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Exhibit
10.1

     

    EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
AGREEMENT is entered into, effective upon execution by the parties, by and
between Limited Brands, Inc. and The Limited Service Corporation (the
“Company”), and Martyn Redgrave (the “Executive”) (hereinafter collectively
referred to as “the parties”).

     

    WHEREAS,
the Executive is employed as a Executive Vice President — Chief Administrative
Officer of the Company and is continuing to be experienced in various phases of
the Company’s business and will possess an intimate knowledge of the business
and affairs of the Company and its policies, procedures, methods, and personnel;
and

     

    WHEREAS,
the Company has determined that it is essential and in its best interests to
retain the services of key management personnel and to ensure their continued
dedication and efforts; and

     

    WHEREAS,
this Agreement supersedes the Employment Agreement that the parties entered into
as of January 17, 2005; provided, however nothing in this Employment Agreement
shall cancel or modify any previous grant of stock options or restrictive stock
which was previously granted to the Executive or any rights to repurchase shares
represented by such grants

     

    WHEREAS,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to
secure the services and employment of the Executive, and the Executive is
willing to render such services on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.

     

    NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective agreements of
the parties contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

     

    1.           Term.  The
term of employment under this Agreement shall be for the period commencing on
the date hereof (the “Commencement Date”) and ending on the fourth anniversary
of the Commencement Date (the “Term”); provided, however, that thereafter this
Agreement shall be automatically renewed from year to year, unless either the
Company or the Executive shall have given written notice to the other at least
ninety (90) days prior thereto that the term of this Agreement shall not be so
renewed.

     

    2.           Employment.

     

    (a)           Position.  The
Executive shall be employed as a Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative
Officer or such other position of reasonably comparable or greater status and
responsibilities, as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Executive
shall perform the duties, undertake the responsibilities, and exercise the
authority customarily performed, undertaken, and exercised by persons employed
in a similar executive capacity. The Executive shall report to the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Limited Brands. The Executive’s office shall be
located in Columbus, Ohio.

     

    (b)           Obligations.  The
Executive agrees to devote his full business time and attention to the business
and affairs of the Company. The foregoing, however, shall not preclude the
Executive from serving on corporate, civic, or charitable boards or committees
or managing personal investments, so long as such activities do not interfere
with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

     

    3.           The
Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Executive an annual base salary
at the rate of One Million Forty Thousand Dollars ($1,040,000), less applicable
withholding. This base salary will be subject to annual review and may be
increased from time to time by the Board considering factors such as the
Executive’s responsibilities, compensation of similar executives within the
company and in other companies, performance of the Executive, and other
pertinent factors (hereinafter referred to as the “Base Salary”). Such Base
Salary shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary practices
applicable to its executives.

     

    4.           Equity
Compensation.  The Executive shall be eligible for additional
future equity-based awards (if any) as may be commensurate with his position and
performance, if, when and as determined by the Compensation Committee in its
discretion. The Company agrees that with respect to future annual grants that it
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    recommend
to the Compensation Committee that the Executive’s grant will be targeted to
award a value equal to 1.5 times the Executive’s Base Salary.

     

    5.           Employee
Benefits.  The Executive shall be entitled to participate in
all employee benefit plans, practices, and programs maintained by the Company
and made available to senior executives generally and as may be in effect from
time to time. The Executive’s participation in such plans, practices and
programs shall be on the same basis and terms as are applicable to senior
executives of the Company generally.

     

    6.           Bonus.

     

    The
Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s applicable incentive
compensation plan at a target level of One Hundred Thirty Percent (130%) of the
Executive’s Base Salary on such terms and conditions as determined from time to
time by the Board.

     

    7.           Other
Benefits.

     

    (a)           Benefits.  Except
as modified herein, the Executive shall be entitled to all of the benefits as
set forth in the Executive’s January 13, 2005 Offer Letter (“Offer
Letter”).

     

    (b)           Expenses.  Subject
to applicable Company policies, the Executive shall be entitled to receive
prompt reimbursement of all expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the performance of his duties hereunder or for promoting, pursuing, or
otherwise furthering the business or interests of the Company.

     

    (c)           Office and
Facilities.  The Executive shall be provided with appropriate
offices and with such secretarial and other support facilities as are
commensurate with the Executive’s status with the Company and adequate for the
performance of his duties hereunder.

     

    8.           Paid Time Off (PTO)
Program. The Executive shall be entitled to paid time off in accordance
with the policies as periodically established by the Board for similarly
situated executives of the Company.

     

    9.           Termination.   The
Executive’s employment hereunder is subject to the following terms and
conditions:

     

    (a)           Disability.  The
Company shall be entitled to terminate the Executive’s employment after having
established the Executive’s Disability. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Disability” means a physical or mental infirmity which impairs the Executive’s
ability to substantially perform his duties under this Agreement for a period of
at least six months in any twelve-month calendar period as determined in
accordance with Limited Brands, Inc. Long-Term Disability Plan.

     

    (b)           Cause. The Company
shall be entitled to terminate the Executive’s employment for “Cause” without
prior written notice. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean that
the Executive (1) willfully failed to perform his material duties with the
Company (other than a failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to
physical or mental illness); or (2) has plead “guilty” or “no contest” to or has
been convicted of an act which is defined as a felony under federal or state
law; or (3) engaged in willful misconduct in bad faith which could reasonably be
expected to materially harm the Company’s business or its reputation. “Cause”
shall not include acts which are cured by the Executive no later than thirty
(30) days from the date of receipt by the Executive of written notice from the
Company identifying in reasonable detail the act or acts constituting “willfully
fail[ure] to perform his duties.”

     

    The
Executive shall be given prompt written notice by the Board of termination for
Cause, such notice to state in detail the particular act or acts or failure or
failures to act that constitute the grounds on which the proposed termination
for Cause is based. The Executive shall be entitled to a hearing before the
Board or a committee thereof established for such purpose and to be accompanied
by legal counsel. Such hearing shall be held within 15 days of notice to the
Company by the Executive, provided the Executive requests such hearing within 30
days of the written notice from the Board of the termination for
Cause.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    (c)           Termination by the
Executive.  The Executive may terminate employment hereunder
for “Good Reason” by delivering to the Company (1) a Preliminary Notice of Good
Reason (as defined below), and (2) not earlier than thirty (30) days from the
delivery of such Preliminary Notice, a Notice of Termination. For purposes of
this Agreement, “Good Reason” means (i) the failure to continue the Executive in
a capacity contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) any assignment to the
Executive that is materially inconsistent with the Executive’s positions,
duties, authority, responsibilities or reporting requirements as set forth in
Section 2 hereof; (iii) a reduction in or a material delay in payment of the
Executive’s total cash compensation and benefits from those required to be
provided in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; (iv) the Company,
the Board or any person controlling the Company requires the Executive to be
based outside of the United States, other than on travel reasonably required to
carry out the Executive’s obligations under the Agreement; (v) any delivery of a
Preliminary Notice of Good Reason that is delivered by the Executive to the
Company after April 1, 2010; (vi) any other material breach of a material term
contained in this Agreement; or (vi) the failure of the Company to obtain the
assumption in writing of its obligation to perform this Agreement by any
successor to all or substantially all of the assets of the Company within 15
days after a merger, consolidation, sale, or similar transaction; provided,
however, that “Good Reason” shall not include (A) acts not taken in bad faith
which are cured by the Company in all respects not later than thirty (30) days
from the date of receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Executive
identifying in reasonable detail the act or acts constituting “Good Reason” (a
“Preliminary Notice of Good Reason”) or (B) acts taken by the Company by reason
of the Executive’s physical or mental infirmity which impairs the Executive’s
ability to substantially perform his duties under this Agreement. A Preliminary
Notice of Good Reason shall not, by itself, constitute a Notice of Termination.
Further, notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, the Company
agrees to accept as Good reason any Preliminary Notice of Good reason delivered
pursuant to Section 9 (c)(v) above and upon said receipt to specify a
Termination Date to occur no later than six (6) months from the receipt of the
Preliminary Notice of Good Reason.

     

    (d)           Notice of
Termination.  Any purported termination for Cause by the
Company or for Good Reason by the Executive shall be communicated by a written
Notice of Termination to the other two weeks prior to the Termination Date (as
defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall
mean a notice which indicates the specific termination provision in this
Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s
employment under the provision so indicated. Any termination by the Company
other than for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason shall be
communicated by a written Notice of Termination to the other party two (2) weeks
prior to the Termination Date. However, the Company may elect to pay the
Executive in lieu of two (2) weeks written notice. For purposes of this
Agreement, no such purported termination of employment shall be effective
without such Notice of Termination.

     

    (e)           Termination Date,
Etc.  “Termination Date” shall mean in the case of the
Executive’s death, the date of death, or in all other cases, the date specified
in the Notice of Termination; provided, however, that if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company due to Disability, the date specified in
the Notice of Termination shall be at least thirty (30) days from the date the
Notice of Termination is given to the Executive.

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              10.

            	
              Compensation Upon
      Certain Terminations by the Company not Following a Change in
      Control

            

    

     

    
    

    (a)           If
during the term of the Agreement (including any extensions thereof), whether or
not following a Change in Control (as defined below), the Executive’s employment
is terminated by the Company for Cause or by reason of the Executive’s death, or
if the Executive gives written notice not to extend the term of this Agreement,
the Company’s sole obligations hereunder shall be to pay the Executive the
following amounts earned hereunder but not paid as of the Termination Date: (i)
Base Salary, (ii) reimbursement for any and all monies advanced or expenses
incurred pursuant to Section 7(b) through the Termination Date, and (iii) any
earned compensation which the Executive had previously deferred (including any
interest earned or credited thereon)(collectively, “Accrued Compensation”). The
Executive’s entitlement to any other benefits shall be determined in accordance
with the Company’s employee benefit plans then in effect.

     

    (b)           If
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or
by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case other than during the 24-month
period immediately following a Change in Control, the Company’s sole obligations
hereunder shall be as follows:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    (i)           the
Company shall pay the Executive the Accrued Compensation;

     

    (ii)           the
Company shall continue to pay the Executive the Base Salary for a period of one
(1) year following the Termination Date;

     

    (iii)           in
consideration of the Executive signing a General Release, the Company shall (A)
pay the Executive any incentive compensation under the plan described in Section
6 that the Executive would have received if he had remained employed with the
Company for a period of one (1) year after the Termination Date; (B) pay the
Executive his Base Salary for one additional year after payments have ended
under Section 1O(b)(ii); (D)with respect to all performance shares of the
Company’s restricted stock that have been granted to the Executive, if the
applicable performance goals are achieved, the Executive shall be entitled to
pro rata vesting of said shares and in addition, the Executive shall also be
entitled to pro rata vesting of all shares of the Company’s restricted stock
that has been granted to the Executive. Pro rata vesting of said shares shall be
based on the number of months employed during the period of vesting;
and

     

    (iv)           provided,
however, that in the event Executive becomes entitled to any payments under
Section 10(g), the Company’s obligations to Executive under Section 10 shall
thereafter be determined solely under Section 10 (g).

     

    (c)           If
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company by reason of the
Executive’s Disability, the Company’s sole obligations hereunder shall be as
follows:

     

    (i)           the
Company shall pay the Executive the Accrued Compensation;

     

    (ii)           the
Executive shall be entitled to receive the applicable Base Salary continuation
rights described in the Executive’s Offer Letter, plus any disability benefits
available under the Company’s Executive Long Term Disability Plan as also
described in the Executive’s Offer Letter.

     

    (d)           If
the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Company’s written
notice to the Executive of its decision not to extend the Employment Agreement
pursuant to Section 1 hereof, the Company’s sole obligation hereunder shall be
as follows:

     

    (i)           the
Company shall pay the Executive the Accrued Compensation;

     

    (ii)           the
Company shall continue to pay the Executive the Base Salary for a period of one
(1) year following the expiration of such term; and

     

    (iii)           in
consideration of the Executive signing a General Release, the Company shall (A)
pay the Executive any incentive compensation under the plan described in Section
6 that the Executive would have received if he had remained employed with the
Company for a period of one (1) year after the Termination Date; and (B) pay the
Executive his Base Salary for one additional year after payments have ended
under Section 10(d)(ii); and

     

    (e)           For
up to eighteen (18) months during the period the Executive is receiving salary
continuation pursuant to Section 10(b), 10(c) or 10(d) hereof, the Company
shall, at its expense, provide to the Executive and the Executive’s
beneficiaries medical and dental benefits substantially similar in the aggregate
to the those provided to the Executive immediately prior to the date of the
Executive’s termination of employment; provided, however, that the Company’s
obligation to provide such benefits shall cease upon the earlier of the
Executive being eligible for medical and dental benefits through another
employer or eighteen months Further, the Executive agrees if the Executive is
terminated for Good Reason pursuant to Section 9(c)(v) that the Company is
released from its obligations under Section 10(b) upon the Executive’s first day
of employment that is comparable to the compensation the Executive received from
the Company and to the positions and/or responsibilities that the Executive held
and/or performed for the Company with another employer. The Company agrees
providing consulting services and/or that serving on the board of any entity
does not constitute employment by another employer.

     

    (f)           Executive
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this
Section 10 by seeking other employment or otherwise and no such payment or
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    offset or
reduced by the amount of any compensation provided to the Executive in any
subsequent employment, except as provided in Section 10(e).

     

    (g)           In
the event that (x) the Company enters into a binding agreement that, if
consummated, would constitute a Change in Control, (y) Executive’s employment is
terminated under the circumstances set forth in Section 10(b) and (z) within six
months after the execution of such agreement a Change in Control of the Company
occurs involving one or more of the other parties to such agreement, then the
Company’s sole obligations hereunder shall be as follows:

     

    (i)           the
Company shall pay to Executive a lump sum payment in cash no later than 10
business days after the Change in Control an amount equal to the sum of (A) and
(B), where (A) is the difference between (x) the Severance Amount (as defined in
Section 14(a)(ii)) and (y) the sum of the payments made to the Executive prior
to the change in Control pursuant to Section 10(b)(ii) and (B) is the difference
between (x) the Bonus Amount (as defined in the Section 14(a)(iii)) and (y) the
payments, if any, made to Executive prior to the Change in Control pursuant to
Section 10(b)(iii)(A);

     

    (ii)           the
Company shall reimburse Executive for any documented legal fees and expenses to
the extent set forth in Section 14(a)(iv);

     

    (iii)           The
Company shall make available to Executive and Executive’s beneficiaries medical
and dental benefits to the extent provided in Section 14(a)(v); and

     

    (iv)           each
of the Company and Executive shall have and be subject to, the rights, duties,
and obligations set forth in Sections 14(a) and (b).

     

    11.           Employee
Covenants.

     

    (a)           For
the purposes of this Section 11, the term “Company shall include Limited Brands,
Inc. and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates thereof.

     

    (b)           Confidentiality.  The
Executive shall not, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, make any
Unauthorized Disclosure. For purposes of this Agreement, “Unauthorized
Disclosure” shall mean use by the Executive for his own benefit or disclosure by
the Executive to any person other than a person to whom disclosure is reasonably
necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of
duties as an executive of the Company or as may be legally required, of any
confidential information relating to the business or prospects of the Company
(including, but not limited to, any information and materials pertaining to any
Intellectual Property as defined below ; provided, however, that such term shall
not include the use or disclosure by the Executive, without consent, of any
publicly available information (other than information available as a result of
disclosure by the Executive in violation of this Section 11(b)). This
confidentiality covenant has no temporal, geographical or territorial
restriction, however, the parties acknowledge that unless the confidential
information constitutes a trade secret of the Company such confidential
information as a general rule ceases to be confidential after five
years.

     

    (c)           Non-Competition.  During
the Non-Competition Period described below, the Executive shall not, directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, own, manage,
operate, join, control, be employed by, consult with or participate in the
ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected with (as a
stockholder, partner, or otherwise), any business, individual, partner, firm,
corporation, or other entity that competes or plans to compete, directly or
indirectly, with the Company, or any of its products; provided, however, that
the “beneficial ownership” by the Executive after termination of employment with
the Company, either individually or as a member of a “group,” as such terms are
used in Rule 13d of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of not more than two
percent (2%) of the voting stock of any publicly held corporation shall not be a
violation of Section 11 of this Agreement.

     

    The
“Non-Competition Period” means the period the Executive is employed by the
Company plus one (1) year from the Termination Date if the Executive’s
employment is terminated (i) by the Company for any reason, or (ii) by the
Executive for any reason.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive after his Termination
Date shall be allowed to serve on the board of any specialty retailer that does
not engage or plans to engage in any business activity that accounts for a
material portion of the Company’s annual sales.

     

    (d)           Non-Solicitation.
During the No-Raid Period described below, the Executive shall not directly or
indirectly solicit, induce or attempt to influence any employee to leave the
employment of the Company, nor assist anyone else in doing so. Further, during
the No-Raid Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly,
alone or in conjunction with another party, interfere with or harm, or attempt
to interfere with or harm, the relationship of the Company, with any person who
at any time was an employee, customer or supplier of the Company, or otherwise
had a business relationship with the Company.

     

    The
“No-Raid Period” means the period the Executive is employed by the Company plus
one (1) year from the Termination Date if the Executive’s employment is
terminated (I) by the Company for any reason, or (ii) by the Executive for any
reason.

     

    (e)           Intellectual
Property.  The Executive agrees that all inventions, designs
and ideas conceived, produced, created, or reduced to practice, either solely or
jointly with others, during his employment with the Company including those
developed on his own time, which relates to or is useful in the Company’s
business (“Intellectual Property”) shall be owned solely by the Company. The
Executive understands that whether in preliminary or final form, such
Intellectual Property includes, for example, all ideas, inventions, discoveries,
designs, innovations, improvements, trade secrets, and other intellectual
property. All Intellectual Property is either work made for hire for the Company
within the meaning of the United States Copyright Act, or, if such Intellectual
Property is determined not to be work made for hire, then the Executive
irrevocably assigns all rights, titles and interests in and to the Intellectual
Property to the Company, including all copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
The Executive agrees that he will, without any additional consideration, execute
all documents and take all other actions needed to convey his complete ownership
of the Intellectual Property to the Company so that the Company may own and
protect such Intellectual Property and obtain patent, copyright and trademark
registrations for it, The Executive also agrees that the Company may alter or
modify the Intellectual Property at the Company’s sole discretion, and the
Executive waives all right to claim or disclaim authorship. The Executive also
represents that he has not previously invented any Intellectual Property or has
advised the Company in writing of any prior inventions or ideas.

     

    (f)           Remedies.  The
Executive agrees that any breach of the terms of this Section 11 would result in
irreparable injury and damage to the Company for which the Company would have no
adequate remedy at law; the Executive therefore also agrees that in the event of
said breach or any threat of breach, the Company shall be entitled to an
immediate injunction and restraining order to prevent, such breach and/or
threatened breach and/or continued breach by the Executive and/or any and all
persons and/or entities acting for and/or with the Executive, without having to
prove damages. The terms of this paragraph shall not prevent the Company from
pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach
hereof, including but not limited to the recovery of damages from the Executive.
The Executive and the Company further agree that the provisions of the covenants
not to compete and solicit are reasonable and that the Company would not have
entered into this Agreement but for the inclusion of such covenants herein. The
parties agree that the prevailing party shall be entitled to all costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, in addition to any
other remedies to which either may be entitled at law or in equity. Should a
court determine, however, that any provision of the covenants is unreasonable,
either in period of time, geographical area, or otherwise, the parties hereto
agree that the covenant should be interpreted and enforced to the maximum extent
which such court deems reasonable.

     

    The
provisions of this Section 11 shall survive any termination of this Agreement,
and the existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive against the
Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute
a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants and agreements of
this Section 11; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not, in and of
itself, preclude the Executive from defending himself against the enforceability
of the covenants and agreements of this Section 11.

     

    12.           Employee
Representation. The Executive expressly represents and warrants to the
Company that the Executive is not a party to any contract or agreement and is
not otherwise obligated in any way, and is not subject to any rules or
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    restrict
in any way the Executive’s ability to fully perform the Executive’s duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement.

     

    13.           Change in
Control.

     

    (a)           For
purposes of this Section 13, “Company” shall mean Limited Brands, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.

