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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

                        PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE SUPPLEMENTAL
                            EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                         Effective as of March 12, 2002

         The Prudential Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan (the "Plan") was
established by The Prudential Insurance Company of America (the "Company"),
effective as of April 14, 1998, for the purpose of providing reasonable
supplemental retirement benefits for certain eligible employees (and their
beneficiaries) whose retirement benefits under The Prudential Merged Retirement
Plan, the Supplemental Plan and such other plans or arrangements sponsored by
the Company are, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company,
inadequate. Effective as of March 12, 2002, subject to regulatory approval, the
Plan was renamed to the Prudential Insurance Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan and restated with amendments. The Plan provides "Participants" (and their
beneficiaries) with one or more of the following categories of benefits: (1)
Mid-career Hire Benefits (as set forth in Article II); and (2) Early Retirement
Benefits (as set forth in Article III).

         The Plan is intended to be, and shall be administered as, an unfunded
plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select
group of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of Title
I of ERISA (as defined below). The Plan is also intended to comply with the
provisions of New Jersey Statutes Annotated (S) 17B:18-52. A separate, similar
plan is being adopted by Prudential Financial, Inc. to cover employees not
regulated by New Jersey Statutes (S) 17B:18-52.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         The following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth.
Other terms that are capitalized in the Plan shall be defined in the same manner
as they are defined in the Retirement Plan.

         1.1  "Account Based Plan" means a career average pension plan where
              benefits are recorded and updated each plan year as an account or
              lump sum equivalent, such as a cash balance pension plan or
              retirement equity pension plan arrangement.

         1.2  "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         1.3  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         1.4  "Committee" means the Committee that has been appointed by the
              Compensation Committee pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Plan.

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         1.5  "Compensation Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the
              Board of Directors, as defined by the Company's by-laws.

         1.6  "Company" means The Prudential Insurance Company of America. When
              referring to Company employees or officers, it also means life
              insurance companies controlled by the Company that are regulated
              under section 17B:18-52 of New Jersey Statutes.

         1.7  "Controlled Group" means the Company and (i) each corporation
              which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (within
              the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) which includes the
              Company, (ii) each trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
              which is under common control with the Company (within the meaning
              of Section 414(c) of the Code), (iii) each organization included
              in the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of
              Section 414(m) of the Code) as the Company, and (iv) each other
              entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to
              regulations promulgated under Section 414(o) of the Code. Any such
              entity shall be treated as part of the Controlled Group only for
              the period while it is a member of the controlled group or
              considered to be in a common control group.

         1.8  "Early Retirement Benefits" means benefits granted to Participants
              in accordance with Article III of this Plan.

         1.9  "Eligibility Date" means the date the Participant is first
              eligible for a benefit under the terms of Article II.

         1.10 "Expected Earnings" means base pay at the Hire Date plus
              annualized target annual incentive bonus. If a Participant first
              becomes eligible for this Plan after the first year of employment,
              Expected Earnings will mean the actual base pay and annual
              incentive bonus payable for the full calendar year of employment
              immediately prior to eligibility for the Plan.

         1.11 "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
              as amended.

         1.12 "Mid-career Hire Benefits" means benefits granted to Participants
              in accordance with Article II of this Plan.

         1.13 "Hire Date" means the date employment with a member of the
              Controlled Group starts.

         1.14 "Participant" means any salaried officer, senior officer, or
              employee of the Company (including any life insurance companies
              controlled by the Company which are Participating Affiliates and
              regulated under section 17B:18-52 of New Jersey Statutes) and
              their beneficiaries who has been designated as a Participant in
              the Plan pursuant to the requirements of Articles II or III of
              this Plan and has been granted an accrued benefit under Article II
              or Article III of this Plan, but in each case only to the extent
              such accrued benefits have been granted and have not yet been paid
              in full to such individuals.

         1.15 "Plan" means this Prudential Insurance Supplemental Executive
              Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time.

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         1.16 "Prior Employer" means an employer that is not a member of the
              Company's Controlled Group with which the person referred to had
              an employment relationship immediately before a Participant's Hire
              Date. Prior Employer includes all entities of a group (i) each
              corporation which is a member of a controlled group of
              corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code)
              which includes the employer, (ii) each trade or business (whether
              or not incorporated) which is under common control with the
              employer (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code), (iii)
              each organization included in the same affiliated service group
              (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as the
              employer, and (iv) each other entity required to be aggregated
              with the employer pursuant to regulations promulgated under
              Section 414(o) of the Code. Any such entity shall be treated as
              part of such group only for the period while it is a member of the
              controlled group or considered to be in a common control group.

