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EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

November 17, 2005

James M. Andres

2325 Lower Lake Road

Seneca Falls, New York 13148

Dear Mr. Andres,

This letter will constitute the agreement (“Agreement”) between you and Genesee & Wyoming
Railroad Services, Inc. (the “Employer”) on the terms of your resignation from employment with the
Employer.

Your resignation will be effective November 17, 2005, and your employment will terminate as of
that date. You will be paid your earned salary through the date of your resignation. Although you
are not otherwise entitled to it, in consideration of your acceptance of this Agreement, the
Employer will provide you with a severance payment of Eighty Five Thousand and 00/100 dollars
($85,000.00), less required payroll deductions, to be paid in equal installments in accordance with
the Employer’s regular payroll schedule, beginning no sooner than the “effective date” of this
Agreement as defined below. This payment represents the equivalent of 26 weeks salary.

Your medical, dental and life insurances will be extended until May 31, 2006 which is 6 months
additional coverage. You will receive under separate cover information regarding your rights to
health care and life insurance continuation at that time. To the extent that you have such rights,
nothing in this Agreement will impair those rights.

The Employer will make a lump sum payment to you in the amount of Twenty Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-seven and 48/100 dollars ($20,187.48), less required payroll deductions, for the balance of
2004/2005 earned but unused vacation. All of your other benefits will cease November 17, 2005 and
you will not be eligible for 401(k) participation for any payments made which are listed above.
You agree that you have otherwise received all wages, benefits, and compensation due by virtue of
your employment.

You agree that you have returned or will return immediately to the Employer any Employer
property you may have, including any information about the Employer’s operations, practices, and
procedures.

In consideration of the payments listed above, and the Employer’s decision to continue your
health insurance as set forth herein, you agree to execute and be bound by this Agreement and the
Release attached to this Agreement as Attachment A.

You will not, unless required or otherwise permitted by law, disclose to others any
confidential information or records, trade information, employee information, financial
information, plans, projections data, formulae, specifications and other trade secrets of the
Employer to any person outside of employees of the Employer. All records, files, disks, data,
employee information, drawings, documents, models, equipment and the like relating to the
businesses of the Employer, which you have used, prepared or come in contact with during you
employment shall be and remain the sole property of the Employer and shall not be removed from the
premises of the Employer without its written consent. You agree that any such property in your
possession, and all copies thereof, will be returned to the Employer immediately.

In addition and in further consideration, the parties hereby agree that in the event of the
commencement or continuation of any action in violation of this Agreement and the Release, this
Agreement and the Release may be pleaded as a complete defense to any such action, and may be
asserted by way of counterclaim or cross-claim in such action.

In the event that you breach any of your obligations under this Agreement or as otherwise
imposed by law, the Employer will be entitled, at its option, to recover the benefits paid above
and to obtain all other relief provided by law or equity.

This Agreement and the Release is intended, and shall be deemed, to be the complete and
exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties. This Agreement and Release
supercedes any previous agreements the parties may have had respecting this subject matter.

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Monroe, is hereby designated as the
exclusive venue and jurisdiction to enforce this Agreement and the Release, and the parties hereby
waive any right to commence enforcement proceedings in any other venue or forum.

You agree that you are voluntarily signing this Agreement, that you have not been pressured
into agreeing to its terms and that you have enough information to decide whether to sign this
Agreement. If, for any reason, you believe that this Agreement is not entirely voluntary, or if
you believe that you do not have enough information, then you should not sign this Agreement.

In accordance with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, you have up to 21 days from
receipt of this letter to accept the terms of this Agreement, although you may accept it at any
time within those 21 days.

To accept the Agreement, please date and sign this letter and return it to me. Please also
date and sign the Release attached as Attachment A. (An extra copy for your files is enclosed.)
Once you do so, you still have an additional seven (7) calendar days in which to revoke your
acceptance. To revoke, you must send me a written statement of revocation by registered mail,
return receipt requested. If you do not revoke, the eighth calendar day after the date of your
acceptance will be the “effective date” of the Agreement.

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If you have any questions regarding this Agreement and/or Release, do not hesitate to contact
me.

Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc.

By:     /s/ T.J. Gallagher     

T. J. Gallagher

Chief Financial Officer

Enclosure

In signing this letter, I acknowledge that I have had the opportunity to review this Agreement
carefully with an attorney of my choice, that I have read this Agreement and understand the terms
of the Agreement, and that I voluntarily agree to them.

