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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

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 Exhibit 10(P) 
  
 BB&T
CORPORATION 
 NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN 
  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2001 

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BB&T CORPORATION 
 NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN 
  
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	  	  	  	  	 Page
 

	 Section 1.    
 	  	 
Establishment and Purpose
 	  	 1
 
	 1.1  
 	  	 
Establishment of Plan 
 	  	 1
 
	 1.2  
 	  	 
Purpose of Plan
 	  	 1
 
	 1.3  
 	  	 
Application of Plan 
 	  	 2
 
	 
	 Section 2.    
 	  	 
Definitions and Construction
 	  	 2
 
	 2.1  
 	  	 
Account 
 	  	 2
 
	 2.2  
 	  	 
Accrued Benefit
 	  	 3
 
	 2.3  
 	  	 
Adjustment Date
 	  	 3
 
	 2.4  
 	  	 
Affiliate 
 	  	 3
 
	 2.5  
 	  	 
Beneficiary 
 	  	 3
 
	 2.6  
 	  	 
Board 
 	  	 3
 
	 2.7  
 	  	 
Code 
 	  	 3
 
	 2.8  
 	  	 
Committee 
 	  	 4
 
	 2.9  
 	  	 
Company 
 	  	 4
 
	 2.10
 	  	 
Company Matching Credits
 	  	 4
 
	 2.11
 	  	 
Company Stock
 	  	 4
 
	 2.12
 	  	 
Company Stock Credit 
 	  	 4
 
	 2.13
 	  	 
Covered Compensation
 	  	 4
 
	 2.14
 	  	 
Crediting Rate 
 	  	 5
 
	 2.15
 	  	 
Deferral Election Form
 	  	 5
 
	 2.16
 	  	 
Effective Date
 	  	 5
 
	 2.17
 	  	 
Eligible Employee
 	  	 6
 
	 2.18
 	  	 
Employee 
 	  	 6
 
	 2.19
 	  	 
Employer 
 	  	 6
 
	 2.20
 	  	 
Entry Data 
 	  	 6
 
	 2.21
 	  	 
ERISA 
 	  	 6
 
	 2.22
 	  	 
Incentive Compensation Credits 
 	  	 6
 
	 2.23
 	  	 
Incentive Compensation Plan
 	  	 7
 
	 2.24
 	  	 
Investment Funds
 	  	 7
 
	 2.25
 	  	 
Investment Fund Credit 
 	  	 7
 
	 2.26
 	  	 
Participant 
 	  	 7
 
	 2.27
 	  	 
Plan 
 	  	 8
 
	 2.28
 	  	 
Plan Year 
 	  	 8
 
	 2.29
 	  	 
Prior Plan 
 	  	 8
 
	 2.30
 	  	 
Salary Reduction Election Form
 	  	 9
 

 

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	 2.31
 	  	 
Salary Reduction Credits 
 	  	 9
 
	 2.32
 	  	 
Savings Plan 
 	  	 9
 
	 2.33
 	  	 
Service
 	  	 9
 
	 2.34
 	  	 
Spouse or Surviving Spouse
 	  	 9
 
	 
	 Section 3.    
 	  	 
Credits to Account
 	  	 9
 
	 3.1  
 	  	 
Salary Reduction Credits 
 	  	 9
 
	 3.2  
 	  	 
Company Matching Credits
 	  	 10
 
	 3.3  
 	  	 
Incentive Compensation Credits
 	  	 11
 
	 
	 Section 4.    
 	  	 
Vesting 
 	  	 11
 
	 
	 Section 5.    
 	  	 
Payment of Benefits
 	  	 12
 
	 5.1  
 	  	 
Distribution 
 	  	 12
 
	 5.2  
 	  	 
Payment of Benefits for Reasons Other Than Death 
 	  	 12
 
	 5.3  
 	  	 
Payment of Death Benefit
 	  	 14
 
	 5.4  
 	  	 
Rules 
 	  	 15
 
	 
	 Section 6.    
 	  	 
Unforeseeable Emergency Payments
 	  	 15
 
	 6.1  
 	  	 
Conditions for Request 
 	  	 15
 
	 6.2  
 	  	 
Written Request
 	  	 16
 
	 6.3  
 	  	 
Processing of Request 
 	  	 16
 
	 6.4  
 	  	 
Rules 
 	  	 17
 
	 
	 Section 7.    
 	  	 
Deemed Investments and Adjustment of Accounts
 	  	 17
 
	 7.1  
 	  	 
Deemed Investment of Accounts in Investment Funds
 	  	 17
 
	 7.2  
 	  	 
Deemed Investment in Company Stock by Former Stock Plan Participants
 	  	 19
 
	 7.3  
 	  	 
Adjustment of Fixed Rate Account
 	  	 20
 
	 7.4  
 	  	 
Adjustment of Investment Fund Accounts
 	  	 23
 
	 7.5  
 	  	 
Adjustment of Company Stock Account
 	  	 24
 
	 7.6  
 	  	 
Rules 
 	  	 24
 
	 
	 Section 8.    
 	  	 
Administration by Committee
 	  	 25
 
	 8.1  
 	  	 
Membership of Committee 
 	  	 25
 
	 8.2  
 	  	 
Committee Officers; Subcommittee
 	  	 25
 
	 8.3  
 	  	 
Committee Meetings
 	  	 25
 
	 8.4  
 	  	 
Transaction of Business
 	  	 26
 
	 8.5  
 	  	 
Committee Records 
 	  	 26
 
	 8.6  
 	  	 
Establishment of Rules
 	  	 26
 
	 8.7  
 	  	 
Conflicts of Interest 
 	  	 26
 
	 8.8  
 	  	 
Correction of Errors
 	  	 26
 
	 8.9  
 	  	 
Authority to Interpret Plan
 	  	 27
 
	 8.10
 	  	 
Third Party Advisors 
 	  	 27
 
	 8.11
 	  	 
Compensation of Members 
 	  	 27
 
	 8.12
 	  	 
Committee Expenses
 	  	 27
 

 
 

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	   8.13
 	  	 
Indemnification of Committee 
 	  	 27
 
	 
	 Section   9.    
 	  	 
Funding
 	  	 28
 
	 
	 Section 10.    
 	  	 
Allocation of Responsibilities
 	  	 29
 
	 10.1  
 	  	 
Board 
 	  	 29
 
	 10.2  
 	  	 
Committee 
 	  	 29
 
	 10.3  
 	  	 
Plan Administrator 
 	  	 29
 
	 
	 Section 11.    
 	  	 
Benefits Not Assignable; Facility of Payments 
 	  	 30
 
	 11.1  
 	  	 
Benefits Not Assignable
 	  	 30
 
	 11.2  
 	  	 
Payments to Minors and Others
 	  	 30
 
	 
	 Section 12.    
 	  	 
Beneficiary 
 	  	 30
 
	 
	 Section 13.    
 	  	 
Amendment and Termination of Plan
 	  	 31
 
	 
	 Section 14.    
 	  	 
Communication to Participants
 	  	 32
 
	 
	 Section 15.    
 	  	 
Claims Procedure
 	  	 32
 
	 15.1  
 	  	 
Filing of a Claim for Benefits 
 	  	 32
 
	 15.2  
 	  	 
Notification to Claimant of Decision 
 	  	 32
 
	 15.3  
 	  	 
Procedure for Review 
 	  	 33
 
	 15.4  
 	  	 
Decision on Review
 	  	 33
 
	 15.5  
 	  	 
Action by Authorized Representative of Claimant
 	  	 34
 
	 
	 Section 16.    
 	  	 
Special Provisions Relating to Southern National ESOP Excess Plan
 	  	 34
 
	 
	 Section 17.    
 	  	 
Special Provisions Relating to Capital Accumulation Plan for Eligible Key Employees of Southern National Corporation 
 	  	 35
 
	 
	 Section 18.    
 	  	 
Special Provisions Relating to Supplemental Retirement Benefit of Prior Plan
 	  	 36
 
	 
	 Section 19.    
 	  	 
Parties to the Plan
 	  	 36
 
	 19.1  
 	  	 
Single Plan 
 	  	 36
 
	 19.2  
 	  	 
Service; Allocation of Costs
 	  	 37
 
	 19.3  
 	  	 
Committee
 	  	 37
 
	 19.4  
 	  	 
Authority to Amend and Terminate 
 	  	 37
 
	 
	 Section 20.    
 	  	 
Compliance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 16b-3 Trading Restrictions 
 	  	 37
 
	 
	 Section 21.    
 	  	 
Miscellaneous Provisions
 	  	 37
 
	 21.1  
 	  	 
Notices 
 	  	 37
 
	 21.2  
 	  	 
Lost Distributees
 	  	 38
 
	 21.3  
 	  	 
Reliance on Data
 	  	 38
 
	 21.4  
 	  	 
Receipt and Release for Payments
 	  	 38
 
	 21.5  
 	  	 
Headings 
 	  	 39
 
	 21.6  
 	  	 
Continuation of Employment
 	  	 39
 
	 21.7  
 	  	 
Construction 
 	  	 39
 

 
 

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	 21.8
 	  	 
Nonliability of Employer
 	 	 39
 
	 21.9
 	  	 
Severability
 	 	 39
 
	 21.10
 	  	 
Merger and Consolidation
 	 	 39
 
	 21.11
 	  	 
Withholding Taxes 
 	 	 40
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT A
 	  	 CREDITING RATE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 A-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT B
 	  	 DESIGNATED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS
 	 	 B-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT C
 	  	 INVESTMENT FUNDS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 C-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT D
 	  	 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 D-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT E
 	  	 DETERMINATION OF INVESTMENT FUND CREDITS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 E-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT F
 	  	 DETERMINATION OF VALUE OF COMPANY STOCK CREDITS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 F-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT G:
 	  	 EMPLOYER-PARTIES AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 G-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT H:
 	  	 QUALIFYING PLANS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	 	 H-1
 

 
 

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 BB&T CORPORATION 
 NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

  
 
Section 1.    Establishment and Purpose: 
  
 1.1  
Establishment of Plan:    Effective as of January 1, 1997, BB&T Corporation (formerly, Southern National Corporation) adopted the “Southern National Corporation Non-Qualified Defined
Contribution Plan” (the “Prior Plan”). As of May 16, 1997, the name of the Prior Plan was changed to the “BB&T Corporation Non-Qualified Defined Contribution Plan.” The Prior Plan is hereby amended and restated,
effective as of November 1, 2001, and shall be known as the BB&T CORPORATION NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN (the “Plan”). All benefits from this Plan shall be payable solely from the general assets of the Company and
participating Affiliates. The Plan is comprised of both an “excess benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(36) of ERISA and an unfunded plan maintained for the purposes of providing deferred compensation to a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. The Plan, therefore, is intended to be exempt from the participation, vesting, funding, and fiduciary requirements of Title I
of ERISA. 
  
 1.2  
Purpose of Plan:    The primary purpose of the Plan is to supplement the benefits payable to certain participants under the qualified BB&T Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan to the extent
that such benefits are curtailed by the application of certain limits imposed by the Code. The Plan is also intended to provide certain participants in the Company’s executive incentive compensation plans with an effective means of deferring on
a pre-tax basis a portion of the payments they are entitled to receive under such plans. 

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 1.3  
Application of Plan:    The terms of this Plan are applicable only to Participants who are in the Service of the Company or a participating Affiliate on or after November 1, 2001. The
benefits with respect to the Employees who terminated, retired, or died before this date shall be determined under the Prior Plan, except as explicitly provided elsewhere in this Plan. 
  
 
Section 2.    Definitions and Construction: 
  
 Wherever appropriate, words used
in the Plan in the singular may include the plural, or the plural may be read as the singular. References to one gender shall include the other. A capitalized term used, but not defined in the Plan, shall have the same meaning given in Section 1 of
the Savings Plan, depending on the context in which the term is used. Whenever used in this Plan, including Section 1 and this Section 2, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth below (unless otherwise indicated by the
context) rather than any definition provided under the Savings Plan: 
  
 2.1
“Account” means the aggregate of the unfunded, separate bookkeeping accounts established and maintained with respect to each Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 7. The separate bookkeeping
accounts that maybe established and maintained with respect to the Account shall include the following: 
  
 2.1.1
“Incentive Compensation Account” means the separate bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to which Incentive Compensation Credits under any designated Incentive Compensation Plan shall be credited. 

 
 2.1.2 “Matching Account” means the separate bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to which
Company Matching Credits shall be credited. 
  
 2.1.3 “Prior Plan Account” means the separate
bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to reflect that portion of the Account (if any) attributable to an account maintained by an Employer on behalf of a Participant pursuant to any other unfunded nonqualified plan or contract of
deferred compensation which was transferred to this Plan at the direction of the Committee. 
 

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 2.1.4 “Salary Reduction Account” means the separate
bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to which Salary Reduction Credits shall be credited. 
  
 Separate sub-accounts
shall be established and maintained with respect to each separate bookkeeping account, which sub-accounts shall include a “Fixed Rate Account,” one or more “Investment Fund Accounts” and a “Company Stock Account.” The
Fixed Rate Account, the Investment Fund Accounts and the Company Stock Account shall be adjusted in the manner provided in Section 7. 
  
 2.2  
“Accrued Benefit” means with respect to each Participant the balance credited to his Account as of the applicable Adjustment Date following adjustment thereof as provided in Section 7. 

 
 2.3  
“Adjustment Date” means each day securities are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, except regularly scheduled holidays of Branch Banking and Trust Company (“BB&T”), a North Carolina
corporation with its principal office at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 
  
 2.4  
“Affiliate” means any corporation which, with the Company, is a member of a controlled group of employers as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code. 
  
 2.5  
“Beneficiary” means the person, persons or entity designated or determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan to receive the balance of the Participant’s Account under this Plan, if
any, after his death. 
  
 2.6  
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  
 2.7  
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and rules and regulations issued thereunder. 
  
 2.8  
“Committee” means the Administrative Committee provided for in Section 8. 
 

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 2.9
 “Company” means BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation with its principal office at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, or any successor thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise. 

 
 2.10
“Company Matching Credits” means the amounts credited to the Participant’s Matching Account by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2. 
  
 2.11
“Company Stock” means the Company’s $5 par value common stock. “Company Stock Fund” means the BB&T Corporation Common Stock Fund, which consists primarily of shares of Company Stock.

  
 2.12
“Company Stock Credit” means a bookkeeping unit used for the purpose of crediting deemed shares of the Company Stock Fund to the Company Stock Accounts of each Participant for whom a Company Stock Account
is established pursuant to Section 7. Each Company Stock Credit shall be equal to one share of the Company Stock Fund. The value of each Company Stock Credit shall be equivalent to the net value of a share of the Company Stock Fund as of the
applicable Adjustment Date. 
  
 2.13
“Covered Compensation” means the wages within the meaning of Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of compensation to the Participant by the Employer (in the course of the Employer’s trade
or business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the Participant a written statement (as currently reportable on Form W-2) under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Code, but determined without regard to any rules that limit the
remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed, subject to the following adjustments: 
 

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 (a)  There shall be excluded amounts paid or reimbursed by the
Employer for moving expenses incurred by the Participant to the extent that at the time of payment it is reasonable to believe that these amounts are deductible by the Participant under Section 217 of the Code; 
  
 (b)  There shall be excluded any fringe benefits or welfare benefits; 
  

(c)  There shall be included any amounts contributed by the Participant to an employee benefit plan maintained by the Employer pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement which are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b) of the Code; 
  
 (d)  There shall be included any compensation deferred pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of this Plan; and 
  
 (e)  There shall be included amounts in excess of the limitation described in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. 

