties resulting from
the distribution. Such hardship must be an immediate and heavy financial need of
the Participant where such Participant lacks other available resources. Expenses
in connection with a death in a Participant's immediate family would constitute
such an immediate and heavy financial need and the following conditions would
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deemed an immediate and heavy financial need:
          (  i)  expenses for medical care as described under Code Section
                 213(d) incurred by the Participant, his spouse or his
                 dependents or expenses necessary to obtain such medical care;
          ( ii)  costs directly related to the purchase of a primary residence
                 (excluding mortgage payments);
          (iii)  payment of tuition or related educational fees for the next
                 twelve months of post-secondary education for the Employee, his
                 spouse or his dependents;
          ( iv)  payment to prevent eviction of the Participant from a primary
                 residence or foreclosure of mortgage on his primary residence;
                 and
          (  v)  any other occurrence as authorized by the IRS through
                 Regulations, Rulings, Notices and other documents of general
                 applicability.
          A Participant must submit a written certification on the form
prescribed by the Plan Administrator that the hardship distribution is necessary
to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need. The written certification must
indicate that the need cannot reasonably be relieved through reimbursement or
compensation by insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the employee's assets,
by cessation of Salary Deferral Contributions or After Tax Contributions (if
applicable) under the Plan or by other distributions or nontaxable loans from
plans maintained by the Employer or any other employer, or by borrowing from
commercial sources on reasonable commercial terms in an amount sufficient to
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not have actual knowledge to the contrary that the need cannot reasonably be
relieved as described above.
          A Participant may not withdraw any investment earnings included in his
Salary Deferral Contribution Account which wereaccumulated after December 31,
1988, or any Qualified Non-elective Contributions (including investment
earnings), unless he has attained Age 59 1/2.
          A Participant may not withdraw any portion of his Matching Employer
Contribution Account or Discretionary Employer Contribution Account for any
reason prior to his retirement or other termination of employment.
          In no event will any hardship withdrawal of Salary Deferral
Contributions be granted until any applicable distributions and loans have been
taken from this Plan and from all other qualified retirement plans of the
Employer.

8.02      Loans.
          (a) Loans to Active Participants from their Accounts in amounts of not
less than $500 shall be allowed upon 15 days written notice. No more than one
Plan loan may be outstanding to each Participant at any time.
          (b) No Participant shall, under any circumstances, be entitled to
loans in excess of the lesser of (i) 50% of his vested Account as of the
Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the date on which the
loan is made, and (ii) $50,000 less the highest outstanding loan balance over
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loan. For purposes of this paragraph, all outstanding loans to a Participant
under this Plan or any other qualified retirement plan of the Employer shall be
aggregated.
          (c) Any loan to a Participant shall be evidenced by the Participant's
promissory note and secured by the pledge of the Participant's Account in the
Trust Fund and by the pledge of such further collateral as the Trustee deems
necessary or desirable to assure repayment of the borrowed amount and all
interest payable thereon in accordance with the terms of the loan.
          (d) Interest shall be charged at an annual rate equal to the prime
interest rate in effect as of the date the loan is processed, plus one percent
(1%). The rate may be revised from time to time, but no more frequently than
quarterly. The Administrator shall have sole discretion in determining the
interest rate, and its decision shall be final and binding. Principal repayments
and interest payments shall be credited to the Account of the Participant to
whom the loan was made.
          (e) Loans shall be for such term as the Participant elects, except
that loans shall not be for a period in excess of five (5) years unless they are
made for the purposes of purchasing the primary residence of the Participant. In
no event shall a loan be for a period in excess of thirty (30) years or such
longer period of time as established by the Administrator to be used on a
uniform and non-discriminatory basis.
          (f) Loans shall be repaid in approximately level installments made no
less frequently than quarterly. The Plan Administrator may require that loans be
repaid by payroll deduction or any other convenient manner. The manner and
frequency of payment shall be determined by the Plan Administrator.