     

    (b)           For
purposes of this Agreement “Change in Control” means, and shall be deemed to
have occurred upon the first to occur of any of the following
events:

     

    (i)           Any
Person (other than an Excluded Person) becomes, together with all “affiliates”
and “associates” (each as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act),
“beneficial owner” (as defined under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act)of
securities representing 33% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting
Stock then outstanding, unless such Person becomes “beneficial owner” of 33% or
more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock then outstanding solely as
a result of an acquisition of Voting Stock by the Company which, by reducing the
Voting Stock outstanding, increases the proportionate Voting Stock beneficially
owned by such Person (together with all “affiliates” and “associates” of such
Person) to 33% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock then
outstanding; provided, that if a Person shall become the “beneficial owner” of
33% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock then outstanding by
reason of such Voting Stock acquisition by the Company and shall thereafter
become the “beneficial owner” of any additional Voting Stock which causes the
proportionate voting power of Voting Stock beneficially owned by such Person to
increase to 33% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock then
outstanding, such Person shall, upon becoming the “beneficial owner” of such
additional Voting Stock, be deemed to have become the “beneficial owner” of 33%
or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock then outstanding other
than solely as a result of such Voting Stock acquisition by the
Company;

     

    (ii)           During
any period of 24 consecutive months individuals who at the beginning of such
period constitute the Board (and any new Director, whose election by the Board
or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who either were
Directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for
election was so approved), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
Directors then constituting the Board;

     

    (iii)           A
reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company is consummated, in each
case, unless, immediately following such reorganization, merger or
consolidation, (i) more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares
of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or
consolidation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the “beneficial
owners” of the Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, (ii) no Person (but excluding for this
purpose any Excluded Person and any Person beneficially owning, immediately
prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, directly or indirectly,
33% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock) beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding
shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization,
merger or consolidation or the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or
consolidation were members of the Board at the time of the execution of the
initial agreement providing for such reorganization, merger or
consolidation;

     

    (iv)           The
consummation of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii)
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, other than to any corporation with respect to which, immediately
following such sale or other disposition, (A) more than 50% of, respectively,
the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation and the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals
and entities who were the “beneficial owners” of the Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such sale or other disposition of assets, (B) no Person
(but excluding for this purpose any Excluded Person and any Person beneficially
owning, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, directly or
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    outstanding
Voting Stock) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation or
the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such
corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (C) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of such corporation
were members of the Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement
or action of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition of assets of
the Company; or

     

    (v)           The
occurrence of any transaction or event that the Board, in its sole discretion,
designates a “Change in Control”.

     

    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall a “Change in Control” be deemed to have
occurred (i) as a result of the formation of a Holding Company, or (ii) with
respect to an Executive, if Executive is part of a “group,” within the meaning
of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Effective Date,
which consummates the Change in Control transaction. In addition, for purposes
of the definition of “Change in Control” a Person engaged in business as an
underwriter of securities shall not be deemed to be the “beneficial owner” of,
or to “beneficially own,” any securities acquired through such Person’s
participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the
expiration of forty days after the date of such acquisition. “Excluded Person”
shall mean (i) the Company; (ii) any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; (iii) any
Holding Company; (iv) any employee benefit plan of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or a Holding Company; or (v) any Person organized, appointed or
established by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Holding Company for or
pursuant to the terms of any plan described in clause (iv). “Person” shall mean
any individual composition, partnership, limited liability company,
associations, trust or other entity or organization. “Holding Company” shall
mean an entity that becomes a holding company for the Company or its businesses
as a part of any reorganization, merger, consolidation or other transaction,
provided that the outstanding shares of common stock of such entity and the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such entity
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is, immediately after
such reorganization, merger, consolidation or other transaction, beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals
and entities who were the “beneficial owners”, respectively, of the Voting Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or
other transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or other
transaction, of such outstanding Voting Stock. “Voting Stock” shall mean
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of members
of the Company’s Board of Directors.

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              14.

            	
              Compensation Upon
      Certain Terminations During the 24-Month Period Following a Change in
      Control

            

    

     

    
    

    (a)           If
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or
by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case during the 24 consecutive month
period immediately following a Change in Control, the Company’s sole obligations
hereunder subject to the Executive’s execution of a General Release, shall be as
follows:

     

    (i)           the
Company shall pay the Executive the Accrued Compensation;

     

    (ii) the
Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum payment in cash no later than ten
business days after the Termination Date an amount equal to two times
Executive’s Base Salary (the “Severance Amount”);

     

    (iii)           the
Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum payment in cash no later than ten
(10) business days after the date of termination an amount equal to the sum of
the last four (4) bonus payments the Executive received under the Company’s
incentive compensation plan described in Section 6 and a pro-rata amount for the
season in which the Executive’s employment is terminated based on the average of
the prior four (4) bonus payments and the number of days the Executive is
employed during such season (the “Bonus Amount”);

     

    (iv)           the
Company shall reimburse the Executive for all documented legal fees and expenses
reasonably incurred by the Executive in seeking to obtain or enforce any right
or benefit provided by this Section 14; and

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    (v)           the
Company shall provide the Executive and Executive’s beneficiaries medical and
dental benefits substantially similar to those which the Executive was receiving
immediately prior to the date of termination for a period of eighteen (18)
months after the Termination Date; provided however, that the Company’s
obligation with respect to the foregoing medical and dental benefits shall cease
in the event Executive becomes employed.

     

    (b)           Except
as provided in Section 14(a)(v), the Executive shall not be required to mitigate
the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 14 by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided
for in this Section 14 be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as
the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset
against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or
otherwise.

     

    15.           Successors and
Assigns.

     

    (a)           This
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company,
its successors and assigns, and the Company shall require any successor or
assign to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it
if no such succession or assignment had taken place. The term “the Company” as
used herein shall include any such successors and assigns to the Company’s
business and/or assets. The term “successors and assigns” as used herein shall
mean a corporation or other entity acquiring or otherwise succeeding to,
directly or indirectly, all or substantially all the assets and business of the
Company (including this Agreement) whether by operation of law or
otherwise.

     

    (b)           Neither
this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder shall be assignable or
transferable by the Executive, the Executive’s beneficiaries or legal
representatives, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executives
legal personal representative.

     

    16.           Arbitration.  Except
with respect to the remedies set forth in Section 11(f) hereof, any controversy
or claim between the Company or any of its affiliates and the Executive arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or its termination shall be settled and
determined by a single arbitrator whose award shall be accepted as final and
binding upon the parties. The American Arbitration Association, under its
Employment Arbitration Rules, shall administer the binding arbitration. The
arbitration shall take place in New York, New York. The Company and the
Executive each waive any right to a jury trial or to a petition for stay in any
action or proceeding of any kind arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
its termination and agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to award
cost and attorney fees to the prevailing party.

     

    17.           Notice.  For
the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided
for in the Agreement (including the Notice of Termination) shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or upon
receipt if overnight delivery service or facsimile is used, addressed as
follows:

     

    To the
Executive:

    Martyn
Redgrave

    c/o Frank
Vogl

    Best &
Flanagan LLP

    225 South
Sixth Street #4000

    Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402

     

    To the
Company:

    Limited
Brands, Inc.

    Three
Limited Parkway

    Columbus,
Ohio 43230

    Attn:
Secretary

     

    18.           Settlement of
Claims.  The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided
for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall
not be affected by any circumstances, 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    including,
without limitation, any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other
right which the Company may have against the Executive or others.

     

    19.           Miscellaneous.  No
provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless such
waiver, modification, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the
Executive and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any
breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any
prior or subsequent time. No agreement or representations, oral or otherwise,
express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by
either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Company
and the Executive agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the
imposition of liability on the Executive under Code Section 409A(a)(l), but if
any liability is imposed despite such efforts, the Company shall pay the amount
of such liability.

     

    20.           Governing
Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without giving effect
to the conflict of law principles thereof.

     

    21.           Severability.  The
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions hereof.

     

    22.           Entire Agreement.
This Agreement along with the Executive’s Offer Letter constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior agreements, if any, understandings and arrangements,
oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof. The parties agree that if there are any conflicts or inconsistencies
between the Offer Letter, this Agreement and any other benefit plan or agreement
the more favorable term(s) shall be applied to the Executive.

     

    IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly
authorized officer and the Executive has executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.

     

    

    
      	 	
              LIMITED
      BRANDS, INC.

            
	 	 
	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              
                /s/
      Leslie Wexner

              

            	 	
              
                6/2/2008

              

            
	 	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Leslie
      Wexner

            	 	
              Date

            
	 	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chairman
      of the Board

            	 	 
      

    

    

    

    
      	 	
              
                /s/
      Martyn Redgrave

              

            	 	
              
                5/23/2008

              

            
	 	
              Martyn
      Redgrave

            	 	
              DateEX-4.C

Exhibit 4-c

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

FOR

REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES

(Restated, Effective as of January 1, 2008)

			
	 	 	 
	 
	 	Plan 009
	 
	 	93763

 

 

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	ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.010 “A&D Transaction”
	 	 	2	 
	1.015 “Accounts”
	 	 	2	 
	1.020 “Affiliated Company”
	 	 	2	 
	1.030 “After-tax Contribution Account”
	 	 	2	 
	1.040 “After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit”
	 	 	2	 
	1.045 “Automotive Spin-off”
	 	 	3	 
	1.050 “Average After-tax Contribution Percentage”
	 	 	3	 
	1.060 “Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage”
	 	 	3	 
	1.070 “Base Compensation”
	 	 	4	 
	1.080 “Basic After-tax Contribution”
	 	 	4	 
	1.090 “Basic Pre-tax Contribution”
	 	 	4	 
	1.100 “Beneficiary”
	 	 	4	 
	1.105 “Board of Directors”
	 	 	4	 
	1.110 “Boeing”
	 	 	4	 
	1.115 “Boeing Stock Fund”
	 	 	4	 
	1.120 “Break in Service”
	 	 	4	 
	1.130 “Catch-up Contribution”
	 	 	4	 
	1.140 “Code”
	 	 	4	 
	1.150 “Collins Spin-off”
	 	 	5	 
	1.160 “Common Stock”
	 	 	5	 
	1.170 “Company”
	 	 	5	 
	1.180 “Company Contribution”
	 	 	5	 
	1.190 “Company Contribution Account”
	 	 	5	 
	1.200 [Reserved]
	 	 	5	 
	1.210 “Conexant”
	 	 	5	 
	1.220 “Conexant Stock Fund H”
	 	 	5	 
	1.230 “Conexant Wireless Spin-off”
	 	 	5	 
	1.240 “Divested Business Employee”
	 	 	5	 
	1.250 [Reserved]
	 	 	5	 
	1.260 “Effective Date”
	 	 	6	 
	1.265 “Eligible Employee”
	 	 	6	 
	1.270 “Eligible Retirement Plan”
	 	 	6	 
	1.280 “Employee”
	 	 	6	 
	1.285 “Employee Benefit Plan Committee”
	 	 	6	 
	1.290 “Employee Benefits Appeals Committee”
	 	 	6	 
	1.300 “Employment Commencement Date”
	 	 	6	 
	1.310 “Employment Severance Date”
	 	 	6	 
	1.320 “ERISA”
	 	 	7	 
	1.330 “5% Owner”
	 	 	7	 
	1.335 [Reserved]
	 	 	7	 
	1.340 “Hardship”
	 	 	7	 

			
	 	 	 
	 
	 	Plan 009
	 
	 	Restated 1-1-08

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	1.345 “Highly Compensated Employee Group”
	 	 	8	 
	1.350 [Reserved]
	 	 	8	 
	1.360 [Reserved]
	 	 	8	 
	1.370 [Reserved]
	 	 	8	 
	1.380 “Investment Fund”
	 	 	8	 
	1.390 “Layoff”
	 	 	8	 
	1.400 “Leave”
	 	 	8	 
	1.410 “Meritor”
	 	 	8	 
	1.415 “Meritor Stock Fund F”
	 	 	9	 
	1.420 “MindSpeed”
	 	 	9	 
	1.425 “MindSpeed Stock Fund”
	 	 	9	 
	1.430 “Named Fiduciary”
	 	 	9	 
	1.435 “Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group”
	 	 	9	 
	1.440 “Participant”
	 	 	9	 
	1.445 “Participant Contributions”
	 	 	9	 
	1.450 [Reserved]
	 	 	9	 
	1.460 “Plan”
	 	 	9	 
	1.470 “Plan Administrator”
	 	 	9	 
	1.480 “Plan Year”
	 	 	9	 
	1.490 “Pre-tax Contribution Account”
	 	 	9	 
	1.500 “Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit”
	 	 	10	 
	1.510 “Reemployment Date”
	 	 	10	 
	1.520 “Represented Hourly Employee”
	 	 	10	 
	1.530 “Retirement”
	 	 	10	 
	1.540 “Rockwell”
	 	 	10	 
	1.550 “Rockwell Automation Stock Fund”
	 	 	10	 
	1.560 “Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B”
	 	 	11	 
	1.570 “Rockwell Collins”
	 	 	11	 
	1.575 “Rockwell Collins Stock Fund”
	 	 	11	 
	1.580 “Rollover Account”
	 	 	11	 
	1.590 “Rollover Contributions”
	 	 	11	 
	1.595 “Semiconductor Spin-off”
	 	 	11	 
	1.600 “Skyworks”
	 	 	11	 
	1.605 “Skyworks Stock Fund”
	 	 	11	 
	1.610 “Special Stock Fund(s)”
	 	 	11	 
	1.620 “Supplemental After-tax Contribution”
	 	 	11	 
	1.630 “Supplemental Pre-tax Contribution”
	 	 	11	 
	1.640 “Tender Offer”
	 	 	12	 
	1.650 “Trust Agreement”
	 	 	12	 
	1.660 “Trust Fund”
	 	 	12	 
	1.670 “Trustee”
	 	 	12	 
	1.680 “Valuation Date”
	 	 	12	 
	1.690 “Vesting Service”
	 	 	12	 

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	ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.010 Eligible Employees
	 	 	13	 
	2.020 Basic Contributions
	 	 	13	 
	2.030 Supplemental Contributions
	 	 	13	 
	2.040 Changes Between Pre-tax and After-tax Contributions
	 	 	14	 
	2.045 Catch-up Contributions
	 	 	14	 
	2.050 Rollover Contributions
	 	 	15	 
	2.060 Matching Contribution Formula
	 	 	15	 
	2.070 Rules Concerning Matching Contributions
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.010 Limitations on Employee Pre-tax Contributions
	 	 	16	 
	3.015 Limitations on After-tax Contributions and Matching Contributions
	 	 	18	 
	3.020 Limits for Catch-up Contributions
	 	 	20	 
	3.030 Incorporation by Reference
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV PLAN INVESTMENTS
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.010 Investment Elections
	 	 	21	 
	4.020 Transfers from Investment Funds
	 	 	21	 
	4.030 Transfers from Special Stock Funds
	 	 	22	 
	4.035 Mandatory Transfer from the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund
	 	 	22	 
	4.040 General Transfer Rules and Limitations
	 	 	22	 
	4.050 Participant’s Accounts
	 	 	23	 
	4.060 Valuation and Participant Statements
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V VESTING AND ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.010 Vesting
	 	 	24	 
	5.020 Retirement, Death, Termination of Employment
	 	 	25	 
	5.030 Distributions to Participants Who Are Divested Business Employees
	 	 	25	 
	5.040 Form of Distributions — Stock or Cash
	 	 	26	 
	5.050 Payment Method for Distributions to Retiring Participants
	 	 	26	 
	5.060 [Reserved]
	 	 	27	 
	5.070 Participant’s Consent to Distribution of Benefits
	 	 	27	 
	5.075 Cashout Forfeitures and Repayments
	 	 	27	 
	5.080 Distributions to Beneficiaries
	 	 	28	 
	5.090 Transfer of Distribution Directly to Eligible Retirement Plan
	 	 	28	 
	5.100 Uncashed Checks
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	ARTICLE VI IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.010 Withdrawals from Accounts by Participants under Age 59-1/2
	 	 	30	 
	6.020 Withdrawal from Accounts by Participants Over Age 59-1/2
	 	 	31	 
	6.030 Hardship Withdrawals from Pre-tax Accounts
	 	 	33	 
	6.040 Forfeitures and Suspensions
	 	 	34	 
	6.050 Allocation of Withdrawals Among Investment Funds
	 	 	34	 
	6.060 Loans
	 	 	34	 
	6.070 Transfer of Distribution or Withdrawal to Eligible Retirement Plan
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII DESIGNATION OF AND PAYMENT TO A BENEFICIARY
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7.010 Designation of a Beneficiary
	 	 	36	 
	7.020 Spouse as Automatic Beneficiary
	 	 	36	 
	7.030 Beneficiary Changes
	 	 	36	 
	7.040 Participant’s Estate as Beneficiary in Certain Cases
	 	 	36	 
	7.050 Payment to a Beneficiary
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII TRUST AGREEMENT
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8.010 Establishment of Trust Fund
	 	 	38	 
	8.020 Investment Funds and Stock Funds
	 	 	38	 
	8.025 Trustee’s Powers and Authority
	 	 	39	 
	8.030 Statutory Limits
	 	 	39	 
	8.035 Duty of Trustee as to Common Stock in Stock Funds
	 	 	40	 
	8.040 Rights in the Trust Fund
	 	 	41	 
	8.050 Taxes, Fees and Expenses of the Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATION
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.010 General Administration
	 	 	43	 
	9.020 Employee Benefit Plan Committee
	 	 	43	 
	9.025 Employee Benefits Appeals Committee
	 	 	43	 
	9.030 Employee Benefit Plan Committee Records
	 	 	43	 
	9.035 Employee Benefits Appeals Committee Records
	 	 	43	 
	9.040 Funding Policy
	 	 	44	 
	9.050 Allocation and Delegation of Duties Under Plan
	 	 	44	 
	9.060 Employee Benefit Plan Committee Powers
	 	 	44	 
	9.070 Plan Administrator
	 	 	44	 
	9.080 Reliance Upon Documents and Opinions
	 	 	45	 
	9.090 Requirement of Proof
	 	 	45	 
	9.100 Limitation and Indemnification
	 	 	45	 
	9.110 Mailing and Lapse of Payments
	 	 	46	 
	9.120 Non-Alienation
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	9.130 Notices and Communications
	 	 	46	 
	9.140 Company Rights
	 	 	47	 
	9.150 Payments on Behalf of Incompetent Participants or Beneficiaries
	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X PARTICIPANT’S CLAIMS
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10.010 Claims and Appeals Procedures
	 	 	48	 
	10.020 Limitation on Legal Action
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT, MERGERS, TERMINATION, ETC
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11.010 Amendment
	 	 	50	 
	11.020 Transfer of Assets and Liabilities
	 	 	50	 
	11.030 Merger Restriction
	 	 	50	 
	11.040 Suspension of Contributions
	 	 	50	 
	11.050 Discontinuance of Contributions
	 	 	51	 
	11.060 Termination
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII STATUTORY LIMITATIONS
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12.010 Annual Limits of Participants’ Account Increases
	 	 	52	 
	12.015 Excess Annual Additions
	 	 	52	 
	12.020 Combining Similar Plans
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13.010 Benefits Payable only from Trust Fund
	 	 	53	 
	13.020 Requirement for Release
	 	 	53	 
	13.030 Transfers of Stock
	 	 	53	 
	13.040 Rights of Reemployed Veterans
	 	 	53	 
	13.050 Qualification of the Plan
	 	 	53	 
	13.060 Interpretation
	 	 	53	 
	13.070 No Contract of Employment
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV: MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14.010 General Rules
	 	 	55	 
	14.020 Time and Manner of Distribution
	 	 	55	 
	14.030 Required Minimum Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime
	 	 	56	 
	14.040 Required Minimum Distributions After Participant’s Death
	 	 	56	 
	14.050 Definitions
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	APPENDIX A [RESERVED]
	 	 	59	 

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	APPENDIX B PROCEDURES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	APPENDIX C TOP-HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS
	 	 	63	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	APPENDIX D EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES

PREAMBLE

The Plan

Allen-Bradley Company originally established this Plan, effective January 1, 1985, for certain of
its hourly employees. The Plan has been amended from time to time since that date and was most
recently amended and restated effective December 31, 1998. Effective as of April 1, 2003, the Plan
has been re-named the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees. The Plan is hereby amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008. The
provisions of the Plan as have been in effect from time to time prior to the date of this
restatement apply to the related periods prior to such date for all purposes, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein.

