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Exhibit 4(a)

ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST

AMENDED AND RESTATED

EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article	 	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I.	 	PURPOSE AND AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
	 	 	1	 
	 	1.01	 	 	Amendment of the Plan
	 	 	1	 
	 	1.02	 	 	Purpose 
	 	 	1	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II.	 	DEFINITIONS,
CONSTRUCTION, ADOPTION AND APPLICABILITY
	 	 	1	 
	 	2.01	 	 	Definitions 
	 	 	1	 
	 	 	 	 	(a) ADDITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 	 	 	 	(b) AFFILIATE 
	 	 	1	 
	 	 	 	 	(c) ANG EMPLOYEES 
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(d) AUTHORIZED LEAVE OF ABSENCE
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(e) BENEFICIARY 
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(f) CODE 
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(g) COMMITTEE 
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(h) COMPANY 
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(i) COMPANY STOCK
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 	 	(j) COMPENSATION 
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	 	 	(k) DISABILITY
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	 	 	(1) EFFECTIVE DATE 
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	 	 	(m) EMPLOYEE 
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	 	 	(n) EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT 
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 	 	(o) EMPLOYER 
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 	 	(p) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT 
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 	 	(q) EMPLOYMENT COMMENCEMENT DATE
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 	 	(r) ERISA 
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 	 	(s) EXEMPT LOAN 
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(t) FIDUCIARIES 
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(u) FORMER PARTICIPANT 
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(v) FORMER TXU EMPLOYEE 
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(w) GEORGIA UNION PARTICIPANT
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(x) HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE 
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 	 	(y) HOUR OF EMPLOYMENT
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	 	 	(z) INCOME 
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	 	 	(aa) LGS EMPLOYEES 
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	 	 	(bb) LOAN SECURITIES
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(cc) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT 
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(dd) MVG EMPLOYEE 
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(ee) NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(ff) PARTICIPANT
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(gg) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER 
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(hh) PARTICIPATION
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(ii) PLAN
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(jj) PRIOR PLAN 
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(kk) RE-EMPLOYMENT COMMENCEMENT DATE 
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(ll) SAFEHARBOR MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT 
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	 	 	 	 	(mm) SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	 	 	(nn) SERVICE 
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(oo) SEVERANCE FROM SERVICE 
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(pp) TRUST (or TRUST FUND) 
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(qq) TRUST COMMITTEE 
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(rr) TRUSTEE 
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(ss) VALUATION DATE
	 	 	9	 
	 	 	 	 	(tt) YEAR or PLAN YEAR 
	 	 	9	 
	 	2.02	 	 	Construction
	 	 	9	 
	 	2.03	 	 	Adoption by Others
	 	 	9	 
	 	2.04	 	 	Applicability 
	 	 	10	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III.	 	PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE
	 	 	10	 
	 	3.01	 	 	Participation
	 	 	10	 
	 	3.02	 	 	Service 
	 	 	11	 
	 	3.03	 	 	Transfer 
	 	 	12	 
	 	3.04	 	 	Controlled Group
	 	 	12	 
	 	3,05	 	 	Special Rules for Former United Cities Gas Company Employees
	 	 	12	 
	 	3.06	 	 	Special Rules for ANG Employees
	 	 	13	 
	 	3.07	 	 	Special Rules for LGS Employees 
	 	 	14	 
	 	3.08	 	 	Special Rules for MVG Participants 
	 	 	14	 
	 	3.09	 	 	Special Rules for Former TXU Employees
	 	 	15	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV.	 	CONTRIBUTIONS
	 	 	15	 
	 	4.01	 	 	Salary Reduction Contributions 
	 	 	15	 
	 	4.02	 	 	Safeharbor Matching Contributions
	 	 	21	 
	 	4.03	 	 	Discretionary Contributions
	 	 	21	 
	 	4.04	 	 	Contributions by Participants 
	 	 	22	 
	 	4.05	 	 	Rollover Contributions; Transfers 
	 	 	22	 
	 	4.06	 	 	Special Rules under USERRA 
	 	 	23	 
	 	4.07	 	 	Transfers from the MVG Union Plan 
	 	 	23	 
	 	4.08	 	 	Matching Contributions on Behalf of Georgia Union Participants
	 	 	24	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V.	 	ALLOCATIONS TO PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS 
	 	 	24	 
	 	5.01	 	 	Individual Accounts
	 	 	24	 
	 	5.02	 	 	Account Adjustments 
	 	 	24	 
	 	5.03	 	 	Maximum Additions 
	 	 	26	 
	 	5.04	 	 	Top-Heavy Provisions
	 	 	27	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI.	 	BENEFITS 
	 	 	31	 
	 	6.01	 	 	Retirement or Disability 
	 	 	31	 
	 	6.02	 	 	Death 
	 	 	31	 
	 	6.03	 	 	Termination for Other Reasons 
	 	 	31	 
	 	6.04	 	 	Payments of Benefits 
	 	 	31	 
	 	6.05	 	 	Designation of Beneficiary
	 	 	40	 
	 	6.06	 	 	In-Service Withdrawals 
	 	 	40	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII.	 	TRUST FUND AND TRUSTEE
	 	 	42	 
	 	7.01	 	 	In General 
	 	 	42	 
	 	7.02	 	 	Investment of the Trust Fund
	 	 	42	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	7.03	 	 	The Trustee 
	 	 	48	 
	 	7.04	 	 	Diversification Requirements
	 	 	49	 
	 	7,05	 	 	Diversification Option 
	 	 	50	 
	 	7.06	 	 	Participant Loans 
	 	 	51	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII.	 	ADMINISTRATION 
	 	 	53	 
	 	8.01	 	 	Allocation of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust Administration
	 	 	53	 
	 	8.02	 	 	Appointment of Committee 
	 	 	53	 
	 	8.03	 	 	Claims Procedure 
	 	 	53	 
	 	8.04	 	 	Records and Reports 
	 	 	54	 
	 	8.05	 	 	Other Committee Powers and Duties
	 	 	54	 
	 	8.06	 	 	Rules and Decisions 
	 	 	55	 
	 	8.07	 	 	Committee Procedures 
	 	 	55	 
	 	8.08	 	 	Authorization of Benefit Payments 
	 	 	55	 
	 	8.09	 	 	Application and Forms for Benefits 
	 	 	55	 
	 	8.10	 	 	Facility of Payment 
	 	 	56	 
	 	8.11	 	 	Indemnification 
	 	 	56	 
	 	8,12	 	 	Unclaimed Benefits 
	 	 	56	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX.	 	MISCELLANEOUS 
	 	 	56	 
	 	9.01	 	 	Plan Voluntary 
	 	 	56	 
	 	9.02	 	 	Rights to Trust Assets 
	 	 	57	 
	 	9.03	 	 	Nonalienation of Benefits
	 	 	57	 
	 	9.04	 	 	Discontinuance of Employer Contributions 
	 	 	58	 
	 	9.05	 	 	Certain Social Security Increases 
	 	 	58	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X.	 	AMENDMENTS AND ACTION BY EMPLOYER
	 	 	59	 
	 	10.01	 	 	Amendments 
	 	 	59	 
	 	10.02	 	 	Action by Employer 
	 	 	59	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI.	 	SUCCESSOR EMPLOYER AND MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF PLANS 
	 	 	59	 
	 	11.01	 	 	Successor Employer 
	 	 	59	 
	 	11.02	 	 	Plan Assets 
	 	 	59	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII.	 	PLAN TERMINATION
	 	 	60	 
	 	12.01	 	 	Right to Terminate 
	 	 	60	 
	 	12.02	 	 	Partial Termination 
	 	 	60	 
	 	12,03	 	 	Liquidation of the Trust Fund
	 	 	60	 
	 	12.04	 	 	Manner of Distribution 
	 	 	60	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES
	 	 	61	 

 

 

ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST

Amended and Restated

Effective as of January 1, 2005

ARTICLE I.

PURPOSE AND AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     1.01 Amendment and Restatement of the Plan. ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the States of Texas and Virginia (hereinafter, the
“Company”) previously adopted and established the EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN AND TRUST FOR
EMPLOYEES OF ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, subsequently amended and restated the Plan and Trust
effective as of January 1, 1999, and thereafter further amended the Plan and Trust from time to
time to, among other things, change the name of the Plan and Trust to the ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST. Effective as of January 1, 2005, except where otherwise
specifically provided herein (the “Effective Date”), the Company has by execution of this document,
amended and restated the Plan in its entirety, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, and the Trust Committee hereby agrees to serve as Trustee hereunder;

     1.02 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide certain benefits for the Employers’
eligible Employees and their Beneficiaries.

     It is the intention of the Employers that the Plan as amended and restated herein shall continue to
meet all of the requirements necessary or appropriate to qualify it under Code Sections 401(a),
401(k) and 4975(e) and that the Trust made a part hereof shall continue to be exempt from tax
under Code Section 501(a), and all provisions hereof shall be interpreted accordingly.

ARTICLE II.

DEFINITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, ADOPTION AND APPLICABILITY 

2.01 Definitions

The following words and phrases, when used herein, unless their context clearly indicates
otherwise, shall have the following respective meanings:

	 	(a)	 	ADDITIONS: With respect to each Year, the total of the Employer contributions allocated to a
Participant’s Employer Contribution Account, Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account, Matching
Contribution Account, where appropriate, and Salary Reduction Contribution Account.
	 
	 	(b)	 	AFFILIATE: Any corporation (other than a Participating Employer) which is (i) a member of a
controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which includes an Employer;
(ii) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in
Code Section 414(c)) with an Employer; (iii) an organization (whether

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	 	 	 	or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section
414(m)) which includes an Employer; or (iv) any other entity required to be aggregated with an
Employer pursuant to Code Section 414(o).
	 
	 	(c)	 	ANG EMPLOYEES: Those individuals who were employees of Southwestern Energy Company (“SEC”)
and/or Arkansas Western Gas Company (“AWGC”) who became Employees of an Employer as a result of the
Company’s acquisition of certain assets associated with the Associated Natural Gas operations of
SEC and AWGC.
	 
	 	(d)	 	AUTHORIZED LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Any absence authorized by an Employer under the Employees standard
personnel practices, provided that all persons under similar circumstances must be treated alike in
the granting of such Authorized Leaves of Absence, and provided further that the Participant
returns within the period of authorized absence. An absence due to service in the Armed Forces of
the United States shall be considered an Authorized Leave of Absence provided that the absence is
caused by war or other emergency, or provided that the Employee is required to serve under the laws
of conscription in time of peace, and further provided that the Employee returns to employment with
an Employer within the period provided by law.
	 
	 	(e)	 	BENEFICIARY: A person or persons (natural or otherwise) designated by a Participant in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.05 to receive any death benefit which shall be payable
under this Plan.
	 
	 	(f)	 	CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and any regulations
issued thereunder. Reference to any section of the Code shall include any successor provision
thereto.
	 
	 	(g)	 	COMMITTEE: The persons appointed under the provisions of Article VIII to administer the Plan.
	 
	 	(h)	 	COMPANY: ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
States of Texas and Virginia, or its successor or successors.
	 
	 	(i)	 	COMPANY STOCK: Shares of stock issued by the Company and owned by the Plan. For purposes of
this Plan, Company Stock may include any of the following:

	 	(1)	 	Common Stock: Shares of common stock issued by the Company (or a corporation which is a
member of the same controlled group as defined under Code Section 409(1)(4)) which are readily
tradable on an established securities market.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Preferred Stock: Shares of non-callable preferred stock convertible at any time into
Common Stock or Other Stock at a conversion price which (as of the date of acquisition by the Plan)
is reasonable. Preferred Stock shall be treated as non-callable if after the call there will be a
reasonable opportunity for such conversion.
	 
	 	(3)	 	Other Stock: When no common stock meets the definition of Common Stock in Section
2.01(i)(l) above, common stock issued by the Company (or a corporation which is a member of the
same controlled group as defined under Code Section 409(1)(4)) having a combination of voting power
and dividend rights equal to or in excess of:

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	 	(a)	 	that class of common stock of the Company (or a corporation which is a member of the same
controlled group as defined under Code Section 409(1)(4)) having the greatest voting power, and
	 
	 	(b)	 	that class of common stock of the Company (or a corporation which is a member of the same
controlled group as defined under Code Section 409(1)(4)) having the greatest dividend rights.

	 	(j)	 	COMPENSATION:

	 	(1)	 	The total of all amounts paid to a Participant by an Employer for personal services as reported
on the Participant’s Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement (Form W-2) plus any amounts excluded
from such reporting pursuant to Code Sections 125, 401(k) and 132(f)(4), but excluding (i) expense
reimbursements, (ii) bonuses, (iii) any contributions made under this Plan, any other plan of
deferred compensation or any welfare benefit plan (other than amounts contributed pursuant to such
Sections 125 and 401 (k)), and (iv) other special payments of any kind. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Plan, Compensation shall include any and all lump sum payments made to such
Participant by an Employer.
	 
	 	(2)	 	In addition to other applicable limits set forth in this Plan, the Compensation of each
Participant taken into account for purposes of determining benefits under the Plan for a given Plan
Year shall not exceed $200,000 (as increased by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with
Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)).
	 
	 	(3)	 	Notwithstanding the preceding, for purposes of allocating Discretionary Contributions made
pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof for the Plan Year in which a Participant begins or resumes
Participation, Compensation received before his Participation began or resumed shall be
disregarded.

	 	(k)	 	DISABILITY: A Participant is disabled if (i) he is qualified for long-term disability benefits
under the Atmos Energy Corporation Group Long-Term Disability Plan, as in effect from time to time;
or (ii) if such Long-Term Disability Plan is not then in existence, the Participant, because of ill
health, physical or mental disability or any other reason beyond his control, is unable to perform
his duties of employment for a period of six continuous months, determined in good faith by the
Committee. Notwithstanding the preceding, a Participant shall be conclusively presumed to have
incurred a Disability if he is eligible for Social Security disability benefits.
	 
	 	(1)	 	EFFECTIVE DATE: Except as otherwise provided herein, January 1, 2005, the date on which the
provisions of this amended and restated Plan became effective.
	 
	 	(m)	 	EMPLOYEE:

	 	(1)	 	Any individual on the payroll of an Employer whose wages from such Employer are subject to
withholding for purposes of Federal income taxes and for purposes of the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act.

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	 	(2)	 	The term “Employee” shall include any person (not employed by an Employer) who under an
agreement between, an Employer and any other person (a “leasing organization”) has performed
services for such Employer (or for such Employer, Affiliate, and any person that is a “related
person” to the Employer as determined in accordance with Code Section 4l4(n)(6)) on a substantially
full-time basis for a period of at least one (1) year, and the services are performed under the
primary direction or control by such Employer (a “Leased Employee”); provided, however, that if
such Leased Employees constitute less than twenty percent (20%) of the Employer’s non-highly
compensated work force (as defined in Code Section 414(n)(5)(C)(ii)), the term “Employee” shall not
include any Leased Employees who are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5), unless
otherwise expressly provided by the terms of this Plan.
	 
	 	(3)	 	Notwithstanding the preceding, the term “Employee” shall not include any individual who is
designated as an “independent contractor” by an Employer, even if the status of such individual
subsequently is changed from that of an “independent contractor” to that of an “employee” as a
result of an administrative or legal proceeding.

	 	(n)	 	EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account maintained for a Participant to record his Employee
Contributions and Supplemental Savings, if any, and adjustments relating thereto, as provided under
the provisions of the Prior Plan as effective prior to October 1, 1987. Said account shall include
amounts transferred from the Southwestern Energy Company 401(k) Savings Plan (the “SEC Plan”) on
behalf of ANG Employees, which are attributable to after-tax contributions as provided for in
Section 3.06 hereof and amounts attributable to after-tax contributions in rollover contributions
made pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.
	 
	 	(o)	 	EMPLOYER: The Company, where applicable, and any Participating Employer. Employer refers to all
Employers collectively, or to each one individually, as the context may require.
	 
	 	(p)	 	EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account maintained for a Participant to record his share of
the Discretionary Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof and rollover contributions
made pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof, and adjustments relating thereto. Said account shall include
amounts transferred from the SEC Plan on behalf of ANG Employees which are attributable to rollover
contributions and employer matching contributions as provided for in Section 3.06 hereof, and
amounts transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan (as defined in Section 3.08 hereof) that are
attributable to an MVG Participant’s matching contribution account under the MVG Non-Union Plan as
provided for in Section 3.08 hereof, and amounts transferred from the MVG Union Plan (as defined in
Section 4.07(a) hereof) that are attributable to the applicable Participant’s matching contribution
account under the MVG Union Plan as provided for in Section 4.07 hereof. Said account shall also
include all amounts received by a Participant as matching contributions, and adjustments relating
thereto under the Prior Plan.
	 
	 	(q)	 	EMPLOYMENT COMMENCEMENT DATE: The first date on which an Employee completes an Hour of
Employment.
	 
	 	(r)	 	ERISA: Public Law No. 93-406, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.

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	 	(s)	 	EXEMPT LOAN: A loan which a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)) makes
to the Trustee or guarantees (including an unsecured guarantee and the use of assets of a
disqualified person as collateral for a loan).
	 
	 	(t)	 	FIDUCIARIES: Any person who exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control
respecting the management of the Plan, assets held under the Plan, or disposition of Plan assets;
who renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to
assets held under the Plan or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or who has any
discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of the Plan shall be
treated as a Fiduciary hereunder. Any person who exercises authority or has responsibility of a
fiduciary nature as described above shall be considered a Fiduciary under the Plan. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither a Participant nor a Beneficiary shall be considered a Fiduciary with respect
to the Plan by reason of his exercise of control over the assets held in his individual account
pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof. In general the Employers, the Committee, and the Trustee shall be
Fiduciaries hereunder, but only with respect to the specific responsibilities of each for Plan and
Trust administration, all as described in Section 8.01.
	 
	 	(u)	 	FORMER PARTICIPANT: A Participant whose Participation has terminated but who has a vested
account balance under the Plan, which has not been paid in full.
	 
	 	(v)	 	FORMER TXU EMPLOYEE: An individual who (i) was an employee of TXU Gas Company or its affiliate
on June 17, 2004, and (ii) either (a) accepted employment with an Employer by October 29, 2004, or
effective as of April 1, 2005, accepted employment to begin by April 11, 2005, as the case may be,
as a result of the acquisition of substantially all the assets of TXU Gas Company, and at the time
of acceptance of employment or thereafter became an Employee of an Employer, or (b) was on military
leave of absence on September 30, 2004, due to active duty service in the United States armed
forces, but automatically became an Employee of an Employer on October 1, 2004, or (c) was on leave
of absence (other than military leave) from TXU Gas Company or its affiliate on September 30, 2004,
including medical (FMLA or otherwise), disability, salary continuation, sick leave, or other leave
of absence which was approved by TXU Gas Company or its affiliate or was contemplated under its
policies, and returns to work from such leave and becomes an Employee of an Employer by March 31,
2005.
	 
	 	(w)	 	GEORGIA UNION PARTICIPANT: Effective from and after March 15, 2005, a Participant who is
covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Communication Workers of
America, Local 3212.
	 
	 	(x)	 	HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE: A Participant or Former Participant who is a Highly Compensated
Employee, as defined in Code Section 414(q). A Participant or Former Participant is considered a
Highly Compensated Employee if:

	 	(1)	 	during the Plan Year (the “Determination Year”) or during the twelve month period immediately
preceding the Determination Year or, if the Company elects, the calendar year ending with or within
the Determination Year (the “Look Back Year”), the Participant or former Participant was at any
time a “five percent owner” as defined in Section 5.04(a)(2)(C)(3) hereof; or

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	 	(2)	 	for the preceding Plan Year, the Participant or former Participant (a) had Compensation from
the Employer in excess of $80,000, as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the relevant
year, and (b) if the Employer elects, was in the top-paid group during the preceding Plan Year.