/s/ James M. Andres

James M. Andres

December 8, 2005

Dated

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Release

In consideration for Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc.’s (the “Employer”)
agreement to undertake the obligations set forth in the attached Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, James M. Andres
(the “Employee”) his heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, and
assigns, hereby unconditionally agree that by signing this Release he will give up his right to
bring any legal claim against the Employer of any nature. The claims that he is giving up include,
but are not limited to, claims related in any way, directly or indirectly, to his employment
relationship with the Employer, including those relating to any contract for past employment, any
failure to offer employment, any representations or commitments made by the Employer regarding
future employment and his separation from employment. This Release is intended to be interpreted
in the broadest possible manner to include all actual or potential legal claims that the Employee
may have against the Employer, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Release.

Specifically, the Employee agrees to fully and forever release all of his legal rights and
claims against the Employer, whether or not presently known to him and including future legal
rights and claims if based in whole or in part on acts or omissions occurring before he delivers
this signed Release to the Employer. The Employee agrees that the legal rights and claims that he
is giving up include, but are not limited to, his rights, if any, under all State and federal
statutes that protect him from discrimination in employment, such as the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (the “ADEA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the New York
Human Rights Law, the Connecticut Civil Rights Law, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act,
and any similar State or local statute, regulation or order. The Employee also agrees that the
legal rights and claims that he is giving up include his rights, if any, for unpaid wages or
benefits under all State and federal statutes such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and
Medical Leave Act, the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), the New York Labor Law
and any similar State or local statute, regulation or order. The Employee agrees that the legal
rights and claims that he is giving up include all common law rights and claims, such as a breach
of express or implied contract, tort (whether negligent or intentional), wrongful discharge,
constructive discharge, infliction of emotional distress, defamation, promissory estoppel, and any
claim for fraud, omission or misrepresentation. He also agrees that he is giving up and forever
releasing any right that he may have to attorneys’ fees for any of the foregoing rights and claims.

The Employee agrees that this Release applies not only to the Employer, but also to the
Employer’s predecessors, and past, current and future subsidiaries, related entities, officers,
directors, shareholders, agents, attorneys, employees, successors, or assigns. He also agrees that
this Release may be used as a complete defense in the future if he brings any claim that he has
released herein.

The claims that the Employee is giving up and releasing do not include his vested rights, if
any, under any qualified retirement plan in which he participates, and his COBRA, unemployment
compensation and worker’s compensation rights, if any. Nothing in this Release shall be construed
to constitute a waiver of (a) any claims the Employee may have against the Employer that arise from
acts or omissions that occur after the effective date of this Release, (b) the Employee’s right to
file an administrative charge with any governmental agency concerning employment with the Employer
where such waiver is prohibited by law, or (c) the Employee’s right to participate in any
administrative or court investigation, hearing or proceeding. The Employee agrees, however, to
waive and release any right to receive any individual remedy or to recover any individual monetary
or non-monetary damages as a result of any such administrative charge or proceeding. In addition,
this release does not affect the Employee’s rights as expressly created by this Release, and does
not limit his ability to enforce this Release.

The Employee is hereby advised to consult with an attorney before he signs the Agreement and
Release.

The Employee also understands that he may take twenty-one (21) days from the date that this
Release is provided to him to consider it before signing and returning it to the Employer. The
Employee may revoke this Release by asking for its return within seven (7) days of the date of his
signature below. If the Employee does not revoke this Release within seven (7) days, it shall be
binding upon him.

/s/ JAMES M. ANDRES

	 	 	 	

December 8, 2005

Date

3EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

NVR, INC.

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(Effective December 15, 2005)

ARTICLE 1

PURPOSE

NVR, Inc. (the “Company”) has established the NVR, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of executives of the Company and certain affiliates. The Plan is
hereby adopted effective December 15, 2005, with respect to pay received on or after January 1,
2006. The Company intends that the Plan shall be treated as an unfunded plan for purposes of the
Code, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and as a plan
for a select group of management and highly compensated employees for purposes of ERISA. A
significant purpose of this Plan is to permit Eligible Persons who have a Company stock ownership
requirement to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on a pre-tax basis.