Purpose

The purpose of this Plan is to encourage and assist employees of the Company who are members of a
collective bargaining unit in adopting a regular savings program and to help provide security for
them upon retirement. As of January 1, 2008, this Plan covers Eligible Employees who are members
of Local 1111 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, UE-Milwaukee,
Wisconsin (“Milwaukee UE Local 1111”).

1

 

ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS

1.010 “A&D Transaction” means the sale transaction, dated December 6, 1996 and described in a
contract and certain other collateral documents, among Rockwell Automation, Inc., The Boeing
Company and Boeing North American, Inc. (the “A&D Agreement”), pursuant to which Rockwell divested
its aerospace and defense businesses.

1.015 “Accounts” means the Participant’s Company Contribution Account, Pre-tax Contribution
Account, After-tax Contribution Account and Rollover Account, as applicable.

1.020 “Affiliated Company” means Rockwell Automation, Inc. and:

	(a)	 	any corporation incorporated under the laws of one of the United States of America of which
Rockwell Automation owns, directly or indirectly, eighty percent (80%) or more of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock or eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value of the
 shares of all classes of stock (all within the meaning of Code §1563);
	 
	(b)	 	any partnership or other business entity organized under such laws, of which Rockwell
Automation owns, directly or indirectly, eighty percent (80%) or more of the voting power or
eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value (all within the meaning of Code §414(c)); and
	 
	(c)	 	any other company deemed to be an Affiliated Company by Rockwell Automation’s Board of
Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining whether an employee is an Eligible
Employee, only an affiliate to which the Board of Directors has extended this Plan shall be
considered an Affiliated Company. In addition, solely for purposes of Sections 1.300 and 1.310 of
this Plan, any entity that would satisfy the definition of an Affiliated Company except that it is
not incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America shall be considered an
Affiliated Company.

1.030 “After-tax Contribution Account” means a Plan Account with respect to a Participant which is
comprised of Basic and Supplemental After-tax Contributions, as adjusted for gains or losses
related thereto.

1.040 “After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit” means the maximum contribution percentage in each
Plan Year for Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants and is that percentage amount which
does not exceed the greater of:

	(a)	 	the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group,
multiplied by one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25); or
	 
	(b)	 	the lesser of

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	 	(1)	 	an amount which does not exceed the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage for
the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group by more than two (2) percentage points, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated
Employee Group, multiplied by two (2).

If a Participant who is a member of the Highly Compensated Employee Group is a participant in any
other plan established or maintained by an Affiliated Company pursuant to which elective deferrals
under a cash or deferred arrangement or matching contributions, both as defined in Code §401(m)(4),
or employee contributions, are made, such other plan will be deemed to be a part of this Plan for
the purpose of determining the After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit with respect to that
Participant.

1.045 “Automotive Spin-off” means the spin-off transaction dated September 30, 1997, pursuant to
which Rockwell’s automotive component businesses became a separate, stand-alone Company and the
Company distributed shares of the Common Stock of that new company, Meritor Automotive, Inc. (now
known as “ArvinMeritor, Inc.”) to the Company’s shareowners.

1.050 “Average After-tax Contribution Percentage” means the average for a particular Plan Year of
the percentages, calculated separately for the Highly Compensated Employee Group and for the
Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group with respect to each Participant in each such Group, which
are equal to the sum of A and B, divided by C, where

	 	 	 	 	 
	A
	 	=
	 	the amount of the Participant’s Basic After-tax Contributions
in the Plan Year;

	 	 	 	 	 

	B
	 	=
	 	the amount of the Company Matching Contributions made on
behalf of the Participant in the Plan Year; and

	 	 	 	 	 

	C
	 	=
	 	the Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year.

For purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the limitations set forth in Section 3.015
and Code §401(m), all employee and matching contributions which are made under two or more plans
that are aggregated for purposes of Code §§401(a)(4) and 410(b) (other than Code §410(b)(2)(A)(ii))
will be treated as made under a single plan and, if two or more plans are permissively aggregated
for purposes of Code §401(m), the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code §§401(a)(4) and 410(b) as
though they were a single plan.

1.060 “Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage” means the average for a particular Plan Year of the
percentages, calculated separately for the Highly Compensated Employee Group and for the Non-Highly
Compensated Employee Group with respect to each Participant in each such Group, which are equal to
the amount of each Participant’s Pre-tax Contributions in a Plan Year, divided by the Participant’s
Compensation for the Plan Year.

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1.070 “Base Compensation” means the Participant’s compensation, not in excess of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) or such larger sum as may be established pursuant to Code
§401(a)(17), in any calendar year, including base or regular pay, lump sum merit awards, vacation
pay, unused vacation pay upon termination of employment, jury duty pay, holiday pay, funeral pay
and any amount which would be paid to the Participant absent elections under Sections 2.020(a) and
2.030(a) or an election to make elective employee contributions pursuant to a qualified cash or
deferred arrangement under a cafeteria plan meeting the requirements of Code §125. Base
Compensation does not include overtime pay, extended work or other premium pay, bonuses, deferrals
under any non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement, any form of severance pay or salary
continuation, and any form of extra, contingent or supplementary compensation.

1.080 “Basic After-tax Contribution” means an amount contributed by a Participant to the Plan
through payroll deductions pursuant to the Participant’s election under Section 2.020(b).

1.090 “Basic Pre-tax Contribution” means an amount contributed to the Plan on behalf of a
Participant pursuant to the Participant’s election under Section 2.020(a).

1.100 “Beneficiary” means the one or more persons or trusts entitled to a Participant’s Plan
Account balance, pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, if the Participant should die prior to
payment to him of his entire Account Balance.

1.105 “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of Rockwell Automation; provided, however,
that any action or determination under Sections 1.030 and 1.170, as well as under Article XI, may
be taken by any officer of the Company who is authorized to do so by the Board of Directors.

1.110 “Boeing” means The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates.

1.115 “Boeing Stock Fund” means the Special Stock Fund described in Section 8.020(b)(4).

1.120 “Break in Service” means any period commencing with an Employee’s Employment Severance Date,
during which the Employee does not have a Reemployment Date. Solely for purposes of determining
such Breaks in Service in the case of an individual who is absent from work due to a Maternity or
Paternity Leave, the computation of the Break in Service shall not commence until the first
anniversary of the first date of such absence.

1.130 “Catch-up Contribution” means an amount contributed to the Plan on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to the Participant’s election under Section 2.045.

1.140 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended.

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1.150 “Collins Spin-off” means the spin-off transaction, dated June 29, 2001, pursuant to which the
Company’s Avionics and Communications business became a separate, stand-alone company and the
Company distributed shares of the common stock of that new company, Rockwell Collins, Inc., to the
Company’s shareowners.

1.160 “Common Stock” means the common stock of:

	(a)	 	Rockwell Automation, Inc.;
	 
	(b)	 	effective as of the distribution date for the Automotive Spin-off, Meritor Automotive, Inc.;
	 
	(c)	 	effective as of the distribution date for the Semiconductor Spin-off, Conexant Systems, Inc.;
and
	 
	(d)	 	effective as of the distribution date for the Collins Spin-off, Rockwell Collins, Inc.

1.170 “Company” means Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any other Affiliated
Company to which the Board of Directors has extended this Plan.

1.180 “Company Contribution” means the contribution made to the Trust Fund by Rockwell Automation
or an Affiliated Company pursuant to the terms of Article II, including forfeitures treated as
Company Contributions under that Article.

1.190 “Company Contribution Account” means a Plan Account with respect to a Participant which is
comprised of his Company Contributions, as adjusted for gains or losses related thereto, and
separately accounted for.

1.200 [Reserved]

1.210 “Conexant” means Conexant Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates.

1.220 “Conexant Stock Fund H” means the Special Stock Fund described in Section 8.020(a)(5).

1.230 “Conexant Wireless Spin-off” means the spin-off transaction, pursuant to which the Conexant’s
wireless semiconductor business became a part of a newly-formed, stand-alone company and Conexant
distributed shares of the common stock of that newly-formed company, Skyworks Solutions, Inc., to
all Conexant shareowners.

1.240 “Divested Business Employee” means an individual who is no longer an Employee of the Company
because he is a current or former employee of a component of the Company which was sold, spun off
or otherwise divested by the Company.

1.250 [Reserved]

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1.260 “Effective Date” means January 1, 1985.

1.265 “Eligible Employee” means a Represented Hourly Employee.

1.270 “Eligible Retirement Plan” means:

	(a)	 	an individual retirement account described in Code § 408(a),
	 
	(b)	 	an individual retirement annuity described in Code § 408(b),
	 
	(c)	 	an annuity plan described in Code § 403(a),
	 
	(d)	 	a qualified plan (which is a defined contribution plan) described in Code § 401(a),
	 
	(e)	 	an annuity contract described in Code §403(b), or
	 
	(f)	 	an eligible plan of a governmental employer described in Code §457(b),

which accepts an individual’s eligible rollover distributions; provided, however, that in the case
of an eligible rollover distribution to a Participant’s surviving spouse made prior to January 1,
2002, only an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity described in (a) and
(b) above will be deemed to be an Eligible Retirement Plan.

1.280 “Employee” means any person who is employed by the Company or by an Affiliated Company,
including an Eligible Employee and will, to the extent permitted by Code §406, be deemed to include
any United States citizen regularly employed by a foreign subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.

1.285 “Employee Benefit Plan Committee” means the Employee Benefit Plan Committee of the Company
appointed pursuant to Section 9.020 of the Plan and having the responsibilities prescribed in
Article IX and elsewhere throughout the Plan.

1.290 “Employee Benefits Appeals Committee” means the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee of the
Company appointed pursuant to Section 9.025 of the Plan and having the responsibilities prescribed
in Article X and elsewhere throughout the Plan.

1.300 “Employment Commencement Date” means the date on which a person first becomes an Employee of
the Company or an Affiliated Company.

1.310 “Employment Severance Date” means:

	(a)	 	the date on which an Employee quits, retires, is discharged, experiences a Layoff or dies,

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	(b)	 	in the case of an Employee who remains absent from work pursuant to a written Leave, the
first anniversary of such Leave, except that an Employee who has a Leave which is in excess of
one (1) year who thereafter returns to work with the Company for a period at least equal to
the entire period of the Leave will not be considered as having an Employment Severance Date
by reason of such absence.

If an Employee enters the United States military service or public health service directly from
employment with the Company, has not voluntarily reenlisted and returns to employment with the
Company for a period of at least one (1) year immediately after his return to the Company, the
Employee will not be deemed to have an Employment Severance Date by reason of such military service
or public health service.

1.320 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from
time to time.

1.330 “5% Owner” means a person who owns:

	(a)	 	more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the Company, or
	 
	(b)	 	stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock
of the Company.

1.335 [Reserved]

1.340 “Hardship” means an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant for which the
amount required is not reasonably available to the Participant from other sources and which arises
for one of the following reasons:

	(a)	 	the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) or construction of a principal residence for the
Participant, or to prevent eviction from, or foreclosure on the mortgage on, the Participant’s
principal residence;
	 
	(b)	 	the incurring of obligations for

	 	(1)	 	tuition, related educational fees and room and board expenses for post-secondary
education for the Participant, his spouse or one or more of his children or other
dependents (as defined in Code §152) to be incurred during the twelve (12) month period
immediately following the date of his request for distribution;
	 
	 	(2)	 	expenses not covered by insurance which either have been previously incurred by
the Participant for, or are necessary in order for the Participant to obtain,
medical care (as described in Code §213(d)) for himself, his spouse or one or more
of his dependents (as defined in Code §152);

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	 	(3)	 	payments for burial or funeral expenses for the Participant’s deceased parent,
spouse, children or dependent;
	 
	 	(4)	 	expenses for repair of damage to the Participant’s principal residence that
would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code §165; or

	(c)	 	any other reason which is permitted under Code §401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV).

1.345 “Highly Compensated Employee Group” means those individuals who are “highly
compensated employees” within the meaning of Code §414(q) and includes any employee:

	(a)	 	who is a 5% Owner, or
	 
	(b)	 	who had compensation from the Company in a particular Plan Year or in the year immediately
preceding the said Plan Year in excess of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00), as such
figure may be adjusted from time to time.

The Plan Administrator may determine which Employees are highly compensated employees for purposes
of this Section in any manner permitted by the said Code provision. Such determination (as well as
the determination of which Employees are not highly compensated employees) will be made by the Plan
Administrator on a consistent basis from Plan Year to Plan Year and a particular Plan Year’s Highly
Compensated Employee Group (and Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group) will be determined by the
Plan Administrator based upon data applicable to the year (“look-back year”) immediately preceding
the said Plan Year; provided, however, that such determination for the initial Plan Year of the
Plan’s existence will be based upon the data applicable to that initial Plan Year and the said
initial Plan Year will be deemed to be the look-back year for such determination.

1.350 [Reserved]

1.360 [Reserved]

1.370 [Reserved]

1.380 “Investment Fund” means one of the investment vehicles available to Participants.

1.390 “Layoff” means an involuntary severance of employment, other than a discharge from employment
for cause.

1.400 “Leave” means a leave of absence which has been granted or approved by the Company.

1.410 “Meritor” means ArvinMeritor, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates, successor by
merger to Meritor Automotive, Inc.

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1.415 “Meritor Stock Fund F” means the Special Stock Fund described in Section 8.020(b)(3).

1.420 “MindSpeed” means MindSpeed Technologies, Inc.

1.425 “MindSpeed Stock Fund” means the Special Stock Fund described in Section 8.020(b)(8).

1.430 “Named Fiduciary” means the Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee and the Trustee.

1.435 “Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group” means Employees who are not in the Highly Compensated
Employee Group, as determined by the Plan Administrator.

1.440 “Participant” means a person who has elected to participate in the Plan in accordance with
Article II; provided, however, that such term shall include a person who no longer has an effective
election under Article II only so long as he or she retains a vested interest in an Account under
the Plan.

1.445 “Participant Contributions” means, as applicable, a Participant’s:

	(a)	 	Basic Pre-tax and Basic After-tax Contributions;
	 
	(b)	 	Supplemental Pre-tax and Supplemental After-tax Contributions;
	 
	(c)	 	Catch-up Contributions; and
	 
	(d)	 	Rollover Contributions.

1.450 [Reserved]

1.460 “Plan” means this Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as from time to time amended.

1.470 “Plan Administrator” means the person from time to time so designated by name or corporate
office by the Employee Benefit Plan Committee to carry out the administrative functions of this
Plan.

1.480 “Plan Year” means each twelve month period ending on the last day of December.

1.490 “Pre-tax Contribution Account” means a Plan Account with respect to a Participant which is
comprised of his Basic Pre-tax Contributions, Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions and Catch-up
Contributions, all as adjusted for gains or losses.

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1.500 “Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit” means the maximum contribution percentage in each
Plan Year for Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants and, for any Plan Year, may be equal
to either (a) or (b) below:

	(a)	 	the Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group,
multiplied by one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25); or
	 
	(b)	 	the lesser of

	 	(1)	 	an amount which does not exceed the Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage for the
Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group by more than two (2) percentage points, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated
Employee Group, multiplied by two (2).

If a Participant who is a member of the Highly Compensated Employee Group is a participant in any
other plan established or maintained by an Affiliated Company pursuant to which elective deferrals
under a cash or deferred arrangement or matching contributions, both as defined in Code §401(m)(4),
or employee contributions, are made, such other plan will be deemed to be a part of this Plan for
the purpose of determining the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit with respect to that
Participant.

1.510 “Reemployment Date” means the date on which a person first becomes an Employee of the Company
following an Employment Severance Date.

1.520 “Represented Hourly Employee” means any hourly Employee who is a member of a unit of
Employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Local 1111 of the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, UE-Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Company, provided
that such Employee, on a regular and continuing basis, performs jobs having definitely established
working hours, and the services of such Employee are normally available for at least 20 hours per
week throughout the year.

1.530 “Retirement” means a termination of employment (i) after attainment of age 65 or (ii) after
attainment of age 55 with at least 10 years of service.

1.540 “Rockwell” means Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, successor to Rockwell
International Corporation.

1.550 “Rockwell Automation Stock Fund” means the Investment Fund established by the Trustee on July
1, 2005 to purchase and hold the Common Stock of the Company as described in Section 8.020(b)(2).
This Fund is comprised of the former Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B.

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1.560 “Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B” means the Investment Fund established by the Trustee to
purchase and hold the Common Stock of the Company as described in Section 8.020(b)(1).

1.570 “Rockwell Collins” means Rockwell Collins, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates.

1.575 “Rockwell Collins Stock Fund” means the Fund established by the Trustee pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8.020(b)(7).

1.580 “Rollover Account” means the Plan Account described in Section 2.050 which is comprised of
rollover amounts, adjusted by gains or losses related thereto, which are transferred to the Plan
pursuant to the terms of the said Section.

1.590 “Rollover Contributions” means the amounts described in Section 2.050 which are transferred
to the Plan pursuant to the terms of the said Section.

1.595 “Semiconductor Spin-off” means the spin-off transaction, dated December 31, 1998, pursuant to
which the Company’s semiconductor business became a separate, stand-alone company and the Company
distributed shares of the common stock of that new company, Conexant Systems, Inc., to the
Company’s shareowners.

1.600 “Skyworks” means Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

1.605 “Skyworks Stock Fund” means the Special Stock Fund described in Section 8.020(b)(6).

1.610 “Special Stock Fund(s)” means, together or individually, the Boeing Stock Fund, the Meritor
Stock Fund F, the Conexant Stock Fund H, the Skyworks Stock Fund, the Rockwell Collins Stock Fund
and the MindSpeed Stock Fund, as well as any other such Fund which may be established in the future
to hold such common stock as may result from a transaction similar in effect to the A&D Transaction
and the Automotive, Semiconductor, Conexant Wireless and Collins Spin-offs.

1.620 “Supplemental After-tax Contribution” means the amounts contributed by a Participant to the
Plan through payroll deductions pursuant to Section 2.030(c).

1.630 “Supplemental Pre-tax Contribution” means the amounts contributed on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to the Participant’s election under Section 2.030(a) or (b).

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1.640 “Tender Offer” means any tender offer for, or request or invitation for tenders of, the
Common Stock subject to §14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
regulation thereunder, except for any such tender offer or request or invitation for tenders made
by the Company or any Affiliated Company, or by Boeing, ArvinMeritor, Conexant, Rockwell Collins,
Skyworks or MindSpeed for its own Common Stock.

1.650 “Trust Agreement” means the trust agreement entered into pursuant to Section 8.010 of this
Plan.

1.660 “Trust Fund” means the fund, including the earnings thereon, held by the Trustee for all
contributions under this Plan by Participants and the Company.

1.670 “Trustee” means the trustee or trustees of the trust described in Article VIII of this Plan.

1.680 “Valuation Date” means any New York Stock Exchange trading day.

1.690 “Vesting Service” means the period commencing with an Employee’s Employment Commencement Date
and ending with his Employment Severance Date and the period from an Employee’s Reemployment Date
to his subsequent Employment Severance Date. In addition, Vesting Service includes the period of
time between an Employee’s Employment Severance Date and his Reemployment Date, if that period does
not exceed twelve (12) months, except that if an Employee is absent because of a Leave and then
resigns, is discharged or retires, the period of time during which the Employee may return and
receive Vesting Service begins on the date of his resignation, discharge or retirement and ends one
(1) year from the first day of such Leave.

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ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS

2.010 Eligible Employees. Each Represented Hourly Employee of the Company shall be eligible to
become a Participant in, and to make contributions to, the Plan. Such eligibility shall continue
for so long as such Employee continues to be a Represented Hourly Employee.

	(a)	 	Participation of any Eligible Employee in the Plan shall be entirely voluntary. An election
to participate shall become effective on the as soon as is reasonably possible following
receipt by the Plan Administrator of the said election.
	 
	(b)	 	No contributions shall be made by, or with respect to, any Participant after any of the
following events until such Participant again makes an election under subsection (b):

	 	(1)	 	the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Participant receives a distribution under Section 5.020, 5.030 or 5.050; or
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Participant voluntarily elects to have contributions suspended.

	(c)	 	No contributions shall be made by, or with respect to, any Participant during any period of
suspension of contributions described in Section 6.010 or 6.020.

2.020 Basic Contributions . A Participant may also take either or both of the actions described in
subsections (a) and (b) below:

	(a)	 	Such a Participant may elect to defer receipt of an amount equal to 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or 5% of
his or her Base Compensation, which amount shall be contributed as a Basic Pre-tax
Contribution to the Participant’s Pre-tax Contribution Account.
	 