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          (g) If not repaid in full, the unpaid portion of any outstanding loans
(including interest thereon) shall be deducted at retirement, death, disability
or other termination of employment from any benefit to which a Participant (or
his beneficiary) is entitled under this Plan, and any other security pledge
shall be sold as soon as is practicable after such default by the Trustee at
private or public sale. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied first to pay
the expenses of conducting the sale, including reasonable attorney's fees, and
then to pay any sums due from the borrower to the Trust Fund, with such payment
to be applied first to accrued interest and then to principal. The Participant
shall remain liable for any deficiency, and any surplus remaining shall be paid
to the Participant.
          (h) If a required periodic payment is not made within 90 days of the
date it was due, this shall be deemed a default and foreclosure on the note and
attachment of security will not occur until a distributable event occurs in the
Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 ADMINISTRATION

9.01      Plan Administrator.
          The Plan shall be administered by the Employer in accordance with its
provisions and for purposes of such Plan administration the Employer is hereby
deemed to be Plan Administrator within the meaning of ERISA. All aspects of Plan
administration shall be the responsibility of the Plan Administrator except
those specifically delegated to the Trustees or other parties in accordance with
provisions of the Plan or Trust Agreement.

9.02      Administrative Procedures.
          The Administrator shall have discretionary authority based on a
reasonable interpretation of the Plan to determine the eligibility for benefits
and the benefits payable under the Plan, and shall have discretionary authority
to construe all terms of the Plan, including uncertain terms, to determine
questions of fact and law arising under the Plan and make such rules as may be
necessary for the administration of the Plan. Any determination by the Plan
Administrator shall be given deference in the event it is subject to judicial
review, and shall be overturned only if it is arbitrary and capricious or an
abuse of discretion. The Administrator may require Participants to apply in
writing for benefits hereunder and to furnish satisfactory evidence of their
date of birth and such other information as may from time to time be deemed
necessary.

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          The Plan Administrator shall appoint the Trustees, Investment
Managers, or any other professional advisors as the Administrator, in is sole
discretion, deems necessary or appropriate.

9.03      Other Plan Administrator.
          Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Employer may appoint a
committee or an individual or individuals, whether or not employed by the
Employer, to carry out any of the duties of the Plan Administrator. Such duties
may include, but are not limited to, determining the eligibility of any Employee
for any benefits and the amount of such benefits under the Plan, maintaining
custody of all documents and elections made by an Employee, directing the
investment of any payment made by an Employer within any limits which may be
imposed by the Employer, and retaining suitable agents and advisors. Any
committee or individual shall be considered an agent of the Employer with
respect to the Plan and shall be indemnified by the Employer against any and all
claims, losses, damages, expenses and liabilities arising from any action or
failure to act, except when the same is determined to be due to the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such individual or a member of a committee.

9.04      Claims Procedures.
          (a) If any claim of a Participant or Beneficiary (hereinafter referred
to as "Claimant") is partially or totally denied, the Plan Administrator shall
advise the Claimant in writing of the method of computation of his benefit, if
any, and the specific reason for the denial. This written notice will be
provided to the Claimant within a reasonable period of time

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(generally within 90 days) after the Administrator's receipt of the claim. The
Administrator shall also furnish the Claimant at that time with:
                 (  i)     a specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions,
                 ( ii)     a description of any additional material or
                           information necessary for the Claimant to perfect
                           his claim, if possible, and an explanation of why
                           such material or information is needed, and
                 (iii)     an explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
          If a notice of denial of the claim, or a request for additional time
to process the claim due to special circumstances, is not furnished to the
Claimant within the 90-day period, the claim shall be deemed denied. The
Claimant may then proceed to the review stage described in the following
paragraphs.
          (b) The Claimant shall, if he desires further review, file a written
request for reconsideration with the Administrator. This written request must be
filed no later than 60 days after receipt of the information stated in (a)
above.
          (c) So long as the Claimant's request for review is pending (including
the 60 day period in (b) above), the Claimant or his duly authorized
representative may review pertinent Plan documents and may submit issues and
comments in writing to the Administrator.
          (d) A final and binding decision shall be made by the Administrator
within 60 days of the filing by the Claimant of his request for reconsideration,
provided, however, that if the Administrator, in its discretion, determines that
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representative present is necessary or desirable, this period shall be extended
an additional 60 days.
          (e) The Administrator's decision shall be conveyed to the Claimant in
writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision, written in a manner
calculated to be understood by the Claimant, with specific references to the
pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

9.05      Expenses.
          Expenses of the Plan shall be paid from the Trust Fund unless the
Employer elects to pay such expenses.