ARTICLE 2

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

Eligibility to participate in the Plan shall be limited to Employees who are designated by the
Board to participate in the Plan (hereafter, each an “Eligible Person”). An Eligible Person may
elect to defer a portion of Base Compensation and any Bonus payable with respect to services to be
performed as an Employee by making a deferral election as further provided in Section 3.1.

ARTICLE 3

ELECTIVE DEFERRALS

3.1 Deferral Election

An Eligible Person may make a deferral election with respect to an upcoming calendar year
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.1. Any deferral election and any revocation of the
election permitted under this Plan shall be in writing, in the form designated by the Plan
Administrator and may be subject to guidelines of the Plan Administrator establishing a minimum
deferral amount for participation.

(a) Compensation Deferral

An Eligible Person may elect to defer up to 100% of his or her Base Compensation payable
during an upcoming calendar year, by completing and filing an election with the Plan Administrator
during the enrollment period established by the Plan Administrator for deferral of that Base
Compensation. The enrollment period shall end no later than December 31 of the current year for
deferrals in the upcoming calendar year. Except as provided in Section 4.4 and Section 4.5, a Base
Compensation deferral election shall become irrevocable as of the close of the enrollment period
applicable to the Base Compensation. The Base Compensation deferral election may be revoked in
writing up to the end of the applicable enrollment period by submitting a revocation to the Plan
Administrator by that date. The Eligible Person shall set forth the amount to be deferred as a
full percentage or dollar amount of Base Compensation payable during the calendar year.

(b) Bonus Deferral

An Eligible Person may elect to defer up to 100% of his or her Bonus, if any, payable with
respect to the upcoming calendar year, by completing and filing an election with the Plan
Administrator during the enrollment period established by the Plan Administrator for deferral of
that Bonus. In the case of a performance-based Bonus (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code), the enrollment period shall end no later than the date six (6) months prior to the end of
the performance measurement period to which such Bonus relates and, in the case of a Bonus that is
not performance-based, no later than December 31 of the calendar year prior to the calendar year to
which the Bonus relates. Furthermore, pursuant to transition relief provided in Notice 2005-1
(December 20, 2004) and the preamble to the proposed Treasury Department regulations under Section
409A of the Code published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2005, a deferral election in place
as of December 31, 2005 shall apply to any Bonus payable during 2006 on or prior to March 15, 2006,
and a deferral election in place as of December 31, 2006, shall apply to any Bonus payable during
2007 on or prior to March 15, 2007.

Except as provided in Section 4.4 and Section 4.5, a Bonus deferral election shall become
irrevocable as of the close of the enrollment period applicable to the Bonus. The Bonus deferral
election may be revoked in writing up to the end of the applicable enrollment period by submitting
a revocation to the Plan Administrator by that date. The Eligible Person shall set forth the
amount to be deferred as a full percentage or dollar amount of the Bonus payable during the
upcoming calendar year.

(c) First-Year Participation

If an Eligible Person first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a calendar year
and has never previously participated in an account-based deferred compensation plan with the
Company, any Participating Employer and certain affiliates, then notwithstanding the general
requirement stated in Section 3.1(a) or Section 3.1(b), as applicable, that the election be
completed and submitted before the calendar year of commencement (but in accordance with all other
applicable provisions of Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b)), an election may be submitted to the
Plan Administrator within thirty (30) days after the Participant first becomes an Eligible Person.
However, such election shall be effective only with respect to Base Compensation and Bonus payments
earned and payable following submission of the election to the Plan Administrator.

	 	(d)	 	Net Deferral Affected by 401(k) Deferrals
and Other Pay Deductions

In determining the actual amount of Base Compensation and Bonus deferral to be credited to a
Participant’s Account under the Plan for a calendar year, the total deferral election amount for
the calendar year shall be reduced by the following amounts but only to the extent necessary to
cover these contributions or the withholding obligation: (i) any elective deferrals contributed by
the Participant for such year under the NVR, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (or any other 401(k) plan
maintained by a Participating Employer); (ii) contributions by the Participant for such year to any
flexible spending account, health savings account, cafeteria plan or similar arrangement; and (iii)
FICA amounts withheld from the Participant’s pay for such year. Accordingly, only the net deferral
shall be credited under this Plan in a calendar year.