An Employee is in the “top-paid group” for any Plan Year if such Employee is in the group
consisting of the top twenty percent (20%) of the Employees when ranked on the basis of
Compensation paid during the Plan Year. However, solely for determining the total number of active
Employees for a year, the following Employees are disregarded:

	 	(1)	 	Employees who have not completed six (6) months of Service by the end of the year. (An
Employee’s Service in the immediately preceding year is added to the Employee’s Service in the
current year to determine whether the exclusion applies in the current year.);
	 
	 	(2)	 	Employees who normally work less than 17-1/2 hours per week. (This determination is made
independently for each year. Weeks during which the Employee did not work are not considered. An
Employee who works less than 17-1/2 hours a week for fifty percent (50%) or more of the total weeks
worked by the Employee during the year is deemed to normally work less than 17-1/2 hours per
week.); and
	 
	 	(3)	 	Employees who are included in a unit of employees covered by an agreement that the Secretary of
Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between Employee representatives and the
Employer which satisfies Code Section 7701(a)(46) and Temporary Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-17T,
if (i) ninety percent (90%) or more of the Employees of the Employer are covered under collective
bargaining agreements that the Secretary of Labor finds to be collective bargaining agreements
between Employee representatives and the Employer, which agreements satisfy Code Section
7701(a)(46) and Temporary Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-17T, and (ii) the Plan covers only
Employees who are not covered under the agreements. Employees excluded pursuant to this paragraph
(3) are not counted in determining the number of noncollective bargaining employees who will be
included in the top-paid group in testing the Plan and are not included in the top-paid group in
testing the Plan.

The Committee shall determine which Participants or Former Participants are Highly Compensated
Employees in a manner consistent with Code Section 414(q) and regulations issued thereunder. The
Employer may make a calendar year election to determine the Highly Compensated Employees for the
Look Back Year, as prescribed by applicable treasury regulations. A calendar year election must
apply to all plans and arrangements of the Employer.

A Former Participant who separated from Service, or is deemed to have separated from Service under
applicable treasury regulations, prior to the Plan Year, who performs no Service for the Employer
during the Plan Year and who was a Highly Compensated Employee either for the Separation Year or
any Plan Year ending on or after such former Participant attained age fifty-five (55) years is
considered a Highly Compensated Employee. Generally, Separation Year means the Plan Year during
which the Employee separates from Service with the Employer.

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	 	(y)	 	HOUR OF EMPLOYMENT: Each hour (i) for which an Employee is on an Authorized Leave of Absence or
is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by an Employer for the performance of duties
or for reasons other than the performance of duties, or (ii) for which back-pay (irrespective of
mitigation of damages) has been either awarded or agreed to by an Employer. In the case of clause
(i) above, each such Hour of Employment shall, in general, be credited for the computation period
in which the duties were performed, or to which payments or entitlements to payments relate (in
cases in which Hours of Employment are credited for periods in which duties are not performed). In
the case of clause (ii) above, each such Hour of Employment shall, in general, be credited for the
computation period to which the agreement or award pertains. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained herein, no Employee shall be credited with an Hour of Employment under both
clauses (i) and (ii) above.
	 
	 	 	 	In determining the number of Hours of Employment to be credited to an Employee in the case of a
payment which is made or due to an Employee under the provisions of clause (i), above, for a period
during which services were not performed (including a payment made by application of clause (ii)
for a period also covered by clause (i) during which services were not performed), and the
computation period(s) to which Hours of Employment shall be credited, the Committee shall apply the
rules set forth in the U.S. Department of Labor Regulations §
2530.200b-2(b) and (c), which rules
are incorporated into and made a part of this Plan by reference.
Nothing in this Section 2.01(y)
shall be construed as denying an Employee credit for an Hour of Employment which he is required to
receive under any Federal law, the nature and extent of which credit shall be determined by such
Federal law.
	 
	 	 	 	Hours of Employment shall be determined from records maintained by each Employer; provided,
however, that an Employer may elect to determine Hours of Employment for any classification of
Employees which is reasonable, nondiscrminatory and consistently applied, on the basis that Hours
of Employment include ninety (90) Hours of Employment for each biweekly pay period, or portion
thereof during which an Employee is credited with one (1) Hour
of Employment. In determining the
equivalent number of Hours of Employment to be credited to an Employee in the case of a payment
made or due under clause (i), above, when the payment is not calculated on the basis of units of
time, the Committee shall apply the rules set forth in U.S. Department of Labor Regulations §
2530.200b-2(b)(2) and (3). If such a payment is calculated on the basis of units of time, which
units are greater than the period of employment used in this equivalency formula, the Employee
shall be credited with the number of Hours of Employment included in the periods of employment
which, in the course of the Employees regular work schedule, would be included in the unit or units
of time on the basis of which the payment is calculated.
	 
	 	(z)	 	INCOME: The net gain or loss of the Trust Fund, as reflected by interest payments, dividends,
realized and unrealized gains and losses on securities, other investment transactions and expenses
paid from the Trust Fund. In determining the Income of the Trust Fund for any period, assets shall
be valued on the basis of their fair market value, as determined by the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall not take into account any indebtedness described in Section 7.02(k) or the value of any
Company Stock held in suspense pursuant to such Section.
	 
	 	(aa)	 	LGS EMPLOYEES: Those individuals who became Employees of an Employer effective as of July 1,
2001, as a result of the Company’s acquisition from Citizens Utilities Company

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	 	 	 	(“Citizens”) of substantially all of its assets associated with the Louisiana Gas Service
operations.
	 
	 	(bb)	 	LOAN SECURITIES: Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of
an Exempt Loan.
	 
	 	(cc)	 	MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account maintained for a Georgia Union Participant to
record contributions made from and after April 23, 2005, on his behalf by his Employer pursuant to
Section 4.08 hereof, and any adjustments relating thereto.
	 
	 	(dd)	 	MVG EMPLOYEE: Those employees of the Company who were employees of Mississippi Valley Gas
Company (“MVG”) on December 1, 2002 and who became employees of the Company as a result of the
merger of MVG with and into the Company on December 3, 2002, or were employees of the Company hired
by the Mississippi Valley Gas division of the Company on or after December 3, 2002 and prior to
December 21, 2002.
	 
	 	(ee)	 	NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE: An Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
	 
	 	(ff)	 	PARTICIPANT: An Employee participating in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.01.
	 
	 	(gg)	 	PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER: Any entity which, with the consent of the Company, has adopted this
Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03.
	 
	 	(hh)	 	PARTICIPATION: With respect to an Employee, the period commencing on the date on which the
Employee became a Participant and ending on the date on which the Employee incurs a Severance from
Service.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	PLAN: ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST, as set forth in this
document and as it may be amended from time to time.
	 
	 	(jj)	 	PRIOR PLAN: ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST, as constituted prior
to January 1, 2005.
	 
	 	(kk)	 	RE-EMPLOYMENT COMMENCEMENT DATE: The first date on which an Employee completes an Hour of
Employment upon his return to the employment of an Employer after a Severance from service.
	 
	 	(ll)	 	SAFEHARBOR MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account maintained for a Participant to record
contributions made on his behalf by his Employer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, and adjustments
relating thereto.
	 
	 	(mm)	 	SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account maintained for a Participant to record
contributions made on his behalf by his Employer pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, and adjustments
relating thereto. Said account shall include amounts transferred from the SEC Plan on behalf of ANG
Employees which are attributable to salary reduction contributions as provided for in Section 3.06
hereof. Said account shall also include amounts transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan that are
attributable to an MVG Participant’s deferred income account under the MVG Non-Union Plan as
provided for in Section 3.08 hereof, and amounts transferred from the MVG Union Plan that are
attributable to the

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	 	 	 	applicable Participant’s deferred income account under the MVG Union Plan as provided for in
Section 4.07 hereof.

	 	(nn)	 	SERVICE: A Participant’s period of employment with an Employer or an Affiliate as determined
in accordance with Sections 3.02 and 3.04 hereof.
	 
	 	(oo)	 	SEVERANCE FROM SERVICE: With respect to an Employee, the earlier of (i) the date on
which he quits, or is discharged from the employment of an Employer, or (ii) the date of his
retirement, Disability or death.
	 
	 	(pp)	 	TRUST (or TRUST FUND): The fund established hereunder, maintained in accordance with the terms
of the Plan and constituting a part of this Plan.
	 
	 	(qq)	 	TRUST COMMITTEE: The individual or individuals employed by the Company and appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Company to act as Trustee hereunder. The same provisions applicable to
the Retirement Savings Plan Committee specified in Sections 8.02 and 8.07 hereof shall apply to,
respectively, the appointment of the members of the Trust Committee and the procedures to be
adopted by the Trust Committee for the conduct of its affairs. Effective from and after February
9, 2005, the Trust Committee shall be the Qualified Retirement Plans and Trusts Committee appointed
to act as Trustee hereunder. The same provisions applicable to the Qualified Retirement Plans and
Trusts Committee in Section 8.07 hereof shall apply to the procedures to be adopted by the Trust
Committee for the conduct of its affairs.
	 
	 	(rr)	 	TRUSTEE: The Trust Committee, or any corporation, individual or individuals
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company to administer the Trust.
	 
	 	(ss)	 	VALUATION DATE: Each business day.
	 
	 	(tt)	 	YEAR or PLAN YEAR: The 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending on the next following
December 31.

	2.02	 	Construction
	 
	 	 	The masculine gender, where appearing in the Plan, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender,
unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and
other similar compounds of the word “here” shall mean and refer to the entire Plan and not to any
particular provision or section.
	 
	2.03	 	Adoption by Others
	 
	 	 	Any Affiliate of the Company may adopt this Plan and thereby become a Participating Employer,
provided, however, that:

	 	(1)	 	the Board of Directors of the Company must approve such adoption;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the administrative powers and control of the Company as provided herein shall not be
deemed diminished under the Plan by reason of the adoption of the Plan by any
Participating Employer, and

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	 	(3)	 	the administrative powers and control granted to the Company in Section 8.01 with respect to
the appointment of the Committee and other matters shall apply only with respect to the Company and
not to any Participating Employer.

	 	 	The Employees of any one Employer shall, for purposes of allocating Discretionary Contributions
pursuant to Section 5.02(d) hereof, be treated as employed by all Employers.
	 
	2.04	 	Applicability
	 
	 	 	Except to the extent otherwise specifically provided, (i) the provisions of this Plan shall apply
only to an Employee who terminates employment on or after the Effective Date, and (ii) the lights
and benefits, if any, of a former Employee shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
the Prior Plan (or the provisions of any pre-existing version of the Prior Plan), as in effect on
the date on which his employment terminated.

ARTICLE III.

PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE

	3.01	 	Participation
	 
	 	 	Except as otherwise provided below, an Employee, other than a Leased Employee, as provided in
Section 2.01(m)(2) hereof, shall become a Participant in this Plan as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Any Employee included under the provisions of the Prior Plan as of the Effective Date
shall continue to participate in accordance with the provisions of this amended and restated Plan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For purposes of eligibility to make Salary Reduction Contributions under Section 4.01,
an Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant in this Plan as of the first payroll period
coincident with or immediately following his date of hire or the date on which he becomes an
Employee. For purposes of eligibility to receive allocations of Safeharbor Matching Contributions
under Section 4.02 and Discretionary Contributions under Section 4.03, a Participant shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan as of the Entry Date coincident with or immediately following
his completion of one (1) year of Service. For purposes of eligibility to receive allocations of
Matching Contributions under Section 4.08 from and after the payroll period beginning April
23, 2005, the Georgia Union Participant shall be eligible to participate in this Plan as of March
31, 2005, provided he has completed one (1) year of service by that date. Thereafter, for purposes
of eligibility to receive allocations of Matching Contributions under Section 4.08, a Georgia Union
Participant shall be eligible to participate in this Plan as of the Entry Date coincident with or
immediately following his completion of one (1) year of Service.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The term “Entry Date” shall mean the first day of the first payroll period coincident
with or immediately following each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st. The Entry
Date for Former TXU Employees who have completed one (1) year of Service as of their date of
employment with an Employer, after taking into account the provisions of Section 3.02(d) hereof,
shall be the first day of the first payroll period coincident with or immediately following their
date of employment with an Employer.

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	 	 	Each Employee now or hereinafter covered by a collective bargaining agreement between an Employer
and a collective bargaining representative shall become or remain a Participant in this Plan only
to the extent that such Plan participation is negotiated, through good faith bargaining, between an
Employer and such representative. Otherwise, any Employee covered by a collective bargaining
agreement shall not become, or shall cease to be, a Participant in this Plan. If an Employee
covered by a collective bargaining agreement ceases to be a Participant in this Plan, he shall
immediately re-enter the Plan as an active Participant when his coverage under such agreement
terminates, provided that he is still an Employee at that time.
	 
	 	 	An active Participant who, on or after the Effective Date, incurs a Severance from Service and who
is subsequently re-employed by an Employer shall immediately re-enter the Plan as an active
Participant on his Re-Employment Commencement Date. In the case of an individual who had been
included under the Prior Plan but who had terminated employment with an Employer prior to the
Effective Date and who is subsequently reemployed by an Employer, such individual shall immediately
re-enter the Plan as an active Participant on his Re-Employment Commencement Date.
	 
	3.02	 	Service
	 
	 	 	A Participant’s eligibility for benefits under the Plan shall be determined on the basis of his
period of Service in accordance with the following:

	 	(a)	 	Service Prior to the Effective Date. For an Employee as of the Effective Date,
the Employee’s employment with an Employer prior to the Effective Date shall be counted as Service
to the extent that such employment was counted as service under the provisions of the Prior Plan,
including any period or periods of Authorized Leave of Absence counted as service under such
provisions.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Service On and After Effective Date. On and after the Effective Date, an
Employee shall accrue a year of Service for each consecutive twelve (12)-month computation period
during which he completes at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Employment. Such computation
period shall begin on his Employment Commencement Date; provided, however, that if the Employee
fails to complete one thousand (1,000) Hours of Employment during the first computation period, the
second computation period shall be the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of the
Employment Commencement Date, and succeeding computation periods shall also be on the basis of the
Plan Year. An Employee who completes a year of Service and, prior to Participation hereunder,
incurs a Severance from Service shall, upon re-employment, be credited with such prior year of
Service and be entitled to commence Participation as of the later of (i) the date as of which such
Employee would have commenced Participation under Section 3.01 (b) if he had not incurred a
Severance from Service or (ii) his Re-Employment Commencement Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Service for MVG Employees. From and after December 21, 2002, Service for MVG
Employees who are Employees as of such date shall include service credited under the Mississippi
Valley Gas Company Savings Plan.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Service for Former TXU Employees. From and after October 1, 2004, Service for
Former TXU Employees who become Employees on or after that date shall include years and partial
years of service beginning on their credited service start dates under the TXU Thrift Plan, as in
effect on September 30, 2004, (the “TXU Thrift Plan”) and ending on the date they become Employees.

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	3.03	 	Transfer
	 
	 	 	An Employee who is transferred between two Employers shall be as eligible for Participation and
benefits as in the absence of such transfer.
	 
	3.04	 	Controlled Group
	 
	 	 	An Employee who is transferred to or from the employment of an Affiliate shall, solely for purposes
of determining the amount of his credited Service hereunder, be treated as employed by an Employer
during the period of his employment by such Affiliate.
	 
	3.05	 	Special Rules for Former United Cities Gas Company Employees

	 	(a)	 	Employees who previously worked for United Cities Gas Company shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan as of the Effective Date. For purposes of Section 3.02, the Employees
described in this Section 3.05(a) shall be credited with Service for their periods of employment
with United Cities Gas Company.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The account balances of former participants in the United Cities Gas Company 401(k)
Savings Plan (the “United Cities Plan”) which are transferred and merged into the Plan effective
January 1, 1999 shall be held, administered, and distributed as a part of the Plan as follows:

	 	(1)	 	All amounts transferred from the United Cities Plan that are attributable to an
Employee’s salary reduction contributions shall be held in the Salary Reduction Contribution
Account established for such Employee under the Plan;
	 
	 	(2)	 	All amounts transferred from the United Cities Plan that are attributable to an
Employee’s employer matching contributions under the United Cities Plan shall be held in the
Employer Contribution Account (and in a subaccount thereunder prior to April 1, 2005) established
for such Employee under the Plan; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	All amounts transferred from the United Cities Plan that are attributable to an
Employee’s additional matching contributions under the United Cities Plan shall be held in the
Employer Contribution Account (and in a subaccount thereunder prior to April 1, 2005) established
for such Employee under the Plan; and
	 
	 	(4)	 	All amounts transferred from the United Cities Plan that are attributable to an
Employee’s rollover contributions under the United Cities Plan shall be held in a subaccount of the
Employer Contribution Account established for such Employee under the Plan.

The Plan shall preserve the distribution restrictions of Code Sections 401(k)(2) and (10) with
respect to the amounts attributable to salary reduction contributions transferred from the United
Cities Plan.

	 	(c)	 	The amounts transferred from the United Cities Plan that are attributable to
forfeitures of account balances under that Plan shall be used to reduce Safeharbor Matching
Contributions under the Plan.

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	3.06	 	Special Rules for ANG Employees

	 	(a)	 	For purposes of eligibility to make salary reduction contributions under Section 4.01,
ANG Employees (as defined in Section 2.01 (c) hereof) shall be eligible to participate in this Plan
as of the first day of the first payroll period coincident with or immediately following June 1,
2000. For purposes of eligibility to receive allocations of safe harbor matching contributions
under Section 4.02 and discretionary contributions under Section 4.03, an ANG Employee shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan as of the Entry Date coincident with or immediately following
his completion of one (1) Year of Service. For purposes of Section 3.02, ANG Employees shall be
credited with Service equal to their service credited under the SEC Plan (as defined in Section
2.01(n) hereof).
	 
	 	(b)	 	The account balances of ANG Employees who were participants in the SEC Plan which are
transferred into the Plan effective as of June 1, 2000, shall be held, administered, and
distributed as part of the Plan as follows:

	 	(1)	 	All amounts transferred from the SEC Plan that are attributable to an ANG Employee’s
salary reduction contributions under the SEC Plan shall be held in the Salary Reduction
Contribution Account established for such Employee under the Plan;
	 
	 	(2)	 	All amounts transferred from the SEC Plan that are attributable to an ANG Employee’s
after-tax contributions, if any, under the SEC Plan shall be held in the Employee Contribution
Account established for such Employee under the Plan. The ANG Employee shall be 100% vested in said
Account.
	 
	 	(3)	 	All amounts transferred from the SEC Plan that are attributable to an ANG Employee’s
rollover contributions, if any, under the SEC Plan shall be held in a subaccount of the Employer
Contribution Account established for such Employee under the Plan. The ANG Employee shall be 100%
vested in said subaccount.
	 
	 	(4)	 	All amounts transferred from the SEC Plan that are attributable to an ANG Employee’s
employer matching contributions under the SEC Plan shall be held in the Employer Contribution
Account (and in a subaccount thereunder prior to April 1, 2005) established for such Employee under
the Plan. The ANG Employee shall be 100% vested in said subaccount or amounts, as the case may be,
and all amounts contained therein may be invested immediately.
	 
	 	(5)	 	All stock transferred from the SEC Plan that is Entergy stock shall be held in a
separate investment fund called the Entergy Stock Fund established for such Employee under the
Plan. All amounts contained in the Entergy Stock Fund may be invested in other investments as
provided for in Section 7.05(d).

	 	(c)	 	For purposes of Section 3.01(c), the Entry Date for ANG Employees who have completed
one (1) Year of Service as of June 1, 2000, after taking into account the provisions of Section
3.06(a) hereof, shall be the first day of the first payroll period coincident with or immediately
following June 1, 2000.

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	 	(d)	 	All outstanding loans of the ANG Employees under the SEC Plan shall be transferred in kind to
the Plan and shall be maintained and administered under Section 7.06 in accordance with the terms
of said loans as in effect at the time of said transfer.

	3.07	 	Special Rules for LGS Employees

	 	(a)	 	For purposes of eligibility to make salary reduction contributions under Section 4.01,
LGS Employees (as defined in Section 2.01(aa) hereof) shall be eligible to participate in this Plan
as of the first day of the first payroll period coincident with or immediately following July 1,
2001. For purposes of eligibility to receive allocations of safe harbor matching contributions
under Section 4.02 and discretionary contributions under Section 4.03, an LGS Employee shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan as of the Entry Date coincident with or immediately following
his completion of one (1) Year of Service. For purposes of Section 3.02, LGS Employees and
Employees who became employees of an Affiliate effective as of July 1, 2001, as a result of the
Company’s acquisition from Citizens of certain of its assets associated with the Louisiana Gas
Service operations shall be credited with Service equal to their service credited under the CUC 401
(k) Employee Benefit Plan (the “Citizens Plan”).
	 
