Document:

Letter Agreement amending the Amended & Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
  

			
	 United States Steel Corporation
 600
Grant Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
	 	 U. S. Steel Receivables LLC
 600 Grant
Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

 April 10, 2006 
  

			
	 The Bank of Nova Scotia
 One Liberty Plaza
 New York, New York 10006
 Attention: Darren Ward
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 Asset Finance Group

270 Park Avenue
 New York, NY 10017
 Attention: Mark J. Connor

		
	 Liberty Street Funding Corp.
 c/o Global Securitization
Services, LLC
 114 West 47th Street
 New York, New York 10036
 Attention:
Andrew L. Stidd
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 450 West 33rd Street
 15th Floor
 New York, New York
10001
 Attention: Quintanna Parsons-Perry

  

	Re:	Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 28, 2001 among U.S. Steel Receivables LLC as Seller (the “Seller”), United States Steel
Corporation (formerly United States Steel, LLC), as initial Servicer (the “Servicer”), the persons party thereto as CP Conduit Purchasers, Committed Purchasers and Funding Agents and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Collateral Agent (the
“Collateral Agent”) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect, the “RPA”) 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 It is our understanding that following receipt of each acceptance from the Collateral Agent, the
Funding Agents and the Purchasers in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, an “Acceptance”), the Seller and the Servicer shall be permitted to exclude all the Receivables (“Excluded Receivables”) owed by the Excluded
Obligor that is described in each Acceptance (each, an “Excluded Obligor”) from the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio and Dilution Ratio performed under the RPA. From and after the date of each Exclusion Notice delivered
under the related Acceptance, it is also our mutual understanding that Excluded Receivables are not Eligible Receivables, but remain Receivables. Each of the parties hereto shall confirm this understanding by executing this letter in the space
provided and returning a copy of that acknowledgement to the Servicer and the Collateral Agent. 
 Capitalized terms used in
this letter that are not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the RPA. 

 Please telephone the undersigned if you have any questions or concerns with respect to this matter. 
 Thank you. 
 Accepted and Agreed: 
  

							
	U. S. STEEL RECEIVABLES LLC	  	UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, as Servicer
				
	By:	 	 /s/ L. T. Brockway
	  	By:	 	 /s/ L. T. Brockway

		 	L. T. Brockway	  		 	L. T. Brockway
		 	Vice President	  		 	Vice President & Treasurer
			
	 Accepted and agreed:
	  		 	
		
	Collateral Agent, Funding Agents and Purchasers:	  	
		
	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Committed Purchaser for Liberty Street Funding Corp., as Funding Agent for Liberty Street Funding Corp. and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Purchasers and
as Collateral Agent	  	 LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP.,
 as a CP
Conduit Purchaser

				
	By:	 	 /s/ Norman Last
	  	By:	 	 /s/ Bernard J. Angelo

	Name:	 	Norman Last	  	Name:	 	Bernard J. Angelo
	Title:	 	Managing Director	  	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Committed Purchaser for Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC and as Funding Agent for Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Purchasers	  	 PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC,
 as a
CP Conduit Purchaser
  
 BY: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
 as attorney-in-fact

				
	By:	 	 /s/ Leo Loughead
	  	By:	 	 /s/ Leo Loughead

	Name:	 	Leo Loughead	  	Name:	 	Leo Loughead
	Title:	 	Managing Director	  	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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	 United States Steel Corporation
 600
Grant Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
	 	 U. S. Steel Receivables LLC
 600 Grant
Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

 AGREEMENT TO EXCLUDE RECEIVABLES 
 April [    ], 2006 
  

			
	 The Bank of Nova Scotia
 One Liberty Plaza
 New York, New York 10006
 Attention: Darren Ward
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 Asset Finance Group

270 Park Avenue
 New York, NY 10017
 Attention: Mark J. Connor

		
	 Liberty Street Funding Corp.
 c/o Global Securitization
Services, LLC
 114 West 47th Street
 New York, New York 10036
 Attention:
Andrew L. Stidd
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 450 West 33rd Street
 15th Floor New York,
 New York
10001
 Attention: Quintanna Parsons-Perry

