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                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

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                                 SUNOCO, INC.
                           EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                 (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2000)

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                                   ARTICLE I
                                  Definitions

  1.01 Actuarial Equivalent - shall mean, except as otherwise provided in this
Section, a benefit of equivalent value to the benefit which would otherwise have
been provided to the Participant, determined on the same basis as determined
under the Sunoco, Inc. Retirement Plan. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
for purposes of determining the Actuarial Equivalent lump-sum value for payment
for benefits under Section 3.07, the mortality table described in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.417(e)-1(d)(2) and the applicable interest rate described
in Treasury Regulation Section 1.417(e)-1(d)(3) as specified for the second
month preceding the calendar quarter in which the annuity starting date occurs
(or if a larger lump-sum value results, and if the annuity starting date is
during the period beginning January 1, 2000, and ending December 31, 2000, the
applicable interest rate described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.417(e)-
1(d)(3) as specified for the second month preceding the calendar month in which
the annuity starting date occurs) shall be used. For purposes of determining the
lump-sum Actuarially Equivalent value of retirement income pursuant to Section
3.02, 3.04 or 3.06, the value of early retirement and survivor benefits under
the Plan shall be reflected in such lump-sum amounts.

  1.02 Affiliated Company - shall mean the Company and:

     (a) Any other corporation which is included within a "controlled group of
  corporations" within which Sunoco, Inc., is also included as determined under
  Section 1563 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code without regard to subsections
  (a)(4) and (e)(3)(C) of said Section 1563;

     (b) Any other trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which,
  based on principles similar to those defining a "controlled group of
  corporations" for purposes of (a) above, are under common control; and

     (c) Any other organization so designated by the Board Committee.

  1.03 Affiliated Company Benefit - shall mean the monthly amount of Benefit (or
the Actuarial Equivalent of such Benefit) to which a Participant and/or Spouse
is or was entitled under any qualified or nonqualified defined contribution or
defined benefit plan that is or was maintained by an Affiliated Company as the
primary source of employer-provided retirement income for participants of such
plan, including the Base Plan; provided, however, that in the case of a defined
contribution plan, the value of such Benefit will be determined based on the
aggregate contributions made on behalf of the Participant (whether or not
subsequently withdrawn by the Participant), accumulated at a rate or rates of
interest as determined by the Plan Administrator, which determination will be
made in a uniform and consistent manner.

  1.04 Base Plan - shall mean the Sunoco, Inc. Retirement Plan.

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  1.05 Beneficiary - shall mean the person or persons, other than a contingent
annuitant, designated by a Participant or retired Participant pursuant to
Article IV.

  1.06 Board of Directors - shall mean the Board of Directors of Sunoco, Inc.

  1.07 Board Committee - shall mean those individual Directors who have been
appointed by the Board of Directors with the powers and responsibilities
specified in Article VIII and to which has been delegated any fiduciary
responsibilities of the Board of Directors with respect to the Plan.

  1.08 Cause - shall mean termination of a Participant's employment by the
Company, due to:

     (a) the Participant's indictment for a criminal offense (other than a
  traffic offense) including, without limitation, a crime involving moral
  turpitude or common law fraud;

     (b) excessive absenteeism by the Participant, unrelated to any illness; or

     (c) the Company's reasonable determination that the Participant has either:

         (1) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or misappropriation
     of funds in connection with such Participant's duties in the course of his
     employment with the Company; or

         (2) engaged in mismanagement, negligence, or misconduct in the course
     of his employment with the Company.

  1.09 Change in Control - shall be deemed to have occurred if:

     (a) continuing Directors cease within one year of such Control Transaction
  to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Sunoco, Inc. (or of the
  Board of Directors of any successor to Sunoco, Inc. or to all or substantially
  all of its assets) or

     (b) any entity, person or Group acquires shares of Sunoco, Inc. in a
  transaction or series of transactions that result in such entity, person or
  Group directly or indirectly owning beneficially more than twenty percent
  (20%) of the outstanding voting shares.

  1.10 Company - shall mean Sunoco, Inc. or any corporation which succeeds to
the position of Sunoco, Inc. as common parent of the Sunoco Affiliated Group,
within the meaning of regulations issued under the Internal Revenue Code.

  1.11 Credited Service - subject to the limitations hereinafter described,
shall mean the sum of the following:

     (a) the actual amount, in completed years and months, of the Participant's
  Service; and

     (b) an additional one month for each full year of such Service completed at
  the time the determination is being made; provided, however, that:

         (1) the maximum number of months credited under this provision will be
     thirty-six (36);

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         (2) when the Participant attains his 62nd birthday, the number of
     months credited under this provision will automatically become thirty-six
     (36), regardless of the length of the Participant's Service; and

         (3) after the Participant's 62nd birthday, the number of months
     credited under this provision will be reduced from month to month so that
     at any time a determination is being made, the maximum number of months
     credited under this provision will not exceed the number of months
     remaining until the Participant's 65th birthday.

     Credited Service will not include any Service after a Participant's Normal
Retirement Date, nor will it include periods of employment with an Affiliated
Company before or after it becomes or ceases to be an Affiliated Company.

  1.12 Continuing Director - shall mean a Director who was a member of the Board
of Directors of Sunoco, Inc. immediately prior to a Control Transaction which
results in a Change in Control.

  1.13 Control Transaction - shall mean any of the following transactions or any
combination thereof:

     (a) any tender offer for or acquisition of capital stock of Sunoco, Inc.;

     (b) any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the
  assets of Sunoco, Inc.; or

     (c) the submission of a nominee or nominees for the position of director of
  the Company by a shareholder of a Group of shareholders in a proxy
  solicitation or otherwise.

  1.14 Earnings - shall mean:

     (a) For periods beginning after December 31, 1997, the sum of:

         (1) base salary paid or payable to a Participant by the Company or an
     Affiliated Company; and

         (2) the actual incentive awards granted to a Participant pursuant to
     the Sunoco, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan (the "EIP") or the equivalent
     thereof pursuant to an incentive plan sponsored by the Company or an
     Affiliated Company; or

     (b) For periods beginning prior to January 1, 1998, the sum of:

         (1) base salary paid or payable to a Participant by the Company or an
     Affiliated Company, and

         (2) the actual incentive awards granted to a Participant pursuant to
     the EIP, up to the Participant's unadjusted annual guideline bonus in
     effect for the Participant under such Plan, or the equivalent thereof
     pursuant to an incentive plan sponsored by the Company or an Affiliated
     Company.

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  1.15 Effective Date - shall mean January 1, 1980, and as to any amendment, the
effective date specified by the Board of Directors.

  1.16 Employee - shall mean any individual who is employed by the Company or an
Affiliated Company.

  1.17 Executive - shall mean any Employee who is employed by the Company as a
principal officer, or in a job which, in accordance with the Company's job
evaluation program, has been assigned 1400 or more Hay points, and any other
Employee who is designated by the Board Committee as being an Executive for
purposes of this Plan.

  1.18 Executive Service - shall mean that part of a Participant's Service which
was rendered while he was an Executive.

  1.19 Final Average Earnings - shall mean the greater of:

     (a) the arithmetic average of the Participant's aggregate Earnings during
  the thirty-six (36) calendar months of the last 120-consecutive calendar month
  period of Service immediately preceding the earlier of actual retirement,
  Termination Date or the Participant's 62nd birthday (or the actual number of
  such months if less than thirty-six (36)) which produces the highest average;
  or

     (b)  the Transition Final Average Earnings.

  1.20 Group - shall mean persons who act in concert as described in Sections
13(d)(3) and/or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

  1.21 Just Cause - shall mean:

       (a) a judicial determination that the Participant has committed fraud,
           misappropriation, or embezzlement against the Company; or

       (b) a non-appealable conviction of, or entry of a plea of nolo contendere
           for, an act by the Participant constituting a felony which, as
           determined by the Company in good faith, constitutes a crime
           involving moral turpitude and has resulted in material harm to the
           Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates taken as a whole.

          No termination of employment shall be deemed an effective termination
       for Just Cause unless accompanied by a copy of a resolution duly adopted
       by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Continuing
       Directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors which was called and
       held for the purpose of considering such termination, or if there are no
       Continuing Directors, then by at least three quarters (3/4) of the entire
       Board of Directors (after reasonable notice to the Participant and an
       opportunity for the Participant, together with the Participant's counsel,
       to be heard before the Board of Directors) finding that, in the good
       faith opinion of the Board of Directors, the Participant was guilty of
       conduct set forth in

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       the preceding sentence, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
       In any deliberations or votes by the Board of Directors concerning a
       determination under this Section, the Participant shall recuse himself
       from such deliberations and votes.

  1.22 Nonaffiliated Employer Benefit - shall mean the monthly amount of
Benefit, (or the Actuarial Equivalent of such Benefit) to which a Participant
and/or Spouse is or was entitled as a result of prior employment with any
employer other than the Company or an Affiliated Company under any qualified or
nonqualified defined contribution or defined benefit retirement plan that is or
was maintained by such employer as the primary source of employer-provided
retirement income for participants of such plan; provided, however, that in the
case of a defined contribution plan, the value of such Benefit will be
determined based on the aggregate contributions made on behalf of the
Participant (whether or not subsequently withdrawn by the Participant),
accumulated at a rate or rates of interest as determined by the Plan
Administrator, which determination will be made in a uniform and consistent
manner.

  1.23 Normal Retirement Date - shall mean the first day of the calendar month
coincident with or next following the Participant's 65th birthday.

  1.24 Participant - shall mean any Employee who is a Participant in the Sunoco,
Inc. Retirement Plan, who has not waived his rights to participate in this Plan,
and who is either:

     (a) an Executive; or

     (b) designated as a Participant by the Board Committee.

  Except as provided in Sections 6.01, 6.02 or 6.04, if any Participant ceases
to be an Executive, he will thereupon cease to be a Participant (unless
otherwise designated by the Board Committee), and will forfeit all rights to
benefits under this Plan.