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                                    ARTICLE X
                       AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS

10.01     Amendment.
          The provisions of this Plan may be amended at any time and from time
to time by the Employer, provided, however, that:
          (a)    no amendment shall increase the duties or liabilities of the
Plan Administrator or of the Trustee without the consent of such party;
          (b) no amendment shall deprive any Participant or beneficiary of a
deceased Participant of any of the benefits to which he is entitled under this
Plan with respect to contributions previously made, nor shall any amendment
decrease the balance in any Participant's Account. For purposes of this
paragraph, a plan amendment which has the effect of decreasing the balance of a
Participant's Account or eliminating an optional form of benefit with respect to
benefits attributable to service before the amendment shall be treated as
reducing an accrued benefit;
          (c) no amendment shall provide for the use of funds or assets held to
provide benefits under this Plan other than for the benefit of Employees and
their beneficiaries or provide that funds may revert to the Employer except as
permitted by law; and
          (d) no amendment may change the vesting schedule with respect to any
Participant, unless each Participant with three or more Years of Service is
permitted to elect to have the vesting schedule which was in effect before the
amendment used to determine his vested

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benefit. The period during which the election may be made shall commence with
the date the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall end on the
latest of:
                 (1)  60 days after the amendment is adopted;
                 (2)  60 days after the amendment becomes effective;
         or
                 (3)  60 days after the Participant is issued written notice
of the amendment by the Employer or Plan Administrator.
          In the case of an Employee who is a Participant as of the later of the
date such amendment is adopted or the date it becomes effective, the
nonforfeitable percentage (determined as of such date) of such Employee's right
to his Employer-derived accrued benefit will not be less than his percentage
computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment.
          Each amendment shall be approved by the Board of Directors by
resolution and shall be filed with the Trustee.

10.02     Plan Termination.
          (a) Right Reserved. While it is the Employer's intention to continue
the Plan indefinitely the right is, nevertheless, reserved to terminate the Plan
in whole or in part. Termination or partial termination of the Plan shall result
in full and immediate vesting of each affected Participant in his entire
Account, and there shall not thereafter be any forfeitures with respect to any
Participant for any reason. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan,
complete or partial termination of the Plan shall not be conditioned solely upon
any resolution or other action of the Company, the Board of Directors or any
other party.

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          (b) Effect on Retired Persons, etc. Termination of the Plan shall have
no effect upon payment of benefits due to former Participants, their
beneficiaries and their estates. The Trustee shall retain sufficient assets to
complete any such payments due and shall have the right, upon direction by the
Employer, to make such payments as of the effective date of the Plan
termination.
          (c) Effect on Remaining Participants, etc. The Employer shall instruct
the Trustees either (i) to continue to manage and administer the assets of the
Trust for the benefit of the Participants and their beneficiaries pursuant to
the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement, or (ii) to pay over to each
Participant (and vested former Participant) the value of his vested account, and
to thereupon dissolve the Trust.
          Upon termination of this Plan, if the Employer or any Affiliated
Organization does not maintain a successor plan, the Participant's Account may,
without the Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant. However,
if any entity within the same controlled group as the Employer maintains a
successor plan then the Participant's Account will be transferred, without the
Participant's consent, to the other plan. For purposes of this Section 10.02(c),
a successor plan is any other defined contribution plan (other than an employee
stock ownership plan as defined in Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code or a
simplified employee pension as defined in Section 408(k) of the Code) maintained
by the Employer or any Affiliated Organization unless fewer than two percent of
the Active Participants as of the time of the Plan's termination are or were
eligible under such defined contribution plan at any time during the 24-month
period beginning 12 months before the time of the termination.