  

	Re:	Acceptance Letter regarding the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 28, 2001 among U.S. Steel Receivables LLC as Seller (the
“Seller”), United States Steel Corporation (formerly United States Steel, LLC), as initial Servicer (the “Servicer”), the persons party thereto as CP Conduit Purchasers, Committed Purchasers and Funding Agents and The Bank of
Nova Scotia as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect, the “RPA”) 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This is a request
from the Seller and the Servicer pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated April 10, 2006 (the “Letter Agreement”) regarding the exclusion of certain Receivables from the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio and Dilution
Ratio performed under the RPA. The Seller and the Servicer request that the Collateral Agent, Funding Agents and Purchasers permit the Seller and the Servicer to exclude all Receivables owed to any Originator or the Seller by [Insert full name of
Obligor] (the “Excluded Obligor”) from such calculations. 
 Each of the Seller and the Servicer, each for itself only, hereby (A) represents
and warrants that, immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this letter each of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by it under each of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party are true and correct as of the date hereof and no Unmatured Event of Termination or Event of Termination exists or will exist and (B) agrees to provide (or to cause to be provided) to the Collateral Agent and each Funding Agent, a
copy of all documents, agreements, instruments, certificates or other reports, records or receipts and to make any reasonable adjustments to any reports delivered or to be delivered under the RPA, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof, as
the Collateral Agent or any Funding Agent may reasonably request. 
 Each of the Seller and the Servicer understands and acknowledges that each of the
Collateral Agent, Funding Agents and Purchasers are entering into the transactions 
 EXHIBIT A 

 contemplated by this letter on the express understanding with each of the other parties hereto that, in entering into
this letter, it is not establishing any course of dealing with any such Person. Each of the Collateral Agent’s, the Funding Agents’ and the Purchasers’ rights to require strict performance with each of the terms and conditions of the
RPA and each other Transaction Document shall not in any way be impaired or affected by the execution hereof, except to the extent expressly set forth herein. None of the Collateral Agent, Funding Agents or Purchasers shall be obligated in any
manner to execute any future amendments, waivers, letters, agreements, documents or other instruments and if any such amendment, waiver, letter, agreement, document or other instrument is requested in the future, assuming the terms and conditions
thereof are otherwise satisfactory to it, each such Person may, in connection with considering whether or not to agree, consent or acknowledge the terms of any such amendment, wavier, letter, agreement, document or other instrument, require the
Seller and/or the Servicer to prepare and deliver (or cause to be prepared and delivered) such other reports, historical data or other information in order to determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not to agree, consent or acknowledge the
term and conditions thereof. 
 We ask that each of the Collateral Agent, Funding Agents and Purchasers grant this request by executing this letter in the
space provided and returning a copy to the Servicer. The Servicer shall notify each of the Collateral Agent, the Funding Agents and the Purchasers in writing prior to designating all the Receivables from the Excluded Obligor as Excluded Receivables
using a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the “Exclusion Notice”). From and after the date of the Exclusion Notice, neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall without the prior written consent of each of the Collateral Agent,
the Funding Agents and the Purchasers include any Excluded Receivables in any of the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio or Dilution Ratio under the RPA. 
 Capitalized terms used in this letter that are not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Letter Agreement and the RPA. 
 Accepted and Agreed: 
  

							
	U. S. STEEL RECEIVABLES LLC	  	UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION,
as Servicer
				
	By:	 	  
	  	By:	 	  

		 	L. T. Brockway	  		 	L. T. Brockway
		 	Vice President	  		 	Vice President & Treasurer

  

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 Accepted and Agreed: 
  

							
	Collateral Agent, Funding Agents and Purchasers:	  		 	
		
	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Committed Purchaser for Liberty Street Funding Corp., as Funding Agent for Liberty Street Funding Corp. and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Purchasers and
as Collateral Agent	  	 LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP.,
 as a CP
Conduit Purchaser

				
	By:	 	  
	  	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  
	  	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  
	  	Title:	 	  

		
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Committed Purchaser for Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC and as Funding Agent for Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Purchasers	  	 PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC,
 as a
CP Conduit Purchaser
  