	 	(b)	 	All stock that is Citizens stock received as part of an eligible rollover distribution
from the Citizens Plan, as provided for in Section 4.05, shall be held in a separate investment
fund called the Citizens Stock Fund established for an LGS Employee under the Plan. All amounts
contained in the Citizens Stock Fund may be invested in other investments as provided for in
Section 7.05(e).
	 
	 	(c)	 	For purposes of Section 3.01(c), the Entry Date for LGS Employees who have completed
one (1) Year of Service as of July 1, 2001, after taking into account the provisions of Section
3.07(a) hereof, shall be the first day of the first payroll period coincident with or immediately
following July 1, 2001.
	 
	 	(d)	 	All outstanding loans of the LGS Employees under the Citizens Plan that were received
as part of eligible rollover distributions from the Citizens Plan, as provided for in Section 4.05,
shall be maintained and administered under Section 7.06 in accordance with the terms of said loans
as in effect at the time of said receipt.

	3.08	 	Special Rules for MVG Participants

	 	(a)	 	The account balances of participants (the “MVG Participants”) in the Mississippi Valley Gas
Company Savings Plan (the “MVG Non-Union Plan”) which are transferred into the Plan effective as of
May 1, 2003, shall be held, administered, and distributed as part of the Plan as follows:

	 	(1)	 	All amounts transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan that are attributable to an MVG
Participant’s deferred income account under the MVG Non-Union Plan shall be held in the Salary
Reduction Contribution Account established for such MVG Participant under the Plan;
	 
	 	(2)	 	All amounts transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan that are attributable to an MVG
Participant’s matching contribution account under the MVG Non-Union Plan shall be held in the
Employer Contribution Account (and in a subaccount thereunder prior to April 1, 2005) established
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Participant shall be 100% vested in said subaccount or amounts, as the case may be, and all amounts
contained therein may be invested as soon as administratively possible in accordance with the
procedures established by the Committee and communicated in writing to the MVG Participants.

	 	(b)	 	All outstanding loans under the MVG Non-Union Plan of the MVG Employees who are MVG
Participants shall be transferred in kind to the Plan and shall be maintained and administered
under Section 7.06 in accordance with the terms of said loans as in effect at the time of said
transfer.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The amounts transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan that are attributable to
forfeitures of account balances under that Plan and to the suspense account containing unallocated
contributions to that Plan shall be used to reduce Safe Harbor Matching Contributions under the
Plan.

	3.09	 	Special Rules for Former TXU Employees

	 	(a)	 	All stock that is TXU Corp. stock received as part of an eligible rollover distribution
from the TXU Thrift Plan, as provided for in Section 4.05, shall be held in a separate investment
fund called the TXU Stock Fund established for a Former TXU Employee under the Plan. All amounts
contained in the TXU Stock Fund may be invested in other investments as provided for in Section
7.05(f).
	 
	 	(b)	 	All outstanding loans of the Former TXU Employees under the TXU Thrift Plan that were
received as part of eligible rollover distributions from the TXU Thrift Plan, as provided for in
Section 4.05, shall be maintained and administered under Section 7.06 in accordance with the terms
of said loans as in effect at the time of said receipt.

ARTICLE IV.

CONTRIBUTIONS

	4.01	 	Salary Reduction Contributions

	 	(a)	 	For each Plan Year, each Employer shall contribute to the Trust Fund, on behalf of each
of its Participants eligible to make Salary Reduction Contribution as described in Section 3.01(b)
hereof, an amount equal to the total amount of Salary Reduction Contributions (defined below)
agreed to be made by such Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement entered into between
the Employer and the Participant for such Plan Year. Salary Reduction Contributions may be in the
form of cash or Company Stock, and shall be deposited in the Trust Fund as soon as administratively
feasible, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) business day of the calendar month
following the calendar month during which such contributions were made.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Subject to the provisions of Section 4.01(g) hereof, each Participant shall be given
the option to execute a salary reduction agreement with his Employer which provides that the
Participant agrees to accept a reduction in salary from his Employer equal to any percentage of his
Compensation (excluding bonuses) per payroll, which percentage shall be neither less than

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one percent (1%) nor more than sixty-five percent (65%) of such Participant’s Compensation (herein,
the “Salary Reduction Contributions”).

	 	(c)	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for any Participant’s taxable year, a
Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution shall not exceed the dollar limitation contained in
Code Section 402(g) in effect for such taxable year, except to the extent permitted under Section
4.01(f) and Code Section 414(v), if applicable. An Employer may amend or revoke its salary
reduction agreement with any Participant at any time if such Employer determines that such
revocation or amendment is necessary to ensure that the reduction in such Participant’s
Compensation for any payroll period does not exceed the maximum deferral amount set forth above.

In the event that the total reduction on behalf of any Participant for any of his or her taxable
years exceeds the dollar limitation provided for in Section 4.01(c), such “excess deferrals,”
together with income allocable thereto, shall be distributed to the Participant on whose behalf
such reduction was made not later than April 15 following the close of the Participant’s taxable
year in which the reduction was made, in the manner and to the extent provided under the applicable
treasury regulations.

The income allocable to an “excess deferral” (as defined in Code Section 402(g)(2) and the treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder) shall be determined by multiplying the income allocable to the
Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the “excess deferrals” (as defined in Code Section 402(g)(2) and the treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder) of the Participant, as determined above, and the denominator of which is
the balance of the Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions on the last day of the Plan Year,
reduced by the income allocable to such account for the Plan Year and increased by the loss
allocable to such account for the Plan Year.

	 	(d)	 	Salary Reduction Contributions credited to a Participant’s Salary Reduction
Contribution Account pursuant to Section 4.01(a) shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested and
non-forfeitable at all times. If a Participant enters into a salary reduction agreement with his
Employer for a given Year, his Compensation for such Year for all purposes of this Plan shall be
equal to his Compensation before application of the salary reduction agreement.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Salary reduction agreements shall be governed by the following:

	 	(1)	 	A salary reduction agreement shall apply to each payroll period during which an
effective salary reduction agreement is on file with the Participant’s Employer.
	 
	 	(2)	 	A salary reduction agreement may be entered into or amended or terminated by a Participant at any time upon notice to the Committee, subject to the requirements of paragraph (3),
below. If a Participant terminates his salary reduction agreement, he may enter into another salary
reduction agreement at any time thereafter, subject to the requirements of paragraph (3), below.
	 
	 	(3)	 	Salary reduction agreements and amendments to, or terminations of, salary reduction
agreements shall be effective as of, and shall not apply to any payroll period preceding, the
payroll period next following the date on which the salary reduction agreement or amendment to, or
termination of, the salary reduction agreement is executed by the Participant and his Employer.

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	 	(4)	 	An Employer may amend or revoke its salary reduction agreement with any Participant at
any time if the Employer determines that such revocation or amendment is necessary (i) to ensure
that a Participant’s Additions for any Year will not exceed the limitation of Section 5.03 hereof,
(ii) to ensure that Employer contributions made pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 4.08
hereof are fully deductible by the Employer for Federal income tax purposes, and (iii) to ensure
that a Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions do not exceed the limitation of Section 4.01(c)
hereof relating to “excess deferrals” (as defined in Code Section 402(g)(2) and the treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder) or the limitations of Section 4.01(g) hereof relating to
“Excess Contributions” (as defined in Section 4.01(g)(3) hereof).
	 
	 	(5)	 	Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.01(g) and 4.08 hereof, the requirements of
Code Section 401(k)(3) are satisfied by the safe harbor provided under Code Section
401(k)(12). Prior to (i) the Employee’s initial Entry Date, and (ii) the beginning of each Plan
Year, the Employer shall provide written notice to each Employee who is eligible to receive
Safeharbor Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof that this Plan is exempt from the
general nondiscrimination rules of Code Section 401(k)(3).
	 
	 	(6)	 	Upon termination of employment, a Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution Account
shall be distributed in accordance with Article VI.

	 	(f)	 	Those Participants who have attained age fifty (50) before the close of the Plan Year
shall be eligible to make Salary Reduction Contributions in addition to the Salary Reduction
Contributions provided for in Section 4.01(b) hereof in accordance with, and subject to the
limitations of, Code Section 414(v) (“Catch-Up Salary Reduction Contributions”). Such Catch-Up
Salary Reduction Contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of Section 4.01(c) (and
Code Section 402(g)) and Section 5.03 (and Code Section 415). The Plan shall not be treated as
failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code Sections
401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), and 410(b), or 416, as applicable, by reason of making such
Catch-up Salary Reduction Contributions. In addition, the Employers shall not make Matching
Contributions with respect to Catch-Up Salary Reduction Contributions.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The limitations described in this Section 4.01(g) shall be determined in accordance
with the applicable sections of the Code and regulations thereunder.

	 	(1)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, effective from and after the payroll period
beginning April 23, 2005, in no event shall the Employer make a Salary Reduction Contribution on
behalf of any Participant who is a Georgia Union Participant in any Plan Year (the “Current Plan
Year”) if such contribution would cause the “Actual Deferral Percentage” (or “ADP”) of Highly
Compensated Employees who are Georgia Union Participants (referred to
in this Section 4.01(g) as “GU Highly Compensated Employees”) to exceed the greater of the limitations indicated below:

	 	(a)	 	One hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the ADP for all Non-Highly Compensated
Employees who are Georgia Union Participants (referred to in

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this Section 4.01(g) as “GU Non-Highly Compensated Employees”)for the prior Plan Year; or

	 	(b)	 	The lesser of (i) the sum of the ADP for all GU Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior
Plan Year plus two percent (2%), or (ii) two hundred percent (200%) of the ADP for all GU
Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year. 

For the 2005 Plan Year, the Employer may elect to use either the GU Non-Highly Compensated
Employees’ ADP for such Plan Year, or an assumed ADP of three percent (3%) for the GU Non-Highly
Compensated Employees.

The
ADP for all GU Non-Highly Compensated Employees under this Section 4.01(g)(1) determined on the
basis of the prior Plan Year is referred to herein as the “Prior Year Testing Method”.

	 	(2)	 	The Committee shall, to the extent necessary to conform the Salary Reduction
Contributions to the above limitations, reduce prospectively the amount of Salary Reduction
Contributions to be made on behalf of GU Highly Compensated Employees. Such prospective reduction
shall first be applied to reduce the dollar amount elected by all those GU Highly Compensated
Employees who have elected the highest dollar amount of Salary Reduction Contributions compared to
the dollar amount elected by all those GU Highly Compensated Employees (including those Employees
whose dollar amount was previously reduced) whose elected dollar amount is at the next highest
dollar amount of Salary Reduction Contributions, and shall thereafter continue to be applied to the
extent necessary in like manner in descending order on the basis of elected contribution amounts.
The total amount by which the Salary Reduction Contributions must be reduced prospectively as
provided above shall be determined under Section 4.01(g)(1) above and shall be calculated by
reducing contributions made on behalf of GU Highly Compensated Employees in the order of their
actual deferral percentages beginning with the highest of such percentages, and continuing to
reduce the Salary Reduction Contributions of the GU Highly Compensated Employees with the next
highest contribution percentages in a like manner in descending order based on rates of
contribution percentages until the amount reduced is sufficient to satisfy the limitations of
Section 4.01(g)(1) above.

Such prospective reductions may thereafter be adjusted by the Committee, upon due notice to the
affected Georgia Union Participants, at any time thereafter to increase the elected amounts for
those GU Highly Compensated Employees whose amounts were previously reduced in accordance with this
Section if the Committee shall determine that such increase will not cause the limits set forth in
Section 4.01(g)(1) to be exceeded for the Plan Year. Any such increase shall be applied to the
reduced GU Highly Compensated Employees in ascending order, starting with those reduced GU Highly
Compensated Employees who were last affected by the reduction sequence provided for herein. Any
decrease of a Georgia Union Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions under this Section shall
be in addition to and shall not otherwise affect such Participant’s rights to change or suspend
contributions.

	 	(3)	 	In the event that following the end of a Plan Year, it is determined by the Committee
that the Salary Reduction Contributions for GU Highly Compensated Employees

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exceed
the limitations of Section 4.01(g)(1), then the amount in excess of such limitation (“Excess
Contributions”) (and the income thereon) (with the amount of such Excess Contributions calculated
by reducing the contributions made on behalf of GU Highly Compensated Employees in the order of the
actual deferral percentages beginning with the highest such percentage and continuing to reduce the
Salary Reduction Contributions of the GU Highly Compensated Employees with the next highest
contribution percentages in a like manner in descending order based on rates of contribution
percentages until such percentages satisfy the test in
Section 4.01(g)(1)) shall be distributed to
the GU Highly Compensated Employees, notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary, no later
than the last day of the Plan Year following the close of the Plan Year in which such Excess
Contributions occurred. If such Excess Contributions are distributed more than two and one-half
(2-1/2) months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions occurred, a
ten percent (10%) excise tax will be imposed on the Employer with
respect to such amounts.

In distributing Excess Contributions, the following rules shall apply: The Excess Contributions
shall first be applied to reduce the dollar amount elected by all those GU Highly Compensated
Employees who have elected the highest dollar amount of Salary Reduction Contributions compared to
the dollar amount elected by all those GU Highly Compensated Employees (including those Employees
whose dollar amount was previously reduced) whose elected dollar amount is at the next highest
dollar amount of Salary Reduction Contributions and shall thereafter continue to be applied to the
extent necessary in like manner in descending order on the basis of elected contribution amounts
until the reductions equal the Excess Contributions and enable the Salary Reduction Contributions
to conform to the limitations of Section 4.01(g)(1).

The amount of Excess Contributions to be distributed to each affected GU Highly Compensated
Employee is equal to the Salary Reduction Contributions on behalf of such Employee (prior to
reduction of the Excess Contributions) less the product of such Employee’s ADP (after reduction for
such Excess Contributions) times such Employee’s Total Compensation, rounded to the nearest one
cent ($.01), and likewise is equal to the amount of reduction provided for herein.

The amount of Excess Contributions that maybe distributed under this Section with respect to a GU
Highly Compensated Employee for a Plan Year shall be reduced by any “excess deferrals” (as defined
in Section 4.01(c)) attributable to such Plan Year previously distributed to such Employee. In the
event a distribution of Salary Reduction Contributions constitutes a distribution of Excess
Contributions and a distribution of “excess deferrals” pursuant to Section 4.01(c), the amounts
distributed shall be treated as a simultaneous distribution of both Excess Contributions
and “excess deferrals.”

	 	(4)	 	In determining the amount of income allocable to Excess Contributions which are being
distributed, the following rules shall apply:

	 	(a)	 	The income allocable to Excess Contributions for the Plan Year in which the contributions are
made is the income for the Plan Year allocable to Salary Reduction Contributions and amounts
treated as Salary Reduction

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Contributions with respect to the GU Highly Compensated Employee, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount of Excess Contributions made on behalf of the GU Highly
Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and the denominator of which is the balance of such
Employee’s Salary Reduction Contribution Account as of the end of the Plan Year, before adjustment
of such Account as provided for in Section 5.02(a).

	 	(b)	 	For purposes of this Section, the income of the Plan shall mean all earnings, gains and losses,
computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.

	 	(5)	 	For purposes of this Section 4.01(g), the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

	 	(a)	 	“Actual Deferral Percentage” (or “ADP”) shall mean for the GU Highly Compensated Employees, as
a group, and for the GU Non-Highly Compensated Employees, as a group, the average of the ratios
(calculated separately for each such Employee Participant in such group) of the Salary Reduction
Contributions, if any, made on behalf of each such Employee Participant for each Plan Year, to the
Employee Participant’s Total Compensation (as defined in Section 4.01(g)(5)(d)) for such Plan Year.
For purposes of computing the ADP under the Prior Year Testing Method, changes between the prior
Plan Year and the Current Plan Year in the group of GU Non-Highly Compensated Employees who are
Employee Participants are disregarded. For purposes of computing ADP, an Employee Participant who
makes no Salary Reduction Contributions for a Plan Year shall be treated as making a zero percent
(0%) contribution for the Plan Year.

In calculating ADP, a Salary Reduction Contribution shall be taken into account for a Plan Year
only if such Salary Reduction Contribution: (i) relates to Total Compensation that would have been
received by the Employee Participant during such Plan Year (but for the salary reduction election)
or is attributable to services performed by the Employee Participant during such Plan Year and
would have been received by the Employee Participant within two and one-half (2-1/2) months after
the close of such Plan Year (but for the salary reduction agreement); and (ii) is allocated to the
Employee Participant during such Plan Year. A Salary Reduction Contribution is treated as allocated
as of a particular date during a Plan Year if allocation of such contribution is not contingent on
participation in the Plan or the performance of services after such date and such contribution is
paid to the Trust not later than twelve (12) months after the close of such Plan Year.

In calculating the ADP of a GU Highly Compensated Employee who participates in more than one
plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate, all elective deferrals (as defined in Code Section 401(m)(4))
of such GU Highly Compensated Employee shall be aggregated for purposes of determining such percentage.

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In calculating the ADP of a GU Highly Compensated Employee who has “excess deferrals” (as defined
in Section 4.01(c)), such “excess deferrals” shall be treated as Salary Reduction Contributions for
purposes of determining such percentage.

In calculating ADP, all elective deferrals (as defined in Code Section 401(m)(4)) to any plan
required to be aggregated with the Plan for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) shall be
treated as if made under the Plan. If the Plan is permissively aggregated with another plan in
order to comply with the limitations of Section 4.01(g)(1), such aggregated plans must also meet
the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) as a single plan.

	 	(b)	 	“GU Non-Highly Compensated Employee” shall mean each Employee Participant who is not a
GU Highly Compensated Employee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	“Employee Participant” shall mean each Employee who is a Georgia Union Participant,
including any Employee who is ineligible to have Salary Reduction Contributions made on his behalf
pursuant to Section 6.06(a) hereof.
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Total Compensation” as used in this Section 4.01(g) shall have the same meaning as
that set forth in Section 5.03(a) hereof.

	4.02	 	Safeharbor Matching Contributions

	 	(a)	 	For each Plan Year, each Employer shall contribute on behalf of each of its
Participants for whom a Salary Reduction Contribution was made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and who
is eligible to receive an allocation of Safeharbor Matching Contributions as described in Section
3.01(b) hereof, other than, effective from and after April 23, 2005, Georgia Union Participants, a
“Safeharbor Matching Contribution” in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such
Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions, up to a maximum of four percent (4%) of such
Participant’s Compensation, for the Plan Year.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.08 hereof, the discrimination tests of Code
Section 401(m)(2) are satisfied by the safeharbor provided under
Code Section 401(m)(11). Prior
to (i) the Employee’s initial Entry Date, and (ii) the beginning of each Plan Year, the Employer
shall provide written notice to each Employee who is eligible to receive a Safeharbor Matching
Contribution pursuant to Section 4.02 here that this Plan is exempt from the general
nondiscrimination rules of Code Section
401(m)(2).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Safeharbor Matching Contributions credited to a Participant Safeharbor Matching
Contribution Account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested and non-forfeitable at all times.
Safeharbor Matching Contributions may be made in cash or in Company Stock.

	4.03	 	Discretionary Contributions
	 
	 	 	For each Plan Year, each Employer shall contribute hereunder such additional amount as the Board of
Directors of the Company (by a majority vote of the disinterested members thereof) shall determine
and authorize (the “Discretionary Contributions”), provided that such Board shall not authorize

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Discretionary Contributions by an Employer at such times or in such amounts that the Plan in
operation discriminates in favor of officers, shareholders, or Highly
Compensated Employees. The
amount to be contributed each Plan Year shall be determined and authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Company; provided, however that the Employers shall make a minimum annual
contribution equal to the amount required pursuant to
Section 7.02(k)(5) hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.03 and except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02(k),
the contribution of the Employers for any Year shall in no event exceed an amount which, when added
to amounts contributed pursuant to Sections 4.01 and 4.02, above and Section 4.08 hereof, will,
under the law then in effect, be deductible by the Employers in computing, on a consolidated return
basis, their Federal income taxes for the taxable year within which such Plan Year ends, including
any amount deductible pursuant to carryover provisions of the Code. All contributions of the
Employers made pursuant to this Section 4.03 for a Plan Year shall be paid to the Trustee, and
payment shall be made not later than the date prescribed by law for filing the consolidated Federal
income tax return of the Employers for the taxable year within which such Plan Year ends, including
extensions which have been granted for the filing of such tax return. Discretionary Contributions
may be in cash or in Company Stock. Discretionary contributions credited to a Participant’s
Employer Contribution Account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested and nonforfeitable at all
times.