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10.03     Permanent Discontinuance of Employer Contributions.
          While it is the Employer's intention to make substantial and
recurrent contributions to the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of this
Plan, the right is, nevertheless, reserved to at any time permanently
discontinue Employer contributions. Such permanent discontinuance shall be
established by resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have the effect of
a termination of the Plan, except that the Trustee shall not have authority to
dissolve the Trust Fund except upon adoption of a further resolution by the
Board of Directors to the effect that the Plan is terminated and upon receipt
from the Employer of instructions to dissolve the Trust Fund pursuant to Section
10.02(c) hereof.

10.04     Suspension of Employer Contributions.
          The Employer shall have the right at any time, and from time to time,
to suspend Employer contributions to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Plan. Such
suspension shall have no effect on the operation of the Plan unless the Board of
Directors determines by resolution that such suspension shall be permanent. A
permanent discontinuance of contributions will be deemed to have occurred as of
the date of such resolution or such earlier date as is therein specified.

10.05     Mergers and Consolidations of Plans.
          In the event of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of
assets or liabilities to, any other plan, each Participant shall have a benefit
in the surviving or transferee plan (determined as if such plan were then
terminated immediately after such merger, etc.) that is

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equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive
immediately before such merger, etc., in the Plan in which he was then a
Participant (had such Plan been terminated at that time). For the purposes
hereof, former Participants and beneficiaries shall be considered Participants.

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                                   ARTICLE XI
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

11.01     Non-Alienation of Benefits.
          None of the payments, benefits or rights of any Participant or
beneficiary shall be subject to any claim of any creditor, and in particular, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, all such payments, benefits and rights
shall be free from attachment, garnishment, trustee's process, or any other
legal or equitable process available to any creditor of such Participant or
beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall assign
or recognize an alternate payee with respect to all or a portion of a
Participant's benefit, as may be required in accordance with a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order, as such term is defined and as such action by the Plan
Administrator may be required under Section 414 of the Code and regulations
issued pursuant thereto. The Administrator shall develop such guidelines and
procedures as it deems appropriate to determine, in accordance with Section 414
of the Code, and regulations issued pursuant thereto, whether, and in what
manner, to comply with any document it receives which is intended to be a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order. No Participant or beneficiary shall have the
right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber or assign any of the
benefits or payments which he may expect to receive, contingently or otherwise,
under this Plan, except the right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries as
hereinbefore provided.

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

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

11.04     Heirs, Assigns and Personal Representatives.
          This Plan shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns of the parties, including each Participant and
beneficiary, present and future.

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

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

11.07     Funding Policy.
          The Plan Administrator, in consultation with the Employer, shall
establish and communicate to the Trustees a funding policy consistent with the
objectives of this Plan and of the corresponding Trust. Such policy shall
reflect due regard for the emerging liquidity needs of the Trust. Such funding
policy shall also state the general investment objectives of the Trust and the
philosophy upon which maintenance of the Plan is based.

11.08     Title to Assets.
          No Participant or beneficiary shall have any right to, or interest in,
any assets of the Trust Fund upon termination of his employment or otherwise,
except as provided from time to time under this Plan, and then only to the
extent of the benefits payable under the Plan to such Participant out of the
assets of the Trust Fund. All payments of benefits as provided for in this Plan
shall be made from the assets of the Trust Fund, and neither the Employer nor
any other person shall be liable therefor in any manner.

11.09     Payment to Minors, etc.
          Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of a minor, an incompetent
person or other person incapable of receipting therefor shall be deemed paid
when paid to such person's

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guardian or to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the
care of such person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Trustees, the
Plan Administrator, the Employer and all other parties with respect thereto.

11.10     Situs.
          This Plan shall, to the extent not pre-empted by ERISA or other
Federal law, be construed according to the laws of the state where the principal
office of the Company is domiciled, where such state statutes may be applicable
to an employee benefit plan.