3.2 Application of Election and Vesting

An election for the deferral of Base Compensation and the deferral of Bonus amounts must be
completed for each calendar year with respect to which amounts are deferred under the Plan, in
accordance with this ARTICLE 3. A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her
elective deferrals of Base Compensation and Bonus amounts and any earnings thereon.

3.3 Effect of Employment Termination

If a Participant ceases to be an Employee, at a time when he or she has in effect for the
calendar year one or more deferral elections, the deferral election or elections shall terminate
with respect to any amount not yet paid at the time the individual ceases to be an Employee.
Amounts already deferred into the Participant’s Account shall remain so credited and shall be
distributed in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

ARTICLE 4

PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION

4.1 Selecting the Payment Commencement Date

(a) Subject to the provisions of ARTICLE 6, with each deferral election under the Plan and
relating solely to the amount so deferred and earnings on such amounts (the “Annual Account”), an
Eligible Person shall designate the time as of which payment of his or her Annual Account under the
Plan is to commence as one of the following alternatives:

(i) The last day of the month in which occurs the six (6) month anniversary of the
Participant’s Termination Date; or

(ii) In the case of an Eligible Person who is not an executive officer of the Company, the
January 31 of the calendar year designated by the Eligible Person, which must be at least two (2)
calendar years after the year in which the amount is actually deferred, but not later than the
twentieth (20th) calendar year following the year in which the deferral election is made
(hereafter, the “Specified Payment Date”).

If a payment commencement date for the Annual Account under this Section 4.1(a) is not
established at the time an Eligible Person submits his or her deferral election form, payment of
the applicable Annual Account shall be made on the last day of the month in which occurs the six
(6) month anniversary of the Participant’s Termination Date.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this ARTICLE 4, if an Eligible Person
experiences a Separation from Service prior to attainment of the Retirement Age and prior to
complete distribution of his or her Account, then the portion of the Account remaining unpaid as of
the Participant’s Termination Date shall be paid in a single lump sum as of the last day of the
month in which occurs the six (6) month anniversary of the Participant’s Termination Date.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 4.1, if the Company, in its
sole discretion, determines that payment of an Annual Account in accordance with Section 4.1(a)(ii)
would exceed the deduction limit under Section 162(m) of the Code, pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-2(b)(5)(i) such payment shall be delayed until the last day of the month in which
occurs the six (6) month anniversary of the Participant’s Termination Date.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan:

(i) If any portion of a Participant’s Account remains unpaid at the time of his or her death,
payment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.1 and Section 6.2, and this
ARTICLE 4 shall be inapplicable to such payment.

(ii) If any portion of a Participant’s Account remains unpaid at the time of his or her
Separation from Service due to Disability, payment shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Section 6.3, and this ARTICLE 4 shall be inapplicable to such payment.

4.2 Form of Payment

In each deferral election completed and submitted pursuant to Section 4.1(a), the Eligible
Person also shall select the form of payment for distribution of his or her Annual Account under
the Plan, from one of the following forms:

(a) A single lump sum; or

(b) Subject to Sections 4.1(b), (c) and (d), a series of annual installments for three (3),
five (5), or ten (10) such consecutive years, as elected by the Eligible Person. If an Eligible
Person, who designated payment to be made pursuant to this option, does not attain the Retirement
Age prior to his or her Separation from Service, payment shall be made in a single lump sum.

If a form of payment under this Section 4.2 is not established at the time an Eligible Person
submits his or her initial deferral election form and there is no default form of payment
determined in accordance with Section 4.1, the payment form of his or her Annual Account shall be
in a single lump sum. All payments under the Plan shall be in the form of shares of common stock
of the Company.

4.3 Change of Form or Timing of Payment

Subject to approval of the Plan Administrator, a Participant may change his or her election as
to the form or timing of payment for each deferral election under this ARTICLE 4, contingent on the
following requirements having been satisfied:

(a) the change must be made in writing and in the form designated by the Plan Administrator;

(b) the change must be made at a time when the Participant is still an Employee, and must be
consistent with Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3;

(c) the change must be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the date that would have been
the payment or commencement of payment date for that deferral election; and

(d) the change must delay the payment date or, in the case of installments, each of the
payment dates by at least five (5) years.

