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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

                             DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.

                        AMENDED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                      (AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE APRIL 25, 2001)

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                             DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.

                        AMENDED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1.   Purpose.

         The purpose of this Plan is to provide an incentive to the employees,
individuals who have accepted an offer of employment, officers, consultants and
eligible directors of Delhaize America, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the
"Company"), its Subsidiaries and its Parent and thereby encourage them to devote
their abilities and industry to the success of the Company's business
enterprise. It is intended that this purpose be achieved by extending to
employees, individuals who have accepted an offer of employment, officers,
consultants and directors of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or its Parent an
added long-term incentive for high levels of performance and unusual efforts
through the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options and
Restricted Stock (as each term is herein defined). Effective as of April 25,
2001 (the "Amendment Date") all Shares that may be issued under the Plan both
with respect to future and currently outstanding Options and Awards shall be
converted to American Depositary Shares of the Company's Parent as evidenced by
American Depositary Receipts; provided that Incentive Stock Options granted
after the Amendment Date shall be automatically converted to Nonqualified Stock
Options if the Parent's shareholders have not approved the Plan within one year
of the Amendment Date.

2.   Definitions.

         For purposes of the Plan:

     2.1. "Agreement" means the written agreement between the Company and an
Optionee or Grantee evidencing the grant of an Option or Award and setting forth
the terms and conditions thereof.

     2.2. "Award" means a grant of Restricted Stock.

     2.3. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     2.4. "Change in Capitalization" means any increase or reduction in the
number of Shares, or any change (including, but not limited to, a change in
value) in the Shares or exchange of Shares for a different number or kind of
shares or other securities of the Parent or another corporation, by reason of a
reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization,
reincorporation, spin-off, split-up, issuance of warrants or rights or
debentures, stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, cash dividend,
property dividend, combination or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares,
change in corporate structure or otherwise.

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     2.5. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     2.6. "Committee" means the Board or a committee authorized by the Board
from time to time to administer the Plan and to perform the functions set forth
herein.

     2.7. "Company" means Delhaize America, Inc.

     2.8. "Director" means a director of the Company.

     2.9. "Disability" means:

           (a) in the case of an Optionee or Grantee whose employment with the
        Company or a Subsidiary is subject to the terms of an employment
        agreement between such Optionee or Grantee and the Company or
        Subsidiary, which employment agreement includes a definition of
        "Disability," the term "Disability" as used in this Plan or any
        Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in such employment agreement
        during the period that such employment agreement remains in effect; and

           (b) in all other cases, the term "Disability" as used in this Plan or
        any Agreement shall mean a physical or mental infirmity which impairs
        the Optionee's or Grantee's ability to perform substantially his or her
        duties for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

     2.10. "Division" means any of the operating units or divisions of the
Company designated as a Division by the Committee.

     2.11. "EBITDA" means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization.

     2.12. "Eligible Director" means a director of the Company who is not an
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

     2.13. "Eligible Individual" means any director (other than an Eligible
Director), officer, employee of the Company, the Parent (or any subsidiary of
the Parent) or a Subsidiary, or any individual who has accepted an offer of
employment from the Company, the Parent (or any subsidiary of the Parent) or a
Subsidiary, or any consultant of the Company, the Parent (or any subsidiary of
the Parent) or a Subsidiary, designated by the Committee as eligible to receive
Options or Awards subject to the conditions set forth herein; provided, however,
that with respect to Incentive Stock Options, only employees of the Company, the
Parent and any Subsidiary shall be Eligible Individuals.

     2.14. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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     2.15. "Fair Market Value" on any date means the closing sales price of the
Shares on such date on the principal national securities exchange on which such
Shares are listed or admitted to trading, or, if such Shares are not so listed
or admitted to trading, the average of the per Share closing bid price and per
Share closing asked price on such date as quoted on the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or such other market in which such
prices are regularly quoted, or, if there have been no published bid or asked
quotations with respect to Shares on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be
the value established by the Board in good faith and, in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option, in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

     2.16. "Grantee" means a person to whom an Award has been granted under the
Plan.

     2.17. "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option satisfying the requirements
of Section 422 of the Code and designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock
Option.

     2.18. "Nonqualified Stock Option" means an Option that is not an Incentive
Stock Option.

     2.19. "Option" means a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock
Option or either or both of them.

     2.20. "Optionee" means a person to whom an Option has been granted under
the Plan.

     2.21. "Parent" means any corporation that is a parent corporation (within
the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code) with respect to the Company, and as
of the Amendment Date, specifically means Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie
"Le Lion" S.A., a company organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium, or
any successor thereto.

     2.22. "Performance Cycle" means the time period specified by the Committee
at the time a performance-based Award is granted during which the performance of
the Company, a Subsidiary or a Division will be measured.

     2.23. "Performance Objectives" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)
hereof.

     2.24. "Plan" means the Delhaize America, Inc. Amended 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

     2.25. "Reload Option" means an Option that may be granted when an Optionee
pays all or a portion of the purchase price and withholding taxes of an Option
with previously owned Shares.

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     2.26. "Restricted Stock" means Shares issued or transferred to an Eligible
Individual or Eligible Director pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

     2.27. "Shares" means the American Depositary Shares of the Parent, as
evidenced by American Depositary Receipts.

     2.28. "Subsidiary" means any corporation that is a subsidiary corporation
(within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code) with respect to the Company,
including any limited liability company that is disregarded for Federal tax
purposes or treated as a corporate subsidiary under the Code.

     2.29. "Ten-Percent Stockholder" means an Eligible Individual, who, at the
time an Incentive Stock Option is to be granted to him or her, owns (within the
meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company,
or a Parent or a Subsidiary.

3.   Administration.

     3.1. The entire Board may comprise the Committee or the Board may delegate
administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees designated by it. The
term "Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has
been delegated. Furthermore, unless one or more Committees have been designated
by the Board, any reference to the Committee in the Plan shall mean the Board.
If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in
connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed
by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the
administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in
this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee),
subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of
the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may
abolish the Committee at any time and reassume the administration of the Plan.
No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, failure to act,
determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan or
any transaction hereunder, except for liability arising from his or her own
willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her
duties. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the Committee for
all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any
liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to,
negotiating for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of
action or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in
administering this Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any
transaction hereunder.

     3.2. Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Committee shall have the power from time to time to:

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           (a) determine those Eligible Individuals and Eligible Directors to
        whom Options shall be granted under the Plan and the number of such
        Options to be granted and to prescribe the terms and conditions (which
        need not be identical) of each such Option, including the purchase price
        per Share subject to each Option, and make any amendment or modification
        to any Option Agreement consistent with the terms of the Plan;

           (b) select those Eligible Individuals and Eligible Directors to whom
        Awards shall be granted under the Plan and determine the number of
        Shares to be granted pursuant thereto, determine the terms and
        conditions of each Award including the restrictions or Performance
        Objectives relating to Shares, and to make any amendment or modification
        to any Agreement consistent with the terms of the Plan;

           (c) construe and interpret the Plan, Options and Awards granted
        hereunder and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for
        the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to,
        correcting any defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any
        inconsistency in the Plan or in any Agreement, in the manner and to the
        extent it shall deem necessary or advisable so that the Plan complies
        with applicable law the Code to the extent applicable, and otherwise to
        make the Plan fully effective. All decisions and determinations by the
        Committee in good faith in the exercise of this power shall be final,
        binding and conclusive upon the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Optionees
        and Grantees, and all other persons having any interest therein;

           (d) determine the duration and purposes for leaves of absence which
        may be granted to an Optionee or Grantee on an individual basis without
        constituting a termination of employment or service for purposes of the
        Plan;

           (e) exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and rights
        granted to it as set forth in the Plan;

           (f) except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the
        applicable rules of a stock exchange, the Committee may allocate all or
        any part of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its
        members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and
        powers to any person or persons selected by it, which allocation or
        delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time; and

           (g) generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as
        are deemed necessary or advisable to promote the best interests of the
        Company with respect to the Plan.

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4.   Stock Subject to the Plan.

     4.1. An aggregate of 5,000,000 Shares may be issued pursuant to Incentive
Stock Options granted under this Plan, (i) minus, as of the Amendment Date, the
number of Shares that have been issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options under
the Plan or are covered by outstanding Incentive Stock Options but that have not
been issued as of the Amendment Date, (ii) plus the number of Shares that are
covered by outstanding Options and Awards as of the Amendment Date and that are
forfeited or cancelled whether such Options or Awards were granted under this
Plan, the 1996 Employee Stock Incentive Plan of Food Lion, Inc. (the "1996
Plan"), or any of the stock incentive plans of Hannaford Bros. Co. prior to July
30, 2000 (the 1996 Plan and the plans of Hannaford Bros. Co. being referred to
hereafter as the "Prior Plans").

         In the event of a Change in Capitalization, the Board or Committee
shall conclusively determine the appropriate adjustments, if any, to (i) the
maximum number of Shares which may be granted pursuant to Incentive Stock
Options, (ii) the number of Shares or other stock or securities which are
subject to outstanding Options or Awards and the purchase price therefor, if
applicable, and (iii) the Performance Objectives.

         In connection with the grant of an Incentive Stock Option, the number
of Shares available for grant under the Plan that may be subject to Incentive
Stock Options shall be reduced by the number of Shares in respect of which the
Incentive Stock Option is granted.

     4.2. Whenever any portion of an Option granted under this Plan or the Prior
Plans is paid for with previously held Shares (by either actual delivery or
attestation), only the difference between (i) the number of Shares issued upon
exercise and (ii) the number of Shares transferred in payment of the purchase
price shall be counted for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares
available for grant under Incentive Stock Options.

5.   Option Grants.

     5.1. Authority of Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Committee, or the persons to whom authority has been delegated under Paragraph
(f) of Section 3.2 hereof, shall have full and final authority to select those
Eligible Individuals and Eligible Directors who will receive Options, and the
terms and conditions that shall be set forth in the applicable Agreements. Some
terms and conditions that may, but are not required to be included are: a
provision allowing the issuance of a Reload Option and a provision providing
acceleration of exercisability under certain conditions as may be determined by
the Committee. Other terms and conditions not inconsistent with this Plan may be
included in Agreements in the discretion of the Committee.

     5.2. Purchase Price. The purchase price or the manner in which the purchase
price is to be determined for Shares under each Option shall be determined by
the Committee and set forth in the Agreement; provided, however, that the
purchase price per

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Share under each Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date the Option is granted (110% in the case of
an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten-Percent Stockholder).

     5.3. Maximum Duration. Options granted hereunder shall be for such term as
the Committee shall determine, provided that an Incentive Stock Option shall not
be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it is
granted (five (5) years in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a
Ten-Percent Stockholder) and a Nonqualified Stock Option shall not be
exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it is granted.
The Committee may, subsequent to the granting of any Option, extend the term
thereof, but in no event shall the term as so extended exceed the maximum term
provided for in the preceding sentence.

     5.4. Vesting. Each Option shall become exercisable in such installments
(which need not be equal) and at such times as may be designated by the
Committee and set forth in the Agreement. To the extent not exercised,
installments shall accumulate and be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any
time after becoming exercisable, but not later than the date the Option expires.
The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any Option or portion thereof
at any time.

     5.5. Modification. No modification of an Option shall adversely alter or
impair any rights or obligations under the Option without the Optionee's
consent.

     5.6. Non-Transferability. Unless set forth in the Agreement evidencing the
Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option) at the time of grant or at any
time thereafter, an Option granted hereunder shall not be transferable by the
Optionee to whom granted except by will or the laws of descent and distribution
or pursuant to a domestic relations order, and an Option may be exercised during
the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or
legal representative. The terms of such Option shall be final, binding and
conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and
successors of the Optionee.

     5.7. Method of Exercise. The exercise of an Option shall be made only by a
written notice delivered in person or by mail to the Secretary of the Company at
the Company's principal executive office, specifying the number of Shares to be
purchased and accompanied by payment therefor and otherwise in accordance with
the Agreement pursuant to which the Option was granted. The purchase price for
any Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be paid, as
determined by the Committee in its discretion, in either of the following forms
(or any combination thereof): (i) cash or (ii) the transfer or attestation of
Shares that have been held at least six months to the Company upon such terms
and conditions as determined by the Committee. In addition, Options may be
exercised through a registered broker-dealer pursuant to such cashless exercise
procedures (other than Share withholding) which are, from time to time, deemed
acceptable by the Committee, and the Committee may authorize that the purchase
price payable upon exercise of an Option may be paid by having Shares withheld
that otherwise

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would be acquired upon such exercise. Any Shares transferred to the Company (or
withheld upon exercise) as payment of the purchase price under an Option shall
be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of such Option. The
value of the number of Shares that may be withheld for the payment of taxes may
not be in excess of the minimum withholding requirements. At the Company's
request, the Optionee shall deliver the Agreement evidencing the Option to the
Secretary of the Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise
and return such Agreement to the Optionee. No fractional Shares (or cash in lieu
thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of an Option and the number of Shares
that may be purchased upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of
whole Shares. The Committee, in its discretion, may also permit simultaneous
sale of Shares upon exercise through a broker-dealer.

     5.8. Rights of Optionees. An Optionee shall not be deemed for any purpose
to be the owner of any Shares subject to any Option unless and until (i) the
Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms thereof, (ii) the Company
shall have issued and delivered Shares to the Optionee, and (iii) the Optionee's
name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record on the books of the
Parent. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other
ownership rights with respect to such Shares, subject to such terms and
conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Agreement.

     5.9. Incentive Stock Options. An Option shall be treated as an Incentive
Stock Option only to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined
at the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which all
Incentive Stock Options held by an Optionee (under the Plan and all other plans
of the Company or its Parent or any Subsidiary), become exercisable for the
first time during any calendar year does not exceed $100,000. This limitation
shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in which they were
granted. To the extent this limitation is exceeded, an Option shall be treated
as a Nonqualified Stock Option regardless of its designation as an Incentive
Stock Option.

6.   Restricted Stock.

     6.1. Grant. The Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals and
Eligible Directors, which shall be evidenced by an Agreement between the Company
and the Grantee. Each Agreement shall contain such restrictions, terms and
conditions as the Committee may, in its discretion, determine and (without
limiting the generality of the foregoing) such Agreements may require that an
appropriate legend be placed on Share certificates. Awards shall be subject to
the terms and provisions set forth below in this Section 6.

     6.2. Rights of Grantee. Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant
hereunder shall be recorded in the name of the Grantee as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Award is granted provided that the Grantee has executed an
Agreement evidencing the Award and any other documents which the Committee may
require as a condition to the issuance of such Shares. If a Grantee shall fail
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Award or any other documents which the Committee may require within the time
period prescribed by the Committee at the time the Award is granted, the Award
shall be null and void. Unless the Committee determines otherwise and as set
forth in the Agreement, the Grantee shall have no rights of a stockholder with
respect to such Shares, including no right to vote the Shares or receive
dividends or other distributions with respect to the Shares, until the
restrictions with respect to such Shares shall have lapsed in the manner set
forth in Section 6.4.

     6.3. Non-transferability. Until all restrictions upon the Shares of
Restricted Stock awarded to a Grantee shall have lapsed in the manner set forth
in Section 6.4, such Shares shall not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of and shall not be pledged or otherwise hypothecated, nor shall they be
delivered to the Grantee.

     6.4. Lapse of Restrictions.

           (a) Generally. Restrictions upon Shares of Restricted Stock awarded
        hereunder shall lapse at such time or times and on such terms and
        conditions as the Committee may determine. The Agreement evidencing the
        Award shall set forth any such restrictions. The Board may accelerate
        the lapse of all or a portion of the restrictions on an Award at any
        time.

           (b) Performance Objectives. If the Committee has determined that the
        restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock awarded shall only lapse in
        accordance with Performance Objectives, the Performance Objectives may
        be expressed in terms of (i) earnings per Share, (ii) Share price, (iii)
        pre-tax profits, (iv) net earnings, (v) return on equity or assets, (vi)
        revenues, (vii) EBITDA, (viii) market share or market penetration or
        (ix) any combination of the foregoing. Performance Objectives may be in
        respect of the performance of the Parent, the Company and its
        Subsidiaries (which may be on a consolidated basis), a Subsidiary or a
        Division. Performance Objectives may be absolute or relative and may be
        expressed in terms of a progression within a specified range. The
        Performance Objectives with respect to a Performance Cycle shall be
        established in writing by the Committee by the earlier of (i) the date
        on which a quarter of the Performance Cycle has elapsed or (ii) the date
        which is ninety (90) days after the commencement of the Performance
        Cycle, and in any event while the performance relating to the
        Performance Objectives remain substantially uncertain. At the time of
        grant of a performance-base Award, the Committee may provide for the
        manner in which the Performance Objectives will be measured to reflect
        the impact of specified corporate transactions, extraordinary events,
        accounting changes and other similar events.

     6.5. Delivery of Shares. Upon the lapse of the restrictions on Shares of
Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate to be delivered
to the Grantee with respect to such Shares, free of all restrictions hereunder.

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7.   Effect of a Termination of Employment.

         The Agreement evidencing the grant of each Option and each Award shall
set forth the terms and conditions applicable to such Option or Award upon a
termination or change in the status of the employment of the Optionee or Grantee
by the Company, the Parent, a Subsidiary or a Division which shall be as the
Committee may, in its discretion, determine at the time the Option or Award is
granted or thereafter.

8.   Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization.

     8.1. Adjustments to Incentive Stock Options. Any adjustment that may be
made pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof in the Shares or other stock or securities
subject to outstanding Incentive Stock Options upon a Change in Capitalization,
(including any adjustments in the purchase price) shall be made in such manner
as not to constitute a modification as defined by Section 424(h)(3) of the Code
and only to the extent otherwise permitted by Sections 422 and 424 of the Code.

     8.2. Terms of Adjusted Options and Awards. If, by reason of a Change in
Capitalization, a Grantee of an Award shall be entitled to, or an Optionee shall
be entitled to exercise an Option with respect to, new, additional or different
shares of stock or securities, such new, additional or different shares shall
thereupon be subject to all of the conditions, restrictions and performance
criteria which were applicable to the Shares subject to the Award or Option, as
the case may be, prior to such Change in Capitalization.

9.   Effect of Certain Transactions.

         Except as otherwise provided in an Agreement, in the event of (i) the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) a merger or consolidation of
the Company (a "Transaction"), the Plan and the Options and Awards issued
hereunder shall continue in effect in accordance with their respective terms,
except that following a Transaction each Optionee and Grantee shall be entitled
to receive in respect of each Share subject to any outstanding Options or
Awards, as the case may be, upon exercise of any Option or payment or transfer
in respect of any Award, the same number and kind of stock, securities, cash,
property or other consideration that each holder of a Share was entitled to
receive in the Transaction in respect of a Share; provided, however, that such
stock, securities, cash, property or other consideration shall remain subject to
all of the conditions, restrictions and performance criteria which were
applicable to the Options and Awards prior to such Transaction.

10.  Termination and Amendment of the Plan.

         The Plan shall terminate on the day preceding the tenth anniversary of
the date of its adoption by the Board and no Option or Award may be granted
thereafter. The Board may sooner terminate the Plan, may at any time and from
time to time amend,

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modify or suspend the Plan, and may amend or modify an outstanding Option or
Award; provided, however, that: (a) no such amendment, modification, suspension
or termination shall impair or adversely alter any Options or Awards theretofore
granted under the Plan, except with the consent of the Optionee or Grantee, nor
shall any amendment, modification, suspension or termination deprive any
Optionee or Grantee of any Shares which he or she may have acquired through or
as a result of the Plan; and (b) to the extent necessary under applicable law,
no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the
Parent in accordance with applicable law.

11.  Non-Exclusivity of the Plan.

         The adoption of the Plan by the Board shall not be construed as
amending, modifying or rescinding any previously approved incentive arrangement
or as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other
incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation,
the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan, and such
arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

12.  Limitation of Liability.

         As illustrative of the limitations of liability of the Company, but not
intended to be exhaustive thereof, nothing in the Plan shall be construed to:

                    (i) give any person any right to be granted an Option or
               Award other than at the sole discretion of the Committee;

                    (ii) give any person any rights whatsoever with respect to
               Shares except as specifically provided in the Plan;

                    (iii) limit in any way the right of the Company or any
               Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person at any time;
               or

                    (iv) be evidence of any agreement or understanding,
               expressed or implied, that the Company will employ any person at
               any particular rate of compensation or for any particular period
               of time.

13.  Regulations and Other Approvals; Governing Law.

     13.1. Except as to matters of United States federal law, the Plan and the
rights of all persons claiming hereunder shall be construed and determined in
accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina without giving effect to
conflicts of laws principles thereof.

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     13.2. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect
to Options and Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable
laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state
securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental
agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.

     13.3. The Board may make such changes as may be necessary or appropriate to
comply with the rules and regulations of any government authority, or to obtain
for Eligible Individuals granted Incentive Stock Options the tax benefits under
the applicable provisions of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     13.4. Each Option and Award is subject to the requirement that, if at any
time the Committee determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration
or qualification of Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan is required by any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a
condition of, or in connection with, the grant of an Option or Award or the
issuance of Shares, no Options or Awards shall be granted or payment made or
Shares issued, in whole or in part, unless listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions as
acceptable to the Committee.

     13.5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or any Agreement to
the contrary, in the event that the disposition of Shares acquired pursuant to
the Plan is not covered by a then current registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and is not otherwise
exempt from such registration, such Shares shall be restricted against transfer
to the extent required by the Securities Act and Rule 144 or other regulations
thereunder. The Committee may require any individual receiving Shares pursuant
to an Option or Award granted under the Plan, as a condition precedent to
receipt of such Shares, to represent and warrant to the Company in writing that
the Shares acquired by such individual are acquired without a view to any
distribution thereof and will not be sold or transferred other than pursuant to
an effective registration thereof under said Act or pursuant to an exemption
applicable under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. The certificates evidencing any of such Shares shall be
appropriately amended to reflect their status as restricted securities as
aforesaid.

14.  Miscellaneous.

     14.1. Multiple Agreements. The terms of each Option or Award may differ
from other Options or Awards granted under the Plan at the same time, or at some
other time. The Committee may also grant more than one Option or Award to a
given Eligible Individual or Eligible Director during the term of the Plan,
either in addition to, or in substitution for, one or more Options or Awards
previously granted to that Eligible Individual or Eligible Director.

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     14.2. Withholding of Taxes.

           (a) At such times as an Optionee or Grantee recognizes taxable income
        in connection with the receipt of Shares or cash hereunder (a "Taxable
        Event"), the Optionee or Grantee shall pay to the Company an amount
        equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as
        may be required by law to be withheld by the Company in connection with
        the Taxable Event (the "Withholding Taxes") prior to the issuance of
        such Shares or the payment of such cash. The Company shall have the
        right to deduct from any payment of cash to an Optionee or Grantee an
        amount equal to the Withholding Taxes in satisfaction of the obligation
        to pay Withholding Taxes. In satisfaction of the obligation to pay
        Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee or Grantee may make a
        written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected
        in the discretion of the Committee, to have withheld a portion of the
        Shares then issuable to him or her for payment of Withholding Taxes, but
        not in excess of the Participant's required withholding obligation.

           (b) If an Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section
        424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share
        or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an
        Incentive Stock Option within the two-year period commencing on the day
        after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on
        the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the
        Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10)
        days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of
        written notice to the Company at its principal executive office.

     14.3. Effective Date. The effective date of this Plan prior to this
amendment was March 27, 2000. The effective date of adoption of the Plan, as
amended, shall be the Amendment Date; provided that with respect to Incentive
Stock Options granted on or after the Amendment Date, the Plan, as amended,
shall be subject to the approval by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the securities of the Parent present, or represented, and entitled
to vote at a meeting of stockholders of the Parent duly held in accordance with
the applicable laws of the Kingdom of Belgium within twelve (12) months of the
Amendment Date; and, further provided that if such approval is not granted
within such twelve (12)-month period, all Incentive Stock Options granted on or
after the Amendment Date shall be automatically converted to Nonqualified Stock
Options.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

          (as amended and restated effective generally January 1, 1998)

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ARTICLE I         PURPOSE ................................................................  1

ARTICLE II        DEFINITIONS ............................................................  1

ARTICLE III       PARTICIPATION .......................................................... 15

         3.1      Date of Participation .................................................. 15
         3.2      Participation Requirements ............................................. 15
         3.3      Reemployed Eligible Employee ........................................... 15
         3.4      Change of Employment Status ............................................ 15

ARTICLE IV        CONTRIBUTIONS AND DIRECT TRANSFERS ..................................... 15

         4.1      Employer Contributions ................................................. 15
         4.2      Timing of Employer Contributions ....................................... 16
         4.3      Form of Contributions .................................................. 16
         4.4      Maximum Contributions .................................................. 17
         4.5      Return of Contributions ................................................ 17
         4.6      Nonforfeitable Contributions ........................................... 17
         4.7      Special Rules For Matching Contributions ............................... 17
         4.8      USERRA Make-up Contributions ........................................... 19
         4.9      Rollover Contributions ................................................. 21
         4.10     Direct Transfers ....................................................... 21

ARTICLE V         DEFERRAL ELECTIONS ..................................................... 22

         5.1      Timing and Method ...................................................... 22
         5.2      Amendment or Termination by Participant ................................ 22
         5.3      Limitations on Actual Deferral Percentage .............................. 23
         5.4      Restrictions and Adjustments ........................................... 24

ARTICLE VI        EXCESS DEFERRALS ....................................................... 25

         6.1      Limitation on Elective Contributions ................................... 25
         6.2      Distribution of Excess Deferral ........................................ 25
         6.3      Notice by Participant .................................................. 26

ARTICLE VII       LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS ......................................... 26

         7.1      Limitation For Defined Contribution Plans .............................. 26
         7.2      Limitation For Defined Contribution Plan and Defined Benefit Plan ...... 27
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         7.3      Combining and Aggregating Plans ........................................ 29
         7.4      Reduction of Excess Annual Additions ................................... 29
         7.5      Definition of Compensation ............................................. 30
         7.6      Certain Contributions Treated as Annual Additions ...................... 31

ARTICLE VIII      ACCOUNTS AND VALUATION ................................................. 31

         8.1      Participant Accounts ................................................... 31
         8.2      Adjustments ............................................................ 32
         8.3      Allocation of Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions ........ 33
         8.4      Allocation of Discretionary Contributions .............................. 33
         8.5      Eligible Employees Entitled to Share in Discretionary Contributions .... 33
         8.6      Allocation of Rollover Contributions and Asset Transfers ............... 34
         8.7      Reports to Participants ................................................ 34

ARTICLE IX        DISTRIBUTION, LOANS AND WITHDRAWALS .................................... 34

         9.1      Retirement ............................................................. 34
         9.2      Disability ............................................................. 34
         9.3      Termination of Employment .............................................. 34
         9.4      Forfeitures ............................................................ 35
         9.5      Distributions to Participants .......................................... 36
         9.6      Age 70 1/2 In-Service Distributions .................................... 38
         9.7      Minimum Amounts to be Distributed to Participants ...................... 39
         9.8      Distributions to Surviving Spouses and Beneficiaries ................... 39
         9.9      Distribution to Alternate Payee ........................................ 40
         9.10     Distributions to Minors and Incompetent Persons ........................ 41
         9.11     Loans .................................................................. 41
         9.12     Hardship Withdrawals ................................................... 43
         9.13     Form of Distribution ................................................... 45
         9.14     Direct Rollovers ....................................................... 45

ARTICLE X         TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS ................................................... 47

         10.1     Top Heavy Requirements ................................................. 47
         10.2     Minimum Vesting Requirements ........................................... 48
         10.3     Minimum Contribution Requirement ....................................... 48
         10.4     Modified Limitation on Allocations ..................................... 49
         10.5     Present Value Factors .................................................. 49
         10.6     Benefit Accrual ........................................................ 49

ARTICLE XI        TRUST FUND INVESTMENTS ................................................. 50

         11.1     Duties ................................................................. 50
         11.2     Investment Funds ....................................................... 50
         11.3     Company Stock Fund ..................................................... 50
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         11.4     Investment of Contributions ............................................ 50
         11.5     Reinvestment of Account ................................................ 51
         11.6     Loan Fund .............................................................. 52
         11.7     Voting Rights .......................................................... 52

ARTICLE XII       FINANCE COMMITTEE ...................................................... 52

         12.1     Duties ................................................................. 52
         12.2     Delegation of Ministerial Duties ....................................... 53
         12.3     Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses ............................. 53
         12.4     Reliance on Reports .................................................... 53
         12.5     Multiple Signatures .................................................... 53

ARTICLE XIII      ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ............................................... 53

         13.1     Appointment of Administrative Committee ................................ 53
         13.2     Resignation and Removal ................................................ 54
         13.3     Powers and Duties ...................................................... 54
         13.4     Reporting and Disclosure ............................................... 55
         13.5     Delegation of Ministerial Duties ....................................... 55
         13.6     Payment of Plan Expenses ............................................... 55
         13.7     Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses ............................. 55
         13.8     Uniformity of Rules and Regulations .................................... 55
         13.9     Reliance on Reports .................................................... 56
         13.10    Multiple Signatures .................................................... 56
         13.11    Confidentiality of Participant Decisions Relating to Company Stock ..... 56

ARTICLE XIV       CLAIMS PROCEDURE ....................................................... 56

         14.1     Filing a Claim For Benefits ............................................ 56
         14.2     Denial of Claim ........................................................ 56
         14.3     Appeal of Denied Claim ................................................. 57
         14.4     Decision on Appeal ..................................................... 57

ARTICLE XV        AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION .............................................. 57

         15.1     Amendment .............................................................. 57
         15.2     Accounts Not to be Decreased by Amendment .............................. 58
         15.3     Termination ............................................................ 58
         15.4     Notice of Amendment or Termination ..................................... 58

ARTICLE XVI       NONALIENABILITY OF BENEFITS; QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS ....... 59

         16.1     Nonalienability of Benefits ............................................ 59
         16.2     Qualified Domestic Relations Orders .................................... 60
         16.3     Notice ................................................................. 60
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         16.4     Representative ......................................................... 61
         16.5     Separate Account ....................................................... 61
         16.6     Determination by Administrative Committee .............................. 61
         16.7     Definitions ............................................................ 62

ARTICLE XVII      DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY SUBSIDIARIES ................................ 64

         17.1     Delegation of Authority by Subsidiaries ................................ 64

ARTICLE XVIII     MERGERS ................................................................ 64

         18.1     Merger or Consolidation of Plan ........................................ 64
         18.2     Merger With Hannaford Southeast Savings and Investment Plan ............ 64

ARTICLE XIX       MISCELLANEOUS .......................................................... 65

         19.1     Fiduciary Responsibility ............................................... 65
         19.2     Prohibited Transactions ................................................ 66
         19.3     Additional Contributions and Adjustments ............................... 67
         19.4     Exclusive Benefit ...................................................... 67
         19.5     Service with Predecessor Employer ...................................... 67
         19.6     Employment ............................................................. 67
         19.7     Gender ................................................................. 67
         19.8     Governing Law .......................................................... 67
         19.9     Article and Section Headings and Table of Contents ..................... 67
         19.10    Impermissible Actions from January 1, 1998, to March 31, 1998 .......... 67
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                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

                                    ARTICLE I
                                     PURPOSE

         The Hannaford Northeast Savings and Investment Plan, originally adopted
effective April 1, 1985, is hereby renamed the Hannaford Savings and Investment
Plan and hereby amended and restated effective generally January 1, 1998.