  1.25 Plan - shall mean the Sunoco, Inc. Executive Retirement Plan as set forth
in this document and as it may from time to time be amended.

  1.26 Plan Administrator - shall mean the individual or entity designated as
such by the Board Committee pursuant to Article VIII.

  1.27 Plan Year - shall mean the annual period beginning on January 1 of any
year and ending on the following December 31.

  1.28 Potential Change in Control - shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events or transactions:

     (a) any person (other than Sunoco, Inc. or any affiliate or subsidiary
  thereof) makes a tender offer for capital stock of Sunoco, Inc.

     (b) any person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
  capital stock of Sunoco, Inc. in an amount which requires the filing of
  Schedule 13D or its equivalent form

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  pursuant to the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934 as from time to time amended;

     (c) the submission of a nominee or nominees for the position of director of
  Sunoco, Inc. by a shareholder or Group of shareholders in a proxy solicitation
  or otherwise which, in its judgment, the Board of Directors determines by
  adoption of a resolution within thirty (30) days of such submission, might
  result in a Change in Control of Sunoco, Inc.

     (d) any person files a pre-merger notification for the acquisition of
  capital stock of Sunoco, Inc. pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; or

     (e) the Board of Directors in its judgment determines by adoption of a
  resolution that a Potential Change in Control of Sunoco, Inc. for purposes of
  this Plan has occurred.

  1.29 Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit - shall mean the benefit payable
upon the Participant's death to the Spouse of a Participant pursuant to Section
5.01.

  1.30 Qualifying Termination of the employment of a Participant - shall mean
any of the following:

     (a) a termination of employment by the Company within two (2) years after a
  Change in Control, other than for Just Cause, death or disability;

     (b) a termination of employment by the Participant within two (2) years
  after a Change in Control for one or more of the following reasons:

         (1) the assignment to such Participant of any duties inconsistent in a
     way adverse to such Participant, with such Participant's positions, duties,
     responsibility and status with the Company immediately prior to the Change
     in Control, or a reduction in the duties and responsibilities held by the
     participant immediately prior to the Change in Control; a change in the
     Participant's reporting responsibilities, title or offices as in effect
     immediately prior to the Change in Control that is adverse to the
     Participant; or any removal of the Participant from or any failure to re-
     elect the Participant to any position with the Company that such
     Participant held immediately prior to the Change in Control except in
     connection with such Participant's:

             (i)  assignment to a new position at a higher annual base salary
         and guideline bonus; or

             (ii) termination of employment by the Company for Just Cause; or
         (2) With respect to any Participant who is a member of the Board of
     Directors immediately prior to the Change in Control, any failure of the
     shareholders of the company to elect or reelect, or of the Company to
     appoint or reappoint, the Participant as a member of the Board of
     Directors;

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         (3) A reduction by the Company in the Participant's base annual salary
     or guideline (target) bonus as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
     Control; the failure by the Company to continue in effect, or the taking of
     any action by the Company that would adversely affect such Participant's
     participation in or materially reduce such Participant's benefits under,
     any employee benefit plan or compensation plan in which such Participant
     was participating immediately prior to the Change in Control; provided,
     however, that in the aggregate such actions by the Company significantly
     reduce the Participant's total compensation (i.e., the sum of Participant's
     annual base salary, guideline (target) bonus, and the aggregate value to
     the Participant of all employee benefit or compensation plans); or the
     failure by the Company, without the Participant's consent, to pay to the
     Participant any portion of the Participant's current compensation, or to
     pay to the Participant any portion of an installment of deferred
     compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company or

         (4) the Company requires the Participant to be based anywhere other
     than the Participant's present work location or a location within thirty-
     five (35) miles from the present location; or the Company requires the
     Participant to travel on Company business to an extent substantially more
     burdensome than such Participant's travel obligations during the period of
     twelve (12) consecutive months immediately preceding the Change in Control;
     provided, however, that in the case of any such termination of employment
     by the Participant under this subsection 1.30(b), such termination shall
     not be deemed to be a Qualifying Termination unless the termination occurs
     within 120 days after the occurrence of the event or events constituting
     the reason for the termination; or

     (c) a termination of employment by the Company other than termination for
  Just Cause, or a termination of employment by the Participant for one of the
  reasons set forth in subsection 1.30(b) above, following a Potential Change in
  Control, if the Participant can demonstrate that such termination or
  circumstance in subsection 1.30(b) above leading to termination:

       (1) was at the request of a third party with which the Company had
     entered into negotiations or an agreement with regard to a Change in
     Control; or

       (2) otherwise occurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, a
     Change in Control, provided that, in either such case, such Change in
     Control actually occurs within one (1) year following the Termination Date.

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  1.31 Service - shall mean the completed years and months of an Employee's
employment by the Company or an Affiliated Company, whether or not continuous.

  1.32 Social Security Benefit - shall mean the Primary Insurance Amount to
which a Participant becomes entitled at age sixty-five (65) under Social
Security legislation in effect on the earliest of his Normal Retirement Date,
early retirement date or Termination Date.

  1.33 Spouse - shall mean the individual who is the legally married husband or
wife of a Participant.

  1.34 Statutory Benefit - shall mean the monthly amount of any benefit (or the
Actuarial Equivalent of such benefit) from any country other than the United
States to which a Participant, upon proper application, is or would be entitled.

  1.35 Termination Date - shall mean the date on which a Participant ceases to
be an Employee.

  1.36 Transition Earnings - shall mean:

     (a) For periods beginning on or after September 1, 1997, and ending on or
  before December 31, 1998, the sum of:

         (1) base salary paid or payable to a Participant by the Company or an
     Affiliated Company; and

         (2) the Participant's unadjusted annual guideline bonus in effect for
     the Participant under the EIP or successor plans pro rated over the
     applicable period (e.g., for computation of Earnings for a one-month
     period, the unadjusted annual guideline bonus would be divided by twelve
     (12)); or

     (b) For periods ending prior to September 1, 1997, the sum of:

         (1) base salary paid or payable to a Participant by the Company or an
     Affiliated Company (including an amount equal to the value on the date of
     grant of any restricted stock units ("RSUs") designated as base salary, and
     not as short-term or long-term incentives, under the Sunoco, Inc. Long-Term
     Incentive Plan or the Sunoco, Inc. Executive Long-Term Stock Investment
     Plan; provided, however, that such RSUs become vested and payable); and

         (2) the dollars represented by:

             (i)  the Participant's unadjusted guideline incentive percentage in
     effect under the EIP during such period; multiplied by

             (ii) the Participant's base salary paid or payable (as defined in
     subsection 1.35(b)(1) herein).

  1.37 Transition Final Average Earnings - shall mean the arithmetic average of
the Participant's aggregate Transition Earnings during the thirty-six (36)
calendar months of the 120-

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consecutive calendar month period of Service ending on the earlier of December
31, 1998, actual retirement or Termination Date (or the actual number of such
months if less than thirty-six (36)) which produces the highest average.

                                  ARTICLE II
                                 Contributions

  2.01 Employer Contributions. All benefits payable under this Plan will be paid
by the Company. A Participant will have no right, title, or interest whatsoever
in or to any investments which the Company may make to aid in meeting such
obligations as may arise under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, nor any
action taken pursuant to its provisions, will create or be construed to create a
trust or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or any
other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to benefits under
this Plan, such right will be no greater than the right of an unsecured general
creditor of the Company. All payments to be made under the Plan will be paid
from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund will be
established and no segregation of assets will be made to assure payment of such
amounts.

  2.02 Participant Contributions. No contributions by Participant will be
required or permitted under this Plan.

  2.03 Expenses of Administration. All expenses of administering this Plan will
be paid by the Company.

                                  ARTICLE III
                              Retirement Benefits
  3.01 Normal Retirement. Except as provided in Section 3.05, each Participant
will be retired on his Normal Retirement Date.

  3.02 Normal Retirement Income. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.03 and
3.04, a Participant who retires on or after his Normal Retirement Date and after
the completion of five years of Executive Service will be entitled to a monthly
normal retirement income, payable in the normal form of payment pursuant to
Section 3.07, equal to the excess of (a) over (b), where:

     (a) equals the sum of:

            (1) 1-2/3% of his Final Average Earnings multiplied by his Credited
     Service up to a maximum of 30 years, plus

            (2) 3/4% of his Final Average Earnings multiplied by his Credited
     Service in excess of 30 years, and

     (b) equals the sum of:

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            (1) 1-2/3% of his Social Security Benefit multiplied by his Service
     up to a maximum of 30 years,

            (2) 100% of his Affiliated Company Benefit, plus

            (3)  100% of his Statutory Benefit;

provided, however, that the requirement that the Participant have completed at
least five years of Executive Service will be waived in the case of any
Participant who is an Executive on January 1, 1980 and who has then attained his
55th birthday.

  3.03 Maximum Normal Retirement Income.

     (a) The monthly normal retirement income which a Participant would
otherwise be entitled to receive under Section 3.02 will not exceed fifty
percent (50%) of his Final Average Earnings less 100% of his Affiliated Company
and Statutory Benefits.

     (b) Section 3.03(a) shall not apply to limit that part of the benefit
attributable to incentive compensation under subsection 1.19(b) to the extent
that the Participant made an election to defer incentive compensation pursuant
to the Sunoco, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.

  3.04 Minimum Normal Retirement Income.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
monthly normal retirement income which a Participant would otherwise be entitled
to receive under Section 3.02 will not be less than the excess of (a) over (b),
where

     (a) equals 3-1/3% of his Final Average Earnings multiplied by the number of
  complete years of his Service up to a maximum of twelve (12) such years, and

     (b)  equals the sum of:

          (1) 100% of his Affiliated Company Benefit,

          (2) 100% of his Nonaffiliated Employer Benefit, plus

          (3) 100% of his Statutory Benefit.

