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BENEFITS PROTECTION TRUST

 Exhibit 10.22 
  
 January 16, 2005 
  
 BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION 
  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
  
 BENEFITS PROTECTION TRUST 

 BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION 
 BENEFITS PROTECTION TRUST 
  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	ARTICLE

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	1:	  	Definitions	  	3
	2:	  	Creation of Trust	  	7
	3:	  	Trustee Expense Account	  	9
	4:	  	Benefit Account	  	10
	5:	  	Payments from the Trust	  	11
	6:	  	Management of Trust Assets	  	13
	7:	  	Administrative Powers	  	17
	8:	  	Insurance and Annuity Contracts	  	18
	9:	  	Trustee’s Powers after Change of Control	  	20
	10:	  	Taxes, Expenses and Compensation of Trustee	  	26
	11:	  	General Duties of Trustee	  	27
	12:	  	Indemnification	  	28
	13:	  	No Duty to Advance Funds	  	29
	14:	  	Accounts	  	30
	15:	  	Administration of the Plans; Communications	  	32
	16:	  	Resignation or Removal of Trustee	  	33
	17:	  	Amendment of Agreement; Termination of Trust; Termination with Respect to an Affiliate and Transfer to Successor Trustee	  	38
	18:	  	Prohibition of Diversion	  	41
	19:	  	Prohibition of Assignment of Interest	  	43
	20:	  	Miscellaneous	  	44

 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 BENEFITS PROTECTION TRUST AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of the 31st day of March, 2004, by and between BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (hereinafter referred to as the “Trustee”). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company (as hereinafter defined) or an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) thereof has adopted the plans, programs, and policies and has
entered into the contracts listed on Schedule 1 (hereinafter referred to either specifically by name or collectively as the “Plans”) and may adopt or enter into other such plans which will be listed from time to time on Schedule 1 and may,
from time to time, amend, modify or terminate any such Plan in accordance with its terms or to comply with any changes in the law and to increase the number of participants in any such Plan (subject to the terms of this Agreement); and 

 
 WHEREAS, the Company initially established this Trust on March 22nd, 1996
with BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, and on December 1st, 2003 appointed WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Successor Trustee under the agreement dated December 1, 2003; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish a Benefits Protection Trust (hereinafter referred to as this “Trust”) in
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beneficiaries will receive the benefits which the Company and its Affiliates are obligated to provide for them or which they reasonably anticipate receiving
pursuant to the Plans; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Trustee is not a party
to the Plans; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the aforesaid obligations of the
Company are not funded or otherwise secured and the Company has agreed to take steps to assure that the future payment of amounts under such Plans will not be improperly withheld in the event that a “Change of Control” (as hereinafter
defined) of the Company should occur; and 
  
 WHEREAS, for
purposes of assuring that such payments will not be improperly withheld, the Company desires to: (a) deposit with the Trustee, subject to the claims of the Company’s existing or future general creditors, amounts of cash and/or marketable
securities for the payment of the fees and expenses of the Trustee in pursuing claims of the Participants and their beneficiaries against the Company for such payments and/or in requiring the Company to deposit sufficient cash and/or marketable
securities in the Trust to pay benefits under the Plans; and (b) retain the right to deposit with the Trustee, subject to the same conditions, further amounts of cash and/or marketable securities for the payment of amounts under such Plans as they
may become due and payable; and 
  
 WHEREAS, in the event that the
Trustee resigns in accordance with Section 16.1 or 16.2 hereof, the Company shall have the exclusive right and power to appoint, in its sole discretion, a successor trustee in accordance with such sections, and if no such successor trustee becomes
trustee under this Agreement within the applicable time period prescribed in Section 16.1 or 16.2, as applicable, the Company intends for all funds held in the Benefit Account (as hereinafter defined), after payment of all fees, expenses and
indemnities due to or incurred by the Trustee under this Agreement, to be immediately paid in the form of lump-sums (or, in the discretion of 

  

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the Trustee, distributions of annuity contracts of insurance companies of equivalent values to any such lump-sum payments) to Participants and their
beneficiaries in accordance with Section 16.1 or 16.2, as applicable. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE 1: Definitions. 
  
 1.1
“Affiliate” shall mean any corporation, partnership or other entity, the majority interest in which is held by the Company directly or through one or more intermediaries. 
  
 1.2 The “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. 
  
 1.3 “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following: 
  
 (a) any person (as such term is used in sections
13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) being or becoming the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, 
  
 (b) the first purchase by any person (as such term is used in subsection (a) of this Section 1.3) of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer to acquire such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock as would result in such person holding twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock (other than a
tender or exchange offer made by the Company or an Affiliate), 
  

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 (c) the approval by the Company’s stockholders of a merger or consolidation, a sale or disposition
of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or 
  
 (d) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company ceasing
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election or nomination for the election by the Company’s stockholders of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office
who were directors at the beginning of the period, 
  
 (e)
notwithstanding (a) through (d), the business combination of Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, which was effective September 22, 1995, does not constitute a Change of Control. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to
occur if the Company either merges or consolidates with or into another company or sells or disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another company, if such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition is in connection with a corporate
restructuring wherein the stockholders of the Company immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition at least eighty percent (80%)
of the combined voting power of all outstanding classes of securities of the company resulting from such merger or consolidation, or to which the Company sells or disposes of its assets, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership in the
Company immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition. Further notwithstanding the foregoing, an event will not be treated as a Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement if the Board so determines by an affirmative vote
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prior to the occurrence of such event, and the Company shall provide prompt notice of such determination to the Trustee. 
  
 In addition, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, a Change
of Control shall not be deemed to occur where the acquirer is, directly or indirectly, a Class I railroad or a holding company of a Class I railroad (“Merger Transaction”), or any events or transactions that form a part of, or are in
furtherance of the Merger Transaction (including, without limitation, any announcement of the Merger Transaction or the execution of any agreement in furtherance of the Merger Transaction) for the purposes of this Trust, unless the Board so
determines by an affirmative vote of at least two thirds of its incumbent members immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, and the Company shall provide prompt notice of such determination to the Trustee. 
  
 1.4 “Company” shall mean Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation,
its successors, and assigns. 
  
 1.5 “Equitable Share”
shall mean the interest of any Plan in the assets of the Trust. 
  
 1.6 “Investment Manager” shall mean a bank, an insurance company or an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, appointed pursuant to Article VI hereto to manage all or a portion of the assets of
the Trust. 
  
 1.7 “Participants” shall mean active and
former directors and employees of the Company and/or of its Affiliates. 
  
 1.8 “Responsible Employer” shall mean, in connection with a particular Plan, an entity (either the Company or an Affiliate) that is obligated to provide benefits to directors or employees pursuant to that Plan, either through
contributions to the Trust or otherwise. 
  
 1.9 “Threatened
Change of Control” shall mean either of the following events: 
  

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 (a) A person described in Section 1.3 of this Article 1, 
  

	 	(1)	initiates a tender offer to acquire such number of shares as would result in such person holding twenty percent (20%) or more of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding
common shares; or 

  

	 	(2)	solicits proxies for votes to elect members of the Board at a shareholders’ meeting of the Company; 

  
 provided, however, that, an event will not be treated as a Threatened Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement if
the Board so determines by an affirmative vote of at least two thirds of its incumbent members immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, and the Company shall provide prompt notice of such determination to the Trustee, or 
  
 (b) The Company notifies the Trustee in writing that such a Threatened Change
of Control exists. 
  
 1.10 “Threatened Change of Control
Period” shall mean the period beginning on the date a Threatened Change of Control commences and ending on the earliest of: 
  
 (a) The date when a person described in Section 1.3 of this Article 1, (1) shall have abandoned the tender offer, or (2) shall not have elected a member
of the Board as the case may be, or (3) shall own less than five percent (5%) of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding common shares; or 
  
 (b) If the Threatened Change of Control Period has commenced by reason of a written notification by the Company as provided in Section 1. 9(b) of this
Article 1, the earlier of (1) the expiration of six (6) months after the Trustee has received such notification, if a Threatened Change of Control described in Section 1.9(a) has not occurred within such 6-month period, and 

  

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(2) the date the Company shall have notified the Trustee in writing that the Threatened Change of Control has terminated; or 
  
 (c) The date a Change of Control occurs. 
  
 ARTICLE 2: Creation of Trust. 
  
 2.1 The Company hereby establishes with the Trustee and the Trustee hereby
accepts a trust consisting of two accounts established by the Trustee for purposes of accounting for funds delivered to the Trustee by the Company, upon direction from the Company. One such account shall be known as the “Trustee Expense
Account,” and shall be used exclusively to pay the fees, expenses and indemnities due or incurred by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The other such account shall be known as the “Benefit Account,” and shall
be used to make payments under the Plans and, solely to the extent the trustee expense account is insufficient, to pay the fees, expenses and indemnities due or incurred by the trustee in accordance with the terms of this agreement. Upon direction
from the Company, the Benefit Account shall be divided into a separate Equitable Share for each Plan which is funded by the Company in accordance with Section 4.1 of Article 4. If a single Plan has more than one Responsible Employer, then a separate
Equitable Share shall be created for each such Responsible Employer, upon direction from the Company. 
  