 
 2.14
 “Crediting Rate” means the rate in effect as of the first day of each Plan Year and utilized throughout the entire Plan Year in crediting interest to the balance in the Fixed Rate Accounts of each
Participant. The Crediting Rate shall be determined in the manner described in Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. Prior to the beginning of each Plan Year, the Committee shall notify the
Participants in writing of the Crediting Rate for such Plan Year. 
  
 2.15
“Deferral Election Form” means the election form executed by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3 of the Plan. 
  
 2.16
“Effective Date” means November 1, 2001. 
  
 2.17
“Eligible Employee” means each Employee who is determined by the Committee to be a highly compensated or management employee and who is selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan. An Employee
shall cease to be an Eligible Employee immediately upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the Employee’s termination of Service; (ii) determination by 
 

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the Committee that the Employee is no longer a highly compensated or management employee; or (iii) determination by the Committee in its sole discretion that the Employee shall no longer be
eligible to participate in the Plan. See Section 2.26 with respect to provisions governing participation in the Plan by an Eligible Employee. 
  
 2.18  
“Employee” means an individual in the Service of the Employer if the relationship between him and the Employer is the legal relationship of employer and employee. 
  
 2.19
“Employer” means the Company and participating Affiliates. See Section 19 for special provisions concerning participating Affiliates. 
  
 2.20
“Entry Date” means January 1 of each Plan Year. Under special circumstances, such as the acquisition of an Affiliate, the Committee may designate a date other than January 1 of a Plan Year as an Entry Date.

  
 2.21  
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (including amendments of the Code affected thereby) and rules and regulations issued thereunder. 
  
 2.22  
“Incentive Compensation Credits” means the amounts credited to the Participant’s Incentive Compensation Account by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3. 
  
 2.23  
“Incentive Compensation Plan” means any executive incentive compensation plan maintained by the Company, as designated by the Committee on Exhibit B attached hereto as the same may be amended from time to
time, under which a Participant is entitled to receive an annual or long-term cash award based on the satisfaction of pre-established, objective performance goals. 
 

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 2.24  
“Investment Funds” means the mutual funds described in Exhibit C attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. Prior to the beginning of each Plan Year, the Committee shall
notify the Participants in writing of the Investment Funds for such Plan Year. Each mutual fund described in Exhibit C is sometimes referred to herein as “Investment Fund.” 
  
 2.25  
“Investment Fund Credit” means, with respect to each Investment Fund, a bookkeeping unit used for the purpose of crediting deemed shares of the Investment Fund to the corresponding Investment Fund Account
of each Participant. Each Investment Fund Credit shall be equal to one share of the Investment Fund. The value of each Investment Fund Credit shall be equivalent to the net value of a share of the Investment Fund as of the applicable Adjustment
Date. 
  
 2.26  
“Participant” means with respect to any Plan Year an Eligible Employee who has entered the Plan and any former Employee who has an Accrued Benefit remaining under the Plan. An Eligible Employee or former
Employee on the Effective Date who was a participant in the Prior Plan immediately preceding the Effective Date, shall be a Participant in this Plan on the Effective Date. An Eligible Employee who has not otherwise entered the Plan shall enter the
Plan and become a Participant as of the Entry Date determined by the Committee; provided, that an Eligible Employee shall not become a Participant in this Plan unless (i) the contributions to his Salary Reduction Contribution (Before-Tax) Account,
his Employer Basic Matching Contribution Account and his Employer Supplemental Matching Contribution Account under the Savings Plan are less than such contributions would otherwise be under the Savings Plan if such plan did not observe the
limitations described in Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g) and 415 of the Code, or if such Plan included deferrals under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of this Plan in its definition of Compensation; or (ii) he is eligible to 
 

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participate in any Incentive Compensation Plan. A Participant shall cease to be a Participant as of the date he ceases to be an Eligible Employee or ceases to be a participant in the Savings Plan
and any Incentive Compensation Plan. A Participant who separates from Service with the Employer and who later returns to Service will not be eligible to reenter this Plan and become a Participant except upon satisfaction of such terms and conditions
as the Committee shall establish following the Participant’s return to Service, whether or not the Participant shall have an Accrued Benefit remaining under the Plan on the date of his return to Service. The Eligible Employees eligible to
participate in the Plan are designated on Exhibit D attached hereto, as it may be amended from time to time by the Committee. 
  
 2.27  
“Plan” means the unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan as herein set out or as duly amended. 
  
 2.28  
“Plan Year” means the 12-calendar-month period ending on December 31 of each year. 
  
 2.29  
“Prior Plan” means the BB&T Corporation Non-Qualified Defined Contribution Plan as in effect prior to November 1, 2001. 
  
 2.30  
“Salary Reduction Election Form” means the election form executed by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Plan. 
  
 2.31  
“Salary Reduction Credits” means the amounts credited to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Account by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Plan. 
  
 2.32  
“Savings Plan” means the BB&T Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2000), as it may be amended from time to time. 
  
 2.33  
“Service” means employment by the Employer as an Employee. 
 

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 2.34  
“Spouse” or “Surviving Spouse” means, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the legally married or surviving spouse of a Participant. 
  

Section 3.    
Credits to Account: 
  
 3.1  
Salary Reduction Credits: 
  
 3.1.1  Amount of Salary Reduction
Credits: 
  
 (a)  Each Participant who is a participant in the Savings Plan may elect, by executing a
Salary Reduction Election Form, to reduce on a pre-tax basis his Covered Compensation from the Employer for any Plan Year by an amount equal to the difference between (1) and (2), where: 
  
 (1)  is a whole percentage of Covered Compensation equal to the same contribution percentage elected by the Participant under Section 2.1 of the Savings Plan
(as such Section may be hereafter amended); and 
  
 (2)  is an amount equal to the maximum Salary
Reduction Contributions that has been, or will be, made to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution (Before-Tax) Account under the Savings Plan (determined with respect to all Savings Plan provisions, and the limitations described in
Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g) and 415 of the Code) for such Plan Year. 
  
 (b)  An amount
equal to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Credits shall be credited by the Committee to the Salary Reduction Account maintained for the Participant pursuant to Section 7. 
  
 3.1.2  Time for Crediting Salary Reduction Credits:    The amount of Salary Reduction Credits to be credited to the Salary Reduction
Account of a Participant shall be credited to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Account at the same time and in the same manner as Salary Reduction Contributions are credited to the Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution (Before-Tax)
Account under the Savings Plan. 
  
 3.1.3  Administrative Rules Governing Salary Reduction
Elections:    A salary reduction election pursuant to Section 3.1.1 shall be made by the Participant by executing and delivering to the Committee a Salary Reduction Election Form in accordance with such rules and procedures as
are adopted by the Committee from time to time. The Salary Reduction Election Form must be received by the Committee prior to the beginning of each Plan Year (or the date the Participant is first eligible to participate in the Savings Plan, if he
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the Plan Year) and shall be irrevocable for the Plan Year (or remainder of the Plan Year), if applicable. 
  
 3.2  
Company Matching Credits: 
  
 3.2.1  Amount of Company Matching
Credits:    With respect to each Participant who elects to reduce his Covered Compensation under Section 3.1, the Committee shall credit to his Matching Account each month the Company Matching Credit, which shall be an amount
equal to the difference between (a) and (b), where: 
  
 (a)  is an amount equal to 100% of the first 6%
of Covered Compensation elected by the Participant for salary reduction under Section 2.1 of the Savings Plan (as such Section may be hereafter amended) (but not more than the amount described in Section 3.1.1(a)(2) of the Plan) and for salary
reduction under Section 3.1.1(a)(1) of the Plan; and 
  
 (b)  is an amount equal to the maximum
Matching Contributions that has been, or will be, made to the Employer Basic Matching Contribution Account and the Employer Supplemental Matching Contribution Account of the Participant under the Savings Plan (determined with regard to all Savings
Plan provisions and the limitations described in Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g), and 415 of the Code) for such Plan Year. 
  
 3.2.2  Time for Crediting Company Matching Credits:    The amount of Company Matching Credits to be credited to the Matching Account of the Participant shall be credited by the Committee
to the Participant’s Matching Account at the same time and in the same manner as Matching Contributions are credited to the Participant’s Employer Basic Matching Contribution Account and Employer Supplemental Matching Contribution Account
under the Savings Plan. 
  
 3.3  
Incentive Compensation Credits: 
  
 3.3.1  Amount of Incentive
Compensation Credits:    Each Participant who is a participant in any Incentive Compensation Plan may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer, on a pretax basis, an amount equal to either 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%,
60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% of the benefit otherwise payable to him under such Incentive Compensation Plan. An amount equal to the amount deferred shall be credited by the Committee as an Incentive Compensation Credit to the Incentive Compensation
Account of the Participant. 
  
 3.3.2  Time for Crediting Incentive Compensation
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that date certain which the benefits payable under the Incentive Compensation Plan would have otherwise been paid to the Participant. 
  
 3.3.3  Administrative Rules Governing Incentive Compensation Credits:    An election by the Participant to defer benefits earned under an
Incentive Compensation Plan pursuant to Section 3.3.1 shall be made on a Deferral Election Form at a time determined by the Committee and shall be irrevocable when made. In establishing the time of election, the Committee shall select a date that
will not result in the constructive receipt of income to a Participant who elects to defer benefits earned under the Incentive Compensation Plan. 
  
 Section 4.    
Vesting: 
  
 The interest of a Participant in his Salary Reduction Account, Incentive
Compensation Account and Prior Plan Account shall be fully vested (i.e., nonforfeitable) at all times. The interest of a Participant in his Matching Account (and in the Company Stock Account which is a sub-account with respect to his Matching
Account) shall be contingent, except that such interest shall become vested at the same time and in the same manner as his interest in his Employer Supplemental Matching Contribution Account becomes vested under the Savings Plan. A Participant who
is not fully vested in his Company Matching Account shall forfeit the nonvested portion of such account in the same manner and at the same time that forfeitures occur with respect to his Employer Supplemental Matching Contribution Account under the
Savings Plan. 
  
 Section 5.    
Payment of Benefits: 
  
 5.1  
Distribution:    Except as otherwise provided in Section 6, the vested Accrued Benefit of a Participant shall be distributed to or with respect to a Participant only upon termination of the
Participant’s Service with the Employer (including all Affiliates thereof). Payment of benefits on account of a non-death termination of Service shall be made in accordance with Section 5.2. Payment of benefits on account of the death of the
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 5.2  
Payment of Benefits for Reasons Other Than Death: 
  
 5.2.1  Form of
Distribution:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, the vested Accrued Benefit of a Participant who has terminated Service for any reason other than death shall be paid to the Participant or applied for his benefit under
one of the following options, as elected by the Participant: 
  
 (1)  Term Certain
Option:    Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to him in approximately equal monthly installments over a term certain not to exceed 180 months. If the term certain selected by the Participant pursuant to this Section 5.2.1
would result in payments of less than $100.00 per month, payments shall be made at the rate of $100.00 per month until the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is paid in full. 
  
 (2)  Lump Sum Option:    Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to him in a lump sum. 
  

The election of the form of distribution (the “Form Election”) shall be made by the Participant on a form approved by the Committee and filed with the Committee as
provided in Section 5.2.3. If the Participant fails to elect a distribution option, his vested Accrued Benefit shall be paid to him under the Lump Sum Option. Notwithstanding any election made by the Participant pursuant to this Section 5.2.1, if
prior to the distribution processing date the Participant advises the Committee in writing that he desires to have his vested Company Stock Accounts, if any, paid to him in shares of Company Stock (as provided in Section 5.2.4), his vested Company
Stock Accounts shall automatically be paid to him under the Lump Sum Option, and the balance of his vested Account shall be paid to him in accordance with the distribution option elected by him pursuant to this Section 5.2.1. The amount of a
Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit for purposes of any distribution made pursuant to this Section 5 shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date such distribution is actually processed by the Committee or its designee. 

 
 5.2.2  Commencement and Timing of Distribution:    Except as otherwise provided in Section 6
and subject to the provisions of Section 20, no benefit payments will be made to the Participant from the Plan under this Section 5.2 until the Service of the Participant is terminated. Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit shall commence within one
of the following periods, as elected by the Participant: 
  

	 	Option (1)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the Service of the Participant terminates. 
 

  

	 	Option (2)
	 
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	Year in which the Service of the Participant terminated and ending on the last day of February of such Plan Year. 
 

  

	 	Option (3)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the Participant attains age 65. 
 

  

	 	Option (4)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the period beginning on the first day of January of the Plan Year which next follows the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65
and ending on the last day of February of such Plan Year. 
 

  
 The election of the date as of which distribution
shall commence (the “Timing Election”) shall be made on a form approved by the Committee and filed with the Committee as provided in Section 5.2.3. If the Participant fails to elect one of these options, Option will be deemed to have been
elected by the Participant. 
  
 5.2.3  Timing of Election:    The Form Election and
Timing Election shall be made by the Participant on or before the Entry Date the Participant enters the Plan. The Participant’s election may be revoked at any time by the Participant during the “Election Period.” The Election Period
begins as of the Entry Date the Participant enters the Plan and ends on the earlier to occur of (i) the date the Participant terminates Service; or (ii) the date which precedes the date payment of his benefit is to commence by twelve (12) calendar
months. The Form Election and Timing Election in effect as of the close of the Election Period shall be irrevocable. 
  
 5.2.4  Medium of Distribution:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, distributions from the Plan shall be made in cash unless prior to the distribution processing date the Participant advises the
Committee in writing that he desires to receive payment of his vested Company Stock Accounts, if any, in Company Stock. The number of shares of Company Stock distributable to the Participant shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date the
Participant’s distribution from the Plan is actually processed by the Committee or its designee. Any portion of a payment that would be represented by a fractional share shall be paid in cash irrespective of the Participant’s desire to
receive payment in the form of Company Stock. 
  
 5.2.5  Installment
Payments:    If the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is to be distributed in installments pursuant to the Term Certain Option, the amount of each monthly installment shall initially be equal to the value of the Account
as of the date benefit payments are to commence multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be one and the denominator of which shall be the total number of installments to be paid. As of each February 1 (the “Annual Valuation
Date”), the amount of the monthly installment payment shall be adjusted so that for the twelve consecutive month period beginning on such Annual Valuation Date the amount of each monthly installment payment shall be equal to the value of the
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shall continue to be adjusted as provided in Section 7 until the entire balance credited to the Account has been paid. 
  
 5.3  
Payment of Death Benefit:    On the death of a Participant, his vested Accrued Benefit shall be paid to his Beneficiary in accordance with the following special provisions: 

 
 5.3.1  Death Before Payments Begin:    If the Participant dies before payment of his vested
Accrued Benefit begins under Section 5.2, payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to his Beneficiary shall commence as soon as practicable following the date of the Participant’s death but in no event earlier than the sixtieth day next following
the date of the Participant’s death. The amount of the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit for purposes of any distribution made pursuant to this Section 5.3.1 shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date such distribution is actually
processed by the Committee or its designee. The vested Accrued Benefit of the Participant shall be paid to the Beneficiary in cash under the Lump Sum Option described in Section 5.2.1(2). Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the provisions
of Section 20, prior to the distribution processing date the Beneficiary may advise the Committee in writing that he desires to have the Participant’s vested Company Stock Accounts, if any, paid to him in shares of Company Stock rather than in
cash. The number of shares of Company Stock distributable to the Beneficiary shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date the death benefit from the Plan is actually processed by the Committee or its designee. Any portion of a payment that would be
represented by a fractional share shall be paid in cash irrespective of the Beneficiary’s desire to receive payment in the form of Company Stock. 
  