	(b)	 	authorize having deducted form his regular Base Compensation 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or 5% and then
have the amount of such deduction (as adjusted for all applicable taxes due on that amount)
paid to the Plan as a Basic After-tax Contribution to his or her After-tax Contribution
Account.

provided, however, that the percentages elected to be deferred or deducted and then made as Basic
Pre-tax and Basic After-tax Contributions may together not exceed 5% of the Participant’s Base
Compensation.

2.030 Supplemental Contributions. A Participant who has made the elections and/or authorizations
described in Section 2.020 will also be permitted to take either or both of the actions described
in subsections (a) and (b) below:

	(a)(1)	 	 if he is a non-Highly Compensated Employee, elect to defer receipt of an amount equal to
6% through 25% of his regular Base Compensation (such deferral to be elected in whole

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	 	 	percentages), and to instead have that amount paid to the Plan as a Supplemental Pre-tax
Contribution to his Pre-tax Contribution Account;
	 
	     (2)	 	if he is a Highly Compensated Employee, elect to defer receipt of an amount equal to 6%
through 12% of his regular Base Compensation (such deferral to be elected in whole
percentages), and to instead have that amount paid to the Plan as a Supplemental Pre-tax
Contribution to his Pre-tax Contribution Account;
	 
	(b)(1)	 	 if he is a non-Highly Compensated Employee, authorize having deducted from his regular
Base Compensation 6% through 25% (such deduction to be authorized in whole percentages) and
then have the amount of such deduction (as adjusted for all applicable taxes due on that
amount) paid to the Plan as a Supplemental After-tax Contribution to his After-tax
Contribution Account; and
	 
	     (2)	 	if he is a Highly Compensated Employee, authorize having deducted from his regular Base
Compensation 6% through 16% (such deduction to be authorized in whole percentages) and then
have the amount of such deduction (as adjusted for all applicable taxes due on that amount)
paid to the Plan as a Supplemental After-tax Contribution to his After-tax Contribution
Account.

provided, however, that the percentages elected to be deferred or deducted and then made as
Supplemental Pre-tax and Supplemental After-tax Contributions may together not exceed 20% of the
Participant’s Base Compensation if he is a non-Highly Compensated Employee or 11% of the
Participant’s Base Compensation if he is a Highly Compensated Employee.

2.040 Changes Between Pre-tax and After-tax Contributions. A Participant will be permitted to
elect to increase or decrease at any time (and as often as he wishes) the rate of his Pre-tax and
After-tax Contributions. Any such increase or decrease of the rate of the Participant’s Pre-tax
and After-tax Contributions will be effective as soon as is reasonably possible after receipt by
the Plan Administrator of the Participant’s election.

2.045 Catch-up Contributions. In addition to the Basic Pre-tax Contributions and the Supplemental
Pre-tax Contributions described, respectively, in Sections 2.020 and 2.030, subject to Section
3.020 and notwithstanding any of the nondiscrimination rules described in Code §401(a)(4) or
limitations on Participant Contributions as are otherwise in effect under this Plan, including, but
not limited to any such rules or limitations as are set forth in Sections 3.010 and 12.010, any
Participants in the Plan who on or prior to the last day of a Plan Year will have attained age 50
and who has in place an election under Section 2.020 of at least 1% of Base Compensation will be
permitted to elect to have an additional amount equal to 1% through 75% of his regular Base
Compensation contributed as a pre-tax Catch-up Contribution to the Plan on his behalf during that
Plan Year, so long as the total of any such Catch-up Contributions during the Plan Year are not in
excess of the applicable dollar amount set forth in the said Section 3.020.

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	2.050	 	Rollover Contributions. A Participant who is an Eligible Employee may elect (by providing
the Plan Administrator with notice thereof) to have the entire amount credited to his account
in a qualified individual account plan of a former employer transferred from such plan to this
Plan as a Rollover Contribution, subject to the following:

	(a)	 	Such Rollover Contributions are eligible for receipt hereunder only if they are in the
form of cash and are derived entirely from employee contributions or vested employer
contributions to a retirement plan described in and subject to Code §401(a), a
tax-sheltered annuity plan described in and subject to Code §403(b) or a governmental
retirement plan described in and subject to Code §457.
	 
	(b)	 	No portion of such Rollover Contributions may be derived from a transfer from a qualified
plan which at any time had permitted benefit payments in the form of a life annuity.

	(c)	 	Rollover Contributions will be credited to separate Rollover Accounts, which will be separate
from the Participant’s Pre-tax and After-tax Contribution Accounts and, as such, will be
subject to investment elections which are separate from those related to the Participant’s
Pre-tax and After-tax Contribution accounts, but which will be subject to the same process as
is set forth in Article IV of this Plan.

2.060 Matching Contribution Formula. The Company will contribute to the Plan on behalf of each
Participant out of its current or accumulated profits for each week Company Matching Contributions
equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Participant’s Basic Pre-tax Contributions and Basic After-tax
Contributions from up to5% of Base Compensation attributable to Pay Periods ending within such
week provided, however, that such Company Contributions shall not exceed an amount equal to two and
one-half percent (2.5%) of the Participant’s Compensation. Such Company Matching Contributions
will be made in the form and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.070.

Any forfeitures of Company Matching Contributions occurring during a Plan Year shall be used to
reduce Company Matching Contributions for such Plan Year.

2.070 Rules Concerning Matching Contributions.

	(a)	 	No Company Matching Contributions will be made with respect to a Participant’s Supplemental
Pre-tax Contributions, Catch-up Contributions, Supplemental After-tax Contributions or
Rollover Contributions.
	 
	(b)	 	Company Matching Contributions will be made directed to a stable value fund when they are
contributed.

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ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS

3.010 Limitations on Employee Pre-tax Contributions.

	(a)	 	The aggregate amount in any calendar year of all of a Participant’s:

	 	(1)	 	Basic and Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions to this Plan;
	 
	 	(2)	 	elective deferrals under any other cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in
Code §402(g)); and
	 
	 	(3)	 	elective employer contributions to any simplified employee pension (as defined in
and pursuant to, respectively, Code §§408(k)(1) and (6))

	 	 	may not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or such larger sum as may be in effect under
Code §402(g)(5).
	 
	(b)	 	Prior to the beginning of, and periodically during, each Plan Year, the Plan Administrator
will cause a test to be conducted of Pre-tax Contribution elections under Sections 2.020(a)
and 2.030(a) of (b), in order to determine whether the Average Pre-tax Contribution
Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee Group exceeds the Pre-tax Contribution
Percentage Limit. If it is determined that the Pre-tax Contributions made for any Plan Year
by the Highly Compensated Employee Group would (if not reduced) cause the Average Pre-tax
Contribution Percentage of that Group to exceed the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit,
the Plan Administrator will first reduce any Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions and then the
Basic Pre-tax Contributions elected by Participants in the Highly Compensated Employee Group,
so that the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit will not be exceeded for the Plan Year:

	 	(1)	 	Such reduction will be effective as of the first payroll date in the month following
such determination and will be made by first reducing the Pre-tax Contribution Accounts of
Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants who have the greatest dollar amount of
Pre-tax Contributions (but not below the Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants
with the next highest dollar amount of Pre-tax Contributions), and then, if necessary,
reducing the Pre-tax Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants
with the next highest dollar amount of Pre-tax Contributions (including the Pre-tax
Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants whose Pre-tax
Contributions have already been reduced by the Plan Administrator), and continuing in
descending order until the Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage for the Highly
Compensated Employee Group satisfies the Pre-tax Contribution Limit.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Such excess Pre-tax Contributions will be distributed to the affected Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants as soon as practicable after

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	 	 	 	the end of such Plan Year and in all events prior the end of the next following Plan
Year. Effective January 1, 2006, income allocable to such excess Pre-tax Contributions
with respect to any Participant that are distributed in the next following Plan Year
shall equal the sum of the allocable gain or loss for the Plan Year, and any allocable
gain or loss for the period between the end of the Plan Year and the date of the
corrective distribution (i.e., the “gap period”). Income allocable to excess Pre-tax
Contributions for the Plan Year and any gap period shall be calculated under any
reasonable method as determined by the Plan Administrator, provided that such method is
used for allocating income to Participants’ Pre-tax Contribution Accounts and is used
consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan
for the Plan Year.

	(c)	 	Reductions in Basic or Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions pursuant to subsection (b) of this
Section will continue until the Plan Administrator determines that changed circumstances
permit a revision of such Pre-tax Contributions, in which case the Plan Administrator will
determine the amount by which such Pre-tax Contributions may be revised for the balance of the
Plan Year.
	 
	(d)	 	In order to determine the amount of excess Pre-tax Contributions, if any, for the members of
    the Highly Compensated Employee Group, the Plan Administrator or his delegate will:

	 	(1)	 	determine the “highly compensated employee” (as defined in Code §414(q)) in the
Group with the highest Pre-tax Contribution Percentage (i.e., the amount of such
employee’s Pre-tax Contributions in a particular Plan Year, divided by his
Compensation for the Plan Year);
	 
	 	(2)	 	determine how much the said Percentage would have to be reduced to either
satisfy the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage test under Code §401(k)(3) or cause
such Percentage to equal the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage of the highly
compensated employee with the next highest Percentage; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	repeat making the determination set forth in Paragraph (2) until such time as
the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage test described in that Paragraph is satisfied.
	 
	 	 	 	The amount of excess Pre-tax Contributions for the members of the Highly Compensated Employee
Group is equal to the amount equal to the sum of the hypothetical reductions described above,
multiplied by such members’ Compensation.

	(e)	 	To the extent permitted under Section 3.015, the amount representing the additional amount of
Base Compensation which would have been contributed as Supplemental Pre-tax or Basic Pre-tax
Contributions on behalf of the Participant will be contributed by the Participant to the Plan,
as appropriate, as Supplemental After-tax or Basic After-tax Contributions. In addition, to
the extent permitted by regulation, the Plan Administrator may during or following a Plan Year
cause Supplemental or Basic Pre-tax Contributions made on behalf of Highly

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	 	 	Compensated Employee Group Participants to be recharacterized (on a uniform and
non-discriminatory basis) as Supplemental or Basic After-tax Contributions to the extent
necessary to prevent the Average Pre-tax Contribution Percentage for that Plan Year for those
Participants from exceeding the Pre-tax Contribution Percentage Limit.

3.015 Limitations on After-tax Contributions and Matching Contributions.

	(a)	 	Prior to the beginning of, and periodically during, each Plan Year, the Plan Administrator
will cause a test to be conducted of After-tax Contribution elections under Sections 2.020(b)
and 2.030(c) in order to determine whether the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage for
the Highly Compensated Employee Group exceeds the After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit. If
it is determined that the After-tax Contributions made for any Plan Year by the Highly
Compensated Employee Group would (if not reduced) cause the Average After-tax Contribution
Percentage of that Group to exceed the After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit, the Plan
Administrator will first reduce any Supplemental After-tax Contributions and then the Basic
After-tax Contributions elected by Participants in the Highly Compensated Employee Group, so
that the After-tax Contribution Percentage Limit will not be exceeded for the Plan Year:

	 	(1)	 	Such reduction will be effective as of the first payroll date in the month
following such determination and will be made by first reducing the After-tax
Contribution Accounts of Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants who have the
greatest dollar amount of After-tax Contributions (but not below the Highly Compensated
Employee Group Participants with the next highest dollar amount of After-tax
Contributions), and then, if necessary, reducing the After-tax Contributions of the
Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants with the next highest dollar amount of
After-tax Contributions (including the After-tax Contributions of the Highly
Compensated Employee Group Participants whose After-tax Contributions have already been
reduced by the Plan Administrator), and continuing in descending order until the
Average After-tax Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee Group
satisfies the After-tax Contribution Limit.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Such excess After-tax Contributions will be distributed to the affected
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employee Group Participants as soon as
practicable after the end of such Plan Year and in all events prior the end of the next
following Plan Year. Effective January 1, 2006, income allocable to such excess
After-tax Contributions with respect to any Participant that are distributed in the
next following Plan Year shall equal the sum of the allocable gain or loss for the Plan
Year, and any allocable gain or loss for the period between the end of the Plan Year
and the date of the corrective distribution (i.e., the “gap period”). Income allocable
to excess After-tax Contributions for the Plan Year and any gap period shall be
calculated under any reasonable method as determined by the Plan Administrator,
provided that such method is used for allocating income to Participants’ After-tax
Contribution Accounts

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	 	 	 	and is used consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under
the Plan for the Plan Year.

	(b)	 	Reductions in Basic or Supplemental After-tax Contributions pursuant to subsection (a) of
this Section will continue until the Plan Administrator determines that changed circumstances
permit a revision of such Contributions, in which case the Plan Administrator will determine
the amount by which such Contributions may be revised for the balance of the Plan Year.
	 
	(c)	 	If it is determined as a result of tests of contribution elections pursuant to subsection (a)
that there will be “excess aggregate contributions” (as defined in and determined pursuant to Code
§401(m)(6)) in any Plan Year, such excess aggregate contributions and all income allocable thereto
will be distributed, or, if forfeitable, forfeited, in the manner and within the time required by
the said §401(m)(6). Income allocable to excess aggregate contributions with respect to any
Participant shall equal the sum of the allocable gain or loss for the Plan Year, and, effective
January 1, 2006, any allocable gain or loss for the period between the end of the Plan Year and the
date of the forfeiture or corrective distribution (the “gap period”). Income allocable to excess
aggregate contributions for the Plan Year and any gap period shall be calculated under any
reasonable method as determined by the Plan Administrator, provided that such method is used for
allocating income attributable to Participants’ Company Contribution Accounts, and is used
consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan for the Plan
Year. Any excess aggregate contributions made to the Plan shall be taken into account as employer
contributions to the extent required in applicable IRS regulations.
	 
	(d)	 	In order to determine the amount of excess After-tax Contributions, if any, for the members
of the Highly Compensated Employee Group, the Plan Administrator or his delegate will:

	 	(1)	 	determine the “highly compensated employee” (as defined in Code §414(q)) in the
Group with the highest After-tax Contribution Percentage (i.e., the amount of such
employee’s After-tax Contributions in a particular Plan Year, divided by his
Compensation for the Plan Year), such After-tax Contributions to include any excess
Pre-tax Contributions which are treated as After-tax Contributions due to
recharacterization;
	 
	 	(2)	 	determine how much the said Percentage would have to be reduced to either
satisfy the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage test under Code §401(m)(3) or
cause such Percentage to equal the After-tax Contribution Percentage of the highly
compensated employee with the next highest Percentage; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	repeat making the determination set forth in Paragraph (2) until such time as
the Average After-tax Contribution Percentage test described in that Paragraph is
satisfied.

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In making the determinations set forth in this Section, any amounts which were the subject of
recharacterization of Pre-tax Contributions as After-tax Contributions will be included herein as
being After-tax Contributions. The amount of excess After-tax Contributions for the members of the
Highly Compensated Employee Group is equal to the amount equal to the sum of the hypothetical
reductions described above, multiplied by such members’ Compensation.

3.020 Limits for Catch-up Contributions. Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in the
preceding Section 3.010 or any other provision of this Plan, the aggregate amount of Catch-up
Contributions for a given Plan Year of any Participant who, as of the end of a Plan Year, is at
least age fifty (50), who intends to have Basic and Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions made to the
Plan during the Plan Year which could be in excess of the limit set forth in the said Section 3.010
and who has a Basic Pre-tax or After-tax Contribution election of at least 1% in place, will be
permitted to elect to have Catch-up Contributions made on his behalf to the Plan in amounts
totaling the limits set forth below for such Contributions:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Plan Year	 	Dollar Limit
	 
	2002
	 	$	1000.00	 
	2003
	 	$	2000.00	 
	2004
	 	$	3000.00	 
	2005
	 	$	4000.00	 
	2006
	 	$	5000.00	 
	2007
	 	$	5000.00	 
	2008
	 	$	5000.00	 

Such Dollar Limits for Plan Years subsequent to December 31, 2008 will be adjusted for increases in
the cost of living at the same time and in the same manner as adjustments are made under Code
§415(d).

To the extent that any such Catch-up Contribution is in excess of the limits of this Section and,
if not otherwise limited pursuant to any other provisions of this Plan which are applicable to
Participant Contributions or Company Matching Contributions, such excess will nevertheless be
contributed to the Plan as an After-tax Contribution of such Participant.

3.030 Incorporation by Reference. The limitations of Internal Revenue Code §§401(k), 401(m) and
414(v) are hereby incorporated by reference. Articles II and III of the Plan set forth the basic
requirements of Code §§401(k) and (m) and Section 414(v). In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of these Articles II and III and the Code §401(k), 401(m) and/or 414(v) requirements,
the provisions of Code §§401(k), 401(m) and 414(v) and regulations thereunder shall govern. The
Plan also incorporates by reference any subsequent IRS guidance applicable under these Code
provisions.

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ARTICLE IV PLAN INVESTMENTS

4.010 Investment Elections. In addition to the elections and authorizations set forth in Article
III, a Participant will be permitted to elect in which Investment Funds his Participant
Contributions will be invested.

	(a)	 	Such investments will be elected by the Participant among the Investment Funds in one percent
(1%) increments, with the total of the elected percentage increments equaling one hundred
percent (100%); provided, however, that the Participant will not be permitted to have any of
the said Contributions invested in the Special Stock Funds.

	(b)	 	The Participant will be permitted to change, on a daily basis, any previous Investment Fund
election or elections he has made with regard to his Contributions pursuant to subsection (a),
but he will not be permitted to elect to have investment of his Contributions changed to the
Special Stock Funds.

	(c)	 	The elections and changes to such elections which a Participant makes pursuant to this
Section will be made by means of any method (including any available telephonic or electronic
method which is acceptable to the Plan Administrator at the time the election or change is
made by the Participant), and may be made at any time and will be effective as of the New York
Stock Exchange closing immediately following the making of that election or change; provided,
however, if it is determined by the Plan Administrator or his delegate that an investment
election made by a Participant is invalid or defective, the Participant’s election prior to
July 1, 2005, will, until duly corrected by him, be deemed to have been made in favor of the
Stable Value Fund. Effective July 1, 2005, such an invalid or defective election will be
deemed to have been made in favor of the appropriate target retirement Investment Fund based
on such Participant’s date of birth.

	(d)	 	The Account of any Participant who initially fails to make a valid investment election prior
to becoming a participant in the Plan shall be invested in the appropriate target retirement
Investment Fund based on such Participant’s date of birth (or such other Investment Fund as
selected by the Trustee or as directed by the Plan Administrator). Prior to July 1, 2005,
such Accounts were invested in a stable value fund.

4.020 Transfers from Investment Funds. A Participant will be permitted to have the whole or
a portion of the value of his interest in any of the Plan’s Investment Funds (including, prior to
July 1, 2005, Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B and after June 30, 2005, the Rockwell Automation
Stock Fund) and the Special Stock Funds which is attributable to his own Participant Contributions
transferred out of such Fund and into any of the Investment Funds, except that a Participant who is
a Divested Business Employee will not be permitted to elect to have such interest transferred into
Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective from July 1, 2005
through November 7, 2007, a Divested Business Employee will be permitted to elect to have such
interest transferred into the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund.

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4.030 Transfers from Special Stock Funds. A Participant will be permitted to have the whole or a
portion of the value of his interest in any of the Plan’s Special Stock Funds transferred out of
such Funds pursuant to the rules and limitations set forth below:

	(a)	 	A Participant who is an Employee of the Company or who is a former Employee who is not a
Divested Business Employee may elect to have some or all of his interest in any Special Stock
Fund transferred to any Investment Fund, including Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B (or, after
June 30, 2005, the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund). Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective
November 7, 2007, a Participant who is no longer an Employee (including a Participant who is a
Divested Business Employee) or a Beneficiary may not make any transfers into the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund.

	(b)	 	Prior to July 1, 2005, a Participant who is a Divested Business Employee may elect to have
some or all of his interest in any Special Stock Fund, whether such interest is attributable
to his own Participant Contributions or to Company Contributions, transferred to any
Investment Fund other than Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B. Effective July 1, 2005 through
November 7, 2007, a Divested Business Employee may elect to have some or all of his interest
in any Special Stock Fund transferred into the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund. Effective
November 7, 2007, a Divested Business Employee may not make any transfers into the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund.

4.035 Mandatory Transfer from the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article IV to the contrary, effective November 7, 2007, any Participant who is
not an Employee at such time (including a Participant who is a Divested Business Employee) shall be
deemed to have elected to transfer that portion of his interest in the Rockwell Automation Stock
Fund that exceeds 15% of his total Account value as of such time to a target retirement Investment
Fund based on such Participant’s date of birth.