  3.05 Early Retirement Date. A Participant will be eligible to retire on an
early retirement date which will be the first day of any calendar month
coincident with or next following his 55th birthday if he has then completed at
least five (5) years of Executive Service.

  3.06 Early Retirement Income.  The monthly early retirement income payable to
the Participant commencing on his early retirement date will be equal to the
monthly normal retirement income that would otherwise be applicable under
Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04, adjusted as follows:

     (a) The Social Security Benefit referred to in Section 3.02 will be
  determined by projecting the Participant's Service to his Normal Retirement
  Date and assuming constant Earnings, at his last rate in effect, to Normal
  Retirement Date, and will then be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
  which will be his Service to the date of actual retirement and the denominator
  of which will be his projected Service to Normal Retirement Date.

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     (b) The amount calculated in Sections 3.02(a), 3.03 and 3.04 will be
  reduced by 5/12% for each full month by which actual retirement precedes the
  Normal Retirement Date by more than five (5) years, and the offset for Social
  Security Benefits calculated in Section 3.02(b) will be reduced by 7/12% for
  each full month that actual retirement precedes the Normal Retirement Date
  during the five-year period immediately preceding the Normal Retirement Date,
  and 7/24% for each full month that actual retirement precedes the Normal
  Retirement Date by more than five (5) years.

  3.07 Normal Form of Benefit. Except as provided in Article IV, retirement
benefits under this Plan will be in the form of a lump sum payment of the
Actuarial Equivalent of the retirement income determined under Sections 3.02,
3.03, 3.04 and 3.06, whichever is applicable.

  3.08 Time of Payment. The payment of a Participant's retirement benefits shall
be made or commence no later than the last day of the calendar month in which
the Participant retires.

  3.09 Increase in Monthly Benefits. Effective July 1, 1998, the monthly
benefits of

     (a) retirees who retired prior to January 1, 1981, as a result of
normal retirement under Section 3.01 or early retirement under Section 3.05,

     (b) surviving Spouses, contingent annuitants or Beneficiaries of the
  retirees described in subsection 3.09(a) who are receiving benefits on July 1,
  1998, or

     (c) surviving Spouses who began receiving surviving Spouse's benefits under
  Section 5.04 or Section 5.05 prior to January 1, 1990,
  shall be increased by the amount determined in the following sentence,
  subject, however, to the limitation that the combined increases under the Base
  Plan and the Plan effective July 1, 1998, shall not exceed $85.00.

  The monthly benefit increase shall be the excess of the sum of twenty percent
(20%) of the combined monthly benefit under the Base Plan and the Plan up to
$250.00, ten percent (10%) of the combined monthly benefit under the Base Plan
and the Plan in excess of $250.00 up to $500.00, three percent (3%) of the
combined monthly benefit under the Base Plan and the Plan in excess of $500.00
up to $750.00, and one percent (1%) of the combined monthly benefit under the
Base Plan and the Plan in excess of $750.00 up to $1,000, over the monthly
benefit increase effective July 1, 1998 under the Base Plan. Benefits payable on
account of disability shall not be increased. Fifty percent (50%) of these
retiree benefit increases shall be continued to the surviving Spouse; provided,
however, that any such increases in retirement income shall not be subject to
adjustments in effect at the time of the election or retirement reflecting the
cost of benefit increases under this Section.

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                                  ARTICLE IV
                      Optional Forms of Retirement Income

  4.01 Election of an Optional Form of Payment.  Not later than thirty (30) days
prior to a Participant's retirement date, a Participant may elect, in lieu of
the normal form of retirement benefits, an optional form of retirement income.
A Participant may not change or revoke an elected option unless such change is
made thirty (30) days prior to the Participant's retirement date.  Each
election, designation and revocation of an option will be made in writing and in
conformity with such rules as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Spouse may not elect an optional form of
receiving any benefit payable under Article V.

  4.02 Monthly Annuity Option.  A Participant may elect to receive an annuity
which is equal to the monthly normal retirement income determined under Sections
3.02, 3.03, 3.04 and 3.06, whichever is applicable.

  4.03 Contingent Annuity Option.  A Participant may elect to receive a reduced
retirement income, the amount of which will be determined by application of
appropriate Actuarially Equivalent factors adopted by the Plan Administrator for
the age and sex of the Participant and the contingent annuitant.  The contingent
annuity option provides:
     (a) payments to the Participant for life; and
     (b) continuation of such payments, or any part of them designated by the
  Participant, to the contingent annuitant, if surviving, for life.

  4.04 Ten-Year Certain Option.  A Participant may elect to receive a retirement
income of Actuarially Equivalent value payable for life, provided that such
income will be paid to such Participant or to the Beneficiary of such
Participant for ten (10) years after the Participant's retirement regardless of
whether the Participant or Beneficiary survives such period.  At the discretion
of the Plan Administrator, any benefit payable hereunder to a Beneficiary may be
commuted and paid in one sum.

  4.05 Other Forms of Pension.  A Participant may elect to receive a benefit
payable over a period not less than the remaining lifetime of such Participant
and, if the Participant so further elects, thereafter to the designated
Beneficiary for as long as such designated Beneficiary survives the Participant
in such other form having an Actuarially Equivalent value as may be approved by,
and be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by, the Plan
Administrator.

  4.06 Rules Applicable to Contingent Annuity Option.
     (a) If the Participant should die before the effective date of the
  contingent annuity option, no benefit will be payable to the contingent
  annuitant.

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     (b) If the contingent annuitant should die before the effective date of the
  contingent annuity option, the option will automatically be cancelled and the
  normal monthly retirement income will be payable to the Participant as if the
  option had not been elected.

     (c) If the contingent annuitant should die before the Participant but after
  the effective date of the contingent annuity option, benefits will be payable
  or continue to be paid to the Participant on the reduced basis; provided,
  however, that if the contingent annuitant should die during the first four
  years following commencement of the retirement income payments to the
  Participant, the amount of the reduced retirement income payable to the
  surviving retired Participant will be increased by restoring a percentage of
  the reduction amount as follows:

     Death of Contingent          Percentage of
     Annuitant During             Discount Restored
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     First Year                   80%

     Second Year                  60%

     Third Year                   40%

     Fourth Year                  20%

     Fifth and Subsequent Years    0%

     (d) If the retirement date is earlier than the effective date of the
  contingent annuity option, retirement benefits commencing at the actual
  retirement date will be made on the normal form of retirement income.  If the
  Participant and the contingent annuitant are living on such effective date,
  the retirement benefit will be adjusted to provide retirement income on and
  after such date in the optional form.

  4.07 Acceleration of Annuity Options.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Internal Revenue Service makes a determination that the Participant must include
any amounts from the Plan in the taxable income of such Participant in a taxable
year prior to the year in which the Participant actually receives those amounts,
the Participant shall receive the Actuarial Equivalent of the remainder of the
benefit determined under Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04 and 3.06, whichever is
applicable.  Such distribution shall be made no later than the last day of the
calendar year in which the Participant informs the Plan Administrator that the
Internal Revenue Service has made such a determination.

                                   ARTICLE V
                                Death Benefits

  5.01 Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit.  In the event of the death of a
Participant during active employment and after having become eligible to elect
an early retirement date, the

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Participant's Spouse will be entitled to a death benefit payable in the normal
form of payment pursuant to Section 5.02 in the amount hereinafter set forth.
The amount of such monthly income will be fifty percent (50%) of the monthly
early retirement income that would have been payable to the Participant under
Section 3.06 had he retired on the date of his death; provided, however, that:

     (a) the reduction specified in Section 3.02(b)(2) with respect to the
  Participant's Affiliated Company Benefit will not be applicable;

     (b) the early retirement reduction percentage described in subsection
  3.06(b) will be applied only to the offset for Social Security Benefits;

     (c) the monthly income payments to the Spouse will be reduced by 1/2% for
  each year that the Spouse is more than ten (10) years younger than the
  Participant; and

     (d) the amount payable to the Spouse will be reduced by any amount of
  Affiliated Company Benefits that are attributable to Affiliated Company
  contributions and that are payable to such Spouse.

  5.02 Normal Form of Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit.  Except as otherwise
elected pursuant to Section 5.03, the Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit will
be in the form of a lump sum payment of the Actuarial Equivalent of the
Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit determined under Section 5.01 payable no
later than the last day of the calendar month following the month in which the
Participant died.

  5.03 Election of Optional Form of Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit.  A
Participant who is eligible to elect an early retirement date may elect to have
the Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit paid in an annuity pursuant to this
Section.  If this form of payment is elected by the Participant, the
Participant's Spouse shall receive a Preretirement Spouse's Death Benefit in the
form of monthly payments commencing no later than the last day of the calendar
month following the month in which the Participant died, payable over the
lifetime of the Spouse.  A Participant may change or revoke an election of this
option at any time prior to his actual retirement.  Each election, designation
and revocation of an option will be made in writing and in conformity with such
rules as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.

  5.04 Postretirement Spouse's Death Benefit.  In the event a Participant who
has elected to receive a retirement benefit in one of the optional forms
outlined in Article IV, dies after retiring or after attaining Normal Retirement
Date, the Spouse at the time of commencement of the distribution of such
retirement benefit will receive a monthly retirement income payable for the
lifetime of such Spouse in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
retirement income being paid or payable to the Participant (before giving effect
to any reduction in income required by the election of an optional form of
payment under Article IV); provided, however, that:

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     (a) the reduction specified in Section 3.02(b)(2) with respect to the
  Participant's Affiliated Company Benefit will not be applicable;

     (b) the monthly income payable to the Spouse will be reduced by 1/2% for
  each year that the Spouse is more than ten years younger than the Participant;
  and
     (c) the amount payable to the Spouse will be reduced by any amount of
  Affiliated Company Benefits that are attributable to Affiliated Company
  contributions and that are payable to such Spouse.

  The Spouse's death benefit payable under this Section 5.04 will be in addition
to any benefits otherwise payable under Article IV.