 BY: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
 as attorney-in-fact

				
	By:	 	  
	  	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  
	  	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  
	  	Title:	 	  

  

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	 United States Steel Corporation
 600
Grant Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
	 	 U. S. Steel Receivables LLC
 600 Grant
Street
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

 NOTICE OF EXCLUSION OF RECEIVABLES 
 [            ], 200  _ 
  

			
	 The Bank of Nova Scotia
 One Liberty Plaza
 New York, New York 10006
 Attention: Darren Ward
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 Asset Finance Group

270 Park Avenue
 New York, NY 10017
 Attention: Mark J. Connor

		
	 Liberty Street Funding Corp.
 c/o Global Securitization
Services, LLC
 114 West 47th Street
 New York, New York 10036
 Attention:
Andrew L. Stidd
	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 450 West 33rd Street
 15th Floor
 New York, New York
10001
 Attention: Quintanna Parsons-Perry

  

	Re:	Acceptance Letter dated April 10, 2006 and Exclusion Agreement dated xx, 20XX regarding the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 28,
2001 among U.S. Steel Receivables LLC as Seller (the “Seller”), United States Steel Corporation (formerly United States Steel, LLC), as initial Servicer (the “Servicer”), the persons party thereto as CP Conduit Purchasers,
Committed Purchasers and Funding Agents and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect, the “RPA”)

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This is a notice from the Seller and the Servicer pursuant to letter agreement dated                     ,
20     granting the request of the Seller and the Servicer to exclude the Receivables of [Insert name of Obligor] (the “Exclusion Agreement”). Accordingly, please be advised that following the date of this
notice, the Receivables owed by the Excluded Obligor shall be excluded from the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio and Dilution Ratio performed under the RPA. 
 Each of the Seller and the Servicer, each for itself only, hereby (A) represents and warrants that [except for the existence of the Unmatured Termination Event that is caused by including the Receivables owed by
the Excluded Obligor in the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio and Dilution Ratio1], immediately
prior to and immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this letter (i) each of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by it under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are
true and correct as of the date hereof and (ii) no Unmatured Event of Termination or Event of Termination exists or will exist, and (B) agrees to provide (or to cause to be provided) to the Collateral Agent and each Funding Agent, a copy
of all documents, agreements, instruments, certificates or 
  

	1	Insert if necessary. 

 EXHIBIT 1 

 other reports, records or receipts and to make any reasonable adjustments to any reports delivered or to be delivered
under the RPA, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof, as the Collateral Agent or any Funding Agent may reasonably request. 
 We acknowledge that
neither the Seller nor Servicer shall, without the prior written consent of each of the Collateral Agent, the Funding Agents and the Purchasers include any Excluded Receivables in any of the calculations of the Default Ratio, Delinquency Ratio or
Dilution Ratio under the RPA. 
 Capitalized terms used in this letter that are not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Exclusion
Agreement and the RPA. 
 Accepted and Agreed: 
  

							
	U. S. STEEL RECEIVABLES LLC	  	 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION,
 as
Servicer

				
	By:	 	  
	  	By:	 	  

		 	L. T. Brockway	  		 	L. T. Brockway
		 	Vice President	  		 	Vice President & Treasurer

  

 2Base Salaries of Named Executive Officers

 Exhibit 10.4 
 BASE SALARIES OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 
 On April 24, 2006, the Compensation & Organization
Committee of the Board of Directors approved the following annual base salaries for the named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K) of United States Steel Corporation, such base salaries to become effective on
May 1, 2006: 
  

				
	 J. P. Surma
	  	$	1,060,008
		  		
	 D. D. Sandman
	  	$	574,300
		  		
	 J. H. Goodish
	  	$	630,004
		  		
	 G. R. Haggerty
	  	$	515,004
		  		
	 J. J. Connelly
	  	$	373,000
		  		

 Each of the named executive officers listed above is also provided the following perquisites:
occasional personal use of corporate aircraft, corporate properties and sports and cultural tickets; club memberships; financial planning and tax preparation services; and a parking space.

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