Further, for each Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2007, the Plan Administrator shall select
a date prior to June 30 on which any Participant who is not an Employee as of the preceding
December 31 (including a Participant who is a Divested Business Employee) shall be deemed to have
elected to transfer that portion of his interest in the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund that exceeds
15% of his total Account value to a target retirement Investment Fund based on such Participant’s
date of birth. The Plan Administrator shall give affected Participants at least sixty (60) days
prior notice of such transfer.

4.040 General Transfer Rules and Limitations. The Fund transfers described in the preceding
Sections will be subject to the following limitations:

	(a)	 	Any such transfer will be effected in dollar amounts or in increments of 1% of the value of
the Participant’s interest in a transferring Fund, but in no event will any such transfer be
in an amount less than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00), except that if the balance of
a Participant’s interest in a Fund is less than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00), the
Participant may elect to have the entire balance of his interest in the Fund transferred.

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	(b)	 	Transfer elections may be made at any time, but each such election by a Participant will
be effective and be thereafter irrevocable as of the New York Stock Exchange closing
immediately following the Participant’s election. The elections may be made by means of
any method (including any available telephonic or electronic method) which is acceptable
to the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that, if it is determined by the Plan
Administrator or his delegate that an investment election made by a Participant is invalid
or defective, the Participant’s election will, until duly corrected by him, be deemed to
have not been made.
	 
	(c)	 	At no time may any Plan assets be transferred to any of the Special Stock Funds.

4.050 Participant’s Accounts. Separate Participant Contribution, Rollover (if applicable) and
Company Contribution Accounts will be established and maintained by the Trustee to represent all
amounts, adjusted for gains or losses thereon, which have been contributed by or on behalf of a
Participant as Participant Contributions, Rollover Contributions and Company Matching
Contributions. Such separate Accounts must contain sufficient information to permit a
determination of the dollar balance of the Participant’s Accounts at any time and to permit, with
respect to Rockwell Automation Stock Funds B and the Special Stock Funds, a determination of the
number of equivalent shares of common stock held on the Participant’s behalf in those Funds. Each
Contribution on behalf of a Participant to an Investment Fund or Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B
and each payment made to a Participant from an Investment Fund, a Special Stock Fund or Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund B will result in a credit or charge to the Account representing the
Participant’s interest in such Fund. In addition, dividend proceeds on Rockwell Automation common
stock held in Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B will be used for the purchase, when possible, of
additional shares of Rockwell Automation common stock for the Fund and, therefore, will result in
appropriate adjustments to the balances in the said Fund and to the value of the Participant’s
interest in the said Fund. Effective July 1, 2005, “the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund” shall be
substituted for all instances of “Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B” in this Section 4.010.

4.060 Valuation and Participant Statements. As of each Valuation Date, an amount equal to the fair
market value of the Funds (other than dividends received which are attributable to whole shares of
Rockwell Automation common stock which were or are to be transferred to Participant Accounts
subsequent to the record date for such dividend) will be determined by the Trustee in such manner
and on such basis as it may deem appropriate. At least annually, but more frequently, if the Plan
Administrator should so determine, the Trustee will forward by mail to each Participant a
statement, in such form as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate, setting forth pertinent
information relative to each Participant’s Accounts. Such statement will, for all purposes, be
deemed to have been accepted as correct, unless the Plan Administrator (or the Trustee, as the case
may be) is notified to the contrary by mail within ninety (90) days of the date on which it was
mailed to the Participant.

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ARTICLE V VESTING AND ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS

5.010 Vesting.

	(a)	 	Every Participant will at all times have a One Hundred Percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his After-tax Contribution Account, Pre-tax Contribution Account
and, if applicable, Rollover Account.

	(b)	 	A Participant who attains age sixty five (65) or dies while still an Employee or who
experiences a Layoff will thereafter have a One Hundred Percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his Company Contribution Account. With respect to a Participant
who has not yet attained age sixty five (65), vesting of his or her Company Contribution
Account shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Years of	 	 
	Vesting Service	 	Vested Interest
	1
	 	 	20	%
	2
	 	 	40	%
	3
	 	 	60	%
	4
	 	 	80	%
	5
	 	 	100	%.

	(c)	 	Subject to subsection (b) above, a Participant who terminates employment at any time prior to
completing five (5) years of Vesting Service will forfeit the portion of his Company Contribution
Account which is not vested on his Employment Severance Date:

	 	(1)	 	on his Employment Severance Date, if he receives a distribution of all of his
vested Account balances at that time, but the Participant may have the said forfeiture
restored, if he is reemployed by the Company or an Affiliated Company and repays the
previously distributed amount within five (5) years of his Employment Severance Date,
or
	 
	 	(2)	 	on the fifth anniversary of his Employment Severance Date, even though he does not
receive a distribution as a result of his termination of employment and even though he
is reemployed by the Company or an Affiliated Company, if his Reemployment Date is not
within five (5) years of his Employment Severance Date;

provided, however, that a Participant’s Vesting Service with respect to Company Contributions
made after his Reemployment Date will include his Vesting Service prior to his Employment
Severance Date, if his Reemployment Date is less than five (5) years after his prior Employment
Severance Date.

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	(d)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section to the contrary, if the vesting
provisions in subsection (b) of this Section should be amended in the future, a Participant
who has completed five (5) years of Vesting Service at that time may elect to have his vested
percentage in his Company Contribution Account determined under the vesting provisions of
subsection (b) as they were set forth prior to the said amendment.
	 
	(e)	 	Any Participant who is a Divested Business Employee (including any employee of Rockwell
Collins or of Rockwell Scientific Company LLC who was an Employee of the Company immediately
prior to the Collins Spin-off) will have a One Hundred Percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable interest in such Participant’s Company Contribution Account resulting from
Company Matching Contributions made to that Account prior to the transaction which resulted in
him becoming a Divested Business Employee.

5.020 Retirement, Death, Termination of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.070 and
Section 5.080, as soon as administratively practicable after the occurrence of a Participant’s:

	(a)	 	Retirement,
	 
	(b)	 	death,
	 
	(c)	 	Layoff or
	 
	(c)	 	termination of employment,

a Participant or his Beneficiary (in the case of the Participant’s death) will receive the entire
vested balance of his Plan Account. In the case, however, of Retirement, a Participant who would
otherwise receive a distribution pursuant to the preceding sentence may instead make an election
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.050.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, distribution of a Participant’s vested
interest in his Accounts shall commence no later than the Participant’s “Required Beginning Date.”
The Participant’s Required Beginning Date is the April 1 following the close of the calendar year
in which the Participant attains age 701/2, if the Participant is a more than 5% owner of the Company
with respect to the Plan Year ending in that calendar year. For any other Participant, the
Participant’s “Required Beginning Date” is the April 1 following the close of the calendar year in
which the Participant terminates service with the Company, or if later, the April 1 following the
close of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2. Distributions under the Plan
made after the Participant’s Required Beginning Date shall be made in accordance with Article XIV.

5.030 Distributions to Participants Who Are Divested Business Employees. In the case of any
Participant who is a Divested Business Employee who was prohibited (such prohibition being
consistent with the Internal Revenue Service’s “same desk rule” in effect prior to

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September 1,
2000 for this Plan and other Code §401(k) plans) from having his Plan Account balance distributed
to him while he was still employed by the acquirer (including Boeing, Meritor and Conexant) of a former component of the Company will be permitted to elect to have such
Plan Account balance distributed to him on or after September 1, 2000, even though he is still
employed by the said acquirer. Distributions under this Section will be made to the Participant as
soon as practicable following his providing the Plan Administrator or his delegate with an election
therefor. Such distributions must consist of the entire balance of the Participant’s Plan Account
and must be paid in a lump sum in whatever form is elected by the Participant pursuant to Section
5.040.

5.040 Form of Distributions — Stock or Cash. Distributions made under this Article will be made
to Participants and, when applicable, their Beneficiaries in the form of cash or common stock, or
in a combination of cash and common stocks, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b):

	(a)	 	With respect to Investment Funds (other than Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B or, after June
30, 2005, the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund), a Participant will receive the entire balance
of his Accounts in such Funds in cash. Such balance will be determined in the manner set
forth in Section 4.070, by reference to the value of the Participant’s interest:

	 	(1)	 	on the date of such Participant’s Retirement or termination of employment or,
	 
	 	(2)	 	in the case of the Participant’s death or disability and in the case of Divested
Business Employee’s election to receive such distribution, on the date all
documentation necessary to effect distribution has been received by the Plan
Administrator or his delegate.

	(b)	 	With respect to Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B, the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund and the
Special Stock Funds, the Participant will be permitted, if he should so elect, to receive the
entire balance of his Accounts in such Funds in the manner described in the preceding subsection or
in shares, as applicable, of Rockwell Automation, Boeing, Meritor, Conexant, Rockwell Collins,
Skyworks or MindSpeed common stock equal in number to the maximum number of whole shares of common
stock which could be purchased for the closing price of that common stock on that date (as such
price is documented on the New York Stock Exchange — Composite Transactions listing) or, in the
event such date falls on a day on which for any reason there are no trades of such stock reflected
on such listing, the next trading day subsequent to that date. In addition, the Participant will
be paid in cash for the value of any partial shares of the said common stock and the amount of any
cash dividends received since that date which are attributable to the number of whole shares of
common stock distributed to him.

5.050 Payment Method for Distributions to Retiring Participants. Any Participant who is eligible
for and wishes to receive a distribution under Section 5.020 on account of his Retirement will make
an election concerning the form of distribution and will provide such election to the Plan
Administrator or the Plan Administrator’s delegate prior to Retirement. The form of distributions
such a Participant may elect will be in the form of either:

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	(a)	 	a lump sum payment, or
	 
	(b)	 	ten (10) or fewer annual installment payments, such installment payments to be equal to the
value of the Participant’s Accounts as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding
distribution, divided by the number of installments remaining at the time of each payment.
The initial installment payment will be made as soon as is practicable after the effective
date of the Participant’s election, with subsequent payments during the elected installment
payment period to be made as of the annual anniversary date of the initial installment
payment.

If a Participant who had previously Retired and commenced receipt of installment payments pursuant
to subsection (b) returns to employment with the Company or an Affiliated Company, such installment
payments will be suspended until the Participant’s subsequent retirement, at which time he would be
permitted again to make the election described therein. In the event that no election concerning
the form of distribution has been made by a Retired Participant by the end of the calendar year in
which he has attained age seventy and one-half (70-1/2), distributions will be made in accordance
with Article XIV.

5.060 [Reserved]

5.070 Participant’s Consent to Distribution of Benefits. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
the Plan to the contrary, if the aggregate value of the vested and nonforfeitable Account balances
of an individual who terminates his employment with the Company and is no longer a Plan Participant
is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) ($5,000 for Plan Years prior to 2005) or less, the Plan
Administrator will arrange such balances to be consolidated and distributed to such Participant as
soon as practicable following such termination pursuant to in the manner set forth in Section
5.020.

If such vested and nonforfeitable amount is in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) ($5,000
for Plan Years prior to 2005) and the Participant has not attained age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2) at the time distribution of benefits under the Plan would otherwise be made, no
distribution of benefits under the Plan will be made, unless the Plan Administrator or his delegate
first obtains the Participant’s consent thereto. In the event such consent is not so obtained, the
Participant’s Accounts will be retained by the Plan and will be maintained and valued in accordance
with Article IV. Distribution of the Participant’s Accounts pursuant to this Section will be made
following the date on which the Participant’s consent to such distribution is obtained or, if
earlier, the date on which the Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70-1/2) or dies, in
the manner provided Article XIV and Section 5.080, respectively.

5.075 Cashout Forfeitures and Repayments. In the case of a Participant who receives a distribution
pursuant to Section 5.050 upon his termination of participation in this Plan when he has less than
five (5) years of Vesting Service, such Participant will, at the time of the distribution, forfeit
any portion of his Company Contribution Account which is not vested and

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nonforfeitable at the time
of his termination of participation in the Plan. If such Participant should return to employment with the Company within five (5) years of the date of such distribution
and forfeiture, the said forfeiture will be restored, if he repays the amount previously
distributed. The amount restored, upon repayment of the distribution pursuant to this Section,
will be equal to the amount forfeited at the time of the distribution, such amount to be unadjusted
any gains or losses subsequent to the forfeiture and prior to the repayment.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant’s service with
respect to which he received a distribution under this Section or under Section 6.040 will not be
affected or reduced for eligibility purposes or for determination of his years of Vesting Service
under Section 5.010.

5.080 Distributions to Beneficiaries. In the event of a Participant’s death, a distribution to the
Participant’s Beneficiary shall be made as follows:

	(a)	 	A Non-spousal Beneficiary shall receive a lump-sum payment as soon as administratively
practicable following the Participant’s death.

	(b)	 	A Spousal Beneficiary shall continue to receive installment payments that the Participant
elected pursuant to Section 5.050, if any, unless such spousal Beneficiary elects to receive
the Participant’s remaining Account balance in a lump sum payment at any time following the
Participant’s death. In the event that no distribution election has been made by a Spousal
Beneficiary prior to the time distributions are required under Code §401(a)(9) and regulations
thereunder or installment payments are not completed by such time, distribution will be made
in accordance with Article XIV.

5.090 Transfer of Distribution Directly to Eligible Retirement Plan. If a Participant, a
Participant’s spouse entitled to distribution as his Beneficiary pursuant to Article VII, or a
former spouse entitled to distribution pursuant to Section 9.120(b) or, effective as of September
1, 2007, any individual entitled to a distribution as a Beneficiary pursuant to Article VII should
so request in writing, the Plan Administrator will cause all or a portion of the amounts (including
shares of Common Stock) with respect to which the Participant would be taxed under Code §402 to be
transferred from the Trustee directly to the custodian of an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by
the Participant. Such request will be made, in the case of a Participant, at the time his or her
consent to such distribution is given to the Plan Administrator pursuant to Section 5.050, or at
such later date as the Plan Administrator permits, or, in the case of the Participant’s spouse or
former spouse, at such time as the Plan Administrator determines. Prior to effecting such transfer
the Plan Administrator may require evidence reasonably satisfactory to him that the entity to which
such transfer is to be made is in fact an Eligible Retirement Plan and that such Eligible
Retirement Plan may receive the distribution in the forms required under this Article.

5.100 Uncashed Checks. If the Plan Administrator distributes the assets in a Participant’s Account
pursuant to this Article V and the distribution check is not cashed, a Participant will be entitled
to request a new check. In such case, the amount of the new check will be equal to the

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amount of the original, uncashed distribution check and will not be adjusted
for earnings and losses.

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ARTICLE VI IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

6.010 Withdrawals from Accounts by Participants under Age 59-1/2.

	(a)	 	A Participant who has not yet attained age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) may elect
while still employed to withdraw certain amounts from his Accounts. As soon as is
practicable after the Plan Administrator’s receipt of such an election, there will be
paid or transferred to such Participant cash and, if applicable, common stock from his
Accounts in the following order:

	 	(1)	 	first, from that portion of his After-tax Contribution Account which is
attributable to his Supplemental After-tax Contributions prior to January 1, 1987;
	 
	 	(2)	 	second, from that portion of his After-tax Contribution Account which is
attributable to his Supplemental After-tax Contributions after December 31, 1986;
	 
	 	(3)	 	third, from that portion of his After-tax Contributions Account which is
attributable to Basic After-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(4)	 	fourth, from that portion of his Rollover Account which is attributable to pre-tax
Rollover Contributions;
	 
	 	(5)	 	fifth, from that portion of his Rollover Account which is attributable to after-tax
Rollover Contributions;
	 
	 	(6)	 	sixth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which
is attributable to his Basic After-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(7)	 	seventh, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which is
attributable to Company Matching Contributions under the Allen Bradley Predecessor
Plan;
	 
	 	(8)	 	eighth, from that portion of his Pre-tax Contribution Account which is attributable
to his Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(9)	 	ninth, from that portion of his Account which is attributable to his Catch-up
Contributions.
	 
	 	(10)	 	tenth, from that portion of his Pre-tax Contribution Account, which is attributable
to his Basic Pre-tax Contributions.

	(b)	 	Withdrawals pursuant to this subsection may only be made by a Participant once every six (6)
months; provided, however, that this limitation may be waived by the Plan Administrator for
the six-month period immediately following any due declaration by the President of the United
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	 	 	a national disaster condition, if the withdrawal is requested for a reason associated with
financial need of the Participant resulting from the effects of the said condition.

	(c)	 	If a Participant should withdraw an amount from his Company Contribution Account pursuant to
subsection (a)(6), Company Matching Contributions will be suspended and will not be made to
his Company Contribution Account during the six-month period immediately following the
withdrawal.

	(d)	 	Withdrawals from a Participant’s Pre-tax Contribution Account pursuant to subsections (a)(7),
(a)(8), (a)(9) or (a)(10) prior to his attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) will
only be permitted upon the occurrence of a Hardship and such withdrawals will be administered
pursuant to Section 6.030.

	(e)	 	With the exception of the types of withdrawals available to certain Participants pursuant to
subsection (d), no Participant will be permitted to withdraw amounts in his Company
Contribution Accounts which are attributable to his Basic Pre-tax Contributions prior to his
attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2).

	(f)	 	The portion of a Participant’s Company Contribution Account balance which is attributable to
employer contributions which were made on his behalf to the Reliance Predecessor Plan prior to
October 1, 1995 will be available for withdrawal by the Participant at any time, in whole or
in part, if the Participant has a One Hundred Percent (100%) vested and nonforfeitable
interest in that Account balance pursuant to Section 5.010; provided, however, that any such
withdrawal will result in the suspension described in subsection (c) of this Section.

	(g)	 	Withdrawals from Rockwell Automation Stock Funds B, the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund or the
Special Stock Funds may, at the election of the withdrawing Participant, be in the form of
cash or, as applicable, in the form of Rockwell Automation, Boeing, Meritor, Conexant,
Rockwell Collins, Skyworks or MindSpeed common stock.

6.020 Withdrawal from Accounts by Participants Over Age 59-1/2.

	(a)	 	A Participant who has attained age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) and is still employed by
the Company may elect to withdraw any or all of the amounts in his Accounts. As soon as is
practicable after the Plan Administrator’s receipt of such an election, there will be paid or
transferred to such Participant cash and, if applicable, common stock from his Accounts in the
following order:

	 	(1)	 	first, from that portion of his After-tax Contribution Account which is
attributable to his Supplemental After-tax Contributions prior to January 1, 1987;
	 
	 	(2)	 	second, from that portion of his After-tax Contribution Account which is
attributable to his Supplemental After-tax Contributions after December 31, 1986;

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	 	(3)	 	third, from that portion of his After-tax Contributions Account which is
attributable to Basic After-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(4)	 	fourth, from that portion of his Rollover Account which is attributable to pre-tax
Rollover Contributions;
	 
	 	(5)	 	fifth, from that portion of his Rollover Account which is attributable to after-tax
Rollover Contributions;
	 
	 	(6)	 	sixth, from that portion of his Pre-tax Contribution Account which is attributable
to his Supplemental Pre-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(7)	 	seventh, from that portion of his Account which is attributable to his Catch-up
Contributions;
	 
	 	(8)	 	eighth, from that portion of his Pre-tax Contribution Account which is
attributable to his Basic Pre-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	(9)	 	ninth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account which is
attributable to qualified non-elective contributions (QNECs);
	 
	 	(10)	 	tenth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which is
attributable to Company Matching Contributions under the Reliance Predecessor Plan;
	 
	 	(11)	 	eleventh, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which
is attributable to Company Matching Contributions under the Allen Bradley Predecessor
Plan;
	 
	 	(12)	 	twelfth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which is
attributable to his After-tax Basic Contributions;
	 
	 	(13)	 	thirteenth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account, if vested, which
is attributable to his Pre-tax Basic Contributions;
	 
	 	(14)	 	fourteenth, from that portion of his Company Contribution Account attributable to
qualified matching contributions (QMACs); and
	 
	 	(15)	 	fifteenth, from that portion of his Account, if vested, which is attributable to
ESOP dividends.

	(b)	 	Withdrawals from Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B, the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund or
the Special Stock Funds may, at the election of the withdrawing Participant, be

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	 	 	in the form of cash or, as applicable, in the form of Rockwell Automation, Boeing, Rockwell
Collins, Meritor, MindSpeed, Skyworks or Conexant common stock.