                                  ARTICLE VI
        Termination of Employment or Status as Executive; Re-employment

  6.01 Termination of Employment.

     (a) Voluntary Termination.  A Participant whose employment is terminated
  for any reason other than death or retirement, including early retirement,
  will not be entitled to benefits under this Plan, except as provided in
  subsection 6.01(b) and Section 6.04 hereof.

     (b) Involuntary Termination.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the
  Plan (and except as discussed herein), a Participant whose employment is
  involuntarily terminated prior to his Early Retirement Date, other than for
  Just Cause, and who executes a release and discharge of the Company from any
  and all claims, demands or causes of action other than as to amounts or
  benefits due to the Participant under any plan, program or contract provided
  by, or entered into with, the Company will be entitled to benefits in
  accordance with this subsection 6.01(b).  Such release and discharge shall be
  in such form as prescribed by the Committee and shall be executed prior to the
  payment of any benefits due hereunder.  In addition, no benefits due hereunder
  shall be paid to a Participant who is required by Company guidelines to
  execute an agreement governing the assignment of patents or the disclosure of
  confidential information unless an executed copy of such agreement is on file
  with the Company.  The benefits under this Section 6.01(b) shall consist of a
  nonforfeitable percentage (not to exceed 100%) in the benefits calculated
  under Section 3.06 (including the minimum benefit defined under Section 3.04)
  equal to 1-2/3% times the number of completed months of Executive Service.
  Such benefits shall commence coincident with or next following the first day
  of the calendar month in which the Participant attains age fifty-five (55), or
  if the Participant elects, the benefit will be paid no later than thirty (30)
  days after the Termination Date, in a lump sum payment of the Actuarial
  Equivalent of the age fifty-five (55) retirement income determined under
  Section 3.06, with an additional reduction of such

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  benefit by discounting it to the date of payment using the interest rate used
  in Section 1.01. Any participant who also is eligible to receive benefits
  under Section 6.04 shall not receive benefits hereunder but shall instead
  receive the benefits under Section 6.04. If the Participant has not elected to
  receive a lump sum payment under this Section 6.01(b), and dies prior to
  commencement of the payment of the benefit under this Section 6.01(b), then
  the Participant's Spouse will be entitled to a preretirement death benefit in
  accordance with Sections 5.01, 5.02 and 5.03.

  6.02 Termination of Executive Status.  If a Participant remains employed by
the Company or an Affiliated Company but ceases to be an Executive, he will
forfeit the right to all benefits under this Plan unless otherwise designated to
remain as a Participant by the Board Committee or unless he had attained his
55th birthday and completed at least five (5) years of Executive Service at the
time he ceased to be an Executive; provided, however, that the requirement that
the Participant have completed at least five years of Executive Service will be
waived in the case of any Participant who is an Executive on January 1, 1980 and
who has then attained his 55th birthday.  If any such participant is designated
at the Board Committee as being eligible to remain a Participant even though no
longer an Executive, the Participant will continue as such for all purposes of
this Plan.  If the Participant is not so designated by the Board Committee but
has attained his 55th birthday and, except for a Participant who was an
Executive on January 1, 1980 and who had then attained his 55th birthday, has
completed at least five years of Executive Service, he will remain a
Participant, but will be entitled to benefits based only upon his Service,
Credited Service and Final Average Earnings as of the date he ceased to be an
Executive.

  6.03 Reemployment.  If a retired Participant is reemployed by the Company or
an Affiliated Company, his benefits will thereupon cease, and upon again
becoming such an Employee he will have his prior period of Service, Credited
Service and Executive Service restored to him.  If he had made an election of an
optional form of payment, such election will continue on file with the Plan
Administrator, but no payment will be due under such option in the event of his
death before he again retires.  Upon subsequent retirement his retirement income
will be based on his Service and Credited Service which was restored under this
Section 6.03 plus any Service and Credited Service rendered while employed as an
Executive after the time of his reemployment.

  6.04 Change in Control.

     (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan (including any
  minimum age and/or length of service requirements for vesting of benefits), a
  Participant shall become fully and irrevocably vested upon the earlier of a
  Qualifying Termination or a Change in Control of the Company and, upon either:

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       (1) the subsequent termination of this Plan, or any amendment to reduce
     any benefit due hereunder; or

       (2) the subsequent termination of Participant's employment with the
     Company for any reason other than Just Cause,
such Participant shall be entitled to benefits calculated as follows:

       (i) Except for purposes of Section 1.11(b), Service and Credited Service
     shall be increased by 36 months, with the number of months credited under
     this Section 6.04(a)(i) reduced by one month for each completed month of
     Service of the Participant after the date of the Change in Control, but not
     below zero.

       (ii) If at the Termination Date, the Participant has attained his Normal
     Retirement Date, he shall be entitled to a benefit calculated in accordance
     with Section 3.02

       (iii)  If at the Termination Date, the Participant has not attained his
     Normal Retirement Date, or has not attained his Early Retirement Date, he
     shall be entitled to benefits calculated under Section 3.06 (including the
     minimum benefit defined under Section 3.04).

       (iv) Final Average Earnings shall be determined using the greater of:
            (A) the amount determined under Section 1.19 without reference to
       this Section 6.04(a)(iv);

            (B) Earnings for the first full calendar month preceding the
       Termination Date; or

            (C) Earnings for the first full calendar month preceding the date of
       a Change in Control.

       (v)  In the case of a Participant who has not attained his Early
     Retirement Date at the Termination Date, such benefits shall commence
     coincident with, or next following the first day of, the calendar month in
     which the Participant attains age fifty-five (55), or if the Participant
     elects, the benefit will be paid no later than thirty (30) days after the
     Termination Date, in a lump sum payment of the Actuarial Equivalent of the
     age fifty-five (55) retirement income determined under Section 3.06 with
     additional reduction of such benefit by discounting it to the date of
     payment using the interest rate used in Section 1.01.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan, upon a Change in
  Control and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, any retired
  Participant or Beneficiary who is receiving an optional form of retirement
  income pursuant to Article IV hereof, shall have the right to elect to receive
  in a single lump-sum cash payment an amount equal to ninety-five percent (95%)
  of the Actuarial Equivalent of the payments of such retirement income to

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  which the Participant or Beneficiary is entitled for all future periods under
  the Plan; provided, however, that if this option is exercised, such retired
  Participant or Beneficiary will forfeit to the Company the remaining five
  percent (5%) of the Actuarial Equivalent of such payments. Payments under this
  Section 6.04(b) shall be made as soon as practicable, but no later than thirty
  (30) days after the retired Participant or Beneficiary notifies the Plan that
  he is exercising this right to withdraw.

     (c) The Company shall pay all reasonable legal fees and related expenses
  incurred by a Participant in seeking to obtain or enforce any payment, benefit
  or other right such Participant may be entitled to under the Plan after a
  Change in Control; provided, however, that the Participant shall be required
  to repay any such amounts to the Company to the extent a court of competent
  jurisdiction issues a final and non-appealable order setting forth the
  determination that the position taken by the Participant was frivolous or
  advanced in bad faith.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                              Disability Benefits

  7.01 Participants Receiving Disability Benefits.  A Participant receiving
disability benefits under the Sun Executive Disability Income Program will
remain a Participant.  Such a Participant will be entitled to a monthly normal
retirement income, to commence at his Normal Retirement Date, computed in
accordance with Sections 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 as applicable, assuming constant
Earnings and guideline bonus to Normal Retirement Date, Social Security benefits
as calculated under the Social Security Act in effect on the Participant's date
of disability, and including as Service, Credited Service and Executive Service,
the period during which he qualifies for and receives disability benefits under
the Sun Executive Disability Income Program.  Such determination will be made as
of Normal Retirement Date.  The normal form for the payment of retirement income
to the Participant will be as set forth in Section 3.07.

  7.02 Status During Disability.  A Participant receiving Sun Executive
Disability Income Program benefits prior to his Normal Retirement Date will be
entitled to benefits under Section 5.01 and, if applicable, Section 5.02.  After
his Normal Retirement Date, he will be deemed to have retired.  Such a
Participant, if otherwise eligible, may also elect to retire early under the
provisions of Section 3.05.

                                 ARTICLE VIII
                          Administration of the Plan

  8.01 Allocation and Delegation of Fiduciary Responsibilities.  Fiduciary
responsibilities with respect to the Plan are to be allocated as set forth in
this Article VIII.  A fiduciary will have only

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those specific powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations as are
specifically given him under this Plan. It is intended that each fiduciary be
responsible for the proper exercise of his own powers, duties, responsibilities
and obligations under this Plan, and generally will not be responsible for any
act or failure to act of another fiduciary. A fiduciary may delegate to any
person or entity, who may or may not be a fiduciary, any of its powers or duties
under the Plan.

  8.02 Powers and Responsibilities of the Board of Directors.  The Board of
Directors has the following powers and responsibilities;
     (a) To authorize amendments to the Plan;

     (b)  To terminate the Plan; and

     (c) To appoint and remove members of the Board Committee, as set forth in
  Section 8.03, below.
  8.03 Board Committee.

     (a) The Board Committee will consist of at least three Directors who will
  be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  The
  Board of Directors will also appoint one member of the Board Committee to act
  as Chairman of such Committee.  Vacancies will be filled in the same manner as
  appointments.  Any member of the Board Committee may resign by delivering a
  written resignation to the Board of Directors, to become effective upon
  delivery or at any other date specified therein.

     (b) The members of the Board Committee will appoint a Secretary who may,
  but need not be, a member of the Board Committee.  The Board Committee may, in
  writing, delegate some or all of its powers and responsibilities as specified
  in subsection 8.03(d) to any other person or entity, who may or may not be a
  fiduciary.

     (c) The Board Committee will hold meetings upon such notice, at such time
  or times, and at such place or places as it may determine.  The majority of
  the members of the Board Committee at the time in office will constitute a
  quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings and a majority vote of
  those present at any meeting will be required for action.  The Board Committee
  will also act by written consent of a majority of its members.