 2.2 The Company and the Trustee agree that the Trust created herein shall be revocable by the Company as to any assets held in the Trustee Expense Account
at any time before a Change of Control, but shall not be revocable by the Company or by any successor thereto as to assets held in the Benefit Account at any time, or as to any amounts held under the Trust at any time during a Threatened Change of
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principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon, shall be used exclusively for the uses and purposes of Participants and their beneficiaries and general
creditors of each Responsible Employer, as herein set forth. Participants and their beneficiaries shall have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust. Any rights created under the Plans and this
Agreement shall be mere unsecured contractual rights of Participants and their beneficiaries against the appropriate Responsible Employer. Any assets held by the Trust will be subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Responsible
Employers under federal and state law in the event that any such Responsible Employer becomes insolvent, as defined in Section 18.2(a). The Trust established hereunder is intended to be a grantor trust within the meaning of Section 671 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all interest and other income earned on the investment of the Trust shall for such purposes be the property of, and taxable to, the Company. All taxes on or with respect to the
Trust shall be payable by the Company from its separate funds, provided, however, that to the extent that the Company does not timely make any such payments, such taxes shall be paid from the Trustee Expense Account, and if the Trustee Expense
Account is insufficient then from the Benefit Account. 
  
 2.3 The
Company may amend any existing Plans, provided, however, that a Plan amendment may not materially increase the administrative duties of the Trustee under this Agreement without the Trustee’s express prior written consent thereto. The Company
may add plans, other than plans intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, under the Trust upon prior written notice thereof to the Trustee and by amending Schedule 1; provided, however, that the Company may not add any such plan
under the Trust without the Trustee’s express prior written consent to such addition. The Company shall furnish to the Trustee copies of all Plans, 

  

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and the Trustee shall have no duties or obligations whatsoever under this Agreement with respect to any Plan of which the Trustee has not received a copy
from the Company. If the Company amends any existing Plans or adds plans, it shall send to the Trustee a copy of any such amendments or plans and the Trustee shall have no duties or obligations whatsoever under this Agreement with respect to any
amendment to a plan or new plans of which the Trustee has not received a copy from the Company. 
  
 ARTICLE 3: Trustee Expense Account. 
  
 3.1 Upon the Trustee’s obtaining actual knowledge of the existence of a Threatened Change of Control or a Change of Control, the Trustee shall
require the Company to deliver the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in cash to the Trust, to be credited to the Trustee Expense Account. The Trustee shall make written demand for any such additional amount, and the Company will comply with
such demand within 15 days of its receipt thereof. In the event the Company fails to provide the Trustee with such additional amount within 15 days of the receipt by the Company of such written demand, the Trustee shall have the right to resign
immediately as Trustee, and immediately upon such resignation shall have no further duties hereunder. The Trustee will have no duty to find or secure the appointment of a Successor Trustee upon its resignation pursuant to this Section, nor shall its
resignation or the termination of any further duties be contingent upon the appointment and qualification of a successor trustee. If the Threatened Change of Control Period terminates and no Change of Control has occurred, the Company may withdraw
any portion of the two million dollars ($2,000,000) deposited upon the demand of the Trustee, together with any income actually earned thereon and reduced by any losses attributable thereto. 
  

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 3.2 At any time, the Company shall have the unlimited right to add to the Trustee Expense Account
additional amounts of cash and/or marketable securities acceptable to the trustee. Such amounts (together with the income attributable thereto) which are over and above the aggregate amount of $2,000,000 described in Section 3.1 may be withdrawn by
the Company at any time prior to a Change of Control, but not after. 
  
 ARTICLE 4: Benefit Account. 
  
 4.1 The
Company may elect at any time to deliver cash, life insurance contracts as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement and/or marketable securities reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to be credited to the Benefit Account. Any such delivery shall be
accepted by the Trustee only if it is accompanied by a designation of the Plan or Plans under the provisions of which such funds are to be disbursed, the Responsible Employer whose obligations are being funded, and if more than one Plan or the
obligations of more than one Responsible Employer are being funded, the amount being allocated in respect of each Plan and each Responsible Employer. Such delivery shall be credited to the Equitable Share or Equitable Shares of the Plan or Plans in
respect of which funds are being provided within the Benefit Account. 
  
 4.2 After a Change of Control has occurred, if the Trustee determines that amounts held under the Trust allocated to the Equitable Share(s) of one or more Plans are insufficient to pay all benefits payable (whether currently or on a
deferred basis) under such Plan or Plans, the Trustee shall make a written demand on the Responsible Employer or Responsible Employers to provide funds in an amount determined by the Trustee sufficient to pay all benefits payable (whether currently
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assets of an Equitable Share under the Trust are not being paid to Participants and beneficiaries in the proper amounts and in a timely manner, the Trustee
may in its discretion demand in writing that the Responsible Employer or Responsible Employers deliver to the Trustee assets sufficient to pay all benefits payable (whether currently or on a deferred basis) under such Plan or Plans. The Responsible
Employer or Responsible Employers shall transfer such funds or other assets acceptable to the Trustee, within 30 days from the time the written demand is mailed. 
  
 ARTICLE 5: Payments from the Trust. 
  
 5.1 The Company shall, from time to time, furnish the Trustee with such written information regarding the Participants and
beneficiaries under the Plans (including updated mailing addresses) and the amount and/or method of determination of benefits under the Plans (hereinafter referred to as “Participant Data”) as the Company deems relevant or as the Trustee
shall request in writing. The Company shall, after a Change of Control, furnish the Trustee with such Participant Data and other information as the Trustee may from time to time request within thirty (30) days of such request. The Company will, from
time to time, but not less frequently than annually, update Participant Data with respect to all Plans. 
  
 5.2 Prior to a Change of Control, the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall make payments to Participants and beneficiaries or to any disbursing
agent designated by the Company (including the Company itself) in such manner and in such amounts as the Company shall direct, to the extent funds are available in the Equitable Share (s) of the applicable Plan or Plans. After a Change of Control
and notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall, without direction from the Company, to the extent funds are available in the corresponding Equitable Share(s) of such Plan or Plans, make payments to any disbursing agent

  

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previously retained by the Company for such purpose or, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, directly to Plan Participants and beneficiaries in such manner
and in such amounts as the Trustee shall determine they are entitled to be paid under the Plans based on the most recent Participant Data furnished to the Trustee by the Company and any supplemental information furnished to the Trustee by a
Participant or beneficiary upon which the Trustee may reasonably rely in making such determination and based upon the terms of the Plans, including any amendments thereto, as in effect on the date of such Change of Control to the extent that copies
of such Plans and amendments were received by the Trustee prior to the date of such Change of Control. 
  
 5.3 After a Change of Control, in the event the Internal Revenue Service issues a notice of deficiency to any Participant and/or beneficiary of a Plan
stating that such Participant and/or beneficiary is subject to any tax by reason of any undistributed interest in the Trust, the Trustee, upon presentation of a copy of such determination and written direction from the Participant and/or
beneficiary, shall distribute to such Participant and/or beneficiary the amount included in such Participants or beneficiary’s taxable gross income by reason of any interest in the Trust, which amount shall be stated in such written direction.
The Trustee shall not be liable in any way for any payment made pursuant to any such written direction, including, without limitation, for any such inclusion of such amount in any Participant’s or beneficiary’s taxable gross income. Any
benefit to which such Participant and/or beneficiary subsequently becomes entitled shall be offset by the actuarial equivalent of the amount previously distributed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 5.3. 
  
 5.4 Payments to Participants and beneficiaries pursuant to Sections 5.2 and
5.3 of this Article 5 shall be made by the Trustee to the extent that funds in the relevant Equitable Share(s) are sufficient to allow such payments. In any month in which the Trustee determines that the 

  

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Equitable Share of one or more Plans in the Benefit Account does not have sufficient funds to provide for the current payment of all amounts otherwise
payable to Participants and beneficiaries in such month under a Plan or Plans, the amount otherwise currently payable to each such Participant or beneficiary under such Plan or Plans during such month shall be reduced by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the amount of funds then available in the Equitable Share(s) of such Plan or Plans and the denominator of which is the total of the benefits paid prior to such reduction during such month to all Participants and beneficiaries under such
Plan or Plans. In the event that the Trustee shall at any time determine that all liabilities to Participants and beneficiaries, whether present or deferred, fixed or contingent, under any Plan or Plans have been satisfied in full, and at such time
there are assets remaining in the Equitable Share or Equitable Shares allocated to such Plan or Plans, the Trustee shall allocate such remaining assets among the Equitable Shares of any or all of the remaining Plans in such manner as the Trustee
deems appropriate, taking into account the liabilities outstanding under each such other Plan and the funding level of each such other Equitable Share. In any event, the Trustee shall have no duty to make any benefit payment out of the assets of the
Trust to any Participant or beneficiary in excess of the aggregate benefits to which such Participant or beneficiary is entitled under any Plan or Plans. 
  
 ARTICLE 6: Management of Trust Assets. 
  
 6.1 Prior to a Change of Control, the Trust assets shall be held, invested and reinvested by the Trustee as designated by the written direction of the
Company or of any Investment Manager appointed by the Company to manage all or a portion of the assets of the Trust, with respect to those assets as to which the Company has notified the Trustee that such 

  

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Investment Manager has been granted investment authority. The Trustee shall not be under any duty, or have any right, to question any such directions of the
Company or any Investment Manager or to review any securities or other property held pursuant to such direction, or to make any suggestions to the Company or any Investment Manager in connection therewith; and the Trustee shall as promptly as
practicable comply with any directions given by the Company hereunder or such Investment Manager. In exercising the powers of the Company under this Section 6.1 of Article 6 the Company shall act by its Corporate Treasurer or his written designees,
each of whom is fully authorized to exercise such powers. The Trustee may, and shall, follow the written directions signed by said Corporate Treasurer or such designees. 
  
