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Administrative Regulations for the 2010 Annual Incentive Compensation Plan

 Exhibit 10(ee) 
 Administrative Regulations for the 
 Executive Management Annual Incentive
Compensation Program 
 under the United States Steel Corporation 2010 Annual Incentive Compensation Plan 

As amended by the Compensation & Organization Committee on February 28, 2012 

 

	1.	Administration. The Compensation & Organization Committee (the “Committee”) shall administer the Annual Incentive Compensation
Program (the “Program”) under and pursuant to the authority provided in the Board of Directors’ April 27, 2010 delegation to the Committee and Section 3 of the United States Steel Corporation 2010 Annual Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). 

  

	 	A.	Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan. 

 

	 	B.	Compensation consultant. The Committee may engage a compensation consultant to assess the competitiveness of various target Award levels and advise the
Committee. 

  

	2.	Participation/Eligibility. All management employees of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible to participate in the Program upon
designation by the Committee, in the case of Covered Employees, or Senior Officers (“Participants”). 

  

	 	A.	Executive Management. All Executive Management employees of USS, its subsidiaries and affiliates designated via written notice as participants by the Committee
are eligible to participate (“Eligible Employees” or “Participants”). 

  

	 	B.	New Participants. A Participant who was not a Participant on the first day of the Performance Period may, subject to the Committee’s discretion, become a
Participant during the Performance Period participating on a pro rata basis for the remaining portion of the period in which such Participant first becomes eligible to participate but shall be ineligible to participate in this program for any
portion of a year during which the Participant participates in any other cash incentive or bonus plan or program; provided, however, that a Covered Employee (as defined in section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) may so participate only
if he or she becomes a Participant effective not later than 90 days after the beginning of the Performance Period. 

  

	 	C.	Rights. No Participant or other employee shall have any claim to be granted an Award under the Program, and nothing contained in the Program or any Award
Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or affiliates or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate a
Participant’s employment at any time. 

	3.	Performance Period. 

  

	 	A.	Calendar year. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the commencement of each Performance Period, each such Performance Period shall be a calendar
year. 

  

	4.	Performance Goal Setting. 

  

	 	A.	Performance Goals. The Corporate Performance Goals for the Performance Period shall be the targets assigned to each of the Corporate performance measures, which
shall be set by the Committee during the first 90 days of the Performance Period. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the beginning of the relevant Performance Period, the Corporate performance measures will be the following objective
measures: 

  

	 	(1)	Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). Return on Capital Employed shall mean, for the Performance Period, income from consolidated worldwide operations (including
minority interests), divided by consolidated worldwide capital employed (including minority interests) expressed as a percentage. 

 Income from consolidated worldwide operations (including minority interests) shall mean income from operations as reported in the consolidated statement of operations of United States Steel Corporation
for the Performance Period. 
 Capital employed shall be calculated by using the average of the opening balance at the
commencement of the Performance Period, and the balances at the end of each quarter during the Performance Period, of the sum of net fixed assets, inventories and accounts receivable, less accounts payable. 

For purposes of calculating ROCE for a Performance Period, the following principles shall apply: that if income or loss related to an
asset is included in the numerator for any portion of the Performance Period that the related asset’s capital employed shall be included in the denominator for the same portion of the Performance Period (and vice versa) and, similarly, if
income or loss related to an asset is excluded from the numerator for any portion of the Performance Period that the related asset’s capital employed shall be excluded from the denominator for the same portion of the Performance Period (and
vice versa). 
 Subject to the foregoing, the following adjustment provisions shall apply to the numerator and denominator (to
the extent included in such amount) of the ROCE performance calculation: 

  
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	 	(a)	exclude the gain or loss related to a business disposition or divestiture and all amounts related to a permanent facility shutdown/closure, and assume that the business
achieved (for the time period following such disposition, divestiture or shutdown/closure) the performance level included in the Business Plan Target ROCE (as defined below); 

 

	 	(b)	exclude the gain or loss related to an asset sale not made in the ordinary course of business; 

 

	 	(c)	exclude all amounts related to long-lived asset impairments; 

  

	 	(d)	exclude all amounts related to an acquisition or startup (defined as the startup of a previously closed facility or the startup of a new facility);

  

	 	(e)	exclude all amounts related to workforce reductions and other restructuring charges; 

 

	 	(f)	except for retiree benefits, exclude amounts not allocated to segments; and 

 

	 	(g)	exclude all amounts related to changes in accounting standards and changes in law that affect reported results; 

provided, however, none of the above adjustments shall be made to the ROCE calculation to the extent the events or occurrences
relating to the adjustments are recognized and/or contemplated in the Corporation’s “Business Plan Target ROCE”, as approved by the Committee within the first 90 days of the year represented by the relevant Performance Period;

 provided, further, no adjustment pursuant to any adjustment category, identified as (a) through (g), above, shall
be made to the ROCE calculation to the extent the total adjustment for such category is less than $5 million; 

provided, further, all the above adjustments shall be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles at
the time of calculation to the extent the nature of the adjustment is addressed therein; 
 provided, further, none of
the above adjustments shall be made to the ROCE calculation to the extent the relevant data is not available; 

provided, further, the ROCE calculation, including all adjustments thereto, shall be determined at the time the Committee makes
its award decisions and in accordance with the reporting requirements applicable to the Corporation’s reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q; and 
 provided, further, the above adjustments shall not limit the Committee’s authority to exercise additional downward discretion either in determining the value of ROCE or in calculating any
related award. 

  
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	 	(2)	Shipment Tons. Shipment Tons shall mean the number of worldwide net tons of steel products shipped for the Performance Period, determined consistent with
external reporting practices. It is intended that the target for this measure and its related performance calculation be consistent with the target and performance calculations for ROCE, including the Business Plan Target ROCE, such that, to the
extent an asset is excluded for any reason from the target calculation for Business Plan Target ROCE, the corresponding shipment tons, if any, are to be excluded from the Shipment Tons target and performance calculations, and, if an asset is
included in the target calculation for the Business Plan Target ROCE, the corresponding shipment tons, if any, are to be included in the Shipment Tons target and performance calculations. Subject to the foregoing, this performance measure is to be
adjusted in accordance with relevant provisions of Section 4.A.(4)(a) of these Regulations. 