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                                   ARTICLE XII
                              TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS

12.01     Top-Heavy Plan.
          For any Plan Year commencing in 1984 or thereafter, the Plan shall be
a Top-Heavy Plan, as such term is defined under Section 416 of the Internal
Revenue Code, if the Value of Accumulated Benefits for Key Employees under all
Aggregated Plans exceeds 60% of the Value of Accumulated Benefits for all Group
Participants under all Aggregated Plans, determined as of the Determination Date
immediately preceding such Plan Year. If the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan for a Plan
Year and, as of the Determination Date immediately preceding such Plan Year, the
Value of Accumulated Benefits for Key Employees under all Aggregated Plans
exceeds 90% of the Value of Accumulated Benefits for all Group Participants
under all Aggregated Plans, then the Plan shall be a Super Top-Heavy Plan for
such Plan Year. For such purposes, the terms "Key Employees" and "Group
Participants" shall include all persons who are or were Key Employees or Group
Participants during the Plan Year ending on such Determination Date or during
any of the four (4) immediately preceding Plan Years.
          The value of Accounts and the present value of accrued benefits will
be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends
with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in
Section 416 of the Code for the first and second plan years of a defined benefit
plan. The Accounts and accrued benefits of a Participant (1) who is not a Key
Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has not been
credited with at least one Hour of Service with any Employer maintaining the

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Plan at any time during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date will
be disregarded. The calculation of the top-heavy ratio, and the extent to which
distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in
accordance with Section 416 of the Code. Deductible employee contributions will
not be taken into account for purposes of computing the top-heavy ratio. When
aggregating plans the value of Accounts and accrued benefits will be calculated
with reference to the determination dates that fall within the same calendar
year.
          The accrued benefit of a participant other than a Key Employee shall
be determined under (a) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual
purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer, or (b) if
there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the
slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional rule of Section 411(b)(1)(c)
of the Code.
          For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply in
addition to those set forth in Article I:
          "Affiliated Employer Group" shall mean the Employer and each other
employer which must be aggregated with the Employer for purposes of Sections
414(b), 414(c) or 414(m) of the Code.
          "Aggregated Plans" shall mean (i) all plans of the Employer or an
Affiliated Employer Group which are required to be aggregated with the Plan, and
(ii) all plans of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer Group which are
permitted to be aggregated with the Plan and which the Plan Administrator elects
to aggregate with the Plan, for purposes of determining whether the Plan is a
Top-Heavy Plan. A plan shall be required to be aggregated with the Plan if such
plan includes as a participant a Key Employee (and the beneficiary of such
employee)

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or if such plan enables any plan of the Employer or of a member of the
Affiliated Employer Group in which a Key Employee participates to qualify under
Section 401(a)(4) or Section 410 of the Code. A plan of the Employer or the
Affiliated Employer Group shall be permitted to be aggregated with the Plan if
such plan satisfies the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code,
when considered together with the Plan and all plans which are required to be
aggregated with the Plan. No plan shall be aggregated with the Plan unless it is
a qualified plan under Section 401 of the Code. The required aggregation group
shall include plans terminated within the five year period ending on the
Determination Date.
          "Annual compensation" shall mean compensation as defined in Section
415(c)(3) of the Code but including amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant
to a salary reduction agreement which are excludable from the Employee's gross
income under Section 125, Section 402(a)(8), Section 402(h) or Section 403(b) of
the Code.
          "Determination Date" shall mean the date as of which it is determined
whether a plan is a Top-Heavy Plan or Super Top-Heavy Plan for the Plan Year
immediately following such Determination Date. The Determination Date for the
Plan shall be:
          (a)    in the case of a defined benefit plan, the date as of which the
                 actuarial valuation of the Plan, as used for determination of
                 minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code, is
                 performed; and
          (b)    in the case of a defined contribution plan, the last day of
                 the Plan Year.
          "Group Participant" shall mean anyone who is or was a participant in
any plan included in the Aggregated Plans during the Plan Year which includes
the Determination Date or any of the four (4) immediately preceding Plan Years,
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an Employer during the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date.
Any beneficiary of a Group Participant who has received, or is expected to
receive, a benefit from a plan included in the Aggregated Plans shall be
considered a Group Participant solely for purposes of determining whether the
Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan or Super Top-Heavy Plan.
          "Key Employee" shall mean any employee or former employee of the
Employer or of an Affiliated Employer Group who during the Plan Year which
includes the Determination Date, or during any of the four (4) Plan Years
immediately preceding such Plan Year, was:
          (a)    an officer of the Employer whose compensation is at least
                 $45,000 (or such higher amount as is permitted in accordance
                 with the Code); or
          (b)    a five percent (5%) owner of the Employer; or
          (c)    a one percent (1%) owner of the Employer whose total annual
                 compensation from the Affiliated Employer Group exceeds
                 $150,000; or
          (d)    an employee whose compensation equals or exceeds $30,000 (or
                 such higher amount as may be defined under Section 415(c)(1)(A)
                 of the Code), and whose ownership interest in the Affiliated
                 Employer Group is among the ten largest.
          In no event shall a partner of an unincorporated employer be
considered an officer under paragraph(a) above. Further, the number of officers
counted under (a) above as of any Determination Date shall not exceed the lesser
of:
          (1)    the greater of (i) ten percent (10%) of the total number of
                 employees of the Affiliated Employer Group, and (ii) three
                 (3); and
          (2)    fifty (50).