     (d) The Board Committee will have the following powers and
  responsibilities:

       (1) To prepare periodic administration reports to the Board of Directors
     which will show, in reasonable detail, the administrative operations of the
     Plan;

       (2) To appoint and remove the Plan Administrator; and

       (3) To appoint and remove other fiduciaries.
  8.04 Plan Administrator.

     (a) The Plan Administrator will be appointed by and serve at the pleasure
  of the Board Committee.  The Plan Administrator may resign by delivering a
  written resignation to the

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  Board Committee, to be effective on delivery or at any other date specified
  therein. Upon the resignation or removal of the Plan Administrator, a
  successor Plan Administrator will be appointed by the Board Committee.

     (b) The Plan Administrator may, in writing, delegate some or all of his
  powers and responsibilities as set forth in subsection 8.04(c) to any other
  person or entity, who may or may not be a fiduciary.

     (c) The Plan Administrator will adopt such rules for administration of the
  Plan as he considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan.
  Records of administration of the Plan will be kept, and Participants and their
  Spouses, Beneficiaries and contingent annuitants may examine records
  pertaining directly to themselves.  The Plan Administrator will have the
  following powers and responsibilities:

       (1) To select and terminate an actuary for the Plan.

       (2) To establish and maintain claims review procedures.

       (3) To construe the Plan, correct defects, supply omissions and reconcile
     inconsistencies to the extent necessary to administer the Plan, with any
     instructions or interpretation of the Plan made in good faith by the Plan
     Administrator to be final and conclusive for all purposes.

       (4) To comply with any requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
     Security Act of 1974 with respect to filing reports with governmental
     agencies.

       (5) To provide Employees with any and all information required by the
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

       (6) To approve any actuarial assumptions.

       (7) To coordinate any necessary audit process with respect to reports on
     administration data.

       (8) To conduct routine Plan administration.

  8.05 Employment of Agents.  The fiduciaries may retain such counsel,
actuarial, medical, accounting, clerical and other services as they may require
to carry out the provisions and purposes of the Plan.

  8.06 Reliance on Reports and Certificates.    Fiduciaries under the Plan and
the officers and managers and Employees of the Company and any Affiliated
Company will be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and
reports furnished by any duly appointed actuary, insurance company, or by any
duly appointed accountant, and upon all opinions given by any duly appointed
legal counsel.

  8.07 Compensation.  Fiduciaries under the Plan will not receive any
compensation for their services as such.

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  8.08 Fiduciary's Own Participation.  A fiduciary may not act, vote or
otherwise influence a decision specifically relating to his own participation
under the Plan.

  8.09 Liability for Administration of the Plan.  In the administration of the
Plan, neither a fiduciary, not any officers, directors or employees of the
Company or any Affiliated Company or their agents will be liable jointly or
severally for any loss due to his or its error or acts of omission or
commission, except for his or its own individual misconduct.  The Company will
indemnify each fiduciary, officer, director or employee of the Company and any
Affiliated Company from any and all expenses arising out of his or its
responsibilities under the Plan, excepting such expenses and liabilities arising
out of his or its own individual willful misconduct.

                                  ARTICLE IX
                              General Provisions

  9.01 Right to Amend or Terminate.  The Company expects and intends to continue
the Plan indefinitely, but necessarily reserves the right, by action of the
Board of Directors, to amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or
in part, and at any time.

  9.02 Alienation of Benefits.  No benefits payable under the Plan will be
subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any action by way of anticipating,
alienating, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, encumbering or charging
the same will be void and of no effect nor will any such benefit be in any
manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements
or torts of the person entitled to such benefit.

  9.03 Payment to Minors and Incompetents.  If a Participant, Spouse, contingent
annuitant or Beneficiary entitled to receive any benefits hereunder is a minor,
or is deemed by the Plan Administrator or is adjudged to be legally incapable of
giving a valid receipt and discharge for such benefits, they will be paid to the
duly appointed guardian or committee of such minor or incompetent, or they may
be paid to such person or persons who the Plan Administrator believes is or are
caring for or supporting such minors or incompetents.  Any such payments, to the
extent thereof, will be a complete discharge for the payment of such benefit.

  9.04 Unclaimed Benefit.  If any benefit under the Plan had been payable to and
unclaimed by any person for a period of four years since the whereabouts or
existence of such person was last known to the Plan Administrator, the Plan
Administrator may direct that all rights of such person to payments accrued and
to future payments be terminated absolutely, provided that if such person
subsequently appears and identifies himself to the satisfaction of the Plan
Administrator, then the liability will be reinstated.

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  9.05 Plan Voluntary.  The Plan is purely voluntary on the part of the Company.
Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any amendment thereto, nor the
creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefit will be
construed as conferring upon any Employee or Participant the right to be
retained in the employ of the Company or any Affiliated Company, and all
Employees and Participants will remain subject to discharge, discipline or
termination to the same extent as if the Plan had never been established.

  9.06 Gender. Whenever used herein, the masculine pronoun will include the
feminine and the singular the plural, unless a different meaning is plainly
required by the context.

  9.07 Construction.  The Plan will be construed, enforced and administered
according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In the event any
provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, it will not
affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, but the Plan will be construed and
enforced as if such illegal and invalid provision had not been included therein.

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10

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                                  SUNOCO, INC.
                        SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

                 (Amended and Restated as of December 7, 2000)

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                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1  "Annual Compensation" shall mean a Participant's annual base
salary and applicable guideline (target) annual bonus amount in effect on his or
her Employment Termination Date, or, if greater, the annual base salary and
applicable guideline (target) annual bonus amount on the date of the Change in
Control.

     Section 1.2  "Auditor" shall have the meaning provided herein at Section
4.7(b).

     Section 1.3  "Benefit" or "Benefits" shall mean any or all of the benefits
that a Participant is entitled to receive pursuant to Article IV of the Plan.

     Section 1.4  "Benefit Extension Period" shall mean:
          (a) for the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
     Officer, and any executive vice president, three years;
          (b) for an Executive Resource Employee in Grade 17 or above, two
          years; and
          (c) for each other Executive Resource Employee, one year and six
     months.

     Section 1.5 "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of
Sunoco, Inc. or any successor thereto.

     Section 1.6  "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events or transactions:

          (a) Continuing Directors cease, within one year of a Control
     Transaction, to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Sunoco,
     Inc. (or of the Board of Directors of any successor to Sunoco, Inc. or to
     all or substantially all of its assets), or
          (b) any entity, person or Group acquires shares of Sunoco, Inc. in a
     transaction or series of transactions that results in such entity, person
     or Group directly or indirectly owning beneficially more than twenty
     percent (20%) of the outstanding voting shares of Sunoco, Inc.

     Section 1.7  "Chief Executive Officer" shall mean the individual serving as
the Chief Executive Officer of Sunoco, Inc. as of the date of reference.

     Section 1.8 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

     Section 1.9  "Committee" shall mean the administrative committee designated
pursuant to Article VI of the Plan to administer the Plan in accordance with its
terms.

     Section 1.10 "Company" shall mean Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
The term "Company" shall include any successor to Sunoco, Inc., any subsidiary
or affiliate which

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has adopted the Plan, or a corporation succeeding to the business of Sunoco,
Inc., or any subsidiary or affiliate by merger, consolidation, liquidation or
purchase of assets or stock or similar transaction.

     Section 1.11  "Company Service" shall mean, for purposes of determining
Benefits available to any Participant in this Plan, the total aggregate recorded
length of such Participant's service with: Sunoco, Inc.; any subsidiary or
affiliate of Sunoco, Inc. (whether by merger, consolidation or liquidation or
purchase of assets or stock or similar transaction) which has adopted the Plan;
and/or any corporation succeeding to the business of Sunoco, Inc.

     Company Service shall commence with the Participant's initial date of
employment with the Company, and shall end with such Participant's death,
retirement, or termination for any reason.  Company Service also shall include:

          (a) all periods of approved leave of absence (civil, family, medical,
     military, or Olympic); provided, however, that the Participant returns to
     work within the prescribed time following the leave;

          (b) any break in service of thirty (30) days or less; and

          (c) any service credited under applicable Company policies with
     respect to the length of a Participant's employment by any non-affiliated
     entity that is subsequently acquired by, and becomes a part of, the
     Company's operations.

     Section 1.12 "Continuing Director" shall mean a director who was a member
of the Board of Directors immediately prior to a Control Transaction which
results in a Change in Control.

     Section 1.13 "Control Transaction" shall mean any of the following
transactions or any combination thereof:

          (a) any tender offer for or acquisition of capital stock of Sunoco,
     Inc.;

          (b) any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of
     the assets of Sunoco, Inc.; or

          (c) the submission of a nominee or nominees for the position of
     director of Sunoco, Inc. by a shareholder or a Group of shareholders in a
     proxy solicitation or otherwise.

     Section 1.14  "Disability" shall mean any illness, injury or incapacity of
such duration and type as to render a Participant eligible to receive long-term
disability benefits under the applicable broad-based long-term disability
program of the Company.

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     Section 1.15 "Employment Termination Date" shall mean the date on which the
employment relationship between the Participant and the Company is terminated.

     Section 1.16 "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.

     Section 1.17 "Excise Tax" shall have the meaning provided herein at Section
4.7(a).

     Section 1.18 "Executive Resource Employee" shall mean any individual
employed by the Company who has been designated by the Company as a member of
the Company's executive resources group. Generally, such group shall include
employees in Grades 14-20 and all other employees subject to Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Section 1.19  "Gross-Up Payment" shall have the meaning provided herein at
Section 4.7(a).