4.4 Unforeseen Emergency 

The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, make distributions to a Participant from
his or her Account prior to the date that amounts would otherwise become payable if the Plan
Administrator determines that the Participant has incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency. The amount
of any such distribution shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to meet the
Participant’s needs created by the Unforeseeable Emergency, plus the amount necessary to pay the
taxes thereon, after taking into account reimbursement from insurance and liquidation of the
Participant’s available assets (including any additional compensation available to the Participant
in the event that his or her deferral election under the Plan is cancelled pursuant to this
Section).

In addition, the Plan Administrator in its discretion may at any time cancel a deferral
election with respect to the remainder of the amount to be deferred under such deferral election
upon determining that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency. The deferral
election made by a Participant next following the cancellation of his or her deferral election due
to an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be treated as an initial deferral election, subject to the
requirements of ARTICLE 3 and ARTICLE 4.

4.5 Effect on this Plan of a 401(k) Plan Hardship Withdrawal

To the extent required to comply with Treasury Regulation §1.401(k)-1(d)(3)(iv)(E)(2), or any
amendment or successor thereto, a Participant’s “elective and employee contributions” (within the
meaning of such Treasury Regulation) under this Plan shall be terminated following the
Participant’s receipt of a hardship distribution made in reliance on such Treasury Regulation from
any plan containing a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code maintained by
the Company or a related party within the provisions of subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of Section
414 of the Code. The deferral election under the Plan made by the Participant next following the
termination of his or her deferral election due to receipt of a hardship distribution shall be
subject to the requirements of ARTICLE 3 and ARTICLE 4.

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ARTICLE 5

PLAN ACCOUNTS

5.1 Accounts

Bookkeeping deferral election Accounts shall be established and maintained by the Plan
Administrator for each Participant in which shall be recorded the amounts deferred by the
Participant under the Plan for each deferral election (credited as of the date that they would
otherwise be currently payable).

5.2 Investment Performance

A Participant’s Account shall be treated as invested in deferred stock units on Company Common
Stock (“Common Stock”), and adjusted to reflect increases or decreases thereon. Accordingly, each
deferred stock unit credited to the account represents the value of a share of Common Stock.
Dividend equivalents shall be credited to each deferred stock unit on each dividend payment date
(based on deferred stock units held as of the dividend record date) to the extent of dividends
issued on Common Stock. Such dividend equivalents shall themselves be converted into deferred
stock units as of the dividend payment date by dividing the amount of the dividend equivalents by
the value of the Common Stock as of the applicable dividend payment date. Any such additional
deferred stock units (or fraction thereof) resulting from dividend equivalent credits shall be
treated as deferred stock units and credited to the Participant’s Account.

5.3 Valuation Date

A Participant’s Account shall be valued as of each December 31, on the last day of the month
in which the Participant ceases to be an Employee and as of each distribution payment date, at
which point credits under Section 5.2 shall be made with respect to the Account balance remaining
in the Plan as of the Valuation Date. The Company also may establish such other date or dates as
Valuation Dates with respect to all Accounts, particular investments in the Accounts or particular
Accounts with respect to which payment or another transaction is to occur.

ARTICLE 6

DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS

6.1 Death Benefit

Each Participant may designate a Beneficiary to receive payment of his or her Account balance
in the event of his or her death. Each Beneficiary designation: (i) shall be made on a form filed
in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, (ii) shall be effective when, and only if made
and filed in such manner during the Participant’s lifetime, and (iii) upon such filing, shall
automatically revoke all previous Beneficiary designations. Upon the death of a Participant, the
full amount of the Participant’s Account (or the remaining amount of the Account in the event that
installment payments have commenced) shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a single
lump sum as soon as administratively practicable following the date that the Company is notified of
the Participant’s death. Payment shall be made in the form of shares of common stock of the
Company.

6.2 Failure to Designate Beneficiary

If the payments to be made pursuant to this Section are not subject to a valid Beneficiary
designation at the time of the Participant’s death (because the designated Beneficiary predeceased
the Participant or for any other reason), the estate of the Participant shall be the Beneficiary.
If a Beneficiary designated by the Participant to receive all or any part of the Participant’s
Account dies after the Participant but before complete distribution of that portion of the Account,
and at the time of the Beneficiary’s death there is no valid designation of a contingent
Beneficiary, the estate of such Beneficiary shall be the Beneficiary of the portion in question.