 5.3.2  Death After Payments Begin:    If the Participant dies on or after payment of his vested Accrued Benefit commences under Section
5.2, the remaining payments (if any) that would have been made to the Participant had he not died shall be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary in the same manner as they would have been paid to the Participant had he lived. 

 
 5.4  
Rules:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, the Committee may from time to time adopt additional policies or rules governing the manner in which distributions will be made from the Plan so
that the Plan may be conveniently administered. 
  
 
Section 6.    Unforeseeable Emergency Payments: 
  
 6.1  
Conditions for Request:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, a Participant may, at any time prior to his termination of Service, make application to the Committee to receive a cash payment
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(other than the nonvested portion of his Matching Account) by reason of an unforeseeable emergency. The amount of a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency shall not exceed the amount
required to meet the financial hardship created by the unforeseeable emergency and not otherwise reasonably available from other resources of the Participant (including all amounts that may be withdrawn from the Savings Plan). An unforeseeable
emergency is a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or of a dependent of the Participant, loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The determination of whether an unforeseeable emergency exists within the scope of this Section 6.1 shall be made by the Committee in
its sole and absolute discretion, and its decision to grant or deny a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency shall be final. The Committee shall apply uniform and nondiscriminatory standards in making its decision. 
  
 6.2  
Written Request:    The Participant’s request for a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency must be made in writing to the Committee. The request must specify the nature of the
financial hardship, the total amount to be paid from his Account, and the total amount of the actual expense incurred or to be incurred on account of hardship. 
  
 6.3  
Processing of Request:    If a payment under this Section 6 is approved, such payment shall be made as soon thereafter as practicable. The processing of the request shall be completed as soon as
practicable from the date on which the Committee receives the properly completed written request for a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency. If a Participant terminates Service after a request is approved in accordance with this Section
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entitled to receive under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the applicable payment provisions of the Plan. Only one payment because of an unforeseeable emergency shall be made within any
Plan Year. A hardship withdrawal made under this Section 6 shall be charged to the separate bookkeeping accounts which comprise the Account in the following order: (i) Incentive Compensation Account; (ii) Salary Reduction Account; (iii) Prior Plan
Account; and (iv) Matching Account (but only to the extent of the vested portion of the Matching Account). Subject to the provisions of Section 20, with respect to each such separate bookkeeping account, such hardship withdrawal shall be charged to
the Fixed Rate Account, the Investment Fund Accounts and the Company Stock Account with respect to such separate bookkeeping account on a pro rata basis. 
  
 6.4  
Rules:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, the Committee may from time to time adopt additional policies or rules governing the manner in which such payments because of an unforeseeable
emergency may be made so that the Plan may be conveniently administered. 
  
 
Section 7.    Deemed Investments and Adjustment of Accounts: 
  
 The
Committee shall establish and maintain in behalf of each Participant the following four separate bookkeeping accounts with respect to his Account: (1) Salary Reduction Account; (2) Matching Account; (3) Incentive Compensation Account; and (4) Prior
Plan Account. The Committee shall also establish and maintain with respect to each separate bookkeeping account a sub-account entitled the “Fixed Rate Account.” If the Participant elects to have all or a portion of the amount credited to
each separate bookkeeping account deemed invested in one or more of the Investment Funds as provided in Section 7.1, the Committee shall establish a sub-account entitled “Investment Fund Account” with respect to the amount deemed invested
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nonqualified plan which was merged into or consolidated with this Plan and, at the time of such merger or consolidation, allowed the participants’ accounts to be deemed invested in the
Company Stock Fund (the “Former Stock Plans”), the Committee shall also establish and maintain with respect to his Salary Reduction Account and his Matching Account a sub-account entitled “Company Stock Account.” Each Participant
who has a Company Stock Account shall sometimes be referred to herein as a “Former Stock Plan Participant.” In no event shall the Committee establish and maintain a Company Stock Account on behalf of a Participant other than a Former Stock
Plan Participant. 
  
 7.1  
Deemed Investment of Accounts in Investment Funds:    In accordance with procedures adopted by the Committee, a Participant may elect to have all or a portion (in whole percentages of 1%) of the
amount credited to each separate bookkeeping account deemed invested in one or more of the Investment Funds. An election to invest in the Investment Funds shall be made by the Participant in accordance with such rules and procedures as are adopted
by the Committee from time to time. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, any amounts credited to each separate bookkeeping account of the Participant which are not deemed to be invested in the Investment Funds shall be credited to the Fixed
Rate Account (which functions as a sub-account of the applicable separate bookkeeping account) and shall be credited with earnings as described in Section 7.3. Unless modified or revoked by the Participant, an election to invest in the Investment
Funds shall continue in effect until such time as the distribution of the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is processed by the Committee or its designee in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. A Participant unilaterally may modify
or revoke his election as of any Adjustment Date by providing advance notice to the Committee in accordance with such rules and procedures as are adopted by the Committee from time to time. Any amount the Participant has elected to be deemed
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Investment Fund Credits with respect to that Investment Fund in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by
the Committee. The value of any Investment Fund Credits the Participant has elected to be deemed sold from an Investment Fund Account and credited to another Investment Fund Account or to his Fixed Rate Account shall be determined in the manner and
as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. All deemed dividends, capital gains or other income distributions payable with respect to the Investment Fund Credits
allocated to an Investment Fund Account shall be converted into Investment Fund Credits in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. In the event
the Committee shall change the manner in which amounts are to be converted to Investment Fund Credits or the manner in which Investment Fund Credits are to be deemed sold, it shall communicate such change to Participants in writing in advance of the
date such change is to be effective. Fractional shares shall be accounted for as such. The Investment Fund Accounts shall be adjusted as provided in Section 7.4. 
  
 7.2  
Deemed Investment in Company Stock by Former Stock Plan Participants:    The amounts transferred from the accounts under the Former Stock Plans which were deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund
shall remain deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund. In no event shall any other amounts credited to Accounts under the Plan be deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing and in accordance with procedures adopted by
the Committee, a Former Stock Plan Participant who was a participant in one of the nonqualified plans described in Exhibit H (each such Participant sometimes being referred to herein as a “Qualifying Former Stock Plan Participant”) may
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percentages of 1%) of his Company Stock Credits credited to his Company Stock Accounts (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account and the Matching Account) deemed
sold and the deemed cash proceeds therefrom credited to his Fixed Rate Accounts (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account and the Matching Account) and his Investment Fund Accounts (which accounts function as
sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account and the Matching Account) in accordance with the most recent election made by the Participant pursuant to Section 7.1. An election to sell Company Stock Credits shall be made by the Qualifying Former
Stock Plan Participant in accordance with such rules and procedures as are adopted by the Committee from time to time and shall be irrevocable when made. The value of any Company Stock Credits the Qualifying Former Stock Plan Participant has elected
to be deemed sold shall be determined in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit F attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. In the event the Committee shall change the manner in which the
value of Company Stock Credits deemed sold from the Company Stock Accounts are determined, it shall communicate such change to Qualifying Former Stock Plan Participants in writing in advance of the date such change is to be effective. All deemed
cash dividends payable with respect to Company Stock Credits then allocated to the Participant’s Company Stock Accounts shall be credited to his Fixed Rate Accounts (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account and
the Matching Account) and his Investment Fund Accounts (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account and the Matching Account) in accordance with the most recent election made by the Participant pursuant to Section 7.1.
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 7.3  
Adjustment of Fixed Rate Account:    Except as provided in Sections 7.4 and 7.5 with respect to the adjustment of the Investment Fund Accounts and the Company Stock Accounts, as of the close of
business of the Company on each Adjustment Date, each Fixed Rate Account with respect to each separate bookkeeping account shall be adjusted as follows: 
  
 7.3.1  Salary Reduction Fixed Rate Account:    The Fixed Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Salary Reduction
Account) of each Participant shall be adjusted in this order: 
  
 (1)  There shall be debited (i) the
total amount of any payments deemed made from such account since the next preceding Adjustment Date, and (ii) the total amount deemed applied since the next preceding Adjustment Date to the deemed purchase of Investment Fund Credits for the
Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Salary Reduction Account). 
  
 (2)  There shall be credited the total amount of any Salary Reduction Credits made to such account with respect to the Participant since the last preceding Adjustment Date. 
  

(3)  There shall be credited (i) deemed cash dividends payable with respect to Company Stock Credits then allocated to the Company Stock Account of the
Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account, (ii) cash proceeds from the deemed sale of any Company Stock Credits then allocated to the Company Stock Account of the Participant which the Participant has
elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account, and (iii) cash proceeds from the deemed sale of any Investment Fund Credits then allocated to the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his
Fixed Rate Account. 
  
 (4)  There shall be credited an amount equal to the product of (A) and (B),
where (A) is the balance credited to the Fixed Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Salary Reduction Account) as of such Adjustment Date (after adjustment for any distributions as of such Adjustment Date but prior to
adjustment for credits as of such date), and (B) is the Crediting Rate. 
  
 7.3.2  Matching Fixed Rate
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 (1)  There shall be debited (i) the total amount of any payments
deemed made from such account since the next preceding Adjustment Date, and (ii) the total amount applied since the next preceding Adjustment Date to the deemed purchase of Investment Fund Credits for the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant
(which accounts functions as sub-accounts of the Matching Account). 
  
 (2)  There shall be credited
the total amount of any Matching Credits made to such account with respect to the Participant since the last preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 (3)  There shall be credited (i) deemed cash dividends payable with respect to Company Stock Credits then allocated to the Company Stock Account of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be
credited to his Fixed Rate Account, (ii) cash proceeds from the deemed sale of any Company Stock Credits then allocated to the Company Stock Account of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account, and
(iii) cash proceeds from the deemed sale of any Investment Fund Credits then allocated to the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account. 
  
 (4)  There shall be credited an amount equal to the product of (A) and (B), where (A) is the balance credited to the Fixed
Rate Account (which account functions as ; a sub-account of the Matching Account) as of such Adjustment Date (after adjustment for any distributions as of such adjustment date but prior to adjustment for credits as of such date), and (B) is the
Crediting Rate. 
  
 (5)  There shall be debited the amount of his Fixed Rate Account which was deemed
forfeited since the next preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 7.3.3  Incentive Compensation Fixed Rate
Account:    The Fixed Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Incentive Compensation Account) of each Participant shall be adjusted in this order: 
  
 (1)  There shall be debited (i) the total amount of any payments deemed made from such account since the next preceding Adjustment Date and (ii) the total
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 (2)  There shall be credited the total amount of any Incentive
Compensation Credits made to such account with respect to the Participant since the last preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 (3)  There shall be credited cash proceeds from the deemed sale of any Investment Fund Credits then allocated to the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate
Account. 
  
 (4)  There shall be credited an amount equal to the product of (A) and (B), where (A) is
the balance credited to the Fixed Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Incentive Compensation Account) as of such Adjustment Date (after adjustment for any distributions as of such adjustment date but prior to adjustment for
credits as of such date), and (B) is the Crediting Rate. 
  
 7.3.4  Prior Plan Fixed Rate
Account:    The Fixed Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Prior Plan Account) of each Participant shall be adjusted in this order: 
  
 (1)  There shall be debited (i) the total amount of any payments deemed made from such account since the next preceding Adjustment Date and (ii) the total
amount deemed applied since the next preceding Adjustment Date to the purchase of Investment Fund Credits for the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Prior Plan Account). 

 
 (2)  There shall be credited the total amount of any Prior Plan Account Credits made to such account with respect
to the Participant since the last preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 (3)  There shall be credited cash
proceeds from the deemed sale of any Investment Fund Credits then allocated to the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account. 
  
 (4)  There shall be credited an amount equal to the product of (A) and (B), where (A) is the balance credited to the Fixed
Rate Account (which account functions as a sub-account of the Prior Plan Account) as of such Adjustment Date (after adjustment for any distributions as of such adjustment date but prior to adjustment for credits as of such date), and (B) is the
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 7.4  
Adjustment of Investment Fund Accounts:    The provisions of this Section 7.4 shall apply separately to each Investment Fund Account of the Participant. As of the close of business of the Company
on each Adjustment Date, the number of Investment Fund Credits allocated to the Investment Fund Account of each Participant with respect to each separate bookkeeping account shall be adjusted in the following order: 
  
 7.4.1  There shall be debited any Investment Fund Credits deemed sold from the Investment Fund Account since the next
preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 7.4.2  There shall be credited (i) any shares of the Investment Fund
deemed purchased with amounts converted into Investment Fund Credits, and (ii) any additional shares of Investment Fund Credits deemed purchased as a result of any deemed dividends, capital gains or other income distributions payable since the next
preceding Adjustment Date with respect to Investment Fund Credits allocated to the Participant’s Investment Fund Account. 
  
 7.4.3  There shall be debited any Investment Fund Credits forfeited with respect to the Investment Fund Account of the Matching Account since the next preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 7.5  
Adjustment of Company Stock Account:    As of the close of business of the Company on each Adjustment Date, the number of Company Stock Credits allocated to the Company Stock Account of each
Participant with respect to each separate bookkeeping account shall be adjusted in the following order: 
  
 7.5.1  There shall be debited any Company Stock Credits deemed distributed or deemed sold from the Company Stock Account since the next preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 7.5.2  There shall be credited any additional shares of Company Stock Credits deemed issued in connection with any deemed dividends, a stock split or similar
transaction since the next preceding Adjustment Date with respect to Company Stock Credits allocated to the Participant’s Company Stock Account. 
  
 7.5.3  There shall be debited any Company Stock Credits forfeited with respect to the Company Stock Account of the Matching Account since the next preceding
Adjustment Date. 
  
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shares of issued Company Stock resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares, whether through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up, stock distribution or combination of
shares, or the payment of a share dividend or other increase or decrease in the number of such shares outstanding effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. Adjustments under this Section 7.5 shall be made according, to the sole
discretion of the Committee, and its decisions shall be binding and conclusive. 
  
 7.6  
Rules:    Subject to the provisions of Section 20, the Committee may establish any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section 7. 
  
 
Section 8.    Administration by Committee: 
  
 8.1  
Membership of Committee:    The Committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven individuals who shall be appointed by the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any member
of the Committee may resign, and his successor, if any, shall be appointed by the Board. The Committee shall be responsible for the general administration and interpretation of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions, except to the extent all
or any of such obligations are specifically imposed on the Board. 
  
 8.2  
Committee Officers; Subcommittee:    The members of the Committee shall elect a Chairman and may elect an acting Chairman. They shall also elect a Secretary and may elect an acting Secretary,
either of whom may be but need not be a member of the Committee. The Committee may appoint from its membership such subcommittees with such powers as the Committee shall determine, and may authorize one or more of its members or any agent to execute
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notwithstanding any provision herein, any subcommittee established by the Committee or any Board committee or subcommittee may be granted such authority, and be comprised of such members, as is
necessary to comply with the conditions imposed by Rule 16b-3, promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). 
  