     Section 1.20  "Group" shall mean persons who act in concert as described in
Sections 13(d)(3) and/or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

     Section 1.21  "Just Cause" shall mean:

          (a) a judicial determination that the Participant has committed fraud,
     misappropriation, or embezzlement against the Company; or

          (b) a non-appealable conviction of, or entry of a plea of nolo
     contendere for, an act by the Participant constituting a felony which, as
     determined by the Company in good faith, constitutes a crime involving
     moral turpitude and has resulted in material harm to the Company, its
     subsidiaries and affiliates taken as a whole.

     No termination of employment shall be deemed an effective termination for
Just Cause unless accompanied by a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of not less a majority of the Continuing Directors at a meeting
of the Board of Directors which was called and held for the purpose of
considering such termination, or if there are no Continuing Directors, then by
at least three quarters (3/4) of the entire Board of Directors (after reasonable
notice to the Participant and an opportunity for the Participant, together with
the Participant's counsel, to be heard before the Board of Directors) finding
that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, the Participant was
guilty of conduct set forth in the preceding sentence, and specifying the
particulars thereof in detail. In any deliberations or votes by the Board of
Directors concerning a determination under this Section, the Participant shall
recuse himself from such deliberations and votes.

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     Section 1.22 "Participant" shall mean any Executive Resource Employee who
is employed by the Company on or before the occurrence of any Change in Control.
In addition, for purposes of Sections 4.6 and 4.7 of this Plan, each former
Executive Resource Employee shall be a Participant.

     Section 1.23 "Payment Date" shall have the meaning provided herein at
Section 4.7(a).

     Section 1.24 "Plan" shall mean the Sunoco, Inc. Special Executive Severance
Plan, as set forth herein, and as the same may from time to time be amended.

     Section 1.25 "Potential Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any
of the following events or transactions:

          (a) any person (other than Sunoco, Inc., or any affiliate or
     subsidiary thereof) makes a tender offer for capital stock of Sunoco, Inc.;

          (b) any person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
     of capital stock of Sunoco, Inc. in an amount which requires the filing of
     Schedule 13D or its equivalent form pursuant to the Rules and Regulations
     under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as from time to time amended;

          (c) the submission of a nominee or nominees for the position of
     director of Sunoco, Inc. by a shareholder or Group of shareholders in a
     proxy solicitation or otherwise which, in its judgment, the Board of
     Directors determines by adoption of a resolution within thirty (30) days of
     such submission, might result in a Change in Control of Sunoco, Inc.;

          (d) any person files a pre-merger notification for the acquisition of
     capital stock of Sunoco, Inc. pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; or

          (e) the Board of Directors in its judgment determines by adoption of a
     resolution that a Potential Change in Control of Sunoco, Inc. for purposes
     of this Plan has occurred.

     Section 1.26 "Qualifying Termination" of the employment of a Participant
shall mean any of the following:

          (a) a termination of employment by the Company within two (2) years
     after a Change in Control, other than for Just Cause, death or Disability;
     provided, however, that any Participant who also is eligible to receive
     benefits under the Sunoco, Inc. Executive Involuntary Severance Plan shall
     not receive benefits thereunder, but shall instead receive the Benefits
     provided under this Plan;

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          (b) a termination of employment by the Participant within two (2)
     years after a Change in Control for one or more of the following reasons:

               (1) the assignment to such Participant of any duties inconsistent
          in a way adverse to such Participant, with such Participant's
          positions, duties, responsibilities and status with the Company
          immediately prior to the Change in Control, or a reduction in the
          duties and responsibilities held by the Participant immediately prior
          to the Change in Control; a change in the Participant's reporting
          responsibilities, title or offices as in effect immediately prior to
          the Change in Control that is adverse to the Participant; or any
          removal of the Participant from or any failure to re-elect the
          Participant to any position with the Company that such Participant
          held immediately prior to the Change in Control except in connection
          with such Participant's:

                    (i)  assignment to a new position at a higher combined
               annual base salary and guideline (target) bonus; or

                    (ii) termination of employment by the Company for Just
               Cause; or

               (2) with respect to any Participant who is a member of the Board
          of Directors immediately prior to the Change in Control, any failure
          of the shareholders of the Company to elect or reelect, or of the
          Company to appoint or reappoint, the Participant as a member of the
          Board of Directors;

               (3) a reduction by the Company in either of the Participant's
          annual base salary or guideline (target) bonus as in effect
          immediately prior to the Change in Control; the failure by the Company
          to continue in effect, or the taking of any action by the Company that
          would adversely affect such Participant's participation in or
          significantly reduce such Participant's benefits under, any employee
          benefit plan or compensation plan in which such Participant was
          participating immediately prior to the Change in Control, provided,
          however, that in the aggregate such actions by the Company
          significantly reduce the Participant's total compensation (i.e., the
          sum of Participant's annual base salary, guideline (target) bonus, and
          the aggregate value to the Participant of all employee benefit and
          compensation plans); or the failure by the Company, without the
          Participant's consent, to pay to the Participant any portion of the
          Participant's current compensation, or to pay to the Participant any
          portion of an

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          installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation
          program of the Company; or

               (4) The Company requires the Participant to be based anywhere
          other than the Participant's present work location or a location
          within thirty-five (35) miles from the present location; or the
          Company requires the Participant to travel on Company business to an
          extent substantially more burdensome than such Participant's travel
          obligations during the period of twelve (12) consecutive months
          immediately preceding the Change in Control;
          provided, however, that in the case of any such termination of
     employment by the Participant under this subparagraph (b), such termination
     shall not be deemed to be a Qualifying Termination unless the termination
     occurs within 120 days after the occurrence of the event or events
     constituting the reason for the termination; or

          (c) a termination of employment by the Company other than a
     termination for Just Cause, or a termination of employment by the
     Participant for one of the reasons set forth in (b) above, following a
     Potential Change in Control, if the Participant can demonstrate that such
     termination or circumstance in (b) above leading to termination:

               (1) was at the request of a third party with which the Company
          had entered into negotiations or an agreement with regard to a Change
          in Control; or

               (2) otherwise occurred in connection with, or in anticipation of,
          a Change in Control;
          provided, however, that in either such case, such Change in Control
     actually occurs within one (1) year following the Employment Termination
     Date.

     Section 1.27 "Tax Counsel" shall have the meaning provided herein at
Section 4.7(b).

     Section 1.28 "Total Payments" shall have the meaning provided herein at
Section 4.7(a).

                                  ARTICLE II
                     BACKGROUND, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN

     Section 2.1 Background. Sunoco, Inc. maintains this Plan for the purpose of
providing severance allowances to Executive Resource Employees whose employment
is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control. The Plan
shall be effective as of December 7, 2000.

     Section 2.2  Purpose of the Plan.  The Plan, as set forth herein, has been
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof,
delegated such responsibility,

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acting in its sole discretion, in recognition that the possibility of a major
transaction or a change in control of the Company exists and that such
possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among
management, may result in the departure or distraction of key management
personnel to the detriment of the Company. The Board of Directors has determined
that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued
attention and dedication of Participants, as key members of Company's
management, to their assigned duties without distraction. The Plan is not
intended to be included in the definitions of "employee pension benefit plan"
and "pension plan" set forth under Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). Rather, this Plan is intended
to meet the descriptive requirements of a plan constituting a "severance pay
plan" within the meaning of regulations published by the Secretary of Labor at
Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, (S) 2510.3-2(b). Accordingly, the
benefits paid by the Plan are not deferred compensation.

     Section 2.3 Term of the Plan. The Plan will continue until such time as the
Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, delegated such responsibility,
acting in its sole discretion, elects to modify, supersede or terminate it;
provided, however, that effective upon a Change in Control, no such action may
terminate or reduce the benefits or prospective benefits of any Participant on
the date of reference without the express written consent of the Participant.

                                  ARTICLE III
                  PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS

     Section 3.1  General Requirements.  Each Executive Resource Employee shall
become a Participant upon confirmation of his/her official title or employment
grade by election by the Board of Directors or appointment by the Company.
Except with respect to the benefits and payments under Sections 4.7 and 4.8, in
order to receive a Benefit under this Plan, a Participant's employment must have
been terminated as a result of a Qualifying Termination.

     Section 3.2  Qualifying Termination.  The Committee shall determine whether
any termination of a Participant is a Qualifying Termination.  The Participant
shall follow the procedures described in Article IX for presenting his or her
claim for Benefits under this Plan.

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                                  ARTICLE IV
                                   BENEFITS

     Section 4.1 Amount of Immediate Cash Benefit; Qualifying Termination. In
the event of a termination of employment that would qualify the Participant for
Benefits that is a Qualifying Termination, the cash amount to be paid to a
Participant eligible to receive Benefits under Section 3.1 hereof shall be paid
in a lump sum as provided in Section 5.1 hereof and shall equal the sum of the
following:

          (a) An amount equal to the Participant's earned vacation (as
     determined under the Company's applicable vacation policy as in effect at
     the time of the Change in Control) through his or her Employment
     Termination Date;

          (b)  (1) for the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and
          any executive vice president, Annual Compensation multiplied by three
          (3);

               (2) for an Executive Resources Employee in Grade 17 or above,
          Annual Compensation multiplied by two (2);

               (3) for each other Executive Resources Employee, Annual
          Compensation multiplied by one and one-half (1-1/2).

     Section 4.2  Executive Severance Benefits.  In the event that Benefits are
paid under Section 4.1, the Participant shall continue to be entitled, through
the end of his/her Benefit Extension Period, to those employee benefits, based
upon the amount of coverage or benefits provided at the Change in Control,
listed below:

          (a)  death benefits as follows:

               (1) for Participants who became Executive Resource Employees on
          or after January 1, 1985, an amount equal to one (1) times annual base
          salary at the Employment Termination Date; and

               (2) for Participants who became Executive Resource Employees
          before January 1, 1985, an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of
          annual base salary and guideline bonus at the Employment Termination
          Date;

          Any supplemental coverages elected under the Sunoco, Inc. Death
     Benefits Plan (or any similar plan of any of the following: a subsidiary or
     affiliate which has adopted this Plan; a corporation succeeding to the
     business of Sunoco, Inc.; and/or any subsidiary or affiliate, by merger,
     consolidation, liquidation, purchase of assets or stock, or similar
     transaction) will be discontinued under the terms of such plan or plans;
     and

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          (b) medical plan benefits (excluding dental coverage), including COBRA
     continuation coverage following the Benefit Extension Period (i.e., COBRA
     continuation eligibility will begin as of the end of the Benefit Extension
     Period, except as provided hereinbelow at Section 4.3).