6.3 Disability Benefit

A Participant who experiences a Separation from Service due to Disbility shall be deemed to
have experienced such Separation from Service as soon as practicable after such Participant is
determined to be disabled, on which date the Participant shall be entitled to receive a Disability
benefit equal to his or her Account balance. The Disability benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as
of the last day of the month in which occurs the six (6) month anniversary of the Participant’s
Separation from Service. Payment shall be made in the form of shares of common stock of the
Company.

ARTICLE 7

CLAIMS PROCEDURE

7.1 Initial Claim

If a Participant believes he or she is entitled to payments under the Plan which have not been
paid or have been paid in a lesser amount, the Participant may submit a written claim to Attention:
Chief Financial Officer, NVR, Inc., Plaza America Tower, 11700 Plaza America Drive Suite 500,
Reston, Virginia 20190. If the Chief Financial Officer determines that the claim should be denied,
written notice of the decision shall be furnished to the Participant within a reasonable period of
time. This notice shall set forth in clear and precise terms the specific reasons for the denial,
specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, a description of
additional material or information necessary for the Participant to perfect the claim, and an
explanation of the Plan’s review procedure. The written notice shall be given to the Participant
within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim, unless special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim, in which case a decision shall be rendered and written
notice furnished within one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the claim. A written notice
of such extension of time indicating the special circumstances and expected date of decision shall
be furnished to the Participant within the initial ninety (90) day period.

7.2 Claims Appeal

The Participant may, within sixty (60) days after receiving notice denying the claim, request
a review of the decision by written application to the Company. The Participant may also review
pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing. A written decision on the appeal
shall be made by the Company not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the appeal, unless
special circumstances require an extension of time, in which case a decision shall be rendered
within a reasonable period of time, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after
receipt of the appeal. A written notice of such extension of time shall be furnished to the
Participant before such extension begins. The decision shall include the specific reason(s) for
the decision and the specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision
is based. The decision shall be final. The Participant’s Beneficiary also may use the claim
procedures set forth in Section 7.1 and this Section.

ARTICLE 8

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

8.1 Administration

The Company shall serve as the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall have the full
power and authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan, including
the authority, in its sole discretion: (a) to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as
deemed necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan; (b) to interpret the Plan
consistent with the terms and intent thereof; and (c) to resolve any possible ambiguities,
inconsistencies and omissions in the Plan. All such actions shall be in accordance with the terms
and intent of the Plan.

The Company may designate, by written instrument acknowledged by the parties, one or more
persons to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities as Plan Administrator. To the extent of any
such delegation, the delegate shall become the Plan Administrator responsible for the matters
assigned by the Company, and references to the Company in such capacity shall apply instead to the
delegate. Additionally, the Company may assign any of its responsibilities to specific persons who
are directors, officers, or employees of the Company, or a committee composed of such persons, in
order to execute its actions as the Plan Administrator. Any action by the Company assigning any of
its responsibilities to specific persons who are directors, officers, or employees of the Company,
or a committee composed of such persons, shall not constitute delegation of the Company’s
responsibility as Plan Administrator, but rather shall be treated as the manner in which the
Company has determined internally to discharge such responsibility. One such assignment is hereby
made to the Chief Financial Officer, who shall have the power on behalf of the Company to execute
Plan documents, trust agreements or other contracts relating to the Plan or Plan administration,
and who shall serve generally as the Plan Administrator.

The Plan Administrator may engage the services of accountants, attorneys, actuaries,
consultants and such other professional personnel as deemed necessary or advisable to assist them
in fulfilling responsibilities of the Plan Administrator under the Plan. The Plan Administrator,
and its delegates and assistants, shall be entitled to act on the basis of all tables, valuations,
certificates, opinions and reports furnished by such professional personnel.

8.2 Amendment and Termination of the Plan

The Company may, in its sole discretion, amend, modify or terminate this Plan at any time or
from time to time, in whole or in part, and for any reason. However, no amendment shall reduce the
amount accrued in any Account as of the date of such amendment. The Company may terminate the Plan
with respect to the Participants employed or formerly employed by the Company, as follows:

(a) Partial Termination

The Company may partially terminate the Plan by instructing the Plan Administrator not to
accept any additional deferral elections under this Plan. If such a partial termination occurs,
the Plan shall continue to operate and be effective with regard to deferral elections properly
completed and filed prior to the effective date of such partial termination.