  

	 	(3)	Citizenship Measures. Citizenship Measures shall mean: 

  

	 	(a)	Safety Performance. Safety Performance, for target and actual performance purposes, shall mean the number of serious injury cases occurring during the
Performance Period involving the represented and non-represented employees at the properties and operations of United States Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries as contemplated by the targets set by the Committee at the beginning of the
Performance Period. A serious injury case shall mean a work-related injury that prevents an employee from returning to work for 31 or more calendar days, or an employee work-related fatality. Whether an employee injury or fatality is
“work-related,” or not, will be determined by the Corporation’s top safety officer consistent with OSHA guidelines. 

  

	 	(b)	Environmental Emission Improvement. Environmental Emission Improvement shall mean the improvement, if any, from Performance Period to Performance Period in the
number of occurrences of noncompliant environmental emissions determined in accordance with our air and water permits at our domestic and foreign production units and facilities (excluding our joint ventures and Transtar). This performance measure
is to be adjusted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Section 4(A)(4)(b) of these Regulations. 

For purposes of the Environmental Emission Improvement performance measure only, the Performance Period shall be the same Performance
Period used for the other performance measures except that such period shall begin one calendar month prior to the month in which the Performance Period begins and shall end one calendar 

  
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month prior to the month in which the Performance Period ends (that is, December 1 to November 30). 
  

	 	(4)	Adjustments to performance measures other than ROCE. Consistent with Section 5.A.(2)(d) hereof, all adjustments to performance measures, whether identified
in this section or not, are conditioned upon the requirement that such adjustments can be accomplished in conformance with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

 

	 	(a)	Shipment Tons 

Consistent with the adjustment provisions for ROCE, intending that operating performance shall track with financial performance for the
operating assets, the Shipment Tons performance measure shall be adjusted: 
  

	 	i.	in the event of an acquisition or startup (as defined in Section 4.A.(1).(d)) to exclude from the target and from the related performance calculation, all shipment
tons, to the extent all relevant data is available, relating to such business or production facility for the Performance Period during which the acquisition or startup occurs: 

 

	 	ii.	in the case of a business disposition, divestiture, or permanent facility shutdown/closure, the Shipment Tons performance calculation shall be adjusted, to the extent
all relevant data is available, to assume that the business achieved (for the time period following such disposition, divestiture or shutdown/closure) the shipment performance level contemplated in the Business Plan Target ROCE;

 provided, however, that the foregoing adjustments will not pertain to the Shipment Tons performance
measure to the extent and for the period such acquisition, startup, disposition, divestiture, or permanent facility shutdown/closure is recognized and/or contemplated in the shipment tons making up the Business Plan Target ROCE. 

 

	 	(b)	Environmental Emissions Improvement 

 The target and the related performance calculation for the Environmental Emissions Improvement measure shall be adjusted by the number of occurrences of non-compliant environmental emissions relating to
production units/facilities 
  

	 	i.	 in the event of an acquisition, startup, disposition, divestiture, permanent shutdown/closure, or idling (as defined below) of a business or production
facility to exclude all measures, to the extent all relevant data is 

  
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available, relating to such business or production facility for the Performance Period during which the business event occurs; and/or 

 

	 	ii.	in the event the method and/or frequency of measuring permit compliance is revised during the current Performance Period in response to a change in governmental
requirements. 

 With respect to an adjustment made pursuant to (i) and/or (ii) above and unless the
Committee determines otherwise, the number of occurrences of noncompliant environmental emissions from the last Performance Period during which the facility operated for the entire period (the entire period under the revised method and/or frequency
of measuring permit compliance if applicable under (ii) above) or from any other period that Committee may so determine, shall be used to set a target for such facility for the succeeding Performance Period. 

For purposes of the adjustment to the Environmental Emissions Improvement measure, the term “idling” shall refer to a
plant/facility that was not operated for at least thirty consecutive days during the relevant Performance Period and shall be applied only in the event such idling pertains to an entire plant, or an identifiable substantial portion of a plant (that
is, an entire hot-end, an entire finishing-end, or an entire coke battery), as such plants are identified and reported to the Vice President – Human Resources for purposes of setting the Environmental Emissions Improvement baseline/target for
the relevant Performance Period. 
  

	 	B.	Corporate or subsidiary level. Notwithstanding the Corporate performance measure definitions, the Committee may assign Performance Goals for the Corporate
performance measures at the Corporate, subsidiary and/or affiliate level for each Participant. 

  

	 	C.	Setting of Incentive Targets and Incentive Awards. The Incentive Target, defined as a percent of the Participant’s base salary (the Participant’s
monthly base salary at the end of the relevant Performance Period times 12), and the Incentive Awards for all levels of Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee during the first 90 days of each Performance Period. 

 

	 	(1)	The Committee shall establish and approve the relevant Incentive Targets for each Participant as well as the related Incentive Award for achieving each Performance Goal
and/or level of attainment thereof. 

  

	 	(2)	The Committee will assess the competitiveness of the various Incentive Award levels. 

  
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	 	D.	Performance Goal weighting. 

  

	 	(1)	Relative weighting. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee when establishing the Performance Goals, the relative weighting assigned to each of the
performance measures shall be as follows: 

  

	 	(a)	ROCE. Return on Capital Employed shall be 80% of the Incentive Target value. 

 

	 	(b)	Shipment Tons. Shipment Tons shall be 20% of the Incentive Target value. 

 

	 	(c)	Citizenship Measures. Safety shall add or subtract up to 10% of the Incentive Target value, or have no impact on the Incentive Award, depending upon actual
performance with respect to its related Performance Goal. Environmental Emissions shall add or subtract up to 5% of the Incentive Target value, or have no impact on the Incentive Award, depending upon actual performance with respect to its related
Performance Goal. 

  

	 	(2)	Maximum award level. The maximum award level shall be 215% of the Incentive Target value with achievement of the highest ROCE Performance Goal representing 160%
of such award, achievement of the highest Shipment Tons Performance Goal representing 40% of such award and achievement of the highest Citizenship Measures Performance Goals adding 10% (safety) and 5% (environmental emission improvement) each to
such award. 