 6.2 In the absence of written direction of the Company, the Trustee shall invest the assets as if a Change of Control had
occurred as provided in Section 6.3 of this Article 6 and Article 9. 
  
 6.3 After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the Trust assets and may employ Investment Managers including affiliates of the Trustee to manage the investment of the Trust
assets. Pursuant to such authority and discretion, the Trustee may exercise, from time to time and at any time, the power: 
  
 (a) To invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust, without distinction between principal and income, in shares of stock (whether common or preferred) or
other evidences of ownership; shares of any registered investment company or mutual fund for which an Investment Manager or any affiliate of an Investment Manager or the Trustee or any affiliate of the Trustee, provides, for compensation, custodial,
advisory, or other services; bonds; debentures; notes or other evidences of indebtedness, unsecured or secured by mortgages on real or personal property wherever situated (including any part interest in a bond and mortgage or note and mortgage

  

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whether insured or uninsured) and other property, including without limitation shares in any collective investment fund maintained by the Trustee, or part
interest in property, real or personal, foreign or domestic, and in order to reduce the rate of interest rate fluctuations, contracts, as either buyer or seller, for the future delivery of United States Treasury securities and comparable Federal
Government-backed securities and life insurance contracts as provided by Section 8 of this agreement; provided, however, that no portion of the assets of the Trust may be directly invested in common or preferred stock, or evidences of indebtedness,
of the Company or any entity controlled, controlling, or under common control with the Company; 
  
 (b) To sell, convey, redeem, exchange, grant options for the purchase or exchange of, or otherwise dispose of, any real or personal property, at public or
private sale, for cash or upon credit, with or without security, without obligation on the part of any person dealing with the Trustee to see to the application of the proceeds of or to inquire into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such
disposition; 
  
 (c) To exercise, personally or by general or
limited proxy, the right to vote any shares of stock, bonds or other securities held in the Trust; to delegate discretionary voting power to trustees of a voting trust for any period of time; and to exercise, personally or by power of attorney, any
other rights appurtenant to any securities or other property of the Trust; 
  
 (d) To join in or oppose any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger or liquidation, or any plan therefor, or any lease, mortgage or sale of the property, if any organization the securities of which
are held in the Trust; to pay from the assets of the Trust any assessments, charges or compensation specified in any plan of reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger or liquidation; to deposit any property with any committee or
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and to retain any property allotted to the Trust in any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger or liquidation; 
  
 (e) To exercise or sell any conversion or subscription or other rights
appurtenant to any stock, security or other property held in the Trust; 
  
 (f) To borrow from any lender (including the Trustee in its individual capacity) money, in any amount and upon any reasonable terms and conditions, for purposes of this Agreement, and to pledge or mortgage any property held in the Trust to
secure the repayment of any such loan; 
  
 (g) To compromise,
settle or arbitrate any claim, debt, or obligation of or against the Trust; to enforce or abstain from enforcing any right, claim, debt or obligation (subject to the provisions of Section 9.3 of Article 9); and to abandon any property determined by
it to be worthless; 
  
 (h) To make loans of securities held in
the Trust to registered brokers and dealers upon such terns and conditions as are permitted by applicable law and regulations, and in each instance to permit the securities so lent to be registered in the name of the borrower or a nominee of the
borrower, provided that in each instance the loan is adequately secured and neither the borrower nor any affiliate of the borrower has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the Trust involved in the transaction or renders
investment advice with respect to those assets; 
  
 (i) To invest
and reinvest any property in the Trust in any other form or type of investment not specifically mentioned in this section; and 
  
 (j) To open and maintain any bank account or accounts, in the name of the Trustee in any bank or banks, including, if the Trustee is a bank, the
Trustee’s own banking department. 
  

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 ARTICLE 7: Administrative Powers. 
  
 The Trustee shall have and in its sole and absolute discretion may exercise
from time to time and at any time the following administrative powers and authority with respect to the Trust: 
  
 7.1 To hold property of the Trust in its own name or in the name of a nominee or nominees, without disclosure of the trust, or in bearer form so that it
will pass by delivery, but no such holding shall relieve the Trustee of its responsibility for the safe custody and disposition of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; the Trustee’s books and records shall at all times
show that such property is part of the Trust; and the Trustee shall be absolutely liable for any loss occasioned by the acts of its nominee or nominees with respect to securities registered in the name of the nominee or nominees; 
  
 7.2 To organize and incorporate under the laws of any state it may deem
advisable one or more corporations (and to acquire an interest in any such corporation that it may have organized and incorporated) for the purpose of acquiring and holding title to any property, interests or rights that the Trustee is authorized to
acquire under Article 6 hereof; 
  
 7.3 To employ in the
management of the Trust and to rely on advice given by suitable agents, without liability for any loss occasioned by any such agents selected by the Trustee with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a
prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; 
  
 7.4 To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any deeds, conveyances, leases, mortgages, contracts, waivers or other instruments in writing that the
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 or desirable in the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; and 
  
 7.5 To do all other acts that the Trustee may deem necessary or proper to
carry out any of the powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise in the best interests of the Trust. 
  
 7.6 Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give
the Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code. 
  
 ARTICLE 8: Insurance and Annuity Contracts. 
  
 8.1 The Trustee, upon written direction of the Company prior to a Change of
Control, shall pay from the Benefit Account such sums to such insurance company or companies as the Company may direct for the purpose of procuring participating or nonparticipating insurance and/or annuity contracts for the Plans (hereinafter
referred to as “Contracts”). The Company shall prepare or cause to be prepared in such form as it shall prescribe, the application for any Contract to be applied for. The Trustee shall receive and hold in the Trust, subject to the
provisions hereinafter set forth in this Article 8, all Contracts so obtained. 
  
 8.2 The Trustee shall be the complete and absolute owner of Contracts held in the trust and, upon written direction of the Company prior to a Change of Control, shall have power, without the consent of any other
person, to exercise any and all of the rights, options or privileges that belong to the absolute owner of any Contract held in the Trust or that are granted by the terms of any such Contract or by the terms of this Agreement. Prior to a Change of
Control, the Trustee shall have no discretion with respect to the exercise of any of the foregoing powers or to take any other action permitted by any Contract held in the Trust, but shall exercise such powers 

  

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or take such action only upon the written direction of the Company and the Trustee shall have no duty to exercise any of such powers or to take any such
action unless and until it shall have received such direction. After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall exercise, without directions from the Company, any and all of the rights, options or privileges that belong to the absolute owner of any
Contract held in the Trust or that are granted by the terms of any such Contract or by the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee, upon the written direction of the Company prior to a Change of Control, shall deliver any Contract held in the Trust to
such person or persons as may be specified in the direction. 
  
 8.3 The Trustee shall hold in the Trust the proceeds of any sale, assignment or surrender of any Contract held in the Trust and any and all dividends and other payments of any kind received in respect of any Contract held in the Trust.

  
 8.4 Upon the written direction of the Company prior to a
Change of Control, the Trustee shall pay from the Benefit Account premiums, assessments, dues, charges and interest, if any, upon any Contract held in the Trust. The Trustee shall have no duty to make any such payment unless and until it shall have
received such direction. After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall pay from the Benefit Account premiums, assessments, dues, charges and interest, if any, upon any Contract held in the Trust, without direction from the Company. 
  
 8.5 No insurance company that may issue any Contract or Contracts held in the
Trust shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement for any purpose or to be responsible in any way for the validity of this Agreement or to have any liability under this Agreement other than as stated in each Contract that it may issue. Any
insurance company may deal with the Trustee as sole owner of any Contract issued by it and held in the Trust, without inquiry as to the authority of the Trustee to act and may accept and rely upon any written notice, instruction, direction, 

  

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certificate or other communication from the Trustee believed by it to be genuine and to be signed by an officer of the Trustee and shall incur no liability
or responsibility for so doing. Any sums paid out by any insurance company under any of the terms of a Contract issued by it and held in the Trust either to the Trustee, or, in accordance with the direction of the Trustee, to any other person or
persons designated as payees in such Contract shall be a full and complete discharge of the liability to pay such sums, and the insurance company shall have no obligation to look to the disposition of any sums so paid. No insurance company shall be
required to look into the terms of this Agreement, to question any action of the Trustee or to see that any action of the Trustee is authorized by the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 8.6 Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the
refusal of any insurance company to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the Trust; nor
for the act of any person or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for the failure of any insurance company to pay the proceeds and avails of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due
and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract or Contracts; nor for the fact that for any reason whatsoever (other than their own negligence or willful misconduct) any Contract or Contracts
shall lapse or otherwise become uncollectible. 
  
 ARTICLE
9: Trustee’s Powers after Change of Control. 
  
 9.1
After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall exercise for the sole benefit of the Plan Participants and their beneficiaries any of the powers set forth in Section 5.2 of Article 5, 

  

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Section 6.3 of Article 6 and Sections 8.2 through 8.6 of Article 8 without direction from the Company including the power to negotiate for and purchase
Contracts the rates of return and maturity dates of which may reasonably be expected to yield assets of the Trust sufficient to discharge any or all of the obligations of the Company and its Affiliates under the Plans. After the occurrence of a
Change of Control, the Trustee shall have the power to settle all Trust liabilities with respect to any or all Plan Participants and beneficiaries with respect to any periodic payment obligation by the purchase and distribution of an annuity
contract of an insurance company providing for such periodic payment. 
  