	4.04	 	Contributions by Participants
	 
	 	 	Participants are neither required nor permitted to make any after-tax contributions under this
Plan. Under the provisions of the Prior Plan as in effect prior to October 1, 1987, Participants
were permitted to make both Employee Contributions and Supplemental Savings contributions. To the
extent that such amounts (and related adjustments) have not been distributed to affected Employees
who are Participants hereunder prior to the Effective Date, such amounts (and related adjustments)
shall be held in Employee Contribution Accounts established for such Employees until distributed in
full. Distribution shall be made from each such Employee Contribution
Account at such time or times
as determined by the Participant for whose benefit an Employee Contribution Account was
established.

	4.05	 	Rollover Contributions; Transfers

	 	(a)	 	With the approval of the Committee, a Participant who was a participant in another plan of
deferred compensation which is qualified under Code Section 401(a) may contribute to this Plan a
portion or all of the amount of any “distribution” received by him from such other plan. The
qualified plans from which eligible rollover distributions may be received pursuant to this
paragraph (a) are qualified plans described in Code Sections 401(a) or 403(a), annuity contracts
described in Code Section 403(b) and eligible plans under Code Section 457(b) which are maintained
by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or
political subdivision of a state. Any amounts so contributed shall be held in a subaccount of the
Participant’s Employer Contribution Account, except that any amount so contributed that is
attributable to after-tax contributions shall be separately accounted for in a subaccount under the
Participant’s Employee Contribution Account. Such subaccount or subaccounts shall be 100% vested in
the Participant, shall share in Income allocations in accordance with Section 5.02(a), but shall
not share in Employer contribution allocations. Upon termination of employment, the total amount in
such subaccount or subaccounts shall be distributed in accordance with Article VI. The term
“eligible rollover distribution” is herein defined as any amount which, pursuant to Code Section
402(c)(4) may be transferred to this Plan.

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	 	(b)	 	Without express authorization by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Trustee hereunder
shall not accept any direct or indirect transfer of assets in connection with a merger, spinoff, or
conversion of a plan, or direct or indirect transfer of assets solely with respect to an Employee,
if such transfer is from a defined benefit plan, or from a defined contribution plan that is either
subject to the funding standards of Code Section 412 or otherwise subject to the requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(11)(A). In the case of a transfer to the Trustee of all or any of the assets
held in respect of any type of qualified plan or trust by the trustee of the transferor plan, the
amounts so transferred shall be allocated under this Plan to the individual account of each
Participant who was also a participant in such other qualified plan. In no event shall a
Participant’s vested interest in such a transferred account be less after such transfer than it was
prior to such transfer, or, in the alternative, this Plan may provide that the entire value of such
transferred accounts of a Participant shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable.

The Trustee, upon direction from the Committee, may transfer any amount available for distribution
to a Participant hereunder by reason of termination of employment to another trust forming part of
a pension, profit sharing or stock bonus plan maintained by such Participant’s new employer and
represented by such employer in writing as meeting the requirements
of Code Section 401(a),
provided that the trust to which such transfer is to be made permits such transfers.

	4.06	 	Special Rules under USERRA
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service
credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code Section
414(u).

	4.07	 	Transfers from the MVG Union Plan
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 4.05 to the contrary:

	 	(a)	 	Any Employee who becomes a Participant in this Plan and who has account balances under
the Atmos Energy Corporation Savings Plan for MVG Union Employees (the “MVG Union Plan”) may elect,
within 60 days of the date on which such Employee becomes a
Participant in this Plan, to have
transferred from the MVG Union Plan to this Plan said account balances. Said election shall be in
accordance with the procedures established by the Committee and communicated to said Participants
in writing.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Amounts transferred pursuant to paragraph (a) above (i) that are attributable to a
deferred income account under the MVG Union Plan shall be held in the Salary Reduction
Contribution Account established under the Plan, and (ii) that are attributable to a matching
contribution account under the MVG Union Plan shall be held in the Employer Contribution Account
(and in a subaccount thereunder prior to April 1, 2005) established under the Plan, and said
subaccount or amounts, as the case may be, shall be 100% vested upon such transfer.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any amounts transferred to this Plan pursuant to paragraphs (a) above shall be invested
in the funds to which the Participant has directed the investment of his Salary Reduction
Contributions, or if no such direction has been given, then in the Diversified Fund which
constitutes a balanced fund of equity and fixed income. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 4.07(c), any outstanding loan under the MVG Union Plan of a Participant who elects
a transfer as provided for in this Section 4.07 shall be transferred in

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kind to the Plan and shall be maintained and administered under Section 7.06 in accordance with the
terms of said loans as in effect at the time of said transfer.

	 	(d)	 	If an Employee who is a Participant in this Plan (including Participants for whom a transfer of
account balances pursuant to this Section 4.07 previously has occurred) thereafter ceases to be an
Employee eligible to remain an active participant in this Plan and such Participant becomes
eligible to participate in the MVG Union Plan, such Participant may
not elect to transfer all of
his account balances in this Plan to the MVG Union Plan.

	4.08	 	Matching Contributions on Behalf of Georgia Union Participants

	 	(a)	 	Effective from and after the payroll period beginning
April 23, 2005, for the 2005 Plan
Year, and for each Plan Year thereafter, the Employer shall contribute on behalf of each Georgia
Union Participant for whom a Salary Reduction Contribution was made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and
who is eligible to receive an allocation of Matching Contributions as described in Section 3.01(b)
hereof, a Matching Contribution in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such Participant’s
Salary Reduction Contributions, up to a maximum of six percent (6%) of such Participant’s
Compensation, for the Plan Year.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The discrimination tests of Code Section 401(m)(2) are automatically satisfied,
pursuant to the provisions of Section
1.401(m)-1(a)(3) of the regulations under Code Section
401(m), because the Matching Contributions are made under the portion of the Plan that benefits
collectively bargained employees and that automatically satisfies the requirements of Code Section
410(b).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Matching Contributions credited to a Georgia Union Participant’s Matching Contribution
Account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested and non-forfeitable at all times. Matching
Contributions may be made in cash or in Company Stock.

ARTICLE V.

ALLOCATIONS TO PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS

	5.01	 	Individual Accounts
	 
	 	 	The Committee shall create and maintain adequate records to disclose the interest in the Trust of
each Participant, Former Participant and Beneficiary. Such records shall be in the form of
individual accounts and credits and charges shall be made to such accounts in the manner herein
described. When appropriate, a Participant shall have up to five separate accounts, an Employer
Contribution Account, a Salary Reduction Contribution Account, a Safeharbor Matching Contribution
Account, an Employee Contribution Account and, where applicable, a Matching Contribution Account.
The maintenance of individual accounts is only for accounting purposes, and a segregation of the
assets of the Trust Fund to each account shall not be required.

	5.02	 	Account Adjustments
	 
	 	 	The accounts of Participants, Former Participants and
Beneficiaries shall be adjusted in accordance
with the following:

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	 	(a)	 	Income. The Income of the Trust Fund shall be allocated as follows:

	 	(1)	 	Company Stock. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02(1) hereof, any cash
dividends earned by Company Stock, and any Company Stock received by the Trustee as a stock split
or dividend or as a result of a reorganization or other recapitalization of the Company, shall be
allocated as of each Valuation Date in the same manner as the Company Stock to which it is
attributable is then allocated. In addition, as of each Valuation Date, the value of the Company
Stock held in an account of a Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary shall, together with
related unrealized gains and losses, be noted on such account.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Diversified Investments. To the extent that the accounts of a Participant are
invested, pursuant to Section 7.04 or 7.05 hereof in the Diversified Fund described in such Section
7.05, earnings attributable to the portion so invested (hereinafter, the “Diversified Portion”)
shall be allocated on the following basis: for each fund comprising the Diversified Fund, such
earnings shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants, Former Participants and Beneficiaries
who had unpaid balances in the Diversified Portions of their accounts invested in such fund on the
Valuation Date in accordance with the ratio of the Diversified Portions of each Participant’s
account invested in such fund on such Valuation Date to the Diversified Portions of all accounts
invested in such fund on such Valuation Date.

	 	(b)	 	Salary Reduction Contributions. The Employer contributions for a Plan Year made
on behalf of a Participant pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof shall be allocated to the Participant’s
Salary Reduction Contribution Account effective as of a date no later than the last day of such
Plan Year.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Safeharbor Matching Contributions. The Employer contributions for a Plan Year
made pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof on behalf of a Participant who is eligible to receive an
allocation of the Safeharbor Matching Contribution as described in Sections 3.01(b) and 4.02 hereof
shall be allocated to the Participant’s Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account effective as of a
date no later than the last day of such Plan Year.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Discretionary Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02(k)
hereof, relating to the repayment of Exempt Loans, as of the end of each Plan Year, each Employer’s
Discretionary Contribution for the Plan Year made pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof shall be
allocated among those Participants who are eligible to receive an allocation of the Discretionary
Contribution as described in Sections 3.01(b) and 4.08 hereof and who were in the employ of any
Employer on the last day of the Plan Year, according to the ratio that each such Participant’s
Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all eligible Participants for the
Plan Year.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Matching Contributions. The Employer contributions for a Plan Year made pursuant to
Section 4.08 on behalf a Georgia Union Participant who is eligible to receive an allocation of the
Matching Contribution as described in Sections 3.01(b) and 4.08 hereof shall be allocated to such
Participant’s Matching Contribution Account effective as of a date no later than the last day of
such Plan Year.

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	5.03	 	Maximum Additions

	 	(a)	 	Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the total Additions made to
the Salary Reduction Account, Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account, Employer Contribution
Account and, if applicable, Matching Contribution Account of a Participant for any Plan Year shall
not exceed the lesser of:

	 	(1)	 	Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) (or such higher amount to which such amount shall be
adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate pursuant to Code Section 415(d)), or
	 
	 	(2)	 	one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant’s total compensation for such Plan Year.

The compensation limit referred to in clause (2) above shall not apply to any contribution for
medical benefits after separation from service (within the meaning of Code Sections 401(h) or
419A(f)(2)) which is otherwise treated as an Addition.

For purposes of this Section 5.03, a Participant’s “total compensation” includes earned income,
wages, salaries, fees for professional service and other amounts received for personal services
actually rendered in the course of employment with his Employer (including, but not limited to,
commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits,
commissions on insurance premiums, tips, and bonuses) excluding the following: (i) Employer
contributions to a plan of deferred compensation to the extent contributions are not included in
the gross income of a Participant for the taxable year in which contributed, or on behalf of a
Participant to a simplified employee pension plan under Code Section 219(b)(7), and any
distributions from a plan of deferred compensation whether or not
includable in the gross income of
the Participant when distributed, (except any amounts excluded from a Participant’s income pursuant
to Code Sections 125 or 401(k), and effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1,
2001, Code Section 132(f)(4)); (ii) amounts realized from the exercise of a nonqualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by a Participant becomes freely transferable or
is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; (iii) amounts realized from the sale,
exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; (iv) other amounts
which receive special tax benefits, or contributions made by an Employer (whether or not under a
salary reduction agreement) for the purchase of an annuity contract described in Code Section 403
(b) (whether or not the contributions are excludable from the gross income of the Participant); and
(v) compensation in excess of $200,000 (as increased by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance
with the Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)).

	 	(b)	 	If such Additions exceed the limitation set forth in Section 5.03(a) above, such
excess shall be reallocated to eligible Participants for the Plan Year in accordance with
Section 5.02(d). In the event that all or any portion of such excess cannot be reallocated
for such Year because of the application of Section 5.03(a) above, the amount which cannot
be so reallocated shall be held in a suspense account until it can be so reallocated in a
subsequent Plan Year, and no further Additions shall be made to Participants’ accounts
until the amount in such suspense account has been fully reallocated. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary herein contained, if this Plan terminates during any Plan Year
in which such suspense account cannot be reallocated because of the application of Section
5.03(a) above, the amount in such suspense account shall revert to the Employers.

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	 	(c)	 	For purposes of this Plan, the “limitation year” shall be the Plan Year.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Participant (i) who is permanently and
totally disabled (as provided in Code Section 415(c)(3)(C)), (ii) who is not a highly Compensated
Employee, and (iii) with respect to whom the Company elects to have this Section 5.03(d) apply, the
term “total compensation” shall mean the compensation the Participant would have received for the
Plan Year if the Participant had been paid at the rate of compensation paid immediately before
becoming permanently and totally disabled. Section 5.03(d) shall apply only to the extent that
contributions made with respect to amounts treated as total compensation under this Section 5.03(d)
are nonforfeitable when made.

	5.04	 	Top-Heavy Provisions
	 
	 	 	The following provisions shall become effective in any Year in which either the ESOP portion or the
Non-ESOP portion of the Plan is determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan:

	 	(a)	 	Determination of Top-Heavy Status. The ESOP portion or the Non-ESOP portion of the Plan
will be considered a Top-Heavy Plan for the Plan Year if as of the last day of the preceding Plan
Year (the “determination date”):

	 	(1)	 	[1] the value of the sum of the ESOP portion or the Non-ESOP portion (as the case may be) of
the Employer Contribution Accounts, Salary Reduction Contribution Accounts, Safe harbor Matching
Contribution Accounts and, where applicable, Matching Contribution Accounts, plus Employee
Contribution Accounts (but not including any allocations to be made as of such last day of the Plan
Year except contributions actually made on or before that date and allocated pursuant to Sections
5.02(b), (c) and where applicable (e)) of Participants who are Key Employees (as defined below)
exceeds 60% of the value of the sum of the ESOP portion or the
Non-ESOP portion (as the case may be)
of the Employer Contribution Accounts, Salary Reduction Contribution Accounts, Safe harbor Matching
Contribution Accounts and, where applicable, Matching Contribution Accounts, plus Employee
Contribution Accounts (but not including any allocations to be made as of such last day of the Plan
Year except contributions actually made on or before that date and allocated pursuant to Sections
5.02(b), (c) and where applicable (e)) of all Participants and their Beneficiaries (the “60%
Test”), or [2] the applicable portion of the Plan is part of a required aggregation group (within
the meaning of Code Section 416(g)(2)) and the required aggregation group is top-heavy. However,
and notwithstanding the results of the 60% Test, the ESOP portion or the Non-ESOP portion (as the
case may be) of the Plan shall not be considered a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year in which the
applicable portion of the Plan is a part of a required or permissive aggregation group (within the
meaning of Code Section 416(g)(2)) which is not top-heavy. For purposes of the 60% Test for any
Plan Year, (i) the value of the Employer Contribution Accounts, Safe harbor Matching Contribution
Accounts, Salary Reduction Contribution Accounts, Employee Contribution Accounts and, where
applicable, Matching Contribution Accounts of individuals who are former Key Employees shall not be
taken into account and (ii) the value of the Employer Contribution Accounts, Safe harbor Matching
Contribution Accounts, Salary Reduction Contribution Accounts, Employee Contribution Accounts and,
where applicable, Matching Contribution Accounts of individuals who have not performed services for
an

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	 	 	Employer for the five (5)-year period ending on the determination date shall not be
taken into account.
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of the 60% Test, the following shall apply:

	 	(i)	 	The present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances
of an employee as of the determination date shall be increased by the distributions
made with respect to the employee under the ESOP portion or the Non-ESOP portion (as
the case may be) of the Plan and any plan aggregated with such portion of the Plan
under Code Section 416(g)(2) during the 1-year period ending on such determination
date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated
plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the
applicable portion of the Plan under Code Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i). In the case of a
distribution made for a reason other than separation of service, death or
disability, this provision shall be applied by substituting “5-year period” for
“1-year period.”
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed
services for the Employer during the 1-year period ending on the determination date
shall not be taken into account.

	(2)	 	Aggregation shall be determined as follows:

	 	(A)	 	Aggregation Group.

	 	(i)	 	Required Aggregation. The term “aggregation group” means —

	 	(I)	 	each plan of the Employer in which a
key employee is a participant;
	 
	 	(II)	 	each other plan of the Employer which
enables any plan described in subclause (I) to meet the
requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410; and
	 
	 	(III)	 	any plan terminated by the Employer
within five years of the determination date of the Plan Year in
question that would, but for the fact that it was terminated, be
described in subclause (I) or (II). For purposes of Code Section
416, a terminated plan is one that has been formerly terminated,
has ceased crediting service for benefit accruals and vesting, and
has been or is distributing all plan assets to participants or
their beneficiaries as soon as administratively
feasible.

	 	(ii)	 	Permissive Aggregation. The Employer may treat
any plan not required to be included in an aggregation group under clause
(i) as being pan of such group if such group would continue to meet the

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	 	 	 	requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 with such plan being taken into
account.

	 	(B)	 	Top-Heavy Group. The term “top-heavy group” means any aggregation group if:

	 	(i)	 	the sum (as of the determination date) of:

	 	(I)	 	the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits
for key employees under all defined benefit plans included in such group,
and
	 
	 	(II)	 	the aggregate of the accounts of key employees under
all defined contribution plans included in such group,

	 	(ii)	 	exceeds 60 percent of a similar sum determined for all employees.

	 	(C)	 	Key Employee. For purposes of this Section 5.04, a “Key Employee” is any person
employed or formerly employed by any Employer or Affiliate (and the beneficiaries of any such
person) who is, at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date, any one
or more of the following:

	 	(1)	 	An officer of an Employer or an Affiliate having annual compensation for
the applicable Plan Year greater than One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000),
as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1) for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
2002.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Any person owning (or considered as owning within the meaning of Code
Section 318) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of an Employer or
an Affiliate or stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined
voting power of such stock or more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profits
interest of an Employer or an Affiliate which is not a corporation.
	 
	 	(3)	 	A person who would be described in Section 5.04 (a)(2) above if “one
percent (1%)” were substituted for “five percent (5%)” each place it appears in said
Section 5.04(a)(2), and whose aggregate annual compensation from all Employers or
Affiliates is more than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000).
	 
	 	(4)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, for
purposes of determining ownership under this Section 5.04(a)(2)(C), the
rules of Code Sections 414(b), (c), and (m) shall not apply in defining who is an
Employer.

	 	 	 	The determination of who is a Key Employee hereunder shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Code Section 416(i)(1) and the regulations thereunder.

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	 	(b)	 	Minimum Allocations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.02(b), (c)
where applicable (e), for any Year during which either the ESOP portion of the Plan or the
Non-ESOP portion of the Plan is deemed a Top-Heavy Plan, the amount of Employer
contribution for the Year to be allocated in the aggregate to the Safeharbor Matching
Contribution Account, Employer Contribution Account and, where applicable, Matching
Contribution Account of each Participant who is not a Key Employee shall not be less than
the lesser of (i) three percent (3%) of the Participant’s total compensation for the Plan
Year or (ii) the Participant’s total compensation for the Plan Year multiplied by the
highest percentage obtained by dividing the amount of Employer contribution allocated in
the aggregate to the Salary Reduction Contribution Account, Safeharbor Matching
Contribution Account, Employer Contribution Account and, where applicable, Matching
Contribution Account of any Key Employee for the Year by so much of the total compensation
of such Key Employee for the Year as does not exceed $200,000 (as automatically increased
in accordance with the applicable treasury regulations); provided, however, that the
requirement of this Section 5.04(b) shall not apply to the extent that the minimum
allocations set forth herein are made under another defined contribution plan maintained by
the Employer, provided, further, that the minimum allocations required herein shall be
offset by any minimum benefit provided under a defined benefit plan maintained by an
Employer.
	 
	 	 	 	Safeharbor Matching Contributions, if any, and Matching Contributions, if any, shall be
taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of Code
Section 416(c)(2) and the requirements of this Section 5.04. The preceding sentence shall
apply with respect to Safeharbor Matching Contributions and Matching Contributions or, if
the Plan provides that the minimum contribution requirement shall be met in another plan,
matching contributions under such other plan. Safeharbor Matching Contributions and
Matching Contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements shall
be treated as Safeharbor Matching Contributions and Matching Contributions for purposes of
the actual contribution percentage test and other requirements of Code Section 401(m).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Super Top-Heavy Rules. For any Plan Year in which either the ESOP portion of the Plan
or the Non-ESOP portion of the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, Section 5.04(a) shall be read by
substituting the number “90” for the number “60” wherever it appears therein; provided,
however, that where the applicable portion of the Plan is not a “Super” Top-Heavy Plan (as
defined in Code
Section 416(h)(2)(B)), no such substitution shall occur if, for such Plan
Year, the minimum allocations determined pursuant to Section 5.04(b) are determined by
reference to 4%, in lieu of 3%, of total compensation.
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Total Compensation” Defined. The term “total compensation” as used in this Section
5.04 shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 5.03(a) hereof.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Inapplicability of Top Heavy Plan Rules. The provisions of this Section 5.04 and
Code Section 416 shall not apply in any Plan Year in which the Plan consists solely of Salary
Reduction Contributions which meet the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12) and Safeharbor
Matching Contributions which meet the requirements of Code
Section 401(m)(11).

