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                                                          EXHIBIT No. 10(iii)(u)

                         UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
                              DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

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In re                                       :             Chapter 11 Case No.
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ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES,                 :             00-4471 (JJF)
INC., et al.,                               :
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                           Debtors.         :             (Jointly Administered)
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                         ORDER AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING
                     RETENTION PROGRAM FOR KEY EMPLOYEES AND
                   APPROVING ASSUMPTION OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS
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                  Upon the Motion of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. ("AWI")
and its affiliated debtors (collectively, the "Debtors"), dated March 30, 2001
(the "Motion"),1 for an Order Authorizing and Approving Retention Program for
Key Employees and Approving Assumption of Executory Contracts; and notice of the
Motion having been given to the United States Trustee for the District of
Delaware, the agent for the Debtors' prepetition bank lenders, the agent for the
Debtors' postpetition bank lenders, the attorneys for each of the Official
Committees appointed in the chapter 11 cases, and all parties on the Debtors'
General Service List in these cases pursuant to the Court's Order Pursuant to
Sections 102 and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule

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/1/ Capitalized terms utilized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Motion.

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2002(m) and 9007 Establishing Notice Procedures, dated January 29, 2001, and it
appearing that no further notice need be given; and it appearing that the Court
has jurisdiction to consider the Motion; and the Court having determined that
the relief requested in the Motion represents a sound exercise of the Debtors'
business judgment and is necessary and in the best interests of the Debtors'
estates; and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it
is

                  ORDERED that the Motion is granted and the relief requested in
the Motion is authorized and approved in all respects; and it is further

                  ORDERED that the Employee Retention Program is authorized and
approved in all respects, including, without limitation, the assumption of the
Change in Control Agreements and the Lockhart Agreements under section 365 of
the Bankruptcy Code as described in the Motion; and it is further

                  ORDERED that AWI is authorized to take all action necessary to
fully implement and carry out the Employee Retention Program as described in the
Motion, including, without limitation, entering into additional Change in
Control Agreements as described in or contemplated by the Motion; and it is
further

                  ORDERED that any obligations of the Debtors under or in
connection with the Employee Retention Program shall be deemed allowed
administrative expense claims under section 503(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code,
and it is further

                  ORDERED that, notwithstanding anything contained herein, in
the Change in Control Agreements or in the Lockhart Change in Control Agreement
to the contrary:

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                         (i)      An event set forth in Section 16(E)(I) of such
agreements shall not constitute a Change in Control (as defined therein) under
such agreements at any time during the period prior to the entry of an order
confirming a plan of reorganization in AWI's chapter 11 case; and

                  (ii)   with respect to the Tier I Change in Control Agreements
and the Lockhart Change in Control Agreement, solely for the purposes of the
first full paragraph following Section 16(P)(VII) of the Tier I Change in
Control Agreements and the first full paragraph following Section 16(P)(VIII) of
the Lockhart Change in Control Agreement, a Change in Control shall only be
deemed to occur under the limited circumstances set forth in the provisos to
such paragraphs, except that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur
solely by reason of (a) a merger described in Section 16(E)(III) of such
agreements involving AWI or Holdings which is effected pursuant to the
provisions of a plan of reorganization in AWI's chapter 11 case, or (b) the
consummation of any transaction to sell or otherwise dispose of voting
securities of the reorganized entity occurring subsequent to the effective date
of a plan of reorganization in AWI's chapter 11 case which is effected by a
trust established under section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Dated:     Wilmington, Delaware
           April 18, 2001

                                                   /s/Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
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                                              Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
                                              United States District Judge

                                       3NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' RETIREMENT PLAN

 

EXHIBIT 10.10

     
Effective as of January 1, 1988;

     
Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2002

UST

NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ RETIREMENT PLAN

     
1. Purpose; Applicability. The purpose of the
UST Nonemployee Directors’ Retirement Plan (the
“Plan”) is to provide retirement benefits to
nonemployee members of the Board of Directors
(“Directors”) of UST Inc. (the “Company”).
The Plan shall be effective for 1988 and each succeeding year.
The Plan shall be applicable to all current or future Directors
of the Company whose service as a Director equals or exceeds
thirty-six months (whether or not consecutive), other than
directors who are employees or former employees of the Company
or its subsidiaries (whether direct or indirect).

     
2. Benefits. A Director shall become vested in
a benefit under the Plan on the date on which his or her service
as a Director equals thirty-six months (whether or not
consecutive). The Company shall establish on its books the
necessary account to accurately reflect its liability as a
credited amount payable to each Director entitled to benefits
under the Plan. The Company’s liability to each such
Director shall be a monthly amount (the “Monthly
Payment”) that is equal to one-twelfth ( 1/12th) of
75% of the Director’s Highest Annual Compensation (as
hereinafter defined), payable for a period (the “Payment
Period”) that is equal to the same number of full months as
the Director shall have served as a Director; provided, however,
effective January 1, 1998, the Payment Period shall not
exceed 120 months. “Highest Annual Compensation” shall
mean the average Compensation (as hereinafter defined) of a
Director during the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months in
the last thirty-six (36) calendar months of a Director’s
service affording the highest such average.
“Compensation” shall mean payments which the Director
receives from the Company for services solely in his capacity as
a Director, including directors’ fees, retainers, meeting
fees, fees for chairing committees and awards made to Directors
in respect of meetings attended under the UST Inc. Nonemployee
Directors’ Restricted Stock Award Plan, as it may be
amended from time to time, (the “Restricted Stock
Plan”), but shall exclude consulting fees, direct
reimbursement of expenses, supplemental medical reimbursements,
annual financial planning services and stock option grants. The
value of an award made to a Director under the Restricted Stock
Plan shall be included in Compensation for the year in which
such award is made, provided that the amount of Compensation to
be included shall be the fair market value (as defined in the
Restricted Stock Plan) of the stock subject to such award on the
date on which such award fully vests in accordance with
provisions of the Restricted Stock Plan. The Monthly Payments to
a Director shall begin on the last day of the later of the
calendar month in which the Director attains the age of 65 or
the calendar month in which the Director ceases to serve as a
Director, and shall continue to be made on the last day of each
succeeding month for a period that is equal to the same number
of full months as the Director shall have served as a Director;
provided, however, that the Payment Period shall not exceed 120
months. In the event of death of a Director whose retirement
commenced on or after January 1, 1998, prior to the end of
the Payment Period, a lump sum payment, equal to the total
Monthly Payments remaining to be made to the Director had the
Director survived, shall be made to the deceased Director’s
spouse.

     
Effective January 1, 1998, in the event of death of a
Director prior to the Director’s retirement from the Board,
and provided that the Director’s service as a Director
equals or exceeds thirty-six (36) months, a lump sum payment,
equal to the total Monthly Payments to which the Director would
have been entitled had the Director retired immediately before
death, will be made to the deceased Director’s spouse, such
payment to be made on the last day of the later of the calendar
month in which the Director would have attained the age of 65 or
the calendar month in which the Director’s death occurred.

     
Directors shall not be entitled to any early retirement or other
benefits.

     
3. No Right of Service. Nothing contained in
this Plan shall give any Director the right to remain as a
Director.

     
4. Nontransferability. No amounts payable under
the Plan shall be transferable by the Director or former
Director.

     
5. Amendments to the Plan. The Board of
Directors of the Company may at any time terminate or from time
to time modify or suspend the Plan, in whole or in part, except
that termination, modification or suspension of the Plan shall
not, without the consent of the affected Directors, adversely
affect any right of any such Director to receive benefits that
have previously vested.

     
6. Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware.

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