 9.2 Within thirty (30) days after a Change of Control, the Company shall notify all Participants and beneficiaries who are entitled to receive benefits under the Plans in writing (1) with respect to each Plan for which benefits are payable
from assets of an Equitable Share under the Trust, that the Trustee shall continue to pay such benefits from the assets of such Equitable Share after the Change of Control and (2) with respect to any Plan for which benefits are not payable from
assets of an Equitable Share under the Trust, that the Trustee is available to aid the Participants and beneficiaries entitled to benefits under such Plan in pursuing any claims they may have against the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of
such Plan. The Company shall provide such notice by using the same method as required by the Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F .R. 5 2520.1 04b-l(b)( 1) as now in effect without regard to subsequent amendments. If the Company fails to do so, to
the extent that the Trustee has actual knowledge of any such failure, the Trustee shall send such notice by certified mail return receipt requested to all unnotified Participants and/or the beneficiaries described above to their last address
provided to the Trustee by the Company prior to a Change of Control. Alternatively, the Trustee may, at its option, provide such notification by placing an advertisement in one newspaper of general 

  

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circulation in each of the ten locations in which the largest number of employees of the Company and its Affiliates are located as communicated by the
Company to the Trustee prior to a Change of Control. 
  
 9.3 (a)
If, after a Change of Control, a Participant or beneficiary notifies the Trustee that a Responsible Employer (or insurance company, contract administrator or any other party acting on the Responsible Employer’s behalf, if applicable) has
refused to pay a claim under any Plan the benefits under which are not payable from assets of an Equitable Share under the Trust, then, unless the Trustee shall determine that the claim has no basis in law and fact, the Trustee: 
  
 (1) will promptly attempt to negotiate with the Responsible Employer to
obtain payment, settlement, or other disposition of the claim, subject to the consent of the Participant or beneficiary. 
  
 (2) will, if negotiations fail within ninety (90) days to result in a payment, settlement or other disposition agreeable to the Participant or beneficiary
(hereinafter referred to as the “Plaintiff”), upon the receipt of written authorization from the Participant or beneficiary in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, institute and maintain legal proceedings (hereinafter
referred to as the “Litigation”) against the Responsible Employer or other appropriate person or entity to recover on the claim on behalf of the Plaintiff; and (3) may, subject to the consent of the Plaintiff, settle or discontinue the
Litigation. 
  
 (b) The Trustee shall direct the course of the
Litigation and shall keep the Plaintiff informed of the progress of the Litigation as the Trustee deems appropriate, but no less frequently than quarterly. If, during the Litigation, 
  

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	 	(1)	the Plaintiff directs in writing that the Litigation on behalf of the Plaintiff be settled or discontinued, the Trustee shall take all appropriate action to follow such direction,
provided that the written direction specifies the terms and conditions of the settlement or discontinuance, and further provided that the Plaintiff, if requested by the Trustee, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a document in a form
acceptable to the Trustee releasing and holding harmless the Trustee from any liability resulting from the Trustee’s following such direction; 

  

	 	(2)	 the Plaintiff refuses to consent to the settlement or other disposition of the Litigation on terms recommended in writing by the Trustee or does not agree with the
Trustee’s conduct of the litigation, the Trustee may proceed in its sole and absolute discretion, to take such action as it deems appropriate in the Litigation, including entering into settlement or discontinuance of the Litigation, provided
that the Trustee shall first afford the Plaintiff at least fourteen (14) days’ advance notice of any decision to settle or otherwise discontinue the Litigation; further provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be authorized to proceed in
the Litigation on behalf of the Plaintiff after (i) the Plaintiff shall have revoked in writing the authorization of the Trustee to proceed on his behalf (in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto) and shall have delivered such writing
to the Trustee and (ii) the Plaintiff shall have appointed his own counsel, whose fees and expenses are to be paid by the Plaintiff and who shall appear in the Litigation on behalf of the Plaintiff in lieu of counsel retained by the Trustee.
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pay from the Trustee Expense Account any costs or expenses incurred in the Litigation after the date of the delivery of such writing.

  
 (c) The Trustee is empowered to utilize, at
the expense of the Trust, and to charge the Trustee Expense Account, counsel and other appropriate experts, including nationally recognized pension or benefit consultants, actuaries and accountants to aid the Trustee in making any determination
under this Article 9 and in determining whether to pursue or settle any Litigation, provided that, prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (and also excluding the period of any Threatened Change of Control) such counsel or other experts shall
be identified in writing by the Company to the Trustee as and when the services of any such counselor experts are to be utilized by the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully protected, without any independent duty of investigation, in reliance upon
any assumptions or actuarial or other determinations rendered by any pension or benefit consulting or actuarial firm retained pursuant to this Section 9.3(c). The Trustee shall have the discretion to determine the form and nature that any Litigation
against the Company, or other appropriate person or entity, shall take, and the procedural rules and laws applicable to such Litigation shall supersede any inconsistent provision in this Agreement. 
  
 9.4 After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall bill the Company directly,
on a monthly basis, for all fees and expenses described in Section 10.2. The Trustee may commence legal action against the Company to recover any amount not paid within 30 days of the billing date, and shall be obligated to commence such an action
if the Company’s failure to pay causes a reduction in the assets of the Trustee Expense Account below two million dollars ($2,000,000). 
  
 9.5 After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall be obligated to commence legal action to compel a Responsible Employer to provide funds to pay benefits
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has failed to transfer the demanded funds in a timely fashion under Section 4.2 of Article 4. The Trustee’s responsibility to commence legal action
under this Section 9.5 is only required if the Expense Fund has adequate assets in the sole and absolute opinion of the Trustee. 
  
 9.6 After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall appoint a nationally recognized pension or benefit consulting or actuarial firm, which shall be
identified in writing by the Company to the Trustee prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (or, if earlier, a Threatened Change of Control related to such Change of Control), to determine any assumptions and make any actuarial or other
determinations necessary or appropriate to any determinations required to be made by the Trustee under this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Sections 4.2, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 9.3 hereof, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in
acting under this Agreement in reliance upon any such assumptions or determinations rendered by such firm without any duty by the Trustee to make any determination or investigation of its own with respect thereto. Moreover, after a Change of
Control, in making any determination under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be fully protected in reliance upon Participant Data (as defined in Section 5 hereof) furnished to the Trustee by the Company and any supplemental information furnished to
the Trustee by a Participant or beneficiary, as provided under Section 5.2 hereof, and upon the terms of the Plans, including any amendments thereto, as in effect on the date of such Change of Control to the extent that copies of such Plans and
amendments were received by the Trustee prior to the date of such Change of Control. If no nationally recognized pension or benefit consulting firm was designated by the Company prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (or, if earlier, a
Threatened Change of Control related to such Change of Control), the Trustee shall appoint the firm or firms utilized by the Company immediately prior to the Threatened Change of Control. 
  

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 ARTICLE 10: Taxes, Expenses and Compensation of Trustee. 
  
 10.1 The Company shall pay any Federal, state, local or other taxes imposed
or levied with respect to the assets and/or income of the Trust or any part thereof under existing or future laws, and the Company, in its discretion, or the Trustee, in its discretion, may contest the validity or amount of any tax, assessment,
claim or demand respecting the Trust or any part thereof. The Trustee shall deduct any taxes required to be withheld with respect to any payments made pursuant to the Trust. 
  
 10.2 The Trustee shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or on such other basis as the Trustee deems reasonable, for the
fees and expenses set forth in Schedule 2 attached hereto and its reasonable expenses, including but not limited to the retention of legal counsel (including but not limited to legal counsel and other professionals retained by the Trustee pursuant
to this Agreement and to legal counsel retained to represent the Trustee in any action brought by the Company or any Participant against the Trustee), accountants and actuaries and such other professionals as the Trustee determines are necessary or
appropriate to enable it to perform its services as Trustee. Retention of outside counsel or other professionals by the Trustee prior to a Change of Control or Threatened Change of Control shall be subject to the prior approval of the Company. Such
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 10.3
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 10, to the extent that the Company does not timely pay or reimburse any amounts payable or reimbursable by the Company pursuant to this Article 10, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed
from the Trustee Expense Account, and if the Trustee Expense Account is insufficient, then from the Benefit Account. 
  

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 ARTICLE 11: General Duties of Trustee. 
  
 11.1 Subject to Article 17 hereof, the Trustee shall discharge its duties
under this Agreement solely in the interest of the Participants in the Plans and their beneficiaries and (1) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to such Participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of
administering the Trust; and (2) with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like
character and with like aims. 
  
 11.2 (a) The Trustee is not
responsible for ascertaining whether a Threatened Change of Control has occurred or whether a Threatened Change of Control Period exists. The Company will notify the Trustee of the commencement and/or termination of a Threatened Change of Control
Period. 
  
 (b) The Executive Vice Law or other chief legal
officer of the Company shall have the specific authority to determine whether a Threatened Change of Control or Change of Control has transpired and shall be required to give the Trustee notice of a Change of Control or a Threatened Change of
Control. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon such notice. If the Trustee receives notice of a Threatened Change of Control or Change of Control from any other person, the Trustee shall be responsible for ascertaining whether a Threatened
Change of Control or Change of Control has occurred. In so ascertaining, the Trustee shall rely upon publicly available information and any other information available to the Trustee. 
  
 11.3 The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel for the Company prior to a Change of Control or for the
Trustee in its individual capacity, and shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of its taking or refraining from taking any action in accordance with the 

  

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opinion of counsel. 
  
 11.4 The Company may designate in writing, prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (or, if earlier, a Threatened Change of Control related to such
Change of Control), counsel to be retained by the Trustee after a Change of Control to enforce the rights of Participants and beneficiaries to benefits under the Plans. If the designated counsel declines to provide representation, or if the Trustee
so elects for any reason or no reason, the Trustee may dismiss the designated law firm and engage another qualified law firm for this purpose; however, the law firm so engaged may not be the same law firm which represents the Trustee with respect to
its responsibilities as Trustee under this Agreement. The Company may not dismiss or engage such counsel or cause the Trustee to engage or dismiss such counsel after a Change of Control. 
  