         The purpose of this Plan is to encourage Eligible Employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries to provide for their financial security through
regular savings. The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section
401(a) and 401(k) of the Code and shall be interpreted to comply with the
applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA, as well as the regulations and
rulings issued thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   DEFINITIONS

         The following terms, when used herein, shall have the following
meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

         2.1 "Account" shall mean the account established and maintained by the
Administrative Committee for each Participant which shall reflect the
Participant's share of the Trust Fund; provided such Account shall, in
accordance with Section 8.1, reflect separately the Participant's (a) Elective
Contributions, (b) Matching Contributions, (c) Discretionary Contributions, (d)
Rollover Contributions, and (e) any direct transfer of plan assets made on
behalf of an Employee in accordance with Section 4.10 or 18.2.

         2.2 "Actual Deferral Percentage" for any Plan Year shall mean, except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.41, the average of the ratios, calculated
separately for each Eligible Employee, of the amount of Elective Contributions
made on behalf of such Employee for such year to such Employee's compensation
for such year (whether or not the Employee was a Participant for the entire Plan
Year). For purposes of this Section, "compensation" shall mean compensation as
defined in Section 7.5 and, for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1998,
may, at the election of the Company, include amounts excludable from gross
income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3) and 402(h)(1)(B) of the Code. For Plan
Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, the Company may elect not to
include such amounts.

         2.3 "Administrative Committee" shall mean the Committee appointed in
accordance with Section 13.1.

         2.4 "Annual Addition" shall mean the sum of the Employer Contributions,
employee contributions and forfeitures allocated to the Account of a Participant
for a Limitation Year and the amounts described in Section 7.6.

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         2.5 "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons designated by a
Participant as provided in Section 9.8 to receive any benefits payable under the
Plan following the death of the Participant.

         2.6 "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company or any corporation with or into which it may be merged or consolidated.

         2.7 "Break in Service" shall have the meaning set forth in subsection
(a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (a) In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee
         who is employed as a driver, the term "Break in Service" shall mean a
         Plan Year in which such Employee is not credited with more than four
         hundred and thirty-five (435) Hours of Service on account of any one or
         more of the following:

                           (i) discharge from employment;

                           (ii) voluntary termination of employment;

                           (iii) effective December 12, 1994, failure to return
                  to the employ of an Employer or a Related Employer prior to
                  the expiration of the period entitling such Employee to
                  reemployment rights under the Uniformed Services Employment
                  and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 after a period of
                  qualified military service (as defined in Section 4.8);

                           (iv) failure to return to the employ of an Employer
                  or a Related Employer upon the expiration of any period of
                  absence due to sickness, accident or disability for which such
                  Employee is entitled to receive benefits under any welfare
                  plan sponsored by an Employer or a Related Employer; or

                           (v) failure to return to the employ of an Employer or
                  a Related Employer when recalled following a temporary period
                  of layoff for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months.

                  (b) In the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee
         or an Employee who is employed as a driver, the term "Break in Service"
         shall mean a Plan Year in which such Employee is not credited with more
         than five hundred (500) Hours of Service on account of any one or more
         of the following:

                           (i) discharge from employment;

                           (ii) voluntary termination of employment;

                           (iii) effective December 12, 1994, failure to return
                  to the employ of an Employer or a Related Employer prior to
                  the expiration of the period entitling such Employee to
                  reemployment rights under the Uniformed Services

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                  Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 after a period
                  of qualified military service (as defined in Section 4.8);

                           (iv) failure to return to the employ of an Employer
                  or a Related Employer upon the expiration of any period of
                  absence due to sickness, accident or disability for which such
                  Employee is entitled to receive benefits under any welfare
                  plan sponsored by an Employer or a Related Employer; or

                           (v) failure to return to the employ of an Employer or
                  a Related Employer when recalled following a temporary period
                  of layoff for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months.

         2.8 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time
to time amended.

         2.9 "Company" shall mean Hannaford Bros. Co., a Maine corporation or
any corporation with or into which it may be merged or consolidated.

         2.10 "Company Stock" shall mean shares of common stock of the Company.

         2.11 "Compensation" shall mean the basic compensation paid, before any
reduction pursuant to a Deferral Election or a benefit election under an
Employer's Code Section 125 plan, by an Employer to an Employee for services
rendered while a Participant, including compensation for incentive hours and
excluding reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and
noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, welfare benefits, unguaranteed
overtime pay, bonuses, and other irregular payments.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, effective January 1,
1994, the annual Compensation of any Employee in excess of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) (or such higher amount as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe) shall not be taken into account under the Plan. In the
event Compensation is determined based on a period which contains fewer than
twelve (12) calendar months, the annual Compensation limit shall be an amount
equal to the annual Compensation limit for the calendar year in which the period
begins multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full
calendar months in the period and the denominator of which is twelve (12). If
Compensation for a prior Plan Year is taken into account for any Plan Year, such
Compensation shall be subject to the annual Compensation limit in effect for
such prior Plan Year.

         The average percentage of total compensation (as defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.414(s)-1(d)(3)(ii) included in the Compensation of Highly
Compensated Employees as a group shall not exceed by more than a de minimis
amount the average percentage of total compensation included in the Compensation
of Non-Highly Compensated Employees as a group. This determination shall be made
in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Section 1.414(s)-1(d)(3), which
is incorporated herein by reference.

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         2.12 "Contract Employee" shall mean an Employee who is employed as a
warehouse employee and whose employment is governed by a collective bargaining
agreement.

         2.13 "Deferral Election" shall mean an election made by an Eligible
Employee in accordance with Section 5.1 or 4.8.

         2.14 "Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Plan Year,
the last day of the preceding year or, in the case of the first Plan Year of the
Plan, the last day of such Plan Year.

         2.15 "Disabled" or "Disability" shall mean a Participant's incapacity
to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determined physical or mental impairment which can reasonably be expected to
result in death or be of long-continued and indefinite duration as certified by
a licensed physician approved by the Company.

         2.16 "Discretionary Contribution" shall mean a contribution made by an
Employer in accordance with Section 4.1(c).

         2.17 "Effective Date" of this amendment and restatement shall mean,
except as provided otherwise herein, January 1, 1998.

         2.18 "Elective Contribution" shall mean a contribution made by an
Employer on behalf of a Participant pursuant to a Deferral Election, as provided
in Section 4.1(a).

         2.19 "Eligibility Computation Period" shall mean the initial twelve
(12) consecutive month period beginning with the date on which the Employee
first performs an Hour of Service and thereafter each Plan Year commencing with
the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of his or her Employment
Commencement Date.

         In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee who is
employed as a driver, if such Employee is credited with eight hundred seventy
(870) Hours of Service in both his or her initial Eligibility Computation Period
and in the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of his or her
Employment Commencement Date, he or she shall be credited with two (2) Years of
Participation Service.

         In the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee, or an
Employee who is employed as a driver, if such Employee is credited with one
thousand (1,000) Hours of Service in both his or her initial Eligibility
Computation Period and the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of his
or her Employment Commencement Date, such Employee shall be credited with two
(2) Years of Participation Service.

         In measuring completion of a Year of Participation Service upon
reemployment of an Employee after he or she has incurred a Break in Service, the
term "Eligibility Computation Period" shall mean the twelve (12) consecutive
month period beginning on the Employee's Reemployment Commencement Date and,
where necessary, Plan Years beginning with the Plan Year which includes the
first anniversary of the Employee's Reemployment Commencement Date.

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         2.20 "Eligible Employee" shall mean an Employee who is eligible to
participate in the Plan as provided in Section 3.1.

         2.21 "Employee" shall mean any individual who is employed by an
Employer, excluding Leased Employees.

         2.22 "Employer" shall mean the Company and, effective January 1, 1997,
any subsidiary of the Company that adopts the Plan with the consent of the Human
Resources Committee of the Board of Directors. If an Employer is a member of a
group of employers which constitutes a controlled group of corporations (as
defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), which constitutes trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as defined in
Section 414(c) of the Code), or which constitutes an affiliated service group
(as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code and modified in Section 414(o) of the
Code), all such employers shall be considered a single employer as required by
Sections 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) and 414(o) of the Code. For purposes of applying
the limitations of Article VII, the Section 414(b) definition of a controlled
group of corporations and the Section 414(c) definition of trades or businesses
under common control shall be modified as provided in Section 415(h) of the
Code.

         2.23 "Employer Contribution" shall mean any Elective Contribution,
Matching Contribution, Discretionary Contribution or such additional
contribution as may be required under Section 9.4 made by an Employer in
accordance with the terms of the Plan.

         2.24 "Employment Commencement Date" shall mean the date on which an
Employee first performs an Hour of Service for an Employer or a Related
Employer.

         2.25 "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as it may be amended from time to time, and any regulations issued
pursuant thereto as such Act or such regulations affect this Plan.

         2.26 "Excess Deferral" shall mean Elective Contributions in excess of
the limitation of Section 6.1.

         2.27 "Excess Elective Contributions" shall mean for any Plan Year the
excess of

                  (a) the aggregate amount of Employer Contributions taken into
         account under Section 5.3 that are paid to the Trust on behalf of
         Highly Compensated Eligible Employees for such year, over

                  (b) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under
         Section 5.3.

         2.28 "Excess Matching Contributions" shall mean for any Plan Year the
excess of

                  (a) the aggregate amount of Employer Contributions taken into
         account under Section 4.7(a) that are paid to the Trust on behalf of
         Highly Compensated Eligible Employees for such year, over

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                  (b) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under
         Section 4.7(a).

         2.29 "Finance Committee" shall mean the Finance Committee of the Board
of Directors.

         2.30 "Five Percent Owner" shall mean any person who owns (or is
considered as owning within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code) more than
five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of an Employer or stock possessing
more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of
an Employer.

         2.31 "Former Participant" shall mean any individual who ceases to be
employed by an Employer or a Related Employer and is no longer employed by any
of them, and who has not received full distribution of his or her Account.

         2.32 "Highly Compensated Eligible Employee" shall mean an Employee who
is eligible to participate in the Plan as provided in Section 3.1 and who is a
Highly Compensated Employee.

         2.33 "Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean any Employee who:

                  (a) was a Five Percent Owner at any time during the Plan Year
         or the preceding Plan Year; or

                  (b) had compensation from an Employer for the preceding Plan
         Year in excess of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) or such higher
         amount in effect under Section 414(q) of the Code and was in the
         Top-Paid Group for such year.

         A former Employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if
he or she was a Highly Compensated Employee when such Employee separated from
service or at any time after attaining age fifty-five (55). For purposes of this
Section, "compensation" shall have the meaning given such term under Section
415(c)(3) of the Code (but, for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1998,
without regard to the exclusions provided under Sections 125, 402(e)(3) and
402(h)(1)(B) of the Code).

         The dollar amount in subsection (b) of this Section shall be increased
at the same time and in the same manner as the dollar limitation under Section
415(b)(1)(A) of the Code, except that the base period shall be the calendar
quarter ending September 30, 1996.

         The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee, including
the determinations of the number and identity of Employees in the Top-Paid
Group, shall be made in accordance with Section 414(q) of the Code and the
regulations thereunder.

         The provisions set forth in this Section shall be effective for Plan
Years beginning after December 31, 1996; provided, however, in determining
whether an Employee is a Highly

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Compensated Employee for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 1997, such
provisions shall be treated as having been in effect for the Plan Year beginning
January 1, 1996.

         2.34 "Hour of Service" shall have the meaning set forth in subsection
(a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (a) In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee
         who is employed as a driver, the term "Hour of Service" shall mean:

                           (i) each hour for which such Employee is paid, or
                  entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for an
                  Employer. Such hours shall be credited to the computation
                  period in which such duties are performed.

                           (ii) each hour for which back pay, irrespective of
                  mitigation of damages, is either awarded or agreed to by an
                  Employer, provided the same hours shall not be credited under
                  both subsection (a)(i) and this subsection (a)(ii). These
                  hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation
                  period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains
                  rather than the computation period in which the award,
                  agreement or payment is made.

                  (b) In the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee
         or an Employee who is employed as a driver, the term "Hour of Service"
         shall mean:

                           (i) each hour for which such an Employee is paid, or
                  entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for an
                  Employer. Such hours shall be credited to the computation
                  period in which such duties are performed.

                           (ii) each hour for which such an Employee is paid, or
                  entitled to payment, directly or indirectly, by an Employer on
                  account of a period of time during which no duties were
                  performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship
                  has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity
                  (including Disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or
                  leave of absence. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,

                                    (aa) no more than five hundred and one (501)
                           Hours of Service shall be credited under this
                           subsection (b)(ii) to an Employee on account of any
                           single continuous period during which he or she
                           performs no duties (whether or not such period occurs
                           in a single computation period),

                                    (bb) Hours of Service shall not be credited
                           if payment is made or due under a plan maintained
                           solely for the purpose of complying with applicable
                           workers' compensation, unemployment compensation or
                           disability insurance laws; and

                                    (cc) Hours of Service shall not be credited
                           if payment is made solely to reimburse an Employee
                           for medical or medically related expenses incurred by
                           such Employee.

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                           (iii) each hour for which back pay, irrespective of
                  mitigation of damages, is either awarded or agreed to by an
                  Employer. The same hours shall not be credited both under
                  subsection (b)(i) or (b)(ii) and under this subsection
                  (b)(iii). These hours shall be credited to the Employee for
                  the computation period or periods to which the award or
                  agreement pertains rather than the computation period in which
                  the award, agreement or payment is made.

                  In the case of any salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee,
         such Employee shall be credited with forty-five (45) Hours of Service
         for each week such Employee is required to be credited with at least
         one (1) Hour of Service in accordance with subsections (b)(i), (b)(ii)
         or (b)(iii) of this Section.

         Hours of Service shall be credited with respect to employment with
other members of an affiliated service group (as defined in Section 414(m) of
the Code), a controlled group of corporations (as defined under Section 414(b)
of the Code) or a group of trades or businesses under common control (as defined
under Section 414(c) of the Code) of which an Employer is a member, and any
other entity required to be aggregated with an Employer pursuant to Section
414(o) of the Code. Hours of Service shall also be credited with respect to any
individual who is treated as an Employee under Section 414(n) or Section 414(o)
of the Code. Hours of Service shall be credited under this subsection only to
the extent required under Section 414(b), (c), (m), (n), (o) (or other
applicable sections) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

         The number of Hours of Service to be credited to each Employee shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of 29 C.F.R. Sections
2530.200b-2(b), 2(c) and 2530.200b-3(e)(4) which are incorporated herein by
reference.

         Each Employee who is absent from work for any period (i) by reason of
the pregnancy of the Employee, (ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the
Employee, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee in
connection with the adoption of the child by the Employee, or (iv) for purposes
of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth
or placement shall, solely for purposes of determining whether such Employee has
incurred a Break in Service, be credited with the Hours of Service which would
normally have been credited to such Employee but for such absence or, if such
Hours of Service cannot be determined, eight (8) Hours of Service for each day
of such absence; provided the total number of Hours of Service credited in
accordance with this paragraph on account of such absence shall not exceed five
hundred and one (501). The Hours of Service described in this paragraph shall be
credited in the computation period in which the absence begins, if the Employee
would be prevented from incurring a Break in Service in such period solely
because the Employee is credited with such Hours of Service or, in all other
cases, in the immediately following computation period.

         2.35 "Investment Fund" shall mean an investment fund described in
Section 11.2.

         2.36 "Investment Manager" shall mean any fiduciary, other than the
Trustee or a named fiduciary (as defined in Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA):

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                  (a) who is appointed by the Finance Committee to manage,
         acquire, or dispose of all or any portion of the Trust Fund;

                  (b) who is (i) registered as an investment adviser under the
         Investment Advisers Act of 1940; (ii) is a bank, as defined in said
         Act; or (iii) is an insurance company qualified to manage, acquire or
         dispose of all or any portion of the Trust Fund under the laws of more
         than one State; and

                  (c) who has acknowledged, in writing, that he or she is a
         fiduciary with respect to the Plan."

         2.37 "Key Employee" shall mean any Employee or former Employee (and the
Beneficiary of such Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year or the four
(4) preceding Plan Years is:

                  (a) an officer of an Employer having annual compensation (as
         defined in Section 7.5) from an Employer greater than fifty percent
         (50%) of the amount in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code
         for any Plan Year (but in no event shall more than fifty (50) Employees
         or, if less, the greater of three (3) or ten percent (10%) of all
         Employees be treated as Key Employees by reason of being officers);

                  (b) A person owning (or considered as owning within the
         meaning of Section 318 of the Code) more than a one-half percent (1/2%)
         interest, as well as one of the ten (10) largest interests in an
         Employer, and having annual compensation (within the meaning of Section
         7.5) from such Employer of more than the limitation in effect under
         Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code for any Plan Year;

                  (c) a Five Percent Owner; or

                  (d) a person who has annual compensation (as defined in
         Section 7.5) from an Employer of more than One Hundred and Fifty
         Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) and who would be described in (c) above
         if one percent (1%) was substituted for five percent (5%).

         The determination of who is a Key Employee shall be made in accordance
with Section 416(i)(1) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, the
provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. For purposes of
determining annual compensation under this Section, amounts excluded from gross
income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B) and 403(b) of the Code shall
be taken into account.

         2.38 "Leased Employee" shall mean any person who is not an Employee but
who provides services to an Employer if:

                  (a) such services are provided pursuant to an agreement
         between the Employer and any leasing organization;

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                  (b) such person has performed services for the Employer (or
         for the Employer and any related person determined in accordance with
         Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a
         period of at least one (l) year; and

                  (c) such services are performed under the primary direction or
         control by the Employer.

         2.39 "Limitation Year" shall mean a calendar year (or any other twelve
(12) consecutive month period adopted for all qualified plans of an Employer
pursuant to a written resolution adopted by such Employer). If the Limitation
Year is amended to a different twelve (12) consecutive month period, the new
Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which the
amendment is made.

         2.40 "Matching Contribution" shall mean a contribution made by an
Employer in accordance with Section 4.1(b) on behalf of a Participant who has
made a Deferral Election.

         2.41 "Matching Contribution Percentage" shall mean for any Plan Year
the average of the ratios, calculated separately for each Eligible Employee, of
the amount of Matching Contributions made on behalf of such Employee for such
year and, at the election of the Company, the amount of Elective Contributions
made on behalf of such Employee for such year to such Employee's compensation
for such year. For purposes of this Section, "compensation" shall mean
compensation as defined in Section 7.5 and, for Plan Years beginning before
January 1, 1998, may, at the election of the Company, include amounts excludable
from gross income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3) and 402(h)(1)(B) of the Code.
For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, the Company may elect not
to include such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section or Section 2.2 to the contrary, no Elective Contributions may be taken
into account in calculating the Matching Contribution Percentage for any
Eligible Employee unless the requirement of Section 5.3(a) is satisfied both
with and without the exclusion of such Elective Contributions in calculating the
Employee's Actual Deferral Percentage.

         2.42 "Named Fiduciary" or "Named Fiduciaries" shall mean, with respect
to the operation and administration of the Plan, the Administrative Committee,
and with respect to the management of the Trust Fund, the Finance Committee.

         2.43 "Non-Key Employee" shall mean any Employee who is not a Key
Employee.

         2.44 "Normal Retirement Age" shall mean age sixty-five (65).

         2.45 "Participant" shall mean an Eligible Employee who elects to
participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 5.1 or 4.8, and each other
Eligible Employee on whose behalf an Employer makes a Discretionary
Contribution.

         2.46 "Permissive Aggregation Group" shall mean each plan of an Employer
which is included in a Required Aggregation Group and any other plan or plans of
such Employer which,

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when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group, continues to
satisfy the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.

         2.47 "Plan" shall mean the Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan.

         2.48 "Plan Year" shall mean the twelve (12) consecutive month period
ending December 31.

         2.49 "Reemployment Commencement Date" shall mean the first day for
which an Employee is entitled to be credited with an Hour of Service after the
first Eligibility Computation Period in which the Employee incurs a Break in
Service following an Eligibility Computation Period in which the Employee is
credited with more than the number of Hours of Service determined in accordance
with subsection (a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (a) In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee
         who is employed as a driver, four hundred and thirty-five (435) Hours
         of Service; and

                  (b) In the case of a salaried or salaried Nonexempt Employee
         or an Employee who is employed as a driver, five hundred (500) Hours of
         Service.

In the case of an Employee who is credited with no Hours of Service in an
Eligibility Computation Period beginning after the Employee's Reemployment
Commencement Date, the Employee shall be treated as having a new Reemployment
Commencement Date as of the first day for which the Employee is entitled to be
credited with an Hour of Service after such Eligibility Computation Period.

         2.50 "Related Employer" shall mean the Company or any subsidiary
thereof.

         2.51 "Required Aggregation Group" shall mean each plan of an Employer
in which a Key Employee is a participant and each other plan of such Employer
which enables any plan of the Employer in which a Key Employee is a participant
to meet the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.

         2.52 "Rollover Contribution" shall mean a contribution made by an
Employee in accordance with Section 4.9.

         2.53 "Top Heavy" shall mean that as of the Determination Date:

                  (a) The Top Heavy Ratio for the Plan exceeds sixty percent
         (60%), if the Plan is not included in a Required Aggregation Group;

                  (b) The Top Heavy Ratio for the Required Aggregation Group
         which includes the Plan exceeds sixty percent (60%), if the Plan is
         included in a Required Aggregation Group, but is not included in a
         Permissive Aggregation Group; or

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                  (c) The Top Heavy Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group
         which includes the Plan exceeds sixty percent (60%), if the Plan is
         included in a Permissive Aggregation Group.

         2.54 "Top Heavy Ratio" shall mean:

                  (a) If the Plan is not included in a Required Aggregation
         Group, a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Account
         balances of Key Employees under the Plan and the denominator of which
         is the sum of the Account balances of all Participants under the Plan;
         or

                  (b) If the Plan is included in a Required Aggregation Group or
         a Permissive Aggregation Group, a fraction, the numerator of which is
         the sum of the account balances of Key Employees under all defined
         contribution plans included in such group and the present value of the
         accrued benefits of Key Employees under all defined benefit plans
         included in such group and the denominator of which is the sum of the
         account balances of all participants under all defined contribution
         plans included in such group and the present value of the accrued
         benefits of all participants under all defined benefit plans included
         in such group.

         The account balances, as well as the present value of accrued benefits,
shall be determined, as of the Valuation Date coinciding with the Determination
Date, in accordance with the provisions of Section 416(g) of the Code and the
regulations thereunder which are incorporated herein by reference. In
determining the Top Heavy Ratio for any Plan Year, if an individual is a Non-Key
Employee with respect to the Plan or with respect to any other plan which is
included in the same Required Aggregation Group or Permissive Aggregation Group
as the Plan, but was a Key Employee with respect to the Plan or such other plan
for any prior plan year, any account balance or accrued benefit for such
individual shall not be taken into account. In addition, any account balance or
accrued benefit of any individual who has not performed services for an Employer
at any time during the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date
shall not be taken into account; provided, however, if such individual
subsequently performs services for an Employer, his or her account balance or
accrued benefit shall be taken into account, as required by regulations, in a
subsequent Plan Year.

         2.55 "Top-Paid Group" shall mean for any Plan Year the group of
Employees consisting of the top twenty percent (20%) of Employees based on
compensation (as defined for purposes of Section 2.33) received from an Employer
during such year. For purposes of determining the number of Employees in the
Top-Paid Group, the following Employees shall be excluded:

                  (a) Employees who have not completed six (6) months of
         service;

                  (b) Employees who normally work less than seventeen and
         one-half (17 1/2) hours per week;

                  (c) Employees who normally work less than six (6) months
         during any year;

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                  (d) Employees who have not attained age twenty-one (21);

                  (e) Employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no
         earned income (within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code)
         from an Employer that constitutes income from sources within the United
         States (within the meaning of Section 861(a) (3) of the Code).

The Company may elect to apply subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section
by substituting a shorter period of service, a smaller number of hours or
months, or a lower age than that specified in each subsection.

         2.56 "Trust" shall mean the Hannaford Savings and Investment Trust, as
amended from time to time.

         2.57 "Trustee" shall mean the person or persons appointed by the
Finance Committee to serve as trustee(s) of the Trust.

         2.58 "Trust Fund" shall mean the property held in the Trust for the
benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries.

         2.59 "USERRA" shall mean the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, 38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq., as in effect on
December 12, 1994 (without regard to any subsequent amendment).

         2.60 "Valuation Date" shall mean, effective January 1, 1998, each
business day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open; provided, however,
when such term is used in the context of Article X, such term shall mean the
last business day of each Plan Year.

         2.61 "Vesting Computation Period" shall mean a Plan Year. If the Plan
Year is changed, the Vesting Computation Period shall be deemed to include a
corresponding twelve (12) consecutive month period. The new Vesting Computation
Period shall commence within the prior Vesting Computation Period so that the
new period overlaps the prior period. Each hourly Employee, other than an
Employee who is employed as a driver, shall be credited with one (1) Year of
Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least eight hundred and seventy
(870) Hours of Service in only the prior Vesting Computation Period; one (1)
Year of Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least eight hundred and
seventy (870) Hours of Service in only the new Vesting Computation Period; and
two (2) Years of Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least eight
hundred and seventy (870) Hours of Service in each of the two (2) overlapping
Vesting Computation Periods. Each salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee, and
each Employee who is employed as a driver, shall be credited with one (1) Year
of Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least one thousand (1,000)
Hours of Service in only the prior Vesting Computation Period; one (1) Year of
Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least one thousand (1,000)
Hours of Service in only the new Vesting Computation Period; and two (2) Years
of Vesting Service if he or she is credited with at least one thousand (1,000)
Hours of Service in each of the two (2) overlapping Vesting Computation Periods.

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         2.62 "Year of Participation Service" shall have the meaning set forth
in subsection (a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (a) In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee
         who is employed as a driver, an Eligibility Computation Period during
         which such Employee has completed eight hundred and seventy (870) or
         more Hours of Service.

                  (b) In the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee,
         or an Employee who is employed as a driver, an Eligibility Computation
         Period during which such Employee has completed one thousand (1,000) or
         more Hours of Service.

         2.63 "Year of Vesting Service" shall have the meaning set forth in
subsection (a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (a) In the case of an hourly Employee, other than an Employee
         who is employed as a driver, a Vesting Computation Period during which
         such Employee has completed eight hundred and seventy (870) or more
         Hours of Service.

                  (b) In the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt Employee,
         or an Employee who is employed as a driver, a Vesting Computation
         Period during which such Employee has completed one thousand (1,000) or
         more Hours of Service.

For purposes of determining the number of a Participant's Years of Vesting
Service, all service with an Employer or Related Employer shall be taken into
account; provided, however, in the case of a Participant who is first employed
by the Company or one of its subsidiaries in its Southeast Division, service
prior to March 1, 1993, shall be disregarded.

         In the case of a Participant who incurs a Break in Service or period of
consecutive Breaks in Service, such Participant shall be credited with his or
her Years of Vesting Service prior to such Break in Service in accordance with
subsection (c) or (d) below, whichever is applicable:

                  (c) a Participant who had a nonforfeitable right to all of his
         or her Account when he or she incurred the Break in Service shall
         receive credit for all Years of Vesting Service prior to his or her
         Break in Service.

                  (d) a Participant who did not have a nonforfeitable right to
         all of his or her Account when he or she incurred the Break in Service
         shall receive credit for Years of Vesting Service prior to his or her
         Break in Service if he or she completes a Year of Vesting Service
         thereafter and the number of his or her consecutive Breaks in Service
         is less than five (5).