 8.3  
Committee Meetings:    The Committee shall hold such meetings upon such notice, at such places and at such intervals as it may from time to time determine. Notice of meetings shall not be required
if notice is waived in writing by all the members of the Committee at the time in office, or if all such members are present at the meeting. 
  
 8.4  
Transaction of Business:    A majority of the members of the Committee at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions or other actions taken by
the Committee at any meeting shall be by vote of a majority of those present at any such meeting and entitled to vote. Resolutions may be adopted or other action taken without a meeting upon written consent thereto signed by all of the members of
the Committee. 
  
 8.5  
Committee Records:    The Committee shall maintain full and complete records of its deliberations and decisions. The minutes of its proceedings shall be conclusive proof of the facts of the
operation of the Plan. The records of the Committee shall contain all relevant data pertaining to individual Participants and their rights under the Plan. 
  
 8.6  
Establishment of Rules:    Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time establish rules or by-laws for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of its
business. 
  
 8.7  
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the Plan (except that such member may sign unanimous written consent to resolutions adopted or other action taken without a meeting). 
  
 8.8  
Correction of Errors:    The Committee may correct errors and, so far as practicable, may adjust any benefit or credit or payment accordingly. The Committee may in its discretion waive any notice
requirements in the Plan; provided, that a waiver of notice in one or more cases shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of notice in any other case. With respect to any power or authority which the Committee has discretion to exercise under the
Plan, such discretion shall be exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner. 
  
 8.9  
Authority to Interpret Plan:    Subject to the claims procedure set forth in Section 15, the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have the duty and discretionary authority to interpret and
construe the provisions of the Plan and decide any dispute which may arise regarding the rights of Participants hereunder, including the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and to make determinations as to eligibility for participation and
benefits under the Plan. Interpretations and determinations by the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall apply uniformly to all persons similarly situated and shall be binding and conclusive on all interested persons. Such interpretations and
determinations shall only be set aside if the Committee and the Plan Administrator are found to have acted arbitrarily and capriciously in interpreting and construing the provisions of the Plan. 
  

8.10  
Third Party Advisors:    The Committee may engage an attorney, accountant or any other technical advisor on matters regarding the operation of the Plan and to perform such other duties as shall be
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 8.11  
Compensation of Members:    No fee or compensation shall be paid to any member of the Committee for his service as such. 
  
 8.12  
Committee Expenses:    The Committee shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Company for its reasonable expenses properly and actually incurred in the performance of its duties in the
administration of the Plan. 
  
 8.13  
Indemnification of Committee:    No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by him or on his behalf as a member of the Committee
nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums for which are paid from the Company’s own assets),
each member of the Committee and each other officer, Employee, or director of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be delegated or allocated, against any unreimbursed or uninsured
cost or expense (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the prior written approval of the Board) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud, bad faith,
willful misconduct or gross negligence. 
  
 
Section 9.    Funding: 
  
 The Plan is intended to be both an excess
benefit plan and an unfunded plan of deferred compensation maintained for a select group of highly compensated or management employees. The obligation of the Employer to make payments hereunder shall constitute a general unsecured obligation of the
Employer to the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall establish and maintain a special separate fund as provided for in the document entitled “BB&T Corporation Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Trust.” The
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time to time in accordance with Section 5 thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant or his Beneficiary shall have any legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any particular
asset of the trust or the Employer by reason of the Employer’s obligation hereunder, and nothing contained herein shall create or be construed as creating any other fiduciary relationship between the Employer and a Participant or any other
person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the trust or the Employer hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured creditor of the Employer. 
  
 
Section 10.    Allocation of Responsibilities: 
  
 The persons responsible
for the Plan and the duties and responsibilities allocated to each, which shall be carried out in accordance with the other applicable terms and provisions of the Plan, shall be as follows: 
  
 
10.1  Board: 
  
 (i)  To amend the Plan (other than the
Exhibits); 
  
 (ii)  To appoint and remove members of the Committee; 
  
 (iii)  To terminate the Plan; and 
  
 (iv)  To take any actions required to comply with federal and state securities laws (except to the extent that the Committee or a committee or subcommittee
established pursuant to Section 8.2 is authorized to do so). 
  
 
10.2 Committee: 
  
 (i)  To determine the Employees eligible to
participate in the Plan; 
  
 (ii)  To interpret the provisions of the Plan and to determine the rights
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 (iii)  To administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, except
to the extent powers to administer the Plan are specifically delegated to another person or persons as provided in the Plan; 
  
 (iv)  To account for the Accrued Benefits of Participants; 
  
 (v)  To direct the Employer in the payment of benefits, and 
  
 (vi)  To the extent
necessary or advisable, to amend the Exhibits attached hereto. 
  
 10.3  
Plan Administrator: 
  
 (i)  To file such reports as may be required
with the United States Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and any other government agencies to which reports may be required to be submitted from time to time; 
  
 (ii)  To provide for disclosure of Plan provisions and other information relating to the Plan to Participants and other interested parties; and 

(iii)  To administer the claims procedure to the extent provided in Section 15. 
  
 
Section 11.    Benefits Not Assignable; Facility of Payments: 
  
 11.1  
Benefits Not Assignable:    No portion of any benefit held or paid under the Plan with respect to any Participant shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void, nor shall any portion of such benefit be in any manner payable to any assignee,
receiver or any one trustee, or be liable for his debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts, or be subject to any legal process to levy upon or attach. 
  
 11.2  
Payments to Minors and Others:    If any individual entitled to receive a payment under the Plan shall be physically, mentally or legally incapable of receiving or acknowledging receipt of such
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satisfactory evidence that another person or institution is maintaining him and that no guardian or committee has been appointed for him, may cause any payment otherwise payable to him to be made
to such person or institution so maintaining him. Payment to such person or institution shall be in full satisfaction of all claims by or through the Participant to the extent of the amount thereof. 
  
 
Section 12.    Beneficiary: 
  
 The Participant’s Beneficiary shall
be the person or persons designated by the Participant on the beneficiary designation form provided by and filed with the Committee or its designee. If the Participant does not designate a Beneficiary, the Beneficiary shall be his Surviving Spouse.
If the Participant does not designate a Beneficiary and has no Surviving Spouse, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate. The designation of a Beneficiary may be changed or revoked only by filing a new beneficiary designation form
with the Committee or its designee. If a Beneficiary (the “Primary Beneficiary”) is receiving or is entitled to receive payments under the Plan and dies before receiving all of the payments due him, the balance to which he is entitled
shall be paid to the Contingent Beneficiary, if any, named in the Participant’s current beneficiary designation form. If there is no Contingent Beneficiary, the balance shall be paid to the estate of the Primary Beneficiary. Any Beneficiary may
disclaim all or any part of any benefit to which such Beneficiary shall be entitled hereunder by filing a written disclaimer with the Committee before payment of such benefit is to be made. Such a disclaimer shall be made in form satisfactory to the
Committee and shall be irrevocable when filed. Any benefit disclaimed shall be payable from the Plan in the same manner as if the Beneficiary who filed the disclaimer had died on the date of such filing. 
 

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Section 13.    Amendment and Termination of Plan: 
  
 The Board may amend
or terminate the Plan at any time; provided, that in no event shall such amendment or termination reduce any Participant’s Accrued Benefit as of the date of such amendment or termination, nor shall any such amendment affect the terms of the
Plan relating to the payment of such Accrued Benefit without the Participant’s prior written consent to such amendment. Any such amendment or termination shall be made pursuant to a resolution of the Board and shall be effective as of the date
specified in such resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and until otherwise decided by the Board, the officer of the Company specifically designated in resolutions adopted by the Board shall have the authority to amend the Plan to provide for
the merger or consolidation of another non-qualified defined contribution plan into this Plan, and in connection therewith, to set forth any special provisions that may apply to the participants in such other plan on an Exhibit attached hereto. Upon
termination of the Plan, distribution of the Accrued Benefit of a Participant shall be made to the Participant or his Beneficiary in the manner and at the time described in Section 5 of the Plan. No additional credits of Salary Reduction Credits,
Matching Credits, or Incentive Compensation Credits shall be made to the respective separate bookkeeping accounts of a Participant following termination of the Plan, but the Account of each Participant shall continue to be adjusted as provided in
Section 7 until the balance of the Account of the Participant has been fully distributed to him or his Beneficiary. 
  
 
Section 14.    Communication to Participants: 
  
 The Company shall
communicate the principal terms of the Plan to the Participants. The Company shall make a copy of the Plan available for inspection by Participants and their Beneficiaries during reasonable hours, at the principal office of the Company.

 

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Section 15.    Claims Procedure: 
  
 The following claims procedure shall
apply with respect to the Plan: 
  
 15.1  
Filing of a Claim for Benefits:    If a Participant or Beneficiary (the “Claimant”) believes that he is entitled to benefits under the Plan which are not being paid to him or which are
not being accrued for his benefit, he shall file a written claim therefor with the Plan Administrator. In the event the Plan Administrator shall be the Claimant, all actions which are required to be taken by the Plan Administrator pursuant to this
Section 15 shall be taken instead by another member of the Committee designated by the Committee. 
  
 15.2  
Notification to Claimant of Decision:    Within 90 days after receipt of a claim by the Plan Administrator (or within 180 days if special circumstances require an extension of time) the Plan
Administrator shall notify the Claimant of his decision with regard to the claim. In the event of such special circumstances requiring an extension of time, there shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to expiration of the initial 90-day period
written notice of the extension, which notice shall set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the decision shall be furnished. If such claim shall be wholly or partially denied, notice thereof shall be in writing and worded in a
manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and shall set forth: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any
additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) an explanation of the procedure for review of the denial. If the Plan Administrator
fails to notify the Claimant of the decision in timely manner, the claim shall be deemed denied as of the close of the initial 90-day period (or the close of the extension period, if applicable). 
 

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 15.3  
Procedure for Review:    Within 60 days following receipt by the Claimant of notice denying his claim, in whole or in part, or, if such notice shall not be given, within 60 days following the
latest date on which such notice could have been timely given, the Claimant shall appeal denial of the claim by filing a written application for review with the Committee. Following such request for review, the Committee shall fully and fairly
review the decision denying the claim. Prior to the decision of the Committee, the Claimant shall be given an opportunity to review pertinent documents and to submit issues and comments in writing. 
  
 15.4  
Decision on Review:    The decision on review of a claim denied in whole or in part by the Plan Administrator shall be made in the following manner: 
  
 15.4.1  Within 60 days following receipt by the Committee of the request for review (or within 120 days if special
circumstances require an extension of time), the Committee shall notify the Claimant in writing of its decision with regard to the claim. In the event of such special circumstances requiring an extension of time, written notice of the extension
shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. If the decision on review is not furnished in a timely manner, the claim shall be deemed denied as of the close of the initial 60-day period (or the close of the
extension period, if applicable). 
  
 15.4.2  With respect to a claim that is denied in whole or in
part, the decision on review shall set forth specific reasons for the decision, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and shall cite specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is
based. 
  
 15.4.3  The decision of the Committee shall be final and conclusive. 

 
 15.5  
Action by Authorized Representative of Claimant:    All actions set forth in this Section 15 to be taken by the Claimant may likewise be taken by a representative of the Claimant duly authorized
by him to act in his behalf on such matters. The Plan Administrator and the Committee may require such evidence as either may reasonably deem necessary or advisable of the authority to act of any such representative. 
 

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Section 16.    Special Provisions Relating to Southern National ESOP Excess Plan: 
  
 Prior to January 1, 1996, the Company sponsored and maintained the Southern National ESOP Excess Plan (the “SNC Excess Plan”). The purpose of the SNC Excess Plan was to restore to employees certain benefits
(“restoration benefits”) that would have been provided under the Southern National Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (formerly known as the “Southern National Employee Stock Ownership Plan”) except for the limitations imposed by
Sections 401(k)(3) and 402(g)(1) of the Code. Since the restoration benefits provided by the SNC Excess Plan are now provided pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Plan (and which restoration benefits were also provided under the Prior Plan),
this Plan eliminates the need for the SNC Excess Plan. Accordingly, the SNC Excess Plan was frozen as of December 31, 1995. All employees who were participants in the SNC Excess Plan on December 31,1995, automatically became Participants in the
Prior Plan on January 1, 1996. All participants’ accounts under the SNC Excess Plan were combined with the separate bookkeeping accounts of similar character under this Plan as of January 1, 1997. Each Former SNC Excess Plan Participant’s
Tax-Deferred Contribution Account (formerly known as his “Employee’s Pre-Tax Account”) under the SNC Excess Plan became his Salary Reduction Account under this Plan. Each Former SNC Excess Plan Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account (formerly known as his “Company’s Pre-Tax Account”) became his Matching Account under this Plan. The balance in the accounts of each Former SNC Excess Plan Participant under the SNC Excess Plan were deemed
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deemed invested in Company Stock until a Former SNC Excess Plan Participant elects not to have such amounts deemed invested in Company Stock as provided in Section 7.2. 
  
 
Section 17.    Special Provisions Relating to Capital Accumulation Plan for Eligible Key Employees of Southern National Corporation: 
  
 Prior to January 1, 1996, the Company sponsored and maintained the Capital Accumulation Plan for Eligible Key Employees of Southern National Corporation (the “SNC Cap Plan”).
The purpose of the SNC Cap Plan was to provide selected eligible key employees with the opportunity to defer on a pre-tax basis certain cash awards under the Company’s annual and long-term incentive compensation award plans. Since the pre-tax
deferral opportunity is provided under Section 3.3 of this Plan (and was also provided under the Prior Plan), this Plan eliminates the need for the SNC Cap Plan. Accordingly, the SNC Cap Plan was frozen as of December 31, 1995. All employees who
were participants in the SNC Cap Plan automatically became Participants in the Prior Plan on January 1, 1996. Any deferrals credited to a Participant’s account under the SNC Cap Plan were combined with the credits to his Incentive Compensation
Account under this Plan effective as of January 1, 1997. 
  
 
Section 18.    Special Provisions Relating to Supplemental Retirement Benefit of Prior Plan: 
  
 Prior to January 1, 1997, Section 4.1 of the Prior Plan provided a special supplemental retirement benefit (the “Retirement Plan Supplement”) to supplement the benefits payable to Participants under the
tax-qualified Southern National Corporation Pension Plan (the defined benefit plan sponsored by BB&T was formerly known as the “Retirement Plan for the Employees of Branch Banking and Trust Company”). The provisions of the Prior Plan
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new non-qualified supplemental retirement plan is known as the BB&T Corporation Non-Qualified Defined Benefit Plan. 
  
 
Section 19. Parties to the Plan: 
  
 Subject to the approval of the Board, an Affiliate that
has adopted the Savings Plan may adopt this Plan and become an employer-party to this Plan by resolutions approved by its Board of Directors. The Affiliates which are employer-parties to this Plan are listed on Exhibit G attached hereto, as the same
may be amended from time to time by the Committee. The following special provisions shall apply to all employer-parties to the Plan: 
  
 19.1  
Single Plan:    The Plan shall apply as a single plan with respect to all parties as if there were only one employer-party. 
  