 ARTICLE 12: Indemnification. 
  
 12.1 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from and against any liability (including attorneys’
fees and expenses) that the Trustee may incur unless arising from the Trustee’s negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or any other security for the faithful performance
of its duties under this Agreement, except as required by law. The Trustee agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and against any liability (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) that the Company may incur arising from the
Trustee’s negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement. 
  
 12.2 Any amount payable to the Trustee under this Agreement and not previously paid by the Company shall be paid by the Company promptly upon written demand therefor by the Trustee or, if the Company fails to make
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from the Trustee Expense Account, and if the Trustee Expense Account is insufficient then from the Benefit Account. In the event that payment is made
hereunder to the Trustee from the assets of the Trust, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the amount of such payment. The Company agrees that, upon receipt of such notice, it will deliver to the Trustee to be held in the
Trust an amount in cash (or in marketable securities or in some combination thereof) equal to any payments made from the Trust to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 12. The failure of the Company to transfer any such amount shall not in any way
impair the Trustee’s right to indemnification, reimbursement and payment pursuant to this Article 12. The provisions of this Article 12 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE 13: No Duty to Advance Funds. 
  
 Excluding any liability arising under Section 12.1 of Article 12, nothing
contained in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to risk or expend its own funds in the performance of the duties as the trustee hereunder. In the acceptance and performance of its duties hereunder, the Trustee acts solely as trustee and not in
its individual capacity, and all persons, other than the Company, having any claim against the Trustee related to this Agreement or the actions or agreements of the Trustee contemplated hereby shall look solely to the assets of the Trust for the
payment or satisfaction thereof except as required by law or to the extent that the Trustee has engaged in willful misconduct or negligence, or the Trustee has breached its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, and
subject to the provisions of Section 12.1 of Article 12, the Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity for the payment of the fees and expenses of counsel and other professionals retained by the Trustee in accordance with this
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 ARTICLE 14: Accounts. 
  
 14.1 (a) The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed accounts of all its receipts, investments and disbursements under this
Agreement on a calendar year basis. Such person or persons as the Company shall designate shall be allowed to inspect the books of account relating to the Trust upon request at any reasonable time during the business hours of the Trustee.

  
 (b) Within 120 days after (1) the close of each calendar year,
(2) the date of the Trustee’s resignation or removal as provided in Article 16 hereof or (3) the date of termination of the Trust as provided in Article 17 hereof, the Trustee shall transmit to the Company, and certify the accuracy of, a
written statement of the assets and liabilities of the Trust, showing the current value of each asset at that date, and a written account of all the Trustee’s transactions relating to the Trust during the period from the last previous
accounting to the close of that year. 
  
 (c) Unless the Company
shall have filed with the Trustee written exceptions or objections to any such statement and account, within 120 days after receipt thereof, the Company shall be deemed to have approved such statement and account; and in such case or upon the
written approval by the Company of any such statement and account, the Trustee shall be forever released and discharged with respect to all matters and things contained in such statement and account as though it had been settled by decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding to which the Company and all persons having any beneficial interest in the Trust were parties. 
  
 14.2 The Trustee shall determine the fair market value of the Trust, the Benefit Account, the Trustee Expense Account and, if so directed by the Company,
each Equitable Share as of each December 31, or more frequently (but not more often than monthly) if it so desires. If there is a diminution in value of the Trustee Expense Account below (1) five hundred thousand 

  

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dollars ($500,000) prior to the commencement or after the end of a Threatened Change of Control Period, or (2) two million dollars ($2,000,000) during a
Threatened Change of Control Period or upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, but only if the Trustee has demanded one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) pursuant to Section 3.2 of Article 3 hereof, the Company shall provide the
Trustee with sufficient funds to make up for any such diminution in value within 15 days after written demand by the Trustee for such payment. At any time other than a Threatened Change of Control Period or after a Change of Control, if the Company
fails to comply with the Trustee’s written demand within 15 days to provide the Trustee with sufficient funds to make up for any diminution in value below five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in the Trustee Expense Account, the Trustee may
resign as Trustee upon one hundred twenty (120) days’ written notice in accordance with Section 16.1 of Article 16 hereof. In the event that the Trustee Expense Account falls below two million dollars ($2,000,000) during a Threatened Change of
Control Period or on or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, and the Company fails to comply with the Trustee’s written demand to make up for any such diminution in value below $2,000,000 within 15 days of receipt of such written
demand, the Trustee has the right to resign immediately as trustee under this Agreement, and immediately upon such resignation shall have no further duties hereunder. The Trustee will have no duty to find or secure the appointment of a successor
trustee upon its resignation pursuant to this Section, nor shall its resignation or the termination of any further duties be contingent upon the appointment and qualification of a successor trustee. 
  
 14.3 Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Plans shall deprive the
Trustee of the right to have a judicial settlement of its accounts. In any proceeding for a judicial settlement of the Trustee’s accounts or for instructions in connection with the Trust, the only other necessary 

  

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party thereto in addition to the Trustee shall be the Company. If the Trustee so elects, it may bring in as a party or parties defendant any other person or
persons. No person interested in the Trust, other than the Company, shall have a right to compel an accounting, judicial or otherwise, by the Trustee, and each such person shall be bound by all accountings by the Trustee to the Company, as herein
provided, as if the account had been settled by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding to which such person was a party. 
  
 ARTICLE 15: Administration of the Plans; Communications. 
  
 15.1 The Company shall administer the plans as provided therein and subject to Section 5.2 of Article 5, Section 6.3 of
Article 6, and of Article 9 hereof, and, subject to any other delegation by the Company and express written assumption by the Trustee of the duties of administering the Plans, the Trustee shall not be responsible in any respect for administering the
Plans. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the adequacy of the Trust to meet and discharge all payments and liabilities under the Plans. The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice, instruction, direction or other
communication signed by an officer of the Company designated pursuant to this Agreement. The Company, from time to time, shall furnish the Trustee with the names and specimen signatures of the designated officers of the Company and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of the termination of office of any designated officer of the Company and the appointment of a successor thereto. Until notified to the contrary, the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the most recent list of the
designated officers of the Company furnished to it by the Company. 
  
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Assistant Secretary of the Company under its corporate seal, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon any resolution so certified to it.
Unless other evidence with respect thereto has been specifically prescribed in this Agreement, any other action of the Company under any provision of this Agreement, including any approval of or exceptions to the Trustee’s accounts, shall be
evidenced by a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such certificate. The Trustee may accept a certificate signed by an officer of the Company as proof of any fact or matter that
it deems necessary or desirable to have established in the administration of the Trust (unless other evidence of such fact or matter is expressly prescribed herein), and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the statements in the
certificate. 
  
 15.3 The Trustee shall be entitled conclusively
to rely upon any written notice, instruction, direction, certificate or other communication believed by it to be genuine and to be signed by the proper person or persons. 
  
 15.4 All notices to the Trustee hereunder shall be in writing and, until written notice is given to the contrary, shall be
sent to the Trustee at its office at One West Fourth Street, NC6251, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27150, Attention: Executive Services, Telecopy (336) 747-8874; communications to the Company shall be sent to it at its office at 2500 Lou Menk Drive,
Fort Worth, Texas 76131-2828, Attention: Vice President-Human Resources and Medical, fax (817) 352-7326. 
  
 ARTlCLE 16: Resignation or Removal of Trustee. 
  
 16.1 The Trustee may resign at any time, other than during a Threatened Change of Control Period or after a Change of Control, upon one hundred twenty
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the “Resignation Period”) and immediately after the Resignation Period shall have no further duties hereunder. The Trustee will have no duty to
find or secure the appointment of a Successor Trustee upon its resignation pursuant to this Section, nor shall the Trustee have any liability to any person in connection with the appointment, or failure to secure the appointment, of any such
Successor Trustee, nor shall its resignation or its termination of any further duties be contingent upon the appointment and qualification of a Successor Trustee. Promptly after receipt of such notice, the Company shall appoint a Successor Trustee,
such trustee to become trustee under this Agreement upon its acceptance of this Trust; provided that, if upon the expiration of the Resignation Period, no Successor Trustee has become trustee under this Agreement in accordance with this
Section 16.1, the Trustee shall immediately (A) pay to itself all fees, expenses and indemnities due to or incurred by the Trustee hereunder, in accordance with Article 10 (including any amounts due or payable with respect to the firm appointed
pursuant to the following clause (B)), and (B) satisfy all vested benefit obligations to Participants or their beneficiaries under the Plans by single payments in the form of lump-sums to such Participants or beneficiaries or, in the discretion of
the Trustee, in lieu of any or all such lump-sum payments, by distributions of annuity contracts purchased from insurance companies having values equivalent to any such lump-sum payments, the amounts of such payments determined (based on the most
recent Participant Data furnished to the Trustee by the Company) by a nationally recognized pension or benefit consulting or actuarial firm appointed by the Trustee for this purpose (and the Trustee shall be fully protected without further 1iability
under this Agreement in making distributions from the Trust in reliance upon such determinations); provided that if the Equitable Share of any Plan in the Benefit Account does not have sufficient funds to provide for satisfaction in full of
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preceding clause to Participants and beneficiaries under such Plan, then each such amount otherwise payable to each such Participant or beneficiary shall be
reduced on a proportionate basis. 
  