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                                   ARTICLE III
                                  PARTICIPATION

         3.1 Date of Participation. Except as hereinafter provided, each
Employee who is in the employ of an Employer on the Effective Date and who meets
the requirements of Section 3.2 on or before November 30, 1997, shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Effective Date. Each other
Employee who thereafter meets the requirements of Section 3.2 shall be eligible
to participate in the Plan as of the first day of the second month following the
month in which he or she meets such requirements, provided he or she is still in
the employ of an Employer on such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
to the contrary, each Employee who was a participant in the Hannaford Southeast
Savings and Investment Plan as of December 31, 1997, shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan as of the Effective Date, provided he or she is still in
the employ of an Employer on the Effective Date.

         3.2 Participation Requirements. Each Employee who has attained age
twenty-one (21) and completed one (1) Year of Participation Service shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan.

         3.3 Reemployed Eligible Employee. An Eligible Employee who is
reemployed by an Employer shall again be eligible to participate in the Plan as
of the date he or she completes one (1) Hour of Service.

         3.4 Change of Employment Status.

                  (a) An Employee whose employment status changes by reason of
         being transferred from the employ of a Related Employer that has not
         adopted the Plan to the employ of an Employer shall be eligible to
         participate in the Plan as of the later of the first day of the second
         month following the date his or her of employment status changes or the
         first day of the second month following the month in which he or she
         meets the requirements of Section 3.2.

                  (b) A Participant whose employment status changes by reason of
         being transferred to the employ of a Related Employer that has not
         adopted the Plan shall nevertheless continue to participate in the
         Plan, but without the right to make a Deferral Election or share in an
         allocation of Employer Contributions occurring after the date his or
         her employment status changes, until the date he or she ceases to be
         employed by the Company and any other Related Employer.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                       CONTRIBUTIONS AND DIRECT TRANSFERS

         4.1 Employer Contributions. For each Plan Year, each Employer shall
contribute to the Plan:

                  (a) The Elective Contributions to be made in accordance with
         Section 5.1 or 4.8 on behalf of each Participant in its employ during
         such year; and

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                  (b) The Matching Contributions, if any, to be made on behalf
         of each Participant in its employ during such year who has made a
         Deferral Election for such year at the rate determined in accordance
         with subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, whichever is applicable; provided,
         however, no Matching Contribution may be made with respect to any
         Excess Deferral or Excess Elective Contribution or any Elective
         Contribution which is returned to the Participant pursuant to Section
         7.4(b):

                           (i) In the case of a Participant, other than a
                  Contract Employee:

                                    (aa) $1.00 for each dollar of Elective
                           Contributions made on his or her behalf, up to 1% of
                           his or her Compensation;

                                    (bb) $0.50 for each dollar of Elective
                           Contributions made on his or her behalf in excess of
                           1% and not exceeding 5% of his or her Compensation;
                           and

                                    (cc) $0.25 for each dollar of Elective
                           Contributions made on his or her behalf in excess of
                           5% and not exceeding 9% of his or her Compensation;
                           and

                           (ii) In the case of a Participant who is a Contract
                  Employee:

                                    (aa) $1.00 for each dollar of Elective
                           Contributions made on his or her behalf up to 1% of
                           his or her Compensation; and

                                    (bb) $0.25 for each dollar of Elective
                           Contributions made on his or her behalf in excess of
                           1% and not exceeding 4% of his or her Compensation;
                           and

                  (c) the Discretionary Contributions, if any, in such amount as
         may be determined by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of
         Directors.

         4.2 Timing of Employer Contributions. Elective Contributions shall be
paid to the Trust as of the earliest date on which such contributions can
reasonably be segregated from the general assets of the Participant's Employer;
provided in no event shall the date determined pursuant to this provision occur
later than the fifteenth (15th) business day of the month following the month in
which such contributions would otherwise have been payable to the Participant in
cash (the "maximum time period"), unless an Employer extends the maximum time
period as provided in 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-102(d). Matching Contributions
and Discretionary Contributions, if any, with respect to any Plan Year shall be
paid to the Trust at such time or times as may be determined by the Company, but
not later than the date prescribed by law for filing its federal income tax
return for its taxable year which ends with or within such Plan Year, including
extensions which have been granted for filing such return.

         4.3 Form of Contributions. Elective Contributions shall be made in
cash. Matching Contributions and Discretionary Contributions may, at the
election of the Human Resources

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Committee of the Board of Directors, be made in cash or in Company Stock, or any
combination thereof; provided any contribution in the form of Company Stock
shall be valued at its fair market value as of the date of contribution.

         4.4 Maximum Contributions. In no event shall the contributions made by
an Employer for any Plan Year exceed the maximum amount which such Employer is
permitted to deduct for federal income tax purposes or cause the Annual Addition
for any Participant to exceed the amount permitted under the Plan.

         4.5 Return of Contributions. Contributions by each Employer are
conditioned upon the initial qualification of the Plan under Section 401(a) of
the Code and upon their deductibility under Section 404 of the Code. Upon the
request of any Employer, any contributions attributable to such Employer (a)
which are made by reason of a mistake of fact, (b) which are conditioned upon
the initial qualification of the Plan, or (c) for which a deduction is
disallowed shall be returned to the Employer within one (1) year of the mistaken
payment of the contribution, denial of qualification (provided the application
for qualification is made by the time prescribed by law for filing such
Employer's federal income tax return for its taxable year in which the Plan is
adopted, or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe), or
disallowance of the deduction. In the event of a denial of qualification, the
amount contributed for the period during which the Plan was not qualified may be
returned. In the event of a mistake of fact or a disallowance of deduction, the
amount which may be returned to such Employer is the excess of the amount
contributed over the amount that would have been contributed had there not
occurred a mistake of fact or an error in determining the deduction. Earnings
attributable to any excess contribution shall not be returned, and losses
attributable thereto shall reduce the amount which may be returned.

         The portion of any contribution returned to an Employer in accordance
with this Section that represents Elective Contributions shall be paid promptly
by such Employer to the Participants on whose behalf such contributions were
made.

         4.6 Nonforfeitable Contributions. Each Participant shall have a fully
vested and nonforfeitable interest in his or her Elective Contributions Account
at all times. Each Participant shall have a vested and nonforfeitable interest
in his or her Matching Contributions Account and Discretionary Contributions
Account as provided in Section 9.3.

         A reemployed Employee's period of qualified military service (as
defined in Section 4.8) shall be taken into account as required by law for
purposes of determining the nonforfeitability of contributions made on behalf of
such individual under the Plan.

         4.7 Special Rules For Matching Contributions.

                  (a) The Matching Contribution Percentage for Highly
         Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year commencing after
         December 31, 1996, shall not exceed the greater of:

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                           (i) the Matching Contribution Percentage for all
                  other Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year
                  multiplied by 1.25; or

                           (ii) the lesser of the Matching Contribution
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 2, or the Matching Contribution
                  Percentage for such Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan
                  Year plus two percent (2%).

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions to the contrary, with
         respect to the Plan Year commencing January 1, 1997, the Company may
         elect, pursuant to IRS Notice 97-2, to apply this subsection (a) by
         substituting the phrase "such Plan Year" for the phrase "the preceding
         Plan Year."

                  (b) For purposes of this Section, if two or more qualified
         plans maintained by the Employer are treated as one plan to meet the
         requirements of Section 401(a)(4), Section 410(b) or Section 401(m) of
         the Code, such plans shall be treated as a single plan. If a Highly
         Compensated Eligible Employee participates in any other qualified plan
         maintained by the Employer to which Matching Contributions are made,
         all such contributions for Plan Years ending with or within the same
         calendar year shall be aggregated for purposes of this Section. If a
         Highly Compensated Eligible Employee participates in two or more cash
         or deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all cash or
         deferred arrangements with Plan Years ending with or within the same
         calendar year shall be treated as a single arrangement. Plans may be
         aggregated in order to satisfy Section 401(m) of the Code only if they
         have the same plan year.

                  (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
         contrary, the limitation prescribed in subsection (a) above shall not
         apply to Contract Employees, and Contract Employees shall be excluded
         for purposes of applying such limitation to other Employees.

                  (d) To the extent Elective Contributions are taken into
         account under this Section, any Elective Contributions returned to a
         Participant pursuant to Section 7.4(b) shall be disregarded.

                  (e) Any Matching Contribution which is attributable to an
         Excess Deferral or Excess Elective Contribution shall be forfeited and
         shall be disregarded for purposes of subsection (a) of this Section.
         Forfeitures shall be used to reduce Employer Contributions.

                  (f) For purposes of this Section, Matching Contributions shall
         be treated as made for a Plan Year to which they relate if such
         contributions are made no later than the end of the twelve (12) month
         period beginning on the day after the close of the Plan Year. Each
         Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction
         of this Section and the amount of any Elective Contributions taken into
         account under this Section. The determination and treatment of the
         individual Matching Contribution Percentage of any Eligible Employee
         shall satisfy such other requirements as may be prescribed by the
         Secretary of the Treasury.

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                  (g) In the event that the Matching Contribution Percentage of
         the Highly Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year exceeds the
         limitation of subsection (a) above, the Administrative Committee shall,
         within two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of such year,
         distribute the Excess Matching Contributions to the extent
         nonforfeitable (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto)
         to such Highly Compensated Eligible Employees on the basis of the
         amount of Employer Contributions made on behalf of each such Employee
         and taken into account under Section 2.41 and shall designate such
         distribution as a distribution of Excess Matching Contributions (plus
         any income and minus any loss allocable thereto). To the extent the
         Excess Matching Contributions are forfeitable, they shall be forfeited
         in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.4; provided, however,
         that forfeitures of Excess Matching Contributions may not be allocated
         to the accounts of Participants whose Matching Contributions are
         reduced pursuant to this subsection (g).

                  (h) Excess Matching Contributions shall be adjusted for any
         income or loss up to the date of distribution (or forfeiture). The
         income or loss allocable to Excess Matching Contributions shall be
         determined by the same manner in which income or loss is allocated to
         Participants' Accounts under Article VIII.

                  (i) The amount of any Highly Compensated Eligible Employee's
         Excess Matching Contributions shall be determined by reducing
         contributions on behalf of all such Employees in the order of their
         respective amounts of Employer Contributions taken into account under
         Section 2.41, beginning with the highest such amount. The determination
         of the amount of Excess Matching Contributions with respect to the Plan
         shall be made after first determining the amount of Excess Deferrals
         under Article VI and then determining the amount of Excess Elective
         Contributions under Section 5.3.

         4.8 USERRA Make-up Contributions. The provisions of this Section shall
be effective December 12, 1994. In addition to any Elective Contributions made
in accordance with Section 5.1, an Eligible Employee who is reemployed by his or
her Employer following a period of qualified military service may elect to have
such Employer make Elective Contributions on his or her behalf in accordance
with this Section; provided, such Elective Contributions do not exceed the
maximum amount of Elective Contributions that such Employer would have been
permitted to make on behalf of such Eligible Employee in accordance with the
limitations of Articles VI and VII of the Plan and Sections 402(g), 404(a) and
415 of the Code during such Employee's period of qualified military service if
such Employee:

                  (a) had continued to be employed by such Employer during such
         period; and

                  (b) received Compensation from such Employer equal to:

                           (i) the Compensation the Employee would have received
                  during such period if the Employee were not in qualified
                  military service, based on the rate of pay the Employee would
                  have received from such Employer but for the absence; or

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                           (ii) if the Compensation the Employee would have
                  received during such period is not reasonably certain, the
                  Employee's average Compensation from the Employer during the
                  twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the period of
                  qualified military service (or, the period of employment
                  immediately preceding the period of qualified military
                  service, if shorter).

         Elective Contributions made in accordance with this Section shall be
net of any Elective Contributions actually made during an Employee's period of
qualified military service. Any Elective Contributions on behalf of an Eligible
Employee pursuant to this Section 4.8 shall be made during the period which
begins on the date of reemployment of such Employee with his or her Employer and
the duration of which is equal to the lesser of (i) three (3) times the period
of qualified military service and (ii) five (5) years.

         An Employer shall make Matching Contributions with respect to any
additional Elective Contributions made in accordance with this Section which
would have been required had such Elective Contributions actually been made
during the period of qualified military service; provided such Matching
Contributions do not exceed the maximum amount of Matching Contributions that
such Employer would have been permitted to make on behalf of such Eligible
Employee in accordance with the limitations of Article VII of the Plan and
Sections 404(a) and 415 of the Code during such Employee's period of qualified
military service.

         Any Elective Contributions or Matching Contributions made by an
Employer on behalf of an Eligible Employee pursuant to this Section 4.8 shall
not be subject to any otherwise applicable limitation contained in Section
402(g), 404(a), or 415 of the Code and shall not be taken into account in
applying such limitations to other contributions or benefits under the Plan or
any other plan maintained by such Employer with respect to the year in which
such contributions are made. Any such Elective Contributions and Matching
Contributions shall not be taken into account, either for the Plan Year in which
they are made or for the Plan Year to which they relate, for purposes of
Sections 4.7, 5.3, or Article X of the Plan and for purposes of Sections
401(a)(4), 401(a)(26), 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 401(m), 410(b), or 416
of the Code.

         No provision of this Section 4.8 shall be construed to require any
crediting of earnings to a Participant's Account with respect to any Employer
Contribution before such Employer Contribution is actually made or any
allocation of any forfeiture with respect to a period of qualified military
service.

         For purposes of this Section, "qualified military service" shall mean
service entitling an individual to reemployment rights under USERRA, provided
such individual is reemployed or initiates reemployment with an Employer within
the period prescribed by USERRA.

         An election by an Eligible Employee to have his or her Employer make
additional Elective Contributions on his or her behalf pursuant to this Section
4.8 shall be made by such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be
prescribed by the Administrative Committee.

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         4.9 Rollover Contributions. An Employee who has received an eligible
rollover distribution (as defined in Section 402(c)(4) of the Code) from an
employee's trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code which is exempt from
tax under Section 501(a) of the Code may transfer all or any portion of such
distribution to the Trust, provided the transfer is made to the Trust not later
than the sixtieth (60th) day following the day on which the Employee received
such distribution. In addition, an Employee who receives a distribution from an
individual retirement account (within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the
Code), which account is attributable solely to a rollover contribution (as
defined in Section 402(c)(5) of the Code) from an employee's trust described in
Section 401(a) of the Code which is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the
Code, may transfer the entire amount distributed to the Trust, provided the
transfer is made to the Trust not later than the sixtieth (60th) day following
the day on which the Employee received such distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing to the contrary, an Employee who has received an eligible rollover
distribution (as hereinabove defined) solely by reason of the death of his or
her spouse or a distribution from an individual retirement account (as
hereinabove defined), which account is attributable solely to a rollover
contribution (as hereinabove defined) from an employee's trust described in
Section 401(a) of the Code which is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the
Code of amounts received by reason of the death of his or her spouse, may not
transfer any portion of such distribution to the Trust.

         A Rollover Contribution shall be credited to a Rollover Contributions
Account on behalf of the contributing Employee, and such Employee shall have a
fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in his or her Rollover Contributions
Account. The Rollover Contributions Account of any Employee who is not a
Participant shall be administered, invested and distributed as if such account
constituted an Elective Contributions Account. The Rollover Contributions
Account of a Participant shall be administered, invested and distributed in the
same manner and at the same time as his or her Elective Contributions Account.

         4.10 Direct Transfers. The Administrative Committee may direct the
Trustee to transfer the assets credited to the Account of a Participant or
Former Participant to another employer's retirement plan, provided immediately
prior to the transfer, the transferee plan contains a provision permitting such
transfer and is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trust
is exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code.

         The assets of another profit sharing plan may, with the prior consent
of the Administrative Committee, be directly transferred to the Trust, provided
immediately prior to the transfer, the transferor plan contains a provision
permitting such transfer and is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and
the related trust is exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. Upon receipt, the
Administrative Committee shall credit the Account of each Employee who
participated in the transferor plan with the portion of the transferred assets
standing to the credit of such Employee under the transferor plan immediately
prior to such transfer, provided such amount shall be separately accounted for
in accordance with Section 8.1. With respect to a Participant who has an
outstanding loan balance under the transferor plan at the time of the transfer,
the promissory note evidencing such loan shall be transferred to this Plan and
the outstanding loan balance shall be treated in accordance with the provisions
of Section 9.11 as an outstanding loan balance under this Plan.

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         Except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise provided in Article IX
or XVIII, each elective, matching or other type of contribution comprising the
Transfer Account of any Employee shall be administered, invested and distributed
in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to such type of
contribution. Each type of contribution comprising the Transfer Account which
was not fully vested under the transferor plan as of the date of the transfer
shall remain subject to the vesting schedule set forth in the transferor plan.
Each type of contribution comprising the Transfer Account which was fully vested
under the transferor plan as of the date of the transfer shall remain fully
vested under this Plan.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, this Plan shall not accept any direct or indirect transfers from a
plan (other than the Hannaford Southeast Savings and Investment Plan) which is
subject to Section 401(a)(11) of the Code.

                                    ARTICLE V
                               DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

         5.1 Timing and Method. Any Eligible Employee may participate in the
Plan by electing to defer part of his or her Compensation each payroll period,
provided that an Eligible Employee may not defer less than one percent (1%) nor
more than fifteen percent (15%) of his or her Compensation each Plan Year. The
amount deferred shall be contributed to the Plan by the Employer on behalf of
the electing Eligible Employee. A Deferral Election shall be made by such
written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by the
Administrative Committee.

         A Deferral Election received by the Administrative Committee on any
business day (by 4 p.m. on Fridays) shall be effective with the paycheck the
Participant receives in the first week beginning after the business day on which
such election was received by the Administrative Committee. A Deferral Election
made on any non-business day (or made after 4 p.m. on Fridays) shall be treated
as received by the Administrative Committee on the next following business day,
and it shall be effective in accordance with the rule set forth in the preceding
sentence. A deemed Deferral Election pursuant to Section 18.2 shall be effective
January 1, 1998. A Deferral Election shall remain in effect until amended or
terminated in accordance with Section 5.2.

         If a Participant terminates a Deferral Election in accordance with
Section 5.2, such Participant may subsequently make another Deferral Election.
Such subsequent Deferral Election shall become effective in accordance with the
rules set forth above with respect to an initial Deferral Election.

         5.2 Amendment or Termination by Participant. A Participant may amend
his or her Deferral Election to increase or decrease the deferral percentage
within the limits of Section 5.1 or may terminate his or her Deferral Election
at any time. An amendment or termination shall be made by such written,
telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by the Administrative
Committee, and shall become effective in accordance with the rules set forth in
Section 5.1 with respect to an initial Deferral Election.

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         5.3 Limitations on Actual Deferral Percentage. In the event a Highly
Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred arrangements
(under Section 401(k) of the Code) that have different plan years, for purposes
of this Section, all such arrangements ending with or within the same calendar
year shall be treated as a single arrangement. For purposes of this Section,
this Plan and any other Code Section 401(k) plan maintained by an Employer shall
be treated as a single plan if such plans are treated as one plan for purposes
of Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) of the Code or if a Highly Compensated Eligible
Employee participates in such other plan. Plans may be aggregated to satisfy
Section 401(k) of the Code only if such plans have the same plan year.

                  (a) The Actual Deferral Percentage for Highly Compensated
         Eligible Employees for any Plan Year commencing after December 31,
         1996, shall not exceed the greater of:

                           (i) the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other
                  Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year multiplied by
                  1.25; or

                           (ii) the lesser of the Actual Deferral Percentage for
                  all other Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year
                  multiplied by 2, or the Actual Deferral Percentage for such
                  Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year plus two
                  percent (2%).

                  (b) The sum of the Actual Deferral Percentage for Highly
         Compensated Eligible Employees and the Matching Contribution Percentage
         for Highly Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year commencing
         after December 31, 1996, shall not exceed the greater of:

                           (i) the sum of (1) the greater of the Actual Deferral
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 1.25, or the Matching Contribution
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 1.25, and (2) the lesser of the Actual
                  Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the
                  preceding Plan Year plus 2, or the Matching Contribution
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year plus 2, provided that in no event shall such
                  percentage plus 2 exceed such percentage multiplied by 2.

                           (ii) the sum of (1) the lesser of the Actual Deferral
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 1.25 or the Matching Contribution
                  Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 1.25, and (2) the greater of the
                  Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Employees
                  for the preceding Plan Year plus 2 or the Matching
                  Contribution Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for
                  the preceding Plan Year plus 2, provided that in no event
                  shall such percentage plus 2 exceed such percentage multiplied
                  by 2.

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                  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, the limitations prescribed in subsections (a) and (b)
         above and the provisions of Section 5.4 shall apply separately to
         Contract Employees and all other Employees.

         Subsection (b) of this Section shall not apply if the respective Actual
Deferral Percentage and Matching Contribution Percentage of the Highly
Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year commencing after December 31,
1996, does not exceed the respective Actual Deferral Percentage and Matching
Contribution Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan
Year multiplied by 1.25.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, with respect to the Plan Year commencing January 1, 1997, the Company
may elect, pursuant to IRS Notice 97-2, to apply subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section by substituting the phrase "such Plan Year" for the phrase "the
preceding Plan Year" in said subsections and in the paragraph immediately
preceding this paragraph.

         For purposes of this Section, Elective Contributions and Matching
Contributions must be made before the last day of the twelve (12) month period
immediately following the Plan Year to which such contributions relate. Any
Elective Contributions returned to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.4(b)
shall be disregarded.

         Each Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
compliance with this Section. The determination and treatment of the
contributions on behalf of any Participant that are taken into account for
purposes of this Section shall satisfy such other requirements as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

         5.4 Restrictions and Adjustments. The Administrative Committee may
restrict the deferral percentages elected by Participants if the Administrative
Committee determines such restriction is necessary to comply with Section 4.4,
Section 5.3, Article VI, or Article VII.

         In the event that the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly
Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year exceeds the limitations
prescribed in Section 5.3(a), the Administrative Committee shall, within two and
one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of such year, distribute the Excess
Elective Contributions (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto) to
such Highly Compensated Eligible Employees on the basis of the amount of
Employer Contributions made on behalf of each such Employee and taken into
account under Section 2.2 and shall designate such distribution as a
distribution of Excess Elective Contributions (plus any income and minus any
loss allocable thereto).

         The amount of any Highly Compensated Eligible Employee's Excess
Elective Contributions shall be determined by reducing contributions on behalf
of such Employees in the order of their respective amounts of Employer
Contributions taken into account under Section 2.2, beginning with the highest
such amount. The amount of Excess Elective Contributions with respect to a
Highly Compensated Eligible Employee for any Plan Year shall be reduced by the
amount of Excess Deferrals previously distributed to such Employee under Article
VI for the calendar year ending with or within the Plan Year; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the

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distribution of an Excess Deferral in accordance with Section 6.2 to a Highly
Compensated Eligible Employee, such distributed amount shall be taken into
account under Section 5.3.

         Excess Elective Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or loss
up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to Excess Elective
Contributions shall be determined by the same manner in which income or loss is
allocated to Participants' Accounts under Article VIII of the Plan.

         In the event that the sum of the Actual Deferral Percentage for Highly
Compensated Eligible Employees and the Matching Contribution Percentage for
Highly Compensated Eligible Employees for any Plan Year exceeds the limitations
prescribed in Section 5.3(b), the Administrative Committee shall, within two and
one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of such year, reduce the Matching
Contribution Percentage for Highly Compensated Employees in the manner
prescribed in subsection (g) through (i) of Section 4.7.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                EXCESS DEFERRALS

         6.1 Limitation on Elective Contributions. Effective January 1, 1997,
the Elective Contributions that may be allocated to a Participant's Account for
any calendar year shall not exceed Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($9,500.00), reduced by the amount of any employer contributions for such year
on behalf of such Participant pursuant to an election to defer compensation
under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement within the meaning of Section
401(k) of the Code, any simplified employee pension or cash arrangement within
the meaning of Section 402(h)(1)(B) of the Code, any eligible deferred
compensation plan under Section 457 of the Code, any plan within the meaning of
Section 501(c)(18) of the Code, any salary reduction agreement for the purchase
of an annuity contract under Section 403(b) of the Code, and any elective
employer contribution under Section 408(p)(2)(A)(i) of the Code.

         For purposes of this Section, any Elective Contributions returned to a
Participant pursuant to Section 7.4(b) shall be disregarded. The dollar
limitation of this Section shall be automatically adjusted to reflect any cost
of living adjustment made under Section 402(g)(5) of the Code.

         6.2 Distribution of Excess Deferral. In the event that the limitation
of Section 6.1 is exceeded with respect to any Participant for any calendar
year, not later than April 15 of the following calendar year, the Administrative
Committee shall distribute the Excess Deferral (plus any income and minus any
loss allocable thereto) to such Participant and designate such distribution as a
distribution of an Excess Deferral (plus any income and minus any loss allocable
thereto), provided that the Administrative Committee has received the notice
prescribed in Section 6.3. Excess Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to Excess
Deferrals shall be determined by the same manner in which income or loss is
allocated to the Participants' Accounts under Article VIII of the Plan.

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         The amount of Excess Deferral with respect to a Participant for any
calendar year shall be reduced by the amount of any Excess Elective
Contributions previously distributed to such Participant for the Plan Year
beginning with or within the calendar year.

         6.3 Notice by Participant. It shall be the responsibility of the
Participant to notify the Administrative Committee of any Excess Deferral for a
calendar year. Such notice shall be made by such written, telephonic or
electronic means as shall be prescribed by the Administrative Committee; shall
specify the amount of the Excess Deferral; shall state that if the Excess
Deferral is not distributed, such excess shall be includable in the
Participant's gross income under Section 402(g) of the Code; and shall be
submitted to the Administrative Committee not later than March 1 of the
following calendar year. A Participant shall be deemed to have notified the
Administrative Committee of an Excess Deferral to the extent such Participant
has an Excess Deferral for a calendar year, taking into account only Elective
Contributions under the Plan and any other plans of his or her Employer subject
to Section 402(g) of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                         LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS

         7.1 Limitation For Defined Contribution Plans. The Annual Additions
which may be allocated to the Account of a Participant for a Limitation Year
shall not exceed the lesser of:

                  (a) Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00); or

                  (b) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's
         compensation (as defined in Section 7.5) for the Limitation Year,

reduced by the sum of (i) the annual additions allocated within such Limitation
Year to the accounts of such Participant under all other qualified defined
contribution plans maintained by an Employer and (ii) the contributions on
behalf of such Participant to welfare benefit funds (as defined in Section
419(e) of the Code) and individual medical benefit accounts (as defined in
Section 415(l)(2) of the Code) which, as hereinafter provided, are treated as
annual additions to a defined contribution plan. The dollar limitation of this
Section shall be automatically adjusted to reflect any cost of living adjustment
made under Section 415(d) of the Code.

         If an Annual Addition allocated to a Participant's Account for a
Limitation Year when added to the sum of (i) the Annual Additions previously
allocated within such year to the Participant's Account, (ii) the annual
additions previously allocated within such year to the Participant's accounts
under all other qualified defined contribution plans maintained by an Employer
and (iii) the aforesaid contributions to welfare benefit funds (as defined in
Section 419(e) of the Code) and individual medical benefit accounts (as defined
in Section 415(l)(2) of the Code) exceeds the limitation set forth in this
Section, such excess shall be reduced as hereinafter provided in this Article.

         If the allocation of an Annual Addition to a Participant's Account
coincides with the allocation of an annual addition to such Participant's
account or accounts under one or more

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other qualified defined contribution plans maintained by an Employer and/or the
allocation of a contribution on behalf of such Participant to one or more
welfare benefit funds (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) or individual
medical benefit accounts (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of the Code) which, as
hereinafter provided, are treated as an annual addition to a defined
contribution plan and such allocations exceed the limitation set forth in this
Section, the excess attributable to this Plan, which shall be reduced as
hereinafter provided in this Article, shall be equal to the product determined
by multiplying the total excess by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Annual Additions previously allocated to the Participant's Account within such
Limitation Year and the denominator of which is the sum of the Annual Additions
previously allocated to the Participant's Account within such Limitation Year
and the annual additions previously allocated to the Participant's accounts
under such other plans within such Limitation Year.

         The limitation set forth in this Section may be applied on the basis of
reasonable estimates of compensation for the Limitation Year, provided such
estimates are uniformly determined for all Participants. As soon as practicable
after the end of each Limitation Year, the limitation shall be applied on the
basis of actual compensation.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation limitations of Section
7.1(b) shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the
meaning of Section 401(h) or Section 419A(f)(2) of the Code) which is otherwise
treated as an Annual Addition under Section 415(h)(1) or Section 419A(d)(2) of
the Code.

         7.2 Limitation For Defined Contribution Plan and Defined Benefit Plan.
If a Participant also participates or has participated in a qualified defined
benefit plan maintained by an Employer, then in addition to the limitation set
forth in the preceding Section, the sum of the fractions determined under
subsections (a) and (b) below for any Limitation Year shall not exceed 1.0.

                  (a) A fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
         Participant's projected annual benefits under all qualified defined
         benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer
         and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the dollar limitation
         in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for such year
         multiplied by 1.25, or (ii) the amount which may be taken into account
         under Section 415(b)(1)(B) of the Code with respect to the Participant
         for such year multiplied by 1.4.