          In each case, when contributions are required of all Executive
Resource Employees at the time of the Participant's Employment Termination Date,
or thereafter, if required of all other active Executive Resource Employees, the
Participant shall continue to be responsible for making the required
contributions during the Benefit Extension Period in order to be eligible for
the coverage. In lieu of the coverages provided under clauses (a) and (b) above,
the Company may pay, at the time payment is otherwise to be made of cash
Benefits pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, the Participant an amount (as adjusted
for taxes) equal to the then present value of the Company's cost of such
coverages, or the Company may provide the Participant with comparable coverage
under a policy of insurance. The Participant also shall be entitled to
outplacement services during the Benefit Extension Period, at no cost to the
Participant, from an experienced third-party vendor selected by the Committee
and consistent with vendors used in connection with the Sunoco, Inc. Involuntary
Termination Plan at the Change in Control.

     Section 4.3 Special Medical Benefit. In the event Benefits are paid to the
Participant under Section 4.1:

          (a) Participants who are fifty (50) or more years of age on the
     Employment Termination Date, with ten (10) or more years of Company
     Service, shall have medical (but not dental) benefits available under the
     same terms and conditions as other employees not yet eligible for Medicare
     coverage who retire under the terms of a Company retirement plan.

          (b) Participants who were fifty (50) or more years of age on the
     Employment Termination Date, but with fewer than ten (10) years of Company
     Service, nonetheless shall have Company medical plan benefits (excluding
     dental coverage) available following the Severance Benefit Period, at a
     cost to such Participant that is equal to the full premium cost of such
     coverage.

     Such benefits may continue until such time as the Participant becomes first
eligible for Medicare, or the Participant voluntarily cancels coverage,
whichever is earliest.

     Section 4.4 Retirement Plans. This Plan shall not govern and shall in no
way affect the

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Participant's interest in, or entitlement to benefits under, any of the
Company's "qualified" or supplemental retirement plans and any payments received
under any such plans shall not affect a Participant's right to any Benefit
hereunder.

  Section 4.5 Minimum Benefit. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4.1,
4.2 and 4.3 hereof, the Benefits available under this Plan shall not be less
than those determined in accordance with the provisions of the Sunoco, Inc.
Special Employee Severance Plan. If the Participant determines that the benefits
under the Sunoco, Inc. Special Employee Severance Plan are more valuable to the
Participant than the comparable Benefits set forth in this Plan, then the
provisions used to calculate the Benefits available to the Participant under
this Plan shall not apply, and the Benefits available to the Participant under
this Plan shall be calculated using only the applicable provisions of the
Sunoco, Inc. Special Employee Severance Plan.

  Section 4.6 Effect on Other Benefits. There shall not be drawn from the
continued provision by the Company of any of the aforementioned Benefits any
implication of continued employment or of continued right to accrual of
retirement benefits under the Company's qualified or supplemental retirement
plans, nor shall a terminated employee, except as otherwise provided under the
terms of the Plan, accrue vacation days, paid holidays, paid sick days or other
similar benefits normally associated with employment for any part of the Benefit
Extension Period during which benefits are payable under this Plan. A
Participant shall have no duty to mitigate with respect to Benefits under this
Plan by seeking or accepting alternative employment. Further, the amount of any
payment or benefit provided for in this Plan shall not be reduced by any
compensation earned by the Participant as the result of employment by another
employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be
owed by the Participant to the Company, or otherwise.

  Section 4.7  Parachute Payments.

     (a)  Whether or not the Participant becomes entitled to Benefits under
  Section 4.1, if any payment or benefit received or to be received by the
  Participant in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the
  Participant's employment (all such payments and benefits, including the
  Benefits under Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, being hereinafter the "Total
  Payments"), whether pursuant to the terms of:

               (1) this Plan; or
               (2) any other plan, arrangement or agreement with:
                    (i) the Company;

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               (ii)  any person whose actions result in a Change in Control; or
               (iii) any person affiliated with the Company or with any person
          whose actions result in a Change in Control;

will be subject (in whole or part) to the excise tax under section 4999 of the
Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Company shall pay to the Participant an
additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount retained by
the Participant, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total Payments and any
federal, state and local income and employment tax and Excise Tax upon the
Gross-Up-Payment, shall be equal to the Total Payments. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Participant shall be deemed
to pay federal income and employment taxes at the highest marginal rate of
federal income and employment taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-
Up Payment is to be made (the "Payment Date") and state and local income taxes
at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the
Participant's residence on the Payment Date, net of the maximum reduction in
federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and
local taxes.

  (b) For purposes of determining whether any of the Total Payments will be
subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax:

          (1) all of the Total Payments shall be treated as "parachute payments"
  within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, unless in the opinion of
  tax counsel (the "Tax Counsel") reasonably acceptable to the Participant and
  selected by the accounting firm (the "Auditor") which was, immediately prior
  to the Change in Control, the Company's independent auditor, such other
  payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute
  payments, including by reason of section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code;

          (2) all "excess parachute payments" within the meaning of section
  280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax unless,
  in the opinion of Tax Counsel, such excess parachute payments (in whole or
  part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within
  the meaning of section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the "base
  amount" within the meaning set forth in section 280G(b)(3) of the Code
  allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are otherwise not subject to the
  Excise Tax; and

          (3) the value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or
  benefit

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  shall be determined by the Auditor in accordance with the principles of
  section 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

  Prior to the payment date set forth in Section 4.7(d) hereof, the Company
shall provide the Participant with its calculation of the amounts referred to in
this Section 4.7(b) and such supporting materials as are reasonably necessary
for the Participant to evaluate the Company's calculations. If the Participant
disputes the Company's calculations (in whole or in part), the reasonable
opinion of Tax Counsel with respect to the matter in dispute shall prevail.

  (c) In the event that:
          (1) amounts are paid to the Participant pursuant to Section 4.7(a)
  above; and

          (2) the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the
  amount taken into account hereunder at the time of termination of the
  Participant's employment,

  the Participant shall repay to the Company, at the time that the amount of
such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of the Gross-Up
Payment attributable to such reduction plus interest on the amount of such
repayment at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the
event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account
hereunder at the Payment Date (including by reason of any payment the existence
or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment),
the Company shall make an additional Gross-Up Payment to the Participant in
respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties or additions payable by the
Participant with respect to such excess and such portion) at the time that the
amount of such excess is finally determined.

  (d) The payments provided for in subsections (a) and, if applicable, (c) of
this Section 4.7 shall be made not later than the ninetieth (90th) day following
the Change in Control if payments are due at that time, or the Employment
Termination Date, if payments are then due; provided, however, that if the
amounts of such payments, or, if applicable, the Excise Tax, cannot be finally
determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to the Participant on
such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the Participant, of the
minimum amount of such payments to which the Participant is clearly entitled and
shall pay the remainder of such payments (together

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  with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as
  soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the
  thirtieth (30th) day after the date payment is due. In the event that the
  amount of the estimated payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to
  have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to the
  Participant, payable on the fifth (5th) business day after demand by the
  Company (together with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B)
  of the Code). At the time that payments are made under this Section, the
  Company shall provide the Participant with a written statement setting forth
  the manner in which such payments were calculated and the basis for such
  calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or other advice the
  Company has received from outside counsel, auditors or consultants (and any
  such opinions or advice which are in writing shall be attached to the
  statement).

     (e) All of the fees and expenses of the Tax Counsel and Auditor in
  performing the determinations referred to in subsections (b) and (c) above
  shall be borne solely by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
  harmless the Tax Counsel and Auditor of and from any and all claims, damages
  and expenses resulting from or relating to its determinations pursuant to
  subsections (b) and (c) above, except for claims, damages or expenses
  resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Tax Counsel
  or Auditor.

  Section 4.8 Legal Fees and Expenses. The Company also shall pay to the
Participant all legal fees and expenses incurred by the Participant:

     (a) in disputing in good faith any issue relating to the termination of the
  Participant's employment following a Change in Control as a result of a
  Qualifying Termination entitling the Participant to Benefits under this Plan
  (including a termination of employment following a Potential Change in Control
  if the Participant alleges in good faith that such termination will be or is a
  Qualifying Termination pursuant to Section 1.18 hereof, and the Change in
  Control actually occurs within one (1) year following the Employment
  Termination Date); or

     (b) in seeking in good faith to obtain or enforce any benefit or right
  provided by this Plan (or the payment of any Benefits through any trust
  established to fund Benefits under this Plan) or in connection with any tax
  audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of section
  4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit

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  provided hereunder.

  Such payments shall be made as such fees and expenses are incurred by the
Participant, but in no event later than five (5) business days after delivery of
the Participant's written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of
fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require. The
Participant shall reimburse the Company for such fees and expenses at such time
as a court of competent jurisdiction, or another independent third party having
similar authority, determines that the Participant's claim was frivolously
brought without reasonable expectation of success on the merits thereof.

                                   ARTICLE V
                    METHOD AND DURATION OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS

  Section 5.1 Method of Payment. The cash Benefits to which a Participant is
entitled, as determined pursuant to Article IV hereof, shall be paid in a lump
sum. Payment shall be made by mailing to the last address provided by the
Participant to the Company. In general, payment shall be made within fifteen
(15) days after the Participant's Employment Termination Date but in no event
later than thirty (30) days thereafter. In the event the Company should fail to
pay when due the amounts described in Article IV, the Participant shall also be
entitled to receive from the Company an amount representing interest on any
unpaid or untimely paid amounts from the due date, as determined under Section
4.7(d), to the date of payment at a rate equal to the prime rate of Citibank,
N.A. as in effect from time to time after such due date.