 16.2 During a Threatened
Change of Control Period or after a Change of Control, the Trustee may resign only under one of the following circumstances: 
  
 (a) A final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction removing the Trustee by reason of such court’s determination of the existence of a conflict
of interest which prevents the Trustee from properly performing its duties hereunder. The Trustee agrees to use its best efforts to avoid any such conflict. For the purpose of this Agreement, the decision of a court shall not be deemed to be final
unless the decision is not appealable, or no appeal has been taken from the decision and the time for an appeal has expired. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection (a), such resignation shall not be effective until the Trustee
or the Company has obtained the agreement of a bank to act as Successor Trustee which bank (1) is among the 100 largest banks in the United States, as measured by deposits, and (2) has a rating of “B/C” or greater based upon the most
current rating from Keefe, Bruyett & Woods (“KB&W”) or its successor, or if KB&W or its successor should cease to publish ratings, then a short-term debt rating from Moody’s of “P-1,” or greater, or from Standard
and Poor’s of “A-1.” In any event the Trustee shall continue to be custodian of the Trust until the new trustee is in place, and the Trustee shall be entitled to expenses and fees through the later of the effective date of its
resignation as Trustee or the end of its custodianship of the Trust assets. 
  
 (b) The Trustee has exhausted all of its legal remedies and has been unsuccessful in such litigation to require the Company to remit to the Trustee such amounts as are billed pursuant to Section 9.4 of Article 9
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the Trustee shall have the right to resign immediately as Trustee, and immediately upon such resignation shall have no further duties hereunder. The Trustee
will have no duty to find or secure the appointment of a Successor Trustee upon its resignation pursuant to this sub-section, nor shall its resignation or the termination of any further duties be contingent upon the appointment and qualification of
a Successor Trustee. 
  
 (c) The Trustee has made a good faith
determination that all liabilities to Participants and beneficiaries under the Plans, whether present or deferred, fixed or contingent, have been satisfied in full. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 16.2, in addition, the Trustee may resign under the
circumstances described in Sections 3.1 and 14.2 hereof. Immediately upon the resignation of the Trustee under the circumstances described in either Section 3.1 or 14.2 hereof, the Company shall have the sole right and power to select and appoint a
Successor Trustee hereunder, and, if so appointed, such Successor Trustee shall become trustee under this Agreement upon its acceptance of this Trust; provided that, if no such Successor Trustee has become trustee under this Agreement in
accordance with the preceding clause of this subsection (d) of this Section 16.2 within sixty (60) days following such resignation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall immediately upon the expiration of such sixty-day period (A) pay to itself all fees,
expenses and indemnities due to or incurred by the Trustee hereunder, in accordance with Article 10 (including any amounts due or payable with respect to the firm appointed pursuant to the following clause (B)) and (B) satisfy all vested benefit
obligations to Participants or their beneficiaries under the Plans by single payment in the form of lump-sums to such Participants or beneficiaries or, in the discretion of the Trustee, in lieu of any or all such lump-sum payments, by distributions
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having values equivalent to any such lump-sum payments, the amounts of such payments determined (based on the most recent Participant Data furnished to the
Trustee by the Company) by a nationally recognized pension or benefit consulting or actuarial firm appointed by the Trustee for this purpose (and the Trustee shall be fully protected without further liability under this Agreement in making
distributions from the Trust in reliance upon such determinations); provided that if the Equitable Share of any Plan in the Benefit Account does not have sufficient funds to provide for satisfaction in full of all such vested benefit
obligations otherwise payable in accordance with the preceding clause to Participants and beneficiaries under such Plan, then each such amount otherwise payable to each such Participant or beneficiary shall be reduced on a proportionate basis. In
the event of the Trustee’s resignation in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have no duty to find or secure the appointment of a Successor Trustee, nor shall the Trustee have any liability to any person in connection with
the appointment, or failure to secure the appointment of any such Successor Trustee, and following such resignation by the Trustee, the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations under this Agreement, except that, prior to the earlier to
occur of (i) the date that a Successor Trustee appointed by the Company becomes trustee under this Agreement and (ii) sixty (60) days following the date of such resignation by the Trustee, the Trustee’s sole duty with respect to this Agreement
shall be to preserve the principal of the assets held in the Benefit Account and the Trustee Expense Account as of the date of such resignation by the Trustee until the distribution or payment thereof in accordance with the preceding sentence.

  
 16.3 Prior to a Change of Control, the Company may remove the
Trustee upon 30 days written notice to the Trustee, or upon shorter notice if acceptable to the Trustee. Such removal shall become effective, however only upon the occurrence of all of the following events: 
  

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 (a) The appointment by the Company of a Successor Trustee; and 
  
 (b) The acceptance of the Trust by the Successor Trustee; and 
  
 (c) The delivery of the Trust assets to the Successor Trustee. 
  
 16.4 Each Successor Trustee shall have the powers and duties conferred upon
the Trustee in this Agreement, and the term “Trustee” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Successor Trustee. Upon designation or appointment of a Successor Trustee, the Trustee shall transfer and deliver the assets of
the Trust to the Successor Trustee, reserving such reasonable sums as the Trustee shall deem necessary to defray its expenses in settling its accounts, to pay any of its compensation due and unpaid and to discharge any obligation of the Trust for
which the Trustee may be liable. If the sums so reserved are not sufficient for these purposes, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover the amount of any deficiency from either the Company or the Successor Trustee, or both. When the Trust shall
have been transferred and delivered to the Successor Trustee and the accounts of the Trustee have been settled as provided in Article 14 hereof, the Trustee shall be released and discharged from all further accountability or liability for the Trust
and shall not be responsible in any way for the further disposition of the Trust or any part thereof. 
  
 16.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event it resigns or is removed, the Trustee shall have a right to have its accounts settled as
provided in Article 14 hereof. 
  
 ARTICLE 17: Amendment of
Agreement; Termination of Trust; Termination with Respect to an Affiliate and Transfer to Successor Trustee. 
  
 17.1 The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to amend in writing or terminate this Agreement and the Trust created thereby to any extent that
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provided, however, that (1) subsequent to a Change of Control, no such amendment or termination may result, directly or indirectly, in the return of any
assets of the Benefit Account to the Company prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities under the Plans to Plan Participants and beneficiaries, (2) no amendment may be made unless the Company, in its reasonable judgment believes that such
amendment would have no material adverse effect on the amount of benefits payable under the Trust to Participants or their beneficiaries or that such amendment is necessary to avoid a greater adverse impact on the Participants or their
beneficiaries, and (3) no amendment or termination may be made after the date on which a Change of Control occurs which would (i) permit the Company to withdraw any assets from the Trustee Expense Account, (ii) directly or indirectly reduce or
restrict the Trustee’s rights and duties under this Agreement, or (iii) permit the Company to remove the Trustee following the date on which a Change of Control occurs. No amendment shall be made without the Trustee’s consent thereto in
writing if, and to the extent that the effect of such amendment is to increase the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, and/or reduce the Trustee’s rights hereunder in any way, including, without limitation, the Trustee’s rights
hereunder to require the Company to deliver the amount of $2,000,000 upon the occurrence of a Threatened Change of Control or a Change of Control, and/or affect in any way the Trustee’s right to resign under this Agreement. Such proposed
amendment shall be delivered to the Trustee as a written instrument of amendment, duly executed and acknowledged by the Company. The Company also shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of any modifications or amendments to the Plans. Subject to Section
17.2 hereof, the Trustee’s consent shall not be required for the termination of the Trustee Expense Account or its removal as Trustee. 
  
 17.2 In the event the Company terminates the Trustee Expense Account, prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Trustee shall reserve such sums
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its fees and expenses, and shall distribute all remaining assets of the Trustee Expense Account in accordance with the written directions of the Company and
the Trustee shall provide the Company with a final written account in accordance with Article 14 hereof. The Company shall have no right to terminate the Trustee Expense Account during a Threatened Change of Control Period or upon or after the
occurrence of a Change of Control. 
  
 17.3 This Trust shall be
terminated upon the final payment of all amounts payable to all of the Participants and beneficiaries pursuant to the Plans, and the payments of all amounts due to the Trustee and all costs and expenses chargeable to the Trust. Upon termination of
this Trust, the Trustee shall have a right to have its account settled as provided in Article 14 hereof. Promptly upon termination of this Trust, and after payment of all fees, expenses and indemnities due to or incurred by the Trustee hereunder,
any remaining portion of the assets of the Trust shall be paid to the Company. 
  
 17.4 In the event that, whether before or after a Change of Control, the Company shall dispose of substantially all its interest in an Affiliate which is a participating employer under one or more Plans, the Trustee
shall, upon instruction by the Company, transfer to a substantially similar irrevocable grantor trust designated by such Affiliate or its successor a portion of the assets of the Benefit Account equal to the portion, if any, of each Equitable Share
allocable to benefits payable in respect of the employees of such Affiliate. In the case of any instruction received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 17.4 prior to a Change of Control, the Trustee may conclusively rely on the Company’s
determination as to the portion of the assets of the Benefit Account allocable to the benefits payable in respect of employees of such Affiliate under the Plans. After the date on which a Change of Control occurs, the Trustee shall not make any
transfer pursuant to this Section 17.4 except pursuant to a determination by a nationally 

  

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recognized pension or benefit consulting or actuarial firm appointed by the Trustee as to the portion of the Benefit Account allocable to benefits payable in
respect of employees of the former Affiliate, which determination the Trustee in its good faith judgment determines to have been made on an independent good faith basis and on the basis of all pertinent Participant Data furnished to the Trustee by
the Company before the occurrence of a Change of Control. Upon the making of any transfer in accordance with this Section 17.4, the Trustee shall be released and discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such transferred assets and
with respect to any benefits payable in respect of the employees of the former Affiliate. 
  