                  For purposes of this subsection (a), "projected annual
         benefits" shall mean the annual retirement benefit (adjusted to an
         actuarially equivalent straight life annuity, if such benefit is
         expressed in a form other than a straight life annuity, or qualified
         joint and survivor annuity) to which the Participant would be entitled
         under the terms of the plan, assuming:

                           (i) the Participant will continue employment until
                  normal retirement age under the plan (or current age, if
                  later); and

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                           (ii) the Participant's compensation for the current
                  Limitation Year and all other relevant factors used to
                  determine benefits under the plan will remain constant for all
                  future Limitation Years.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant participated
         as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after
         December 31, 1986, in one or more qualified defined benefit plans
         maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the
         denominator of this fraction shall not be less than one hundred
         twenty-five percent (125%) of the sum of the annual benefits which the
         Participant accrued under such plans as of the close of the last
         Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, disregarding any
         changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan after May 5, 1986. The
         preceding sentence applies only if the qualified defined benefit plans
         individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section
         415 of the Code for all Limitation Years beginning before January 1,
         1987.

                  (b) A fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
         annual additions to the Participant's accounts under all qualified
         defined contribution plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by an
         Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years (including the
         annual additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible
         voluntary contributions under all qualified defined benefit plans,
         whether or not terminated, maintained by an Employer) and the
         contributions on behalf of the Participant to all welfare benefit funds
         (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) and individual medical
         benefit accounts (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of the Code)
         maintained by an Employer which, as hereinafter provided, are treated
         as annual additions to a defined contribution plan and the denominator
         of which is the sum of the lesser of the following amounts determined
         for the current Limitation Year and all prior Limitation Years in which
         the Participant performed service for the Employer (regardless of
         whether a defined contribution plan was maintained by the Employer):
         (i) the dollar limitation in effect under Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the
         Code for such year multiplied by 1.25, or (ii) thirty-five percent
         (35%) of the Participant's compensation for such year.

                  If an Employee was a participant as of the end of the first
         day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in
         one or more qualified defined contribution plans maintained by the
         Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this
         fraction shall be adjusted if the sum of the fractions under this
         Section would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under
         the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (i) the excess of the
         sum of said fractions over 1.0 multiplied by (ii) the denominator of
         this fraction, shall be permanently subtracted from the numerator of
         this fraction. The adjustment shall be calculated using the fractions
         as they would be computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year
         beginning before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the
         terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the
         Section 415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year
         beginning on or after January 1, 1987.

                  The Annual Addition for any Limitation Year beginning before
         January 1, 1987, shall not be recomputed to treat all employee
         contributions as Annual Additions.

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                  If the sum of said fractions for any Limitation Year exceeds
         1.0, the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant's Account for
         such Limitation Year shall be reduced, as hereinafter provided in this
         Article, until the sum of the fractions does not exceed 1.0 or the rate
         of accrual of the Participant's accrued benefit under the defined
         benefit plan shall be reduced until the sum of the fractions does not
         exceed 1.0.

         7.3 Combining and Aggregating Plans. For purposes of applying the
limitations described in this Article:

                  (a) All qualified defined benefit plans (without regard to
         whether a plan has been terminated) ever maintained by an Employer
         shall be treated as one defined benefit plan; and

                  (b) All qualified defined contribution plans (without regard
         to whether a plan has been terminated) ever maintained by an Employer
         shall be treated as one defined contribution plan.

         7.4 Reduction of Excess Annual Additions. If, as a result of a
reasonable error in estimating a Participant's annual compensation (as defined
in Section 7.5), a reasonable error in determining the amount of elective
deferrals (within the meaning of Section 402(g)(3) of the Code) that may be made
with respect to any Participant under the limitations of Section 415 of the
Code, or under other limited facts and circumstances that the Commissioner of
the Internal Revenue Service finds justify the availability of the rules set
forth below, the Annual Additions allocated to the Account of any Participant
would cause the limitations set forth in the preceding Sections of this Article
for any Limitation Year to be exceeded, the following rules shall apply to the
extent necessary to reduce such excess, and the excess amounts shall not be
deemed Annual Additions in such Limitation Year:

                  (a) Any nondeductible voluntary employee contributions (and
         the earnings thereon) to the extent they would reduce the excess
         amount, shall be returned to the Participant;

                  (b) Any Elective Contributions (and, effective for Limitation
         Years beginning after December 31, 1995, the earnings thereon) to the
         extent they would reduce the excess amount, shall be returned to the
         Participant;

                  (c) If after the application of subsections (a) and (b) an
         excess amount still exists and the Participant is covered by the Plan
         at the end of the Limitation Year, the excess amount allocated to the
         Participant's Account for such year shall be used to reduce Employer
         Contributions for the next Limitation Year and for each succeeding
         Limitation Year, if necessary, for such Participant;

                  (d) If after the application of subsections (a) and (b) an
         excess amount still exists and the Participant is not covered by the
         Plan at the end of the Limitation Year, the excess amount allocated to
         the Participant's Account for such Limitation Year shall be

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         held unallocated in a suspense account. The suspense account shall be
         applied to reduce Employer Contributions for all remaining Participants
         in the next Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation Year, if
         necessary.

         If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a Limitation
Year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, it shall not participate in the
allocation of the Investment Funds' income, expenses, gains and losses. If a
suspense account is in existence at any time during a particular Limitation
Year, all amounts in the suspense account must be allocated and reallocated to
Participants' Accounts before any Employer Contributions or employee
contributions may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. For purposes of
subsections (c) and (d) excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants or
Former Participants.

         7.5 Definition of Compensation. Except as hereinafter provided, for
purposes of applying the limitations of this Article, the term "compensation"
shall mean, with respect to a Limitation Year, the total compensation paid by an
Employer to an Employee for services rendered while an Employee that constitutes
wages as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments by an
Employer to an Employee for services rendered while an Employee for which an
Employer is required to furnish the Employee a written statement under Sections
6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Code without regard to any rules that limit
the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the
employment or services performed. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary,
effective January 1, 1998, "compensation" shall include any elective deferrals
within the meaning of Section 402(g)(3) of the Code and any amount which is
contributed or deferred by an Employer at the election of an Employee and which
is not includable in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Section 125
or 457 of the Code.

         For Limitation Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998, for purposes
of applying the limitations of this Article, "compensation" for a Limitation
Year shall mean the compensation actually paid or includable in gross income
during such Limitation Year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence
"compensation" with respect to a Participant who is permanently and totally
disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) shall mean the
compensation such Participant would have received for the Limitation Year if he
or she had been paid at the rate in effect immediately before becoming
permanently and totally disabled; provided, such imputed compensation may be
taken into account only if the Participant is not a Highly Compensated Employee
and contributions made on behalf of such Participant are nonforfeitable when
made.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, for purposes of Sections
2.2, 2.41 and 10.3(b), effective January 1, 1994, the annual "compensation" of
any Employee in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) (or
such higher amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe) shall not be
taken into account. In the event "compensation" is determined based on a period
of time which contains fewer than twelve (12) calendar months, the annual
compensation limit shall be an amount equal to the annual compensation limit for
the Limitation Year in which the period begins multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of full calendar months in the period and the
denominator of which is twelve (12). If "compensation" for a prior Limitation
Year is taken into account for any Limitation Year, such

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compensation shall be subject to the annual compensation limit in effect for
such prior Limitation Year.

         7.6 Certain Contributions Treated as Annual Additions. For purposes of
this Article:

                  (a) Excess Matching Contributions and Excess Elective
         Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions;

                  (b) Amounts derived from contributions which are paid or
         accrued in taxable years ending after December 31, 1985, and which are
         attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the
         separate account of a key employee (as defined in Section 419A(d)(3) of
         the Code) under a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Section 419(e) of
         the Code) maintained by the Employer, shall be treated as annual
         additions to a defined contribution plan; and

                  (c) Contributions allocated after March 31, 1984, to an
         individual medical benefit account (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of
         the Code) which is part of a defined benefit plan maintained by the
         Employer shall be treated as annual additions to a defined contribution
         plan.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                             ACCOUNTS AND VALUATION

         8.1 Participant Accounts. The Administrative Committee shall establish
and maintain a separate Account for each Participant which shall separately
reflect:

                  (a) The Participant's Elective Contributions and the income,
         expenses, gains and losses of the Trust Fund attributable thereto (such
         portion of a Participant's Account shall be referred to as his or her
         "Elective Contributions Account");

                  (b) The Participant's Matching Contributions, if any, and the
         income, expenses, gains and losses of the Trust Fund attributable
         thereto (such portion of a Participant's Account shall be referred to
         as his or her "Matching Contributions Account");

                  (c) the Participant's share of Discretionary Contributions, if
         any, and the income, expenses, gains and losses of the Trust Fund
         attributable thereto (such portion of a Participant's Account shall be
         referred to as his or her "Discretionary Contributions Account");

                  (d) The Participant's Rollover Contributions and the income,
         expenses, gains and losses of the Trust Fund attributable thereto (such
         portion of a Participant's Account shall be referred to as his or her
         "Rollover Contributions Account"); and

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                  (e) The assets transferred from another qualified plan on
         behalf of the Participant in accordance with Section 4.10 or Article
         XVIII and the income, expenses, gains and losses of the Trust Fund
         attributable thereto (such portion of a Participant's Account shall be
         referred to as his or her "Transfer Account").

         8.2 Adjustments. The Trustee shall adjust the Participants' Accounts as
of each Valuation Date as follows:

                  (a) First, determine the net fair market value of each
         Investment Fund as of the close of business on such date.

                  (b) Second, allocate the income, expenses, gains and losses of
         each Investment Fund among the Accounts in proportion to the Account
         balances (to the extent invested in such fund) as of the preceding
         Valuation Date.

                  (c) Third, reduce the separate Account of each Participant to
         reflect distributions, loans and withdrawals made from such Account
         since the preceding Valuation Date.

                  (d) Fourth, credit each Participant's Account with the
         contributions made on his or her behalf, the assets transferred from
         another qualified plan in accordance with Section 4.10 or Article
         XVIII, and the Participant's loan repayments since the preceding
         Valuation Date.

                  (e) Fifth, adjust each Participant's Account to reflect
         transfers among the Investment Funds.

                  (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, the Administrative Committee may debit in a uniform
         and nondiscriminatory manner the Account of any Participant or Former
         Participant as of any Valuation Date in the amount of any reasonable
         expense attributable to such Participant's or Former Participant's
         exercise of control over his or her Account since the preceding
         Valuation Date. The Administrative Committee shall establish, in
         writing, reasonable procedures to inform Participants and Former
         Participants that such expenses may be charged to their Accounts
         pursuant to this Section 8.2(f), to inform each Participant or Former
         Participant at least annually of the actual expenses incurred with
         respect to his or her Account, and to otherwise carry out this
         subsection. A Participant's or Former Participant's "exercise of
         control over his or her Account" shall include but not be limited to
         the following:

                           (i) a request for a loan pursuant to Section 9.11;

                           (ii) a request for a hardship withdrawal distribution
                  pursuant to Section 9.12; and

                           (iii) an investment direction pursuant to Section
                  11.4 or Section 11.5.

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         8.3 Allocation of Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions.
Any Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions made on behalf of a
Participant shall be allocated to his or her Account as of the Valuation Date
coinciding with or next following the date on which such contributions are
received by the Trustee; provided, however, that any such contributions made
after a Valuation Date that are attributable to the period ending with such date
shall be allocated as of such date.

         8.4 Allocation of Discretionary Contributions. As of the last Valuation
Date of each Plan Year, the Trustee shall allocate the Discretionary
Contribution, if any, for such Plan Year to the separate Accounts of the
Eligible Employees entitled to share therein in proportion to their respective
amounts of compensation for such Plan Year. For purposes of this Section,
"compensation" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.11, except
that it shall include compensation paid for services rendered while an Eligible
Employee; provided, however, compensation paid for services rendered while a
Contract Employee shall not be taken into account.

         8.5 Eligible Employees Entitled to Share in Discretionary
Contributions. An Eligible Employee shall be entitled to share in the
Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year (i) if, in the case of an hourly
Employee, other than an Employee who is employed as a driver, he or she is
credited with at least eight hundred and seventy (870) or more Hours of Service
during such Plan Year, or, in the case of a salaried or salaried nonexempt
Employee, or an Employee who is employed as a driver, he or she is credited with
at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service during such Plan Year, remains in
the employ of an Employer on the last business day of such Plan Year, and is not
a Contract Employee on such date, or (ii) if he or she dies, retires after
having attained Normal Retirement Age or retires on account of Disability during
such Plan Year; provided at the time of such retirement or death he or she is
not a Contract Employee.

         In the event application of the preceding sentence would cause the Plan
to fail to satisfy the requirements of Section 410(b) of the Code for any Plan
Year, the following provisions shall apply:

                  (a) An Eligible Employee shall be entitled to share in the
         Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year (i) if, in the case of an
         hourly Employee, other than an Employee who is employed as a driver, he
         or she is credited with more than four hundred and thirty-five (435)
         Hours of Service during such Plan Year, or, in the case of a salaried
         or salaried nonexempt Employee, or an Employee who is employed as a
         driver, he or she is credited with more than five hundred (500) Hours
         of Service during such Plan Year, remains in the employ of an Employer
         on the last business day of such Plan Year, and is not a Contract
         Employee on such date, or (ii) if he or she dies, retires after having
         attained Normal Retirement Age or retires on account of Disability
         during such Plan Year; provided at the time of such retirement or death
         he or she is not a Contract Employee.

                  (b) If after applying subsection (a) above the Plan would fail
         to satisfy the requirements of Section 410(b) of the Code, an Eligible
         Employee shall be entitled to share in the Discretionary Contribution
         for a Plan Year if he or she remains in the employ

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         of an Employer on the last business day of such Plan Year and is not a
         Contract Employee on such date, without regard to the number of Hours
         of Service credited during such year, or if he or she dies, retires
         after having attained Normal Retirement Age or retires on account of
         Disability during such Plan Year; provided at the time of such
         retirement or death he or she is not a Contract Employee.

                  (c) If after applying subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
         the Plan would fail to satisfy the requirements of Section 410(b) of
         the Code, an Eligible Employee shall be entitled to share in the
         Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year (i) if, in the case of an
         hourly Employee, other than an Employee who is employed as a driver, he
         or she is credited with more than four hundred and thirty-five (435)
         Hours of Service during such Plan Year, or, in the case of a salaried
         or salaried nonexempt Employee, or an Employee who is employed as a
         driver, he or she is credited with more than five hundred (500) Hours
         of Service during such Plan Year, and is not a Contract Employee,
         regardless of whether he or she remains in the employ of an Employer on
         the last business day of such year; or (ii) if he or she dies, retires
         after having attained Normal Retirement Age or retires on account of
         Disability during such Plan Year; provided at the time of such
         retirement or death he or she is not a Contract Employee.

         8.6 Allocation of Rollover Contributions and Asset Transfers. Any
Rollover Contribution and any direct transfer of plan assets in accordance with
Section 4.10 or Article XVIII made on behalf of an Employee shall be allocated
to his or her Account as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or next following
the date such contribution or transfer is received by the Trustee.

         8.7 Reports to Participants. The Administrative Committee shall, at
least annually, determine each Participant's share of the Trust Fund and furnish
each Participant with a statement summarizing his or her Account.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                       DISTRIBUTION, LOANS AND WITHDRAWALS

         9.1 Retirement. When a Participant attains Normal Retirement Age, he or
she shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable right to his or her Account.
Following retirement, such Participant shall receive distribution of his or her
Account in such manner and at such time as hereinafter provided.

         9.2 Disability. If a Participant retires on account of a Disability,
such Participant shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable right to his or
her Account. Such Participant shall receive distribution of his or her Account
in such manner and at such time as hereinafter provided.

         9.3 Termination of Employment. If a Participant ceases to be employed
by an Employer or a Related Employer and is no longer employed by any of them
prior to attaining Normal Retirement Age for any reason other than Disability or
death, such Participant shall

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receive distribution of the vested portion of his or her Account in such manner
and at such time as hereinafter provided. The vested portion of such
Participant's Account shall be equal to the sum of the following:

                  (a) Such Participant's Elective Contributions Account,
         Rollover Contributions Account, and the portion of his or her Transfer
         Account that was fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the date of
         transfer;

                  (b) Such Participant's vested percentage of his or her
         Matching Contributions Account and Discretionary Contributions Account
         determined in accordance with the following schedule:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  Number of Participant's
                  Years of Vesting Service      Vested Percentage
                  ------------------------      -----------------
<S>                                             <C>
                  Less than 5                           0%
                  5 or more                           100%
</TABLE>

         ; and

                  (c) Such Participant's vested percentage of his or her
         Transfer Account determined in accordance with Section 4.10.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, each Participant shall have a full vested and nonforfeitable right to
his or her Account balance as of December 31, 1997 (plus the earnings thereon),
except for the portion of such Account balance, if any, which is attributable to
a Transfer Account balance and which was not fully vested. The vested percentage
of such Transfer Account balance shall be determined in accordance with
subsection (c) above.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, each Participant who is a Contract Employee and each other Participant
(other than a Participant who was first employed by the Company or one of its
subsidiaries in its Southeast Division) who has completed at least three (3)
Years of Vesting Service as of December 31, 1997, shall have a fully vested and
nonforfeitable right to his or her Account at all times.

         9.4 Forfeitures. If a Participant is not vested in any portion of his
or her Matching Contributions Account, Discretionary Contributions Account, and
matching contributions and discretionary contributions sub-accounts under his or
her Transfer Account at the time he or she ceases to be employed by an Employer
or a Related Employer and is no longer employed by any of them, the balance of
such accounts and sub-accounts shall be forfeited as of the date he or she
ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related Employer and is no longer
employed by any of them. If such Participant is reemployed by an Employer or any
Related Employer prior to incurring five (5) consecutive Breaks in Service, the
balance of his or her Matching Contributions Account, Discretionary
Contributions Account and matching contributions and discretionary contributions
sub-accounts under his or her Transfer Account as of the Valuation

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Date coinciding with or next following the date he or she ceased to be employed
shall be restored.

         Restoration shall be made by the end of the Plan Year following the
Plan Year in which the Participant is reemployed by an Employer or any Related
Employer. Restoration shall first be made out of forfeitures and to the extent
forfeitures are insufficient, then out of Employer Contributions.

         The amounts forfeited by Participants in any Plan Year shall be used to
make restoration in accordance with this Section and, to the extent forfeitures
exceed the amounts required to make restoration, to reduce Employer
Contributions. The amount, if any, by which forfeitures occurring during a Plan
Year exceed the sum of the amounts required to make restoration and the amount
required to be contributed by an Employer for such Plan Year shall be credited
to an excess forfeiture account, which shall be adjusted for the income,
expenses, gains and losses attributable thereto in the same manner provided for
adjustment of Accounts. On the Valuation Date coinciding with the last day of
the next succeeding Plan Year, the excess forfeiture account shall be closed and
treated as a forfeiture occurring in such Plan Year. This procedure shall be
repeated for each Plan Year in which forfeitures occurring during such year
exceed the sum of the amount required to make restoration and the amount
required to be contributed by an Employer for such year, subject, however, to
such modification as may be required by the Section governing termination of the
Plan.

         9.5 Distributions to Participants. Effective January 1, 1998, and
except as hereinafter provided, the vested portion of each Participant's Account
shall be distributed in a lump sum. Subject to the provisions of subsections
(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) below, a Participant may elect to receive
distribution of the vested portion of his or her Account as of any Valuation
Date which occurs:

                  (a) after the date he or she ceases to be employed by an
         Employer or a Related Employer and is no longer employed by any of
         them;

                  (b) after any of the following events:

                           (i) the termination of the Plan by the Participant's
                  Employer, without the establishment or maintenance of another
                  defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock
                  ownership plan as defined in Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code);

                           (ii) the sale or other disposition by an Employer to
                  an unrelated corporation of substantially all of the assets
                  (within the meaning of Section 409(d)(2) of the Code) used by
                  such Employer in a trade or business of the Employer, if the
                  Participant continues employment with the corporation
                  acquiring such assets; or

                           (iii) the sale or other disposition by an Employer of
                  such Employer's interest in a subsidiary (within the meaning
                  of Section 409(d)(3) of the Code), to an unrelated entity if
                  the Participant continues employment with such subsidiary.

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The Participant's Account shall be valued as of the first Valuation Date which
is administratively practicable following receipt of such election by the
Administrative Committee or the Valuation Date specified in said election, if
later, and distribution shall be made in a lump sum as soon as practicable
thereafter. An election pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be made by such
written, telephonic or electronic means as may be prescribed by the
Administrative Committee.

                  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, if the value of the vested portion of a Participant's
         Account does not exceed the applicable cash-out amount as of the
         Valuation Date following the date he or she ceases to be employed by an
         Employer or a Related Employer and is no longer employed by any of them
         (and did not exceed the applicable cash-out amount, as of the date of
         any prior distribution), his or her Account shall be distributed in a
         lump sum as soon as practicable after such Valuation Date. For purposes
         of this subsection (a), the "applicable cash-out amount" means Three
         Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) before January 1, 1998, and
         Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) on or after January 1, 1998.

                  (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, distribution to a Participant shall be made not later
         than the sixtieth (60th) day after the later of the close of the Plan
         Year in which the Participant attains the Normal Retirement Age or in
         which the Participant ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related
         Employer and is no longer employed by any of them.

                  (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, a Participant may elect to receive or commence
         receiving distribution of the vested portion of his or her Transfer
         Account balance, if any, which was allocated to such Participant's
         account under the Hannaford Southeast Savings and Investment Plan as of
         June 30, 1995, at such time and in such manner as provided in Exhibit A
         to this Plan; provided, however, this subsection (e) shall not apply if
         such vested portion does not exceed Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
         ($3,500.00) as of such date (and did not exceed Three Thousand Five
         Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) as of the date of any prior distribution).

                  (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
         to the contrary, effective January 1, 1997:

                           (i) distribution of the Account of a Participant who
                  is not a Five Percent Owner shall be made not later than April
                  1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar
                  year in which the Participant attains age seventy and one-half
                  (70 1/2) or the calendar year in which the Participant
                  retires; and

                           (ii) distribution of the Account of a Participant who
                  is a Five Percent Owner shall be made later than April 1 of
                  the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
                  Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70 1/2).

                  For purposes of this subsection (f) and subsections (g) and
         (h), a Five Percent Owner shall mean a Participant who is a Five
         Percent Owner with respect to the Plan

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<PAGE>   43

         Year ending with or within the calendar year in which such Participant
         attains age seventy and one-half (70 1/2).

                  (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsection (f)
         to the contrary, and in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.411(d)-4
         Q&A-10, a Participant who is not a Five Percent Owner, who attains age
         seventy and one-half (70 1/2) before January 1, 1999, and who first
         became a Participant before January 1, 1999, may elect to receive not
         later than April 1, 1999, his or her vested Account balance as of
         December 31, 1998. An election pursuant to this subsection (g) shall be
         made at such time and in such manner as provided in Section 9.6.

                  (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsections
         (f) and (g) to the contrary, a Participant who is not a Five Percent
         Owner and who had commenced receiving distribution of his or her vested
         Account balance in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Code prior
         to its amendment by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996,
         shall continue receiving annual installments of the minimum amount
         determined in accordance with Section 9.7. Such Participant shall
         receive a lump sum distribution of his or her Account not later than
         sixty (60) days after the close of the Plan Year in which he or she
         ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related Employer and is no
         longer employed by any of them.

         9.6 Age 70 1/2 In-Service Distributions. Each Participant who is
required to receive a distribution pursuant to Section 9.5(f)(ii) and who
continues in the employ of an Employer or a Related Employer, and each
Participant to whom Section 9.5(g) applies and who continues in the employ of an
Employer or a Related Employer, may elect, in lieu of receiving a lump sum
distribution of his or her Account, to receive annual installments of the
minimum amount determined in accordance with Section 9.7. Such annual
installments shall be paid over a period not to exceed the life expectancy of
the Participant or the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the
Participant and his or her spouse; provided, such distribution must be made over
a period such that the present value of the payments to be made to the
Participant must be greater than fifty percent (50%) of the present value of the
payments to be made to the Participant and the Participant's spouse determined
as of the date the Participant ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related
Employer and is no longer employed by any of them. The first two installments
under this Section may be paid in the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70 1/2); thereafter,
one installment shall be paid in each calendar year.

         For purposes of this Section, and with respect to a Participant to whom
Section 9.5(g) applies, the term "Account" shall mean the Participant's Account
balance as of December 31, 1998.

         An election shall be made by such written, electronic or telephonic
means as may be prescribed by the Administrative Committee and must be delivered
to the Administrative Committee at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date
distribution is required to commence pursuant to Section 9.5(f)(ii) or 9.5(g).

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         9.7 Minimum Amounts to be Distributed to Participants. The amount to be
distributed each year to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.5(f)(ii), beginning
in the calendar year following the calendar year in which he or she attains age
seventy and one-half (70 1/2), shall not be less than the quotient obtained by
dividing the Participant's Account balance at the beginning of such year by the
life expectancy of the Participant (or the joint life and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and his or her spouse) determined as of the
beginning of such year and reduced by one (1) for each year thereafter.

         The amount to be distributed each year to a Participant who makes an
election pursuant to Section 9.5(g), beginning in the 1999 Plan Year, shall not
be less than the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's Account balance
as of December 31, 1998, by the life expectancy of the Participant (or the joint
life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and his or her spouse)
determined as of January 1, 1999, and reduced by one (1) for each year
thereafter.

         Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant (or his or her spouse, in
the event the Participant dies before distribution of his or her Account is made
or commences) so elects prior to the time distribution is to commence pursuant
to Section 9.5(f)(ii), 9.5(g) or 9.8, the applicable life expectancy or joint
life and last survivor expectancy shall be recalculated pursuant to the
regulations under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code. Such election shall be
irrevocable. In the absence of such election, life expectancy shall not be
recalculated. The life expectancy of a nonspouse Beneficiary may not be
recalculated.

         Distribution shall be made in accordance with the regulations under
Section 401(a)(9) of the Code, including Regulation 1.401(a)(9)-2, which shall
override any distribution options in the Plan inconsistent therewith.

         9.8 Distributions to Surviving Spouses and Beneficiaries. Upon the
death of a Participant, the balance of the Participant's Account shall be
distributed to his or her surviving spouse or, if the Participant is not
survived by a spouse or the Participant's surviving spouse consents, to the
Participant's designated Beneficiary. To be effective, the consent of the
Participant's surviving spouse must be in writing, must acknowledge the effect
thereof and must be witnessed by a notary public. Notwithstanding the foregoing
to the contrary, if a Participant is legally separated and has a court order to
that effect, no spousal consent shall be required to designate a nonspouse
Beneficiary.

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         The Participant's surviving spouse or Beneficiary may elect to receive
the Participant's Account as of any Valuation Date which occurs after the date
of the Participant's death. The Participant's Account shall be valued as of the
first Valuation Date which is administratively practicable following receipt of
such election by the Administrative Committee or the Valuation Date specified in
said election, if later, and distribution shall be made in a lump sum as soon as
practicable thereafter; provided, in no event shall distribution of a
Participant's Account be made later than December 31 of the calendar year which
contains the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of the Participant's death.

         Subject to the preceding provisions of this Section, each Participant
from time to time, by completing and signing a form furnished by the
Administrative Committee, may designate any person or persons (who may be
designated concurrently, contingently or successively) to receive any benefits
payable upon his or her death. Each beneficiary designation shall revoke all
prior designations by the Participant and shall be effective only when filed in
writing with the Administrative Committee during the Participant's lifetime. If
a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, distribution shall be made to
his or her surviving spouse, but if the Participant is not survived by a spouse,
to such of the Participant's issue who survive him or her, such issue to take
per stirpes, but if the Participant is not survived by a spouse or any issue,
then to the Participant's estate. If a designated Beneficiary does not survive
the Participant and no successor Beneficiary has been designated, distribution
shall be made to the Participant's estate.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, a surviving spouse or Beneficiary may elect to receive or begin
receiving distribution of the portion of the Participant's Transfer Account
balance, if any, which was allocated to such Participant's account under the
Hannaford Southeast Savings and Investment Plan as of June 30, 1995, at such
time and in such manner as provided in Exhibit A to this Plan; provided,
however, this paragraph shall not apply if such portion does not exceed Three
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) as of such date (and did not exceed
Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) as of the date of any prior
distribution).

         9.9 Distribution to Alternate Payee. In the event that all or a portion
of a Participant's Account is immediately distributable to an alternate payee,
pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, the Administrative Committee
shall distribute the amount payable to such alternate payee in a lump sum as
soon as practicable after determining that such order is qualified in accordance
with Article XVI. Except as otherwise provided in the domestic relations order,
such distribution shall be made as of the first Valuation Date which is
administratively practicable following the date that it is determined that the
order is qualified. If the amount to be distributed in accordance with this
Section exceeds Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) (Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00), effective January 1, 1998), no distribution shall be made
without the consent of the alternate payee. Such consent shall be made by such
written, telephonic or electronic means as may be prescribed by the
Administrative Committee.

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         In the event that all or a portion of a Participant's Account is
payable to an alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order,
but is not immediately distributable under such order, the Administrative
Committee shall direct the Trustee to establish a separate account within the
meaning of Section 16.5(b) on behalf of the alternate payee as soon as
practicable after determining that such order is qualified in accordance with
Article XVI. The Administrative Committee shall distribute the amount payable
from such account to such alternate payee in a lump sum at such time as is
provided by the terms of such order. Distribution of a separate account pursuant
to this Section 9.9 may be made prior to the Participant's "earliest retirement
age" as defined in Section 16.7.

         9.10 Distributions to Minors and Incompetent Persons. If any person to
whom benefits shall be distributed under the Plan shall be a minor, or if the
Administrative Committee shall determine that such person is incompetent by
reason of mental or physical disability, the Administrative Committee may direct
the Trustee to distribute such benefits in one or more of the following ways to
be determined by the Administrative Committee:

                  (a) directly to such minor or incompetent person; or

                  (b) to a legal or natural guardian or other relative of such
         minor, or to the legal guardian or conservator of such incompetent
         person or to any adult person with whom such incompetent person
         temporarily or permanently resides.