         1.17 "Prior Employer Plan" means one or more defined benefit pension
              plans maintained by the Prior Employer, including an unfunded
              defined benefit plan maintained by the Prior Employer for the
              purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of
              management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of
              Title I of ERISA and also including any written individual defined
              benefit arrangement or agreement agreed to by the Prior Employer.

         1.18 "Prudential Cash Balance Plan" means the Prudential Cash Balance
              Pension Plan Document component of The Prudential Merged
              Retirement Plan, a defined benefit retirement plan maintained by
              the Company for itself and Participating Affiliates.

         1.19 "Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan" means the Prudential
              Traditional Retirement Plan Document component of The Prudential
              Merged Retirement Plan, a defined benefit retirement plan
              maintained by the Company for itself and Participating Affiliates.

         1.20 "Release" means a written release of rights and claims, from a
              Participant, in favor of the Company, any Controlled Group member,
              and individuals employed by or formerly employed by the Company
              and any Controlled Group member, in a form that is satisfactory
              to, and approved by, the Committee.

         1.21 "Retirement Plan" means the Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan
              and the Prudential Cash Balance Plan.

         1.22 "SERP Service" means service with the Company's Controlled Group
              plus any service with a Prior Employer. Service with the Company's
              Controlled Group shall be Credited Service under the Prudential
              Traditional Retirement Plan as to benefits for Participants under
              that plan or Cash Balance Service under the Prudential Cash
              Balance Plan as to benefits for participants under that plan.
              Service with the Prior Employer will be service credited under the
              Prior Employer Plans, both qualified and unfunded plans.

         1.23 "Supplemental Plan" means the Prudential Supplemental Retirement
              Plan, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan maintained by the
              Company for itself and Participating Affiliates.

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         1.24 "Termination of Employment" means the voluntary or involuntary
              termination of employment with all members of the Controlled Group
              for any reason, including death.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                            MID-CAREER HIRE BENEFITS

         2.1 Eligibility. A salaried officer, senior officer, or employee of the
Company who: (A) meets requirements (1) through (7) below), and (B) is also
designated as eligible for Mid-career Hire Benefits under the Plan in a written
resolution either by the Compensation Committee which is subsequently and timely
approved by the Board of Directors, or by the Board of Directors (in the case of
an employee who is hired at, or becomes otherwise eligible after attaining, a
pay grade under the Prudential Compensation Plan of 1 through 3, or an
investment professional pay grade of 56A, or the equivalent, or to the extent
otherwise required by the by-laws of the Company), thereby becomes a Participant
under the Plan and is therefore eligible to accrue Mid-career Hire Benefits
under this Article II. No Controlled Group employee who is not a Company
employee or a life insurance company controlled by the Company and regulated
under section 17B:18-52 of New Jersey Statutes will be eligible. By approval of
any designation by the Compensation Committee, or any designation made directly
by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors has determined that the
retirement benefits otherwise available to such individuals under the Retirement
Plan, the Supplemental Plan and such other plans or arrangements sponsored by
the Company are inadequate, and the failure to provide such benefits pursuant to
the Plan would compromise the Company's ability to hire and retain such
employee.

         The requirements are as follows:

(1)    He or she is a participant in the Retirement Plan as of the date of
       designation of such person as a Participant under Article II of the Plan
       by the Compensation Committee or Board of Directors, as applicable;

(2)    He or she has a pay grade of 1 through 4 in the Prudential Compensation
       Plan or investment professional grade of 56A, or the equivalent;

(3)    He or she was actively employed by a Prior Employer immediately prior to
       being hired by a member of the Controlled Group;

(4)    He or she terminated his or her employment with such Prior Employer in
       order to become an employee within the Controlled Group;

(5)    As a result of such termination of employment with the Prior Employer, he
       or she either (A) forfeits prior benefit accruals, or (B) loses the
       future benefit accruals he or she would have earned had he or she
       remained employed by the Prior Employer, in each case, under a Prior
       Employer Plan;

(6)    He or she requests in writing, as part of a negotiation with the Company
       regarding the written terms of his or her employment by the Company, that
       the Company agree to