 19.2  
Service; Allocation of Costs:    Service for purposes of the Plan shall be interchangeable among employer-parties to the Plan and shall not be deemed interrupted or terminated by the transfer at
any time of a Participant from the Service of one employer-party to the Service of another employer-party. In determining the cost of providing benefits under the Plan, each employer-party shall be responsible for the cost associated with the
Employees of such employer-party who are Participants in the Plan. 
  
 19.3  
Committee:    The Committee which administers the Plan as applied to the Company shall also be the Committee as applied to each other employer-party to the Plan. 
  
 19.4  
Authority to Amend and Terminate:    The Board of the Company shall have the power to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to each employer-party. 
  
 
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 The transactions under the Plan are intended to be structured in accordance with the 1934 Act,
including but not limited to the restrictions imposed by Rule 16b-3 adopted under the 1934 Act. In addition to the provisions contained in the Plan, transactions by persons subject to Section 16 shall be subject to such further conditions as may be
required in order to comply with the terms of Rule 16b-3 and Section 16(b). Without limiting the foregoing, persons subject to Section 16 shall be required to comply with such rules and procedures regarding Plan participation and transactions as may
be established by the Committee or a committee or subcommittee established pursuant to Section 8.2. 
  
 
Section 21.    Miscellaneous Provisions: 
  
 21.1  
Notices:    Each Participant who is not in Service and each Beneficiary shall be responsible for furnishing the Plan Administrator with his current address for the mailing of notices, reports,
and benefit payments. Any notice required or permitted to be given to such Participant or Beneficiary shall be deemed given if directed to such address and mailed by regular United States mail, first class, postage prepaid. If any check mailed to
such address is returned as undeliverable to the addressee, mailing of checks will be suspended until the Participant or Beneficiary furnishes the proper address. This provision shall not be construed as requiring the mailing of any notice or
notification otherwise permitted to be given by posting or by other publication. 
  
 21.2  
Lost Distributees:    A benefit shall be deemed forfeited if the Plan Administrator is unable after a reasonable period of time to locate the Participant or Beneficiary to whom payment is due;
provided, however, that such benefit shall be reinstated if a valid claim is made by or on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary for the forfeited benefit. 
  
 21.3  
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sentations of such data shall be binding upon any party seeking to claim a benefit through a Participant, and the Employer, the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have no obligation to
inquire into the accuracy of any representation made at any time by a Participant or Beneficiary. 
  
 21.4  
Receipt and Release for Payments:    Any payment made from the Plan to or with respect to any Participant or Beneficiary, or pursuant to a disclaimer by a Beneficiary, shall, to the extent
thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Plan and the Employer with respect to the Plan. The recipient of any payment from the Plan may be required by the Committee, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a
receipt and release with respect thereto in such form as shall be acceptable to the Committee. 
  
 21.5  
Headings:    The headings and subheadings of the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. 
  
 21.6  
Continuation of Employment:    The establishment of the Plan shall not be construed as conferring any legal or other rights upon any Employee or any persons for continuation of employment, nor
shall it interfere with the right of the Employer to discharge any Employee or to deal with him without regard to the effect thereof under the Plan. 
  
 21.7  
Construction:    The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of North Carolina. 
  
 21.8  
Nonliability of Employer:    The Employer does not guarantee the Participants, former Participants or Beneficiaries against loss of or depreciation in value of any right or benefit that any of
them may acquire under the terms of the Plan, nor does the Employer guarantee to any of them that the assets of the Employer will be sufficient to provide any or all benefits payable under the Plan at any time, including any time that the Plan may
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 21.9  
Severability:    All provisions contained in this Plan shall be severable, and in the event that any one or more of them shall be held to be invalid by any competent court, this Plan shall be
interpreted as if such invalid provisions were not contained herein. 
  
 21.10  
Merger and Consolidation:    The Employer shall not consolidate or merge into or with another corporation or entity, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation,
partnership, trust or other entities (a “Successor Entity”) unless such Successor Entity shall assume the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Employer under the Plan and upon such assumption, the Successor Entity shall become
obligated to perform the terms and conditions of the Plan. 
  
 21.11  
Withholding Taxes:    The Employer shall satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to making any benefit payment under the Plan. Whenever under the Plan payments are
to be made by the Employer in cash, such payments shall be net of any amounts sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements. Whenever payments shall be made in Company Stock, the Employer shall have the right to
require the Participant (or Beneficiary) to remit to the Employer an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements as a condition to the registration of the transfer of such Company Stock on the books of the
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this non-qualified, deferred compensation plan is executed in behalf of the
Company on the 8th day of November, 2001, to be effective as of November 1, 2001. 
  
 
	 BB&T CORPORATION
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/ ROBERT E. GREENE
 

	  	 	 President
 

 
  
 Attest: 
 
	 
	 /s/ JERONE C. HERRING
 

	 Secretary
 

 
 [Corporate Seal] 
 

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 Exhibit 10(v) 
  
 BB&T
CORPORATION 
 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ 
 DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION PLAN

  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2001

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 BB&T CORPORATION 
 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’

 DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  
 
	  	  	  	    	 Page No.
 

	 Section 1.      
 	  	 
Establishment and Purpose 
 	    	 5
 
	 1.1    
 	  	 
Establishment of Plan 
 	    	 5
 
	 1.2    
 	  	 
Purpose of Plan 
 	    	 5
 
	 1.3    
 	  	 
Federal Income Tax Considerations 
 	    	 6
 
	 
	 Section 2.      
 	  	 
Definitions and Construction 
 	    	 6
 
	 2.1    
 	  	 
Accrued Benefit 
 	    	 6
 
	 2.2    
 	  	 
Adjustment Date 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.3    
 	  	 
Affiliate 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.4    
 	  	 
Average Market Value 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.5    
 	  	 
BB&T 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.6    
 	  	 
BB&T Common Stock 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.7    
 	  	 
Beneficiary 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.8    
 	  	 
Board 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.9    
 	  	 
Code 
 	    	 7
 
	 2.10  
 	  	 
Committee 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.11  
 	  	 
Company 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.12  
 	  	 
Crediting Rate 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.13  
 	  	 
Deferral Election Form 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.14  
 	  	 
Deferred Compensation Account 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.15  
 	  	 
Deferred Compensation Credits 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.16  
 	  	 
Effective Date 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.17  
 	  	 
Entry Date 
 	    	 8
 
	 2.18  
 	  	 
Investment Fund 
 	    	 9
 
	 2.19  
 	  	 
Investment Fund Credit 
 	    	 9
 
	 2.20  
 	  	 
Meeting Fees 
 	    	 9
 
	 2.21  
 	  	 
Non-Employee Director 
 	    	 9
 
	 2.22  
 	  	 
Non-Employee BB&T Director 
 	    	 9
 
	 2.23  
 	  	 
Option 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.24  
 	  	 
Option Participant 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.25  
 	  	 
Option Price 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.26  
 	  	 
Participant 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.27  
 	  	 
Plan 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.28  
 	  	 
Retainer Fee 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.29  
 	  	 
Service 
 	    	 10
 
	 2.30  
 	  	 
Stock Option Subplan 
 	    	 11
 
	 
	 Section 3.      
 	  	 
Deferred Compensation 
 	    	 11
 
	 3.1    
 	  	 
Election to Participate 
 	    	 11
 
	 3.2    
 	  	 
Vesting 
 	    	 11
 

 

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	 3.3    
 	  	 
Payment of Deferred Compensation 
 	  	 11
 
	 3.4    
 	  	 
Unforeseeable Emergency Payments 
 	  	 14
 
	 3.5    
 	  	 
Deemed Investment in Investment Funds 
 	  	 15
 
	 3.6    
 	  	 
Adjustment of Fixed Rate Account 
 	  	 16
 
	 3.7    
 	  	 
Adjustment of Investment Fund Accounts 
 	  	 17
 
	 3.8    
 	  	 
Rules 
 	  	 17
 
	 
	 Section 4.      
 	  	 
Stock Options 
 	  	 17
 
	 4.1    
 	  	 
Eligibility 
 	  	 17
 
	 4.2    
 	  	 
Shares Subject to the Stock Option Subplan 
 	  	 18
 
	 4.3    
 	  	 
Option Agreements 
 	  	 18
 
	 4.4    
 	  	 
Terms of the Options 
 	  	 19
 
	 4.5    
 	  	 
Option Exercise Price and Term 
 	  	 20
 
	 4.6    
 	  	 
Exercise of Options 
 	  	 21
 
	 4.7    
 	  	 
Transferability of Options 
 	  	 21
 
	 4.8    
 	  	 
Capital Adjustments Effecting Stock 
 	  	 22
 
	 4.9    
 	  	 
Effective Date, Term, and Approval 
 	  	 22
 
	 
	 Section 5.      
 	  	 
Administration by Committee 
 	  	 23
 
	 5.1    
 	  	 
Membership of Committee 
 	  	 23
 
	 5.2    
 	  	 
Committee Officers; Subcommittee
 	  	 23
 
	 5.3    
 	  	 
Committee Meetings 
 	  	 23
 
	 5.4    
 	  	 
Transaction of Business 
 	  	 24
 
	 5.5    
 	  	 
Committee Records 
 	  	 24
 
	 5.6    
 	  	 
Establishment of Rules 
 	  	 24
 
	 5.7    
 	  	 
Conflicts of Interest 
 	  	 24
 
	 5.8    
 	  	 
Correction of Errors 
 	  	 24
 
	 5.9    
 	  	 
Authority to Interpret Plan 
 	  	 25
 
	 5.10  
 	  	 
Third Party Advisors 
 	  	 25
 
	 5.11  
 	  	 
Compensation of Members 
 	  	 25
 
	 5.12  
 	  	 
Committee Expenses 
 	  	 26
 
	 5.13  
 	  	 
Indemnification of Committee 
 	  	 26
 
	 
	 Section 6.      
 	  	 
Funding 
 	  	 26
 
	 
	 Section 7.      
 	  	 
Allocation of Responsibilities 
 	  	 27
 
	 7.1    
 	  	 
Board 
 	  	 27
 
	 7.2    
 	  	 
Committee 
 	  	 27
 
	 7.3    
 	  	 
Plan Administrator 
 	  	 28
 
	 
	 Section 8.      
 	  	 
Benefits Not Assignable; Facility of Payments 
 	  	 28
 
	 8.1    
 	  	 
Benefits Not Assignable 
 	  	 28
 
	 8.2    
 	  	 
Payments to Minors and Others 
 	  	 28
 
	 
	 Section 9.      
 	  	 
Beneficiary 
 	  	 29
 
	 
	 Section 10.    
 	  	 
Amendment and Termination of Plan 
 	  	 29
 

 
 

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	 Section 11.    
 	  	 
Communication to Participants 
 	  	 30
 
	 
	 Section 12.    
 	  	 
Claims Procedure 
 	  	 31
 
	 12.1  
 	  	 
Filing of a Claim for Benefits 
 	  	 31
 
	 12.2  
 	  	 
Notification to Claimant of Decision 
 	  	 31
 
	 12.3  
 	  	 
Procedure for Review 
 	  	 32
 
	 12.4  
 	  	 
Decision on Review 
 	  	 32
 
	 12.5  
 	  	 
Action by Authorized Representative of Claimant 
 	  	 32
 
	 
	 Section 13.    
 	  	 
Parties to the Plan 
 	  	 33
 
	 13.1  
 	  	 
Single Plan 
 	  	 33
 
	 13.2  
 	  	 
Service; Allocation of Costs 
 	  	 33
 
	 13.3  
 	  	 
Committee 
 	  	 33
 
	 13.4  
 	  	 
Authority to Amend and Terminate 
 	  	 33
 
	 
	 Section 14.    
 	  	 
Miscellaneous Provisions 
 	  	 33
 
	 14.1  
 	  	 
Notices 
 	  	 33
 
	 14.2  
 	  	 
Lost Distributees 
 	  	 34
 
	 14.3  
 	  	 
Reliance on Data 
 	  	 34
 
	 14.4  
 	  	 
Receipt and Release for Payments 
 	  	 34
 
	 14.5  
 	  	 
Headings 
 	  	 34
 
	 14.6  
 	  	 
Construction 
 	  	 34
 
	 14.7  
 	  	 
Nonavailability of Company 
 	  	 35
 
	 14.8  
 	  	 
Severability 
 	  	 35
 
	 14.9  
 	  	 
Merger and Consolidation 
 	  	 35
 
	 14.10
 	  	 
Withholding Taxes 
 	  	 35
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT A:
 	  	 CREDITING RATE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 A-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT B:
 	  	 INVESTMENT FUNDS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 B-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT C:
 	  	 OPTION PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLAN AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 C-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT D:
 	  	 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLAN AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 D-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT E:
 	  	 DETERMINATION OF INVESTMENT FUND CREDITS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 E-1
 
	 
	 EXHIBIT F:
 	  	 EMPLOYER-PARTIES AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2001
 	  	 F-1
 

 
 

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 BB&T CORPORATION 
 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’

 DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  
 Section
1.    
Establishment and Purpose: 
  
 1.1  
Establishment of Plan:    Effective as of January 1, 1997, BB&T Corporation (“BB&T”) (formerly, Southern National Corporation) adopted the “Southern National Corporation
Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Compensation and Stock Option Plan” (the “Prior Plan”). As of May 16, 1997, the name of the Prior Plan was changed to the “BB&T Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred
Compensation and Stock Option Plan.” The Prior Plan is hereby amended and restated, effective as of November 1, 2001, and shall be known as the BB&T CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION PLAN (the
“Plan”). All benefits from this Plan shall be payable solely from the general assets of BB&T and participating Affiliates. 
  
 1.2  
Purpose of Plan:    The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of BB&T and its Affiliates by affording an incentive to Non-Employee Directors to remain in Service with BB&T and its
Affiliates and to use their best efforts on behalf of BB&T and its Affiliates. The Plan accomplishes this purpose by providing Non-Employee Directors the opportunity to defer receipt of all or any part of their Board compensation received as a
Non-Employee Director to a future date pursuant to Section 3 of the Plan. In addition, the Plan provides Non-Employee BB&T Directors the opportunity to acquire or increase their proprietary interest in BB&T through the granting of Options to
purchase BB&T Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Option Subplan. Such Options are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
 

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 1.3  
Federal Income Tax Considerations:    Consistent with the purpose of the Plan as recited herein, there are certain federal income tax considerations that will result by the election to defer
compensation or to receive Options under the Plan in lieu of Board compensation otherwise receivable by Participants. 
  
 1.3.1  Election to receive deferred compensation:    Under current Treasury Regulations, the election by a Participant to defer cash compensation under the Plan will not result in the receipt of taxable income
by such Participant or the allowance of a deduction by BB&T for federal income tax purposes. A Participant who defers compensation under the Plan will realize ordinary income, however, at the time such compensation is actually received by such
Participant. To the extent that any Participant realizes such ordinary income, BB&T will be entitled to a corresponding deduction for federal income tax purposes. 
  
 1.3.2  Election to receive Options:    Undercurrent Treasury Regulations, neither the election to receive Options in lieu of cash
compensation nor the actual grant of Options will result in the receipt of taxable income by an Option Participant or the allowance of a deduction by BB&T for federal income tax purposes. However, Option Participants who receive Options in lieu
of cash compensation will realize ordinary income at the time of exercise of any Option in an amount measured by the excess of the market value of the shares subject to the Options on the date of exercise over the Option Price. To the extent that
any Option Participant realizes such ordinary income, BB&T will be entitled to a corresponding deduction for federal income tax purposes. 
  