  

	5.	Performance Measurement Mechanics. 

  

	 	A.	Payout determination. 

  

	 	(1)	Evaluation. The Committee shall evaluate actual Corporate performance against the Corporate Performance Goals for the Performance Period during the first 60 days
following the end of the relevant Performance Period. 

  

	 	(2)	Calculation. 

  

	 	(a)	Rounding Performance Calculations. The calculation of actual performance for each performance measure shall be rounded to the nearest decimal place consistent
with the number of decimal places approved by the Committee at the time it set the relevant target, rounding up in the case of 5 or more and rounding down in the case of 4 or less. 

  
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	 	(b)	Interpolation. Interpolation will be used to determine an Incentive Award for performance that correlates to performance between the pre-determined ROCE and
Shipment Tons Performance Goals. Such interpolation will not be used in connection with the Citizenship Measures. The interpolated payout percentages for ROCE and Shipment Tons shall be added together prior to rounding to the nearest whole
percentage point, rounding up in the case of 5 or more and rounding down in the case of 4 or less. 

  

	 	(c)	Maximum award. No one Participant may receive more than $7 million in Incentive Awards for any one calendar year under this Program. 

 

	 	(d)	Adjustments. At the commencement of each Performance Period, the Committee may also determine that unusual items or certain specified events or occurrences will
be excluded from, or considered in connection with, any or all of the calculations for such Performance Period; provided, however, that all such adjustments must satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

  

	 	(3)	Negative discretion. The Committee retains negative discretion to reduce any and all Incentive Awards to amounts below the amounts that would be payable as a
result of performance measured against the Performance Goals; however, the Committee may not increase Incentive Awards above the amount payable as a result of performance measured against the Performance Goals. 

 

	 	B.	Form of Payout . 

  

	 	(1)	Cash and/or Common Stock. The Committee may determine to pay the awards in the form of cash or common stock, or any combination thereof, which determination may
be made on a non-uniform basis among Participants. 

  

	 	(2)	Common Stock Awards. The determination to pay awards in the form of common stock shall be a determination to satisfy the award through shares available under the
2005 Stock Incentive Plan (or any successor plan thereto), subject to the terms and conditions of such plan, and provided that the performance period under this Program shall also count toward any minimum performance period required for an
unrestricted grant of shares under such plan. 

  
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	 	(3)	Award Unit Determination Procedure. If the Committee determines to pay all or a portion of an award in the form of common stock, the value of such award, or
portion thereof, under this Program shall be converted into a number of shares of common stock by dividing (i) the value of such award, or portion thereof, by (ii) the Common Stock Unit Value, which is to be determined as follows:

  

	 	(a)	Common Stock Unit Value. The Common Stock Unit Value shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, or any successor plan
thereto) of a share of common stock on the date of award (Date of Award). The Date of Award shall be established prospectively by the Committee at the time it determines the award, with the goal of setting the date close in proximity to the related
payroll processing date for awards under the Plan. Unless otherwise established by the Committee, the Date of Award shall be the third business day following the date the Committee makes its determination of the award. 

 

	 	(4)	Netting of Common Stock Shares. To the extent permitted under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and unless otherwise determined by the Committee or an election with
respect to a different medium of payment is offered to and elected by a Participant in accordance with procedures approved by the Company, the shares of common stock delivered in connection with any common stock award under this Program shall be net
of any tax withholding obligation. 

  

	6.	Timing of Payments. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its discretion, payment of Annual Incentive Compensation, if any, under this Program
with respect to any Performance Period will be paid, following the Committee’s determination of such Incentive Award, within 5 business days following the date the Corporation files its report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the period ending on the last date of relevant Performance Period; provided, however, the payment of any such award shall be paid on or before March 15 of the year following the end of the relevant calendar year
Performance Period and as provided in Section 6 of the Plan. 

  

	7.	Termination of Employment. The following provisions apply in the case of a Participant’s termination of employment during the Performance Period:

  

	 	A.	 Retirement, Death, or Disability. Following a Participant’s Retirement, Death or Disability, a prorated value of such Participant’s
target Award may be awarded by the Committee based upon the number of complete months worked during the Performance Period; provided that (i) such Award is calculated and delivered following the relevant Performance Period in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, (ii) the relevant Performance Goals are achieved, (iii) the Participant is employed for at least six (6) months during the Performance

  
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Period and (iv) the Committee retains its negative discretion with respect to such awards. 

  

	 	(1)	Retirement. Retirement shall mean, for all purposes under the Program, the applicable Participant’s termination of employment that constitutes a separation
from service under Section 409A of the Code after having satisfied the age, service and/or other requirements necessary to commence an immediate pension under either: (i) the applicable defined benefit pension plan for the
Participant’s home country, regardless of whether the Participant is a participant in such pension plan, or (ii) in the case of a home country for which there is no applicable defined benefit plan, the applicable local law or
regulation; provided, however, such term does not include, unless the Committee consents with knowledge of the specific facts, retirement under circumstances in which the Participant accepts employment with a company that owns, or is owned
by, a business that competes with the Corporation, or its Subsidiaries or affiliates. Further, to the extent necessary under applicable local law, Retirement may have such other meaning adopted by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award
notice. 

  

	 	(2)	Disability. Disability shall be as defined in the Plan. 

  

	 	(B)	Resignation, Early Retirement and Other Termination. Following a Participant’s Resignation, Early Retirement or other termination, all pending Incentive
Awards are forfeited. 

  

	 	(1)	Early Retirement. Early Retirement shall mean a retirement other than a Retirement. 

 

	8.	Forfeiture and Repayment. The Committee may determine that an Incentive Award shall be forfeited and/or any value received from the Incentive Award shall
be repaid to the Corporation pursuant to any recoupment policies, rules or regulations in effect at the time of the Incentive Award. 

  
 10Form of Severance Agreement between US Steel Corp. and John Surma

 Exhibit 10(ff) 

 

					
	

	  	 United States Steel Corporation

600 Grant Street
 Pittsburgh, PA
15219-2800
 412 433 1140
 Fax: 412 433
1145
 email: jdgarraux@uss.com
	  	 James D. Garraux

General Counsel and
 Senior Vice
President-Corporate
 Affairs

 <Date> 

<Name> 
 <Address> 

Dear <Nickname>: 
 United
States Steel Corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Corporation”), recognizes that your contribution to the growth and success of the Corporation will continue to be substantial and desires to assure the Corporation of your
continued employment. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly-held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may exist and that such
possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Corporation and its stockholders. 

Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and
dedication of members of the Corporation’s management, including you, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of the Corporation.

 In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Corporation, the Corporation agrees that you shall receive the
severance benefits set forth in this letter 

 
agreement (“Agreement”) in the event your employment with the Corporation is terminated under certain circumstances subsequent to a “Change in Control of the Corporation” (as
defined in Section 2(a) hereof), and, in certain circumstances, in connection with a “Potential Change in Control of the Corporation” (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof), or under the other circumstances described below.

 1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement will commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect until
December 31, 2013; provided, however, that commencing on December 31, 2012 and each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless, not later than September 1 of
that year, the Corporation shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; provided, further that, if (a) a Change in Control of the Corporation shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement,
the term of this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control of the Corporation occurred and (b) if a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation shall have
occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement, then the term of this Agreement shall continue in effect beginning on the date the Potential Change in Control occurs and shall not end before the earlier of (i) the end of the
month in which a Change in Control occurs or (ii) the date the Board makes a good faith determination that the risk of a Change in Control has terminated (the “Potential Change in Control Period”). In the event the Potential Change in
Control Period ends due to a Change in Control this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control occurred. 

  
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 2. Change in Control and Potential Change in Control of the Corporation. 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control of the Corporation” and “Change in Control”
shall mean a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, that, without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if: 

(i) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) is or becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the amount of the securities beneficially owned by such person any such securities acquired
directly from the Corporation or its affiliates) representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement the
term “Person” shall not include (A) the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, (C) an
underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of
the Corporation, or (E) any individual, entity or group involved in the acquisition of the Corporation’s voting securities in connection with which, pursuant to Rule 13d-1 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, such individual, entity
or group is permitted to, and actually does, report its beneficial 

  
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ownership on Schedule 13G (or any successor Schedule); provided that, if any such individual, entity or group subsequently becomes required to or does report its beneficial ownership on Schedule
13D (or any successor Schedule), then, for purposes of this paragraph, such individual, entity or group shall be deemed to have first acquired, on the first date on which such individual, entity or group becomes required to or does so report,
beneficial ownership of all of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities beneficially owned by it on such date; and provided, further, however, that for purposes of this paragraph (i), there shall be excluded any Person who becomes
such a beneficial owner in connection with an Excluded Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii) below); or 
 (ii) the
following individuals (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director
whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Corporation) whose appointment or election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment,
election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or 
 (iii) there is consummated a merger or
consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof with any other corporation (a “Business Combination”), other than a merger or consolidation (an “Excluded Transaction”) which would result in:

  
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 (A) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
resulting or surviving entity (or any ultimate parent thereof) in such Business Combination (the “New Board”) consisting of individuals (“Continuing Directors”) who were members of the Incumbent Board (as defined in subparagraph
(ii) above) immediately prior to consummation of such Business Combination or were appointed, elected or recommended for appointment or election by members of the Incumbent Board prior to consummation of such Business Combination (excluding
from Continuing Directors for this purpose, however, any individual whose election or appointment, or recommendation for election or appointment, to the New Board was at the request, directly or indirectly, of the entity which entered into the
definitive agreement providing for such Business Combination with the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof), unless the Board determines, prior to such consummation, that there does not exist a reasonable assurance that,
for at least a two-year period following consummation of such Business Combination, at least a majority of the members of the New Board will continue to consist of Continuing Directors and individuals whose election, or nomination for election by
shareholders of the resulting or surviving entity (or any ultimate parent thereof) in such Business Combination, would be approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors and individuals whose election or nomination for election
has previously been so approved; or 
 (B) a Business Combination that in substance constitutes a disposition of
a division, business unit, or subsidiary; or 

  
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 (iv) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummation of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, other than to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or other disposition, more
than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the
individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to
such sale or other disposition, of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. 
 (b) For purposes
of this Agreement, a “Potential Change in Control of the Corporation” and “Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred, if: 
 (i) the Corporation enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Corporation; 

(ii) any Person (including the Corporation) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated
would constitute a Change in Control of the Corporation; 
 (iii) any Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities (not including in the 

  
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amount of the securities beneficially owned by such Person any such securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its affiliates); or 

(iv) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation
has occurred. 
 (c) You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a
Change in Control of the Corporation, you will remain in the employ of the Corporation for a period of three (3) months from and after the occurrence of such Change in Control of the Corporation; provided, however, that if during such
three-month period (A) your employment is involuntarily terminated by the Corporation other than for Cause or (B) you terminate your employment during such three-month period for Good Reason, you shall not be required to remain in the
Corporation’s employ. The foregoing shall in no event limit or otherwise affect your rights under any other provision of this Agreement. 
 (d) You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation, you will remain in the employ of the Corporation until the
earliest of (A) a date which is six (6) months from the occurrence of such Potential Change in Control of the Corporation, (B) the termination of your employment by reason of your death or Disability, as defined in Subsection 3(a), or
(C) a date which is three (3) months from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Corporation; provided, however, that if during any such period (A) your employment is involuntarily terminated by the Corporation other
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terminate your employment during any such period for Good Reason, you shall not be required to remain in the Corporation’s employ. The foregoing shall in no event limit or otherwise affect
your rights under any other provision of this Agreement. 
 3. Termination Following a Change in Control or Potential Change
in Control of the Corporation. If any of the events described in Section 2(a) hereof constituting a Change in Control of the Corporation shall have occurred, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4(d) hereof upon
the termination of your employment upon or following the Change in Control and during the term of this Agreement unless such termination is (i) because of your death or Disability, (ii) by the Corporation for Cause, (iii) by you other
than for Good Reason or (iv) on or after the date that you attain age sixty-five (65). If your employment is terminated prior to a Change in Control, if such termination is other than (i) because of your death or Disability, (ii) by
the Corporation for Cause, (iii) due to your voluntary resignation, unless such resignation is for Good Reason or (iv) on or after the date that you attain age sixty-five (65), and either you reasonably demonstrate that such termination
(I) was at the request of or as a result of actions by a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (II) occurs during a Potential Change in Control Period, and (III) a 409A Change in Control occurs
within twenty-four (24) months following your termination of employment, then your employment shall be deemed to have terminated following a Change in Control for purposes of determining your entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 4.
For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the terms “termination” and “Date of Termination” when used in the context of a condition to payment hereunder shall be interpreted to mean a “separation from service” as that
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(b) the term “409A Change in Control” shall mean a change in ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of its assets within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Code that also constitutes a Change in Control. 
 (a) Disability. If,
as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness which in the opinion of a licensed physician renders you incapable of performing your assigned duties with the Corporation or any substantially similar position of employment and which
can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six (6) months, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Corporation for six (6) consecutive months, and within thirty
(30) days after written Notice of Termination is given you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, the Corporation may terminate your employment for “Disability.” 