(b) Complete Termination

The Company may completely terminate the Plan by instructing the Plan Administrator not to
accept any additional deferral elections, and by terminating all existing Plan deferrals. In the
event of complete termination, the Plan shall cease to operate and, to the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, the Plan Administrator shall distribute each Account to the appropriate
Participant.

ARTICLE 9

GENERAL PROVISIONS

9.1 Alienation of Benefits

No Account payable under the Plan shall be subject to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, attachment, garnishment, lien, levy or like encumbrance. Neither the Company nor the Plan
shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to
payment under the Plan.

9.2 Overpayments

If any overpayment of an Account is made under the Plan, (a) the amount of the overpayment may
be set off against further amounts payable to or on account of the person who received the
overpayment until the overpayment has been recovered in full, or (b) the recipient shall be
required to return the amount of the overpayment to the Plan Administrator. The foregoing remedy
is not intended to be exclusive.

9.3 FICA Obligation

An Eligible Person’s deferrals of Base Compensation and Bonus payments are subject to taxation
under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (“FICA”). The Plan Administrator, without the
Eligible Person’s consent, shall withhold the FICA taxes payable by the Eligible Person with
respect to these amounts from such Eligible Person’s Base Compensation and Bonus payments that are
not deferred.

9.4 Withholding Taxes

The Company and the Plan Administrator shall withhold such taxes and make such reports to
governmental authorities as they reasonably believe to be required by law.

9.5 Distributions to Minors and Incompetents

If the Plan Administrator determines that any Participant or Beneficiary receiving or entitled
to receive payment of an Account under the Plan is incompetent to care for his or her affairs, and
in the absence of the appointment of a legal guardian of the property of the incompetent, payments
due under the Plan (unless prior claim thereto has been made by a duly qualified guardian,
committee or other legal representative) may be made to the spouse, parent, brother or sister or
other person, including a hospital or other institution, deemed by the Plan Administrator to have
incurred or to be liable for expenses on behalf of such incompetent. In the absence of the
appointment of a legal guardian of the property of a minor, any minor’s share of an Account under
the Plan may be paid to such adult or adults as in the opinion of the Plan Administrator have
assumed the custody and principal support of such minor.

The Plan Administrator, however, in its sole discretion, may require that a legal guardian for
the property of any such incompetent or minor be appointed before authorizing the payment of the
Account in such situations. Benefit payments made under the Plan in accordance with determinations
of the Plan Administrator pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be a complete discharge of any
obligation arising under the Plan with respect to such Benefit payments.

9.6 No Right to Employment

Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained
in the service of the Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to demote, discharge or
discipline any Employee at any time without regard to the effect that such demotion, discharge or
discipline may have upon the Employee under the Plan.

9.7 Unfunded Plan

The Plan shall be an unfunded, unsecured obligation of the Company. The Company shall not be
required to segregate any assets to provide payment of Accounts, and the Plan shall not be
construed as providing for such segregation. Any liability of the Company to any Participant or
Beneficiary with respect to the payment of Accounts shall be based solely upon any contractual
obligations created by the Plan. Any such obligation shall not be deemed to be secured by any
pledge or other encumbrance or any property of the Company.

9.8 Trust Fund

At its discretion, the Company may establish one or more irrevocable rabbi trusts for the
purpose of assisting in the payment of Accounts, provided the establishment of such a trust is not
in connection with a change in the financial health of the Company within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code. Any assets of the Company transferred to such trusts shall not be diverted to
the Company, except in the event of the Company’s bankruptcy or insolvency. To the extent payments
provided for under the Plan are made from any such trust, the Company shall not have any further
obligation to make such payments. The establishment and maintenance of any such trust shall not
alter the nature of Accounts under the Plan as unfunded and unsecured.

The provisions of the Plan shall govern the rights of Participants to receive distributions
pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the trust shall govern the rights of the Company,
Participants and the creditors of the Company to the assets transferred to the trust.

9.9 Change in Control; Merger or Other Reorganization

The Company may assign its obligations under this Plan to a successor, whether by merger,
consolidation, asset sale or other business reorganization or transaction (“Business Transaction”)
to the extent such assignment would not give rise to imposition of the additional tax under Section
409A of the Code. Upon a Change in Control, the Plan shall be terminated and all Accounts shall be
paid to Participants in a single lump sum in common stock of the Company or its successor.