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          If the application of the preceding paragraph results in a reduction
in the number of officers to be included as Key Employees, then individuals who
are officers shall be eliminated from the group of Key Employees beginning with
the individual who had the lowest one-year compensation in the five (5) year
period including the Plan Year which includes the Determination Date, and the
four (4) immediately preceding Plan Years, and eliminating each individual with
the next higher one-year compensation in such period, until the maximum number
of officers remain in the Key Employee group.
          In addition, the beneficiary of a Key Employee shall be deemed to be a
Key Employee.
          "Non-Key Employee" shall mean an Employee who is not a Key Employee.
An Employee who was a Key Employee in a previous Plan Year but who is no longer
a Key Employee in the current Plan Year, shall not be considered a Non-Key
Employee for the current Plan Year.
          "Value of Accumulated Benefits" shall mean
          (a)    in the case of a Group Participant or beneficiary covered
                 under a defined benefit plan, the sum of
          (i)    the present value of the accrued pension benefit (as such term
                 is defined under the applicable plan) of the Group Participant
                 or beneficiary determined as of the Determination Date using
                 reasonable actuarial assumptions as to interest and mortality,
                 and taking into account any non-proportional subsidies in
                 accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the
                 Treasury; plus

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          (ii)   the sum of any amounts distributed to the Group Participant and
                 his beneficiary during the plan year ending on the
                 Determination Date and during the four (4) immediately
                 preceding plan years.
          (b)    in the case of a Group Participant or beneficiary covered under
                 a defined contribution plan, the sum of the accounts of the
                 Group Participant or beneficiary under the plan as of the
                 plan's Determination Date derived from: (1) employee
                 contributions credited to such accounts and
                        investment earnings thereon; and
            (2) employer contributions credited to such accounts and
                        investment earnings thereon; and
                 (3)  rollover contributions made prior to January 1, 1984, and
                      investment earnings thereon; and
                 (4)  any contributions which would have been credited to such
                      accounts on or before the Determination Date, but which
                      were waived as provided under the Code and resulted in a
                      funding deficiency; and
                 (5)  any amount distributed from the accounts described in (1)
                      through (4) above during the Plan Year ending on the
                      Determination Date, and the four (4) immediately preceding
                      Plan Years.

          If the Plan is determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan or Super Top-Heavy
Plan as of any Determination Date, then it shall be subject to the rules set
forth in the remainder of this

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Article for the Plan Year next following such Determination Date. If, as of a
subsequent Determination Date, the Plan is determined to no longer be a
Top-Heavy Plan or Super Top-Heavy Plan, then the rules set forth in the
remainder of this Article shall no longer apply, except where expressly
indicated otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan changes from
being a Super Top-Heavy Plan to a Top-Heavy Plan, the rules applicable to a
Top-Heavy Plan shall apply.
          "Year of Super Top-Heavy Service" shall mean a Year of Service of a
Participant which commenced in a Plan Year during which the Plan was a Super
Top-Heavy Plan.
          "Year of Top-Heavy Service" shall mean a Year of Service of a
Participant which commenced in a Plan Year during which the Plan was a Top-Heavy
Plan.