(b) Cause. Termination by the Corporation of your employment for “Cause” shall mean termination upon
(i) the willful and continued failure by you to substantially perform your duties with the Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from termination by you for Good Reason or any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to
physical or mental illness), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Corporation believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and you have failed to
resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) days of receiving such demand, (ii) the willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Corporation,
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purposes of this Subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief
that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Corporation. 
 (c) Good Reason. You shall be
entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence after a Change in Control of the Corporation, or after and at the request
of or as a result of actions by a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or after the first day of but during a Potential Change in Control Period (each an “Applicable Event”), of any one or
more of the following: 
 (i) the assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your position immediately prior to the
Applicable Event or a reduction or adverse alteration in the nature of your position, duties, status or responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Applicable Event; 

(ii) a reduction by the Corporation in your annualized and monthly or semi-monthly rate of base salary (as increased to incorporate your
foreign service premium, if any) (“Base Salary”) as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time; 
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 (iv) the failure by the Corporation to continue, substantially as in effect immediately
prior to the Applicable Event, all of the Corporation’s employee benefit, incentive compensation, bonus, stock option and stock award plans, programs, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate (or substantially equivalent
successor plans, programs, policies, practices or arrangements) or the failure by the Corporation to continue your participation therein on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your
participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the Applicable Event; 
 (v) the failure of the
Corporation to obtain an agreement from any successor to the Corporation to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 6 hereof; and 
 (vi) any purported termination by the Corporation of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of subparagraph (d) below, and for purposes
of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective. 
 Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this
Subsection shall not be affected by your incapacity due to physical or mental illness. Your continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder. Your
determination of the existence of Good Reason shall be final and conclusive unless such determination is not made in good faith and is made without reasonable belief in the existence of Good Reason. 

  
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 (d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Corporation for
Cause or for Disability or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so indicated. The failure by you to
set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason shall not waive any of your rights hereunder or preclude you from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing your rights hereunder.

 (e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of
Termination, when such a notice is required, or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Corporation. 
 4.
Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability. After an Applicable Event has occurred, if, during the term of this Agreement, your employment is terminated or you are in a period of Disability the following shall be applicable:

 (a) During any period prior to your Date of Termination that you fail to perform your full-time duties with
the Corporation as a result of Disability, not to exceed a 29-month period of absence, your total compensation, including your Base Salary, bonus and any benefits, will continue unaffected until either you return to the full-time performance of your
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you on a monthly basis, in accordance with the Corporation’s standard payroll practices and on the regularly scheduled payroll dates. Bonuses shall be payable to you within 2 1/2 months following the year for which the amount is earned, in
accordance with the Corporation’s annual incentive plan payment practices. Benefits shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement. In the event you return to the full-time performance of your
duties, you shall continue to receive your full Base Salary and bonus plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation without interruption. In the event your employment is
terminated pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof, your benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Corporation’s retirement, insurance and other applicable programs and plans then in effect and the Corporation shall have no further
obligations to you under this Agreement. 
 (b) If your employment shall be terminated by the Corporation
for Cause or by you other than for Good Reason, the Corporation shall pay you your full Base Salary, payable in accordance with the Corporation’s standard payroll practices and on the regularly scheduled payroll dates, through the Date of
Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required hereunder plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan of
the Corporation at the time such payments are due in accordance with the applicable plan, and the Corporation shall have no further obligations to you under this Agreement. 

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Corporation’s retirement, survivor’s benefits, insurance and other applicable programs and plans then in effect and the Corporation shall have no further obligations to you under this
Agreement. 
 (d) If your employment by the Corporation is either terminated by the Corporation (other than for
Cause or Disability) or terminated by you for Good Reason, in either case (I) upon or following a Change in Control, or (II) during a Potential Change in Control Period which is followed within twenty-four (24) months thereafter by a 409A
Change in Control, you shall be entitled to the following benefits: 
 (i) Accrued Compensation and Benefits. The
Corporation shall provide you: 
 (A) the compensation and benefits accrued through the Date of Termination to
the extent not theretofore provided; 
 (B) a lump sum cash amount equal to the value of your unused vacation
days accrued through the Date of Termination; and 
 (C) your normal post-termination compensation and benefits
under the Corporation’s retirement, insurance and other compensation and benefit plans as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination, or if more favorable to you, immediately prior to the Applicable Event. 

The amounts set forth in (A) and (B) above shall be payable on your next regularly scheduled payroll date following the Date of
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program or arrangement; provided, however, in the event such amounts are conditioned upon a separation from service and not compensation you could receive without separating from service, then no
such payments may be made to you until the first business day following the six-month anniversary of your Termination Date if you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A at the time of your separation from
service (a “Specified Employee”). 
 (ii) Lump Sum Severance Payment. The Corporation
shall provide to you a severance payment in the form of a cash lump sum distribution equal to your Current Annual Compensation (as defined below) multiplied by three (3); provided, however, that if you attain age 65 within three years of the Date of
Termination, your benefit will be limited to a pro rata portion of such benefit based on a fraction equal to the number of full and partial months existing between the Date of Termination and your sixty-fifth (65th) birthday divided by 36 months. 