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ARTICLE VI.

BENEFITS

	6.01	 	Retirement or Disability
	 
	 	 	If a Participant’s employment with his Employer is terminated at or after his normal
retirement date, or if his employment is terminated prior to his normal retirement date
because of Disability, he shall be entitled to receive the entire amount then in each of his
accounts in accordance with Section 6.04. The “entire amount” in a Participant’s accounts at
termination of employment shall include any Employer contributions to be made pursuant to
Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.08 for the Plan Year of termination of employment but not yet
allocated. If a Participant remains in employment after his normal retirement date, he shall
continue to be treated as an active Participant hereunder. For purposes of this Plan, the
term “normal retirement date” means, with respect to a Participant, the first day of the
month coincident with, or immediately following, his attainment of
age sixty-five (65).
	 
	6.02	 	Death
	 
	 	 	In the event that the termination of employment of a Participant is caused by his death,
the entire amount then in each of his accounts shall be paid to his Beneficiary in
accordance with Section 6.04 after receipt by the Committee of acceptable proof of death.
The “entire amount” in a Participant’s accounts at termination of employment shall include
any Employer contributions to be made pursuant to Sections 4.01,
4.02 and 4.08 for the Plan
Year of termination of employment but not yet allocated.
	 
	6.03	 	Termination for Other Reasons
	 
	 	 	If a Participant’s employment with his Employer is severed or terminated before his normal
retirement date for any reason other than Disability or death, the Participant shall be
entitled to receive the entire amount then in each of his accounts in accordance with
Section 6.04. The “entire amount” in a Participant’s accounts at severance from employment
shall include any Employer contributions to be made pursuant to
Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.08
for the Plan Year of severance from employment but not yet allocated.
	 
	6.04	 	Payments of Benefits
	 
	 	 	The following provisions shall apply with respect to the method and timing of benefit
payments hereunder:

	 	(a)	 	General. Payment of a Participant’s benefits shall commence as soon as
practicable after the date on which the Committee determines the final balances in such
Participant’s accounts; provided, however, that the Participant must consent to a
distribution prior to the date specified below if the value of his account balances
exceeds $5,000.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Required Distributions.

	 	(1)	 	Payment of a Participant’s benefits must commence no later
than the earlier of (i) the Participant’s Required Beginning Date (defined
below); or (ii) unless the Participant elects a later date (which can be no
later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date), the 60th day after the
latest of the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant terminates
employment due to attainment of normal retirement, Disability

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	 	 	 	or death or which is the fifth Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the
Participant otherwise terminates employment; or (iii) unless the Participant
elects a later date (but not later than the Participant’s Required Beginning
Date), the 60th day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which the
Participant attains age sixty-five (65), in which occurs the date ten years after
the date the Participant first commenced Participation in the Plan, or in which
the Participant incurs a Severance from Service.

	 	(2)	 	The definition of “Required Beginning Date” is as follows:

	 	(A)	 	The “Required Beginning Date” of a five percent owner, as
described in Section 5.04(a)(2)(C)(3), hereof is the later of (i) April 1 of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which he attains age seventy
and one-half (70-1/2), or (ii) the last day of the calendar year with or
within which ends the Plan Year in which the Participant becomes a five
percent owner.
	 
	 	(B)	 	The “Required Beginning Date” of a Participant who is not a
five percent owner is the April 1 of the calendar year immediately following
the later of (i) the calendar year in which he attains age seventy and
one-half (70-1/2), or (ii) the calendar year in which he incurs a Severance
from Service.
	 
	 	(C)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who is not a
five percent owner and who attains age seventy and one-half (70-1/2) prior to
calendar year 1999 shall have the right to elect the commencement of his
benefits on April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
he attains such age and each subsequent year. A Participant who is not a five
percent owner and who currently is receiving benefit payments solely because
of the attainment of age seventy and one-half (70-1/2) prior to calendar year
1997 shall have the right to elect the suspension of such benefit payments
until the date specified in the first sentence of this paragraph. Any such
election shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall
determine in a nondiscriminatory manner.

	 	(c)	 	Early Distributions. A benefit payment to a Participant prior to his attainment of
age 59-1/2 shall require the Participant’s approval, prior to which the Participant shall
have been advised by the Committee that an additional income tax may be imposed equal to ten
percent (10%) of the portion of the amount so received which is included in his gross income
for the taxable year of receipt unless, among others, (i) such distribution is made on
account of death or Disability, (ii) such distribution is part of a scheduled series of
substantially equal periodic payments for the life of the Participant (or the joint lives of
the Participant and his Beneficiary) or the life expectancy of the Participant (or the joint
life expectancies of the Participant and his Beneficiary), (iii) such distribution is used to
pay medical expenses to the extent deductible under Code Section 213 (determined without
regard to whether the Participant itemizes deductions), (iv) such distribution is made to an
alternate payee pursuant to a “qualified domestic relations order” described in Section 9.03
hereof, or (v) such distribution is made to a Participant by reason of “early retirement.”
For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Participant who terminates employment on or after
his attainment of age 55 for reasons other than death, Disability or normal retirement shall
be treated as having severed from employment by reason of “early retirement.”

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	 	(d)	 	Form of Distribution. Distributions hereunder to Participants, Former
Participants or Beneficiaries may be in the form of Company Stock or cash, as determined by
the Committee; provided, however, that any such distributee shall have the right to demand
that distribution of the ESOP portion of a Participant’s account balances (as provided for
in Section 7.02(a) hereof) be made to him in the form of Company Stock and shall have been
given written notification of such right by the Committee prior to the date of any cash
distribution to him; provided, further, that fractional shares shall, in all events, be
paid in cash. In the event that the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company are
amended to restrict the ownership of substantially all outstanding shares of Company Stock
to Employees and/or to the Trust Fund, then distributions hereunder to Participants, Former
Participants and Beneficiaries shall, in all events, be in the form of cash. Subject to the
provisions of Section 6.04(e) below, a Participant’s benefits shall in all events be
distributed in a lump sum.
	 
	 	 	 	Unless the Participant elects otherwise, the ESOP portion of a Participant’s accounts
which consists of Company Stock acquired after 1986 shall be distributed in a form
providing no more than substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than
annually) over a period not longer than the greater of (i) five (5) years, or (ii) in the
case of a Participant whose accounts consisting of Company Stock acquired after 1986
exceed $500,000 (as automatically increased in accordance with the applicable treasury
regulations to reflect cost-of-living adjustments), five (5) years, plus an additional one
(1) year (up to an additional five (5) years) for each $100,000 (as automatically
increased in accordance with treasury regulations to reflect cost-of-living adjustments)
or fraction thereof by which the balance exceeds $500,000 (as automatically increased in
accordance with the applicable treasury regulations to reflect cost-of-living
adjustments). For purposes of this Section 6.04, the ESOP portion of a Participant’s
accounts shall not include Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan
until the last day of the Plan Year in which such Exempt Loan is repaid in full.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Special Rules to Certain Participants. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this Section 6.04, the following special rules shall apply with respect to payments made to or
on behalf of a Participant who, on or after January 1, 1985, receives a transfer to this plan
of assets (other than a transfer made pursuant to an elective rollover distribution described
in Section 4.05 hereof) from a plan described in Code Section 401(a)(l l)(B)(i) or (ii):

	 	(1)	 	Unmarried Participant. If the Participant is unmarried, any benefits
payable to the Participant under Section 6.01 or 6.03 hereof shall be paid in the form
of a life annuity, provided, that the Participant may elect not to receive his
benefits in such form, in which event the Committee shall direct the Trustee to
distribute the Participant’s benefits in the method specified in
Section 6.04(d).
	 
	 	(2)	 	Married Participant. If the Participant is married, the following
provisions shall apply:

	 	(A)	 	Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity. Any death benefits
payable pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof, shall be paid to the Participant’s
surviving spouse in the form of a life annuity, provided, however, that, at
any time prior to the Participant’s death, the Participant and his spouse
may, by written and notarized election during the “applicable election
period” acknowledging the effect of such election, direct that such death
benefits be payable to one or more other Beneficiaries and/or in the form
provided under Section 6.04(d), above.

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	 	(B)	 	Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. Any benefits payable
under Section 6.01 or 6.03 hereof, shall be paid in the form of a joint and
survivor annuity under which a monthly amount is payable to the Participant
for his life, and, upon his death, no less than fifty percent (50%), nor
more than one hundred percent (100%), of such monthly amount is payable to
his spouse, if surviving, for the remainder of the spouse’s life; provided,
however, that, within the “applicable election period”, the Participant and
his spouse may, by a written and notarized election acknowledging the
effect of such election, direct that the Participant’s benefits be paid in
the form provided under Section 6.04(d), above. Within a reasonable time
before a Participant’s annuity commencement date hereunder, the Committee
shall provide to the Participant a written explanation of the terms and
conditions of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and the effect of
refusing it.
	 
	 	(C)	 	The “applicable election period” is the ninety (90) days
prior to the Participant’s benefit commencement date. If, after having made an
election, the Participant makes another election prior to his benefit
commencement date, the earlier election shall be deemed annulled, provided,
however, that any such subsequent election shall be subject to the spousal
consent requirements described above unless the spouse has duly waived his or
her right to consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may provide
the written explanation described above to the Participant after his benefit
commencement date. However, the Participant’s applicable election period shall
not end before the 30th day after the date on which such explanation is
provided.

	 	(3)	 	Distribution of Small Amounts. Notwithstanding the preceding
provisions of this Section 6.04(e), a Participant’s benefits hereunder shall in all
events be paid in a lump sum, without the consent of the Participant, if the value of
said benefits does not exceed $5,000. If a Participant is entitled to receive a lump
sum distribution in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (3) that is
greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and does not require the consent of the
Participant, and such Participant either (i) does not elect to have such distribution
transferred in a direct rollover pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.04(f), or
(ii) does not elect to receive such distribution directly, then such distribution
shall be transferred in a direct rollover to an individual retirement plan designated
by the Committee.

	 	 	 	In addition, notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 6.04, Participants
who are ANG Employees with account balances transferred from the SEC Plan may elect to
receive distribution of their benefits (i) in monthly installments over a period equal to
the shorter of one hundred twenty (120) months or the applicable life expectancy of the
Participant or the Participant’s spouse, or (ii) in installment payments of a fixed
amount, such payments to be made until exhaustion of the Participant’s Account balances
under the Plan.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that
would otherwise limit a distributee’s election under this Section, a distributee may elect,
at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, to have any portion of an eligible
rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the
distributee in a direct rollover. For purposes of this Section 6.04(f), the following
definitions shall apply.

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	 	(1)	 	“Eligible rollover distribution” means any distribution of all or any portion
of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover
distribution does not include: (i) any distribution that is one of a series of
substantially equal periodic payments (not less than annually) made for the life
(or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life
expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee’s designated Beneficiary, or
for a specified period of ten (10) years or more; (ii) any distribution to the
extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); (iii) the
portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income (determined
without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to
employer securities); (iv) any hardship distribution described in Code Section
401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV), and (v) any in-service distribution made on account of
hardship, if such hardship distributions are permitted under the Plan. After-tax
contributions shall not be excluded from the definition of “eligible rollover
distribution” pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence. However, any
portion of an eligible rollover distribution attributable to after-tax
contributions may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or
annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b), or to a qualified defined
contribution plan describe in Code Sections 401(a) or 403(a) that agrees to
separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for
the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the
portion of such distribution which is not so includible.
	 
	 	(2)	 	“Eligible retirement plan” means any of the following that accepts the
distributee’s eligible rollover distribution: An individual retirement account
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code
Section 408(b), an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), a qualified trust
described in Code Section 401(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section
403(b), or an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) which is maintained by a state,
political subdivision of a state and which agrees to account separately for amounts
transferred into such plan from this Plan. The foregoing definition of an “eligible
retirement plan” also shall apply in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to
the surviving spouse, or to the spouse or former spouse who is an alternate payee
under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
	 
	 	(3)	 	“Distributee” means the Participant and, with respect to the interest of such
spouse or former spouse, the Participant’s surviving spouse and the Participant’s
spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic
relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
	 
	 	(4)	 	“Direct rollover” is a payment by the Plan to the eligible retirement plan
specified by the distributee.

	(g)	 	Special Distribution Rules for MVG Participants.

	 	(1)	 	Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 6.04, MVG
Participants with account balances transferred from the MVG Non-Union Plan pursuant
to Section 3.08 may elect, in addition to the lump sum distribution option, to
receive distribution of their benefits by payment of the amount in single sums, on
the dates and in the amounts selected by the Participant (subject to a minimum for
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	 	 	 	distribution of one hundred dollars ($100.00). This provision shall not be
construed to allow automatic installment distributions.

	 	(2)	 	If the Participant’s interest is to be distributed in other than a lump sum,
the minimum distribution rules set forth in Section 6.04(h) hereof shall apply on or
after the Required Beginning Date.

	(h)	 	Minimum Distribution Requirements

	 	(1)	 	General Rules

	 	(A)	 	Effective Date. The provisions of this Section
6.04(h) will apply for purposes of determining the minimum required
distributions.
	 
	 	(B)	 	Precedence. The requirements of this Section 6.04(h)
will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan.
	 
	 	(C)	 	Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under this Section 6.04(h) will be determined and
made in accordance with the Section 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 9 of the Treasury
Regulations.

	 	(2)	 	Time and Manner of Distribution

	 	(A)	 	Required Beginning Date. The Participant’s entire
interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant
no later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date.
	 
	 	(B)	 	Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If
the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant’s entire
interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as
follows:

	 	(i)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the
Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then, distributions to the
surviving spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant
died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant
would have attained age 70-1/2, if later.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not
the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then, distributions to
the Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar
year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant
died.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of
September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s
death, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed by
December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth
(5th) anniversary of the Participant’s death.

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	 	(iv)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s
sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the
Participant, but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin,
this Section 6.04(h)(2)(B), other than Section 6.04(h)(2)(B)(i) above,
will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

	 	 	 	For purposes of Section 6.04(h)(2)(B) above, and Section 6.04(h)(4), unless
Section 6.04(h)(2)(B)(iv) above applies, distributions are considered to begin
on the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. If Section 6.04(h)(2)(B)(iv) above
applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are
required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 6.04(h)(2)(B)(i) above.
If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company
irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant’s Required
Beginning Date (or to the Participant’s surviving spouse before the date
distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section
6.04(h)(2)(B)(i) above), the date distributions are considered to begin is the
date distributions actually commence.
	 
	 	(C)	 	Forms of Distribution. Unless the Participant’s interest is
distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a
single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution
Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections 6.04(h)(3) and
(4). If the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity
purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in
accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury
Regulations issued thereunder.

	 	(3)	 	Minimum Required Distribution During Participant’s Lifetime

	 	(A)	 	Amount of Required Minimum Distribution for Each Distribution Calendar
Year. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be
distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:

	 	(i)	 	the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s
Account Balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table
set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the
Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the Distribution
Calendar Year; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary for the
Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the number in the
Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the
Treasury Regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as
of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar
Year.

	 	(B)	 	Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of
Participant’s Death. Minimum required distributions will be determined under
this Section 6.04(h)(3) beginning with the first Distribution Calendar

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	 	 	 	Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the
Participant’s date of death.

	 	(4)	 	Minimum Required Distributions After Participant’s Death

	 	(A)	 	Death on or after date distributions begin.

	 	(i)	 	Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary.
If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there
is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed
for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s
death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account
Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant
or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated
Beneficiary, determined as follows:

	 	(I)	 	The Participant’s remaining Life
Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant in the
year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year,
	 
	 	(II)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse
is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the remaining
Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated for each
Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s
death using the surviving spouse’s age as of the spouse’s birthday
in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the
surviving spouse’s death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the
surviving spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving
spouse as of the spouse’s birthday in the calendar year of the
spouse’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar year.
	 
	 	(III)	 	If the Participant’s surviving spouse
is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the
Designated Beneficiary’s remaining Life Expectancy is calculated
using the age of the Beneficiary in the year following the year of
the Participant’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

	 	(ii)	 	No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant
dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no Designated
Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year after the year of the
Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each
Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the
quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the
Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy calculated using the age of the
Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

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	 	(B)	 	Death before date distributions begin

	 	(i)	 	Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary.
If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a
Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for
each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death
is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by
the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary,
determined as provided in Section 6.04(h)(4)(A) above.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant
dies before the date distributions begin and there is no Designated
Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the
Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s entire interest will
be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth
anniversary of the Participant’s death.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to
Surviving Spouse Are Required to Begin. If the Participant dies before
the date distributions begin, the Participant’s surviving spouse is the
Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, and if the surviving spouse dies
before distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under
Section 6.04(h)(2)(B)(i), this Section 6.04(h)(4)(B) will apply as if the
surviving spouse were the Participant.

	 	(5)	 	For purposes of this Section 6.04(h), the following terms shall have the following
meanings;

	 	(A)	 	“Designated Beneficiary” means the individual who is designated as the
Beneficiary under Section 6.05 of the Plan and is the Designated Beneficiary under
Code Section 401(a)(9) and Section 1.401(a)(9)-4, Q&A-1, of the Treasury Regulations.
	 
	 	(B)	 	“Distribution Calendar Year” shall mean a calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required, For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death,
the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the
calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. For
distributions beginning after the Participant’s death, the first Distribution
Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under
Section 6.04(h)(2)(B) above. The minimum required distribution for the Participant’s
first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or before the Participant’s Required
Beginning Date. The minimum required distribution for other Distribution Calendar
Years, including the minimum required distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year
in which the Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.

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	 	(C)	 	“Life Expectancy” shall mean the Life Expectancy as computed
by use of the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the
Treasury Regulations.
	 
	 	(D)	 	“Participant’s Account Balance” shall mean the
balances in the Participant’s various accounts under the Plan 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 made and allocated or any forfeitures
allocated to the account balances as of dates in the valuation calendar
year after the Valuation Date and decreased by distributions made in
the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date. The account
balances for the valuation calendar year include any amounts rolled
over or transferred to the Plan either in the valuation calendar year
or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or transferred in
the valuation calendar year.
	 
	 	(E)	 	“Required Beginning Date” shall mean the date
specified in Section 6.04(b)(2) of the Plan.

	6.05	 	Designation of Beneficiary
	 
	 	 	Each Participant from time to time may designate any person or persons (who may be
designated contingently or successively and who may be an entity other than a natural
person) as his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to whom his Plan benefits will be paid if he
dies before receipt of all such benefits. Each Beneficiary designation shall be on a form
prescribed by the Committee and will be effective only when filed with the Committee during
the Participant’s lifetime. Each Beneficiary designation filed with the Committee will
cancel all Beneficiary designations previously filed with the Committee. Except as otherwise
provided below, the revocation of a Beneficiary designation, no matter how  effected, shall
not require the consent of any designated Beneficiary.
	 
	 	 	If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary in the manner provided above, or if the
Beneficiary designated by a deceased Participant dies before him or before complete
distribution of the Participant’s benefits, the Committee shall direct the Trustee to
distribute such Participant’s benefits (or the balance thereof) to his surviving spouse or,
if he has no surviving spouse, to his children, if any, per stirpes, or, if he has no
children, to his estate.
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein contained, the designation by a
married Participant of a Beneficiary other than his spouse shall require the written and
notarized consent of such spouse. The consent must name the designated Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries who are to be the recipients) of the Participant’s benefits. The spouse’s
consent must acknowledge the effect of the election and be witnessed by a notary public.
	 