6.030 Hardship Withdrawals from Pre-tax Accounts. Subject to any restrictions the Plan
Administrator might establish with respect to loans made pursuant to Section 6.060, the following
provisions may apply, in the event of the occurrence of a Hardship.

	(a)	 	An Participant who has not attained age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) may request approval
to withdraw some or all of the balance of his Pre-tax Contribution Account, if the Participant
can demonstrate that the withdrawal is required as a result of a Hardship (including payment
of any federal, state or local income taxes and penalties reasonably anticipated to result
from such Hardship withdrawal).

	(b)	 	Any determination of the existence of a Hardship, the reasonable availability to the
Participant of funds from other sources and the amount necessary to be withdrawn on account of
such Hardship will be made on the basis of all relevant facts and circumstances and in
accordance with the provisions of this Section and Section 1.370, as applied in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner. Such determination may, if it is reasonable in light of all
relevant and known facts and circumstances, be based upon the Participant’s representation
that the Hardship cannot be relieved:

	 	(1)	 	through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise;
	 
	 	(2)	 	by reasonable liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent that such
liquidation would not itself cause an immediate and heavy financial need;
	 
	 	(3)	 	by suspension of Participant Contributions to the Plan; or
	 
	 	(4)	 	by other distributions (other than Hardship distributions) or loans (which meet the
requirements of Code §72(p)) from the Plan and any other plan maintained by an
Affiliated Company or by any former employer or by borrowing from commercial sources at
reasonable commercial rates.

	(c)	 	An individual who receives a Hardship distribution pursuant to this Section prior to his
attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) will not be permitted to make any
Participant Contributions to the Plan during the six (6) months immediately following his
receipt of the said Hardship distribution. In addition, such Hardship distributions will only
be available to Participants hereunder only once every six (6) months.

	(d)	 	The proceeds of a Hardship withdrawal made pursuant to this Section after December 31, 1999
may not be distributed or transferred (in the manner described in Section 6.070) from the
Trustee of this Plan as an eligible rollover distribution to the custodian or trustee of an
Eligible Retirement Plan.

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	(e)	 	Hardship withdrawals will be paid to a Participant in the order set forth in Section
6.010(a).

6.040 Forfeitures and Suspensions.

	(a)	 	Subject to the exception described in subsection (b), in the event that a Participant with
less than five (5) years of Vesting Service makes a withdrawal under Section 6.010 with the
result that his Basic After-tax Contribution Account is the source of some or all of such
withdrawal, the Participant will at that time forfeit the unvested portion of his Company
Contribution Account which is attributable to the withdrawal. The forfeitable interest which
is attributable to the Participant’s Basic After-tax Contributions will be determined by
multiplying the dollar balance of the Participant’s Company Contribution Account by a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the dollar value of the Basic After-tax
Contributions which were withdrawn by the Participant and the denominator of which is the
total dollar value of his After-tax Contribution Account attributable to his Basic After-tax
Contributions (both such dollar values to be determined as of the date of the withdrawal).
Before July 1, 2005, the Participant may have the forfeiture restored, if he repays, as an
Employee of the Company, the amount previously withdrawn within five (5) years of the
withdrawal; provided, however, that such a repayment will not be permitted within the first
twelve (12) months immediately following the withdrawal.
	 
	(b)	 	If a Participant applies for and receives a Hardship withdrawal, pursuant to Section 6.030,
from his Basic and /or Supplemental Pre-tax Contribution Account, the forfeitures described in
subsection (a) will not be applicable.

6.050 Allocation of Withdrawals Among Investment Funds. Withdrawals and forfeitures under Sections
6.010 through 6.040 will be taken from a Participant’s Accounts in the Investment Funds in a pro
rata fashion, based upon the relative size of such Accounts, but withdrawals for Hardship will not
be permitted to be taken at any time from a Participant’s Accounts, if any, in the Special Stock
Funds.

6.060 Loans. The Plan Administrator will establish, and may from time to time modify, procedures
pursuant to which any Employee or other “party in interest” (as defined in ERISA §3(14)) may apply
for and receive a loan from the Plan, in an amount not exceeding the least of (a), (b), (c) or (d):

	(a)	 	the aggregate of the balances in the borrower’s Pre-tax and After-tax Contribution Accounts
and, if applicable, in the portion of his Account attributable to QNECs or in his Rollover
Account;

	(b)	 	an amount which, when combined with all outstanding loans to the borrower from all other
plans of all Affiliated Companies, equals Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), reduced by the
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	 	(1)	 	the highest outstanding and unpaid balances of all prior loans to the borrower from
the Plan and such other plans during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding
the date on which such loan is made, over
	 
	 	(2)	 	the outstanding balance of any loan to the borrower from the Plan or such other
plans on the date on which the loan is made;

	(c)	 	one-half (1/2) of the aggregate of the balances of the borrower’s Accounts; or

	(d)	 	such amount, not exceeding the amounts described in (a) through (c) above, as the Plan
Administrator determines.

All such loans will be made available to all eligible Employees and other parties in interest on a
reasonably equivalent and non-discriminatory basis and will be governed by the provisions of
Appendix B, as such Appendix is from time to time constituted, pursuant to determination of the
Plan Administrator.

6.070 Transfer of Distribution or Withdrawal to Eligible Retirement Plan. Except in the case of
Hardship withdrawals pursuant to Section 6.030, if a Participant who is entitled to an in-service
withdrawal under this Article VI should so request in writing at the time his election to receive
such withdrawal is made or at such later date as the Plan Administrator may permit, the Plan
Administrator will cause all or a portion of the amounts (including shares of Rockwell Automation,
Boeing, Meritor, Conexant, Rockwell Collins, Skyworks or MindSpeed common stock) with respect to
which the Participant would be taxable under Code §402 to be transferred from the Trustee directly
to the custodian of an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant. Prior to effecting
such transfer the Plan Administrator will require evidence reasonably satisfactory to him that the
entity to which such transfer is to be made is in fact an Eligible Retirement Plan and that such
Eligible Retirement Plan may receive the distribution in the forms required under this Article.
(Further, the Plan Administrator shall not direct the Trustee to engage in a direct transfer of
Pre-tax Accounts to another plan unless the Plan Administrator reasonably concludes that the
accepting plan will continue to apply the 401(k) distribution restrictions to transferred Pre-tax
Accounts.)

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ARTICLE VII DESIGNATION OF AND PAYMENT TO A BENEFICIARY

7.010 Designation of a Beneficiary. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.020, in the event of a
Participant’s death, payment of the benefits provided under this Plan will be made to such person
or persons as he has designated as his Beneficiary to receive such benefits.

7.020 Spouse as Automatic Beneficiary. In the case of a Participant who has been married for at
least one (1) year at the time of his death and who dies prior to complete distribution of his
Accounts, the Beneficiary will be deemed to be the Participant’s spouse regardless of any contrary
designation, unless the Participant has filed with the Plan Administrator a written Beneficiary
designation naming a person or persons other than such spouse. Such written designation must be
accompanied by a written consent of the Participant’s spouse, but may be accepted by the Plan
Administrator without such a written consent, if it is established to the Plan Administrator’s
satisfaction that such a written consent cannot be obtained because:

	(a)	 	there is no spouse;
	 
	(b)	 	the spouse cannot be located; or
	 
	(c)	 	other circumstances exist, as permitted under Code §417(a)(2), which prevent presentation of
such consent to the Plan Administrator.

Such written consent (which must be witnessed by a notary public) must be on a form furnished to
the Participant by the Plan Administrator and must acknowledge the effect of the consent. In the
event that a Participant has a new spouse to whom he has been married for a one (1) year period,
the previous designation of a prior spouse will be void and the new spouse will be deemed to be the
Participant’s Beneficiary, unless the Participant makes a written designation of a person or
persons other than the new spouse in a manner described above in this Section.

7.030 Beneficiary Changes. A Participant may change his designation of Beneficiary at any time by
filing a request for such change with the Plan Administrator (or such other person as is designated
by the Plan Administrator). Such change will become effective only upon receipt of the request by
the Plan Administrator (or the Plan Administrator’s delegate), but upon such receipt, the change
will relate back to and be effective as of the date the Participant signed such request; provided,
however, that the Plan Administrator, the other named fiduciaries and the Trust Fund will be not be
liable in any way or to any degree for any payment made to the Beneficiary designated before
receipt of such request.

7.040 Participant’s Estate as Beneficiary in Certain Cases. The benefits payable from a
Participant’s Accounts at the time of his death will be paid to the Participant’s estate, if any of
the following circumstances should exist at the time of his death:

	(a)	 	no valid designation of Beneficiary exists pursuant to this Article;

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	(b)	 	the Plan Administrator or Trustee has a doubt as to the rights of a potential Beneficiary; or
	 
	(c)	 	a previously designated Beneficiary predeceases the Participant.

In such case, the Plan Administrator and the Trustee will not be individually liable in any manner
and to any degree with respect to such payment.

7.050 Payment to a Beneficiary. Upon receipt by the Plan Administrator (or another person
designated by him) of evidence satisfactory to such person of the death of a Participant and of the
identity and existence at the time of such death of the Beneficiary, the Plan Administrator will
direct the Trustee to pay the Participant’s Accounts to such Beneficiary in accordance with Article
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ARTICLE VIII TRUST AGREEMENT

8.010 Establishment of Trust Fund. The property resulting from contributions made on behalf of all
Participants, including contributions made by the Company, will be held in a Trust Fund by a
Trustee selected by the Employee Benefit Plan Committee pursuant to a Trust Agreement entered into
between such Trustee and the Employee Benefit Plan Committee.

8.020 Investment Funds and Stock Funds. The Plan, as well as the Trust Fund associated with the
Plan, is intended to at all times be structured and administered in a manner which conforms to the
requirements of ERISA §404(c). In keeping with the requirements of the said ERISA provision, the
Trustee will establish and maintain as parts of the Trust Fund individual Investment Funds and
Stock Funds, as are described below.

	(a)	 	The Investment Funds available under the Trust Fund will consist of mutual funds or collective
funds, accounts or other similar investment vehicles, which will consist of and be identical to the
individual Plan Investment Funds.
	 
	(b)	 	Except as otherwise indicated, the Stock Funds prior to March 31, 2006 are as described below:

	 	(1)	 	Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B will consist of all cash, Rockwell Automation
common stock and the proceeds and income from that common stock, which are attributable
to Participant Contributions and Company Matching Contributions designated as
contributions to Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B. The dividends and other proceeds or
income received by Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B will be invested by the Trustee in
Rockwell Automation common stock and will remain in the said Rockwell Automation Stock
Fund B. Effective July 1, 2005, Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B will be renamed the
Rockwell Automation Stock Fund.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Rockwell Automation Stock Fund will consist of all assets of Rockwell Stock Fund B
as of July 1, 2005, as well as all cash, Rockwell Automation common stock and the
proceeds and income from that common stock, which are attributable to Participant
Contributions and Company Matching Contributions designated as contributions to
Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B. The dividends or other proceeds or income received
by the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund will be invested by the Trustee in Rockwell
Automation common stock and will remain in the said Rockwell Automation Stock Fund.
	 
	 	(3)	 	Meritor Stock Fund F, which shall consist of Common Stock of Meritor otherwise
receivable by Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B as part of the Automotive Spin-off,
provided, however, that any dividends or other income otherwise receivable by Meritor Stock
Fund F will be transferred to a stable value fund.

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	 	(4)	 	The Boeing Stock Fund will consist of common stock of Boeing received by Rockwell
Automation Stock Funds A and B pursuant to the A&D Agreement and as part of the A&D
Transaction. Any dividends or other income received by the Boeing Stock Fund will be
transferred to a stable value fund.
	 
	 	(5)	 	Conexant Stock Fund H, which shall consist of Common Stock of Conexant otherwise
receivable by Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B as part of the Semiconductor Spin-off,
provided, however, that any dividends or other income otherwise receivable by Conexant
Stock Fund H will be transferred to a stable value fund.
	 
	 	(6)	 	The Skyworks Stock Fund will consist of common stock of Skyworks, Solutions, Inc.
received by the Conexant Stock Fund as part of the Conexant Wireless Spin-off. Any
dividends or other income received by the Skyworks Stock Fund will be transferred to a
stable value fund.
	 
	 	(7)	 	The Rockwell Collins Stock Fund will consist of common stock of Rockwell Collins
received by Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B (or, after June 30, 2005, the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund) as part of the Collins Spin-off. Any dividends or other income
received by the Rockwell Collins Stock Fund will be transferred to a stable value fund.
	 
	 	(8)	 	The MindSpeed Stock Fund will consist of common stock of MindSpeed Technologies, Inc.
received by the Skyworks Stock Fund as part of the MindSpeed Technologies Spin-off. Any
dividends or other income received by the MindSpeed Stock Fund will be transferred to a
stable value fund.

	(c)	 	Effective March 31, 2006, all of the Special Stock Funds other than the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund will be discontinued. Participants who fail to transfer their
interests in the Plan from one of the discontinued Special Stock Funds to an Investment
Fund or to the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund (as otherwise permitted under Article IV of
this Plan) by March 31, 2006 will be deemed to have elected to have such amounts
transferred to the appropriate target retirement Investment Fund based on a Participant’s
date of birth.

8.025 Trustee’s Powers and Authority. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.050 concerning
certain power and authority connected with the common stock of Rockwell Automation, which is
held in Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B or the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund, the Trustee
will have full authority and discretion with respect to management of the assets of the Trust
Fund, including management of the assets of the individual Investment Funds held thereunder.

8.030 Statutory Limits. In making all investments pursuant to this Plan, the Trustee will:

	(a)	 	be subject to applicable provisions of ERISA governing the exercise of its fiduciary
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	 	 	securities laws governing the investments of the Trust Fund (including any investment
companies or mutual funds therein), but will not be bound by any law or any court doctrine of
any state or jurisdiction limiting trust investments, except as otherwise provided or
permitted by ERISA;

	(b)	 	at all times give consideration to the cash requirements of the Plan; and

	(c)	 	not cause the Plan to engage in any transaction constituting a prohibited transaction under
ERISA §406.

8.035 Duty of Trustee as to Common Stock in Stock Funds.

	(a)	 	Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.030, the duty with respect to the voting,
retention, and tendering of Common Stock held in Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B, the
Rockwell Automation Stock Fund shall be solely that of the Trustee, to be exercised solely in
the Trustee’s discretion.

	(b)	 	With respect to any matter as to which a vote of the outstanding shares of Common Stock held
in such a Stock Fund is solicited:

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee shall solicit the direction in writing of each Participant, as to the
manner in which voting rights of the Participant’s vested and non-vested shares of Common
Stock held in or credited to a Stock Fund as of the record date fixed for determining the
holders of Common Stock entitled to vote on such matter are to be exercised with respect to
such matter, and the Trustee shall exercise the voting rights of such shares with respect
to such matter in accordance with the last-dated timely written direction, if any, of such
Participant; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall exercise voting rights of shares of Common
Stock held in a Stock Fund to which no timely direction has been received pursuant to
paragraph (1).

	(c)	 	In the event of any Tender Offer:

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee shall solicit the direction in writing of each Participant, as to the
tendering or depositing of any vested or non-vested shares of Common Stock held in a Stock
Fund with respect to such Participant and, except as limited by subsection (d) hereof,
shall tender or deposit such shares pursuant to any such Tender Offer in accordance with
the last dated timely written direction, if any, of such Participant;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall have the duty, except as limited by
subsection (d) with respect to the retention, tendering or depositing of shares of Common
Stock held in a Stock Fund as to which no timely direction has been received pursuant to paragraph (1);

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	(d)	 	Shares of Common Stock held in a Stock Fund shall not be tendered or deposited by the Trustee
pursuant to any such Tender Offer until the earlier of:

	 	(1)	 	immediately preceding the scheduled expiration of the Tender Offer
pursuant to which such shares are to be tendered or deposited, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	immediately preceding the expiration of the period during which such shares of Common Stock will be taken up and paid for on a pro rata basis
pursuant to such Tender Offer, or
	 
	 	(3)	 	the expiration of 30 days from the date of the Trustee’s solicitation
of Participants’ written direction pursuant to subsection (c)(1).

	(e)	 	The duty with respect to the withdrawal, or other exercise of any right of withdrawal, of
shares of Common Stock held in a Stock Fund which have been tendered or deposited pursuant to any such Tender Offer shall be solely that of the Trustee; provided that the Trustee may
solicit the direction in writing of each Participant with respect to whom any such shares of
Common Stock have been tendered or deposited pursuant to any such Tender Offer as to the
withdrawal of, or other exercise of any right to withdraw, such shares of Common Stock and, if
such solicitation is made, the Trustee shall act in accordance with the last dated timely
written direction, if any, of each such Participant. As used herein, the term ‘Tender Date’
means the date on which the Trustee tenders or deposits any shares of the Common Stock
representing the interest of such Participant in the said Stock Funds.

8.040 Rights in the Trust Fund. Nothing in the Plan or in the Trust Agreement shall be deemed to
confer any legal or equitable right or interest in the Trust Fund in favor of any Participant,
Beneficiary or other person, except to the extent expressly provided in the Plan.

8.050 Taxes, Fees and Expenses of the Trustee.

	(a)	 	The reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee (including the reasonable expenses of the
Trustee’s counsel), any Investment Manager and any investment advisor shall be paid by the
Company; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company (unless the Company is
specifically so directed by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) pay any such
Trustee, Investment Manager or investment advisors fees or expenses:

	 	(1)	 	for preparation or prosecution of any action against the Company, the Plan, any member
of the Employee Benefit Plan Committee or the Plan Administrator, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	for the defense or settlement of, or the satisfaction of a judgment related to, any
proceeding arising either out of any alleged misfeasance or nonfeasance in any person’s performance of duties with respect to the Plan or out of any alleged wrongful act against
the Plan.

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	 	 	 	Such reasonable expenses shall include any direct internal costs (which may include
reimbursement of compensation of Company Employees) associated with Plan operations and
administration, the payment of which shall be in conformity with the requirements of Title I of
ERISA. Neither the Plan Administrator nor the members of the Employee Benefit Plan Committee
shall be compensated from the Plan but may be compensated by the Company or an Affiliated
Company for services rendered on behalf of the Plan.

	 	(b)	 	Brokerage fees, commissions, stock transfer taxes and other charges and expenses incurred in
connection with transactions relating to the acquisition or disposition of property for or of
the Trust Fund, or distributions therefrom, shall be paid by the Company. Taxes, if any,
payable by the Trustee on the assets at any time held in the Trust Fund or on the income
thereof shall be paid by the Company.

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ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATION

9.010 General Administration. Authority to control and manage the operation and administration of
the Plan has been vested in the Employee Benefit Plan Committee by the Board, except to the extent
that:

	(a)	 	the Plan Administrator is allocated any such authority under the Plan;
	 
	(b)	 	the Trustee may, pursuant to Article VIII, be granted exclusive authority and discretion to
manage and control all or any portion of the assets of the Plan;
	 
	(c)	 	the Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Employee Benefits Appeals
Committee and the Trustee constitute ERISA named fiduciaries of the Plan.

Neither the Company nor the Board shall control or manage the operation or administration of the
Plan nor be fiduciaries with respect to the Plan. All functions of the Company and the Board under
the Plan shall be settlor functions and not fiduciary functions.

9.020 Employee Benefit Plan Committee. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee shall consist of the
Company’s Director-Global Benefits and up to four other members appointed by the Company’s
Director-Global Benefits. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee will act, with or without a meeting,
in a manner consistent with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 9.060(c).

9.025 Employee Benefits Appeals Committee. The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee shall consist
of up to seven (7) members, each appointed by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall
designate one member to serve as Chairperson and a second member to service as Vice-Chairperson.
The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee will review claims and appeals pursuant to the procedures
described in Article X.

9.030 Employee Benefit Plan Committee Records. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee will keep such
records and data as it deems appropriate and it will from time to time file with the Board of
Directors such reports as the latter may request. It will be a function of the Employee Benefit
Plan Committee to keep records of the assets of the Trust Fund, based upon reports furnished by the
Trustee, and the evaluations placed thereon by the Committee will be final and conclusive.

9.035 Employee Benefits Appeals Committee Records. The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee will
keep records of all participant claims and appeal submitted to it pursuant to Article X. The
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee may from time to time file with the Plan Administrator or the
Employee Benefit Plan Committee such reports as the latter may request.