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       provide additional retirement benefits in recognition of the loss of such
       Prior Employer Plan benefit accruals and/or future benefit accruals; and

(7)    He or she meets the terms of this Plan and any other additional or
       different term or condition that the Compensation Committee (or in the
       case of an employee who is hired at, or otherwise becomes eligible after
       attaining, a pay grade of 1 through 3, the Board of Directors)
       determines, in its sole discretion, should be satisfied as a condition
       precedent or a condition subsequent to the receipt of Mid-career Hire
       Benefits accrued under this Article II, including, but not limited to,
       signing a Release; provided, that any additional or different term or
       condition is set forth in the written resolution designating the employee
       as eligible to accrue Mid-career Hire Benefits under the Plan.

       2.2    Amount--Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan Participant. Except
as otherwise provided in section 2.4, below, the amount of the Mid-career Hire
Benefits for a Participant in the Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan shall
be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) over (b) below:

       (a)    Participant's hypothetical accrued retirement benefits (including,
              if applicable, early retirement benefits) under the Retirement
              Plan and Supplemental Plan, calculated using SERP Service and
              stated as a single life annuity.

       (b)    The applicable offset in (1), (2) or (3), below, plus the
              Participant's benefit under the Retirement Plan and Supplemental
              Plan.

              (1)   If benefits are provided under a Prior Employer Plan as an
                    annuity or an Account Based Plan benefit for which no lump
                    sum is available at or before the date of benefit
                    commencement under this Plan and:

                    (A) Benefits under the Prior Employer Plan have commenced at
                        the time the benefit under this plan will commence--the
                        offset is the annuity benefit being paid to the
                        participant from the Prior Employer Plan. The amount of
                        offset will increase or decrease upon, and co-extensive
                        with, any changes in the amount of benefit provided by
                        the Prior Employer Plan that are known at the date of
                        Prudential benefit commencement. If any partial lump sum
                        payment was previously made, an additional offset for
                        that payment will be calculated as if it were a benefit
                        from an Account Based Plan under paragraph (2), below.

                    (B) Benefits under the Prior Employer Plan have not
                        commenced at the time the benefit under this plan will
                        commence, but could commence at the participant's
                        election--the offset is the normal form of annuity
                        benefit available to the participant from the Prior
                        Employer Plan, assuming the Prior Employer Plan benefit
                        commenced at the time the benefit under this Plan will
                        commence.

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                        The amount of the offset will increase or decrease upon,
                        and co-extensive with, any expected changes in the
                        amount of benefit provided by the Prior Employer Plan
                        that are known at the date of Prudential benefit
                        commencement.

                    (C) Benefits under the Prior Employer Plan cannot commence
                        until after the time the benefit under this plan will
                        commence--the offset is the normal form of annuity
                        benefit available to the participant from the Prior
                        Employer Plan, but applied beginning as of the earliest
                        date that the Prior Employer Plan benefit can commence.
                        The amount of offset will increase or decrease upon, and
                        co-extensive with, any expected changes in the amount of
                        benefit provided by the Prior Employer Plan that are
                        known at the date of Prudential benefit commencement.

              (2)   If Prior Employer Plan benefits are provided by an Account
                    Based Plan from which lump sum is available at or before
                    date of benefit commencement from this Plan, the offset is a
                    single life annuity, determined as follows:

                    (A) Determine the lump sum payable from the Prior Employer
                        Plan at the age benefits commence under this Plan. If a
                        lump sum has been previously paid, increase the amount
                        paid from the date of payment to benefit commencement
                        date using the Prudential Cash Balance Plan interest
                        crediting rate in effect on the Participant's
                        Termination of Employment (or other determination date).

                    (B) Convert the lump sum determined in (A) to a single life
                        annuity using conversion assumptions provided in the
                        Prudential Cash Balance Plan as of the date of the
                        determination.

              (3)   If benefits are provided by both an annuity and Account
                    Based Plan from which lump sum is available at or before
                    date of benefit commencement from this Plan, the offset is
                    the sum of the offsets calculated by applying paragraphs (1)
                    and (2), above, separately to each type of benefit.