  Section 5.2 Payments to Beneficiary(ies). Each Executive Resource Employee
shall designate a beneficiary(ies) to receive any Benefits due hereunder in the
event of the Participant's death prior to the receipt of all such Benefits. Such
beneficiary designation shall be made in the manner, and at the time, prescribed
by the Company in its sole discretion. In the absence of an effective
beneficiary designation hereunder, the Participant's estate shall be deemed to
be his or her designated beneficiary.

                                  ARTICLE VI
                                ADMINISTRATION

  Section 6.1  Appointment of the Committee.  The Committee shall consist of
three (3) or more persons appointed by the Chief Executive Officer.  Committee
members may be, but need not be, employees of Sunoco, Inc.

  Section 6.2 Tenure of the Committee. Committee members shall serve at the
pleasure

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of the Chief Executive Officer. Committee members may resign at any time on ten
(10) days' written notice, and Committee members may be discharged, with or
without cause, at any time by the Chief Executive Officer.

  Section 6.3 Authority and Duties. It shall be the duty of the Committee, on
the basis of information supplied to it by the Company, to determine the
eligibility of each Participant for Benefits under the Plan, to determine the
amount of Benefit to which each such Participant may be entitled, and to
determine the manner and time of payment of the Benefit consistent with the
provisions hereof. In addition, the exercise of discretion by the Committee need
not be uniformly applied to similarly situated Participants. The Company shall
make such payments as are certified to it by the Committee to be due to
Participants. The Committee shall have the full power and authority to construe,
interpret and administer the Plan, to correct deficiencies therein, and to
supply omissions. Except as provided in Section 9.2, all decisions, actions and
interpretations of the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the
parties.

  Section 6.4 Action by the Committee. A majority of the members of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting
of the Committee. Any action of the Committee may be taken upon the affirmative
vote of a majority of the members of the Committee at a meeting, or at the
direction of the chairperson, without a meeting by mail, telegraph, telephone or
electronic communication device; provided that all of the members of the
Committee are informed of their right to vote on the matter before the Committee
and of the outcome of the vote thereon.

  Section 6.5 Officers of the Committee. The Chief Executive Officer shall
designate one of the members of the Committee to serve as chairperson thereof.
The Chief Executive Officer shall also designate a person to serve as Secretary
of the Committee, which person may be, but need not be, a member of the
Committee.

  Section 6.6 Compensation of the Committee. Members of the Committee shall
receive no compensation for their services as such. However, all reasonable
expenses of the Committee shall be paid or reimbursed by the Company upon proper
documentation. The Company shall indemnify members of the Committee against
personal liability for actions taken in good faith in the discharge of their
respective duties as members of the Committee and shall provide coverage to them
under the Company's Liability Insurance program(s).

  Section 6.7 Records, Reporting and Disclosure. The Committee shall keep all
individual and group records relating to Participants and former Participants
and all other

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records necessary for the proper operation of the Plan. Such records shall be
made available to the Company and to each Participant for examination during
business hours except that a Participant shall examine only such records as
pertain exclusively to the examining Participant and to the Plan. The Committee
shall prepare and shall file as required by law or regulation all reports,
forms, documents and other items required by ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code,
and every other relevant statute, each as amended, and all regulations
thereunder (except that the Company, as payor of the Benefits, shall prepare and
distribute to the proper recipients all forms relating to withholding of income
or wage taxes, Social Security taxes, and other amounts which may be similarly
reportable).

  Section 6.8 Actions of the Chief Executive Officer. Whenever a determination
is required of the Chief Executive Officer under the Plan, such determination
shall be made solely at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer. In
addition, the exercise of discretion by the Chief Executive Officer need not be
uniformly applied to similarly situated Participants and shall be final and
binding on each Participant or beneficiary(ies) to whom the determination is
directed.

  Section 6.9 Benefits of the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors
(or any committee thereof delegated such responsibility) shall make all
determinations with respect to the amounts, timing and eligibility for any
Benefits provided hereunder to the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, if the
Chief Executive Officer is serving on the Committee, the Chief Executive Officer
shall not participate on any matter that directly pertains to, or affects, the
Chief Executive Officer. Whenever a determination is required of the Chief
Executive Officer as to any matter that directly pertains to, or affects, the
Chief Executive Officer under the Plan, such determination with respect to the
Chief Executive Officer shall be made and approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors, or, if there are no Continuing Directors, then by at least
three quarters (3/4) of the entire Board of Directors.

  Section 6.10 Bonding. The Committee shall arrange any bonding that may be
required by law, but no amount in excess of the amount required by law (if any)
shall be required by the Plan.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                           AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

  Section 7.1 Amendment, Suspension and Termination. The Company, acting through
the Board of Directors, retains the right, at any time and from time to time, to
amend, suspend

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or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, for any reason, and without either
the consent of or the prior notification to any Participant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, effective upon a Change in Control, no such action may terminate or
reduce the benefits or prospective benefits of any Participant on the date of
reference without the express written consent of the Participant. No such
amendment, suspension or termination shall give the Company the right to recover
any amount paid to a Participant prior to the date of such amendment or to cause
the cessation and discontinuance of payments of Benefits to any person or
persons under the Plan already receiving Benefits. The Board of Directors shall
have the right to delegate its authority and powers hereunder, or any portion
thereof, to any committee of the Board of Directors, and shall have the right to
rescind any such delegation in whole or in part.

                                 ARTICLE VIII
                             DUTIES OF THE COMPANY

  Section 8.1  Records.  The Company shall supply to the Committee all records
and information necessary to the performance of the Committee's duties.

  Section 8.2  Payment.  The Company shall make payments from its general assets
to Participants and shall provide the Benefits described in Article IV hereof in
accordance with the terms of the Plan, as directed by the Committee.

                                  ARTICLE IX
                               CLAIMS PROCEDURES

  Section 9.1  Application for Benefits.  Benefits shall be paid by the Company
following an event that qualifies the Participant for Benefits.  In the event a
Participant believes himself/herself eligible for Benefits under this Plan and
Benefit payments have not been initiated by the Company, the Participant may
apply for such Benefits by requesting payment of Benefits in writing from the
Committee.

  Section 9.2 Appeals of Denied Claims for Benefits. In the event that any claim
for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Participant (or beneficiary, if
applicable) whose claim has been so denied shall be notified of such denial in
writing by the Committee, within thirty (30) days following submission by the
Participant (or beneficiary, if applicable) of such claim to the Committee. The
notice advising of the denial shall specify the reason or reasons for denial,
make specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions, describe any additional
material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim
(explaining why such material or information is needed), and shall advise the
Participant of the procedure for the appeal of such

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denial. All appeals shall be made by the following procedure:

     (a) The Participant whose claim has been denied shall file with the
Committee a notice of desire to appeal the denial. Such notice shall be filed
within sixty (60) days of notification by the Committee of the claim denial,
shall be made in writing, and shall set forth all of the facts upon which the
appeal is based. Appeals not timely filed shall be barred.

     (b) The Committee shall, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the
Participant's notice of appeal, establish a hearing date on which the
Participant may make an oral presentation to the Committee in support of his/her
appeal. The Participant shall be given not less than ten (10) days' notice of
the date set for the hearing.

     (c) The Committee shall consider the merits of the claimant's written and
oral presentations, the merits of any facts or evidence in support of the denial
of benefits, and such other facts and circumstances as the Committee shall deem
relevant. If the claimant elects not to make an oral presentation, such election
shall not be deemed adverse to his/her interest, and the Committee shall proceed
as set forth below as though an oral presentation of the contents of the
claimant's written presentation had been made.

     (d) The Committee shall render a determination upon the appealed claim,
within sixty (60) days of the hearing date, which determination shall be
accompanied by a written statement as to the reasons therefor.

                                   ARTICLE X
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

  Section 10.1 Nonalienation of Benefits. None of the payments, benefits or
rights of any Participant 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.
No Participant shall have the right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge,
encumber or assign any of the benefits or payments which he/she may expect to
receive, contingently or otherwise, under this Plan.

  Section 10.2 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
any person whosoever, the right to be retained in the service of the Company,
and all Participants shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if
the Plan had never been adopted.

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  Section 10.3 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.

  Section 10.4 Successors, Heirs, Assigns, and Personal Representatives. This
Plan shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns of the parties, including each Participant, present and future.

  Section 10.5 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.

  Section 10.6 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.

  Section 10.7 Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall not be funded. A Participant's
right to receive payment of Benefits hereunder shall be no greater than the
right of any unsecured creditor of the Company. The Company may, but shall not
be required to, set aside or earmark an amount necessary to provide the Benefits
specified herein (including the establishment of trusts). In any event, no
Participant shall have any right to, or interest in, any assets of the Company
which may be applied by the Company to the payment of Benefits except as may be
provided pursuant to the terms of any trust established by the Company to
provide Benefits.

  Section 10.8 Payments to Incompetent Persons, 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 guardian or
to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such
person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Company, the Committee and
all other parties with respect thereto.

  Section 10.9 Lost Payees. A Benefit shall be deemed forfeited if the Committee
is unable to locate a Participant to whom a Benefit is due. Such Benefit shall
be reinstated if application is made by the Participant for the forfeited
Benefit while this Plan is in operation.

  Section 10.10 Controlling Law. This Plan shall be construed and enforced
according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the extent not
preempted by federal law.

  Section 10.11 Successor Employer.  The Company shall require any successor or
assignee, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise, to all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company,
expressly and unconditionally to

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assume and agree to perform the Company's obligations under this Plan, in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
if no such succession or assignment had taken place. In such event, the term
"Company" shall mean the Company and any successor or assignee to the business
or assets which by reason hereof becomes bound by the terms and provisions of
this Plan.

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