 Section
2.    
Definitions and Construction: 
  
 Wherever appropriate, words used in the Plan in the singular may
include the plural, or the plural may be read as the singular. References to one gender shall include the other. Whenever used in this Plan, including Section 1 and this Section 2, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth
below (unless otherwise indicated by the context). 
  
 2.1  “
Accrued Benefit” means with respect to each Participant the balance credited to his Deferred Compensation Account as of the applicable Adjustment Date following adjustment thereof as provided in Sections 3.6 and
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 2.2  “
Adjustment Date” means each day securities are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, except regularly scheduled holidays of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina corporation with its principal office
at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 
  
 2.3  “
Affiliate” means any corporation which, with BB&T, is a member of a controlled group of employers as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code. 
  
 2.4  “
Average Market Value” means the average of the closing prices of BB&T Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the period of 30 consecutive full trading days of BB&T Common Stock prior to
the actual date of grant. 
  
 2.5  “
BB&T” means BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation with its principal office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, or any successor thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise. 

 
 2.6  “
BB&T Common Stock” means BB&T’s $5 par value common stock. 
  
 2.7  “
Beneficiary” means the person, persons or entity designated or determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 of the Plan (i) to receive the balance of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, if
any, after his death, and (ii) to succeed to an Option Participant’s right to exercise any Option, if any, by reason of such Option Participant’s death. 
  
 2.8  “
Board” means the Board of Directors of BB&T. For purposes of Section 2.20, Board shall also include the Board of Directors of each participating Affiliate. 
  

2.9  “
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or as it may be amended from time to time. 
 

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 2.10  “
Committee” means the Administrative Committee provided for in Section 5. 
  
 2.11  “
Company” means BB&T and participating Affiliates. See Section 13 for special provisions concerning participating Affiliates. 
  
 2.12  “
Crediting Rate” means the rate in effect as of the first day of each Plan Year and utilized throughout the entire Plan Year in crediting interest to the balance in the Fixed Rate Accounts of each Participant. The
Crediting Rate shall be determined in the manner described in Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. Prior to the beginning of each Plan Year, the Committee shall notify the Participants in writing
of the Crediting Rate for such Plan Year. 
  
 2.13  “
Deferral Election Form” means the election form executed by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 or 4.4. 
  
 2.14  “
Deferred Compensation Account” means the separate bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to which Deferred Compensation Credits shall be credited. Separate sub-accounts shall be established and
maintained with respect to the separate bookkeeping account, which sub-accounts shall include a “Fixed Rate Account” and one or more “Investment Fund Accounts.” The Fixed Rate Account and the Investment Fund Accounts shall be
adjusted in the manner provided in Sections 3.6 and 3.7. 
  
 2.15  “
Deferred Compensation Credits” means the amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.6. 
  
 2.16  “
Effective Date” means November 1, 2001. 
  
 2.17  “
Entry Date” means January 1 of each Plan Year. 
 

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 2.18  “
Investment Fund” means the mutual funds described in Exhibit B attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. Prior to the beginning of each Plan Year, the Committee shall notify
the Participants in writing of the Investment Funds for such Plan Year. Each mutual fund described in Exhibit B is sometimes referred to herein as “Investment Fund.” 
  
 2.19  “
Investment Fund Credit” means, with respect to each Investment Fund, a bookkeeping unit used for the purpose of crediting deemed shares of the Investment Fund to the corresponding Investment Fund Account of each
Participant. Each Investment Fund Credit shall be equal to one share of the Investment Fund. The value of each Investment Fund Credit shall be equivalent to the net value of a share of the Investment Fund as of the applicable Adjustment Date.

  
 2.20  “
Meeting Fees” means the sum of all Board and any Board committee meeting fees received by a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director. 
  
 2.21  “
Non-Employee Director” means (i) any Non-Employee BB&T Director, or (ii) any active member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate of BB&T who is not an employee of BB&T or any of its Affiliates
thereof. 
  
 2.22  “
Non-Employee BB&T Director” means (i) any active member of the Board of BB&T who is not an employee of BB&T or any of its Affiliates thereof, or (ii) any active member of the Board of Directors of a
bank subsidiary of BB&T who was serving as an active member of the Board of Directors of BB&T Financial Corporation or BB&T on February 28, 1995 and who is not an employee of BB&T or any of its Affiliates thereof. 

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 2.23  “
Option” means an Option Participant’s right to purchase one or more shares of BB&T Common Stock, as granted and determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 4. 
  
 2.24  “
Option Participant” means any Participant who is eligible to receive Options in accordance with the Stock Option Subplan. The Option Participants are designated on Exhibit C attached hereto, as the same may be
amended from time to time by the Committee. 
  
 2.25  “
Option Price” means the amount to be paid by an Option Participant for the purchase of shares of BB&T Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option, as determined pursuant to Section 4.5. 

 
 2.26  “
Participant” means with respect to any Plan Year a Non-Employee Director who has entered the Plan and any former Non-Employee Director who has a vested Accrued Benefit under the Plan. A Non-Employee Director or
former Non-Employee Director on the Effective Date who was a participant in the Prior Plan immediately preceding the Effective Date shall be a Participant in this Plan on the Effective Date. A Non-Employee Director who has not otherwise entered the
Plan shall enter the Plan and become a Participant as of the Entry Date determined by the Committee. A Participant shall cease to be a Participant as of the date he ceases to be a Non-Employee Director. The Participants in the Plan are designated on
Exhibit D attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. 
  
 2.27  “
Plan” means the unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation and stock option plan as herein set out or as duly amended. 
  
 2.28  “
Retainer Fee” means the annual retainer received by a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director. 
  
 2.29  “
Service” means service to the Company as a Non-Employee Director. 
 

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 2.30  “
Stock Option Subplan” means the portion of the Plan providing for the grant and exercise of Options. 
  
 Section
3.  
Deferred Compensation: 
  
 3.1  
Election to Participate: 
  
 3.1.1  Deferred Compensation Election: A
Participant may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer receipt of an amount equal to 0%, 50% or 100% of the Retainer Fee and 0%, 50% or 100% of the Meeting Fees otherwise payable to him during a Plan Year. An amount equal to the
amount deferred shall be credited by the Committee as a Deferred Compensation Credit to the Deferred Compensation Account of the Participant. 
  
 3.1.2  Time for Crediting Deferred Compensation Credits: The amount of Deferred Compensation Credits to be credited to the Deferred Compensation Account of the Participant shall be credited by the Committee
to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account as of the date on which the applicable Retainer Fee or Meeting Fee would have otherwise been paid to the Participant. 
  
 3.1.3  Administrative Rules Governing Deferred Compensation Credits: An election by a Participant to defer his Retainer Fee or Meeting Fees pursuant to
Section 3.1.1 shall be made by executing and delivering to the Committee a Deferral Election Form at a time determined by the Committee and shall be irrevocable when made. In establishing the time of election, the Committee shall select a date that
will not result in the constructive receipt of income to the Participant. 
  
 3.2  
Vesting:    The interest of a Participant in his Deferred Compensation Account shall be fully vested (i.e., nonforfeitable) at all times. 
  

3.3  
Payment of Deferred Compensation:  
  
 3.3.1  Distribution: Except as
otherwise provided in Section 3.4, the vested Accrued Benefit of a Participant shall be distributed to or with respect to a Participant only upon termination of the Participant’s Service with the Company (including all Affiliates thereof).
Payment of benefits on account of a non-death termination of Service shall be made in accordance with Section 3.3.2. Payment of benefits on account of the death of the Participant shall be made in accordance with Section 3.3.3. 

 
 3.3.2  Payment of Benefits for Reasons Other Than Death: 
  

(a)  Form of Distribution: The vested Accrued Benefit of a Participant who has terminated Service for any reason other than death shall be paid to the
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 (i)  Term Certain Option: Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to
him in approximately equal monthly installments over a term certain not to exceed 180 months. If the term certain selected by the Participant pursuant to this Section 3.3.2 would result in payments of less than $100.00 per month, payments shall be
made at the rate of $100.00 per month until the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is paid in full. 
  
 (ii)  Lump Sum Option: Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to him in a lump sum. 
  
 The election of the form
of distribution (the “Form Election”) shall be made by the Participant on a form approved by the Committee and filed with the Committee as provided in Section 3.3.2(c). If the Participant fails to elect a distribution option, his vested
Accrued Benefit shall be paid to him under the Lump Sum Option. The amount of a Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit for purposes of any distribution made pursuant to this Section 3.3.2 shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date such
distribution is actually processed by the Committee or its designee. 
  
 (b)  Commencement and Timing
of Distribution: Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4, no benefit payments will be made to the Participant from the Plan under this Section 3.3.2 until the Service of the Participant is terminated. Payment of his vested Accrued Benefit shall
commence within one of the following periods, as elected by the Participant: 
  

	 	Option (1)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the Service of the Participant terminates. 
 

  

	 	Option (2)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the period beginning on the first day of January of the Plan Year which next follows the Plan Year in which the Service of the Participant
terminated and ending on the last day of February of such Plan Year. 
 

  

	 	Option (3)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the Participant attains age 65. 
 

  

	 	Option (4)
	 
	Distribution shall commence within the period beginning on the first day of January of the Plan Year which next follows the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65
and ending on the last day of February of such Plan Year. 
 

  
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Committee as provided in Section 3.3.2(c). If the Participant fails to elect one of these options, Option (1) will be deemed to have been elected by the Participant. 
  
 (c)  Timing of Election:    The Form Election and Timing Election shall be made by the Participant on or
before the Entry Date the Participant enters the Plan. The Participant’s election may be revoked at any time by the Participant during the “Election Period.” The Election Period begins as of the Entry Date the Participant enters the
Plan and ends on the earlier to occur of (i) the date the Participant terminates Service; or (ii) the date which precedes the date payment of his benefit is to commence by twelve (12) calendar months. The Form Election and Timing Election in effect
as of the close of the Election Period shall be irrevocable. 
  
 (d)  Medium of
Distribution:    Distribution of a Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit shall be made in cash. 
  
 (e)  Installment Payments:    If the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is to be distributed in installments pursuant to the Term Certain Option, the amount of each monthly
installment shall initially be equal to the value of the Deferred Compensation Account as of the date benefit payments are to commence multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be one and the denominator of which shall be the total
number of installments to be paid. As of each February 1 (the “Annual Valuation Date”), the amount of the monthly installment payment shall be adjusted so that for the twelve consecutive month period beginning on such Annual Valuation Date
the amount of each monthly installment payment shall be equal to the value of the Deferred Compensation Account on such Annual Valuation Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be one and the denominator of which shall be the
number of installments remaining to be paid. The Deferred Compensation Account shall continue to be adjusted as provided in Section 3.6 until the entire balance credited to the Deferred Compensation Account has been paid. 
  
 3.3.3  Payment of Death Benefit:    On the death of a Participant, his vested Accrued Benefit shall be
paid to his Beneficiary in accordance with the following special provisions: 
  
 (a)  Death Before
Payments Begin:    If the Participant dies before payment of his vested Accrued Benefit begins under Section 3.3.2, payment of his vested Accrued Benefit to his Beneficiary shall commence as soon as practicable following the date
of the Participant’s death but in no event earlier than the sixtieth day next following the date of the Participant’s death. The amount of the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit for purposes of any distribution made pursuant to this
Section 3.3.3 shall be determined as of the Adjustment Date such distribution is actually processed by the Committee or its designee. The vested Accrued Benefit of the Participant shall be paid to the Beneficiary in cash under the Lump Sum Option
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 (b)  Death After Payments Begin:    If the
Participant dies on or after payment of his vested Accrued Benefit commences under Section 3.3.2, the remaining payments (if any) that would have been made to the Participant had he not died shall be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary in the
same manner as they would have been paid to the Participant had he lived. 
  
 3.3.4  Rules:    The Committee may from time to time adopt additional policies or rules governing the manner in which distributions will be made from the Plan so that the Plan may be conveniently administered.

  
 3.4  
Unforeseeable Emergency Payments:  
  
 3.4.1  Conditions for
Request:    A Participant may, at any time prior to his termination of Service, make application to the Committee to receive a cash payment in a lump sum of all or a portion of the total amount credited to his Deferred
Compensation Account by reason of an unforeseeable emergency. The amount of a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency shall not exceed the amount required to meet the financial hardship created by the unforeseeable emergency and not
otherwise reasonably available from other resources of the Participant. An unforeseeable emergency is a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or of a dependent of
the Participant, loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The determination of whether an unforeseeable
emergency exists within the scope of this Section 3.4.1 shall be made by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, and its decision to grant or deny a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency shall be final. The Committee shall
apply uniform and nondiscriminatory standards in making its decision. 
  
 3.4.2  Written
Request:    The Participant’s request for a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency must be made in writing to the Committee. The request must specify the nature of the financial hardship, the total amount to be
paid from his Deferred Compensation Account, and the total amount of the actual expense incurred or to be incurred on account of hardship. 
  
 3.4.3  Processing of Request:    If a payment under this Section 3.4 is approved, such payment shall be made as soon thereafter as practicable. The processing of the request shall be
completed as soon as practicable from the date on which the Committee receives the properly completed written request for a payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency. If a Participant terminates Service after a request is approved in
accordance with this Section 3.4 but prior to payment of the full amount approved, the approval of his request shall be automatically void and the benefits he is entitled to receive under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the applicable
payment provisions of the Plan. Only one payment because of an unforeseeable emergency shall be made within any Plan Year. A hardship withdrawal made under this Section 3.4 shall be charged to the Fixed Rate Account and the Investment Fund Accounts
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 3.4.4  Rules:    The Committee may from time to
time adopt additional policies or rules governing the manner in which such payments because of an unforeseeable emergency may be made so that the Plan may be conveniently administered. 
  
 3.5  
Deemed Investment in Investment Funds:    The Committee shall establish and maintain in behalf of each Participant a Deferred Compensation Account. The Committee shall also establish and maintain
with respect to each Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account a sub-account entitled the “Fixed Rate Account.” If the Participant elects to have all or a portion of the amount credited to his Deferred Compensation Account deemed
invested in one or more of the Investment Funds as provided in this Section 3.5, the Committee shall establish a sub-account entitled “Investment Fund Account” with respect to the amount deemed invested in each Investment Fund. In
accordance with procedures adopted by the Committee, a Participant may elect to have all or a portion (in whole percentages of 1%) of the amount credited to his Deferred Compensation Account deemed invested in one or more of the Investment Funds. An
election to invest in the Investment Funds shall be made by the Participant in accordance with such rules and procedures as are adopted by the Committee from time to time. Any amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account
which are not deemed to be invested in the Investment Funds shall be credited to the Fixed Rate Account and shall be credited with earnings as described in Section 3.6. Unless modified or revoked by the Participant, an election to invest in the
Investment Funds shall continue in effect until such time as the distribution of the Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit is processed by the Committee or its designee in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3. A Participant unilaterally
may modify or revoke his election as of any Adjustment Date by providing advance notice to the Committee in accordance with such rules and procedures as are adopted by the Committee from time to time. Any amount the Participant has elected to be
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Investment Fund in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. The value of any Investment Fund
Credits the Participant has elected to be deemed sold from an Investment Fund Account and credited to another Investment Fund Account or to his Fixed Rate Account shall be determined in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E
attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. All deemed dividends, capital gains or other income distributions payable with respect to the Investment Fund Credits allocated to an Investment Fund Account shall be
converted into Investment Fund Credits in the manner and as of the Adjustment Date described in Exhibit E attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. In the event the Committee shall change the manner in which
amounts are to be converted to Investment Fund Credits or the manner in which Investment Fund Credits are to be deemed sold, it shall communicate such change to Participants in writing in advance of the date such change is to be effective.
Fractional shares shall be accounted for as such. The Investment Fund Accounts shall be adjusted as provided in Section 3.7. 
  