 17.5 The Trust shall be terminated upon resignation of the Trustee under subsection (b) of Section 16.2 and final payment of all amounts payable under Section 16.1 and subsection (d) of Section 16.2. 
  
 ARTICLE 18: Prohibition of Diversion. 
  
 18.1 Except as provided in Sections 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 17.1, and 18.2 at no time
prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Participants and their beneficiaries under this Trust shall any part of the corpus and/or income of the Trust be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
such Participants and their beneficiaries and, except as provided in Section 17.3, the assets of the Trust shall never inure to the benefit of the Company and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Participants in the
Plans and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plans and of the Trustee and/or performing any of the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement. 
  
 18.2 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee shall cease payment of benefits to
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Responsible Employer that is “insolvent,” as defined below. The assets of the Trust shall at all times, as provided for in Section 2.2 and as set
forth below, be subject to claims of the general creditors of each Responsible Employer under federal and state laws. For purposes of this Agreement, a Responsible Employer shall be considered “insolvent” if such Responsible Employer is
subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or bankruptcy laws of any state, or if such Responsible Employer is unable to pay its debts as they become due. 
  
 (b) Any time the Trustee has actual knowledge, or has determined that a
Responsible Employer is insolvent, the Trustee shall deliver, to satisfy the claims of the insolvent Responsible Employer’s general creditors as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, that portion of any undistributed principal and
income in the Trust attributable to the insolvent Responsible Employer’s contributions to the Trust. The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Responsible Employer shall have the duty, respectively, to inform the Trustee, in
writing, of the insolvency of such Responsible Employer. 
  
 (c)
Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of the insolvency of a Responsible Employer, or has received notice of the insolvency of a Responsible Employer, as provided in subsection (d) of this Section 18.2, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire
whether any Responsible Employer is insolvent. The Trustee may in all events rely on such evidence concerning the insolvency of a Responsible Employer as may be furnished to the Trustee and that provides the Trustee with a reasonable basis for
making a determination concerning the solvency of the Responsible Employer. 
  
 (d) If a Responsible Employer, or a person claiming to be a creditor of a Responsible Employer, alleges in writing to the Trustee that a Responsible Employer has become insolvent, 

  

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the Trustee shall determine, within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice, whether such Responsible Employer is insolvent and, pending such
determination, the Trustee shall, only with respect to those benefit payments that are made under a Plan of the Responsible Employer alleged to be insolvent, discontinue payments of amounts on behalf of Participants and beneficiaries, and shall hold
that portion of the assets of the Trust attributable to the alleged insolvent Responsible Employer’s contributions to the Trust for the benefit of such Responsible Employer’s general creditors. From the date of discontinuance of such
payments until the Trustee receives an order from a court of competent jurisdiction directing the disposition of the held assets in the Trust, the provisions of Article 10 governing the payment of Trust expenses or taxes shall not be suspended.

  
 (e) The Trustee shall resume the payments discontinued under
subsection (d) that are payable on behalf of Participants and beneficiaries in accordance with Section 5.2 and/or 5.3 of this Agreement only after the Trustee has determined that the Responsible Employer alleged to be insolvent is not insolvent (or
is no longer insolvent, if the Trustee initially determined such entity was insolvent). Upon resumption of such payments, the first payment following such discontinuance shall include the aggregate amount of all payments from the assets of the Trust
which would have been made to the Participant or beneficiary during the period of discontinuance, less the aggregate amount of payments made to the Participant or beneficiary by the Responsible Employer in lieu of payments from the Trust during any
such period of discontinuance. 
  
 ARTICLE 19: Prohibition
of Assignment of Interest. 
  
 No interest, right or
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assignable, transferable or subject to sale, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, commutation, anticipation, garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any
kind, and the Trustee shall not recognize any attempt to assign, transfer, sell, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, commute or anticipate the same, except to the extent required by law. 
  
 ARTICLE 20: Miscellaneous. 
  
 20.1 This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and enforced, and the Trust hereby created shall be administered, in
accordance with the laws of the United States and of the state of New York. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject the Trust created hereunder to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
  
 20.2 The Company shall, at any time and from time to time, upon the
reasonable request of the Trustee, execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be necessary or proper to effectuate the purpose of this Agreement. 
  
 20.3 The titles to Articles of this Agreement are placed herein for convenience of reference only, and the Agreement is not
to be construed by reference thereto. 
  
 20.4 This Agreement
shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and the Trustee, respectively and the Plans. 
  
 20.5 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall
constitute but one instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by any counterpart. 
  
 20.6 If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall not for that reason alone also be determined to be invalid or unenforceable. 

  

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 20.7 Each Participant and his beneficiary is an intended beneficiary under this Trust, and shall be
entitled to enforce all terms and provisions hereof with the same force and effect as if such person had been a party hereto, provided that, no action taken by any Participant or beneficiary by virtue of this Section 20.7 shall in any way affect any
rights or duties of the Trustee under this Agreement. 
  
 20.8 It
is intended that neither the Plans nor this Trust shall result in acceleration of income or the imposition of tax penalties by reason of Code Section 409A. This Trust shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the foregoing intent, and
if any provision of this Trust is found to result in acceleration of income or the imposition of tax penalties by reason of Code Section 409A, such provision shall be modified in a manner consistent with its purpose to conform to the requirements of
Code Section 409A or, if such modification is not possible, such provisions shall be void. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in their respective
names by their duly authorized officers under their corporate seals as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION
		
	 By:
	 	 

  

			
	 ATTEST:

	
	 
	 Secretary

  

			
	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

		
	 By:
	 	 

  

			
	 ATTEST:

	
	 

  

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 STATE OF 
  
 SS. 
  
 COUNTY OF 
  
 On this                      day of
                    , 2004, before me personally came
                         to me known, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say that (s)he resides at
                        , and that (s)he is of
                         of
                                    , one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that (s)he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation;
and that (s )he signed his/her name thereto by like order. 
  

			
	 
		
	 	 	 
	 	 	 Notary Public, State of

 STATE OF 
  
 SS. 
  
 COUNTY OF 
  
 On this                      day of
                    , 2004, before me personally came
                         to me known, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say that (s)he resides at
                        , and that (s)he is of
                         of
                                    , one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that (s)he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation;
and that (s )he signed his/her name thereto by like order. 
  

			
	 
		
	 	 	 
	 	 	 Notary Public, State of

  

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 Schedule 1 
  
 THE PLANS 
  
 The following Company plans and agreements (collectively referred to as the “Plans”) are subject to this Trust: 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Supplemental Retirement Plan 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Supplemental Investment and Retirement Plan 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Directors’ Retirement Plan

  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Deferred Compensation
Plan 
  
 The following additional plans and agreements shall be subject to the
Trust and shall constitute Plans in the event of a Change of Control: 
  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Incentive Compensation Plan 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Senior Management Stock Deferral Plan 
  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Severance Plan 
  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Employee Retention Program 
  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company/UTU Voluntary separation
Program for the Former Eastern and Western Lines (Excluding Northern and Southern Divisions) 
  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company/UTU Voluntary Separation Program 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Change in Control Agreements (34 Individual agreements) 
  
 BNI Change in Control Agreements ( 7 Individual Agreements ) 
  
 SFP Change in Control Agreements ( 3 Individual Agreements ) 
  

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 Schedule 2 
  
 Fee Schedule 
  
 SCHEDULE OF FEES 
  
 WACHOVIA EXECUTIVE
SERVICES - 
 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER 
 NON-QUALIFIED TRUST SERVICES 

  

							
	 	  	Non-qualified Trust Services include rabbi, secular and other non-qualified trusts providing benefits in addition to those from qualified plans. Plans specifically providing for
change of control benefits are also covered by this Schedule of Fees. Charges are quoted on an annual basis and are payable quarterly.
		 		
	STANDARD SERVICES	  	 	  	 	  	 
		 
	I. DOCUMENT REVIEW
    AND
    IMPLEMENTATION	  	A Document Review and Implementation Fee will be charged to all new accounts. This fee will be quoted by account, based on the use of Wachovia’s proprietary documents,
consulting and legal time required, as well as administrative requirements to establish the account.
		 
	 	  	Fees for an account of this nature range from $15,000—$30,000
		 
	II. CUSTODIAL AND
FIDUCIARY CHARGES	  	Ad Valorem Charges—An ad valorem fee is assessed for all basic services related to custody of funds and is based on the total liability of all covered plans or arrangements.
The following is the schedule of charges:
		 		
	 	  	 	  	MARKET VALUE	  	RATE PER $1,000
	 	  	 	  	
	  	

	 	  	First	  	$500,000	  	$5.00
	 	  	Next	  	1,500,000	  	2.60
	 	  	Next	  	8,000,000	  	1.40
	 	  	Next	  	40,000,000	  	.50
	 	  	Next	  	50,000,000	  	.40
	 	  	Over	  	100,000,000	  	Negotiated

  

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	 	  	A minimum ad valorem charge of $20,000 shall be applied. Fees covered by Section III-IV of this schedule will be in addition to the minimum ad valorem charge.
		 
	Insurance, Letter of Credit
and other Non-Cash
Funding	  	In applying the ad valorem schedule, the cash surrender value of insurance, letters of credit, unfunded liabilities and other non-cash funding will normally be discounted 50%
prior to change of control. Following a change of control, this discount will no longer be used in computing ongoing fees, and Wachovia will normally manage assets not invested in insurance products.
		 