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9.040 Funding Policy. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee will be responsible for determining a
funding policy of the Plan and will from time to time advise the Trustee of such policy.

9.050 Allocation and Delegation of Duties Under Plan. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee,
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee and the Plan Administrator each have the following powers and
authorities:

	(a)	 	to designate agents to carry out responsibilities relating to the Plan, other than fiduciary
responsibilities; and
	 
	(b)	 	to employ such legal, consultant, medical, accounting, clerical and other assistance as it
may deem appropriate in carrying out the provisions of this Plan including one or more persons
to render advice with regard to any responsibility any fiduciary may have under the Plan.

9.060 Employee Benefit Plan Committee Powers. In addition to any powers and authority conferred on
the Employee Benefit Plan Committee elsewhere in the Plan or by law, the Employee Benefit Plan
Committee has the following powers and authority:

	(a)	 	to allocate fiduciary responsibilities, other than trustee responsibilities (responsibilities
under the Trust Agreement to manage or control the Plan assets) to one or more members of the
Employee Benefit Plan Committee or to the Plan Administrator and to designate one or more
persons (other than the Trustee) to carry out such fiduciary responsibilities;
	 
	(b)	 	to determine the manner in which the assets of this Plan, or any part thereof, will be
disbursed by the Trustee, except as relates to the making and retention of investments; and
	 
	(c)	 	to establish rules and regulations from time to time for the conduct of the Employee Benefit
Plan Committee’s business and for the administration and effectuation of its responsibilities
under the Plan.

9.070 Plan Administrator. In addition to any powers and authority conferred on the Plan
Administrator elsewhere in the Plan, the Plan Administrator has the following powers and authority:

	(a)	 	to administer, interpret, construe and apply this Plan and to decide all questions which may
arise or which may be raised by any Employee, Participant, Beneficiary, or other person
whatsoever, and the actions or decisions of the Plan Administrator in regard thereto, or in
regard to anything or matter otherwise within his discretion, will be conclusive and binding
on all Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries, and other persons whatsoever;

	(b)	 	to designate one or more persons, other than the Trustee, to carry out fiduciary
responsibilities (other than trustee responsibilities);

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	(c)	 	to establish rules and regulations from time to time for the administration and effectuation
of his responsibilities under the Plan.

The Plan Administrator has such other responsibility as is designated by ERISA as the
responsibility of the administrator of the Plan and will have such other power and authority as is
necessary to fulfill his responsibilities under ERISA or under the Plan. Benefits under the Plan
shall be payable to any party only if the Plan Administrator or its designee, including the
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, decides in its discretion that the party is entitled to them.
Any final determination by the Plan Administrator shall be binding on all parties. If challenged
in court, such determination shall not be subject to de novo review and shall not
be overturned unless proven to be arbitrary and capricious upon the evidence considered by the Plan
Administrator or its designee at the time of such determination.

9.080 Reliance Upon Documents and Opinions. The members of the Employee Benefit Plan Committee and
the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Board of Directors and the
Company will be entitled to rely upon any tables, valuations, computations, estimates, certificates
and reports furnished by any consultants or consulting firms, opinions furnished by legal counsel
and reports furnished by the Trustee. The members of the Employee Benefit Plan Committee and the
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Board of Directors and the Company
will be fully protected and will not be liable in any manner whatsoever, except as otherwise
specifically provided by law, for anything done or action taken or suffered in reliance upon any
such consultant, Trustee or counsel. Any and all such things done or such actions taken or
suffered by the Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, the Plan
Administrator, the Board of Directors and the Company will be conclusive and binding on all
Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries, and other persons whatsoever except as otherwise
specifically provided by law. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Employee Benefits Appeals
Committee and the Plan Administrator may, but are not required to, rely upon all records of the
Company with respect to any matter or thing whatsoever, and to the extent they rely thereon, such
records will be conclusive with respect to all Employees, Participants, and Beneficiaries.

9.090 Requirement of Proof. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the
Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, the Board of Directors or the Company may require satisfactory
proof of any matter under this Plan from or with respect to any Employee, Participant, or
Beneficiary, and no such person may acquire any rights or be entitled to receive any benefits under
this Plan until such proof is furnished as so required.

9.100 Limitation and Indemnification. Except as provided in Part 4 of Title 1 of ERISA, no person
will be subject to any liability with respect to his duties under the Plan, unless he acted
fraudulently or in bad faith. No person will be liable for any breach of fiduciary responsibility
resulting from the act or omission of any other fiduciary or any person to whom fiduciary
responsibilities have been allocated or delegated, except as provided in ERISA §405(a) and
405(c)(2)(A) or (B). No action or responsibility will be deemed to be a fiduciary action or
responsibility except to the extent required by ERISA. The Company shall indemnify the Plan

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Administrator, each member of the Employee Benefit Plan Committee, each member of the Employee
Benefits Appeals Committee and any other employee of the Company with duties under the Plan, to the
full extent permitted by law against expenses, liability and loss (including
attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement)
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any claims against him by reason of this position in
connection with the Plan or his duties under the Plan. Such rights of indemnification shall
include the right to be paid by the Company expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
understanding by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that
such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

9.110 Mailing and Lapse of Payments. All payments under the Plan will be delivered in person or
mailed to the last address of the Participant (or, in the case of the death of the Participant, to
that of any other person entitled to such payments under the terms of the Plan) furnished pursuant
to Section 9.130 below. If the Participant is deceased and payment cannot be made alternately to
the estate of either and no surviving spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother or sister of the
Participant or his Beneficiary are known to the Plan Administrator or the Trustee or, if known,
cannot with reasonable diligence be located, the amount payable will be retained by the Trustee
until the amount can be distributed pursuant to the provisions of this Plan or of applicable law.

9.120 Non-Alienation. No right or benefit provided for in the Plan will be subject in any manner
to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance (including
garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind or charge) and any attempt to anticipate,
alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same will be void; provided,
however, that the foregoing will not apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right
to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to:

	(a)	 	a federal income tax levy issued against the Participant by the Internal Revenue Service; or
	 
	(b)	 	a domestic relations order, which the Plan Administrator determines is a qualified domestic
relations order under Code §414(p) and which requires that the order’s alternate payee (as
defined in the said Code section) will be paid in a lump sum as soon as is practicable
following the order’s issuance.

9.130 Notices and Communications. Each Participant will be responsible for furnishing the Plan
Administrator or his designee with his current address and the correct current name and address of
his Beneficiary. All communications from Participants must be in the manner from time to time
prescribed by the Plan Administrator or his designee and must be addressed or communicated
(including telephonic communications) to such entity or Company office as may be designated by the
Plan Administrator, and will be deemed to have been given to the Company when received by such
entity or Company office. Each communication directed to a Participant or Beneficiary must be in
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event it will be deemed to have
been delivered and received by him when so deposited in the United States Mail with postage prepaid
addressed to the Participant or Beneficiary at his last address of record with the office
designated by the Plan Administrator.

9.140 Company Rights. The Company’s rights to discipline or discharge Employees or to exercise its
rights as to incidents and tenure of employment will not be affected in any manner by reason of the
existence of the Trust Agreement or the Plan, or any action taken under them.

9.150 Payments on Behalf of Incompetent Participants or Beneficiaries. In the event that the Plan
Administrator or his designee finds that any Participant or Beneficiary to whom a benefit is
payable under the terms of this Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or
accident, is otherwise mentally or physically incompetent, or unable to give a valid receipt, the
Plan Administrator may cause the payment becoming due to such Participant or Beneficiary to be paid
to another person for his benefit without responsibility on the part of the Plan Administrator, the
Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee, the Company or the
Trustee to follow the application of such payment. Any such payment will be a payment for the
account of the Participant or Beneficiary and will operate as a complete discharge of all liability
therefor under this Plan of the Trustee, the Company, the Plan Administrator, the Employee Benefits
Appeals Committee and the Employee Benefit Plan Committee.

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ARTICLE X PARTICIPANT’S CLAIMS

10.010 Claims and Appeals Procedures. The following paragraphs set forth the exclusive procedure
for making claims against the Plan. Any person making a claim hereunder shall proceed as follows:

	(a)	 	Request for Benefits. Benefits shall be requested by written application on a form
filed in accordance with procedures established and uniformly applied by the Plan
Administrator or its delegate. The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee or its delegate shall
make all determinations as to the right of any Participant, Beneficiary, or spouse to receive
a benefit under the Plan and the amount of such benefit. The time, manner, and form of
distribution of such benefit shall occur in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
	 
	(b)	 	Claims. If a Participant believes that the requested benefit was erroneously denied
or that the amount of a withdrawal or distribution from the Plan is in error or if an Employee
believes that he has been improperly denied the right to participate in the Plan or receive a
contribution to the Plan, such Participant or Employee must make a claim to the Employee
Benefits Appeals Committee in such manner and pursuant to such procedure as established by the
Committee. A claimant who fails to reduce a claim to writing shall be deemed not to have made
such claim.
	 
	(c)	 	Decision on Claims. The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee or its delegate will
make a decision with respect to a claim within 90 days of the receipt of the written claim,
unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a
decision must be rendered within 180 days (notice of the delay must be furnished within the
initial 90-day period, however). If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the claimant shall
receive from the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee a written notice which includes the
following: (A) the specific reason or reasons for the denial, (B) specific references to
pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which the denial is based, (C) a description of any
additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
explanation as to why such material or information is necessary, (D) appropriate information
as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit a claim for review and (E) a
statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA §502(a) following an adverse
benefit determination on review.
	 
	(d)	 	Appeal. Any person whose claim has been denied as set forth in (c) may appeal the
denial to the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee by filing a written appeal within sixty (60)
days of the date of receipt of the denial. In such review, the claimant or his duly
authorized representative shall have the right to review any pertinent Plan documents and to
submit any issues or comments in writing. In addition, the claimant (i) shall have the right
to submit documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits; and
(ii) shall be provided upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all
documents, records, and other information that is relevant to the claim for benefits. In the
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	 	 	of the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee or its delegate, the Committee may arrange to meet
with the claimant and/or the claimant’s representative or have a hearing for the purpose of
understanding the claimant’s position and any related evidence which the claimant wishes to
offer. In all cases, the Committee’s review of the appeal shall take into account all comments,
documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant, without regard to whether
such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.

          For purposes of this Section, information is considered “relevant” to a claimant’s claim if
such document, record, or other information (i) was relied upon in making the benefit
determination; (ii) was submitted, considered, or generated in the course of making the benefit
determination, without regard to whether such document, record, or other information was relied
upon in making the determination; or (iii) demonstrates compliance with the Plan’s review
procedures and that, if appropriate, the Plan provisions have been applied consistently with
respect to similarly situated claimants.

	(e)	 	Decision on Appeal. The Employee Benefits Appeals Committee or its delegate, within
sixty (60) days after receipt of the request for review, or, in special circumstances such as
where the Committee or its delegate in its sale discretion finds there is a need to hold a
hearing, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of receipt of the request for review (in
which case notice of the delay will be given to the claimant during the initial sixty- (60)
day period), shall give written notice of its decision to the claimant in writing. The notice
shall include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan
provisions upon which the decision is based. In addition, the written notice of the decision
denying a claim shall contain (i) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon
request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and
other information that is relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits, and (ii) a statement
of the claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA §502(a). If the appeal has not been
granted and the notice is not furnished within the period of time specified above, the appeal
shall be deemed to be denied. The decision on appeal shall be binding on all parties.

10.020 Limitation on Legal Action. In the event a claim is finally determined under this Article
X, no legal action shall be brought against the Plan, the Plan Administrator, the Employee Benefit
Plan Committee, the Employee Benefits Appeals Committee or the Company more than two years after
the date of final determination, nor shall any claim or other action be brought against the Plan,
the Plan Administrator, the Employee Benefit Plan Committee, the Employee Benefits Appeals
Committee or the Company more than two years after the claimant knew or should have known of the
existence of such claim or action.

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ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT, MERGERS, TERMINATION, ETC.

11.010 Amendment. The Board of Directors or its designee may, at any time and from time to time,
amend this Plan in whole or in part. However, except as provided in Section 15.040 below, no
amendment shall be made the effect of which would be:

	(a)	 	to cause any contributions paid to the Trustee to be used for or diverted to purposes other
than providing benefits to the Participants and their Beneficiaries, and defraying reasonable
expenses of administering the Plan, prior to satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to
Participants and their Beneficiaries;

	(b)	 	to have any retroactive effect so as to deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of any benefit
to which he or she would be entitled under this Plan if his or her employment were terminated
immediately before such amendment; or

	(c)	 	to increase the responsibilities or liabilities of any Trustee or Investment Manager without
its written consent.

11.020 Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. The Employee Benefit Plan Committee at any time may, in
its sole discretion without the consent of the Participant or his or her representative, cause the
Trustee to segregate part of the assets of the Trust Fund into one or more separate trust funds and
designate a group of Participants whose benefits shall be provided solely from each such segregated
fund. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion without the consent of any Participant or
his or her representative, establish a separate plan to cover any such group of Participants. The
initial terms and conditions of any such plan shall be identical to the extent such terms and
conditions affect the rights of Participants under the Plan. Amendment to the Plan shall not be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section. Any such transfer of assets and liabilities
to another plan shall be expressly conditioned on the qualification of such plan and trust under
Code §401(a) and Code §501(a).

11.030 Merger Restriction. The Company may, by action of the Board of Directors, merge this Plan,
in whole or in part, with any other plan sponsored by the Company or by an Affiliate of the
Company. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Plan may not in whole or in part be
merged or consolidated with, or have its assets or liabilities transferred to any other plan
unless, each affected Participant in this Plan would (if the Plan then terminated) receive a
benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation, or transfer which is equal to or greater than
the benefit he or she would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger,
consolidation, or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated).

11.040 Suspension of Contributions. The Company may, without amendment of the Plan and without the
consent of any Participant or representative of any Participant, suspend contributions to the Plan
as to all or certain Participants by action of the Board of Directors. In any event, the Company
will suspend contributions at any time when the amount of any contribution by it would be in excess
of the earnings, including retained earnings, of the
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suspension, the Employee Benefit Plan Committee may, in its sole discretion permit
the Trust Fund to continue to be held by the Trustee, or may segregate one or more parts of the
Trust Fund, as provided in Section 11.020.

11.050 Discontinuance of Contributions. The Company may, by action of the Board of Directors,
without amendment of the Plan and without the consent of any Participant or representative of any
Participant, discontinue such contributions to the Plan as to all or certain Participants. Upon
such discontinuance the Employee Benefit Plan Committee may in its sole discretion segregate one or
more parts of the Trust Fund, as provided in Section 11.020.

11.060 Termination. The Company may terminate or partially terminate the Plan at any time. Upon
such termination or partial termination of the Plan, or upon a complete discontinuance of
contributions pursuant to Section 11.050 the Accounts of each affected Participant shall become
nonforfeitable, and for this purpose the Company shall contribute to the Company Contribution
Accounts of all Employees who:

	(a)	 	have forfeited amounts in such Accounts under Articles V and VI within five (5) years prior
to such termination, and,

	(b)	 	but for such forfeitures, would have been vested in such forfeited amounts under Section
5.010 on the date of termination of the Plan,

amounts sufficient to restore such forfeitures in the same manner as such forfeitures could have
been restored by such persons under applicable provisions of the said Articles V and VI. In the
event of termination or partial termination the Employee Benefit Plan Committee may, without the
consent of any Participant or other person, (1) permit the Trustee to retain all or part of the
Trust Fund or (2) distribute all or part of the Trust Fund to the Participants or their spouses or
Beneficiaries.

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ARTICLE XII STATUTORY LIMITATIONS

12.010 Annual Limits of Participants’ Account Increases. This Article is intended to conform the
Plan to the requirements of Code §415, and the regulations issued thereunder; and will be
administered and interpreted in accordance with such requirements and regulations; and
notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, no amount may be credited to any
Participant’s Account which is in excess of the limitation imposed by said §415, as from time to
time amended or replaced. The amount allocated in each calendar year to any Participant under the
combination of defined contribution plans of all Affiliated Companies cannot exceed the lesser of
Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), or such larger amount as may be established under Code
§415(d)(1) to reflect an increase in the cost of living, or 100% of the Participant’s total
compensation. For purposes of this limitation, the amount allocated will be deemed to be comprised
of Company Matching Contributions and the Participant’s Pre-tax and After-tax Contributions.

12.015 Excess Annual Additions. If an amount in excess of the limitation imposed by Code §415
were to be credited to a Participant’s Account in contravention of Section 12.010 with respect to
a particular Plan Year as a result of estimation of annual Compensation, the allocation of
forfeitures or a reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals that may be made
with respect to the Participant pursuant to Code §402(g)(3), such excess will be used to reduce
employer contributions for that Participant for the following Plan Year (and, if necessary, for
succeeding Plan Years), if the Participant is still a Participant at the end of such first Plan
Year. If, on the other hand, the said Participant is not covered by the Plan in that Plan Year,
then the excess will be held in suspense for the remainder of the Plan Year and will be allocated
or reallocated in the following Plan Years among the Accounts of all of the Participants prior the
making of any contributions in such following Plan Years.

12.020 Combining Similar Plans. For purposes of this Article, all defined contribution plans which
are required to be aggregated under Code §414(b) will be so aggregated and the limitation set forth
herein will be applied to the total amounts allocated under all such plans.

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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

13.010 Benefits Payable only from Trust Fund. All benefits payable hereunder shall be provided
solely from the trust, and the Company assumes no responsibility for the acts of the Trustee,
except as provided in the Trust Agreement.

13.020 Requirement for Release. Any payment to any Participant or a Participant’s present, future
or former spouse or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of this Plan shall, to the extent
thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Trustee and the Company, and the Trustee
may require such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition precedent to such payment to execute a
receipt and release to such effect.

13.030 Transfers of Stock. Transfers of Common Stock from the Trustee pursuant to Article V or VI
shall be made as soon as practicable, but neither the Company, any Named Fiduciary nor the Trustee
shall have any responsibility for any decrease in the value of such Common Stock between the
Valuation Date used for determination of the number of shares to which the Participant is entitled
and the date of transfer by the transfer agent, nor, except as provided in Articles V and VI, shall
the Participant receive any dividends, rights, options or warrants on such stock other than those
payable to stockholders of record as of a date on or after the date of transfer.

13.040 Rights of Reemployed Veterans. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service
will be provided in accordance with Code §414(u).

13.050 Qualification of the Plan. The Company intends for the Plan to be qualified and approved by
the Internal Revenue Service under Code §401(a) and for Company Contributions to be deductible by
the Company for federal income tax purposes. Continuation of the Plan is contingent upon and
subject to retaining such qualification and approval. Any modification or amendment of the Plan or
the Trust Agreement may be made retroactively by the Company, if necessary or appropriate, to
qualify or maintain the Plan and the Trust as a plan and trust meeting the requirements of
applicable provisions of the Code and of other federal and state laws, as are now or in the future
may be in effect. No contribution made by the Company may revert to the Company, unless such
contribution was the result of a good faith mistake of fact, in which case such contribution may be
returned to the Company within one (1) year to the extent permitted by all applicable laws.

13.060 Interpretation. The masculine gender will include the feminine and the singular will
include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

13.070 No Contract of Employment. The adoption and maintenance of this Plan shall not be construed
as creating any contract of employment between the Company or any Affiliated Company and any
employee, and each such Company shall have the right in all respects to deal with its employees,
their hiring, discharge, compensation and conditions of
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though the Plan did not exist. No employee shall have any right to question the
action of any such Company in discontinuing its contributions to this Plan or in terminating this
Plan in its entirety. Each Participant shall have the right to see the record of his Account(s)
but no right to inquire as to the Accounts of other Participants.

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ARTICLE XIV: MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS

14.010 General Rules. This Article sets forth revised rules regarding minimum distributions
utilizing Model Plan Amendment 1 from Revenue Procedure 2002-29 (with minor changes as permitted by
that Revenue Procedure) as set forth below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article XIV does
not expand the forms of distribution available under the Plan, nor does it allow Participants to
defer commencement of distributions beyond what is allowed in Article V. If another provision of
the Plan calls for an earlier distribution or a larger payment on any given date, such provision
shall supersede this Article XIV.

	(a)	 	Effective Date. The provisions of this Article XIV will apply for purposes of
determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar
year.

	(b)	 	Precedence. Except as provided above, the requirements of this Article will take
precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan.