         The receipt by such minor, incompetent person, guardian, conservator,
relative or other person shall be a complete discharge of the Trustee, the
Administrative Committee, and the Trust Fund, and the Trustee and Administrative
Committee shall be without any responsibility to see to the application of any
such distributions.

         9.11 Loans. The Administrative Committee may direct the Trustee to make
a loan or loans from the vested portion of a Participant's Account to a
Participant or Beneficiary who is a "party in interest" as defined in Section
3(14) of ERISA, subject to the following:

                  (a) An application for a loan shall be made by such written,
         telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by the
         Administrative Committee. The application shall contain such
         information as the Administrative Committee may reasonably request.

                  (b) The amount of each loan shall be determined with reference
         to the fair market value of the Participant's Account as of the most
         recent Valuation Date for which valuation data has been received by the
         Administrative Committee.

                  (c) No loan shall be made in an amount less than Five Hundred
         Dollars ($500.00).

                  (d) Any loan made on or after January 1, 1987, when added to
         the balance of all other outstanding loans with respect to a
         Participant's Account from the Plan, shall not exceed the lesser of:

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                           (i) Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), reduced by
                  the excess, if any, of:

                                    (aa) the Participant's highest outstanding
                           loan balance under the Plan for the one (1) year
                           period ending on the day before such loan is made,
                           over

                                    (bb) the Participant's loan balance under
                           the Plan on the day such loan is made, or

                           (ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the Participant's vested
                  interest in his or her Account.

                  The total of the unpaid balances of all loans (including
         accrued but unpaid interest) made with respect to a Participant's
         Account under the Plan and all other qualified retirement plans
         maintained by his or her Employer shall not exceed the maximum amount
         which may be loaned in accordance with the limitations of Section 72(p)
         of the Code.

                  (e) Each loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note bearing
         a reasonable rate of interest as determined by the Administrative
         Committee taking into consideration interest rates currently being
         charged by commercial lenders for loans made under similar
         circumstances, and shall be adequately secured in such manner as the
         Administrative Committee may determine. Collateral for a loan may
         consist of an assignment of not more than fifty percent (50%) of a
         Participant's vested interest in his or her Account. In the event of
         default on a loan, the Administrative Committee shall, after giving the
         Participant or Beneficiary written notice of the default and an
         opportunity to cure the default, in accordance with the terms and
         conditions of such loan, foreclose upon the collateral to the extent
         necessary to satisfy the Participant's obligation. If the collateral
         for such loan is the Participant's vested interest in his or her
         Account, such foreclosure may not occur prior to the Participant's
         termination of employment.

                  (f) Each loan shall be made for such term and, subject to
         subsection (e) above, upon such terms and conditions as the
         Administrative Committee shall determine; provided that substantially
         level amortization, with payments not less frequently than quarterly,
         shall be required over the term of such loan (except with respect to
         any period, not to exceed one (1) year, that the Participant is on a
         leave of absence, as provided in the written administrative procedures
         established pursuant to Section 9.11(l)), and further provided that the
         term shall not exceed five (5) years.

                  (g) Each loan shall be treated and accounted for as an
         investment of a Participant's Account. The Trustee shall establish a
         loan fund to which it shall transfer the amount of each loan from the
         other Investment Funds in which the Participant's Account is invested
         in proportion to the amounts invested in such funds as of the date such
         loan is made. Amounts of principal and interest paid on any loan shall
         be

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         transferred from the loan fund to the Investment Funds in accordance
         with the Participant's investment election in effect at the time of
         payment.

                  (h) For purposes of this Section 9.11, the Rollover
         Contributions Account of any Participant shall be deemed part of his or
         her Elective Contributions Account.

                  (i) No distribution (other than a deemed distribution under
         Section 72(p) of the Code) shall be made to any Participant or Former
         Participant or to a Beneficiary of any Participant until all unpaid
         loans with respect to the Participant's Account, including accrued
         interest thereon, have been paid in full. Notwithstanding the preceding
         sentence to the contrary, in the event a Participant or Beneficiary
         receives or commences to receive distribution of his or her Account
         pursuant to Section 9.5 or 9.8, and at the time of such distribution
         there remains outstanding any unpaid loans with respect to his or her
         Account, then

                           (i) the Account of the Participant or Beneficiary
                  shall be reduced prior to any such distribution by the amount
                  of the principal and accrued interest outstanding on such
                  loan;

                           (ii) the loan shall be deemed to be paid in full as
                  of the date the distribution is made or commences; and

                           (iii) such Participant or Beneficiary shall be
                  treated as receiving or commencing to receive a distribution
                  of his or her entire Account.

                  (j) The Administrative Committee shall suspend the obligation
         to repay any loan made to a Participant pursuant to this Section 9.11
         for any period during which such Participant is performing service in
         the "uniformed services" (as defined in USERRA), whether or not such
         service is "qualified military service" within the meaning of Section
         4.8, and such suspension shall not be taken into account for purposes
         of Sections 72(p), 401(a), or 4975(d)(1) of the Code.

                  (k) The Administrative Committee shall follow a uniform and
         nondiscriminatory policy in making loans to assure that loans are
         available to all Participants and Beneficiaries who are "parties in
         interest" on a reasonably equivalent basis as required under 29 C.F.R.
         Section 2550.408b-1 and to further assure that the Plan meets the
         requirements of Section 401(a)(4) of the Code.

                  (l) The Administrative Committee shall establish, in writing,
         administrative procedures to carry out the provisions of this Section
         9.11.

         9.12 Hardship Withdrawals. The Administrative Committee may direct the
Trustee to make a hardship withdrawal distribution to a Participant or Former
Participant from his or her Elective Contributions Account subject to the
following:

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                  (a) Each request for a hardship withdrawal shall be made by
         such written, telephonic or electronic means as may be prescribed by
         the Administrative Committee. The request shall specify the reason for
         such withdrawal and shall include such other information and
         documentation as the Administrative Committee may request.

                  (b) A hardship withdrawal shall be made only in cash and may
         not exceed the sum of the Elective Contributions (and income allocable
         thereto as of December 31, 1988) allocated to the Participant's
         Account.

                  (c) A hardship withdrawal shall be permitted only if the
         distribution is on account of an immediate and heavy financial need of
         the Participant and is necessary to satisfy such financial need.

                           (i) A financial need may qualify as immediate and
                  heavy without regard to whether such need was foreseeable or
                  voluntarily incurred by the Participant. The following shall
                  be deemed immediate and heavy financial needs:

                                    (aa) Payment of medical expenses described
                           in Section 213(d) of the Code previously incurred by
                           the Participant, his or her spouse or dependent
                           (within the meaning of Section 152 of the Code) or
                           payment necessary for such persons to obtain medical
                           care described in Section 213(d) of the Code;

                                    (bb) Costs directly related to the purchase
                           (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal
                           residence of the Participant;

                                    (cc) Payment of tuition, related educational
                           fees and room and board expenses for the next twelve
                           (12) months of post-secondary education for the
                           Participant, his or her spouse or dependent (within
                           the meaning of Section 152 of the Code); and

                                    (dd) Payment to prevent eviction of the
                           Participant from his or her principal residence or
                           foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant's
                           principal residence.

         The above list of deemed immediate and heavy financial needs shall not
         be exclusive, and other needs may qualify as immediate and heavy
         financial needs.

                           (ii) A distribution shall be treated as necessary to
                  satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the
                  Participant only to the extent the amount of such distribution
                  is not reasonably available to the Participant from other
                  resources. The Administrative Committee may reasonably rely on
                  the Participant's representations that the need cannot be
                  relieved by insurance, by reasonable liquidation of the
                  Participant's assets, by termination of the Participant's
                  Deferral Election or by other distributions or loans from the
                  Plan or from commercial

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                  lenders. A Participant's resources shall be deemed to include
                  those assets of his or her spouse and minor children that are
                  reasonably available to the Participant.

                           (iii) The amount of an immediate and heavy financial
                  need may include any amounts necessary to pay any federal,
                  state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably
                  anticipated to result from the distribution.

                  (d) Withdrawals shall be charged against the Investment Funds
         in which the withdrawing Participant's Account is invested in
         proportion to the amounts invested in such funds as of the date such
         withdrawal is made.

                  (e) A request for a hardship distribution shall be treated as
         a claim for benefits under Article XIV. A hardship withdrawal shall be
         made as soon as practicable following approval of the request by the
         Administrative Committee.

                  (f) The Administrative Committee may from time to time
         establish rules governing withdrawals, including withdrawal minimums
         and the extent to which withdrawals shall be limited because of Plan
         loans. Such rules shall be applied on a uniform and nondiscriminatory
         basis.

         9.13 Form of Distribution. Distribution of a Participant's Account
shall be made in cash. However, a Participant (or his or her surviving spouse or
designated Beneficiary, in the event of the Participant's death) may elect that
distribution of that portion of his or her Account which is invested in the
Company Stock Fund be distributed in whole shares of Company Stock. Such
election shall be made by such written, telephonic or electronic means, and at
such time, as shall be prescribed by the Administrative Committee.

         9.14 Direct Rollovers.

                  (a) A Participant who is entitled to receive an eligible
         rollover distribution may elect to have such distribution (or a portion
         thereof not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)) made directly to
         an eligible retirement plan ("direct rollover election").

                  An alternate payee who is entitled to receive an eligible
         rollover distribution pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order
         under Article XVI and who is the spouse or a former spouse of a
         Participant may make a direct rollover election as if such alternate
         payee were the Participant.

                  A surviving spouse who is entitled to receive an eligible
         rollover distribution by reason of the Participant's death may make a
         direct rollover election; provided that such election is restricted to
         an eligible retirement plan that is an individual retirement account
         described in Section 408(a) of the Code or an individual retirement
         annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code.

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                  (b) No earlier than ninety (90) days and no later than thirty
         (30) days before an eligible rollover distribution is to be made, the
         Administrative Committee shall provide the Participant, alternate
         payee, or surviving spouse, as the case may be, with a written
         explanation of -

                           (i) the rules under which he or she may make a direct
                  rollover election;

                           (ii) the legal requirement that federal income tax be
                  withheld from the distribution if he or she does not elect a
                  direct rollover;

                           (iii) the rules under which the amount that he or she
                  actually receives will not be subject to federal income tax if
                  such amount is transferred ("rolled over") within sixty (60)
                  days after being received pursuant to Section 402(c) of the
                  Code;

                           (iv) the rules, if applicable, for receiving special
                  income tax averaging, or capital gain treatment, under Section
                  402(d) of the Code; and

                           (v) the Plan provisions under which a direct rollover
                  election with respect to one payment in a series of periodic
                  payments will apply to all subsequent payments until such
                  election is changed.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, if an eligible
         rollover distribution is one of a series of periodic payments, the
         explanation required by this subsection shall be provided annually as
         long as such payments continue.

                  (c) A direct rollover election shall be made in such manner
         and at such time as the Administrative Committee shall prescribe, and
         shall include:

                           (i) the name of the eligible retirement plan;

                           (ii) a statement that such plan is an eligible
                  retirement plan; and

                           (iii) any other information necessary to permit a
                  direct rollover by the means selected by the Administrative
                  Committee.

                  An election to make a direct rollover with respect to one
         payment in a series of periodic payments shall apply to all subsequent
         payments in the series until such election is changed; such change with
         respect to subsequent payments may be made at any time.

                  (d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) to the contrary, if an
         individual after receiving the written explanation required by
         subsection (b), affirmatively elects to make or not make a direct
         rollover, an eligible rollover distribution may be made less than
         thirty (30) days after the date such written explanation was given,
         provided the Administrative Committee has informed such individual, in
         writing, of his or her right to a period of at least thirty (30) days
         to make such election.

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                  (e) As used in this Section, the following terms shall have
         the following meanings:

                           (i) "Eligible Retirement Plan" shall mean

                                    (aa) an individual retirement account,
                           described in Section 408(a) of the Code;

                                    (bb) an individual retirement annuity
                           described in Section 408(b) of the Code (other than
                           an endowment contract);

                                    (cc) a trust described in Section 401(a) of
                           the Code which is exempt from tax under Section
                           501(a) of the Code and which is part of a defined
                           contribution plan described in Section 414(i) of the
                           Code that permits rollover contributions; or

                                    (dd) an annuity plan described in Section
                           403(a) of the Code.

                           (ii) "Eligible Rollover Distribution" shall mean a
                  distribution from the Plan of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or
                  more, excluding the following:

                                    (aa) effective January 1, 1997, a
                           distribution pursuant to Section 9.5(f) or 9.8 to the
                           extent such distribution is required under Section
                           401(a)(9) of the Code;

                                    (bb) a return of Elective Contributions
                           pursuant to Section 7.4;

                                    (cc) a corrective distribution pursuant to
                           Section 4.7, 5.4 or 6.2;

                                    (dd) a distribution which is one of a series
                           of substantially equal periodic payments (not less
                           frequently than annually) made (i) for the life (or
                           life expectancy) of the Participant or the joint
                           lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Participant
                           and his or her designated Beneficiary, or (ii) for a
                           specified period of ten (10) years or more; and

                                    (ee) effective for distributions made after
                           December 31, 1998, a distribution pursuant to Section
                           9.12.

                                    ARTICLE X
                              TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS

         10.1 Top Heavy Requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan
to the contrary, if the Plan is or becomes Top Heavy, then the provisions of
this Article shall become applicable and supersede any conflicting provisions of
this Plan.

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         10.2 Minimum Vesting Requirements. Except as hereinafter provided, each
Participant shall continue to have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in
his or her Account. The vested percentage of each Participant in the portion of
his or her Matching Contributions Account and Discretionary Contributions
Account which was allocated after December 31, 1997, and the portion of his or
her Transfer Account which was not fully vested under the transferor plan as of
the date of the transfer shall be determined in accordance with the following
schedule:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Number of Participant's
         Years of Vesting Service       Vested Percentage
         ------------------------       -----------------
<S>                                     <C>
         Less than 3                           0%
         3 or more                           100%
</TABLE>

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
contrary, each Participant who is a Contract Employee and each other Participant
(other than a Participant who was first employed by the Company or one of its
subsidiaries in its Southeast Division) who has completed at least three (3)
Years of Vesting Service as of December 31, 1997, shall continue to have a fully
vested and nonforfeitable interest in his or her Account.

         10.3 Minimum Contribution Requirement. Except as hereinafter provided,
for each Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, each Employer shall
contribute, on behalf of each Eligible Employee who is a Non-Key Employee and
who has not separated from its employ by the end of the Plan Year, an amount
which, when added to the Discretionary Contributions allocated to such Eligible
Employee's Account, shall be equal to the lesser of:

                  (a) three percent (3%) of such Eligible Employee's
         compensation (as defined in Section 7.5); or

                  (b) the percentage of such Eligible Employee's compensation
         (as defined in Section 7.5) which is equal to the largest percentage
         determined by dividing the Employer Contributions allocated to the
         Account of each Key Employee by such Key Employee's compensation (as so
         defined).

The preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting four percent (4%) for
three percent (3%) for each Plan Year in which:

                           (i) the Plan is included in a Required Aggregation
                  Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group which includes a
                  qualified defined benefit plan and the Top Heavy Ratio does
                  not exceed ninety percent (90%); and

                           (ii) the limitation set forth in Section 7.2 would be
                  exceeded if 1.0 is substituted for 1.25 wherever 1.25 appears
                  in said limitation.

         The minimum contribution shall be made on behalf of each Eligible
Employee who is a Non-Key Employee and who remains in the service of the
Employer on the last day of the Plan

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Year, regardless of the number of Hours of Service such Eligible Employee is
credited with during such Plan Year.

         Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, for each
Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, an Eligible Employee who is a Non-Key
Employee and who is also covered by a qualified defined benefit plan maintained
by his or her Employer, shall accrue a minimum benefit (as required by Section
416(c)(1) of the Code) and a minimum contribution shall not be made on behalf of
such Eligible Employee under this Plan. The preceding sentence shall be applied
by substituting "three percent (3%)" for "two percent (2%)" in Section
416(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Code and by increasing (but not by more than ten
percentage points) the percentage provided in Section 416(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Code for each Plan Year in which:

                           (i) the Plan is included in a Required Aggregation
                  Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group which includes a
                  qualified defined benefit plan and the Top Heavy Ratio does
                  not exceed ninety percent (90%); and

                           (ii) the limitation set forth in Section 7.2 would be
                  exceeded if 1.0 is substituted for 1.25 wherever 1.25 appears
                  in said limitation.

         For purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirement of this
Section, Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions shall not be taken
into account.

         10.4 Modified Limitation on Allocations. The limitation of Section 7.2
shall be applied by substituting 1.0 for 1.25 whenever 1.25 appears in said
limitation for each Plan Year in which the Plan is included in a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group which includes a qualified
defined benefit plan and the Top Heavy Ratio exceeds ninety percent (90%).

         10.5 Present Value Factors. For purposes of determining the Top Heavy
Ratio, the present value of accrued benefits under all defined benefit plans
included in a Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group shall
be based on the following factors:

                  Interest: Six and one-half percent (6.5%) per annum

                  Mortality: 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table, using male
         rates for all individuals

         10.6 Benefit Accrual. For purposes of determining the Top Heavy Ratio,
the accrued benefit of any Non-Key Employee under all defined benefit plans
included in a Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group shall
be determined under the method used for accrual purposes for all such plans of
an Employer or, if no method is prescribed, as if such benefit accrued no more
rapidly than the slowest rate permitted under Section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.

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                                   ARTICLE XI
                             TRUST FUND INVESTMENTS

         11.1 Duties. The Trustee shall receive and hold all contributions made
by an Employer together with such other assets as may be transferred to it in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan. In addition, the Trustee shall make
distributions as directed by the Administrative Committee in accordance with the
provisions of Article IX.

         11.2 Investment Funds. The Trustee shall establish a Company Stock Fund
and one or more other Investments Funds as the Finance Committee may from time
to time direct. The Finance Committee shall direct that each Investment Fund,
other than the Company Stock Fund, shall be invested:

                  (a) at the discretion of a duly appointed Investment Manager
         in accordance with such investment guidelines and objectives as may be
         established by the Finance Committee; or

                  (b) in such investments as the Finance Committee may specify
         for such Investment Fund.

         The Finance Committee may from time to time change its direction with
respect to any Investment Fund and may, at any time, eliminate any Investment
Fund. Whenever an Investment Fund is eliminated, the Trustee shall promptly
liquidate the assets of such Investment Fund and reinvest the proceeds thereof
in accordance with the direction of the Finance Committee.

         The Trustee shall transfer to each Investment Fund such portion of the
assets of the Trust as the Administrative Committee may from time to time direct
in accordance with the terms of the Plan. All interest, dividends and other
income received with respect to, and any proceeds realized from the sale or
other disposition of, assets held in any Investment Fund shall be credited to
and reinvested in such Investment Fund, and all expenses properly attributable
to any Investment Fund shall be paid therefrom unless paid by the Employers.

         11.3 Company Stock Fund. The Trustee shall establish a Company Stock
Fund which shall be invested primarily in shares of Company Stock. The Trustee
shall, as soon as practicable, apply amounts allocated to the Company Stock Fund
to purchase Company Stock on the open market at current market value. Pending
investment in Company Stock, the Trustee shall invest amounts allocated to and
dividends or other amounts received by the Company Stock Fund in short-term cash
equivalents including, but not limited to, short-term debt obligations issued or
guaranteed by the United States government, money market funds and savings
accounts, as directed by the Finance Committee or its delegatee. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 11.3 to the contrary, the Trustee shall be under
no duty or obligation to invest any assets of the Trust in shares of Company
Stock unless (i) such shares constitute "qualifying employer securities" within
the meaning of Section 407 of ERISA and (ii) such investment is not prohibited
by Section 404, 406 or 407 of ERISA.

         11.4 Investment of Contributions. Effective July 1, 1997, each
Participant may direct that contributions made on his or her behalf shall be
invested in any one or more of the Investment Funds, provided the percentage of
contributions to be invested in any Investment

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Fund must be one percent (1%), or any multiple thereof. An investment direction
shall be made by such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be
prescribed by the Administrative Committee.

         A Participant's investment direction, if received by the Administrative
Committee prior to the date he or she commences participation, shall be
effective as of said date. If a Participant does not make an investment
direction or an investment direction is not received by the Administrative
Committee before he or she commences participation, the contributions on behalf
of such Participant shall be invested in the fund which presents the least risk
of loss as determined by the Finance Committee. An investment direction received
by the Administrative Committee after the date a Participant commences
participation shall be effective as of the first business day of the month
following receipt by the Administrative Committee or as soon as practicable
thereafter. A deemed investment direction pursuant to Section 3.4(a) of the
January 1, 1993 amendment and restatement of this Plan (as amended by the Third
Amendment thereto) shall be effective as of the date of the affected
individual's change in employment status.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, effective January 1,
1998, an investment direction received by the Administrative Committee after the
date a Participant commences participation shall be effective as soon as
practicable following receipt by the Administrative Committee. A deemed
investment direction pursuant to Section 18.2 shall be effective January 1,
1998.

         Once each month, a Participant may modify an investment direction to
have future contributions on his or her behalf invested in the Investment Funds
in proportions other than those previously elected, but in multiples of one
percent (1%). An election modifying a previous investment direction shall be
made by such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by
the Administrative Committee and shall be effective as of the first business day
of the month following receipt by the Administrative Committee or as soon as
practicable thereafter.

         Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph to the contrary, effective
January 1, 1998, a Participant may modify at any time an investment direction to
have future contributions on his or her behalf invested in the Investment Funds
in proportions other than those previously elected, but in multiples of one
percent (1%). An election modifying a previous investment direction shall be
made by such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by
the Administrative Committee and shall be effective as soon as practicable
following receipt by the Administrative Committee.

         11.5 Reinvestment of Account. Effective July 1, 1997, once each month,
a Participant, Former Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary may elect to
reinvest all or a portion of the balance of his or her Account in any one or
more of the Investment Funds, provided the portion invested in any Investment
Fund must be one percent (1%), or any multiple thereof, of such balance. An
election to reinvest all or a portion of an Account balance shall be made by
such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall be prescribed by the
Administrative Committee and shall be effective as of the first business day of
the month following receipt by the Administrative Committee or as soon as
practicable thereafter.

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         Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, effective January 1,
1998, a Participant, Former Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary may
elect at any time to reinvest all or a portion of the balance of his or her
Account in any one or more of the Investment Funds, provided the portion
invested in any Investment Fund must be one percent (1%), or any multiple
thereof, of such balance. An election to reinvest all or a portion of an Account
balance shall be made by such written, telephonic or electronic means as shall
be prescribed by the Administrative Committee and shall be effective as soon as
practicable following receipt by the Administrative Committee.

         11.6 Loan Fund. Participant loans and payments of principal and
interest shall be credited to and charged against the loan fund established by
the Trustee in accordance with Section 9.11(g).

         11.7 Voting Rights. Stock held in the Company Stock Fund shall be voted
by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust.

                                   ARTICLE XII
                                FINANCE COMMITTEE

         12.1 Duties. The Finance Committee shall be a Named Fiduciary within
the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA and shall have the following powers
and duties:

                  (a) to appoint and remove the Trustee and establish the terms
         of the Trust agreement;

                  (b) to direct the Trustee to establish one or more Investment
         Funds and to change or eliminate any Investment Fund other than the
         Company Stock Fund;

                  (c) to appoint one or more Investment Managers to direct the
         investment of the assets of the Trust or such portion thereof as may be
         designated by the Finance Committee; to remove any Investment Manager;
         and to establish investment guidelines and objectives which shall be
         binding on such Investment Managers;

                  (d) to limit the investment of one or more Investment Funds to
         such shares of stock, bonds, mortgages, notes, mutual fund shares,
         deposit administration, investment or group annuity contracts issued by
         a legal reserve life insurance company or other property of any kind,
         real or personal, as the Finance Committee may deem appropriate;

                  (e) to establish investment guidelines and objectives which
         shall be binding on the Trustee;

                  (f) to employ or retain counsel, accountants and other
         consultants, including professional investment advisers, as it deems to
         be in the best interests of the Plan;

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                  (g) to direct the Trustee to employ and transfer all of the
         assets of the Trust or such portion thereof as the Finance Committee
         may designate to one or more custodians selected by it; and

                  (h) to approve and accept accounts rendered by the Trustee.

         A majority of the Finance Committee shall constitute a quorum, and an
action of the majority present at any meeting shall be deemed the action of the
Finance Committee. Any member of the Finance Committee may participate in a
meeting of the Finance Committee through conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the
meeting can hear each other. Any action of the Finance Committee may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Finance Committee sign written consents
setting forth the action taken or to be taken, at any time before or after the
intended effective date of such action.

         12.2 Delegation of Ministerial Duties. The Finance Committee may, by a
writing signed by a majority of its members, delegate to any member or members
of the Committee or to any Employee or Employees, severally or jointly, the
authority to perform any ministerial act in connection with the administration
of the Plan.

         12.3 Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses. The members of the
Finance Committee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for services
rendered and to reimbursement of expenses properly and actually incurred, in the
performance of their duties on behalf of the Plan, but no person so serving who
already receives compensation from an Employer or any Related Employer for
services rendered as an employee shall receive compensation for such services,
except for reimbursement of expenses properly and actually incurred and not
otherwise reimbursed.

         12.4 Reliance on Reports. The Finance Committee shall be entitled to
rely upon all certificates and reports made by any agent, attorney, accountant,
actuary or other consultant, including any investment adviser, employed to
assist in the performance of its duties.

         12.5 Multiple Signatures. A majority of the members of the Finance
Committee or any one member authorized by such Committee shall have authority to
execute all documents, reports or other memoranda necessary or appropriate to
carry out the actions and decisions of the Finance Committee. The Trustee, any
investment manager or any other interested party may rely upon any document,
report or other memorandum so executed as evidence of the Finance Committee
action or decision indicated thereby.

                                  ARTICLE XIII
                            ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

         13.1 Appointment of Administrative Committee. The Human Resources
Committee of the Board of Directors shall appoint an Administrative Committee of
not less than four (4) individuals who shall have authority to control and
manage the administration of the Plan. A

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majority of the Administrative Committee shall constitute a quorum, and an
action of the majority at any meeting shall be deemed the action of the
Administrative Committee. Any member of the Administrative Committee may
participate in a meeting through conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all individuals participating can hear each other.
Any action of the Administrative Committee may be taken without a meeting if all
members of the Administrative Committee sign written consents setting forth the
action taken or to be taken, at any time before or after the intended effective
date of such action.

         13.2 Resignation and Removal. Any person appointed to serve as a member
of the Administrative Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Human
Resources Committee of the Board of Directors and may be removed by delivery of
written notice of removal, which shall take effect at the date specified
therein. Any member of the Administrative Committee may resign at any time by
delivering to the Human Resources Committee a written notice of resignation,
which shall take effect at a date specified therein. The Human Resources
Committee, as soon as practicable following delivery of a written notice of
removal or receipt of a written notice of resignation of any member of the
Administrative Committee, shall consider the appointment of a successor.

         13.3 Powers and Duties. The Administrative Committee shall be a Named
Fiduciary within the meaning of Section 402(a)(1) of ERISA with the following
powers and complete discretionary authority to control and manage the operation
and administration of the Plan:

                  (a) To determine all questions concerning the eligibility of
         Employees to participate in and receive benefits under the Plan;

                  (b) To compute the amount of benefits payable to any
         Participant or Beneficiary;

                  (c) To authorize and direct the Trustee with respect to the
         payment of benefits;

                  (d) To furnish the Trustee with such information, statements
         and reports as will enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting and
         disclosure requirements under ERISA and the Code;

                  (e) To interpret the provisions of the Plan and to make rules
         and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, without
         limitation, rules for tendering and voting Company securities;

                  (f) To maintain all the necessary records for the
         administration of the Plan;

                  (g) To employ or retain counsel, accountants, actuaries or
         such other consultants as may be required to assist in administering
         the Plan;

                  (h) To act as agent for service of legal process; and

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                  (i) To give written notice to all interested parties (as
         defined in the regulations prescribed under Section 7476(b)(1) of the
         Code), in the form and manner, and at such time as prescribed by such
         regulations, of an application for an advance determination with
         respect to the initial qualification of the Plan or to the effect of an
         amendment or termination of the Plan.

         Except as specifically delegated to the Administrative Committee by the
Finance Committee, the Administrative Committee shall have no power or authority
over the investment of the assets of the Trust and nothing in this Section 13.3
shall be construed as granting such power and authority. The Finance Committee,
in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, shall have exclusive authority
and discretion to manage and control the investment of the Trust Fund.

         13.4 Reporting and Disclosure. The Administrative Committee shall
furnish to each Participant and to each other person who is receiving benefits
under the Plan, and shall file with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of
Treasury, all reports, disclosures and notifications as are required under the
Code.

         13.5 Delegation of Ministerial Duties. The Administrative Committee may
delegate to any member or members of the Committee or to any other person or
persons, severally or jointly, the authority to perform any ministerial act in
connection with the administration of the Plan.

         13.6 Payment of Plan Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Plan or Trust to the contrary, payment of any reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan, as determined by the Administrative Committee, shall be
made from the Trust Fund, unless paid by an Employer. If such expenses are
incurred as a result of services provided to the Plan or Trust by a party in
interest (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA), no payment shall be made from
the Trust Fund unless such payment (a) satisfies the applicable requirements of
Section 408 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder; or (b) is otherwise exempt
from the applicable prohibited transaction rules of the Code and ERISA.