 3.6  
Adjustment of Fixed Rate Account:    Except as provided in Section 3.7 with respect to the adjustment of the Investment Fund Accounts, as of the close of business of BB&T on each Adjustment Date,
the Fixed Rate Account with respect to the Deferred Compensation Account of each Participant shall be adjusted in this order: 
  
 3.6.1  There shall be debited (i) the total amount of any payments deemed made from such Fixed Rate Account since the next preceding Adjustment Date, and (ii) the total amount deemed applied since the next
preceding Adjustment Date to the deemed purchase of Investment Fund Credits for the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant (which accounts function as sub-accounts of the Deferred Compensation Account). 
  
 3.6.2  There shall be credited the total amount of any Deferred Compensation Credits made to such account with respect to
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 3.6.3  There shall be credited the cash proceeds from the deemed
sale of any Investment Fund Credits then allocated to the Investment Fund Accounts of the Participant which the Participant has elected to be credited to his Fixed Rate Account. 
  
 3.6.4  There shall be credited an amount equal to the product of (A) and (B), where (A) is the balance credited to the Fixed Rate Account as of such
Adjustment Date (after adjustment for any distributions as of such Adjustment Date but prior to adjustment for credits as of such date), and (B) is the Crediting Rate. 
  
 3.7  
Adjustment of Investment Fund Accounts:    The provisions of this Section 3.7 shall apply separately to each Investment Fund Account of the Participant. As of the close of business of BB&T on
each Adjustment Date, the number of Investment Fund Credits allocated to the Investment Fund Account of each Participant shall be adjusted in the following order: 
  
 3.7.1 There shall be debited any Investment Fund Credits deemed sold from the Investment Fund Account since the next preceding Adjustment Date. 
  
 3.7.2 There shall be credited (i) any shares of the Investment Fund deemed purchased with amounts converted into Investment Fund
Credits, and (ii) any additional shares of Investment Fund Credits deemed purchased as a result of any deemed dividends, capital gains or other income distributions payable since the next preceding Adjustment Date with respect to Investment Fund
Credits allocated to the Participant’s Investment Fund Account. 
  
 3.8  
Rules:    The Committee may establish any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section 3. 
  
 Section 4.  
Stock Options: 
  
 4.1  
Eligibility:    A Participant who is a Non-Employee BB&T Director (an “Option Participant”) shall be eligible to receive Options under the Stock Option Subplan. At such time as the
Service of an Option Participant terminates for any reason whatsoever, then the Option Participant (or his Beneficiary, if applicable) shall have the right to exercise any Option granted to the Option Participant for a time period ending on the
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Option Subplan shall be construed to limit the right of BB&T to grant Options otherwise than under the Stock Option Subplan for any proper and lawful corporate purpose, including but not
limited to Options granted to employee directors or Non-Employee Directors. 
  
 4.2  
Shares Subject to the Stock Option Subplan:  
  
 4.2.1  Delivery of
Shares:    The shares of BB&T Common Stock to be delivered upon exercise of Options granted under the Stock Option Subplan shall be made available, at the discretion of the Board, from the authorized, unissued and registered
shares of BB&T Common Stock or from open market purchases of BB&T Common Stock or both. Further, the Board shall have the authority to take any action (or delegate that such action be taken) with respect to the Stock Option Subplan which may
be required in connection with the listing of such shares of BB&T Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange and the registration (or determination that an exemption from registration is available) of such shares under any applicable state
securities laws. 
  
 4.2.2  Aggregate Number of Shares Available:    Subject to (i)
adjustments made pursuant to provisions of Section 4.8, and (ii) shareholder approval, to the extent such approval is required for the issuance of shares of BB&T Common Stock, the aggregate number of shares which may be issued upon exercise of
all Options which may be granted under the Stock Option Subplan shall not exceed 900,000 shares of BB&T Common Stock. 
  
 4.2.3  Expiration or Termination of Option:    In the event that any Option granted under the Stock Option Subplan expires or terminates for any reason whatsoever without having been
exercised in full, the shares subject to, but not delivered under, such Option shall become available for other Options to the same Option Participant or other Option Participants without decreasing the aggregate number of shares which may be
granted under the Stock Option Subplan or shall be available for any other lawful corporate purpose. 
  
 4.2.4  Restrictions:    All Options shall be granted on the condition that the Option Participant shall not resell any BB&T Common Stock purchased by the exercise of an Option except in compliance with all
applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations. Each Option Participant shall, prior to any transfer of the BB&T Common Stock purchased through the exercise of an Option, advise BB&T of the proposed transfer and demonstrate to
the satisfaction of the Board (or its delegate) that such transfer is in compliance with such laws and regulations. 
  
 4.3  
Option Agreements:  
  
 4.3.1  Option
Agreement:    Each Option granted under the Stock Option Subplan shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement (an “Option Agreement”) which shall be signed (manually or by facsimile) by a duly authorized officer of
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Option Participant, and which shall contain such provisions as may be approved by the Board or the Committee. 
  
 4.3.2  Binding Contract:    An Option Agreement shall constitute a binding contract between BB&T and the Option Participant, and upon
acceptance of any such Option Agreement, each party shall be bound by the terms and restrictions of the Stock Option Subplan and the Option Agreement. Any Option Agreement utilized for the purpose of granting Options to Option Participants under the
Stock Option Subplan shall specify that such Options are non-qualified stock options and that they are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
  
 4.3.3  Terms of Option Agreement:    The terms of an Option Agreement shall be in accordance with the
Stock Option Subplan, but may include additional provisions and restrictions, provided that they are not inconsistent with the Stock Option Subplan. 
  
 4.4  
Terms of the Options: 
  
 4.4.1  Deferred compensation election:

  
 (a)  Retainer Fee:    If an Option Participant has not elected to defer any
portion of his Retainer Fee pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer receipt of an amount equal to 0%, 50% or 100% of the Retainer Fee for the application of that amount toward the
grant of Options. If an Option Participant has elected to defer 50% of his Retainer Fee pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer receipt of an amount equal to 50% of the Retainer
Fee for the application of that amount toward the grant of Options. If an Option Participant has elected to defer 100% of his Retainer Fee pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may not defer any of his Retainer Fee under this Section
4.4.1(a). 
  
 (b)  Meeting Fees:    If an Option Participant has not elected to
defer any portion of his Meeting Fees pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer receipt of an amount equal to 0%, 50% or 100% of the Meeting Fees for the application of that amount
toward the grant of Options. If an Option Participant has elected to defer 50% of his Meeting Fees pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may elect, by executing a Deferral Election Form, to defer receipt of an amount equal to 50% of the
Meeting Fees for the application of that amount toward the grant of Options. If an Option Participant has elected to defer 100% of his Meeting Fees pursuant to Section 3.1.1, such Option Participant may not defer any of his Meeting Fees under this
Section 4.4.1(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Non-Employee BB&T Director described in subparagraph (ii) of Section 2.22 be entitled to defer any of his Meeting Fees under this Section 4.4.1(b). 
  
 4.4.2  Form of Election:    Each Participant shall make an irrevocable election in writing on a Deferral
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percentage of his Retainer Fee or Meeting Fees, or both, on or before December 31 of the year preceding the Plan Year for which the Retainer Fee and Meeting Fees apply. 
  
 4.4.3  Grant of Options:    On July 1 following the beginning of the Plan Year for which an election has
been made pursuant to this Section 4.4, Options shall be granted to any Option Participant for the elected portion of his Retainer Fee for that Plan Year. On that same date, Options shall be granted to any Option Participant who has so elected, for
the elected portion of the Meeting Fees actually earned by the Option Participant in the first six-month period of the applicable Plan Year. For the second six (6) months of the applicable Plan Year, Options shall be granted to Option Participants
for the elected portion of the Meeting Fees for the second six months on December 31 of the applicable Plan Year. For purposes of this Section 4.4.3, the following rules shall apply in making the above calculations: 
  
 (a)  The elected portion of the Meeting Fees earned in the first six (6) months of the Plan Year shall be defined as the
fraction of the Meeting Fees that the Option Participant elected to defer, multiplied by the cash attendance fee for each Board and committee meeting, multiplied by the number of such meetings actually attended by the Option Participant in the first
six (6) months of the applicable Plan Year; and 
  
 (b)  The elected portion of the Meeting Fees earned
in the second six (6) months of the Plan Year shall be defined as the fraction of the Meeting Fees that the Option Participant elected to defer, multiplied by the cash attendance fee for each Board and committee meeting, multiplied by the number of
such meetings actually attended by the Option Participant in the second six (6) months of the applicable Plan Year. 
  
 4.4.4  Shares Subject to Options:    For purposes of determining the number of shares to be the subject of Options granted in accordance with the Stock Option Subplan, the number of shares shall be equal to the
elected portion of the Option Participant’s Retainer Fee, the elected portion of the Meeting Fees earned in the first six (6) months of the Plan Year and the elected portion of the Meeting Fees earned in the second six (6) months of the Plan
Year, divided by 25 percent of the Average Market Value of BB&T Common Stock on the date of each grant. 
  
 4.4.5  Fractional Shares:    Fractional shares of BB&T Common Stock shall not be granted under the Plan, and any remaining amount of the elected Retainer Fee and Meeting Fees will be paid to each Option
Participant in cash on the date or dates Option grants are made in accordance with the Stock Option Subplan. 
  
 4.5
Option Exercise Price and Term:  
  
 4.5.1  Exercise
Price:    The price at which shares of BB&T Common Stock may be purchased under an Option granted pursuant to the Stock Option Subplan shall be equal to 75% of the Average Market Value of BB&T Common Stock on the date of
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 4.5.2  Term of Options:    Except as otherwise
provided in Section 4.1, Options granted in accordance with this Stock Option Subplan may be exercised during the period commencing on a date six (6) months from the date of grant and ending on the date ten (10) years from the date of the grant.

  
 4.6  
Exercise of Options:  
  
 4.6.1  Delivery of
Shares:    No shares shall be delivered pursuant to the exercise of any Option until the requirements of such laws and regulations as may be deemed by the Committee to be applicable to them are satisfied and until payment in full
in cash or in BB&T Common Stock as provided in Section 4.6.2, of the Option Price for such Options is received by BB&T. No Option Participant, or legal representative or distributee of an Option Participant, shall be deemed to be a holder of
any shares subject to any Option unless and until the certificate or certificates for such shares have been issued and delivered. An Option Participant’s right to exercise any Option is further subject to the terms and conditions of the Option
Agreement to be entered into by and between BB&T and the Option Participant. 
  
 4.6.2  Payment of
Option Price:    An Option may be exercised by payment of the Option Price in full (i) in cash, (ii) by surrender or withholding of shares of BB&T Common Stock having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to
the Option Price of the BB&T Common Stock to be purchased (determined in accordance with Section 4.5.1) or (iii) a combination of cash and BB&T Common Stock; provided, however, that no payment of the Option Price by withholding of shares of
BB&T Common Stock shall be permitted before October 31, 1997. 
  
 4.6.3  Change in
Control:    In the event there is a Change in Control of BB&T during the term of the Plan or during the term of Options granted pursuant to the Stock Option Subplan, all outstanding Options granted under the Stock Option
Subplan shall become immediately exercisable in full. For the purposes herein, the term “Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in the form option agreement adopted by BB&T for use in connection with options
granted to participants under the BB&T Corporation 1995 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as such term may be hereafter amended in such form agreement. 
  
 4.7  
Transferability of Options:    Options granted under the Plan shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of intestate succession, except as may be permitted by the Committee in its sole
discretion in a manner consistent with the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Except as otherwise permitted by the preceding sentence, each Option shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may designate a beneficiary to exercise any Option granted to him under the Plan upon his death, provided that such designation is in accordance with
Committee procedures. The designation of a beneficiary in accordance with this Section 4.5 does not constitute a transfer. Except with respect to Options transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.7, during the Option
Participant’s lifetime an Option may be exercised only by such Option Participant or the Option Participant’s legal representative. 
  
 4.8  
Capital Adjustments Effecting Stock:    The aggregate number of shares of BB&T Common Stock subject to the Stock Option Subplan and the number of shares subject to an Option shall be
appropriately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of shares of issued BB&T Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares, whether through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up, stock distribution
or combination of shares or the payment of a share dividend or other increase or decrease in the number of shares outstanding effected without receipt of consideration by BB&T. The Option Price of any share subject to an Option shall be adjusted
so that there will be no change in the aggregate purchase price payable upon exercise of any such Option. The grant of an Option pursuant to the Stock Option Subplan shall not affect in any way the right or power of BB&T to make adjustments,
reorganizations, reclassification, or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. 
  

4.9  
Effective Date, Term, and Approval:  
  
 4.9.1  Effective Date and Term
of Options:    The Stock Option Subplan was adopted effective December 19, 1991, amended and restated effective October 22, 1996 and further amended and restated effective January 1, 1997. No Options may be granted under the
Stock Option Subplan after December 18, 2001 unless an earlier termination date is fixed by action of the Board; provided, however, that any Option granted prior thereto may be exercised in accordance with its terms. 
  
 4.9.2  Approval:    The Stock Option Subplan and all Options granted pursuant to it are subject to all
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authority which may be applicable to stock option plans and, notwithstanding any revisions of the Stock Option Subplan or any Option Agreement, the holder of an Option shall not be entitled to
exercise his Option nor shall BB&T be obligated to issue any shares to the holder if such exercise or issuance shall constitute a violation by the holder or BB&T of any provisions of any such requirements, laws or regulations. 

 
 Section 5.
  Administration by Committee: 
  
 5.1  
Membership of Committee:    The Committee consist of not less than three nor more than seven individuals who shall be appointed by the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any member of the
Committee may resign, and his successor, if any, shall be appointed by the Board. The Committee shall be responsible for the general administration and interpretation of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions, except to the extent all or any
of such obligations are specifically imposed on the Board. 
  
 5.2  
Committee Officers; Subcommittee:    The members of the Committee shall elect a Chairman and may elect an acting Chairman. They shall also elect a Secretary and may elect an acting Secretary, either
of whom may be but need not be a member of the Committee. The Committee may appoint from its membership such subcommittees with such powers as the Committee shall determine, and may authorize one or more of its members or any agent to execute or
deliver any instruments or to make any payment in behalf of the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall constitute the Plan Administrator and shall be agent for service of legal process on the Plan. In addition, notwithstanding any provision
herein, any subcommittee established by the Committee or any Board committee or subcommittee may be granted such authority, and be comprised of such members, as is necessary to comply with the conditions imposed by Rule 16b-3, promulgated under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). 
  
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meetings shall not be required if notice is waived in writing by all the members of the Committee at the time in office, or if all such members are present at the meeting. 