9.10 Miscellaneous

(a) Construction

Unless the contrary is plainly required by the context, wherever any words are used herein in
the masculine gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the female gender,
and vice versa, and wherever any words are used herein in the singular form, they shall be
construed as though they were also used in the plural form, and vice versa. Furthermore, the
terms of this Plan shall be construed in accordance with Section 409A of the Code so as to avoid
the imposition of the penalty tax under Section 409A, and, in the event of any inconsistency
between the Plan and Section 409A of the Code, Section 409A shall control.

(b) Severability

If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and
enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been included in it.

(c) Titles and Headings Not to Control

The titles to Articles and the headings of Sections in the Plan are for convenience of
reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than the titles or
headings, shall control.

(d) Complete Statement of Plan

This document is a complete statement of the Plan. The Plan may be amended, modified or
terminated only in writing and then only as provided herein.

9.11 Governing Law

The Plan shall be governed by ERISA, and to the extent not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia without regard to its choice of law provisions.

ARTICLE 10

DEFINITIONS

In addition to those definitions set forth in ARTICLE 1 or otherwise in the text of this Plan,
the following terms shall have the meaning assigned below in this ARTICLE 10:

10.1 “Account” means the book entry account established under the Plan for each Participant in
which shall be reflected all amounts deferred or contributed under the Plan and allocable returns
and losses under ARTICLE 5 of the Plan.

10.2 “Annual Bonus” means, with respect to an Employee, the Employee’s annual incentive bonus
payable with respect to services for a calendar year.

10.3 “Base Compensation” means, the Eligible Person’s base pay payable with respect to
services rendered as an Employee during the calendar year (but excluding any amounts paid for
employment taxes and remittances to pay premiums under any Company welfare benefit plan), less the
elective deferral limit applicable under Code Section 402(g).

10.4 “Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated by a Participant to receive payment
of the amounts provided in the Plan, in accordance with ARTICLE 6, in the event of his or her
death.

10.5 “Bonus” means, with respect to an Eligible Person, the Eligible Person’s Annual Bonus or
Long-Term Incentive Award.

10.6 “Change in Control” shall have the meaning provided in Section 409A of the Code and the
rules and regulations thereunder.

10.7 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

10.8 “Company” means NVR, Inc.

10.9 “Disability” means a termination of employment as a result of the fact that the
Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can reasonably be expected to result in death or
can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least twelve (12) months.

10.10 “Employee” means a common law employee of the Company, a Participating Employer or any
other employer treated as a single employer with the Company under Section 409A of the Code.

10.11 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of l974, as amended.

10.12 “Long-Term Incentive Award” means, with respect to a Participant, the Participant’s
long-term incentive bonus, if applicable, payable with respect to services as an Employee for a
period longer than a calendar year.

10.13 “Participant” means an Employee or former Employee who has an Account under the Plan.

10.14 “Participating Employer” means the Company and all entities which are part of the same
“controlled group” as the Company, as determined under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code, provided
such an entity has adopted the Plan in writing with the consent of the Board. Non-U.S. entities or
subsidiaries shall not be treated as part of the controlled group for this purpose. A business
entity shall be treated as a Participating Employer only while a member of the controlled group
that includes the Company.

10.15 “Plan Administrator” means the Company.

10.16 “Retirement Age” means age 65.

10.17 “Separation from Service” means termination of a Participant’s Employee status by reason
of retirement, Disability, resignation, discharge, or death. Transfer to employment with an
affiliate treated as a single employer with the Company and the Participating Employers under
Section 409A of the Code shall not be treated as a Separation from Service.

10.18 “Termination Date” means the date the Participant has a Separation from Service.

10.19 “Unforeseeable Emergency” means one or more of the following events: (a) a sudden and
unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of
the Code) of the Participant; (b) a loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or (c)
other similar and extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events
beyond the control of the Participant, as determined by the Plan Administrator.

10.20 “Valuation Date” means the date or dates as of which Accounts are valued, as set forth
in Section 5.3.

* * * * *

To reflect the adoption of the Plan, effective as of December 15, 2005, the authorized officer
hereby executes this Plan document on behalf of the Company.

NVR, INC.

By: /s/ Dennis M. Seremet

Name:  Dennis M. Seremet

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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