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Current Annual Compensation” shall mean the sum of: 

(A) your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such termination
or, if higher, immediately prior to the Applicable Event; and 
 (B) an amount equal to the higher of the
(i) average actual bonus awarded to you, if any, under any annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor for the three (3) years immediately preceding the Date of Termination or, if higher, for the three (3) years
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predecessor for the year in which your termination of employment occurs or, if higher, for the year in which the Applicable Event occurs. 
 The severance payment shall be payable within five (5) business days following your separation from service; provided, however, if you are a Specified Employee at the time of your separation from
service, the payment shall not be payable until the first business day following the six-month anniversary of your separation from service. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the
payment shall be payable upon the first business day following the six-month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control. 
 (iii) Continuation of Welfare Benefits. Subject to the benefits offset described below, the Corporation will arrange to make available to you life and health insurance benefits during the Welfare
Continuation Period (as defined below) that are substantially similar to those which you were receiving under a Corporation-sponsored welfare benefit plan immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to you, immediately prior
to the Applicable Event. These benefits will be provided at a cost to you that is no greater than the amount paid for such benefits by active employees who participate in such Corporation-sponsored welfare benefit plan or, if less, the amount paid
for such benefits by you immediately prior to the Applicable Event. The Welfare Continuation Period extends from the Date of Termination for a period of thirty-six (36) months, or, if earlier, until your 65th birthday. To the extent any such benefits cannot be provided on a
non-taxable basis to you and the provision thereof would cause any part of the benefits to be subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then the provision of such benefits shall be (a) deferred to the first
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section 409A of the Code, modified in amount and/or form of payment so that the maximum portion of the benefit can be paid and the benefit is not subject to additional taxes and interest
under section 409A of the Code. 
 The benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this paragraph (iii) shall be
reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you during the Welfare Continuation Period. For purposes of complying with the terms of this offset, you are obligated to report to the Corporation the amount of any such benefits
actually received. 
 (iv) Retiree Medical and Life Benefits. The Corporation shall determine, as if under the
Corporation’s welfare benefit plans your actual participation credit (or continuous service) and actual age as of the Date of Termination were increased by the additional three years of service and age provided in paragraph 4(d)(v)(A) below. If
eligible for such coverage, you may elect to commence participation in retiree medical benefits coverage at any time following the expiration of the Welfare Continuation Period (or immediately after the Date of Termination, or during the Welfare
Continuation Period, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements without taking into consideration the additional three years of service and age). To the extent any such benefits cannot be provided on a non-taxable basis to you and the provision
thereof would cause any part of the benefits to be subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then the provision of such benefits shall be (a) deferred to the first business day following the six-month anniversary
of your separation from service or (b) if not capable of being deferred consistent with section 409A of the Code, modified in amount and/or form of payment so that the maximum portion of the benefit can be paid and the benefit is not subject to
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 If because of the recognition of the additional three years of continuous service and age
described above, your service and/or age meets or exceeds the service and/or age specified in the Steel (the term “Steel” is defined to mean United States Steel Corporation, and its subsidiaries and successors) welfare benefit plan for
eligibility for retiree medical or life insurance coverage, the Corporation will provide you with an additional lump sum severance payment equal to the lump sum value of the contributions that the Corporation would have made on your behalf with
respect to the retiree medical and life (as if all such life insurance benefits were group term life insurance benefits) benefits provided under the Steel welfare benefit plan. Such additional lump sum severance benefit shall be in lieu of monthly
Corporation contributions on your behalf for retiree medical and life insurance coverage under a Steel welfare benefit plan and shall be paid to you within five (5) business days following your separation from service; provided, however, if you
are a Specified Employee at the time of your separation from service, the payment shall not be payable until the first business day following the six-month anniversary of your separation from service; provided, further, if your employment was
terminated prior to a Change in Control, the payment shall be payable upon the first business day following the six-month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control. If you elect to participate in retiree medical and life insurance
coverage through the Corporation, you will be responsible for the full costs of the program. The methods and assumptions that existed under the Steel Pension Plans (as defined in paragraph 4(d)(v)(B) below) immediately prior to the Applicable Event
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 (v) Supplemental Pension Benefit. If you are eligible to participate in the Steel
Pension Plans (as defined in paragraph (B) below), in addition to the pension benefits to which you are entitled (assuming Corporation consent, if necessary for retirement prior to age 60) under the Corporation’s defined benefit pension
plans, the Corporation shall provide to you a benefit (the “Supplemental Pension Benefit”) equal to the difference between: (A) the lump sum value of your Enhanced Pension Benefit (as defined in paragraph (A) below), and
(B) the lump sum value of your Actual Pension Benefit (as defined in paragraph (B) below). The Supplemental Pension Benefit shall be paid in the form of a lump sum cash distribution within five (5) business days following your
separation from service; provided, however, if you are a Specified Employee at the time of your separation from service, the payment shall not be payable until the first business day following the six-month anniversary of your separation from
service; provided, further, if your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the payment shall be payable upon the first business day following the six-month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control. The methods and
assumptions that existed under the applicable Steel Pension Plans immediately prior to the Applicable Event for purposes of determining a lump sum distribution shall be used for purposes of determining the lump sum values in (A) and (B). In
determining the Enhanced Pension Benefit and the Actual Pension Benefit, amendments to the Steel Pension Plans made subsequent to the Applicable Event and on or prior to the Date of Termination, if any, shall be disregarded if they adversely affect
in any manner the computation of retirement benefits thereunder. 
 (A) Enhanced Pension Benefit. The
amount of your Enhanced Pension Benefit shall be equal to the Actual Pension Benefit for which you are eligible under the Steel Pension Plans as of the 

  
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Date of Termination, as adjusted to incorporate the enhancements outlined in paragraphs (1) through (5) below. The enhancements shall be applied only to your benefits under the Steel
Pension Plans. 
 (1) Normal Retirement Benefit - Service. For purposes of determining your monthly normal retirement
benefit payable at normal retirement age, service used in the formula(s) shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of your actual service for benefit accrual purposes plus three years. For this purpose, your actual service shall be determined as of the
Date of Termination. 
 (2) Normal Retirement Benefit - Final Average Pay. For purposes of determining your monthly normal
retirement benefit payable at normal retirement age, final average pay shall be calculated using the sum of: 
  

	 	I.	your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such termination or, if higher, immediately prior to the Applicable
Event; and 

  

	 	II.	 if bonus is considered covered compensation under the applicable pension plan, an amount equal to the higher of the (i) average actual bonus
awarded to you, if any, under any annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor with respect to the three (3) years immediately preceding the Date of Termination or, if higher, the three (3) years immediately preceding the
Applicable Event (but not less than the amount of bonus taken into account in your Actual Pension Benefit) or (ii) target bonus available to you under any annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor for the

  
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year in which your termination of employment occurs or, if higher, the year in which the Applicable Event occurs. 