         13.7 Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses. The members of the
Administrative Committee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for
services rendered and to reimbursement of expenses properly and actually
incurred, in the performance of their duties on behalf of the Plan, but no
person so serving who already receives compensation from an Employer or any
Related Employer for services rendered as an Employee shall receive compensation
from the Plan, except reimbursement of expenses properly and actually incurred
and not otherwise reimbursed.

         13.8 Uniformity of Rules and Regulations. In the administration of the
Plan and the interpretation and application of its provisions, the
Administrative Committee shall exercise its powers and authority in a
nondiscriminatory manner, and shall apply uniform administrative rules and
regulations in order to assure substantially the same treatment to Participants
in similar circumstances.

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         13.9 Reliance on Reports. The Administrative Committee shall be
entitled to rely upon all certificates and reports made by any counsel,
accountant, actuary or other consultant employed or retained to assist in
administering the Plan.

         13.10 Multiple Signatures. A majority of the members of the
Administrative Committee or any one member authorized by such Committee shall
have authority to execute all documents, reports or other memoranda necessary or
appropriate to carry out the actions and decisions of the Administrative
Committee. The Trustee or any other interested party may rely upon any document,
report or other memorandum so executed as evidence of the Administrative
Committee action or decision indicated thereby.

         13.11 Confidentiality of Participant Decisions Relating to Company
Stock. The Administrative Committee shall establish procedures designed to
safeguard the confidentiality of information relating to the purchase, holding
and sale of Company Stock, and the exercise of voting, tender and similar rights
with respect thereto, by Participants, Former Participants, surviving spouses
and Beneficiaries. The Administrative Committee shall be responsible for
ensuring that such procedures meet the applicable requirements of ERISA Reg.
Section 2550.404c-1(d)(2). In the event the Administrative Committee determines
that a particular situation involves a potential for undue Employer or Related
Employer influence upon Participants, Former Participants, surviving spouses and
Beneficiaries within the meaning of ERISA Reg. Section 2550.404c-1(d)(2), the
Administrative Committee shall promptly appoint an independent fiduciary to
perform the role of the Administrative Committee and carry out activities with
respect to such situation. Such independent fiduciary shall not be a person
affiliated with an Employer within the meaning of ERISA Reg. Section
2550.404c-1(e)(3).

                                   ARTICLE XIV
                                CLAIMS PROCEDURE

         14.1 Filing a Claim For Benefits. A Plan Participant or other person
entitled to benefits under the Plan may make a claim for Plan benefits by filing
a written request with the Administrative Committee upon a form to be furnished
to it for such purpose.

         14.2 Denial of Claim. If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the
Administrative Committee shall furnish the claimant with written notice setting
forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

                  (a) The specific reason or reasons for the denial;

                  (b) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which
         the denial is based;

                  (c) A description of any additional material or information
         necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim and an
         explanation why such material or information is necessary; and

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                  (d) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the
         claimant wishes to submit his or her claim for review.

Such notice shall be furnished to the claimant within ninety (90) days after
receipt of his or her claim, unless special circumstances require an extension
of time for processing such claim. If an extension of time for processing is
required, the Administrative Committee shall, prior to the termination of the
initial ninety (90) day period, furnish the claimant with written notice
indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension and the date by
which the Committee expects to render its decision. In no event shall an
extension exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the end of the initial ninety
(90) day period.

         14.3 Appeal of Denied Claim. A claimant may request the Administrative
Committee to review a denied claim. Such request shall be in writing and must be
delivered to the Administrative Committee within sixty (60) days after receipt
by the claimant of written notification of denial of claim. A claimant or his or
her duly authorized representative may:

                  (a) Review pertinent documents, and

                  (b) Submit issues and comments in writing.

         14.4 Decision on Appeal. The Administrative Committee shall notify the
claimant of its decision on review not later than sixty (60) days after receipt
of a request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of
time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as
possible but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of a
request for review. If an extension of time for review is required because of
special circumstances, written notice of the extension must be furnished to the
claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. The Administrative
Committee's decision on review shall be in writing and shall include specific
reasons for the decision, as well as specific references to the pertinent Plan
provisions on which the decision is based.

                                   ARTICLE XV
                            AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         15.1 Amendment. The Company, through the Human Resources Committee of
its Board of Directors, reserves the right to amend the Plan from time to time,
provided that no amendment shall, except as otherwise provided in this Plan or
authorized by law, permit any part of the Trust Fund to revert to an Employer or
Related Employer or permit any part of the Trust Fund to be used for, or
diverted to, purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants,
their surviving spouses and Beneficiaries. Each such amendment shall be
effective with respect to a subsidiary of the Company that has adopted the Plan
without further action by the subsidiary.

         If the vesting schedule in effect under the Plan is amended, each
Participant who has completed at least three (3) Years of Vesting Service may
elect to have the vested percentage of his or her Account determined without
regard to such amendment. The Administrative Committee shall promptly give each
such Participant written notice of the adoption of such

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amendment and the availability of the election to have the vested percentage of
his or her Account determined without regard to such amendment. An election by a
Participant shall be in writing and shall be effective if filed with the
Administrative Committee at any time during the period beginning with the date
such amendment is adopted and ending on the later of (i) the date which is sixty
(60) days after the day such amendment is adopted, (ii) the date which is sixty
(60) days after the day such amendment becomes effective, or (iii) the date
which is sixty (60) days after the day the Participant receives written notice
of such amendment. An election once made shall be irrevocable. For purposes of
this Section, a Participant shall be considered to have completed three (3)
Years of Vesting Service if the Participant has completed three (3) years of
Vesting Service prior to the expiration of the period in which an election could
be made.

         15.2 Accounts Not to be Decreased by Amendment. No Amendment shall,
except to the extent permitted under Section 412(c)(8) of the Code, decrease a
Participant's Account balance or, except to the extent permitted by regulations,
eliminate an optional form of benefit. In addition, no amendment shall have the
effect of decreasing a Participant's vested interest determined without regard
to such amendment as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted or the
date it becomes effective.

         15.3 Termination. The Company, through the Human Resources Committee of
its Board of Directors, may terminate the Plan at any time in its entirety or
with respect to any Employer or any division by written notice delivered to the
Trustee. The Plan shall terminate with respect to any Employer on the earliest
of the following dates:

                  (a) The date the Employer is judicially declared bankrupt or
         insolvent;

                  (b) The date the Employer permanently discontinues
         contributions under the Plan;

                  (c) The date the Employer is merged or consolidated with
         another corporation and the Employer is not the surviving corporation
         or substantially all its assets are sold, unless the surviving or
         purchasing corporation makes provision to continue the Plan with the
         consent of the Company; or

                  (d) The date the Employer withdraws from the Plan.

         If an Employer permanently discontinues contributions or the Plan is
otherwise completely or partially terminated for any other reason, each affected
Participant shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in his or her
Account. Subject to the applicable consent requirements of Section 411(a)(11) of
the Code and the regulations thereunder, the Administrative Committee shall
direct the Trustee to make distributions pursuant to the applicable provisions
of Article IX as soon as practicable following such event.

         15.4 Notice of Amendment or Termination. In the case of an application
for an advance determination as to whether a Plan amendment or termination
affects the continuing qualification of the Plan, the Administrative Committee
shall furnish each interested party (as defined by the regulations prescribed
under Section 7476(b)(1) of the Code) with written notice,

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in the form and manner, and at such time as prescribed by such regulations, of
the adoption of any amendment or Plan termination.

                                   ARTICLE XVI
        NONALIENABILITY OF BENEFITS; QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS

         16.1 Nonalienability of Benefits. Except as expressly provided below,
the benefits provided under the Plan shall not be subject to alienation,
assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution (other than the collection by the
United States on a judgment resulting from an unpaid tax assessment) or levy of
any kind (other than a federal tax levy made pursuant to Section 6331 of the
Code), and any attempt to cause such benefits to be so subjected will not be
recognized.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, and effective August 5,
1997, this Section 16.1 shall not apply to any offset of a Participant's Account
balance against an amount that the Participant is ordered or required to pay to
the Plan, and the Plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements
of Sections 401(a)(13) or 401(k) of the Code solely by reason of such an offset,
provided:

                  (a) the order or requirement to pay arises:

                           (i) under a judgment of conviction for a crime
                  involving the Plan;

                           (ii) under a civil judgment (including a consent
                  order or decree) entered by a court in an action brought in
                  connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of Part 4
                  of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; or

                           (iii) pursuant to a settlement agreement between the
                  Secretary of Labor and the Participant, or a settlement
                  agreement between the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and
                  the Participant, in connection with a violation (or alleged
                  violation) of Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA by a
                  fiduciary or any other person;

                  (b) the judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement
         expressly provides for the offset of all or a part of the amount
         ordered or required to be paid to the Plan against the Participant's
         Account balance; and

                  (c) if the Participant has a spouse at the time at which the
         offset is to be made:

                           (i) either such spouse has consented in writing to
                  such offset and such consent is witnessed by a notary public
                  (or it is established to the satisfaction of the Plan
                  Administrator that such consent may not be obtained because
                  there is no spouse or the spouse cannot be located), or an
                  election to waive the right of the spouse to either a
                  qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified

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                  preretirement survivor annuity is in effect in accordance with
                  the requirements of Section 417(a) of the Code;

                           (ii) such spouse is ordered or required in such
                  judgment, order, decree or settlement to pay an amount to the
                  Plan in connection with a violation of Part 4 of Subtitle B of
                  Title I of ERISA; or

                           (iii) in such judgment, order, decree or settlement,
                  such spouse retains the right to receive the survivor annuity
                  under a qualified joint and survivor annuity provided pursuant
                  to Section 401(a)(11)(A)(i) of the Code and under a qualified
                  preretirement survivor annuity provided pursuant to Section
                  401(a)(11)(A)(ii) of the Code, determined as if:

                                    (aa) the Participant terminated employment
                           on the date of the offset;

                                    (bb) there was no offset;

                                    (cc) the Plan permitted commencement of
                           benefits only on or after Normal Retirement Age;

                                    (dd) the Plan provided only the
                           minimum-required qualified joint and survivor
                           annuity; and

                                    (ee) the amount of the qualified
                           preretirement survivor annuity is equal to the amount
                           of the survivor annuity payable under the
                           minimum-required qualified joint and survivor
                           annuity.

         For purposes of subsection (c)(iii), the term "minimum-required
qualified joint and survivor annuity" means the qualified joint and survivor
annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of the Participant's accrued benefit
(within the meaning of Section 411(a)(7) of the Code) and under which the
survivor annuity is fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the annuity which is
payable during the joint lives of the Participant and his or her spouse.

         16.2 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. The provisions of Section
16.1 shall apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to any
benefit payable with respect to a Participant, including the creation,
assignment or recognition of any right, pursuant to a domestic relations order,
except that said provisions shall not apply if the order is determined to be a
qualified domestic relations order.

         16.3 Notice. Upon the receipt of any domestic relations order by the
Plan, the Administrative Committee shall promptly notify, in writing, the
Participant and any alternate payee named in the domestic relations order (at
the address included in the domestic relations order) of the receipt of such
order and the Plan's procedures for determining the qualified status of such
domestic relations order.

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         16.4 Representative. Any alternate payee named in a domestic relations
order received by the Plan shall have the right to designate, by notice in
writing to the Administrative Committee, a representative for the receipt of
copies of notices that are sent to the alternate payee with respect to such
domestic relations order.

         16.5 Separate Account.

                  (a) During any period in which the issue of whether a domestic
         relations order is a qualified domestic relations order is being
         determined (by the Administrative Committee, by a court of competent
         jurisdiction, or otherwise), the Administrative Committee shall direct
         the Trustee to separately account for the amounts, if any, which would
         have been payable to any alternate payee during such period if the
         order had been determined to be a qualified domestic relations order.

                  (b) In the event an alternate payee does not receive an
         immediate distribution pursuant to a domestic relations order which is
         determined by the Administrative Committee or by a court of competent
         jurisdiction to be a qualified domestic relations order, the
         Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to establish a
         separate account in the Plan in the name of the alternate payee as soon
         as practicable following such determination. An alternate payee shall
         have the same rights and protections as a Participant with respect to
         such account and shall be entitled to receive distribution of such
         account in accordance with Section 9.5.

         16.6 Determination by Administrative Committee.

                  (a) Within ninety (90) days after receipt of a domestic
         relations order, the Administrative Committee shall determine whether
         such order is a qualified domestic relations order and shall notify, in
         writing, the Participant and each alternate payee named in such order
         of such determination.

                  (b) If the Administrative Committee shall determine that the
         domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order and
         such order provides that the benefits required to be paid thereunder
         are immediately distributable, the Administrative Committee shall
         direct the Trustee to pay to each alternate payee named in such order,
         the benefits required to be paid thereunder, including any amounts
         segregated in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 16.5 (plus any
         interest thereon). If the Administrative Committee shall determine that
         the domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order
         and such order does not provide that the benefits required to be paid
         thereunder are immediately distributable, the Administrative Committee
         shall direct the Trustee to establish a separate account in accordance
         with Section 16.5(b).

                  (c) If the Administrative Committee shall determine that the
         domestic relations order is not a qualified domestic relations order,
         the notice required by the first paragraph of this Section shall
         include a statement of the specific reason or reasons for the
         Administrative Committee's determination and the Administrative
         Committee shall direct the Trustee to continue to segregate, in
         accordance with Section 16.5(a), during the

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         eighteen (18) month period beginning with the date on which the first
         payment would be required to be made under such domestic relations
         order, any amounts which would have been payable to any alternate payee
         during such eighteen (18) month period if the order had been determined
         to be a qualified domestic relations order, unless such order shall
         sooner be determined, by the Administrative Committee or a court of
         competent jurisdiction, to be a qualified domestic relations order, in
         which event the Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to
         make payment of any such segregated amount (plus any interest thereon)
         to each alternate payee named in the order or to establish a separate
         account in the name of each alternate payee named in the order in
         accordance with the second paragraph of this Section. If neither the
         Administrative Committee nor a court of competent jurisdiction shall
         determine within said period of eighteen (18) months that such domestic
         relations order is a qualified domestic relations order; then, upon
         expiration of said period, the Administrative Committee shall direct
         the Trustee to pay any such segregated amount (plus any interest
         thereon) to the person or persons who would have been entitled to such
         amounts if there had been no order.

         16.7 Definitions. As used in this Article, the following terms shall
have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

                  (a) "Alternate payee" shall mean any spouse, former spouse,
         child or other dependent of a Participant who is recognized by a
         domestic relations order as having a right to receive all, or a portion
         of, the benefits payable under the Plan with respect to such
         Participant.

                  (b) "Domestic relations order" shall mean any judgment, decree
         or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which
         relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital
         property rights of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of
         a Participant, and is made pursuant to a state domestic relations law
         (including a community property law).

                  (c) "Earliest retirement age" shall mean the earlier of:

                           (i) the date on which the Participant is entitled to
                  a distribution under the Plan, or

                           (ii) the later of the date the Participant attains
                  age fifty (50), or the earliest date on which the Participant
                  could begin receiving payments under the Plan if he or she
                  separated from service.

                  (d) "Qualified domestic relations order" shall mean a domestic
         relations order which:

                           (i) creates or recognizes the existence of an
                  alternate payee's right to, or assigns to an alternate payee
                  the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits payable
                  with respect to a Participant under the Plan; and

                           (ii) clearly specifies:

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                                    (aa) the name and the last known mailing
                           address (if any) of the Participant and the name and
                           mailing address of each alternate payee covered by
                           the order;

                                    (bb) the amount or percentage of the
                           Participant's benefits to be paid by the Plan to each
                           such alternate payee, or the manner in which such
                           amount or percentage is to be determined;

                                    (cc) the number of payments or period to
                           which such order applies; and

                                    (dd) each plan to which such order applies;
                           and

                           (iii) does not require the Plan to:

                                    (aa) provide any type or form of benefits,
                           or any option, not otherwise provided under the Plan;

                                    (bb) provide increased benefits (determined
                           on the basis of actuarial value); or

                                    (cc) pay benefits to an alternate payee
                           which are required to be paid to another alternate
                           payee under another order previously determined to be
                           a qualified domestic relations order.

         In the case of any payment to an alternate payee before a Participant
has separated from service, a domestic relations order shall not be treated as
failing to meet the requirements of clause (aa) of subparagraph (iii) solely
because such order requires that payment of benefits be made to an alternate
payee:

                           (i) on or after the date on which the Participant
                  attains (or would have attained) the earliest retirement age;

                           (ii) as if the Participant has retired on the date on
                  which such payment is to begin under such order; and

                           (iii) in any form in which such benefits may be paid
                  under the Plan to the Participant (other than in the form of a
                  joint and survivor annuity with respect to the alternate payee
                  and his or her subsequent spouse).

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                                  ARTICLE XVII
                     DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY SUBSIDIARIES

         17.1 Delegation of Authority by Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the
Company that adopts the Plan hereby irrevocably grants to the Company, its Board
of Directors, the Finance Committee and the Administrative Committee exclusive
authority to exercise all the powers conferred on them by the terms of the Plan,
including the power vested in the Human Resources Committee of the Board of
Directors to amend or terminate the Plan, and each adopting subsidiary
irrevocably appoints the Company, its Board of Directors, the Finance Committee
and the Administrative Committee as its agents for such purposes. In addition,
each subsidiary of the Company that adopts the Plan shall automatically become a
party to the Trust without further action on its part.

                                  ARTICLE XVIII
                                     MERGERS

         18.1 Merger or Consolidation of Plan. In case of any merger or
consolidation of the Plan with, or transfer of assets and liabilities of the
Plan to, any other plan qualified under Section 401(a) and Section 501(a) of the
Code, provision must be made so that each Participant 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.

         18.2 Merger With Hannaford Southeast Savings and Investment Plan.
Effective January 1, 1998, the Plan shall be merged with the Hannaford Southeast
Savings and Investment Plan (the "Southeast Plan"). The provisions of this
Section shall be applicable to such merger and shall supersede any conflicting
provisions of this Plan.

                  (a) The assets of the Southeast Plan shall be directly
         transferred to the Plan as of January 1, 1998. Upon receipt, the
         Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to establish and
         maintain an account on behalf of each participant and former
         participant under the Southeast Plan and shall direct the Trustee to
         credit such account with the portion of the transferred assets standing
         to the credit of such participant or former participant under the
         Southeast Plan immediately prior to such transfer, provided such amount
         shall be separately accounted for in accordance with Section 8.1. With
         respect to a participant in the Southeast Plan who has an outstanding
         loan balance under such plan at the time of the transfer, the
         promissory note evidencing such loan shall be transferred to this Plan
         and the outstanding loan balance shall be treated in accordance with
         the provisions of Section 9.11 as an outstanding loan balance under
         this Plan.

                  (b) Each elective, matching or other type of contribution
         comprising the Transfer Account created pursuant to subsection (a)
         above shall be administered, invested and distributed in accordance
         with the provisions of this Plan applicable to such type of
         contribution.

                  (c) The deferral election and investment direction of a
         participant (and former participant, in the case of an investment
         direction) in effect under the Southeast Plan as of

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         December 31, 1997, shall be deemed a Deferral Election under Section
         5.1 and an investment direction under Section 11.4 of this Plan.

                  (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Plan to
         the contrary, a participant or former participant in the Southeast Plan
         may elect to have the vested portion of the Transfer Account created
         pursuant to Section 18.2(a) of this Plan, if any, which was allocated
         to his or her account balance under the Southeast Plan as of June 30,
         1995, distributed at such time and in such manner as provided in
         Exhibit A to this Plan; provided, however, this subsection (d) shall
         not apply if such vested portion does not exceed Three Thousand Five
         Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) as of such date (and did not exceed Three
         Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) as of the date of any prior
         distribution).

                                   ARTICLE XIX
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         19.1 Fiduciary Responsibility.

                  (a) Allocation of Responsibility. All fiduciaries with respect
         to the Plan and Trust shall be required to meet the prudence,
         diversification and other fiduciary responsibilities of applicable law
         to the extent such requirements and responsibilities apply to them,
         provided each fiduciary shall be responsible for carrying out only the
         requirements, responsibilities and duties placed upon such fiduciary by
         provisions of the Plan and Trust. In particular:

                           (i) An Investment Manager shall have full investment
                  responsibility with respect to the assets of the Trust for
                  which it has the power of investment direction. Except as
                  otherwise provided by law, the other fiduciaries, including
                  but not limited to, the Trustee and the Finance Committee,
                  shall have no duty or responsibility with respect to the
                  investment of such assets as long as they are subject to the
                  investment direction of such Investment Manager.

                           (ii) The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility
                  with respect to investment of assets of the Trust so long as
                  they are invested at the direction of the Finance Committee or
                  a duly appointed Investment Manager.

                           (iii) The Administrative Committee shall have no duty
                  or responsibility with respect to the investment of the assets
                  of the Trust.

                           (iv) The fiduciaries, including but not limited to,
                  the Trustee, the Finance Committee, the Administrative
                  Committee and any Investment Manager shall have no
                  responsibility for the investment elections made by
                  Participants, Former Participants, surviving spouses or
                  Beneficiaries, or for the exercise of voting, tender or
                  similar rights by Participants, Former Participants, surviving
                  spouses or Beneficiaries except as otherwise provided by
                  applicable law.

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                  (b) Fiduciary Duties. Each fiduciary shall exercise the powers
         granted to it and shall discharge its duties under the Plan solely in
         the interest of the Participants, their surviving spouses and
         Beneficiaries and:

                           (i) for the exclusive purpose of

                                    (aa) providing benefits to Participants,
                           their surviving Spouses and Beneficiaries, and

                                    (bb) defraying reasonable expenses of
                           administering the Plan;

                           (ii) with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence
                  under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person
                  acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would
                  use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and
                  with like aims; and

                           (iii) by diversifying the investments of the Plan so
                  as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the
                  circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so.

         19.2 Prohibited Transactions. Neither the Trustee, nor the Finance
Committee, nor any Investment Manager, nor any Participant or Former Participant
who directs the investment of his or her Account shall engage in a transaction
which the Trustee, Finance Committee, Investment Manager, Participant or Former
Participant knows or should know is prohibited by Section 406 or 407(a) of ERISA
or by Section 4975 of the Code, unless an appropriate exemption or exemptions
have been granted by the Department of Labor under Section 408 of ERISA and the
Department of the Treasury under Section 4975(c)(2) of the Code.

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         19.3 Additional Contributions and Adjustments. An Employer shall
contribute such additional amounts, and shall direct the Trustee or
Administrative Committee to make such adjustments to, and distributions from,
Participants' Accounts, to the extent necessary to correct any operational
defect pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Compliance
Resolution System or any successor system, policy or program to the foregoing.

         19.4 Exclusive Benefit. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or
authorized by the Code, in no event shall any part of the Trust Fund be used
for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the
Participants, their surviving spouses and Beneficiaries.

         19.5 Service with Predecessor Employer. Service with a predecessor
employer shall, to the extent required by the Code and regulations, be treated
as service with an Employer or Related Employer.

         19.6 Employment. Participation in the Plan shall not give any
Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Employer or any other
right not specified herein.

         19.7 Gender. When necessary to the meaning hereof, and except when
otherwise indicated by the context, either the masculine or the neuter pronoun
shall be deemed to include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter.

         19.8 Governing Law. This Plan shall be governed and construed by the
laws of the United States of America. To the extent that the laws of the United
States of America shall not be held to have preempted local law, the Plan shall
be administered under the laws of the State of Maine.

         19.9 Article and Section Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
and Section headings and Table of Contents are inserted for convenience of
reference and shall not be considered in the construction of the Plan.

         19.10 Impermissible Actions from January 1, 1998, to March 31, 1998.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, during the
period beginning January 1, 1998, and ending March 31, 1998, the following
actions shall not be permitted:

                           (a) An amendment to a Deferral Election pursuant to
                  Section 5.2;

                           (b) A reinstatement of a Deferral Election pursuant
                  to the last paragraph of Section 5.1;

                           (c) An investment direction pursuant to Section 11.4
                  or 11.5;

                           (d) A loan pursuant to Section 9.11; and

                           (e) A hardship withdrawal pursuant to Section 9.12
                  (other than a hardship withdrawal made solely on account of an
                  unforeseeable immediate and heavy financial need within the
                  meaning of Section 9.12(c)(i)).

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hannaford Bros. Co. has caused this document to be
executed by its duly authorized officer on this 24th day of December, 1998.

                                                HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

                                                By: /s/ MICHAEL J. STROUT
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                    Its
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                                    Exhibit A

SECTION 5.04 - WHEN BENEFITS START.

Benefits under the Plan begin when a Member retires, dies or ceases to be an
Employee, whichever applies, as provided in the preceding sections of this
article. Benefits which begin before Normal Retirement Date for a Member who
became Totally Disabled when he was an Employee shall be deemed to begin because
he is Totally Disabled. The start of benefits is subject to the qualified
election procedures of Article VI.

Unless otherwise elected, benefits shall begin before the sixtieth day following
the close of the Plan Year in which the latest date below occurs:

     (a) The date the Member attains the earlier of (i) age 65 or (ii) the later
of Normal Retirement Age or age 62.

     (b)  The tenth anniversary of the Member's Entry Date.

     (c)  The date the Member ceases to be an Employee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Member and spouse to consent to
a distribution while a benefit is immediately distributable, within the meaning
of Section 6.03, shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of
payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this section.

The Member may elect to have benefits begin after the latest date for beginning
benefits described above, subject to the following provisions of this section.
The Member shall make the election in writing and deliver the signed election to
the Plan Administrator before Normal Retirement Date or the date he ceases to be
an Employee, if later. The election must describe the form of distribution and
the date benefits will begin. The Member shall not elect a date for beginning
benefits or a form of distribution which would result in a benefit payable when
he dies which would be more than incidental within the meaning of governmental
regulations.

Benefits shall begin by the Member's Required Beginning Date, as defined in
Section 6.02. Distribution of the Vested Account resulting from Contributions
made after the Member's Required Beginning Date shall begin by the April 1
following the calendar year in which such Contributions were made.

If a Member receives a taxable distribution (including a withdrawal) of any part
of his Vested Account, he may be subject to a Federal tax penalty. The tax
penalty does not apply if the distribution is:

     (a)  made on or after age 59-1/2;

     (b)  made on account of the Member's death to his Beneficiary or estate;

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     (c)  made on account of being disabled;

     (d) part of a series of periodic payments after separation from service
that are substantially equal, at least annual, and based on the life expectancy
of the Member or the Member and his Beneficiary; or

     (e)  made after separation from service after the attainment of age 55.

In addition, no tax is imposed on amounts received and paid during the taxable
year for medical expenses in an amount not to exceed that deducible under Code
Section 213. Disabled means that a Member is disabled to the extent he is unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or be of long-continued and indefinite duration. Proof of the existence of
the disability will be in such form and manner as the Secretary of the Treasury
may require.

Contributions which are used to compute the Actual Deferral Percentage, as
defined in Section 3.07, (Elective Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective
Contributions, and Qualified Matching Contributions) may be distributed upon
disposition by us of substantially all of the assets used by us in a trade or
business disposition by us of our interest in a subsidiary if the transferee
corporation is not a Controlled Group member, the Employee continues employment
with the transferor corporation and the transferor corporation continues to
maintain the Plan. The distribution must be a total distribution.

ARTICLE VI - DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

The provisions of this article shall apply on or after August 23, 1984, to any
Member who is credited with at least one Hour of Service or one hour of paid
leave on or after that date and to such other Members as provided in Section
6.05. If the Effective Date of our Plan is before January 1, 1984, the
provisions of the Prior Plan as in effect on the day before the TEFRA Compliance
Date shall apply before August 23, 1984. If the Effective Date of our Plan is on
or after January 1, 1984, and before August 23, 1984, the provisions of the Plan
as originally adopted shall apply before August 23, 1984.

SECTION 6.01 - AUTOMATIC FORMS OF DISTRIBUTION.

Unless a qualified election of an optional form of benefit has been made within
the election period (see Section 6.03), the automatic form of benefit payable to
or on behalf of a Member is determined as follows:

     (a) The automatic form of retirement benefit for a Member who does not die
before his Annuity Starting Date shall be the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form.

     (b) The automatic form of death benefit for a Member who dies before his
Annuity Starting Date shall be:

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          (1) A Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity for a Member who has a
spouse to whom he has been continuously married throughout the one-year period
ending on the date of his death. The spouse may elect to start receiving the
death benefit on any first day of the month on or after the Member dies and by
the date the Member would have been age 70-1/2. If the spouse dies before
benefits start, the Member's Vested Account, determined as of the date of the
spouse's death, shall be paid to the spouse's Beneficiary.

          (2) A single sum payment to the Member's Beneficiary for a Member who
does not have a spouse who is entitled to a Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity.

Before a death benefit will be paid on account of the death of a Member who does
not have a spouse who is entitled to a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity,
it must be established to the satisfaction of a plan representative that the
Member does not have such a spouse.

SECTION 6.02 - OPTIONAL FORMS OF DISTRIBUTION AND DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.

     (a)  For purposes of this section, the following terms are defined:

     Applicable Life Expectancy means Life Expectancy (or Joint and Last
Survivor Expectancy) calculated using the attained age of the Member (or
Designated Beneficiary) as of the Member's (or Designated Beneficiary's)
birthday in the applicable calendar year reduced by one for each calendar year
which has elapsed since the date Life Expectancy was first calculated. If Life
Expectancy is being recalculated, the Applicable Life Expectancy shall be the
Life Expectancy so recalculated. The applicable calendar year shall be the first
Distribution Calendar Year, and if Life Expectancy is being recalculated such
succeeding calendar year.