         2.3 Amount--Cash Balance Plan Participant. Except as otherwise provided
pursuant to section 2.4 below, the amount of the Mid-career Hire Benefits for a
Participant in the Prudential Cash Balance Plan shall be the sum of (i) a deemed
Opening Account Balance equal to the excess, if any, of (a) less the offsets in
(b), plus (ii) the credits described in (c) below. This sum will be maintained
in an account, which may be divided into appropriate sub-accounts.

         (a)  Participant's hypothetical Opening Account Balance determined as
follows:

              (1)   Expected Earnings;

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              (2)   Multiplied by Participant's initial SERP Basic Credit Rate;

              (3)   Multiplied by SERP Service as of the Hire Date; and

              (4)   Multiplied by 2/3.

              The SERP Basic Credit Rate is the percentage determined under
              Exhibit B of the Prudential Cash Balance Plan calculated using
              SERP Service.

         (b)  The sum of the applicable offset in (1) or (2) and the amount in
(3), below.

              (1)   Account Based Plan of Prior Employer. If the Prior Employer
                    Plan is an Account Based Plan from which a lump sum is
                    available as of a date at or before the Hire Date, the
                    offset is the lump sum payable from the Prior Employer Plan
                    at the Participant's Hire Date (or, if later, the
                    Eligibility Date). If a lump sum was paid before the Hire
                    Date (or, if later, the Eligibility Date), determine the
                    offset by increasing the amount paid from date of payment to
                    age at the applicable date using Prudential Cash Balance
                    Plan crediting rate in effect on the Hire Date (or, if
                    later, the Eligibility Date).

              (2)   Annuity or Account Based Plan with no Lump Sum payable. If
                    the Prior Employer Plan is an annuity-type plan or an
                    Account Based Plan from which no lump sum is available at or
                    before the Hire Date (or, if later, the Eligibility Date),
                    the offset is the present value of benefits actually payable
                    at age 65 from the Prior Employer Plan. The present value
                    will be determined using the normal form of benefit under
                    the Prior Employer Plan or, if benefits have commenced, the
                    benefit being paid. Present value will be calculated using
                    the interest crediting rate methodology and mortality
                    assumptions applicable under The Prudential Cash Balance
                    Plan at the date of calculation, but applied as of the Hire
                    Date (or, if later, the Eligibility Date).

              (3)   Any account balance in the Prudential Cash Balance Plan and
                    Supplemental Plan at the Eligibility Date.

         (c)  Additional Credits.  Additional credits are the sum of the SERP
Basic Credit and the Interest Credit.

              (1)   The SERP Basic Credit is a monthly addition to the
                    Participant's account equal to a Basic Credit calculated
                    under section 3.2 of the Prudential Cash Balance Plan, but
                    using SERP Service, less the Basic Credit provided under the
                    Prudential Cash Balance Plan and Supplemental Plan for that
                    month using normal service crediting rules. These credits
                    will continue during any period of disability, calculated
                    and applied in a manner and for a period similar to section
                    3.5 of the Prudential Cash Balance Plan.

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              (2)   The Interest Credit is an addition to the account determined
                    under section 3.4 of the Prudential Cash Balance Plan based
                    on this Plan's account value at the beginning of the month.

         2.4  The Board of Directors (or if applicable, the Compensation
Committee), may, in its sole discretion, specify pursuant to a written
resolution that a Participant's Mid-career Hire Benefits under this Article
shall be a different amount than the amount as calculated in Section 2.2 or 2.3
above, provided, that such resolution must set forth how such different amount
shall be calculated and further provide that such different amount shall be
provided to such Participant in lieu of any benefit that may otherwise be
payable under Section 2.2 and 2.3.

         2.5  The benefit determined under this Plan will be coordinated with
any benefits payable under a similar plan for employees of members of the
Controlled Group other than the Company, or life insurance companies controlled
by the Company which are regulated under section 17B:18-52 of New Jersey
Statutes, so that total benefits from all such plans will not be higher than
they would be if all benefits were provided under this Plan.

         2.6  No benefit will be payable under this Plan unless the Participant,
when asked, supplies all information relating to service with the Prior Employer
or benefits under the Prior Employer Plan that the Committee deems necessary to
calculate the Participant's benefit.