Final average pay taken into account for this paragraph shall not be less than the amount of final average pay taken into account in the
determination of your Actual Pension Benefit. 
 (3) Early Commencement Factors - Enhanced Service and Age. For purposes
of determining the early commencement factors that apply to your monthly normal retirement benefit, your service and age shall be deemed equal to your actual service and age plus three years of service and three years of age, respectively. For this
purpose, your actual service and actual age shall be determined as of the Date of Termination. In addition, if you satisfy the age and service requirements for a Rule-of-65, -70, or -80 retirement option under the pension rules applicable to the
Steel Pension Plans as of the Date of Termination (taking into consideration the three years of age and service provided in this paragraph), you shall be eligible for an immediate pension under such retirement option in accordance with the terms of
such pension rules even though the leave of absence requirements have not been satisfied. 
 (4) Full Vesting. Your
accrued benefits under the Steel Pension Plans shall be deemed to be fully vested or, to the extent not so vested, paid as an additional benefit under this Agreement as provided above. 

(5) Determination of Age - All other purposes. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this paragraph (A), your age, as well
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the amount of benefits payable under the applicable pension plan shall be determined using your age and their actual ages as of the Date of Termination. 

(B) Actual Pension Benefit. The amount of your Actual Pension Benefit is determined as the sum of the monthly pension benefits
payable to you as of the Date of Termination, regardless of the actual timing of such payments, under the tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans, non-qualified defined benefit excess benefit plans, and non-qualified top-hat or supplemental
defined benefit plans sponsored or maintained by Steel (or any successor plans or similar plans), including individual employment contracts which provide for non-qualified defined benefit supplements (the “Steel Pension Plans”).

 (vi) Supplemental Retirement Account Benefit. If you are eligible to participate in the Retirement Account under the
United States Steel Corporation Savings Fund Plan for Salaried Employees or the U. S. Steel Tubular Services Savings Plan (together, the “Savings Plan”), the Corporation shall provide you with a benefit equal to the sum of (A) and
(B) below. 
 (A) The Retirement Account Contributions you would have received under the Savings Plan, and
the related United States Steel Corporation Non Tax-Qualified Retirement Account Program, had your employment with the Corporation continued for an additional thirty-six (36) months from your actual Date of Termination plus thirty-six
(36) months of earnings on those contributions. The earnings shall be based on the average of the ten-year return (or life return, if a ten-year return is not available) for the investment alternatives available under the

  
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applicable Savings Plan as of your Date of Termination. For purposes of this subparagraph (A), the Retirement Account Contributions shall be based upon your Eligible Salary (as defined in the
applicable Savings Plan) as of your Date of Termination or, if higher, immediately prior to the Applicable Event. 
 (B) The contributions you would have received under the United States Steel Corporation Supplemental Retirement Account Program (the “Supplemental Program”) had your employment with the
Corporation continued for an additional thirty-six (36) months from your actual Date of Termination plus thirty-six (36) months of earnings on those contributions and your entire account balance under the Supplemental Program as of your
Date of Termination. The earnings shall be based upon the ten-year return (or life return, if a ten-year return is not available) of the target date investment fund applicable to you under the Supplemental Program. For purposes of this subparagraph
(B), the bonus awards for determining the contributions you would have received under the Supplemental Program shall be based on an amount equal to the higher of: (i) the average actual bonus awarded to you, if any, under any annual bonus plan
of the Corporation or its predecessor with respect to the three (3) years immediately preceding your Date of Termination or, if higher, the three (3) years immediately preceding the Applicable Event or (ii) the target bonus available
to you under any annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs or, if higher, the year in which the Applicable Event occurs. 

  
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 The payments provided for in this subparagraph (vi) shall be made to you in the form of
a cash lump sum distribution within five (5) business days following your separation from service; provided, however, if you are a Specified Employee at the time of your separation from service, the payment shall not be payable until the first
business day following the six-month anniversary of your separation from service; provided, further, if your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the payment shall be payable upon the first business day following the six-month
anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control. 
 (vii) Supplemental Savings Benefit. In addition to the
benefits you are entitled to under the Savings Plan and any related non-qualified savings plan, the Corporation shall provide to you a benefit equal to the excess, if any, of: 

(A) the amount you would have been entitled to under the Savings Plan, and any related non-qualified savings plan,
determined as if you were fully vested thereunder on the Date of Termination, over 
 (B) the amount you are
entitled to under the Savings Plan, and any related non-qualified savings plan, on the Date of Termination. 
 The payments
provided for in this subparagraph (vii) shall be made to you in the form of a cash lump sum distribution within five (5) business days following your separation from service; provided, however, if you are a Specified Employee at the time
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provided, further, if your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the payment shall be payable upon the first business day following the six-month anniversary of the date of the
409A Change in Control. 
 (e) Following your separation from service, the Corporation shall also reimburse you
for all legal fees and expenses incurred by you for the period beginning upon your separation from service and ending upon the date of your death, on a monthly basis, payable on the first of each month, for such legal fees and expenses reasonably
incurred by you, as a result of your termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement
or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of section 4999 or 409A of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder). All reimbursement payments with respect to expenses incurred within a
particular year shall be made no later than the end of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of reimbursable expenses incurred in one taxable year for you shall not affect the amount of
reimbursable expenses in a different taxable year and such reimbursement shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if you are a Specified Employee at the time of your separation from
service no such payments may be made to you until the first business day following the six-month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the first business day
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 (f) Following your separation from service, the Corporation shall also
reimburse you on a timely basis for reasonable costs incurred by you for outplacement services; provided such expenses must be incurred before the end of your second taxable year following the taxable year in which the Date of Termination occurs and
must be reimbursed before the end of your third taxable year following the taxable year in which the Date of Termination occurs. 
 (g) Other than as provided in Section 4(d)(iii), you shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor
shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, including self-employment, after the Date of Termination, or otherwise. 