     Designated Beneficiary means the individual who is designated as the
beneficiary under the Plan in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder.

     Distribution Calendar Year means a calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Member's death,
the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding
the calendar year which contains the Member's Required Beginning Date. For
distributions beginning after the Member's death, the first Distribution
Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin
pursuant to (e) below.

     Joint and Last Survivor Expectancy means joint and last survivor expectancy
computed by use of the expected return multiples in Tables V and Vi of section
1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations.

     Unless otherwise elected by the Member (or spouse, in the case of
distributions described in (e)(2)(ii) below) by the time distributions are
required to begin, life expectancies shall be recalculated annually. Such
election shall be irrevocable as to the Member (or spouse) and shall

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apply to all subsequent years. The life expectancy of a nonspouse Beneficiary
may not be recalculated.

     Life Expectancy means life expectancy computed by use of the expected
return multiples in Tables V and VI of section 1.72-9 of the Income Tax
Regulations.

Unless otherwise elected by the Member (or spouse, in the case of distributions
described in (e)(2)(ii) below) by the time distributions are required to begin,
life expectancies shall be recalculated annually. Such election shall be
irrevocable as to the Member (or spouse) and shall apply to all subsequent
years. The life expectancy of a nonspouse Beneficiary may not be recalculated.

Member's Benefit means

          (1) 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 or forfeitures allocated to
the Account balance as of the dates in the valuation calendar year after the
valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar
year after the valuation date.

          (2) For purposes of (1) above, if any portion of the minimum
distribution for the first Distribution Calendar Year is made in the second
Distribution Calendar Year on or before the Required Beginning Date, the amount
of the minimum distribution made in the second Distribution Calendar Year shall
be treated as if it had been made in the immediately preceding Distribution
Calendar Year.

Required Beginning Date means, for a Member, the first day of April of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Member attains age
70-1/2, unless otherwise provided in (1), (2) or (3) below:

          (1) The Required Beginning Date for a Member who attains age 70-1/2
before January 1, 1988, and who is not a 5-percent owner is the first day of
April of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the later of
retirement or attainment of age 70-1/2 occurs.

          (2) The Required Beginning Date for a Member who attains age 70-1/2
before January 1, 1988, and who is a 5-percent owner is the first day of April
of the calendar year following the later of

               (i) the calendar year in which the Member attains age 70-1/2, or

               (ii) the earlier of the calendar year with or within which ends
the Plan Year in which the Member becomes a 5-percent owner, or the calendar
year in which the Member retires.

          (3) The Required Beginning Date of a Member who is not a 5-percent
owner and who attains age 70-1/2 during 1988 and who has not retired as of
January 1, 1989, is April 1, 1990.

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A Member is treated as a 5-percent owner for purposes of this section if such
Member is a 5-percent owner as defined in Code Section 416(i) (determined in
accordance with Code Section 416 but without regard to whether the Plan is
top-heavy) at any time during the Plan Year ending with or within the calendar
year in which such owner attains age 66-1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year.

Once distributions have begun to a 5-percent owner under this section, they must
continue to be distributed, even if the Member ceases to be a 5-percent owner in
a subsequent year.

     (b) The optional forms of retirement benefit shall be the following: a
straight life annuity; single life annuities with certain periods of five, ten,
or fifteen years; a single life annuity with installment refund; survivorship
life annuities with installment refund and survivor percentages of 50, 66 2/3,
or 100; fixed period annuities for any period of whole months which is not less
than sixty and does not exceed the Life Expectancy of the Member and the named
Beneficiary as provided in (d) below where the Life Expectancy is not
recalculated: and a series of installments chosen by the Member with a minimum
payment each year beginning with the year the Member turns age 70-1/2. The
payment for the first year in which a minimum payment is required will be made
by April 1 of the following calendar year. The payment for the second year and
each successive year will be made by December 31 of that year. The minimum
payment will be based on a period equal to the Joint and Last Survivor
Expectancy of the Member and the Member's spouse, if any, as provided in (d)
below where the Joint and Last Survivor Expectancy is recalculated. The balance
of the Member's Vested Account if any, will be payable on the Member's death to
his Beneficiary in a single sum. If not prohibited in Item Y of the Adoption
Agreement - Plus, a single sum payment is also available.

Election of an optional form is subject to the qualified election provisions of
Article VI.

Any annuity contract distributed shall be nontransferable. The terms of any
annuity contract purchased and distributed by the Plan to a Member or spouse
shall comply with the requirements of this Plan.

     (c) The optional forms of death benefit are a single sum payment and any
annuity that is an optional form of retirement benefit. However, a series of
installments shall not be available if the Beneficiary is not the spouse of the
deceased Member.

     (d) Subject to Section 6.01, joint and survivor annuity requirements, the
requirements of this section shall apply to any distribution of a Member's
interest and will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of this Plan.
Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this section apply to calendar
years beginning after December 31, 1984.

All distributions required under this section shall be determined and made in
accordance with the proposed regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9), including
the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of section 1.401(a)(9)-2
of the proposed regulations.

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The entire interest of a Member must be distributed or begin to be distributed
no later than the Member's Required Beginning Date.

As of the first Distribution Calendar Year, distributions, if not made in a
single sum, may only be made over one of the following periods (or combination
thereof):

          (1) the life of the Member,

          (2) the life of the Member and a Designated Beneficiary.

          (3) a period certain not extending beyond the Life Expectancy of the
Member, or

          (4) a period certain not extending beyond the Joint and Last Survivor
Expectancy of the Member and a Designated Beneficiary.

If the Member's interest is to be distributed in other than a single sum, the
following minimum distribution rules shall apply on or after the Required
Beginning Date:

          (5) Individual account:

               (i) If a Member's Benefit is to be distributed over

                    (A) a period not extending beyond the Life Expectancy of the
Member or the Joint Life and Last Survivor Expectancy of the Member and the
Member's Designated Beneficiary or

                    (B) a period not extending beyond the Lite Expectancy of the
Designated Beneficiary, the amount required to be distributed for each calendar
year beginning with the distributions for the first Distribution Calendar Year,
must be at least equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Member's Benefit
by the Applicable Life Expectancy.

               (ii) For calendar years beginning before January 1, 1989, if the
Member's spouse is not the Designated Beneficiary, the method of distribution
selected must assure that at least 50% of the present value of the amount
available for distribution is paid within the Life Expectancy of the Member.

               (iii) For calendar year beginning after December 31, 1988, the
amount to be distributed each year, beginning with distributions for the first
Distribution Calendar Year shall not be less than the quotient obtained by
dividing the Member's Benefit by the lesser of

                    (A) the Applicable Life Expectancy or

                    (B) if the Member's spouse is not the Designated
Beneficiary, the applicable divisor determined from the table set forth in Q&A-4
of section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations.

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Distributions after the death of the Member shall be distributed using the
Applicable Life Expectancy in (5)(i)above as the relevant divisor without regard
to Proposed Regulations section 1.401(a)(9)-2.

               (iv) The minimum distribution required for the Member's first
Distribution Calendar Year must be made on or before the Member's Required
Beginning Date. The minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year for
other calendar years, including the minimum distribution for the Distribution
Calendar Year in which the Member's Required Beginning Date occurs, must be made
on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.

          (6) Other forms:

               (i) If the Member's Benefit is distributed in the form of an
annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder shall be
made in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
proposed regulations thereunder

     (e) Death distribution provisions:

          (1) Distribution beginning before death. If the Member dies after
distribution of his interest has begun, the remaining portion of such interest
will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of
distribution being used prior to the Member's death.

          (2) Distribution beginning after death. If the Member dies before
distribution of his interest begins, distribution of the Member's entire
interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the
fifth anniversary of the Member's death except to the extent that an election is
made to receive distributions in accordance with (i) or (ii) below.

               (i) if any portion Of the Member's interest is payable to a
Designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life or over a period
certain not greater than the Life Expectancy of the Designated Beneficiary
commencing on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the Member died;

               (ii) if the Designated Beneficiary is the Member's surviving
spouse, the date distributions are required to begin in accordance with (i)
above shall not be earner than the later of

                    (A) December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the Member died and

                    (B) December 31 of the calendar year in which the Member
would have attained age 70-1/2.

If the Member has not made an election pursuant to this (e)(2) by the time of
his death, the Member's Designated Beneficiary must elect the method of
distribution no later than the earlier of

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               (iii) December 31 of the calendar year in which distributions
would be required to begin under this subparagraph, or

               (iv) December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth
anniversary of the date of death of the Member.

If the Member has no Designated Beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary
does not elect a method of distribution, distribution of the Member's entire
interest must be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the
fifth anniversary of the Member's death.

          (3) For purposes of (e)(2) above, if the surviving spouse dies after
the Member, but before payments to such spouse begin, the provisions of (e)(2)
above, with the exception of (e)(2)(ii) therein, shall be applied as if the
surviving spouse were the Member.

          (4) For purposes of this (e), any amount paid to a child of the Member
will be treated as if it had been paid to the surviving spouse if the amount
becomes payable to the surviving spouse when the child reaches the age of
majority.

          (5) For purposes of this (e), distribution of a Member's interest is
considered to begin on the Member's Required Beginning Date (or if (e)(3) above
is applicable, the date distribution is required to begin to the surviving
spouse pursuant to (e)(2) above). If distribution in the form of an annuity
irrevocably commences to the Member before the Required Beginning Date, the date
distribution is considered to begin is the date distribution actually commences.

SECTION 6.03 - ELECTION PROCEDURES.

The Member, Beneficiary, or spouse shall make any election under this section in
writing. The Plan Administrator may require such individual to complete and sign
any necessary documents as to the provisions to be made. Any election permitted
under (a) and (b) below shall be subject to the qualified election provisions of
(c) below.

     (a) Retirement Benefits. A Member may elect his Beneficiary or Contingent
Annuitant and may elect to have retirement benefits distributed under any of the
optional forms of retirement benefit described in Section 6.02.

     (b) Death Benefits. A Member may elect his Beneficiary and may elect to
have death benefits distributed under any of the optional forms of death benefit
described in Section 6.02.

If the Member has not elected an optional form of distribution for the death
benefit payable to his Beneficiary, the Beneficiary may, for his own benefit
elect the form of distribution, in like manner as a Member.

The Member may waive the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity by naming
someone other than his spouse as Beneficiary.

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In lieu of the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity described in Section
6.01, the spouse may, for his own benefit waive the Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity by electing to have the benefit distributed under any of the
optional forms of death benefit described in Section 6.02.

     (c) Qualified Election. The Member, Beneficiary or spouse may make an
election at any time during the election period. The Member, Beneficiary, or
spouse may revoke the election made (or make a new election) at any time and any
number of times during the election period. An election is effective only if it
meets the consent requirements below.

The election period as to retirement benefits is the 90-day period ending on the
Annuity Starting Date. An election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Form may not be made before the date he is provided with the notice of the
ability to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form. If the Member elects the
series of installments, he may elect on any later date to have the balance of
his Vested Account paid under any of the optional forms of retirement benefit
available under the Plan. His election period for this election is the 90-day
period ending on the Annuity Starting Date for the optional form of retirement
benefit elected.

A Member may make an election as to death benefits at any time before he dies.
The spouse's election period begins on the date the Member dies and ends on the
date benefits begin. The Beneficiary's election period begins on the date the
Member dies and ends on the date benefits begin. An election to waive the
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity may not be made by the Member before
the date he is provided with the notice of the ability to waive the Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity. A Member's election to waive the Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity which is made before the first day of the Plan
Year in which he reaches age 35 shall become invalid on such date. An election
made by a Member after he ceases to be an Employee will not become invalid on
the first day of the Plan Year in which he reaches age 35 with respect to death
benefits from that part of his Account resulting from Contributions made before
he ceased to be an Employee.

If the Member's Vested Account has at any time exceeded $3,500, any benefit
which is (1) immediately distributable or (2) payable in a form other than a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Form or a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity
requires the consent of the Member and the Member's spouse (or where either the
Member or the spouse has died, the survivor). The consent of the Member or
spouse to a benefit which is immediately distributable must not be made before
the date the Member or spouse is provided with the notice of the ability to
defer the distribution. Such consent shall be made in writing. The consent shall
not be made more than 90 days before the Annuity Starting Date. Spousal consent
is not required for a benefit which is immediately distributable in a Qualified
Joint and Survivor Form. Furthermore, if spousal consent is not required because
the Member is electing an optional form of retirement benefit that is not a life
annuity pursuant to (d) below, only the Member need consent to the distribution
of a benefit payable in a form that is not a life annuity and which is
immediately distributable. Neither the consent of the Member nor the Member's
spouse shall be required to the extent that a distribution is required to
satisfy Code Section 401(a)(9) or Code Section 415. In addition, upon
termination of this Plan if the Plan does not offer an annuity option (purchased
from a commercial provider),

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the Member's Account balance may, without the Member's consent be distributed to
the Member or transferred to another defined contribution plan (other than an
employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)) within the
same Controlled Group. A benefit is immediately distributable if any part of the
benefit could be distributed to the Member (or surviving spouse) before the
Member attains (or would have attained if not deceased) the older of Normal
Retirement Age or age 62. If the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form is waived,
the spouse has the right to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary or a
specific form of benefit The spouse can relinquish one or both such rights. Such
consent shall be made in writing. The consent shall not be made more than 90
days before the Annuity Starting Date. If the Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity is waived, the spouse has the right to limit consent only to a specific
Beneficiary. Such consent shall be in writing. The spouse's consent shall be
witnessed by a plan representative or notary public. The spouse's consent must
acknowledge the effect of the election, including that the spouse had the right
to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary or a specific form of benefit,
if applicable, and that the relinquishment of one or both such rights was
voluntary. Unless the consent of the spouse expressly permits designations by
the Member without a requirement of further consent by the spouse, the spouse's
consent must be limited to the form of benefit, if applicable, and the
Beneficiary (including any Contingent Annuitant), class of Beneficiaries, or
contingent Beneficiary named in the election. Spousal consent is not required.
however, if the Member establishes to the satisfaction of the plan
representative that the consent of the spouse cannot be obtained because there
is no spouse or the spouse cannot be located. A spouse's consent under this
paragraph shall not be valid with respect to any other spouse. A Member may
revoke a prior election without the consent of the spouse. Any new election will
require a new spousal consent, unless the consent of the spouse expressly
permits such election by the Member without further consent by the spouse. A
spouse's consent may be revoked at any time within the Member's election period.

Before the first Yearly Date in 1989, the Member's Account which results from
deductible Voluntary Contributions shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the Member's Vested Account has exceeded $3,500 and an
election as to the distribution of a Member's Vested Account which results from
deductible Voluntary Contributions is not subject to the consent requirements
above and may be made any time before such distribution is to begin.

     (d) Special Rule for Profit Sharing Plans. As provided in the preceding
provisions of the Plan, if a Member has a spouse to whom he has been
continuously married throughout the one-year period ending on the date of the
Member's death, the Member's Vested Account, including the proceeds payable
under any Insurance Policy on the Member's life, shall be paid to such spouse.
However, if there is no such spouse or if the surviving spouse has already
consented in a manner conforming to the qualified election requirements in (c)
above, the Vested Account shall be payable to the Member's Beneficiary in the
event of the Member's death.

The Member may waive the spousal death benefit described above at any time
provided that no such waiver shall be effective unless it satisfies the
conditions of (c) above (other than the notification requirement referred to
therein) that would apply to the Member's waiver of the Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity.

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This subsection (d) applies if with respect to the Member, the Plan is not a
direct or indirect transferee after December 31, 1984, of a defined benefit
plan, money purchase plan (including a target plan), stock bonus or profit
sharing plan which is subject to the survivor annuity requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(11) and Code Section 417. If the above condition is met spousal
consent is not required for electing an optional form of retirement benefit that
is not a life annuity. If the above condition is not met. the consent
requirements of this Article shall be operative.

SECTION 6.04 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

     (a) Optional forms of retirement benefit. The Plan Administrator shall
furnish to the Member and the Member's spouse a written explanation of the
optional forms of retirement benefit in Section 6.02, including the material
features and relative values of these options, in a manner that would satisfy
the notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3) and the right of the Member
and the Member's spouse to defer distribution until the benefit is no longer
immediately distributable. The Plan Administrator shall furnish the written
explanation by a method reasonably calculated to reach the attention of the
Member and the Member's spouse no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days
before the Annuity Starting Date.

     (b) Qualified Joint and Survivor Form. The Plan Administrator shall furnish
to the Member a written explanation of the following: the terms and conditions
of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form; the Member's right to make, and the
effect of, an election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form; the
rights of the Member's spouse; and the right to revoke an election and the
effect of such a revocation. The Plan Administrator shall furnish the written
explanation by a method reasonably calculated to reach the attention of the
Member no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days before the Annuity Starting
Date.

After the written explanation is given, a Member or spouse may make written
request for additional information. The written explanation must be personally
delivered or mailed (first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Member or spouse
within thirty days from the date of the written request The Plan Administrator
does not need to comply with more than one such request by a Member or spouse.

The Plan Administrator's explanation shall be written in nontechnical language
and will explain the terms and conditions of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Form and the financial effect upon the Member's benefit (in terms of dollars per
benefit payment) of electing not to have benefits distributed in accordance with
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form.

     (c) Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity. The Plan Administrator shall
furnish to the Member a written explanation of the following: the terms and
conditions of the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity; the Member's right
to make, and the effect of, an election to waive the Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity; the rights of the Member's spouse; and the right to revoke an
election and the effect of such a revocation. The Plan Administrator shall
furnish the written explanation by a method reasonably calculated to reach the
attention of the Member within the applicable period. The applicable period for
a Member is whichever of the following periods ends last:

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          (1) the period beginning one year before the date the individual
becomes a Member and ending one year after such date; or

          (2) the period beginning one year before the date the Member's spouse
is first entitled to a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity and ending one
year after such date.

If such notice is given before the period beginning with the first day of the
Plan Year in which the Member attains age 32 and ending with the close of the
Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Member attains age 35, an
additional notice shall be given within such period. If a Member ceases to be an
Employee before attaining age 35, an additional notice shall be given within the
period beginning one year before the date he ceases to be an Employee and ending
one year after such date.

After the written explanation is given, a Member or spouse may make written
request for additional information. The written explanation must be personally
delivered or mailed (first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Member or spouse
within thirty days from the date of the written request. The Plan Administrator
does not need to comply with more than one such request by a Member or spouse.

The Plan Administrator's explanation shall be written in nontechnical language
and will explain the terms and conditions of the Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity and the financial effect upon the spouse's benefit (in terms of
dollars per benefit payment) of electing not to have benefits distributed in
accordance with the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity.

SECTION 6.05 - TRANSITIONAL RULES.

In modification of the preceding provisions of this Plan, distributions
(including distributions to a five-percent owner of us) may be made in a form
which would not have caused this Plan to be disqualified under Code Section
401(a)(9) as in effect before the TEFRA Compliance Date. The form must be
elected by the Member or, if the Member has died, by the Beneficiary. The
election must be made in writing and signed before January 1, 1984. The election
will only be applicable if the Member has an Account as of December 31, 1983.
The Member's or Beneficiary's election must specify when the distribution is to
begin, the form of distribution and the Contingent Annuitant and/ or
Beneficiaries listed in the order of priority, if applicable. A distribution
upon death will not be covered by this transitional rule unless the election
contains the required information described above with respect to the
distributions to be made when the Member dies. Distributions in the process of
payment on January 1, 1984, are deemed to meet the above requirements if the
form of distribution was elected in writing and the form met the requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(9) as in effect before the TEFRA Compliance Date. If the
election under this paragraph is revoked, any subsequent distribution must meet
the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the proposed regulations
thereunder. If an election is revoked subsequent to the date distributions are
required to begin, the Plan must distribute by the end of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the revocation occurs the total amount not
yet distributed which would have been required to have been distributed to
satisfy Code Section

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401(a)(9) and the proposed regulations thereunder, but for the Code
Section 242(b)(2) election. For calendar years beginning after December 31,
1988, such distribution must meet the minimum distribution incidental benefit
requirements in section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations. Any changes
in the election will be considered a revocation of the election. However, the
mere substitution or addition of another Beneficiary (one not named in the
election) under the election will not be considered to be a revocation of the
election, so long as such substitution or addition does not alter the period
over which distributions are to be made under the election, directly or
indirectly (for example, by altering the relevant measuring life). In the case
in which an amount is transferred or rolled over from one plan to another plan,
the rules in Q&A J-2 and Q&A J-3 of section 1.401(a)(9)-1 of the proposed
regulations shall apply. A Member's election of an optional form of retirement
benefit shall be subject to his spouse's consent as provided in Section 6.03.

A Member, who would not otherwise receive the benefits prescribed by the
previous sections of this article, will be entitled to the following benefits:

     (a) If he is living and not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984, he will
be given the opportunity to elect to have the prior sections of this article
apply, if he is credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan or a
predecessor plan in a plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1976, and he
had at least ten Years of Service when he separated from service.

     (b) If he is living and not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984 he will
be given the opportunity to elect to have his benefits paid according to the
following provisions of this section, if he is credited with at least one Hour
of Service under this Plan or a predecessor plan on or after September 2, 1974,
and he is not credited with any service in a plan year beginning on or after
January 1, 1976.

The respective opportunities to elect (as described in (a) and (b) above) must
be afforded to the appropriate Members during the period beginning on August 23,
1984, and ending on the date benefits would otherwise begin to such Member.

Any Member who has elected according to (b) above and any member who does not
elect under (a) above or who meets the requirements of (a) above except that
such Member does not have at least ten Years of Service when he separated from
service, shall have his benefits distributed in accordance with the following if
benefits would have been payable in the form of a life annuity:

     (c) Automatic joint and survivor annuity. If benefits in the form of a life
annuity become payable to a married Member who:

          (1) begins to receive payments under the Plan on or after Normal
Retirement Age; or

          (2) dies on or after Normal Retirement Age while still working for us;
or

          (3) begins to receive payments on or after the qualified early
retirement age; or

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          (4) separates from service on or after attaining Normal Retirement Age
(or the qualified early retirement age) and after satisfying the eligibility
requirements for the payment of benefits under the Plan and thereafter dies
before beginning to receive such benefits; then such benefits will be paid under
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Form, unless the Member has elected otherwise
during the election period. The election period must begin at least six months
before the Member attains qualified early retirement age and end not more than
90 days before benefits begin. Any election hereunder will be in writing and may
be changed by the Member at any time.

     (d) Election of early survivor annuity. A Member who is employed after
attaining the qualified early retirement age will be given the opportunity to
elect, during the election period, to have a Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity payable on death. Any election under this provision will be in writing
and may be changed by the Member at any time. The election period begins on the
later of (1) the 90th day before the Member attains the qualified early
retirement age, or (2) the Member's Entry Date, and ends on the date the Member
terminates employment.

     (e) For purposes of this paragraph, qualified early retirement age is the
latest of:

          (1) the earliest date, under the Plan, on which the Member may elect
to receive retirement benefits,

          (2) the first day of the 120th month beginning before the Member
reaches Normal Retirement Age, or

          (3) the Member's Entry Date.

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                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

         The Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan, formerly named the Hannaford
Northeast Savings and Investment Plan, was last amended and restated effective
generally January 1, 1998. The Plan is hereby amended in the following respects:

         1. The terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan unless the context indicates otherwise.

         2. The first paragraph of Section 2.11 is amended to read as follows:

                  "2.11 'Compensation' shall mean the basic compensation paid,
         before any reduction pursuant to a Deferral Election or a benefit
         election under an Employer's Code Section 125 Plan, by an Employer to
         an Employee for services rendered while a Participant, including
         compensation for incentive hours and excluding reimbursements or other
         expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving
         expenses, deferred compensation, welfare benefits (other than short
         term disability payments), unguaranteed overtime pay, bonuses and other
         irregular payments."

         3. Section 2.21 is amended to read as follows:

                  "2.21 'Employee' shall mean any individual who is employed by
         an Employer, excluding Leased Employees and any person who is
         classified by an Employer (without regard to the classification of such
         person by a third party) as an independent contractor."

         4. Subsection (c) of Section 9.5 is amended by adding the following
paragraph at the end thereof:

                  "Effective March 22, 1999, notwithstanding the foregoing
         provisions of this Section to the contrary, if the value of the vested
         portion of a Participant's Account does not exceed Five Thousand
         Dollars ($5,000.00) as of the Valuation Date following the date he or
         she ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related Employer and is
         no longer employed by any of them, his or her Account shall be
         distributed in a lump sum as soon as practicable after such Valuation
         Date."

         5. Section 9.14(e)(ii)(ee) is amended to read as follows:

                  "(ee) effective for distributions made after December 31,
         1999, a distribution of Elective Contributions pursuant to Section
         9.12."

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         6. This Amendment shall be effective generally January 1, 1999,
provided Part 2 shall be effective January 1, 2000, Part 4 shall be effective
March 22, 1999, and Part 5 shall be effective for distributions made after
December 31, 1999.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hannaford Bros. Co. has caused this Amendment to be
executed by its duly authorized officer on this 23rd day of August, 2000.

WITNESS:                               HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

                                       By: /s/ MICHAEL J. STROUT
-----------------------------------        -------------------------------------
                                           Its Executive Vice President-Human
                                           Resources and Information Technology
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                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

         The Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan, formerly named the Hannaford
Northeast Savings and Investment Plan, was last amended and restated effective
generally January 1, 1998. A Proposed First Amendment was submitted to the
Internal Revenue Service on September 15, 1999. The Plan is hereby further
amended in the following respects:

         1. The terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan unless the context indicates otherwise.

         2. Section 3.1 is amended to read as follows:

                  "3.1 Date of Participation. Except as hereinafter provided,
         each Employee who is in the employ of an Employer on the Effective Date
         and who meets the requirements of Section 3.2 on or before November 30,
         1997, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Effective
         Date. Each other Employee who thereafter meets the requirements of
         Section 3.2 shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the
         first day of the second month following the month in which he or she
         meets such requirements, provided he or she is still in the employ of
         an Employer on such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions to
         the contrary, each Employee who was a participant in the Hannaford
         Southeast Savings and Investment Plan as of December 31, 1997, shall be
         eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Effective Date, provided
         he or she is still in the employ of an Employer on the Effective Date.
         Effective January 1, 2000, each Employee who was previously employed by
         Pic-n-Pay, Inc., shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the
         later of the closing date of the acquisition by the Company of
         Pic-n-Pay, Inc., or the first day of the second month following the
         month in which he or she meets the requirements of Section 3.2. For
         purposes of determining whether such Employee has completed a Year of
         Participation Service, his or her service with Pick-n-Pay shall be
         taken into account."

         3. Section 7.2 is hereby deleted.

         4. This Amendment shall be effective January 1, 2000.
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                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

         The Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan was last amended and restated
effective generally January 1, 1998. A Proposed First Amendment was submitted to
the Internal Revenue Service on September 15, 1999, and a Second Amendment was
adopted effective January 1, 2000. The Plan is hereby further amended in the
following respects:

         1. The terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan unless the context indicates otherwise.

         2. Section 2.63 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof
to read as follows:

                  "In the case of a Participant whose employment with an
         Employer is terminated by reason of the sale of a store in the
         Southeast Division, in connection with the merger of Hannaford Bros.
         Co. and Delhaize America, Inc., the term 'Year of Vesting Service'
         shall mean for the 2000 Plan Year that such Participant is credited
         with at least the applicable number of Hours of Service. For purposes
         of the preceding sentence, the applicable number for an hourly
         Participant shall be the product of 870 and a fraction, the numerator
         of which is the number of days in the Plan Year as of the effective
         date of the merger (or closing date of the sale of the store, if
         earlier) and the denominator of which is 365; and the applicable number
         for a salaried or salaried nonexempt Participant shall be the product
         of 1000 and such fraction."

         3. Section 9.3 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof
to read as follows:

                  "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to
         the contrary, each Participant who is an Employee of Hannaford HomeRuns
         on the closing date of the sale of Hannaford HomeRuns shall have a
         fully vested and nonforfeitable right to his or her Account."

         4. Part 2 of this Amendment shall be effective as of the effective date
of the merger of Hannaford Bros. Co. and Delhaize America, Inc. Part 3 of this
Amendment shall be effective as of the closing date of the sale of Hannaford
HomeRuns.
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                                FOURTH AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

         The Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan was last amended and restated
effective generally January 1, 1998. The Plan was thereafter amended on three
occasions. The Plan is hereby further amended in the following respects:

         1. The terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan unless the context indicates otherwise.

         2. Section 2.10 is amended to read as follows:

                  "2.10 'Company Stock' shall mean shares of Class A (nonvoting)
         common stock of Delhaize America, Inc. and any other qualifying
         employer security within the meaning of Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA."

         3. The first sentence of Section 2.22 is amended to read as follows:

                  "2.22 'Employer' shall mean the Company or any other
         corporation identified on Schedule A that has adopted the Plan, and
         'Employers' shall mean the Company and each such other corporation."

         4. Subsection (b) of Section 2.27 is amended by adding the following
parenthetical at the end thereof:

                  "(determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of
                  Highly Compensated Employees in order of their individual
                  actual deferral percentages, beginning with the highest such
                  percentage)."

         5. Subsection (b) of Section 2.28 is amended by adding the following
parenthetical at the end thereof:

                  "(determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of
                  Highly Compensated Employees in order of their individual
                  matching contribution percentages, beginning with the highest
                  such percentage)."