	6.06	 	In-Service Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	From Salary Reduction Contribution Account and Safeharbor Matching
Contribution Account. No amounts may be withdrawn by a Participant from his Salary
Reduction Contribution Account or his Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account prior
to termination of employment with the Employers except in accordance with the
following:

	 	(1)	 	If the Participant elects a withdrawal from his Salary Reduction
Contribution Account prior to the date on which he attains age 59-1/2, such
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	 	 	 	include any earnings accrued after 1988 and (ii) will require the consent of the
Committee. Such consent shall be given only if the Participant is able to demonstrate
financial hardship. The Committee will determine that the Participant has properly
demonstrated financial hardship only if the Participant demonstrates that the purpose of
the withdrawal is to meet immediate and heavy financial needs, the amount of the
withdrawal does not exceed such financial needs, and the amount of the withdrawal is not
reasonably available from other resources. The Participant will be considered as having
demonstrated that the purpose of the withdrawal is to meet his immediate and heavy
financial needs only if he represents that the distribution is on account of:

	 	(a)	 	medical expenses (as described in Code Section 213(d)) incurred by the
Participant, his spouse or any of his dependents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the
Participant;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the payment of tuition and room and board for the next twelve (12) months
of post- secondary education for the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, children
or dependents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	imminent threat of foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s
principal residence.

	 	 	 	Moreover, the Participant will be considered as having demonstrated that the amount of the
withdrawal is unavailable from his other resources and in an amount not in excess of that
necessary to satisfy his immediate and heavy financial needs only if each of the following
requirements is satisfied:

	 	(a)	 	the Participant represents that the distribution is not in excess of the
amount of his immediate and heavy financial needs, and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Participant has obtained all distributions, other than hardship
distributions, and all nontaxable loans currently available to him under all plans
currently maintained by the Employers, including electing to receive all dividends to
the extent currently available under Section 7.02(i) hereof.

	 	 	 	In the event of any withdrawal by a Participant pursuant to
this Section 6.01(a)(1), such
withdrawal shall terminate such Participant’s Salary Reduction Contributions under
Section 4.01 and his right to make contributions under all other employee plans
maintained by the Employer until the first day of the first payroll period which
commences at least six (6) months following the receipt of such withdrawal. Withdrawal
elections under this Section 6.01(a)(1) maybe made at any time but not more frequently
than once each calendar year.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Withdrawals made from a Participant’s Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account may not occur
on account of financial hardship.
	 
	 	(3)	 	If the Participant elects a withdrawal on or after the date on which he attains age 59-1/2,
such a withdrawal will not require the consent of the Committee.

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	 	(4)	 	Any withdrawal by a Participant may not exceed the balance then credited
to his Salary Reduction Contribution Account and/or Safeharbor Matching
Contribution Account. All withdrawal elections shall be made by a Participant
on written forms supplied by the Committee for that purpose.

	 	(b)	 	From Employer Contribution and Matching Contribution
Accounts. On any
January 1, a Participant may elect to withdraw any amount allocated to his Employer
Contribution Account, but with respect to the amounts in such Account, other than
amounts attributable to rollover contributions, such withdrawal is permitted only to
the extent that such amounts were allocated and paid to such Account under this Plan or
the Prior Plan at least two (2) years prior to withdrawal. A Participant may withdraw
any amount allocated to his Employer Contribution Account and may withdraw any amount
allocated to his Matching Contribution Account, if any, at any time if such Participant
properly demonstrates a financial hardship as described in
Section 6.06(a)(1) hereof,
or after the Participant attains age 59-1/2. A Participant shall not cease to be a
Participant under the Plan solely because a distribution is made to such Participant
pursuant to this Section 6.06(b). Withdrawal elections shall be made by the Participant
on written forms provided by the Committee for that purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Section 6.04 to Apply. All withdrawals under this Section 6.06 shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.04 hereof, relating to the form of
payment. The Committee shall advise any Participant who elects a withdrawal prior to
his attainment of age 59-1/2 of the potential imposition of the additional income tax
described in Section 6.04(c) hereof.

ARTICLE VII.

TRUST FUND AND TRUSTEE

	7.01	 	In General
	 
	 	 	All contributions under this Plan shall be paid to the Trustees and deposited in the Trust
Fund. All assets of the Trust Fund, including investment income, shall be retained for the
exclusive benefit of Participants, Former Participants, and Beneficiaries and shall be used
to pay benefits to such persons or to pay administrative expenses of the Plan and Trust
Fund to the extent not paid by the Employers and shall not revert or inure to the benefit
of any Employer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and pursuant to ERISA
Section 403(c)(2), upon an Employer’s request, a contribution which was made by an Employer
to the Plan by a mistake of fact or conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution
under Code Section 404, shall be returned to the Employer within one (1) year after the
payment of the contribution or the disallowance of the deduction (to the extent
disallowed), whichever is applicable. It is hereby acknowledged that all contributions
hereunder are expressly conditioned on the deductibility of such contributions. The
earnings attributable to any amount to be returned pursuant to this Section may not be
distributed to the Employer, but losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount to be
returned to the Employer.
	 
	7.02	 	Investment of the Trust Fund

	 	(a)	 	There are two portions of the Plan: One portion, consisting of all of the
Plan’s investments at any time and from time to time in Company Stock, is specifically
designated as an “employee stock ownership plan” within the meaning of Code Section
4975(e)(7) and is referred to in the Plan as the “ESOP portion”; the other portion,
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	 	 	 	and from time to time in any investment other than Company Stock (including, but not
limited to investments in any Diversified Fund, as defined in
Section 7.05(b) hereof), is
referred to in the Plan as the “Non-ESOP portion.” If and to the extent a Participant’s
accounts are invested at any time and from time to time in Company Stock, then that portion
of such accounts shall constitute the ESOP portion, and to the extent a Participant’s
accounts are invested at any time and from time to time in investments other than Company
Stock, that portion of such accounts shall constitute the Non-ESOP portion. Accordingly,
and subject to the provisions of Sections 7.02(i) and (k) and Sections 7.04 and 7.05
hereof, the Trustee shall invest the ESOP portion of the Trust Fund in Company Stock. The
Trustee may use the funds contributed by an Employer to purchase Company Stock from the
Company or from any shareholder of the Company at a price to be determined in accordance
with Section 7.02(e) below. Such stock may be treasury stock which has been purchased by
the Company or it may be stock which has been authorized but never issued by the Company.
The Trustee shall invest the Non-ESOP portion of the Trust Fund in common stocks of other
corporations, preferred stocks, bonds, debentures, mortgages, notes, investment trust shares or in any other property, real or personal. The Trustee may invest any part of the
Non-ESOP portion of the Trust Fund in a common trust fund maintained by any state or
national bank or trust company in Texas or any other state of the United States
specifically for investments by qualified employee benefit trusts or in shares of a
registered investment company, including, but not limited to mutual funds, provided that
such shares constitute securities described in ERISA
Section 401(b)(1). The Trustee shall
be obliged only to use good faith and to exercise its honest judgment as to what
investments in the Non-ESOP portion of the Plan are from time to time for the best interest
of the Trust Fund and those entitled to benefit hereunder. Furthermore, the Trustee may
hold any portion of the Trust Fund in cash and uninvested whenever it deems such holding
necessary or advisable.

	 	(b)	 	The Trustee may enter into a stock purchase agreement with one or more shareholders of the
Company under which the Trust has the option (but is not bound) to purchase all or a portion
of the shares of Company Stock owned by such shareholder or shareholders immediately, from
time to time, or upon the death of such shareholder or shareholders. The Trustee, however, may
not obligate the Trust to purchase Company Stock at a definite price at some indefinite time
in the future or upon the happening of an event, such as death. In order to provide for the
funding of any such purchase of shares of Company Stock from the estate of a deceased
shareholder, the Trustee may apply for and pay premiums on contracts of insurance on the life
of such shareholder for the benefit of the Trust Fund as a whole. Further, the Trustee shall
have the power to invest in life insurance on the lives of Employees, and on any other person
in whom an Employer or the Trustee has an insurable interest. Such life insurance contracts on
Employees and on such persons shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Fund
as a whole.
	 
	 	(c)	 	All life insurance contracts held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Fund as a whole
shall be treated as investments of the Trust Fund. Their cash value shall be used in valuing
the Trust Fund, and all premiums paid thereon by the Trustee shall be charged to the Trust
Fund. All dividends, death benefits, and other payments actually received by the Trustee on
account of such contracts shall be credited to the Trust Fund the same as proceeds derived
from the sale of an asset held hereunder.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Trustee shall be the sole owner of all life insurance contracts held hereunder and shall
take such action with respect thereto as it deems necessary or proper. The Trustee may pay the

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	 	 	 	net premium due on any contract by applying an available dividend to the reduction of the
premium

	 	(e)	 	If Company Stock is readily tradable on an established securities market, the price to be
paid by the Trustee for such Company Stock (whether purchased from the Company, from a
shareholder of the Company, or on the open market) shall be equal to its public trading price
as determined at the time of each such purchase. If Company Stock is not, or ceases to be,
readily tradable on an established securities market, the price to be paid by the Trustee for
Company Stock shall be determined by appraisal each year by an independent, qualified
financial analyst or consultant who shall determine the current fair market value of such
Company Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that it is finally determined in a
court of law or by an agreement among the Trustee, the Company and the Internal Revenue
Service that the purchase price paid by the Trust for the purchase of any Company Stock is
greater than the current fair market value of such Company Stock at the time of the purchase,
then, in that event, said purchase price shall be considered to have been retroactively
reduced to the actual fair market value as determined by such court or by such agreement with
the Internal Revenue Service, and any party who has sold Company Stock to the Trust shall be
required to remit so much of the funds received by such party in payment for such shares as is
necessary to adjust the price paid by the Trust for such shares to the adjusted fair market
value of such shares at the date of such sale to the Trust as determined by such court of law
or agreement with the Internal Revenue Service. Any major shareholder of the Company wishing
to sell his shares to the Trust shall, prior to any such sale, be required to execute an
agreement with the Trust to remit to the Trust any such excess payments received by such
person from the Trust on account of his sale of Company Stock to the Trust.

	 	(f)	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.02(e), above, the Trustee may purchase Company
Stock at a price lower than that determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.02(e) from any source whatsoever, except that the Trustee shall not purchase Company Stock
from Participants hereunder for less than the fair market value of such Company Stock.

	 	(g)	 	So long as Company Stock is publicly traded, each Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan
shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which voting rights with
respect to any such Company Stock allocated to his accounts are to be exercised and, to the
extent that such Company Stock is attributable to the Participant’s investment direction under
Section 7.05(a) hereof, shall have the right (“tender rights”) to instruct the Trustee whether
or not to tender, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of Company Stock in the event of a
tender offer, exchange offer or other offer for Company Stock (“Offer”). If Company Stock is
not, or ceases to be, publicly traded, then normally the Trustee will have the right to vote
all of such Stock then held by the Trustee hereof, provided, however, that each Participant or
Beneficiary in the Plan shall be entitled to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the
voting rights under any Company Stock which is allocated to his accounts are to be exercised
with respect to any corporate merger or consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification,
liquidation, dissolution, sale of substantially all of an Employer’s assets or such similar
transaction as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in regulations, provided, further,
that each such Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to cast one vote on a given
transaction described above, and the Trustee shall be required to vote the Company Stock
allocated to such accounts in proportion to the results of the votes cast on the transaction
by the Participants or Beneficiaries. Whenever a Participant or Beneficiary has voting rights
or tender rights hereunder, the Trustee shall give written notice of such impending vote or
Offer as soon as practicable after receiving notice thereof, which notice shall explain the
matter to be decided or the Offer and

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	 	 	 	provide each Participant or Beneficiary with a ballot to indicate his vote on such matter
or a form for exercising his tender right, as the case may be. If any Participant or
Beneficiary fails to notify the Trustee in writing of the manner in which such Participant
or Beneficiary desires for his vote or tender rights to be exercised, then the Trustee
shall exercise the voting or tender rights with respect to such stock in accordance with
its best judgment, taking into account instructions from the Committee. Any Company Stock
which has not been allocated to the accounts of the Participants or Beneficiaries shall be
voted by the Trustee in accordance with its best judgment, taking into account
instructions from the Committee. Reasonable means shall be employed by the Trustee to
provide confidentiality with respect to the voting or tender rights exercised by
Participants, such that the Participants’ directions will be held in confidence and not
divulged or released to any Employer or any director, officer, employee or agent of an
Employer, it being the intent of this provision of this Section to ensure that the
Employers (and their directors, officers, employees and agents) cannot determine the
direction given by any Participant.

	 	(h)	 	Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.02(i) and (k) and Sections 7.04 and 7.05 hereof, any
cash received by the Trustee shall be invested by the Trustee in Company Stock. Pending such
investment of cash, the Trustee may retain, cash uninvested without liability for interest,
or may invest all or any part thereof in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States
of America, certificates of deposit of national banks, commercial notes, bonds, equity
securities of other corporations traded on any Exchange or in any other investment authorized
in Section 7.02(a), above.

	 	(i)	 	Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02(k) and Sections 7.04 and 7.05 hereof, all
dividends, income and other property received by the Trustee shall, to the extent practicable,
be converted by the Trustee into cash and invested in Company Stock, provided, however, that
the Board of Directors of the Company may, in its sole discretion and as of the date of
declaration of any dividend paid with respect to Company Stock held in the ESOP portion of the
Trust Fund, direct the Trustee (i) to apply such dividend to the repayment of an Exempt Loan
or (ii) at the election of the person then with an account under the ESOP portion of the Plan
either (A) to distribute such dividend to each person then with an account hereunder in
accordance with the ratio of the balance of shares of Company Stock in such person’s accounts
(as of the date of declaration of such dividend) to such share balance in all such accounts
(as of such date of declaration), or (B) to pay such dividend to the ESOP portion of the Plan
to be reinvested in Company Stock for the benefit of such person’s accounts.
	 
	 	 	 	The dividend election provided for in the preceding paragraph may be made at any time
during the period beginning on the first business day on or after the dividend record date
and ending at the time specified by the Committee on the last business day preceding the
dividend payout date. Any dividend election made hereunder shall remain in effect until
subsequently changed in accordance with the provisions of this Section. If an individual
entitled to make an election hereunder fails to make such an election, and no previous
election has been made by such individual, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to
have such dividend paid to the ESOP portion of the Plan to be reinvested in Company Stock
for the benefit of such person’s accounts.
	 
	 	 	 	If a currently employed Participant elects to receive payment of a dividend in cash, such
payment shall be made either (a) directly to the Participant by his Employer, or (b)
directly to the Participant by the Company’s stock registrar. To the extent that a
dividend is paid to a Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) who is not actively
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	 	 	 	such payment shall be made to the Participant either (a) directly to the Participant by
his Employer, or (b) directly to the Participant by the Company’s stock registrar.

	 	(j)	 	At least once a Year the Committee shall furnish each Participant with a statement showing
the status of his accounts as of the close of the preceding Year, including the share of the
cost (including brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and other incidental expenses)
properly allocable to his accounts, of any Company Stock in the ESOP portion of the Plan
acquired by purchase during that Year.
	 
	 	(k)	 	The Trustee may borrow reasonable sums of money for the purchase of Company Stock for the
ESOP portion of the accounts of Participants on such terms as the Trustee shall deem
reasonable, provided that the proceeds of such loans shall be used solely for the purchase of
Company Stock. Any such loan which is an Exempt Loan shall be subject to the following terms
and conditions:

	 	(1)	 	The Trustee shall use the proceeds of the loan within a reasonable time after
receipt only for any or all of the following purposes: (i) to acquire Company Stock;
(ii) to repay such loan; or (iii) to repay a prior Exempt Loan. Except as provided
under Article XIII of the Plan, no Loan Securities may be subject to a put, call or
other option, or buy-sell or similar arrangement while held by and when distributed
from this Plan, whether or not the ESOP portion of this Plan is then an employee stock
ownership plan.
	 
	 	(2)	 	The interest rate of the loan shall not be in excess of a reasonable rate of interest.
	 
	 	(3)	 	The Trustee shall give as collateral only Company Stock, which (i) is
acquired with the proceeds of the loan, or (ii) was used as collateral on a prior
Exempt Loan repaid with the proceeds of the current Exempt Loan.
	 
	 	(4)	 	The creditor shall have no recourse against the Trust under the loan except
with respect to the collateral given for the loan, contributions (other than
contributions of Company Stock) that the Employers make to the Trust to enable it to
meet its obligations under the loan, and earnings attributable to such collateral
(including, if applicable, dividends paid with respect to Company Stock given as
collateral) or to the investment of such contributions. The payments made with respect
to an Exempt Loan by the Trust during a Plan Year must not exceed an amount equal to
the sum of such contributions and earnings received during or prior to the Year less
such payments in prior years. The Trustee must account separately for such
contributions and earnings on the books of account of the Trust until the loan is
repaid.
	 
	 	(5)	 	The Employers must contribute to the Trust amounts which, after application
of any earnings attributable to collateral in accordance with Section 7.02(k)(4),
above, will be sufficient to pay each installment of principal and interest on the
loan on or before the date such installment is due, even if no tax benefits result
from such contributions. All Employer contributions shall be applied first to the
payment of such installments of principal and interest.
	 
	 	(6)	 	In the event of default upon the loan, the value of Trust assets transferred
in satisfaction of the loan must not exceed the amount of the default, and if the
lender is a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)), the loan
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	 	 	 	provide for a transfer of Trust assets upon default only upon and to the extent of
the failure of the Trust to meet the payment schedule of the loan. For these
purposes, the making of a guarantee does not make a person a lender.

	 	(7)	 	The Trustee must add to and maintain all assets acquired with the proceeds of
an Exempt Loan in a Suspense Account. In withdrawing assets from the Suspense Account,
the Trustee shall apply the applicable provisions of Treasury Regulation §
54.4975-7(b) as if all securities in the Suspense Account were encumbered. Upon the
payment of any portion of the loan, the Trustee shall effect the release of assets in
the Suspense Account from encumbrances. For each Plan Year during the duration of the
loan, the number of encumbered Loan Securities released must equal the number of
encumbered Loan Securities held immediately before the release for the current Plan
Year multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the amount of
principal and interest paid for the Plan Year. The denominator of the fraction is the
sum of the numerator plus the principal and interest to be paid for all future Plan
Years. The number of future Plan Years under the loan must be definitely ascertainable
and must be determined without taking into account any possible extension or renewal.
If the interest rate under the loan is variable, the interest must be computed by
using the interest rate applicable as of the end of the Plan Year. If collateral
includes more than one (1) class of Company Stock, the number of each class to be
released for a Plan Year must be determined by applying the same fraction to each
class. The Trustee shall allocate assets withdrawn from the Suspense Account to the
accounts of Participants who otherwise share in the allocation of the Employer’s
contributions for the Plan Year for which the Trustee has paid the portion of the loan
resulting in the release of assets. The Trustee shall consistently make this
allocation as of the Valuation Date on the basis of non-monetary units, taking into
account the relative Compensation of all such Participants for such Plan Year.
	 
	 	(8)	 	The loan must be for a specific term and may not be payable at the demand of
any person except in the case of default.
	 
	 	(9)	 	The Trustee shall value the Trust Fund as of each Valuation Date to determine
the fair market value of each Participant’s benefit in the Trust, and the Trustee
shall value the Trust Fund on such other date(s) as may be necessary for such purpose.
	 
	 	(10)	 	Dividends or other earnings attributable to Company Stock held in a Suspense
Account described in Section 7.02(k)(7), above, shall be allocated as of each
Valuation Date in the same manner as that described in Section 5.02(d) hereof, except
to the extent that such earnings are to be used in repayment of an Exempt Loan
pursuant to Section 7.02(k)(4), above, and Section 7.02(i).

	 	(1)	 	Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein contained, to the extent that the
accounts of a Participant who was included under the provisions of the Prior Plan as in
effect prior to January 1, 1999, had been invested in the Fixed Income Fund described in such
provisions, such accounts shall continue to be so invested; provided, however, that (i) such
Fixed Income Fund has been merged into a fixed income fund established as part of the
Diversified Fund described in Section 7.05 hereof and (ii) the Participant has the right to
elect that such accounts be invested in other funds constituting the Diversified Fund, all in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee pursuant to such Section 7.05.