5. Limit on Payments. 
 (a) Application. In the event that any amount or benefit paid or distributed to you pursuant to this Agreement, taken together with any amounts or benefits otherwise paid or distributed to you by
the Corporation or any affiliated company (collectively, the “Covered Payments”), would be an “excess parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G of the Code and would thereby subject you to the tax (the “Excise
Tax”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), the provisions of this Section 5 shall apply to determine the amounts payable to you pursuant to this Agreement. 

  
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 (b) Calculation of Benefits. Within ten (10) days following
delivery of any Notice of Termination, the Corporation shall notify you of the aggregate present value of all termination benefits to which you would be entitled under this Agreement and any other plan, program or arrangement as of the projected
Date of Termination, together with the projected maximum payments, determined as of such projected Date of Termination, that could be paid without you being subject to the Excise Tax. 

(c) Imposition of Payment Cap. If (A) the aggregate value of the payments and continuation of benefits to be
paid or provided to you under this Agreement and any other plan, agreement or arrangement with the Corporation exceeds the amount which can be paid to you without incurring an Excise Tax and (B) you would receive a greater net-after-tax amount
(taking into account all applicable taxes payable by you, including any Excise Tax) by applying the limitation contained in this Section 5(c), then such amounts payable to you under this Agreement shall be reduced (such reduced payments to be
referred to as the “Payment Cap”) to the greater of (1) the maximum amount which may be paid hereunder without you becoming subject to such an Excise Tax and (2) zero. In the event that you receive reduced payments and benefits
pursuant to the previous sentence, the order in which they shall be reduced is the following: (i) cash payments for outplacement services under Section 4(f); (ii) cash severance payments under Section 4(d)(ii); (iii) the
cash portion of retiree medical and life insurance under Section 4(d)(iv); (iv) the cash payment resulting from a deemed later termination under Section 4(d)(v) for the supplemental pension benefit; (v) the cash payment resulting
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benefit; (vi) the cash payment for the supplemental savings benefit under Section 4(d)(vii); (vii) the cash payment for legal fees and expenses under Section 4(e);
(viii) the rights to continued life insurance benefits under Section 4(d)(iii); (ix) the rights to continued health insurance benefits under Section 4(d)(iii); and (x) the rights, if any, resulting from a deemed later
termination under Section 4(d)(iv) with respect to benefit coverage under retiree medical and life plans, in each case only to the extent that such reduction would eliminate or reduce the Excise Tax. 

(d) Application of Section 280G. For purposes of determining whether any of the Covered Payments will be
subject to Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, 
 (A) such Covered Payments will be treated as
“parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and all “parachute payments” in excess of the “base amount” (as defined under Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) shall be treated as subject to
the Excise Tax, unless, and except to the extent that, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s independent certified public accounts appointed prior to the Applicable Event or tax counsel selected by such accountants (the
“Accountants”), the Corporation has a reasonable basis to conclude that such Covered Payments (in whole or in part) either do not constitute “parachute payments” or represent reasonable compensation for personal services actually
rendered (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code) in excess of the “base amount,” or such “parachute payments” are otherwise not subject to such Excise Tax, and 

  
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 (B) the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit
shall be determined by the Accountants in accordance with the principles of Section 280G of the Code. 
 (e)
Tax Rates. For purposes of determining whether you would receive a greater net-after-tax benefit were the amounts payable under this Agreement reduced in accordance with Paragraph 5(c), you shall be deemed to pay: 

(A) Federal income taxes at the highest applicable marginal rate of Federal income taxation for the calendar year in
which the first amounts are to be paid hereunder, and 
 (B) any applicable state and local income taxes at the
highest applicable marginal rate of taxation for such calendar year, net of the maximum reduction in Federal income taxes which could be obtained from the deduction of such state or local taxes if paid in such year; 

provided, however, that you may request that such determination be made based on your individual tax circumstances, which shall govern such determination
so long as you provide to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants shall reasonably request to determine such individual circumstances. 
 (f) Final Determination. If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service proceeding (a “Final Determination”) that, notwithstanding the
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the meaning of Section 280G of the Code paid to you or for your benefit are in an amount that would result in you being subject to an Excise Tax, then you shall have an obligation to repay
to the Corporation on the tenth day following the Final Determination the amount equal to such excess parachute payments paid under this Agreement, together with interest on such amount at the applicable Federal rate (as defined in
Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the payment hereunder to the date of repayment by you. 
 6. Successors;
Binding Agreement. 
 (a) The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Corporation to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a
breach of this Agreement and constitutes Good Reason for you to terminate your employment with the Corporation following an Applicable Event. 
 (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If you
should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance 

  
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with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate. 

7. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 8. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically
designated by the Board. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 (b) The Corporation’s obligation to pay benefits under this Agreement shall be merely an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Corporation to pay money in the future. Prior to, or following, the
occurrence of a Potential Change in Control, the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may elect to make contributions to an irrevocable trust to assist the Corporation in satisfying all or any portion of its obligations under this Agreement;
provided that any such funds contributed to an irrevocable trust pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall remain subject to the claims of the Corporation’s general creditors. Regardless of whether the Corporation elects to or otherwise
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no secured interest or right, title or claim in any property or assets of the Corporation. 
 9. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in
full force and effect. 
 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 11. Claims and
Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Any such arbitration
shall be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid until the Date of
Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 
 12.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any other agreement or understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the issues that are the subject matter of this Agreement. 

13. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto
or their respective successors and legal representatives, except that the Corporation may amend this Agreement from time to time without your consent to the extent deemed necessary or 

  
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appropriate, in its sole discretion, to effect compliance with section 409A of the Code, including regulations and interpretations thereunder, which amendments may result in a reduction of
benefits provided hereunder and/or other unfavorable changes to you. You hereby irrevocably consent to such amendments. This Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with section 409A of the Code and the regulations and
interpretations that may be promulgated thereunder. 
 14. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective as of
the date first set forth above. 
 If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return
to the Corporation the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on this subject. 
  

			
	Sincerely,
	
	UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	  

		 	James D. Garraux
		 	General Counsel and Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs

  

			
	Agreed to this      day of
	
	            , 2012.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	<Name>

  
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