         2.7  Coordination with Retiree Medical Benefits. If a Participant is
not eligible as a Retiree under the Medical Benefits provisions of The
Prudential Welfare Benefits Plan, or a successor plan (referred to as the
"Medical Plan"), the Board may approve an additional Medical Benefit
Differential benefit. A Participant will only be eligible for this Medical
Benefit Differential provided the Participant would qualify as a Retiree if the
Participant's SERP Service under this Article were added to actual service used
to determine Retiree eligibility under the Medical Plan. The Medical Benefit
Differential will be a payment in an amount calculated by the Committee to
equal, after a reasonable allowance for taxes, the difference between (i) the
contributions made under the Medical Plan by a similarly situated actual Retiree
who separated from service at the same time and (ii) the contribution required
for the Participant's continued participation in COBRA continuation coverage or,
after exhaustion of COBRA continuation, the Executive Medical Access Plan of The
Prudential Welfare Benefits Plan (or its equivalent) for which the Participant
is eligible. If the Executive Medical Access Plan is discontinued, the Medical
Benefit Differential will continue in the amount of the last contribution amount
determined for a Participant prior to that discontinuance. The Committee may
also specify a significantly lower, unvarying Medical Benefit Differential
(including zero) that will be payable if the Participant is eligible but at any
time declines to participate in the Executive Medical Access Plan.
Notwithstanding any election under Article IV for the payment of benefits other
than as an annuity, the Medical Benefit Differential shall be payable monthly,
or on such other periodic basis as the Committee determines is appropriate under
the circumstances. The Medical Benefit Differential will terminate when Medical
Plan coverage provided to a similarly situated actual Retiree would have
terminated.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                            EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS

         3.1 Eligibility. Any salaried officer, senior officer, or employee of
the Company who meets requirements (1) through (5) (or if applicable,
requirements (1) through (6)) set forth below thereby becomes a Participant
under the Plan and therefore shall be eligible to accrue Early Retirement
Benefits under this Article III; provided, however, that the accrual of Early
Retirement Benefits under this Article and the payment of Early Retirement
Benefits under this Plan shall be conditioned upon the Participant's signing a
Release. By the provisions of Section 3.1(5) below, or by such designation
pursuant to Section 3.1(4)(c) below, the Board of Directors has determined that
the retirement benefits otherwise available to such individuals under the
Retirement Plan, the Supplemental Plan and such other plans or arrangements
sponsored by the Company would be inadequate absent the provision of such Early
Retirement Benefits.

         The requirements are as follows:

(1)     He or she is a participant in the Retirement Plan as of the date of
        designation of such person as a Participant under Article III of the
        Plan by the Committee, Compensation Committee or Board of Directors, as
        applicable;

(2)     He or she has reached his or her earliest possible retirement date under
        the Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan before incurring a
        Termination of Employment either as a result of (A) attaining the first
        of the month coincident with or following age 55 with 10 Years of
        Vesting Service, or (B) attaining age 50 with 20 Years of Continuous
        Service and meeting all other requirements set forth in Section 502(b)
        of the Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan (or any successor
        provision);

(3)     He or she has incurred an involuntary Termination of Employment (other
        than by death, summary dismissal, or termination for cause) or has been
        requested by the Company to agree to a Termination of Employment, in
        each case, while employed at a pay grade under the Prudential
        Compensation Plan of grade 1 through 6 or an investment professional
        grade of 56 or 56A, or the equivalents;

(4)     He or she is designated in a written officer's certificate or written
        resolution as eligible to accrue Early Retirement Benefits under Article
        III of the Plan by one of the following --

             (a) The Committee, in its sole discretion, in the case of an
                 employee at pay grades 5 or 6 and investment professional grade
                 56, or their equivalents, or

             (b) The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, in the case
                 of an employee at grade 4 or grade 56A or their equivalents, or
                 to the extent required by the by-laws of the Company (to the
                 extent that such by-laws are more restrictive than the terms of
                 this Plan), or

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             (c) The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion in the case of
                 an employee at grades 1 through 3, or their equivalent, or to
                 the extent required by the by-laws of the Company (to the
                 extent that such by-laws are more restrictive than the terms of
                 this Plan);

(5)      Such designation made in Section 3.1(4)(a) and (b) above is
         subsequently and timely approved by the Board of Directors; and

(6)      He or she meets the terms of this Plan and any other different or
         additional term or condition that the Committee (or if applicable, the
         Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors) determines, in its
         sole discretion, should be satisfied as a condition precedent or a
         condition subsequent to the receipt of Early Retirement Benefits under
         this Article III; provided, that any different or additional term or
         condition is set forth in the written officer's certificate or
         resolution designating the employee as eligible to accrue Early
         Retirement Benefits under the Plan.