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	7.03	 	The Trustee

	 	(a)	 	The Trustee shall maintain adequate books and records reflecting all
transactions affecting the Trust Fund, which books and records shall be open at all
times to the inspection of the Employers and the Committee or their authorized
representatives. Furthermore, the Trustee shall furnish the Committee, at least
annually, statements showing the assets then held in the Trust Fund since the last
preceding statement. Each such statement shall be conclusive and final as between the
Trustee and all interested parties unless the Committee delivers written objections
thereto to the Trustee within sixty (60) days after receipt of such statement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Company may remove the Trustee at any time by giving sixty (60) days
written notice to such Trustee, and the Trustee may resign at any time by giving sixty
(60) days written notice to the Company. In the event of the removal or resignation of
the Trustee, the Company shall appoint a successor Trustee. The receipt by such
successor Trustee of all securities, property and money then held hereunder shall be a
full and complete acquittance and discharge of the Trustee which has been removed or
resigned.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Trustee may rely upon any notice, certificate, letter, telegram or other
paper or document believed by it to be sufficient in making any payment or in taking
any action whatsoever hereunder.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Trustee shall be required to comply with the fiduciary bonding requirements
of ERISA, but only to the extent required by ERISA Section 412.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Trustee shall be paid reasonable compensation commensurate with the
services and responsibilities involved hereunder from time to time. The Employers shall
pay the Trustee’s compensation; but, if not so paid, the Trustee may pay itself from
the Trust Fund. The provisions of this Section 7.03(e) shall not apply to any period
during which the Trust Committee is serving as the Trustee hereunder.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Trustee may employ counsel, brokers or agents and may pay for their
services and any other reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust from the Trust Fund if such expenses are not paid by the Employers. All costs of
administration incurred by the Trustee shall be paid by the Employers.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Whenever and as often as the Trustee deems such action desirable, it may by
written instrument appoint any person or corporation in any state of the United States
to act as ancillary trustee with respect to any portion of the trust assets then held
or about to be acquired on behalf of the Trust. Each ancillary trustee shall have such
rights, powers, duties and discretions as are delegated to it by the Trustee, but shall
exercise the same subject to the limitations or further directions of the Trustee as
shall be specified in the instrument evidencing its appointment. The ancillary trustee
may resign or may be removed by the Trustee, as to all or any portion of the assets so
held at any time or from time to time, by written instrument delivered one to the
other, and the Trustee may thereupon appoint another ancillary trustee or successor to
whom the assets shall be transferred, or may itself receive such assets in termination
of the ancillary trusteeship to that extent. Such ancillary trustee shall be
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	 	(h)	 	In addition to the powers granted to the Trustee by law and those granted
elsewhere in this Plan, and except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall have the following powers:

	 	(1)	 	With respect to securities held hereunder, the Trustee may vote
the same in person or by proxy, may join in any merger, reorganization, or
capital adjustment, may exercise or sell any conversion, subscription or
similar rights, and may hold any assets hereunder in the name of the Trust.
	 
	 	(2)	 	The Trustee may sell, convey, exchange, encumber, lease and
otherwise deal with and dispose of the assets in the Trust Fund upon such terms
and conditions as it deems for the best interest of those interested in the
Trust Fund.
	 
	 	(3)	 	The Trustee may execute any and all deeds, conveyances, leases,
transfers, proxies and other documents which it believes necessary or advisable
in the administration of the Trust Fund.
	 
	 	(4)	 	The Trustee may pay or contest any tax or other governmental
charge involving any assets held hereunder or the income therefrom and may pay
any taxes and expenses thus incurred as an expense of the Trust Fund.
	 
	 	(5)	 	The Trustee may execute receipts, releases, changes of
beneficiary and any other papers or documents relating to any insurance
contracts held hereunder and may exercise any and all rights, options and
privileges available under such contracts.

	 	(i)	 	Although it is intended that the foregoing powers of the Trustee be applicable
hereunder, it is also intended that all provisions of the Texas Trust Act, and any
amendments thereto, not inconsistent with the above enumerated powers or other
provisions of this Plan, shall be applicable in the administration of this Trust.

	7.04	 	Diversification Requirements

	 	(a)	 	In General. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article
VII, a Qualified Participant may, during each Election Period occurring within his
Qualified Election Period, elect that a part of the ESOP portion of his aggregate
account balances (with such balances determined as of the beginning of each Election
Period) be alternatively invested pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof in the Diversified
Funds described in such section. The amount of the ESOP portion of the Qualified
Participant’s aggregate account balances available for such alternative investment
shall be one hundred percent (100%) of such aggregate balances consisting of Company
Stock acquired after 1986, reduced by amounts previously so invested, either pursuant
to this Section or Section 7.05 hereof.
	 
	 	 	 	In lieu of permitting investment in such Diversified Fund and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 6.06(a)(1) or (b) hereof or any other provision to the
contrary herein contained, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may distribute to
the Qualified Participant an amount equal to the amount for which the Qualified
Participant elected such alternative investment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Definitions. For purposes of this Section 7.04, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:

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	 	(1)	 	“Qualified Participant” shall mean each Participant who has attained the
age of fifty-five (55) years.
	 
	 	(2)	 	“Qualified Election Period” shall mean with respect to a
Qualified Participant, any Plan Year beginning with the Plan Year in which the
Participant first became a Qualified Participant.
	 
	 	(3)	 	“Election Period” shall mean the ninety (90)-day period
immediately following the close of each Plan Year in the Qualified Election
Period.

	7.05	 	Diversification Option

	 	(a)	 	In General. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article
VII, prior to April 1, 2005, a Participant or Beneficiary shall have the right, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.05, to direct the Trustee as to the
investment of (i) his Salary Reduction Contribution Account, (ii) any rollover
contributions, any amounts in his United Cities Plan employer matching contribution
subaccount pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(2) hereof other than amounts attributable to
United Cities Plan additional matching contributions (the “United Cities Plan Matching
Subaccount”), any amounts in his SEC Plan rollover contribution subaccount and SEC Plan
employer matching contribution subaccount pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(3) and Section
3.06(b)(4) hereof (the “SEC Plan Rollover and Matching Subaccounts”), and any amounts
in his MVG Non-Union Plan subaccount pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(2) and/or his MVG
Union Plan subaccount pursuant to Section 4.07(c) (the “MVG Plan Matching Subaccounts”)
held in his Employer Contribution Account, and (iii) any amounts in his Employee
Contribution Account attributable to SEC Plan after-tax contributions pursuant to
Section 3.06(b)(2) hereof (the “SEC Plan Employee Contribution Account”) either in the
ESOP portion of the Plan, or in the Non-ESOP portion of the Plan which consists of
various investment media comprising a Diversified Fund. In addition, a Participant or
Beneficiary shall have the right, as of any Valuation Date, in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 7.05, to direct the Trustee to reinvest, in the Non-ESOP
portion of the Plan, any amount invested in Company Stock in the ESOP portion of the
Plan. Such investment directions shall be made in accordance with procedures
established by the Committee and the requirements of Department of Labor Regulations §
2550.404c-1(b)(2)(i)(A), or any successor thereto. Should a Participant or Beneficiary
fail to provide the Trustee with the investment directions described herein as to any
Salary Reduction Contribution or rollover contribution or amounts in his United Cities
Plan Matching Subaccount, amounts in his SEC Plan Rollover and Matching Subaccounts, if
any, amounts in his MVG Plan Matching Subaccounts, if any, and amounts in his SEC Plan
Employee Contribution Account, if any, such contribution or amount shall be invested in
the Diversified Fund which constitutes a balanced fund of equity and fixed income, as
selected by the Trustee. The Trustee may decline to implement instructions by a
Participant or Beneficiary which (i) would result in a prohibited transaction described
in Code Section 4975 or ERISA Section 406 and which would generate income that would be
taxable to the Plan, or (ii) are described in Department of Labor Regulations §
2550.404c-1(d)(2)(ii), or any successor thereto.
	 
	 	 	 	From and after April 1, 2005, a Participant or Beneficiary shall have the right, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.05, to direct the Trustee as to
the investment of (i) his Salary Reduction Contribution Account, (ii) any amounts
held in his Employer Contribution Account, and (iii) any amounts in his Employee
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	 	 	 	portion of the Plan, or in the Non-ESOP portion of the Plan which consists of
various investment media comprising a Diversified Fund. In addition, a Participant
or Beneficiary shall have the right, as of any Valuation Date, in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 7.05, to direct the Trustee to reinvest, in the
Non-ESOP portion of the Plan, any amount invested in Company Stock in the ESOP
portion of the Plan. Such investment directions shall be made in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee and the requirements of Department of Labor
Regulations § 2550.404c-1(b)(2)(i)(A), or any successor thereto. Should a
Participant or Beneficiary fail to provide the Trustee with the investment
directions described herein as to any Salary Reduction Contribution, or rollover
contribution, or other amounts (other than Discretionary Contributions) deposited in
his Employer Contribution Account, or amounts deposited in his Employee Contribution
Account, if any, such contribution or amount deposited shall be invested in the
Diversified Fund which constitutes a balanced fund of equity and fixed income, as
selected by the Trustee. The Trustee may decline to implement instructions by a
Participant or Beneficiary which (i) would result in a prohibited transaction
described in Code Section 4975 or ERISA Section 406 and which would generate income
that would be taxable to the Plan, or (ii) are described in Department of Labor
Regulations § 2550.404c-1(d)(2)(ii), or any successor thereto.

	 	(b)	 	Diversified Fund. The “Diversified Fund” is an investment fund, managed
by one or more individuals or entities who qualify, with respect to the Plan, as an
“investment manager” within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(38), consisting of a fixed
income fund and such other fund or funds as may be selected from time to time by the
Committee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Limitation. It is expressly understood that the only amounts eligible
for investment hereunder in the Diversified Fund are the amounts described in this
Section and in Section 7.04 hereof.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Entergy Stock Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 7.05, a Participant for whom amounts are invested in the Entergy Stock Fund
provided for under Section 3.06(b)(5) may direct that all or any portion of such
amounts be invested in a Diversified Fund or in Company Stock in accordance with the
procedures established by the Committee; however, no additional amounts may be invested
in the Entergy Stock Fund.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Citizens Stock Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 7.05, a Participant for whom amounts are invested in the Citizens Stock Fund
provided for under Section 3.07(b) may direct that all or any portion of such amounts
be invested in a Diversified Fund or in Company Stock in accordance with the procedures
established by the Committee; however, no additional amounts may be invested in the
Citizens Stock Fund.
	 
	 	(f)	 	TXU Stock Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 7.05, a Participant for whom amounts are invested in the TXU Stock Fund
provided for under Section 3.09(a) may direct that all or any portion of such amounts
be invested in a Diversified Fund or in Company Stock in accordance with the procedures
established by the Committee; however, no additional amounts may be invested in the TXU
Stock Fund.

	7.06	 	Participant Loans

	 	(a)	 	General. The Committee may, but is not required to, adopt a written
loan policy which authorizes the Trustee to make loans on a nondiscriminatory basis to
Participants and/or Beneficiaries, provided that the loan policy satisfies the
requirements listed below:

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	 	(1)	 	loans must be available to all Participants and Beneficiaries on a reasonably
equivalent basis and must not be available in a greater amount to Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees than to other Participants;
	 
	 	(2)	 	each loan must be adequately secured and bear a reasonable rate of interest;
	 
	 	(3)	 	each loan must provide for repayment within a specified time;
	 
	 	(4)	 	the default provisions of the promissory note which evidences each loan must
prohibit offset of the Participant’s account balance under this Plan prior to the time
that the Participant has a Severance From Service or the Trustee otherwise would
distribute the Participant’s account balance under the Plan;
	 
	 	(5)	 	the amount of the loan(s) must not exceed (at the time that the Plan extends
the loan) one-half of the present value of the Participant’s (or Beneficiary’s)
account balance;
	 
	 	(6)	 	the loan must otherwise conform to the exemption requirements of Code Section
4975(d)(1); and
	 
	 	(7)	 	if the joint and survivor requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(11) apply to a
Participant, the Participant must not be permitted to pledge any portion of his
account balance as security for a loan unless, within the 90-day period ending on the
date that the pledge becomes effective, the Participant’s spouse, if any, consents (in
a manner described in Section 6.05) to such pledge.

	 	(b)	 	Loan Policy. If the Committee adopts a loan policy, pursuant to Section 7.06(a)
above, the loan policy must be a written document and must include
the following:

	 	(1)	 	the identify of the person or positions authorized to administer the
participant loan program;
	 
	 	(2)	 	a procedure for applying for the loan;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the criteria for approving or denying a loan;
	 
	 	(4)	 	the limitations, if any, on the types and amounts of loans available;
	 
	 	(5)	 	the procedure for determining a reasonable rate of interest;
	 
	 	(6)	 	the types of collateral which may secure the loan; and
	 
	 	(7)	 	the events constituting default and the steps the Plan will take to preserve
plan assets in the event of default.

	 	 	 	This Section 7.06(b) is deemed hereby specifically to incorporate any written loan policy
adopted by the Committee as part of the Plan.

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	 	(c)	 	Special Rules under USERRA for Loan Repayments. Loan repayments will be
suspended under this Plan, as permitted under Code Section 414(u)(4), on behalf of
those Participants who are on an authorized leave of absence pursuant to qualified
military service.

ARTICLE VIII.

ADMINISTRATION

	8.01	 	Allocation of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust Administration
	 
	 	 	The Fiduciaries shall have only those specific powers, duties, responsibilities and
obligations as are specifically given them under this Plan. The Employers shall have the
sole responsibility for making the contributions provided for under Article IV. In addition,
the Company shall have the sole authority to appoint and remove the Trustee and members of
the Committee and to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, this Plan. The Committee shall
have the sole responsibility for the administration of this Plan, which responsibility is
specifically described in this Plan. The Trustee shall have responsibility for the
administration of the Trust and the management of the assets held under the Trust to the
extent provided in Article VII hereof. Each Fiduciary warrants that any directions given,
information furnished, or actions taken by it shall be in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan authorizing or providing for such direction, information or action. Furthermore,
each Fiduciary may rely upon any such direction, information or action of another Fiduciary
as being proper under this Plan or the Trust, and is not required under this Plan or the
Trust to inquire into the propriety of any such direction, information or action. It is
intended under this Plan and the Trust that each Fiduciary shall be responsible for the
proper exercise of its own powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations and shall not be
responsible for any act or failure to act of another Fiduciary. No Fiduciary guarantees the
Trust Fund in any manner against investment loss or depreciation in asset value.
	 
	8.02	 	Appointment of Committee
	 
	 	 	Prior to February 9, 2005, the Plan shall be administered by a Retirement Savings Committee
(the “Committee”) consisting of at least three persons who shall be appointed by and serve
at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the Company. From and after February 9, 2005,
the Plan shall be administered by the Qualified Retirement Plans and Trusts Committee (the
“Committee”) appointed to administer the Plan. All usual and reasonable expenses of the
Committee may be paid in whole or in part by the Employers, and any expenses not paid by
the Employers shall be paid by the Trustee out of the principal or income of the Trust
Fund. Any members of the Committee who are Employees shall not receive compensation with
respect to their services for the Committee. The Committee may name an individual to
oversee the day-to-day operations of the Plan. Such individual shall have discretionary
authority over the operation of the Plan. Such individual shall be a Fiduciary for purposes
of Plan administration.
	 
	8.03	 	Claims Procedure
	 
	 	 	All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the
Committee. If any application for payment of a benefit under the Plan shall be denied, the
Committee shall notify the claimant within 90 days of such application setting forth the
specific reasons therefor and shall afford such claimant a reasonable opportunity for a
full and far review of the decision denying his claim If special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim, the claimant will be furnished with a written
notice of the extension prior to the termination of the initial 90-day period. In

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	 	 	no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90 days from the end of such initial
period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an
extension of time and the date by which the Committee expects to render its decision.
	 
	 	 	Notice of such denial shall set forth, in addition to the specific reasons for the denial,
the following:

	 	(a)	 	reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan;
	 
	 	(b)	 	such additional information as may be relevant to the denial of the claim;
	 
	 	(c)	 	an explanation of the claims review procedure; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	notice that such claimant may request the opportunity to review pertinent Plan
documents and submit a statement of issues and comments.

	 	 	Within 60 days following notice of denial of his claim, upon written request made by any
claimant for a review of such denial to the Committee, the Committee shall take appropriate
steps to review its decision in light of any further information or comments submitted by
such claimant.

	8.04	 	Records and Reports
	 
	 	 	The Committee shall exercise such authority and responsibility as it deems appropriate in
order to comply with ERISA and governmental regulations issued thereunder relating to
records of Participants’ Service, account balances and the percentage of such account
balances which are nonforfeitable under the Plan, notifications to Participants, annual
registration with the Internal Revenue Service, and annual reports to the U.S. Department of
Labor.
	 
	8.05	 	Other Committee Powers and Duties
	 
	 	 	The Committee shall have such duties and powers as may be necessary to discharge its
responsibilities hereunder, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:

	 	(a)	 	to construe and interpret the Plan, decide all questions of eligibility and
determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits hereunder;
	 
	 	(b)	 	to prescribe procedures to be followed by Participants or Beneficiaries filing
applications for benefits;
	 
	 	(c)	 	to prepare and distribute, in such manner as the Committee determines to be
appropriate, information explaining the Plan;
	 
	 	(d)	 	to receive from the Employers and from Participants such information as shall
be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan;
	 
	 	(e)	 	to furnish the Employers, upon request, such annual reports with respect to the
administration of the Plan as are reasonable and appropriate;
	 
	 	(f)	 	to receive, review and keep on file (as it deems convenient or proper) reports
of the financial condition, and of the receipts and disbursements, of the Trust Fund
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	 	(g)	 	to appoint or employ individuals to assist in the administration of the
Plan and any other agents it deems advisable, including legal and actuarial counsel.
	 
	 	(h)	 	to take such actions as may be necessary to comply in all respects with
the requirements of ERISA Section 404(c) and the regulations thereunder.

	 	 	The Committee shall have no power to add to, subtract from or modify any of the terms of the
Plan, or to change or add to any benefits, provided by the Plan, or to waive or fail to
apply any requirements of eligibility for a benefit under the Plan.

	8.06	 	Rules and Decisions
	 
	 	 	The Committee may adopt such rules as it deems necessary, desirable or appropriate. Except
as otherwise herein expressly provided, the Committee shall have the exclusive right and
discretionary authority, to the fullest extent provided by law, to interpret the Plan and
decide any matters arising hereunder in the administration and operation of the Plan, and
any interpretations or decisions so made will be conclusive and binding on all persons
having an interest in the Plan; provided, however, that all such interpretations and
decisions will be applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner to all Employees. When
making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon
information furnished by a Participant or Beneficiary, the Employers, the legal counsel of
the Employers, or the Trustee.
	 
	8.07	 	Committee Procedures
	 
	 	 	The Committee may act at a meeting or in writing without a meeting. The Committee
shall elect one of its members as chairman, appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a
Committee member, and advise the Trustee of such actions in writing. The secretary shall
keep a record of all meetings and forward all necessary communications to the Employers or
the Trustee. The Committee may adopt such bylaws and regulations as it deems desirable for
the conduct of its affairs. All decisions of the Committee shall be made by the vote of the
majority including actions in writing taken without a meeting. A dissenting Committee
member who, within a reasonable time after he has knowledge of any action or failure to act
by the majority, registers his dissent in writing delivered to the other Committee members,
the Employers and the Trustee, shall not be responsible for any such action or failure to
act.
	 
	8.08	 	Authorization of Benefit Payments
	 
	 	 	The Committee shall issue directions to the Trustee concerning all benefits which are to be
paid from the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, and warrants that all such
directions are in accordance with this Plan.
	 
	8.09	 	Application and Forms for Benefits
	 
	 	 	The Committee may require a Participant to complete and file with the Committee an
application for a benefit and all other forms approved by the Committee, and to furnish all
pertinent information requested by the Committee. The Committee may rely upon all such
information so furnished it, including the Participant’s current mailing address. The
failure by a Participant to file a claim for benefits will not result in the forfeiture of
any benefits which are otherwise nonforfeitable under this Plan.

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	8.10	 	Facility of Payment
	 
	 	 	Whenever, in the Committee’s opinion, a person entitled to receive any payment of a benefit
or installment thereof hereunder is under a legal disability or is incapacitated in any way
so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs, the Committee may direct the Trustee to
make payments to such person or to his legal representative or to a relative or friend of
such person for his benefit, or the Committee may direct the Trustee to apply the payment
for the benefit of such person in such manner as the Committee considers advisable. Any
payment of a benefit or installment thereof in accordance with the provisions of this
Section shall be a complete discharge of any liability for the making of such payment under
the provisions of the Plan.
	 