	(c)	 	Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under
this Article will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury regulations under
Code §401(a)(9).

14.020 Time and Manner of Distribution.

	(a)	 	Required Beginning Date. The Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or
begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s required beginning
date.

	(b)	 	Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before
distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be
distributed, no later than as follows:

	 	(i)	 	if the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole designated beneficiary,
then distributions to the surviving spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of
the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70-1/2, if later.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole designated
beneficiary, then distributions to the designated beneficiary will begin by December 31 of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the
year of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed by
December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s
death.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	if the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole designated beneficiary
and the surviving spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the
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	 	 	 	spouse begin, this Section 14.020(b), other than Section 14.02(b)(i), will apply as if the
surviving spouse were the Participant.

For purposes of this Section 14.020(b) and Section 14.040, unless Section 14.020(b)(iv) applies,
distributions are considered to begin on the Participant’s required beginning date. If Section
14.020(b)(iv) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required
to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 14.020(b)(i). If distributions under an annuity
purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the
Participant’s required beginning date (or to the Participant’s surviving spouse before the date
distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 14.020(b)(i)), the date
distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.

	(c)	 	Forms of Distribution. Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form
of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the required
beginning date, as of the first distribution calendar year distributions will be made in
accordance with Sections 14.030 and 14.040 of this Article. If the Participant’s interest is
distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions
thereunder will be made in accordance with the requirements of Code §401(a)(9) and the
Treasury regulations.

14.030 Required Minimum Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime.

	(a)	 	Amount of Required Minimum Distribution For Each Distribution Calendar Year. During
the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each distribution
calendar year is the lesser of:

	 	(i)	 	the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the distribution
period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Treas. Reg. §1.401(a)(9)-9 of the
Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the
distribution calendar year; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the Participant’s sole designated beneficiary for the distribution calendar year is
the Participant’s spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account
balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Treas. Reg.
§1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained
ages as of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the distribution calendar year.

	(b)	 	Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of Participant’s
Death. Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section 14.030
beginning with the first distribution calendar year and up to and including the distribution
calendar year that includes the Participant’s date of death.

14.040 Required Minimum Distributions After Participant’s Death.

	(a)	 	Death On or After Date Distributions Begin.

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	 	(i)	 	Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or
after the date distributions begin and there is a designated beneficiary, the minimum
amount that will be distributed for each distribution calendar year after the year of the
Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance
by the longer of the remaining life expectancy of the Participant or the remaining life
expectancy of the Participant’s designated beneficiary, determined as follows:

	 	(A)	 	The Participant’s remaining life expectancy is calculated using the age of the
Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.
	 
	 	(B)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole designated
beneficiary, the remaining life expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated for
each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant’s death using the
surviving spouse’s age as of the spouse’s birthday in that year. For distribution
calendar years after the year of the surviving spouse’s death, the remaining life
expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving spouse
as of the spouse’s birthday in the calendar year of the spouse’s death, reduced by one
for each subsequent calendar year.
	 
	 	(C)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole designated
beneficiary, the designated beneficiary’s remaining life expectancy is calculated using
the age of the beneficiary in the year following the year of the Participant’s death,
reduced by one for each subsequent year.

	 	(ii)	 	No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date
distributions begin and there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year
after the year of the Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for
each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the Participant’s remaining life
expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one
for each subsequent year.

	(b)	 	Death Before Date Distributions Begin.

	 	(i)	 	Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before
the date distributions begin and there is a designated beneficiary, the minimum amount that
will be distributed for each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant’s
death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the
remaining life expectancy of the Participant’s designated beneficiary, determined as
provided in Section 14.040(a).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date
distributions begin and there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year
following the year of the Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s entire
interest will be completed

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	 	 	 	by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s
death.

	 	(iii)	 	Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required to
Begin. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participant’s
surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole designated beneficiary, and the surviving spouse
dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section
14.020(b)(i), this Section 14.040(b) will apply as if the surviving spouse were the
Participant.

14.050 Definitions.

     (a) Designated beneficiary. The individual who is designated as the beneficiary under
Section 1.100 of the Plan and is the designated beneficiary under Code §401(a)(9) and Treas. Reg.
§1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury regulations.

     (b) Distribution calendar year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is
required. For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death, the first distribution
calendar year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the
Participant’s required beginning date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s death,
the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to
begin under Section 14.020(b). The required minimum distribution for the Participant’s first
distribution calendar year will be made on or before the Participant’s required beginning date. The
required minimum distribution for other distribution calendar years, including the required minimum
distribution for the distribution calendar year in which the Participant’s required beginning date
occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that distribution calendar year.

     (c) Life expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in
Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations.

     (d) Participant’s account balance. The account balance as of the last valuation date
in the calendar year immediately preceding the distribution calendar year (valuation calendar year)
increased by the amount of any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures allocated to the
account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date and decreased
by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date. The account balance
for the valuation calendar year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan either
in the valuation calendar year or in the distribution calendar year if distributed or transferred
in the valuation calendar year.

     (e) Required beginning date. The date specified in the Section 5.020(c) of the Plan.

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	APPENDIX A

	 	[RESERVED]

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APPENDIX B          PROCEDURES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS

Eligibility for Loans. The individuals eligible to obtain loans from the Plan
(“Borrowers”) are limited to:

	 	(1)	 	Employees, and
	 
	 	(2)	 	non-Employees who are “parties in interest” (as defined in ERISA §3(14))

who have Plan Account balances. An Employee who wishes to obtain a loan must be employed on an
active payroll of an Affiliated Company at the time of the loan application. A party in interest
who is not an Employee will be eligible to obtain a loan only if an agreement can be provided by
the party’s current employer to deduct and remit the required loan repayments to the Savings Plan.

Limitation on Number and Minimum Amount of Loans. Only two (2) loans to a Borrower will be
permitted to be outstanding from all Company sponsored savings plans at any one time. Each loan
must be for a minimum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

Maximum Amount of Loan. The amount which a Borrower will be permitted to borrow from the
Plan is based on the aggregate value of the Borrower’s Accounts, determined in accordance with the
Plan, and may not exceed the least of the amounts described in Section 6.060 of the Plan. The
maximum amount of any loan will be further limited to ensure that, after applying the appropriate
interest rate and taking into account all applicable deductions, the resulting periodic repayments
will not exceed the Borrower’s net earnings. The deductions referred to in the preceding sentence
include statutory withholdings, deductions for employee benefits and all Pre-tax contributions to
the Plan.

Loan Applications. Loan applications by prospective Borrowers will be made via telephone
to the Plan Administrator or such third party administrator as may be designated by the Plan
Administrator (either of whom is hereafter referred to as the “Loan Administrator”). The Loan
Administrator will then review the telephonic application and determine eligibility for the loan.
If the loan is approved, the Loan Administrator will prepare and forward to the Borrower a letter
notifying the Borrower of the approval, together with a Truth in Lending Statement and a check for
the loan amount, all in form approved by the Plan Administrator. The Borrower’s endorsement of the
loan check will be considered to be the Borrower’s agreement to the terms of the loan. Failure by
the Borrower to endorse the check within thirty (30) days after the date of the check will be
deemed to be a withdrawal by the Borrower of the loan application.

Loan Initiation Fee. A fee in the amount of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) will be assessed
in connection with the initiation of each loan. This fee will be deducted from the Borrower’s Plan
Account at the same time that the loan is approved and processed.

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Source of Loan Funds. Each loan will be funded from the Borrower’s Investment Funds on a
pro rata basis, based upon the relative size of the balance of each such Fund, by withdrawing the
required amounts from the Plan Account(s) of the Borrower in the following order:

	 	 	 	 	 
	First

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Pre-tax Contribution
Account attributable to his Supplemental Pre-tax
Contributions;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Second

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Pre-tax Contribution
Account attributable to his Catch-up Contributions;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Third

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Pre-tax Contribution
Account attributable to his Basic Pre-tax Contributions;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Fourth

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Account attributable to
QNECs;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Fifth

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s After-tax Contribution
Account attributable to his Supplemental After-tax
Contributions;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Sixth

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s After-tax Contribution
Account attributable to his Basic After-tax
Contributions;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Seventh

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Contribution Accounts
attributable to his pre-tax Rollover Contributions; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Eighth

	 	—
	 	from amounts in the Borrower’s Contribution Accounts
attributable to his after-tax Rollover Contributions.

Determination of Loan Interest Rate. The interest rate to be charged for loans will be one
percent (1%) over the prime rate stated by The Wall Street Journal published on the last business
day of each calendar month.

Term of Loans. Loans will be permitted for terms of 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 months for loans
other than those for the purpose of purchasing a primary residence, which will be permitted for
terms up to 120 months.

Repayments. Loan repayments by Employees will be deducted from the Employee’s pay check
each pay period. If a pay check is insufficient to cover the full amount of the loan repayment, no
deduction will be made, and the repayment will be deducted from the Employee’s next pay check.

Prepayments. Prepayment of a loan will not be permitted during the first 30 days of the
loan’s existence, but the full unpaid balance of the loan may be prepaid by a Borrower at
any time after 30 days. Partial prepayments in excess of scheduled payroll deductions will not be
accepted

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Missed Payments. If any payment is not made, interest will continue to accrue on such
missed payment and subsequent payments will be applied first to accrued and unpaid interest on the
missed payment and then to principal. A notice will be mailed to the last known address of the
Borrower stating that if three (3) consecutive months of payments are missed, the loan will be
considered to be in default.

Termination of Employment. If a Borrower who is an Employee terminates employment or is on
an unpaid Leave, or if a Borrower who is not an Employee is no longer able to repay a loan through
payroll deductions, the Borrower may continue to make loan repayments by bank check, cashier check,
personal check or money order. Such repayments to the Plan will be made through the Loan
Administrator at an address to be provided to the Borrower by the Loan Administrator.

Default. A loan will be considered to be in default after three (3) consecutive months of
payments have been missed during the term of the loan or when a Borrower revokes a payroll
deduction authorization. In the event of such a default, a distribution of the loan amount,
including both unpaid principal and accrued but unpaid interest, will be deemed to have occurred
(as described in §1.401(k)-1(d)(6)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations) and an information return
reflecting the tax consequences, if any, to the Borrower will be issued. Upon the occurrence of an
event permitting actual distribution of the Borrower’s Account pursuant to the provisions of Code
§401(k) (whether distribution of the Borrower’s entire Plan Account will actually be made or will
be deferred pursuant to applicable provisions of the Plan), the unpaid balance of a defaulted loan
will be charged off against the Borrower’s Account. If no distribution event has occurred, which
would otherwise permit payment to the Borrower under Code §401(k), the unpaid balance of the loan
will be retained in the Account until such time as payment would be permitted under that Code
Section, at which time the unpaid balance of the loan, including any accrued and unpaid interest,
will be charged off against the Borrower’s Account.

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APPENDIX C           TOP-HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS

In the event that this Plan is or becomes a Top-Heavy Plan (as that term is defined and described
in this Appendix C, the following special provisions will become applicable to the Plan and will
supersede the comparable provisions contained elsewhere in the Plan.

C -I. DEFINITIONS

Solely for purposes of this Appendix C, the following special definitions will be in effect:

C1.010 Aggregation Group means a group of plans (including this Plan) maintained by one or more
Affiliated Companies in which a Key Employee is a participant or which is combined with this Plan
in order to meet the coverage and nondiscrimination requirements of Code §§410 and 401(a)(4). The
Aggregation Group also includes those plans other than this Plan which need not be aggregated with
this Plan to meet Code Requirements, but which are selected by the Company to be part of a
selective Aggregation Group including this Plan, if the Aggregation Group would continue to meet
the requirements of Code §§401(a)(4) and 410 with such plans being taken into account.

C1.020 Compensation means compensation as described in Code §415(c)(3), including employer
contributions made pursuant to any salary reduction arrangement.

C1.030 Determination Date means the last day of the immediately preceding plan year or, in the case
of the first plan year of any plan, the last day of such plan year.

C1.040 Employee means not only an Employee as defined in Article I, but also any beneficiary of
such Employee.

C1.050 Key Employee Key employee means any employee or former employee (including any deceased
employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date was an officer
of the Company having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Section
416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002), a 5-percent owner of the
Company, or a 1-percent owner of the Company having “annual compensation” of more than $150,000.
For this purpose, annual compensation means compensation within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of
the Code. The determination of who is a key employee will be made in accordance with Section
416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability
issued thereunder.

C1.060 Non-Key Employee means any employee who is not a Key Employee. Non-Key Employee also means
an employee who is a former Key Employee.

C1.070 Top-Heavy Plan means a qualified retirement plan, including this Plan if applicable, which
is included in, or which constitutes, an Aggregation Group under

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which, as of the Determination Date, the sum of the present values of accrued benefits for all Key
Employees under all defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group and the aggregate of all
accounts of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group exceeds
sixty percent (60%) of the sum of the present values of accrued benefits under all such defined
benefit plans and of all accounts under all such defined contribution plans for all participants
under such plans.

C-II. APPLICATION OF THIS APPENDIX

In the event that this Plan is or becomes a Top-Heavy Plan, the provisions of this Appendix, where
aggregated with each other defined contribution plan in the Aggregation Group in which a Key
Employee is a participant, will be applied as follows:

C2.010 Minimum Contributions. The following special provisions regarding contributions will
become applicable and will supersede the Company contribution provisions contained elsewhere in
this Plan. In such case, the Plan, where aggregated with each other defined contribution plan in
the Aggregation Group in which a Key Employee is a participant, will provide a minimum allocation
to the account of each Participant who is not a Key Employee for each Plan Year to which these
rules apply equal to the lesser of:

	(a)	 	four percent (4%) of the Participant’s Compensation, or
	 
	(b)	 	the highest percentage of contribution made for the Plan Year to a Participant who
is a Key Employee for such Plan Year.

C2.020 Vesting. A Participant’s nonforfeitable right to his Company Contribution Account will not
be less than the amount determined pursuant to the following schedule:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Years of Service	 	Vested Interest
	 
	 	 	 	 
	One
	 	 	20	%
	Two
	 	 	40	%
	Three
	 	 	60	%
	Four
	 	 	80	%
	Five
	 	 	100	%

If the Plan ceases to be a Top-Heavy Plan, the vesting schedule set forth in Section 5.010(b) will
again become applicable; provided that a Participant’s nonforfeitable right to his Company
Contribution Account will not be less than his nonforfeitable right to his balance in that Account
immediately before the Plan ceased to be a Top-Heavy Plan.

C2.030 Maximum Compensation. For any Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, only the
first Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) of a Participant’s Base Compensation will be taken
into account for purposes of determining benefits under the

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Plan; provided, however, that such amount will be automatically adjusted as prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.

C2.040 Determination of Present Values and Amounts. This Section C2.040 shall apply for purposes
of determining the present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of
Participants as of the determination date.

	(a)	 	Distributions during year ending on the determination date. The present values of
accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of a Participant as of the determination
date shall be increased by the distributions made with respect to the Participant under the
Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code during the
1-year period ending on the determination date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to
distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been
aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In the case of a
distribution made for a reason other than separation from service, death, or disability, this
provision shall be applied by substituting “5-year period” for “1-year period.”

	(b)	 	Employees not performing services during year ending on the determination date. The
accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed services for the Company
during the 1-year period ending on the determination date shall not be taken into account.

C2.050 Minimum Benefits.

	(a)	 	Matching contributions. Company Matching Contributions shall be taken into account
for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of Section 416(c)(2) of the
Code and the Plan. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to Company Matching
Contributions under the Plan or, if the Plan provides that the minimum contribution
requirement shall be met in another plan, matching contributions to such other plan. Company
Matching Contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements shall be
treated as matching contributions for purposes of the actual contribution percentage test and
other requirements of Section 401(m) of the Code.

	(b)	 	Contributions under other plans. The Company may provide that the minimum benefit
requirement shall be met in another plan (including another plan that consists solely of a
cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of Section 401(k)(12) of the Code
and matching contributions with respect to which the requirements of Section 401(m)(11) of the
Code are met).

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APPENDIX D      EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

The purpose of this Appendix D is to document the conversion of each of the Rockwell Automation
Stock Funds (namely, Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B and the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund) to
separate employee stock ownership plans and to designate them as such. In addition, this Appendix
C sets forth the provisions governing the operation of each of the said ESOPs. The provisions of
this Appendix, as they relate to the converted Stock Funds, supersede any provisions of the Plan to
the contrary. Notwithstanding the above, the conversion of the two Stock Funds and their
designation as ESOPs are intended to create separate plans. Assets attributable to the two ESOPs
will continue to be assets of the Plan and will be available for the payment of all benefits under
the Plan.

D—I. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions will be in effect and applicable to the ESOP created by conversion of the
Rockwell Automation Stock Funds into employee stock ownership plans:

D1.010 ESOP means employee stock ownership plan (as that term is defined in Code §4975(e)(7)), the
benefit form into which Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B and the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund
were converted.

D1.020 ESOP Account means any portion of a Participant’s Plan Account which is invested in either
of the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund ESOPs.

D1.030 ESOP Effective Date means June 1, 2000.

D1.040 Non-ESOP Account means an Account that is not an ESOP Account.

D1.050 Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B ESOP Account means an Account established in accordance
with Section D2.010(b) of this Appendix.

D1.060 The Rockwell Automation Stock Fund ESOP Account means an Account established in accordance
with Section D2.010(c) of this Appendix.

D—II. ESOP ACCOUNTS

D2.010 General. As of the ESOP Effective Date, the portions of a Participant’s interest in his
Plan Account, individually, in Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B (after June 30, 2005, the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund) which consist of common stock of the Company are hereby designated as
separate ESOPs and while in the said Rockwell Automation Stock Fund will continue thereafter while
invested in said Stock Fund to be invested primarily in stock of the Company which meets the
definition of an “employer

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security” under Code §409(l). At that time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee will
establish and maintain, if applicable, for each Participant:

	(a)	 	Prior to July 1, 2005, a Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B ESOP Account, consisting of all of
the Participant’s interest in the Plan in the Company’s common stock in Rockwell Automation
Stock Fund B.

	(b)	 	Effective July 1, 2005, the Account described in (a) above shall be renamed the Rockwell
Automation Stock Fund, consisting of all of the Participant’s interest in the Plan in the
Company’s common stock in the Rockwell Automation Stock Fund.

It is specifically understood and provided that, other than cash and/or cash equivalents, the ESOP
Accounts under this Plan will at all times be invested solely in the Company’s common stock and in
other stock of the Company, as such common stock and other stock may be deemed to be “employer
securities” pursuant to Code §409(l). It is further understood and provided that the
above-described ESOP Accounts are established for bookkeeping purposes only and will not be
segregated from the other assets of the Plan.

D2.020 Transfers between ESOP and Non-ESOP Accounts. Participants will be permitted to elect
transfers of assets involving their Stock Fund B ESOP Accounts or, after June 30, 2005, their
Rockwell Automation Stock Fund ESOP Account, but such transfers will at all times be subject to the
provisions and limitations, respectively, of Sections 4.040 and 4.020 of the Plan. This Section of
this Appendix D, when administered in conjunction with the provisions of the said Sections of the
Plan is intended to comply in all respects with the diversification and other requirements of Code
§401(a)(28).

D-III. PASS-THROUGH DIVIDENDS AND VOTING RIGHTS

D3.01 Pass-through of Dividends Paid on Company Stock. Prior to December 31, 2005, the Company
or its agent will, as soon as practicable after each date on which dividends are paid on Company
stock, distribute directly to Participants all dividends attributable to the interests in Company
stock held by their Rockwell Automation Stock Fund B ESOP Accounts or their Rockwell Automation
Stock Fund ESOP Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after January 1, 2005, the Company or its
agent will invest such dividends in Company Stock, which will remain in their Rockwell Automation
Stock Fund B ESOP Account, or after June 30, 2005, their Rockwell Automation Stock Fund ESOP
Account.

D3.020 Pass-through of Voting Rights with Respect to Company Stock. The Trustee exercises all
voting rights with respect to Company stock held by the Plan, but must exercise those rights in
accordance with the instructions of Participants, to the extent of their ESOP Accounts. The
Trustee will establish procedures for distributing proxy material to and soliciting voting
instructions from, Participants on all corporate matters which are subject to vote of the Company’s
shareholders. The Trustee must vote the

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Plan’s stock in accordance with he Participant’s instructions. Any shares with respect to which no
instructions are received just be voted in the same proportions as shares with respect to which the
Trustee does receive instructions.

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