	      Employer Securities	  	In applying the ad valorem schedule, employer securities will normally be discounted 25% prior to change of control. Following change of control, this discount will no longer be
used in computing ongoing fees.
		 
	      Research	  	Requests for research will be performed at a cost of $100 per hour. These fees will be quoted prior to research commitment.
		 
	      Mutual Funds	  	The use of any mutual fund other than an Evergreen Mutual Fund will be charged annually at $750 per fund, plus $75 per transaction.
		 
	 	  	All accounts registered as fully disclosed will be charged at $1,000 per fund annually per fund, plus $100 per transaction. Fully Disclosed accounts will also incur a $500
set up fee per fund.
		 
	III. INVESTMENT
      MANAGEMENT	  	 
		 
	      Wachovia Asset
      Management	  	For individually managed portfolios, a separate schedule will apply. Investments in The Evergreen Funds will be charged in accordance with the applicable
prospectus.
		 
	IV. BENEFIT PAYMENTS
      AND WIRES	  	Cash Benefit Payments includes applicable tax forms W2, 1099M and 1099R (assumes standard Wachovia format)
		 	
	 	  	Periodic:	  	$10.00 set up fee per payee
	 	  	By check or by ACH	  	$5.00 plus postage
		 	
	 	  	Non-Periodic:	  	$50.00 plus postage

  

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	 	  	In-Kind Distributions:	  	$50.00 each
		 
	 	  	Payment requests not in standard Wachovia format will be subject to an additional charge.
		 
	Stop Payments	  	$25.00 each
		 
	Wires	  	$25.00 each
		 
	V. TAX REPORTING	  	 
		 
	     State or Municipality
     Tax
Withholding	  	An annual charge of $150 per account will apply for each state or municipality where withholdings are requested or required.
		 
	     Preparation and
     Filing of Form
1041
     and Form CT-1	  	For each 1041 required to be prepared and filed, a fee of $500 will be charged. A fee of $500 per quarter will be charged for Form CT-1 to be prepared and filed.

  

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	VI. CHANGE OF
      CONTROL FEE	  	A one-time, $25,000 minimum fee plus expenses will be charged for each change of control in addition to fees for ongoing services.
		 
	VII. OTHER
SERVICES	  	Financial planning services for individuals and group educational or communications materials are available. Fees will be negotiated prior to commencement.
		 
	 	  	Billable time plus out-of-pocket expenses will be charged for consulting services.
		 
	 	  	Special requests for meetings outside the normal course of business requiring the attendance of one of Wachovia Executive Services’ Consultants are subject to a per diem fee of $2,000
per day, per consultant, plus travel expenses. Fee to be agreed upon prior to commitment.
		 
	 	  	Participant recordkeeping and performance measurement services shall be charged in accordance with separate schedules.
		 
	 	  	For on-line and PC downloading support, appropriate additional charges will be made.
		 
	 	  	The physical storage of insurance policies is not included in the above charges.
		 
	 	  	Master Trust Plan Accounting will be charged according to separate schedule.
		 
	 	  	For account terminations less than two years from inception, a minimum, prorated ad valorem fee for the initial two-year period plus expenses will be charged.
		 
	 	  	Additional reasonable fees will be charged for services not covered by this schedule.

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  
 Authorization Pursuant to Article 9.3 of 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Benefits Protection Trust 
  

	TO:	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

  
 This is to authorize WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Benefits Protection Trust (the
“Trust”) to institute and maintain legal proceedings against the Company (as defined in the Trust) or other appropriate person or entity to assert the following claim(s) on my behalf: (nature of claim]. The Trustee shall have the powers
and be subject to the procedures set forth in Article 9 of the Trust (a copy of which I have already received and reviewed). 
  
 Any proceedings by the Trustee under this authorization may be initiated in my name as a plaintiff (or as a member of a class) or in the name of the
Trustee, or both, as the Trustee determines is necessary or appropriate at the time proceedings are commenced. 
  
  

	 	

 Participant     
  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  
 Revocation of Authorization Under Article 9.3 of 
  
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Benefits Protection Trust 
  

	TO:	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

  
 This is to notify you that I revoke any prior authorization I have given to you as Trustee of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Benefits
Protection Trust (the “Trust”) to maintain legal proceedings against the Company (as defined in the Trust), or otherwise to assert the following claim(s) on my behalf: (nature of claim(s)]. 
  
 I understand that this Revocation of Authorization is conditioned upon, and
shall not be effective until, the appointment by me of my own counsel and the appearance of that counsel in any legal proceeding on my behalf lieu of counsel retained by the Trustee. I understand further that, upon the occurrence of these
conditions, the Trustee shall have no obligation to proceed further on my behalf, or to pay any costs or expenses incurred after the delivery of this Revocation of Authorization. 
  
  

	 	

 Participant     
  

 54Burlington Northern Santa Fe 1999 Stock Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.39 
  
 BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE 
 1999
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 
  
 INCENTIVE BONUS STOCK PROGRAM
AWARD AGREEMENT 
  
 This Agreement (“Agreement”)
was made and entered into this     th day of February, 200   by and between Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, (hereinafter “BNSF”) and 
  
 Fname MI Lname 
  
 an employee of BNSF or one of its subsidiary companies (hereinafter “Employee”).

  
 W I T N E S S
E T H 
  
 BNSF has adopted the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and Affiliated Companies. The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain salaried employees possessing outstanding ability, to motivate
salaried employees to achieve the growth goals of BNSF by making a portion of their total compensation dependent on the accomplishment of these goals, and to further the identity of salaried employees of BNSF and its subsidiaries with the interests
of the BNSF shareholders by increasing the opportunities for these salaried employees to become shareholders. 
  
 WHEREAS, the Compensation and Development Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors wishes to encourage superior performance by the
Employee by granting Employee an award of Restricted Stock as defined in the Plan; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Employee understands that this grant is to help such Employee to achieve share ownership goals as may be established by BNSF and agrees to attain such goals; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Employee desires to perform services for BNSF and to accept said
grant in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement; 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, BNSF grants to the Employee # of shares shares of Restricted Stock subject to vesting at the end of the Restricted Period, which is February 16, 2008. 
  
 BNSF and Employee hereby agree that this Award of Restricted Stock shall be
subject to the following terms, conditions and restrictions: 
  
 1. §83(b) Elections. The Employee shall not make any elections to which he or she may be entitled pursuant to §83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, that is to elect to recognize income on the date of this grant.

 Exhibit 10.39 
  
 2. No Assignment. The Restricted Stock shall not be sold, pledged, assigned, transferred, or encumbered during the period the stock is subject to
restrictions. The Restricted Stock shall not be permitted to be used in payment of a stock option exercise for a period of six months following the lapse of restrictions. 
  
 3. Stock Left on Deposit. Each certificate of Restricted Stock awarded hereunder shall be registered in the name of
the Employee and left on deposit with BNSF with a Stock Power endorsed in blank during the Restricted Period. 
  
 4. Stockholder Rights; Termination. The Employee shall have the right to receive dividends paid on the Restricted Stock and to vote such Restricted
Stock during the Restricted Period. Subject to paragraph 7, all such Restricted Stock is subject to forfeiture upon retirement or termination of employment for any reason other than death, Disability, or termination by the Employer other than for
Cause. In the event of an Employee’s Date of Termination due to death, all restrictions shall lapse. In the event of an Employee’s Date of Termination due to Disability or termination by the Employer other than for Cause, the restrictions
shall lapse on a proportion of the Award outstanding prior to termination and the balance of the Award shall be forfeited. The employee shall have such further rights as described in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Incentive Bonus Stock Program.

  
 5. Payment of Tax Liabilities. The Employee agrees that
BNSF or its subsidiaries may require payment by Employee of federal, state, railroad retirement or local taxes upon the vesting of this Award. Employee may use cash or shares to satisfy tax liabilities incurred, provided that if shares are used,
shares from this Award may be used only to an amount equal to the Supplemental Federal Income Tax Withholding Rate as established by the Internal Revenue Code and any additional amount due must be satisfied by use of attestation of ownership of
other shares. 
  
 6. Change in Capitalization. In the event
of a change in the capitalization of BNSF due to a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, or similar event, the aggregate shares subject to the Plan and the terms of any existing Awards shall be adjusted
to reflect such change, pursuant to the terms of the Plan. 
  
 7.
Change in Control. If a Change in Control as defined in the Plan occurs while an Award of Restricted Stock remains outstanding under the Plan, all restrictions shall lapse and all Restricted Stock shall be fully vested. 
  
 8. No Right of Employment. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan
shall confer any right to continue employment with BNSF or its subsidiaries nor restrict BNSF or its subsidiaries from termination of the employment relationship of Employee at any time. 
  
 9. No Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee agrees that BNSF shall not be
obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock or make any cash payment, if counsel to BNSF determines such exercise, delivery or payment would violate any law or regulation of any governmental authority or agreement between BNSF 

 Exhibit 10.39 
  
 and any national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed. 
  
 10. Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall be the controlling document. 

 
 11. Terms. The capitalized terms used herein shall have the same
meaning as set forth in the Plan. 
  
 Anything herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall cease to be of any force or effect unless executed by the Employee and delivered to the Secretary of BNSF by March 31, 2005. Electronic acceptance of this agreement on or before March 31, 2005,
shall constitute delivery to the Secretary of BNSF. 
  
 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  
 BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION 
  
 [ILLEGIBLE] 
 Secretary 
  
 Click Here to Accept
Award Agreement 
  
 Employee

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