         6. Section 2.29 is deleted.

         7. Section 2.42 is amended to read as follows:

                  "2.42 "Named Fiduciary" shall mean, with respect to the
                  operation and administration of the Plan and the management of
                  the Trust Fund, the Administrative Committee."

         8. Section 2.50 is amended to read as follows:

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                  "2.50 'Related Employer' shall mean the Company and any other
         corporation or business organization if the Company and such other
         corporation or business organization are members of a controlled group
         of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), trades or
         businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control
         (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code) or an affiliated service
         group (as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code)."

         9. The last paragraph of Section 2.63 (as added by the Third Amendment
to the Plan) is deleted, and the first paragraph of Section 2.63 is amended by
adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

         "With respect to any Employee who first becomes employed by an Employer
         on or after July 31, 2000, all service with Delhaize America, Inc. and
         any of its subsidiaries shall be taken into account for purposes of
         determining the number of his or her Years of Vesting Service, but only
         to the extent such service is taken into account under a retirement
         plan of Delhaize America, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries."

         10. Section 3.1 is amended by adding the following sentences at the end
thereof:

         "Each Employee who was previously employed by Delhaize America, Inc. or
         any of its subsidiaries and who first becomes an Employee on or after
         July 31, 2000, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the
         later of his or her Employment Commencement Date with an Employer or
         the first day of the second month following the month in which he or
         she meets the requirements of Section 3.2. For purposes of determining
         whether such Employee has completed a Year of Participation Service,
         his or her service with Delhaize America, Inc. and any of its
         subsidiaries shall be taken into account, but only to the extent such
         service is taken into account under a retirement plan of Delhaize
         America, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries."

         11. Subsection (c) of Section 4.1 is amended to read as follows:

                           "(c) the Discretionary Contributions, if any, in such
                  amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors."

         12. Section 4.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "4.3 Form of Contributions. Employer Contributions shall be
                  made in cash."

         13. The last paragraph of Section 4.9 is amended to read as follows:

                  "A Rollover Contribution shall be credited to a Rollover
         Contributions Account on behalf of the contributing Employee, and such
         Employee shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in his
         or her Rollover Contributions Account. The Rollover Contributions
         Account of any Employee who is not a Participant shall be administered,
         invested and distributed as if such account constituted an Elective
         Contributions Account, and the Rollover Contributions Account of a
         Participant shall be administered, invested and distributed in the same
         manner and at the same time as his or her Elective

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         Contributions Account; provided, a hardship withdrawal of Rollover
         Contributions pursuant to Section 9.12 of the Plan may include all
         income allocable to the Employee's or Participant's Rollover
         Contributions."

         14. The first paragraph of Section 8.5 is amended by adding the
following sentence at the end thereof:

         "Effective December 12, 1994, a reemployed Employee's period of
         qualified military service (as defined in Section 4.8) shall be taken
         into account as required by law for purposes of determining such
         individual's entitlement to share in the Discretionary Contribution for
         a Plan Year."

         15. The last paragraph of Section 9.3 (as added by the Third Amendment
to the Plan) is amended to read as follows:

                  "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to
         the contrary, each Participant who is an Employee of Hannaford HomeRuns
         on the closing date of the sale of Hannaford HomeRuns, each Participant
         whose employment with an Employer is terminated by reason of the sale
         of a store or other business unit of an Employer, and each Participant
         whose employment with an Employer is terminated in 2000 as a result of
         the merger of Hannaford Bros. Co. and Delhaize America, Inc. shall have
         a fully vested and nonforfeitable right to his or her Account."

         16. The first paragraph of Section 9.4 is amended to read as follows:

                  "9.4 Forfeitures. If a Participant is not vested in any
         portion of his or her Matching Contributions Account, Discretionary
         Contributions Account and matching contributions and discretionary
         contributions sub-accounts under his or her Transfer Account at the
         time he or she ceases to be employed by an Employer or a Related
         Employer and is no longer employed by any of them, the balance of such
         accounts and sub-accounts shall be forfeited at such time. Solely for
         purposes of the preceding sentence, such Participant shall be deemed to
         have received, at such time, a lump sum distribution of $0.00, which
         represents the entire vested portion of his or her Matching
         Contributions Account, Discretionary Contributions Account, and
         matching contributions and discretionary contributions sub-accounts
         under his or her Transfer Account. If such Participant is reemployed by
         an Employer or any Related Employer prior to incurring five (5)
         consecutive Breaks in Service, the balance of his or her Matching
         Contributions Account, Discretionary Contributions Account, and
         matching contributions and discretionary contributions sub-accounts
         under his or her Transfer Account as of the Valuation Date coinciding
         with or next following the date he or she ceased to be employed shall
         be restored."

         17. Subsection (c) of Section 9.5 is amended to read as follows:

                           "(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
                  Section to the contrary, if the value of the vested portion of
                  a Participant's Account does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars
                  ($5,000.00) as of the Valuation Date following the

<PAGE>   95

                  date he or she ceases to be employed by an Employer or a
                  Related Employer and is no longer employed by any of them, his
                  or her Account shall be distributed in a lump sum as soon as
                  practicable after such Valuation Date."

         18. Subsection (e) of Section 9.5, the last paragraph of Section 9.8
and the optional forms of distribution set forth in Exhibit A to the Plan are
eliminated pursuant to subsection (e) of Q&A-2 of Reg. Section 1.411(d)-4.

         19. Section 9.8 is amended by adding the following paragraph at the end
thereof:

                  "To the extent that a Participant's surviving spouse or any
         other Beneficiary disclaims all or part of the Participant's Account
         balance that becomes payable by reason of the Participant's death, such
         Beneficiary shall cease to be considered a Beneficiary for purposes of
         the Plan. To be effective, such disclaimer must be in writing and must
         be witnessed by a notary public. Except as specifically provided
         otherwise in this Section, if a Participant is survived by his or her
         spouse but not by a particular designated nonspouse Beneficiary,
         consent by such spouse to the Participant's designation of the
         particular nonspouse Beneficiary shall not be treated as a spousal
         disclaimer of any part of the Participant's Account balance to which
         such spouse would have become entitled upon the Participant's death if
         such consent had not been given."

         20. The first sentence of subsection (i) of Section 9.11 is amended to
read as follows:

                  "(i) No distribution (other than a distribution pursuant to
         Section 9.12, a deemed distribution under Section 72(p) of the Code, or
         an offset distribution with respect to a Former Participant who fails
         to repay his or her loan(s) in full by the date set forth in the
         administrative procedures established pursuant to Section 9.11(l) of
         the Plan) shall be made to any Participant, Former Participant or
         Beneficiary until all unpaid loans with respect to his or her Account,
         including accrued interest thereon, have been paid in full."

         21. Subsection (b) of Section 9.12 is amended to read as follows:

                  "(b) A hardship withdrawal shall be made only in cash and,
         except as provided in Section 4.9, may not exceed the sum of the
         Elective Contributions (and income allocable thereto as of December 31,
         1988) allocated to the Participant's Account."

         22. Section 9.12 is amended by adding the following new subsection (g)
at the end thereof:

                  "(g) For purposes of this Section 9.12, the Rollover
         Contributions Account of any Employee, Participant or Former
         Participant shall be deemed part of his or her Elective Contributions
         Account."

         23. The first four lines of subsection (b) of Section 9.14 are amended
to read as follows:

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                           "(b) No earlier than ninety (90) days and no later
                  than thirty (30) days before an eligible rollover distribution
                  is to be made, the Administrative Committee shall provide the
                  Participant, alternate payee, or surviving spouse, as the case
                  may be, with an explanation of -"

         24. Section 9.14 is amended by adding the following new subsections (c)
and (d), and existing subsections (c) through (e) are redesignated accordingly
as subsections (e) through (g):

                           "(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) to the contrary,
                  the Administrative Committee may provide the explanation
                  required by subsection (b) more than ninety (90) days before
                  an eligible rollover distribution is to be made, provided:

                                    (i) the Administrative Committee provides
                           the Participant, alternate payee, or surviving
                           spouse, as the case may be, with a summary of the
                           explanation required by subsection (b) within the
                           time period set forth in subsection (b). The summary
                           shall:

                                             (A) set forth the principal
                                    provisions of the explanation required by
                                    subsection (b);

                                             (B) refer the individual to the
                                    most recent version of such explanation
                                    (and, with respect to an explanation that is
                                    provided in any document containing
                                    information in addition to the explanation,
                                    identify that document and provide a
                                    reasonable indication of where the
                                    explanation may be found within that
                                    document); and

                                             (C) inform the individual that,
                                    upon request to the Administrative
                                    Committee, a copy of such explanation shall
                                    be provided without charge; and

                                    (ii) if, after receiving the summary
                           described in subsection (c)(i) above, the
                           Participant, alternate payee, or surviving spouse, as
                           the case may be, requests a copy of the explanation
                           required by subsection (b), the Administrative
                           Committee provides such copy to the individual
                           without charge no less than thirty (30) days before
                           the date an eligible rollover distribution is to be
                           made, subject to the provisions of subsection (f)
                           below regarding waiver of that thirty (30) day
                           period.

                           (d) The Administrative Committee shall provide the
                  explanation required by subsection (b) (and the summary of the
                  explanation permitted by subsection (c)) either on a written
                  paper document or through an electronic (or telephonic, in the
                  case of the summary) medium that is reasonably accessible to
                  the Participant, alternate payee, or surviving spouse, as the
                  case may be. An electronic explanation (or summary) and a
                  telephonic summary shall be provided under a system that
                  satisfies the requirements of (i), (ii), and (iii) below:

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                                    (i) the system shall be reasonably designed
                           to provide the explanation or summary in a manner no
                           less understandable to the individual than a written
                           paper document;

                                    (ii) at the time the explanation or summary
                           is provided, the individual shall be advised that he
                           or she may request and receive the explanation on a
                           written paper document at no charge; and

                                    (iii) upon request by an individual, the
                           Administrative Committee shall provide the
                           explanation on a written paper document to such
                           individual at no charge."

         25. Subsection (f) of Section 9.14 (as redesignated herein) is amended
to read as follows:

                           "(f) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) to the
                  contrary, if an individual after receiving the explanation
                  required by subsection (b) or the summary permitted by
                  subsection (c), affirmatively elects to make or not make a
                  direct rollover, an eligible rollover distribution may be made
                  less than thirty (30) days after the date such explanation or
                  summary was given, provided the Administrative Committee has
                  informed such individual, by any method reasonably designed to
                  attract the attention of such individual, of his or her right
                  to a period of at least thirty (30) days to make such
                  election."

         26. Subsection (g)(ii)(ee) of Section 9.14 (as redesignated herein) is
amended to read as follows:

                                    "(ee) effective for distributions made after
                           December 31, 1999, a distribution of Elective
                           Contributions (and any income allocable thereto as of
                           December 31, 1988) pursuant to Section 9.12."

         27. Section 10.2 is amended by adding the following paragraph at the
end thereof:

                  "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to
         the contrary, each Participant who is an Employee of Hannaford HomeRuns
         on the closing date of the sale of Hannaford HomeRuns, each Participant
         whose employment with an Employer is terminated by reason of the sale
         of a store or other business unit of an Employer, and each Participant
         whose employment with an Employer is terminated in 2000 as a result of
         the merger of Hannaford Bros. Co. and Delhaize America, Inc. shall
         continue to have a fully vested and nonforfeitable right to his or her
         Account."

         28. Section 10.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "10.3 Minimum Contribution Requirement. Except as hereinafter
         provided, for each Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, each
         Employer shall contribute, on behalf of each Eligible Employee who is a
         Non-Key Employee and who has not

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         separated from its employ by the end of the Plan Year, an amount which,
         when added to the Discretionary Contributions allocated to such
         Eligible Employee's Account, shall be equal to the lesser of:

                           (a) three percent (3%) of such Eligible Employee's
                  compensation (as defined in Section 7.5); or

                           (b) the percentage of such Eligible Employee's
                  compensation (as defined in Section 7.5) which is equal to the
                  largest percentage determined by dividing the Employer
                  Contributions allocated to the Account of each Key Employee by
                  such Key Employee's compensation (as so defined).

                  The minimum contribution shall be made on behalf of each
         Eligible Employee who is a Non-Key Employee and who remains in the
         service of an Employer on the last day of the Plan Year, regardless of
         the number of Hours of Service such Eligible Employee is credited with
         during such Plan Year.

                  Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary,
         for each Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, an Eligible Employee
         who is a Non-Key Employee and who is also covered by a qualified
         defined benefit plan maintained by his or her Employer shall accrue a
         minimum benefit (as required by Section 416(c)(1) of the Code and the
         regulations thereunder) under such plan (unless such plan is
         terminated), and a minimum contribution shall not be made on behalf of
         such Eligible Employee under this Plan.

                  For purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution
         requirement of this Section, Elective Contributions and Matching
         Contributions shall not be taken into account."

         29. Section 10.4 is deleted.

         30. The next to the last paragraph of Section 11.2 is amended to read
as follows:

                  "The Administrative Committee may from time to time change its
         direction with respect to any Investment Fund and may, at any time,
         eliminate any Investment Fund. Whenever an Investment Fund is
         eliminated, the Trustee shall promptly liquidate the assets of such
         Investment Fund and reinvest the proceeds thereof in accordance with
         the direction of the Administrative Committee, unless a Participant,
         Former Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary, pursuant to
         Section 11.5, elects to reinvest all or a portion of the balance of his
         or her Account that had been invested in the eliminated Investment Fund
         in one or more of the other Investment Funds."

         31. Article XI is amended by adding the following Section 11.8 at the
end thereof:

                  "11.8 Conversion of Company Stock Upon Merger with Delhaize
         America, Inc. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article
         XI to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply with respect
         to the merger of the Company and Delhaize America, Inc.:

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                           (a) A Participant, Former Participant, surviving
                  spouse or Beneficiary, as the case may be, may elect, subject
                  to the provisions of Section 2.01 of the Agreement and Plan of
                  Merger dated as of August 17, 1999, to convert the portion of
                  his or her Account balance that is invested in the Company
                  Stock Fund as of the closing date of the merger of the Company
                  and Delhaize America, Inc. to: (i) cash, (ii) shares of Class
                  A common stock of Delhaize America, Inc., or (iii) a
                  combination of cash and Class A common stock of Delhaize
                  America, Inc. Such election shall be made on such form and in
                  such manner as shall be prescribed by the Administrative
                  Committee. In the event an election is not received by the
                  designated representative of the Administrative Committee on
                  or before June 30, 2000, the affected Participant, Former
                  Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary, as the case may
                  be, shall be deemed to have elected cash, subject to the
                  provisions of Section 2.01 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
                  dated as of August 17, 1999. To the extent the Company Stock
                  Fund portion of a Participant's Account is converted to cash,
                  the cash shall be invested in accordance with the
                  Participant's current investment direction for contributions
                  made on his or her behalf. To the extent the Company Stock
                  Fund portion of the Account of a Former Participant, surviving
                  spouse or Beneficiary is converted to cash, the cash shall be
                  invested in the Putnam Stable Value Fund. To the extent the
                  Company Stock Fund portion of the Account of a Participant,
                  Former Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary is
                  converted to shares of Class A common stock of Delhaize
                  America, Inc., the shares shall be held in the Company Stock
                  Fund.

                           (b) Effective for payroll periods beginning on or
                  after February 13, 2000, no Employer Contribution or Rollover
                  Contribution may be invested in the Company Stock Fund until
                  August 21, 2000. To the extent a Participant's existing
                  investment direction as of February 13, 2000, specifies that
                  all or a portion of the contributions made on his or her
                  behalf shall be invested in the Company Stock Fund, such
                  direction shall be treated as a direction to invest such
                  contributions in the Putnam Stable Value Fund until such time
                  as the Participant modifies such direction pursuant to the
                  last paragraph of Section 11.4.

                           (c) Effective February 13, 2000, a Participant,
                  Former Participant, surviving spouse or Beneficiary, as the
                  case may be, may not elect to reinvest in the Company Stock
                  Fund any amounts invested in other Investment Funds until
                  August 21, 2000.

                           (d) Effective as of 3:30 p.m. on July 10, 2000, a
                  Participant, Former Participant, surviving spouse or
                  Beneficiary, as the case may be, may not elect to reinvest any
                  portion of the balance of his or her Account that is invested
                  in the Company Stock Fund in any one or more of the other
                  Investment Funds until August 21, 2000.

                           (e) During the period immediately following the
                  closing date of the merger of the Company and Delhaize
                  America, Inc. and ending August 20, 2000,

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                  the following actions shall not be permitted to the extent
                  they relate to the Company Stock Fund:

                                    (i) an investment direction pursuant to
                           Section 11.4 or 11.5;

                                    (ii) a loan pursuant to Section 9.11, except
                           that the portion of a Participant's Account balance
                           that is invested in the Company Stock Fund may be
                           taken into account for purposes of determining the
                           maximum amount of the loan and collateral for the
                           loan;

                                    (iii) a hardship withdrawal pursuant to
                           Section 9.12 (other than a hardship withdrawal made
                           solely on account of an unforeseeable immediate and
                           heavy financial need within the meaning of Section
                           9.12(c)(1)); and

                                    (iv) a distribution pursuant to Section 9.5,
                           9.8 or 9.9."

         32. Article XII is deleted.

         33. The first sentence of Section 13.1 is amended to read as follows:

                  "13.1 Appointment of Administrative Committee. The Board of
         Directors shall appoint an Administrative Committee of not less than
         four (4) individuals who shall have authority to control and manage the
         administration of the Plan and the Trust."

         34. Section 13.2 is amended to read as follows:

                  "13.2 Resignation and Removal. Any person appointed to serve
         as a member of the Administrative Committee shall serve at the pleasure
         of the Board of Directors and may be removed by delivery of written
         notice of removal, which shall take effect at the date specified
         therein. Any member of the Administrative Committee may resign at any
         time by delivering to the Board a written notice of resignation, which
         shall take effect at a date specified therein. The Board, as soon as
         practicable following delivery of a written notice of removal or
         receipt of a written notice of resignation of any member of the
         Administrative Committee, shall consider the appointment of a
         successor."

         35. Section 13.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "13.3 Powers and Duties. The Administrative Committee shall be
         a Named Fiduciary within the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA with
         the following powers and complete discretionary authority to control
         and manage the operation and administration of the Plan:

                           (a) To determine all questions concerning the
                  eligibility of Employees to participate in and receive
                  benefits under the Plan;

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                           (b) To compute the amount of benefits payable to any
                  Participant or other person;

                           (c) To authorize and direct the Trustee with respect
                  to the payment of benefits;

                           (d) To appoint and remove the Trustee and establish
                  the terms of the Trust agreement;

                           (e) To direct the Trustee to establish one or more
                  Investment Funds and to change or eliminate any Investment
                  Fund other than the Company Stock Fund;

                           (f) To furnish the Trustee with such information,
                  statements and reports as will enable the Trustee to comply
                  with the reporting and disclosure requirements under ERISA and
                  the Code;

                           (g) To interpret the provisions of the Plan and to
                  make rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan,
                  including, without limitation, rules for tendering and voting
                  Employer securities;

                           (h) To maintain all the necessary records for the
                  administration of the Plan;

                           (i) To employ or retain counsel, accountants,
                  actuaries or such other consultants as may be required to
                  assist in administering the Plan;

                           (j) To act as agent for service of legal process;

                           (k) To give written notice to all interested parties
                  (as defined in the regulations prescribed under Section
                  7476(b)(1) of the Code), in the form and manner, and at such
                  time as prescribed by such regulations, of an application for
                  an advance determination with respect to the initial
                  qualification of the Plan or to the effect of an amendment or
                  termination of the Plan.

                           (l) To appoint one or more Investment Managers to
                  direct the investment of the assets of the Trust or such
                  portion thereof as may be designated by the Administrative
                  Committee; and to remove any Investment Manager;

                           (m) To monitor the performance of the Trustee, any
                  Investment Managers, and effective January 1, 1998, each
                  Investment Fund;

                           (n) To limit the investment of one or more Investment
                  Funds to such shares of stock, bonds, mortgages, notes, mutual
                  fund shares, deposit administration, investment or group
                  annuity contracts issued by a legal reserve life insurance
                  company or other property of any kind, real or personal, as
                  the Administrative Committee may deem appropriate;

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                           (o) To establish investment policies, guidelines and
                  objectives which shall be binding on the Trustee and any
                  Investment Managers;

                           (p) To direct the Trustee to transfer all of the
                  assets of the Trust or such portion thereof as the
                  Administrative Committee may designate to one or more
                  custodians selected by it; and

                           (q) To approve and accept accounts rendered by the
                  Trustee."

         36. The first paragraph of Section 15.1 is amended to read as follows:

                  "15.1 Amendment. The Board of Directors may amend the Plan
         from time to time, provided that no amendment shall, except as
         otherwise provided in this Plan or authorized by law, permit any part
         of the Trust Fund to revert to an Employer or Related Employer or
         permit any part of the Trust Fund to be used for, or diverted to,
         purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants, their
         surviving spouses and Beneficiaries. Each such amendment shall be
         effective with respect to a corporation identified on Schedule A that
         has adopted the Plan without further action by such corporation."

         37. The first sentence of Section 15.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "15.3 Termination. The Company, through its Board of
         Directors, may terminate the Plan at any time in its entirety or with
         respect to any Employer or any division by written notice delivered to
         the Trustee."

         38. The last paragraph of Section 15.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "If, with respect to any Employer, the Plan is completely or
         partially terminated, each affected Participant shall have a fully
         vested and nonforfeitable interest in his or her Account. Subject to
         the applicable consent requirements of Section 411(a)(11) of the Code
         and the regulations thereunder, the Administrative Committee shall
         direct the Trustee to make lump sum distributions pursuant to the
         applicable provisions of Article IX as soon as practicable following
         termination of the Plan with respect to all Employers."

         39. Article XVII is amended to read as follows:

                                  "ARTICLE XVII
                  DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY ADOPTING EMPLOYERS

                  17.1 Delegation of Authority by Adopting Employers. Each
         corporation identified on Schedule A that adopts the Plan hereby
         irrevocably grants to the Company, its Board of Directors and the
         Administrative Committee exclusive authority to exercise all the powers
         conferred on them by the terms of the Plan, including the power vested
         in the Board of Directors to amend or terminate the Plan, and each such
         corporation

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         irrevocably appoints the Company, its Board of Directors and the
         Administrative Committee as its agents for such purposes. In addition,
         each corporation identified on Schedule A that adopts the Plan shall
         automatically become a party to the Trust without further action on its
         part."

         40. Paragraphs (i) through (iv) of subsection (a) of Section 19.1 are
amended to read as follows:

                           "(i) An Investment Manager shall have full investment
                  responsibility with respect to the assets of the Trust for
                  which it has the power of investment direction. Except as
                  otherwise provided by law, the other fiduciaries, including
                  but not limited to, the Trustee and the Administrative
                  Committee, shall have no duty or responsibility with respect
                  to the investment of such assets as long as they are subject
                  to the investment direction of such Investment Manager.

                           (ii) The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility
                  with respect to investment of assets of the Trust so long as
                  they are invested at the direction of the Administrative
                  Committee or a duly appointed Investment Manager.

                           (iii) The Administrative Committee shall have no duty
                  or responsibility with respect to the investment of the assets
                  of the Trust so long as they are invested at the direction of
                  the Trustee or a duly appointed Investment Manager, except as
                  otherwise provided in Section 13.3(m).

                           (iv) The fiduciaries, including but not limited to,
                  the Trustee, the Administrative Committee and any Investment
                  Manager shall have no responsibility for the investment
                  elections made by Participants, Former Participants, surviving
                  spouses or Beneficiaries, or for the exercise of voting,
                  tender or similar rights by Participants, Former Participants,
                  surviving spouses or Beneficiaries, except as otherwise
                  provided by applicable law."

         41. Section 19.3 is amended to read as follows:

                  "19.3 Additional Contributions and Adjustments. An Employer
         shall contribute such additional amounts, and shall direct the Trustee
         or Administrative Committee to make such adjustments to, and
         distributions from, Participants' Accounts, to the extent necessary to
         (a) correct any operational defect pursuant to the Internal Revenue
         Service's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System or any successor
         system, policy or program to the foregoing; or (b) correct any breach
         of fiduciary responsibility or duty pursuant to the U.S. Department of
         Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program or any successor
         program, system or policy to the foregoing."

         42. Article XIX is amended by adding the following Section 19.11 at the
end thereof:

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                  "19.11 Impermissible Actions from October 9, 2000, to October
         16, 2000. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
         contrary, during the period beginning 4 p.m. on October 9, 2000 and
         ending 9 a.m. on October 16, 2000, the following actions shall not be
         permitted:

                           (a) An amendment to a Deferral Election pursuant to
                  Section 5.2;

                           (b) A reinstatement of a Deferral Election pursuant
                  to the last paragraph of Section 5.1;

                           (c) An investment direction pursuant to Section 11.4
                  or 11.5;

                           (d) A loan pursuant to Section 9.11;

                           (e) A hardship withdrawal pursuant to Section 9.12
                  (other than a hardship withdrawal made solely on account of an
                  unforeseeable immediate and heavy financial need within the
                  meaning of Section 9.12(c)(i)); and

                           (f) A distribution pursuant to Section 9.5, 9.8 or
                  9.9."

         43. The Plan is amended by substituting "Administrative Committee" for
"Finance Committee" in each instance that "Finance Committee" appears in
Sections 2.36, 2.57, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and 19.2.

         44. The Plan is amended by adding the following Schedule A at the end
thereof:

                                   "SCHEDULE A

                               ADOPTING EMPLOYERS

             Shop 'n Save, Mass., Inc.
             Progressive Distributors, Inc.
             Hannaford Trucking Company
             Martin's Foods of So. Burlington, Inc.
             Hannaford Procurement Corp."

         45. This Amendment shall be generally effective January 1, 2000;
provided Part 14 shall be effective December 12, 1994; Parts 23 through 25 shall
be effective February 8, 2000; Parts 15 and 27 shall be effective as of February
12, 2000 (the closing date of the sale of Hannaford HomeRuns); Part 41 shall be
effective April 14, 2000; Parts 2, 3, 6 through 12, 31 through 37, 39, 40, 43
and 44 shall be effective as of the close of business on July 31, 2000 (the
effective date of the merger of Hannaford Bros. Co. and Delhaize America, Inc.)
except as expressly provided otherwise in Parts 31 and 35; Part 18 shall be
effective with respect to any Participant or Former Participant as of September
25, 2000; provided Part 18 shall not apply to any distribution that is made or
commences before the 90th day after the date such Participant or Former
Participant has been furnished an updated summary plan description that reflects
Part 18

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of this Amendment; Part 42 shall be effective October 9, 2000; and Part 17 shall
be effective for distributions made on or after October 17, 2000.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hannaford Bros. Co. has caused this Amendment to be
executed by its duly authorized officer on this ______ day of
___________________, 2000.

WITNESS:                               HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

      /s/ [ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE]        By:         /s/ MICHAEL J. STROUT
-----------------------------------        -------------------------------------
                                           Its Executive Vice President - Human
                                           Resources and Information Technology
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                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      HANNAFORD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

         The Hannaford Savings and Investment Plan was last amended and restated
effective generally January 1, 1998. The Plan was thereafter amended on four
occasions. The Plan is hereby further amended in the following respects:

         1. The terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan unless the context indicates otherwise.

         2. The last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 2.63 (as added
by the Fourth Amendment to the Plan) is amended to read as follows:

         "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section to the
         contrary, with respect to any Employee who first becomes employed by an
         Employer on or after July 31, 2000, all service with Delhaize America,
         Inc. and any of its subsidiaries shall be taken into account for
         purposes of determining the number of his or her Years of Vesting
         Service, but only to the extent such service is taken into account
         under a retirement plan of Delhaize America, Inc. or one of its
         subsidiaries, and provided that such Employee is not credited with more
         than one Year of Vesting Service under this Plan with respect to any
         Plan Year."

         3. Section 9.13 is amended by adding the following paragraph at the end
thereof:

                  "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section and
         Section 9.11(i) to the contrary, this paragraph shall apply to a
         Participant who meets the following requirements: (i) ceases to be
         employed by an Employer (and is no longer employed by any Related
         Employer) by reason of the closing or sale of a store or other business
         unit of an Employer, (ii) elects to receive distribution of his or her
         entire vested Account balance in the form of a direct rollover to an
         eligible retirement plan (within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of
         the Code) of an unrelated employer (the 'transferee plan'), and (iii)
         at the time of such distribution has outstanding unpaid loans with
         respect to his or her Account that have not been deemed distributed for
         purposes of Section 72(p) of the Code. The Account of such Participant
         shall not be reduced prior to such distribution by the amount of
         principal and accrued interest outstanding on his or her unpaid loan
         with the highest outstanding balance and instead the promissory note
         (or such other agreement(s)) evidencing such loan shall be assigned and
         transferred in kind to the transferee plan as part of the direct
         rollover; provided the transferee plan accepts direct rollovers
         consisting of a promissory note (or such other agreement(s)) evidencing
         an outstanding loan balance. Such Participant's obligation to this Plan
         with respect to such loan shall be deemed satisfied as of the date the
         distribution is made."

         4. This Amendment shall be effective as of the close of business on
July 31, 2000, the effective date of the merger of Hannaford Bros. Co. and
Delhaize America, Inc.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hannaford Bros. Co. has caused this Amendment to be
executed by its duly authorized officer on this 12th day of December, 2000.

WITNESS                                HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

                                       By:  /s/ Michael J. Strout
-----------------------------------        -------------------------------------
                                           Its Executive Vice President-Human
                                           Resources and Information Technology

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