12.02     Minimum Contributions or Benefits.
          For any Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan the minimum
rate of contributions and forfeitures allocated to the account of any
Participant shall be the lesser of:
          ( i)   The highest rate of employer contributions and forfeitures
                 (determined as a percentage of compensation as defined under
                 Section 415 of the Code) allocated to the account of any Key
                 Employee; and
          (ii)   3% of such compensation.

          Notwithstanding the above paragraph, if a Participant is also a
participant in another defined contribution plan of the Affiliated Employer
Group, all or a portion of the minimum allocation described above may be
provided under such other plan and the minimum

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allocation provided under this Plan shall be eliminated or reduced accordingly.
If the Employee is a Participant in one or more defined benefit plans of the
Affiliated Employer Group, all or a portion of the minimum required benefits or
allocations under Section 416 of the Code may be provided under such plans as
set forth in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
minimum allocation provided in the preceding paragraph shall be eliminated or
reduced accordingly. Employer contributions resulting from a salary reduction
election by an Employee shall not be counted toward meeting the minimum required
allocations under this Section. Matching Employer Contributions may be used to
satisfy the minimum required allocations under this Section, if such
contributions are not counted under the ACP test described in Section 3.06.
          Participants who are Non-Key Employees and who are not separated from
service as of the last day of the Plan Year, and who have (1) failed to complete
1000 Hours of Service (or the equivalent), (2) declined to make mandatory
contributions to the Plan, or (3) been excluded from the Plan because such
individual's compensation is less than a stated amount, are considered
Participants solely for purposes of this Section.
          The minimum allocation required [to the extent required to be
nonforfeitable under Section 416(b)] may not be forfeited under Section
411(a)(3)(B) or 411 (a)(3)(D).

12.03     Adjustment to Maximum Benefits.
          If the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year, then the maximum
benefit which can be provided under Section 3.10 shall be determined by
substituting "1.00" for "1.25" in the applicable fractions. However, if the Plan
is not a Super Top-Heavy Plan for such Plan

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Year, than the preceding sentence shall not apply provided that "4%" (or such
higher rate as is required by Internal Revenue Service Regulations) is
substituted for "3%" in the first paragraph of Section 12.02.

12.04     Minimum Vesting
          If the Plan is determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year,
then an Active Participant's vested interest in his Account determined as of the
first day of such Plan Year, and determined as of any future date while the Plan
continues to be a Top- Heavy Plan, shall be no less than as determined under the
following Table:

          Years of Service                           Vesting Percentage
          ----------------                           ------------------
          Less than 2 years                           None
          2 but less than 3                            20%
          3 but less than 4                            40%
          4 but less than 5                            60%
          5 but less than 6                            80%

          If the Plan subsequently is determined to no longer be a Top-Heavy
Plan, then the above minimum vesting schedule shall not apply to any portion of
a Participant's Account which is accrued after the first day of the first Plan
Year in which the Plan is no longer a Top-Heavy Plan, provided that the Account
for any Participant with three (3) or more Years of Service as the first date as
of which the Plan is no longer a Top-Heavy Plan shall continue to be vested in
accordance with a schedule not less than the minimum vesting schedule applicable
during the period that the Plan was a Top-Heavy Plan.

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          The minimum vesting schedule applies to all benefits within the
meaning of Section 411(a)(7) of the Code except those attributable to employee
contributions, including benefits accrued before the effective date of section
416 and benefits accrued before the Plan became top-heavy.

12.05     Discontinuance of Article.
          In the event that the provisions of this Article are no longer
required to qualify the Plan under the Code, then this Article XII shall
thereupon be void without the necessity of further amendment of the Plan.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and as evidence of the adoption of the foregoing,
the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by a duly authorized
officer as of this day of , 199 .

                                     HANOVER DIRECT, INC.

                                     By:    ____________________________________

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