         3.2     Amount. (a) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to paragraph
(b) below, the amount of a Participant's Early Retirement Benefits shall be an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) less (ii) below:

         (i)     Participant's accrued retirement benefit under the Prudential
                 Traditional Retirement Plan, and related accrued benefits under
                 Articles II, III and IV of the Supplemental Plan, multiplied by
                 an adjustment factor of 1.00, in the case of a Participant who
                 retires under the Retirement Plan before the Participant's
                 Normal Retirement Date;

                 LESS

         (ii)    Participant's aggregate (A) accrued early retirement benefits
                 under Article XI of the Prudential Traditional Retirement Plan,
                 and (B) related benefits under Articles II, III, and IV of the
                 Supplemental Plan, if any.

         (b) The Committee (or if applicable, the Compensation Committee or the
Board of Directors), may, in its sole discretion, specify pursuant to a written
officer's certificate or resolution, as the case may be, that a Participant's
Early Retirement Benefits under this Article III shall be a lesser amount than
the amount set forth in Section 3.2 (a) above, provided, that such certificate
or resolution must set forth how such lesser amount shall be calculated and
further provide that such lesser amount shall be provided to such Participant in
lieu of any benefit that may otherwise be payable under this Section 3.2.

         3.3     Cash Balance Participant.  In the event a Participant is
covered under the Prudential Cash Balance Plan but elects an annuity that
includes a Grandfathered Minimum Benefit (calculated under the Prudential
Traditional Retirement Plan formula), the Participant's

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benefit relating to accruals prior to January 1, 2002 will be treated for
purposes of applying section 3.2, above, as a benefit under the Prudential
Traditional Retirement Plan.

         3.4       Coordination with Mid-career Hire Benefits.  For participants
granted eligibility for benefits under Article II of this plan, the following
apply for purposes of this Article III:

         (a)       Vesting Service and Continuous Service under section 3.1(2)
shall be calculated to include all SERP Service.

         (b)       For calculating the amount under section 3.2, the following
subparagraphs will be substituted for subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of that
section:

         (i)       Participant's hypothetical accrued retirement benefits
                   determined under section 2.2(a) without reduction for
                   commencement before the Participant's Normal Retirement
                   Date;

                  LESS

         (ii)      Participant's hypothetical accrued retirement benefits
                   determined under section 2.2(a).

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                               PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

         4.1 Vesting. A benefit described in Article II will be payable under
this Plan only if the Participant, at the time of Termination of Employment with
all members of the Controlled Group has five years of service with the
Controlled Group, or the Company incurs a change of ownership (within the
meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i)). Years of service
will be years of Vesting Service determined under the portion of the Retirement
Plan benefiting the Participant.

         4.2 Time and Form of Payment. (a) If a Participant has accrued any
benefits described in Article II or Article III of the Plan, such Participant
(or his or her beneficiary) shall begin receiving Plan payments on the date
benefits commence under the Supplemental Plan. Benefits payable under the Plan
shall be paid to the Participant (and his or her beneficiary) in the same form
of benefit and at the same time as the benefit payable to such Participant (and
beneficiary) under the Supplemental Plan (including any lump sum form of payment
under the Supplemental Plan). All optional forms will be actuarially equivalent
as of the date of commencement based upon the interest and actuarial
assumptions, or will be adjusted using appropriate reduction factors, as
prescribed under the Retirement Plan and Supplemental Plan at the date of
commencement.

         (b) If a Participant has accrued any benefits described in Article II,
but is not eligible to receive benefits under the Retirement Plan or the
Supplemental Plan, such Participant shall be treated as if he or she had
completed five years of vesting service under the Retirement Plan and the
Supplemental Plan solely for purposes of determining the time and form of Plan
payments under this Plan.

         (c) If a Participant has accrued any benefits described in Article II
or Article III of the Plan, but dies before payment of Plan benefits commences
under the Plan, benefits shall be payable at the same time, in the same form and
to the same beneficiary as provided under the Supplemental Plan.