 
 5.4  
Transaction of Business:    A majority of the members of the Committee at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions or other actions taken by the
Committee at .any meeting shall be by vote of a majority of those present at any such meeting and entitled to vote. Resolutions may be adopted or other action taken without a meeting upon written consent thereto signed by all of the members of the
Committee. 
  
 5.5  
Committee Records:    The Committee shall maintain full and complete records of its deliberations and decisions. The minutes of its proceedings shall be conclusive proof of the facts of the operation
of the Plan. The records of the Committee shall contain all relevant data pertaining to individual Participants and their rights under the Plan. 
  
 5.6  
Establishment of Rules:    Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time establish rules or by-laws for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of its
business. 
  
 5.7  
Conflicts of Interest:    No individual member of the Committee shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or to any of his rights or benefits under the Plan
(except that such member may sign unanimous written consent to resolutions adopted or other action taken without a meeting). 
  
 5.8  
Correction of Errors:    The Committee may correct errors and, so far as practicable, may adjust any benefit or credit or payment accordingly. The Committee may in its discretion waive any notice
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to any power or authority which the Committee has discretion to exercise under the Plan, such discretion shall be exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner. 
  
 5.9  
Authority to Interpret Plan:    Subject to the claims procedure set forth in Section 12, the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have the duty and discretionary authority to interpret and
construe the provisions of the Plan and decide any dispute which may arise regarding the rights of Participants hereunder, including the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and to make determinations as to eligibility for participation and
benefits under the Plan. Further, subject to the terms of the Stock Option Subplan, the Committee shall have exclusive jurisdiction to establish such terms of an Option, Agreement as the Committee may deem necessary or desirable. Interpretations and
determinations by the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall apply uniformly to all persons similarly situated and shall be binding and conclusive on all interested persons. Such interpretations and determinations shall only be set aside if the
Committee and the Plan Administrator are found to have acted arbitrarily and capriciously in interpreting and construing the provisions of the Plan. 
  
 5.10  
Third Party Advisors:    The Committee may engage an attorney, accountant or any other technical advisor on matters regarding the operation of the Plan and to perform such other duties as shall be
required in connection therewith, and may employ such clerical and related personnel as the Committee shall deem requisite or desirable in carrying out the provisions of the Plan. 
  
 5.11  
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 5.12  
Committee Expenses:    The Committee shall be entitled to reimbursement by BB&T for its reasonable expenses properly and actually incurred in the performance of its duties in the administration
of the Plan. 
  
 5.13  
Indemnification of Committee:    No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by him or on his behalf as a member of the Committee nor
for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and BB&T shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums for which are paid from BB&T’s own assets), each
member of the Committee and each other officer, Employee, or director of BB&T to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be delegated or allocated, against any unreimbursed or uninsured cost or
expense (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the prior written approval of the Board) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud, bad faith, willful
misconduct or gross negligence. 
  
 Section 6.  Funding:
 
  
 The obligation of the Company to make payments pursuant to Section 3 shall constitute a general
unsecured obligation of the Company to the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, BB&T shall establish and maintain a special separate fund as provided for in the document entitled “BB&T Corporation Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Trust.” The Company shall make contributions to the trust from time to time in accordance with Section 5 thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant or his Beneficiary shall have any legal or equitable rights, interest
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construed as creating any other fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the trust
or the Company pursuant to Section 3, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured creditor of the Company. 
  
 Section 7.  
Allocation of Responsibilities: 
  
 The persons responsible for the Plan and the duties and
responsibilities allocated to each, which shall be carried out in accordance with the other applicable terms and provisions of the Plan, shall be as follows: 
  
 7.1  
Board:  
  
 (i)  To amend the Plan (other than the Exhibits);

  
 (ii)  To appoint and remove members of the Committee; 
  
 (iii)  To terminate the Plan; and 
  
 (iv)  To take any actions required to comply with federal and state securities laws (except to the extent that the Committee or a committee or subcommittee
established pursuant to Section 5.2 is authorized to do so). 
  
 7.2  
Committee:  
  
 (i)  To interpret the provisions of the Plan and to
determine the rights of the Participants under the Plan, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 12 relating to claims procedure; 
  
 (ii)  To administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, except to the extent powers to administer the Plan are specifically delegated to another person or persons as provided in the Plan; 

 
 (iii)  To account for the Accrued Benefits of Participants; 
  

(iv)  To direct the Company in the payment of benefits; 
  
 (v)  To establish the terms of the Option Agreements; and 
  
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 7.3  
Plan Administrator:  
  
 (i)  To file such reports with government
agencies to which reports may be required to be submitted from time to time; 
  
 (ii)  To provide for
disclosure of Plan provisions and other information relating to the Plan to Participants and other interested parties; and 
  
 (iii)  To administer the claims procedure to the extent provided in Section 12. 
  
 Section
8.  Benefits Not Assignable; Facility of Payments:
 
  
 8.1  
Benefits Not Assignable:    Except as provided in Section 4.7, no portion of any benefit held or paid under the Plan with respect to any Participant shall be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void, nor shall any portion of such benefit be in any manner
payable to any assignee, receiver or any one trustee, or be liable for his debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts, or be subject to any legal process to levy upon or attach. 
  
 8.2  
Payments to Minors and Others:    If any individual entitled to receive a payment under the Plan shall be physically, mentally or legally incapable of receiving or acknowledging receipt of such
payment, the Committee, upon the receipt of satisfactory evidence of his incapacity and satisfactory evidence that another person or institution is maintaining him and that no guardian or committee has been appointed for him, may cause any payment
otherwise payable to him to be made to such person or institution so maintaining him. Payment to such person or institution shall be in full satisfaction of all claims by or through the Participant to the extent of the amount thereof. 

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 Section 9.  
Beneficiary: 
  
 The Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the person or persons designated
by the Participant on the beneficiary designation form provided by and filed with the Committee or its designee. If the Participant does not designate a Beneficiary, the Beneficiary shall be his Surviving Spouse. If the Participant does not
designate a Beneficiary and has no Surviving Spouse, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate. The designation of a Beneficiary may be changed or revoked only by filing a new beneficiary designation form with the Committee or its
designee. If a Beneficiary (the “Primary Beneficiary”) is receiving or is entitled to receive payments under the Plan and dies before receiving all of the payments due him, the balance to which he is entitled shall be paid to the
Contingent Beneficiary, if any, named in the Participant’s current beneficiary designation form. If there is no Contingent Beneficiary, the balance shall be paid to the estate of the Primary Beneficiary. Any Beneficiary may disclaim all or any
part of any benefit to which such Beneficiary shall be entitled hereunder by filing a written disclaimer with the Committee before payment of such benefit is to be made. Such a disclaimer shall be made in form satisfactory to the Committee and shall
be irrevocable when filed. Any benefit disclaimed shall be payable from the Plan in the same manner as if the Beneficiary who filed the disclaimer had died on the date of such filing. 
  
 Section 10.  
Amendment and Termination of Plan: 
  
 The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time;
provided, that in no event shall such amendment or termination reduce any Participant’s Accrued Benefit as of the date of such amendment or termination, nor shall any such amendment affect the terms of the Plan relating to the payment of such
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of an Option Participant with respect to his Options, without the Participant’s (or Option Participant’s) prior written consent to such amendment. Any such amendment or termination
shall be made pursuant to a resolution of the Board and shall be effective as of the date specified in such resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and until otherwise decided by the Board, the officer of the Company specifically designated in
resolutions adopted by the Board shall have the authority to amend the Plan to provide for the merger or consolidation of another directors’ deferred compensation and/or stock option plan into this Plan, and in connection therewith, to set
forth any special provisions that may apply to the participants in such other plan as an Exhibit attached hereto. Upon termination of the Plan, distribution of the Accrued Benefit of a Participant shall be made to the Participant or his Beneficiary
in the manner and at the time described in Section 3 of the Plan. No additional credits of Deferred Compensation Credits shall be made to the Deferred Compensation Account of a Participant following termination of the Plan, but the Deferred
Compensation Account of each Participant shall continue to be adjusted as provided in Section 3 until the balance of the Deferred Compensation Account of the Participant has been fully distributed to him or his Beneficiary. No additional Options
shall be granted to an Option Participant following termination of the Plan, but in no event shall the termination of the Plan adversely affect outstanding Options or any unexercised rights hereunder or in any way impair the rights of any Option
holder without his consent. 
  
 Section 11.  
Communication to Participants: 
  
 BB&T shall communicate the principal terms of the Plan
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 Section 12.  
Claims Procedure
:  
  
 The following claims procedure shall apply with respect to the Plan: 

 
 12.1  
Filing of a Claim for Benefits:    If a Participant or Beneficiary (the “Claimant”) believes that he is entitled to benefits under the Plan which are not being paid or provided to him or
which are not being accrued for his benefit, he shall file a written claim therefor with the Plan Administrator. In the event the Plan Administrator shall be the Claimant, all actions which are required to be taken by the Plan Administrator pursuant
to this Section 12 shall be taken instead by another member of the Committee designated by the Committee. 
  
 12.2  
Notification to Claimant of Decision:    Within 90 days after receipt of a claim by the Plan Administrator (or within 180 days if special circumstances require an extension of time) the Plan
Administrator shall notify the Claimant of his decision with regard to the claim. In the event of such special circumstances requiring an extension of time, there shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to expiration of the initial 90-day period
written notice of the extension, which notice shall set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the decision shall be furnished. If such claim shall be wholly or partially denied, notice thereof shall be in writing and worded in a
manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and shall set forth: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any
additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) an explanation of the procedure for review of the denial. If the Plan Administrator
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 12.3  
Procedure for Review:    Within 60 days following receipt by the Claimant of notice denying his claim, in whole or in part, or, if such notice shall not be given, within 60 days following the latest
date on which such notice could have been timely given, the Claimant shall appeal denial of the claim by filing a written application for review with the Committee. Following such request for review, the Committee shall fully and fairly review the
decision denying the claim. Prior to the decision of the Committee, the Claimant shall be given an opportunity to review pertinent documents and to submit issues and comments in writing. 
  
 12.4  
Decision on Review:    The decision on review of a claim denied in whole or in part by the Plan Administrator shall be made in the following manner: 
  
 12.4.1  Within 60 days following receipt by the Committee of the request for review (or within 120 days if special
circumstances require an extension of time), the Committee shall notify the Claimant in writing of its decision with regard to the claim. In the event of such special circumstances requiring an extension of time, written notice of the extension
shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. If the decision on review is not furnished in a timely manner, the claim shall be deemed denied as of the close of the initial 60-day period (or the close of the
extension period, if applicable). 
  
 12.4.2  With respect to a claim that is denied in whole or in
part, the decision on review shall set forth specific reasons for the decision, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and shall cite specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is
based. 
  
 12.4.3  The decision of the Committee shall be final and conclusive. 

 
 12.5  
Action by Authorized Representative of Claimant:    All actions set forth in this Section 12 to be taken by the Claimant may likewise be taken by a representative of the Claimant duly authorized by
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 Section 13.  
Parties to the Plan
:  
  
 Subject to the approval of the Board, an Affiliate may adopt this Plan and become an
employer-party to this Plan by resolutions approved by its Board of Directors. The Affiliates which are employer-parties to this Plan are listed on Exhibit F attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Committee. The
following special provisions shall apply to all employer-parties to the Plan: 
  
 13.1  
Single Plan:    The Plan shall apply as a single plan with respect to all parties as if there were only one employer-party. 
  
 13.2  
Service; Allocation of Costs:    Service for purposes of the Plan shall be interchangeable among employer-parties to the Plan and shall not be deemed interrupted or terminated by the transfer at any
time of a Participant from the Service of one employer-party to the Service of another employer-party. 
  
 13.3  
Committee:    The Committee which administers the Plan as applied to BB&T shall also be the Committee as applied to each other employer-party to the Plan. 
  
 13.4  
Authority to Amend and Terminate:    The Board of BB&T shall have the power to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to each employer-party. 
  

Section 14.  
Miscellaneous Provisions
:  
  
 14.1  
Notices:    Each Participant who is not in Service and each Beneficiary shall be responsible for furnishing the Plan Administrator with his current address for the mailing of notices, reports, and
benefit payments. Any notice required or permitted to be given to such Participant or Beneficiary shall be deemed given if directed to such address and mailed by regular United States mail, first class, postage prepaid. If any check mailed to such
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Participant or Beneficiary furnishes the proper address. This provision shall not be construed as requiring the mailing of any notice or notification otherwise permitted to be given by posting or
by other publication. 
  
 14.2  
Lost Distributees:    A benefit shall be deemed forfeited if the Plan Administrator is unable after a reasonable period of time to locate the Participant or Beneficiary to whom payment is due;
provided, however, that such benefit shall be reinstated if a valid claim is made by or on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary for the forfeited benefit. 
  
 14.3  
Reliance on Data:    The Company, the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have the right to rely on any data provided by the Participant or by any Beneficiary. Representations of such data
shall be binding upon any party seeking to claim a benefit through a Participant, and the Company, the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have no obligation to inquire into the accuracy of any representation made at any time by a Participant
or Beneficiary. 
  
 14.4  
Receipt and Release for Payments:    Any payment made from the Plan to or with respect to any Participant or Beneficiary, or pursuant to a disclaimer by a Beneficiary, shall, to the extent thereof,
be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Plan and the Company with respect to the Plan. The recipient of any payment from the Plan may be required by the Committee, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt
and release with respect thereto in such form as shall be acceptable to the Committee. 
  
 14.5  
Headings:    The headings and subheadings of the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. 
  
 14.6  
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 14.7  
Nonavailability of Company:    The Company does not guarantee the Participants, former Participants or Beneficiaries against loss of or depreciation in value of any right or benefit that any of them
may acquire under the terms of the Plan, nor does the Company guarantee to any of them that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to provide any or all benefits payable under the Plan at any time, including any time that the Plan may be
terminated or partially terminated. 
  
 14.8  
Severability:    All provisions contained in this Plan shall be severable, and in the event that any one or more of them shall be held to be invalid by any competent court, this Plan shall be
interpreted as if such invalid provisions were not contained herein. 
  
 14.9  
Merger and Consolidation:    The Company shall not consolidate or merge into or with another corporation or entity, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation,
partnership, trust or other entities (a “Successor Entity”) unless such Successor Entity shall assume the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Plan and upon such assumption, the Successor Entity shall become
obligated to perform the terms and conditions of the Plan. 
  
 14.10  
Withholding Taxes:    The Company shall satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to making any benefit payment under the Plan. Whenever under the Plan payments are to
be made by the Company in cash, such payments shall be net of any amounts sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements. Whenever payments shall be made in BB&T Common Stock, the Company shall have the right to
require the Participant (or Beneficiary) to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding tax requirements as a condition to the registration of the transfer of such BB&T Common Stock on the books
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this non-qualified, deferred compensation and stock option plan is executed
in behalf of BB&T on the 8th day of December, 2001, to be effective as of November 1, 2001. 
  
 
	 
	  	 	 BB&T CORPORATION
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    ROBERT E. GREENE        
 

	  	 	 President
 

 
  
 
	 Attest:
 
	 /s/    JERONE C. HERRING        
 

	 Secretary
 
	 [Corporate Seal]
 

 
 

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