         4.3 Release. Any benefits accrued under this Plan shall be null and
void and not be payable upon a Participant's failure to give, or subsequent
revocation of, a Release. Any breach by a Participant of a Release shall give
the Company the right to the return of such benefits, as well as the
reimbursement by the Participant of any attorney fees and costs expended by the
Company in enforcing such right of return.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                           ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

         5.1 Administration of the Plan. The Compensation Committee shall
appoint a Committee to administer the Plan, which shall be comprised of at least
three duly authorized officers of the Company. The Committee shall maintain such
procedures and records as will enable the Committee (or the Compensation
Committee or the Board of Directors, as the case may be) to determine the
Participants and their beneficiaries who are entitled to receive benefits under
the Plan and the amounts thereof.

         5.2 General Powers of Administration. (a) The Committee shall have the
exclusive right, power, and authority to interpret, in its sole discretion, any
and all of the provisions of the Plan; and to consider and decide conclusively
any questions (whether of fact or otherwise) arising in connection with the
administration of the Plan or any claim for benefits arising under the Plan;
provided, however, that such right, power and authority shall be exercised by
the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors to the extent otherwise
required by the Plan or the Company's by-laws (to the extent that such by-laws
are more restrictive than the terms of this Plan). Any decision or action of the
Committee (or the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors, as the case
may be) shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Participants.

         (b) Provisions set forth in the Retirement Plan with respect to claims
and appeals procedures, and immunities of the Administrative Committee (as
defined in the Retirement Plan), shall also be applicable with respect to the
Plan and the Committee, except that all claim and appeals decisions shall be
made by the Committee or, as provided in subsection (a) for general powers of
administration, by the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                            AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         6.1 Amendment or Termination of the Plan. The Company reserves the
right to amend or terminate the Plan in any respect and at any time; provided,
however, that the following conditions with respect to such amendment or
termination must be satisfied for such amendment or termination to be binding
and in effect:

(1)      Such amendment or termination must be made pursuant to a written
         resolution of the Committee (or the Compensation Committee or the Board
         of Directors to the extent otherwise required by the Plan or the
         Company's by-laws (to the extent that such by-laws are more restrictive
         than the terms of this Plan));

(2)      Such amendment or termination resolution may not adversely affect the
         rights of any Participant or beneficiary to receive benefits earned and
         accrued under the Plan prior to such amendment or termination, nor may
         the terms of any such amendment or termination be interpreted to
         provide that any benefits payable hereunder that are subject to a
         Release or other term or condition shall not continue to be subject to
         the terms of such Release, term or condition unless the terms of such
         amendment or termination resolution so specify;

(3)      Any such amendment resolution that would (A) remove any of the
         eligibility criteria for Mid-career Hire Benefits (as set forth in
         Section 2.1 of the Plan) or Early Retirement Benefits (as set forth in
         Section 3.1 of the Plan), or (B) alter the formulae used, and thereby
         increase the amount of, Mid-career Hire Benefits (as set forth in
         Section 2.2 and 2.3 of the Plan) or Early Retirement Benefits (as set
         forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Plan), must be submitted to the
         Compensation Committee (and thereafter submitted to the Board of
         Directors) and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance for
         approval (and must receive such approvals) before such amendment
         becomes effective.

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                                   ARTICLE VII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

         7.1 Participant's Rights Unsecured and Unfunded. The Plan at all times
shall be entirely unfunded. No assets of the Company shall be required to be
segregated or earmarked to represent the liability for accrued benefits under
the Plan. The right of a Participant (or his or her beneficiary) to receive a
payment hereunder shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the
Company. All payments under the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the
Company, unless satisfied by other means.

         7.2 No Guarantee of Benefits. Nothing contained in the Plan shall
constitute a guaranty by any member of the Controlled Group or any other person
or entity that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay any benefit
hereunder.

         7.3 No Enlargement of Employee Rights. Participation in the Plan shall
not be construed to give any Participant the right to be retained in the service
of any member of the Controlled Group.

         7.4 Non-Alienation Provision. No interest of any person or entity in,
or right to receive a benefit or distribution under, the Plan shall be subject
in any manner to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment, or
other alienation or encumbrance of any kind; nor may such interest or right to
receive a distribution be taken, either voluntarily or involuntarily for the
satisfaction of the debts of, or other obligations or claims against, such
person or entity, including claims for alimony, support, separate maintenance
and claims in bankruptcy proceedings.

         7.5 Applicable Law. The Plan shall be construed and administered under
the laws of the State of New Jersey, except conflict of laws provisions or to
the extent that such laws are preempted by ERISA.

         7.6 Taxes. To the extent required by law, amounts accrued under the
Plan shall be subject to federal social security and unemployment taxes during
the year the services giving rise to such amounts were performed (or, if later,
when the amounts are both determinable and not subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture). The Company shall withhold from any payments made pursuant to the
Plan such amounts as may be required by federal, state or local law.

         7.7 Excess Payments. If the compensation, years of service, age, or any
other relevant fact relating to any person is found to have been misstated, the
Plan benefit payable by the Company to a Participant or beneficiary shall be the
Plan benefit that would have been provided on the basis of the correct
information. Any excess payments due to such misstatement, or due to any other
mistake of fact or law, shall be refunded to the Company or withheld by it from
any further amounts otherwise payable under the Plan.

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         7.8  No Impact on Other Benefits. Amounts accrued under the Plan shall
not be included in a Participant's compensation for purposes of calculating
benefits under any other plan, program or arrangement sponsored by the any
member of the Controlled Group.

         7.9  Data. Each Participant or beneficiary shall furnish the Committee
with all proofs of dates of birth and death and proofs of continued existence
necessary for the administration of the Plan, and the Company shall not be
liable for the fulfillment of any Plan benefits in any way dependent upon such
information unless and until the same shall have been received by the Committee
in form satisfactory to it.

         7.10 Incapacity of Recipient. If a Participant or other beneficiary
entitled to a distribution under the Plan is living under guardianship or
conservatorship, distributions payable under the terms of the Plan to such
Participant or beneficiary shall be paid to his or her appointed guardian or
conservator and such payment shall be a complete discharge of any liability of
the Company under the Plan.

         7.11 Usage of Terms and Headings. Words in the masculine gender shall
include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa,
unless qualified by the context. Any headings are included for ease of reference
only, and are not to be construed to alter the terms of the Plan.

The following officer of the Company attests that this is a true copy of the
Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors May 14, 2002.

May 14, 2002                             /s/ Victor Y. Sim
                                        ----------------------------------------
Date                                     Victor Y. Sim
                                         Vice President of Total Compensation

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                                                                   Page 18 of 18Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Extension of Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.27 
  
 EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 This Extension of Employment Agreement (this
“Agreement”) effective as of March 27, 2002, by and between CARROLS CORPORATION (“Employer”), a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware having an address at 968 James Street, Syracuse, New York 13203 and ALAN VITULI
whose principal residence is Old Road, Windham, New York 12496 (“Employee”). 
  

	1.
	 
	Employer and Employee previously entered into a certain employment agreement dated January 1, 1995, as amended April 3, 1996, and as further amended and
restated on March 27, 1997 (the “Employment Agreement”), which agreement expired on March 27, 2002. 
 

  

	2.
	 
	Employer and Employee have agreed to extend the term of the Employment Agreement to September 30, 2004. 
 

  

	3.
	 
	The Carrols Corporation Compensation Committee has approved the extension of the Employment Agreement as herein provided. 
 

 

	4.
	 
	By this Agreement, the Employment Agreement is extended effective as of March 27, 2002, through September 30, 2004, upon all terms and conditions set forth in
the Employment Agreement. 
 

  

	5.
	 
	The following sentence is added to the end of Section 6(c) of the Employment Agreement: 
 

  

“Anything to the contrary set forth in the Carrols Holdings Corporation 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the nonqualified stock option agreements related thereto
and the Unvested Stock Option Agreement, issued to Employee on March 27, 1997 notwithstanding, in the event of termination of employment due to Employee’s death or “disability” (as defined in Section 11(f) below), or for good Reason
or without Cause (as defined in Section 1), the Employee or his transferee shall not be required to exercise any such outstanding stock options until the expiration of the terms of such stock options; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this Section 6(c)shall affect the terms and provisions of Section 5 of any of the stock option agreements, as may be amended, which terms and provisions shall remain in full force and effect.” 
  
 IN WITNESSETH WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and have caused this Extension of Employment Agreement to be executed on April 1,
2002. 
  
 
	 CARROLS CORPORATION
 
	 
	 /s/    Joseph A. Zirkman
 

	 Name: Joseph A. Zirkman
 Title: Vice President
 
	 
	 /s/    Alan Vituli
 

	 Alan Vituli

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