	8.11	 	Indemnification
	 
	 	 	The Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and any other
individual Employee who is assigned administrative responsibilities in accordance with this
Article against all loss, cost, expenses or damages, including attorneys’ fees and court
costs: (a) occasioned by any act or omission to act in connection with the responsibility of
such individual for the administration of this Plan; or (b) arising under or by virtue of
the provisions of Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA; provided, however, that the
Employers shall not indemnify and hold harmless any such member against any loss, cost,
expenses and damages occasioned by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
member.
	 
	8.12	 	Unclaimed Benefits
	 
	 	 	During the time when a benefit hereunder is payable to any Participant or Beneficiary, the
Committee, upon request by the Trustee, or at its own instance, shall mail by registered or
certified mail to such Participant or Beneficiary, at his last known address, a written
demand for his then address, or for satisfactory evidence of his continued life, or both.
If such information is not furnished to the Committee within twelve (12) months from the
mailing of such demand, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare such
benefit, or any unpaid portion thereof, suspended, with the result that such unclaimed
benefit shall be allocated to the accounts of eligible Participants as a discretionary
Employer contribution for the Year within which such twelve (12)-month period ends in
accordance with Section 5.02(c) hereof, but shall be subject to restoration through an
Employer contribution if the lost Participant or Beneficiary later files a claim for such
benefit.

ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS

	9.01	 	Plan Voluntary
	 
	 	 	Although it is intended that the Plan shall be continued and that contributions shall be
made as herein provided, this Plan is entirely voluntary on the part of each Employer and
the continuance of this Plan and the payment of contributions hereunder are not to be
regarded as contractual obligations of any Employer. The Employers do not guarantee or
promise to pay or to cause to be paid any of the benefits provided by this Plan. Each
person who shall claim the right to any payment or benefit under this Plan shall be
entitled to look only to the Trust Fund for any such payment or benefit and shall not have
any right, claim, or demand therefor against any Employer or any Affiliate, except as
provided by Federal law. The Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between any
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	 	 	any Employee or to be consideration for, or an inducement for, the employment of any
Employee by any Employer or any Affiliate, Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed
as a contract of employment between any Employer or any Affiliate and any Employee, or as a
right of any Employee to be continued in the employment of any Employer or any Affiliate, or
as a limitation on the right of any Employer or any Affiliate to discharge any of its
Employees, with or without cause.

	9.02	 	Rights to Trust Assets
	 
	 	 	No Employee or Beneficiary shall have any right to, or interest in, any assets of the Trust
Fund upon termination of his employment or otherwise, except as provided from time to time
under this Plan, and then only to the extent of the benefits payable under the Plan to such
Employee out of the assets of the Trust Fund. All payments of benefits as provided for in
this Plan shall be made solely out of the assets of the Trust Fund and none of the
Fiduciaries shall be liable therefor in any manner.
	 
	9.03	 	Nonalienation of Benefits
	 
	 	 	Except as provided below, no Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary shall have the
right to anticipate, assign, alienate, charge, encumber, sell or transfer any benefit
provided under the Plan and the Trustee will not recognize any anticipation, assignment,
alienation, charge, sale or transfer. Furthermore, a benefit under the Plan shall not be
subject to attachment, charge, encumbrance, garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or
equitable process. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the following case(s):

	 	(a)	 	Participant Loans. If a Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary
who has become entitled to receive payment of benefits under this Agreement is indebted
to the Trustee by virtue of a participant loan the Committee may direct the Trustee to
pay the indebtedness and charge it against the account balance of the Participant,
Former Participant or Beneficiary.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Distributions Under Domestic Relations Orders. Nothing contained in
this Plan prevents the Trustee, under the direction of the Committee, from complying
with the provisions of a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section
414(p). A distribution to an “alternate payee” (as described in Code Section 414(p))
prior to the Participant’s attainment of his or her earliest retirement age is
available only: (1) if the order specifies distribution at that time or permits an
agreement between the Plan and the alternate payee to authorize an earlier
distribution; and (2) if the alternate payee consents to any distribution occurring
prior to the Participant’s attainment of earliest retirement age. Nothing in this
Section 9.03(b) gives a Participant the right to receive a distribution at a time
otherwise not permitted under the Plan or permits the alternate payee to receive a form
of payment not otherwise permitted under the Plan.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Distributions Under Certain Judgments and Settlements. Nothing
contained in this Plan prevents the Trustee from complying with a judgment or
settlement which requires the Trustee to reduce a Participant’s benefits under the Plan
by an amount that the Participant is ordered or required to pay to the Plan if each of
the following criteria are satisfied:

	 	(1)	 	The order or requirement must arise:

	 	(A)	 	under a judgment or conviction for a crime involving the Plan;

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	 	(B)	 	under a civil judgment (including a consent order or decree)
entered by a court in an action brought in connection with an actual
or alleged violation of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA; or
	 
	 	(C)	 	under a settlement agreement with either the
Secretary of Labor or the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation and the
Participant in connection with an actual or alleged violation of Part 4
of Title I of ERISA by a fiduciary or any other person.

	 	(2)	 	The decree, judgment, order or settlement expressly provides
for the offset of all or part of the amount ordered or required to be paid to
the Plan against the Participant’s benefits under the Plan.
	 
	 	(3)	 	To the extent that (i) the survivor annuity requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(11) apply to the portion of the Participant’s account
balance which will be reduced or offset, and (ii) the Participant has a spouse
at the time at which the reduction or offset is to be made:

	 	(A)	 	(i) the spouse must consent to the reduction or
offset in writing, as witnessed by a notary public or a plan
representative, (ii) it must be established that such consent may not
be obtained for any of the reasons outlined in Code Section
417(a)(2)(B), or (iii) the spouse must previously have executed an
election to waive his or her right to a qualified joint and survivor
annuity or a qualified preretirement annuity in accordance with the
requirements of Code Section 417(a);
	 
	 	(B)	 	the decree, judgment, order or settlement must
require the spouse to pay an amount to the Plan in connection with a
violation of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA; or
	 
	 	(C)	 	the decree, judgment, order or settlement must
provide that the spouse shall retain his or her right to receive a
survivor annuity calculated as provided in Code Section 401(a)(13)(D).

	9.04	 	Discontinuance of Employer Contributions
	 
	 	 	In the event of the permanent discontinuance of contributions to the Plan by the Employers,
the accounts of all Participants shall, as of the date of such discontinuance, remain
nonforfeitable.
	 
	9.05	 	Certain Social Security Increases
	 
	 	 	In the case of a Participant or his Beneficiary who is receiving benefits under this Plan,
or in the case of a Participant who has terminated employment with the Employer and who has
a vested right to benefits hereunder, such benefits shall not be decreased by reason of any
increase in the benefit levels payable under Title II of the Social Security Act or any
increase in the wage base under such Title II occurring after the date of such
Participant’s termination of employment.

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ARTICLE X.

AMENDMENTS AND ACTION BY EMPLOYER

	10.01	 	Amendments
	 
	 	 	The Company reserves the right to make from time to time any amendment or amendments to this
Plan which do not cause any part of the Trust Fund to be used for, or diverted to, any
purpose other than the exclusive benefit of Participants, Former Participants or their
Beneficiaries; provided, however, that the Company may make any amendment it determines
necessary or desirable, with or without retroactive effect, to comply with ERISA. In
addition, no amendment hereof, unless made to secure the approval of the Internal Revenue
Service or other governmental bureau or agency shall operate retroactively to reduce or
divest the then vested interest hereunder of any Participant, Former Participant or
Beneficiary or to reduce or divest any benefit payable hereunder. No amendment shall be made
hereunder which would increase the duties and liabilities of the Trustee without the
Trustee’s express written consent.
	 
	10.02	 	Action by Employer
	 
	 	 	Any action by an Employer under this Plan may be by resolution of its Board of Directors, or
by any person or persons duly authorized by resolution of said Board to take such action.

ARTICLE XI.

SUCCESSOR EMPLOYER AND MERGER OR

CONSOLIDATION OF PLANS

	11.01	 	Successor Employer
	 
	 	 	In the event of the dissolution, merger, consolidation or reorganization of an Employer,
provisions may be made by which the Plan and Trust will be continued by the successor, and,
in that event, such successor shall be substituted for the Employer under the Plan. The
substitution of the successor shall constitute an assumption of Plan liabilities by the
successor and the successor shall have all of the powers, duties and responsibilities of
the Employer under the Plan.
	 
	11.02	 	Plan Assets
	 
	 	 	In the event of any merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or transfer in whole or in
part of the assets and liabilities of the Trust Fund to, another trust fund held under any
other plan of deferred compensation maintained or to be established for the benefit of all
or some of the Participants of this Plan, the assets of the Trust Fund applicable to such
Participants shall be transferred to the other trust fund only if:

	 	(a)	 	each Participant would (if either this Plan or the other plan then terminated)
receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is
equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive
immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer (if this Plan had then
terminated);

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	 	(b)	 	resolutions of the Boards of Directors of the Employers under this Plan, or of
any new or
successor employer of the affected Participants, shall authorize such transfer of
assets; and, in
the case of a new or successor employer of the affected Participants, its
resolutions shall
include an assumption of liabilities with respect to such Participants’ inclusion in
the new
employer’s plan, and
	 
	 	(c)	 	such other plan and trust are qualified under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a).

ARTICLE XII.

PLAN TERMINATION

	12.01	 	Right to Terminate
	 
	 	 	In accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article, the Company may terminate the
Plan at any tune. In the event of the withdrawal, dissolution, merger, consolidation or
reorganization of an Employer, the Plan shall partially terminate and the Trust Fund shall
be liquidated with respect to the Employees of such Employer unless, if applicable, the Plan
is continued by a successor to the Employer in accordance with Section 11.01.
	 
	12.02	 	Partial Termination
	 
	 	 	Upon termination of the Plan with respect to a group of Participants which constitutes a
partial termination of the Plan under the Code, the Trustee shall, in accordance with the
directions of the Committee, allocate and segregate for the benefit of the Participants
with respect to whom the Plan is being terminated the proportionate interest of such
Participants in the Trust Fund. The funds so allocated and segregated shall be used by the
Trustee to pay benefits to or on behalf of Participants in accordance with Section 12.03.
	 
	12.03	 	Liquidation of the Trust Fund
	 
	 	 	Upon complete or partial termination of the Plan, the accounts of all Participants affected
thereby shall remain fully vested, and the Committee shall direct the Trustee to distribute
the assets remaining in the Trust Fund, after payment of any expenses properly chargeable
thereto, to Participants, Former Participants and Beneficiaries in proportion to their
respective account balances.
	 
	12.04	 	Manner of Distribution
	 
	 	 	Distributions after termination of the Plan shall be made in a form and manner consistent
with the provisions of Section 6.04 hereof, provided, however, that, in the case of Plan
termination, amounts allocated to a Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution Account and
Safeharbor Matching Contribution Account may not be distributed earlier than: (i) the
Participant’s retirement, death, Disability, or other severance from employment; (ii)
termination of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another defined
contribution plan; (iii) the Participant’s attainment of age 59-1/2; (iv) upon hardship of
the Participant; or (v) the sale or other disposition by the Company to an unrelated entity
of substantially all of its assets or of its interest in a subsidiary, if the Company
continues to maintain the Plan, the Participant continues employment with the acquiring
entity, and the acquiring entity does not maintain the Plan.

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ARTICLE XIII.

RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES

The following rules will apply to Company Stock under the ESOP portion of the Plan which is
distributed hereunder:

	 	(a)	 	Any shares of Company Stock distributed hereunder may be subject to such
restrictions as to
the manner of disposal of such shares as, in the opinion of the Committee, may be
necessary
to ensure that any disposition will not involve a violation of applicable security
laws.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary who receives Loan Securities
which are (1)
not publicly traded, or (2) subject to a trading limitation, may offer such
securities to the
Company for purchase. The Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary may not
offer Loan
Securities to the Company after a period ending on the later of (i) the 60th day
after such
Securities are distributed to him, or (ii) the 60th day of the Plan Year following
the Plan Year
in which the Securities are so distributed. If so offered, the Company shall
purchase the shares
at their fair market value upon the terms provided in subsection (c) of this
Article. The
Company may grant the Trustee an option to assume the Employees rights and
obligations
under this subsection (b). If Loan Securities are publicly traded without
restrictions when
distributed but cease to be so traded within the period specified above, the Company
must
notify each holder of such stock in writing, on or before the 10th day after such
stock ceases
to be so traded, that for the remainder of such period such stock is subject to
being offered for
sale to the Company under this subsection (b).
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the Company (or the Trustee) is required to purchase Company Stock pursuant
to an offer
given under subsection (b) above, the purchaser shall purchase such securities
pursuant to (1)
or (2) in the case of a total distribution consisting of a distribution of the
entire balance of a
Participant’s accounts consisting of Company Stock acquired after 1986 within one
taxable
year or pursuant to (1) only in the case of a distribution other than a total
distribution, as
follows:

	 	(1)	 	the purchaser shall pay the total purchase price with respect
to the distribution in cash
at the Closing; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	the purchaser shall pay at least twenty percent (20%) of the
total purchase price in
cash at the Closing. The purchaser shall evidence the balance of the
purchase price
by executing a promissory note, delivered to the seller at the Closing. The
note
delivered at the Closing shall bear interest at one percent (1%) above the
prime
interest rate of Amarillo National Bank in effect at the Closing Date and in
effect at
each subsequent principal payment date, if such rate is determined to be a
reasonable
rate of interest; otherwise, such note shall bear a reasonable rate of
interest. The note
shall provide for no more than four (4) equal annual installments with
interest
payable with each installment, the first installment being due and payable
no later
than one (1) year after the Closing Date, The note further shall be
adequately secured
and provide for acceleration in the event of thirty (30) days’ default in
the payment of
interest or principal and shall grant to the maker of the note the right to
prepay the
note in whole or in part at any time or times without penalty.

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	 	(d)	 	A person shall have given Notice permitted or required under this Article XIII when the
person deposits the Notice in the United States Mail, First Class, postage prepaid,
addressed
to the person entitled to the Notice, at, in the case of the Company or the Trustee, such
entity’s
principal place of business, or, in the case of a Participant, Former Participant or
Beneficiary,
the address currently listed for him in the records of the Committee. Any Participant,
Former
Participant or Beneficiary affected by this Article XIII shall have the obligation of
notifying
the Committee of any change of address.
	 
	 	(e)	 	For purposes of this Article XIII:

	 	(1)	 	“Fair Market Value” shall mean the value of Company Stock (i) determined as
of the
date of the exercise of an option if the exercise is by a “disqualified person” or
(ii) in
all other cases, determined as of the most recent Valuation Date. If Company Stock
is
not or ceases to be readily tradable on an established securities market, Fair
Market
Value shall be determined by appraisal by an independent, qualified financial
analyst
or consultant.
	 
	 	(2)	 	“Notice” shall mean any written offer, acceptance of an offer, or any other
communication.
	 
	 	(3)	 	“Closing” shall mean the place, date and time (“Closing Date”) to which the
seller
and purchaser may agree for purposes of a sale and purchase under this Article
XIII,
provided that Closing must take place not later than thirty (30) days after an
offer
under subsection (b), above.

	 	(f)	 	Notwithstanding the fact that the ESOP portion of this Plan ceases to be an employee stock
ownership plan, Loan Securities and any Company Stock acquired after 1986 shall continue
to be subject to the provisions of this Article XIII.

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	THE STATE OF TEXAS

	 	§
	 

	 	§
	COUNTY OF DALLAS

	 	§

     This instrument was acknowledged before me
on July 29, 2005, by Robert W. Best,
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atmos Energy Corporation, a
Texas and
Virginia corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Jayne A. Zabala
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public in and for the State of Texas	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	My Commission Expires:

	 	Print Name of Notary:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12.13.09
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Jayne A. Zabala	 	 

	 	 	 
	THE STATE OF TEXAS

	 	§
	 

	 	§
	COUNTY OF DALLAS

	 	§

     This instrument was acknowledged before me on July 29, 2005, by John P. Reddy, Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atmos Energy Corporation, a Texas and Virginia
corporation, and Chairman of the Atmos Energy Corporation Qualified Retirement Plans & Trusts
Committee, on behalf of said Committee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Jayne A. Zabala
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public in and for the State of Texas	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	My Commission Expires:

	 	Print Name of Notary:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12.13.09
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Jayne A. Zabala	 	 

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     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this instrument to be
executed in their names and on their behalf, by the officers thereunto duly authorized, this 29th day of July,  2005, effective as of January 1, 2005, except as otherwise provided
herein.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Robert W. Best	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Robert W. Best	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Chairman of the Board, President and	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS AND

TRUSTS COMMITTEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ John P. Reddy	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     John P. Reddy, Chairman and	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Senior Vice President and Chief	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Financial Officer	 	 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS

          This Severance Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by
and between Todd R. Lachman (“Executive”) and Del Monte Corporation (the “Company”) (together, the
“Parties”).

R E C I T A L S

          WHEREAS, Executive is employed by the Company as its Executive Vice President, Del Monte
Foods, pursuant to the terms of an Employment Agreement between Executive and the Company dated
September 1, 2004 (“Employment Agreement,” capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the respective meanings assigned in the Employment Agreement); and

          WHEREAS, Executive is resigning his employment for Good Reason in accordance with the terms
set forth in Paragraph 4(f) of the Employment Agreement and as modified by the terms and conditions
set forth herein; and

          WHEREAS, Executive and the Company desire to terminate their employment relationship amicably
and to resolve, fully and finally, all matters relating to such termination and employment
relationship prior to Executive’s departure from the Company.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the covenants, agreements and
promises set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T

     1. EXECUTIVE’S RESIGNATION. Pursuant to this Agreement, Executive shall resign and be
terminated from each and every position Executive holds as an officer and employee of the Company
and its affiliates effective June 19, 2006 (the “Termination Date”). As of the Termination Date,
the Company shall pay Executive all amounts required by Section 4(e)(i) of the Employment
Agreement, including any earned, but unpaid Base Salary, accrued but unused vacation and floating
holiday time, and unreimbursed expenses described in Section 2(f) of the Employment Agreement, and
benefits, if any Executive is entitled to receive under the benefit plans of the Company in which
Executive was an eligible participant, less all applicable federal, state or local taxes and other
normal payroll deductions.

     2. SEVERANCE BENEFITS. In consideration of Executive’s release of claims and
Executive’s other covenants and agreements contained herein, after the later to occur of (i)

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the Termination Date or (ii) the date Executive signs this Agreement and delivers it to the
Company, provided that Executive has not exercised any revocation rights as set
forth in Paragraph 6(b) below, the Company shall pay Executive, as severance benefits, the amounts,
and provide Executive with the health and welfare benefits and Company perquisites described below
(collectively, the “Severance Benefits”):

          a. Base Salary and Target Bonus Lump Sum Payment. Six (6) months and one (1) day
following the Termination Date, the Company shall pay Executive an amount equal to one and one-half
(1-1/2) times Executive’s Base Salary and target Bonus for Fiscal Year 2007 as a single lump sum
($1,127,100.00), less all applicable federal, state or local taxes and other normal payroll
deductions, including the health and welfare premiums described in Paragraph 2(e) below.

          b. FY 2007 Pro-rated Bonus Payment. If Annual Incentive Plan bonus payments are made
by the Company at the end of the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination of employment occurs,
the Company shall pay Executive a pro-rata portion of Executive’s Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Incentive
Plan target bonus ($51,567.00), less all applicable federal, state or local taxes and other normal
payroll deductions, as described in Paragraph 4(e)(ii)(B) of the Employment Agreement.

          c. Health and Welfare Benefit Continuation. The Company shall continue Executive’s
participation in the Company’s health and welfare benefit plans (except for disability plans), at
an equivalent level of participation as Executive had during the twelve (12) month-period prior to
Executive’s Termination Date, until the earlier of (i) eighteen (18) months after the Executive’s
Termination date, or (ii) such time as Executive is covered by comparable benefit plans or programs
of a subsequent employer (“Benefit Termination Date”). Executive shall immediately notify the
Company of his benefit coverage by a subsequent employer within sixty (60) days after the
initiation of such coverage. After the expiration of Executive’s benefit coverage with the
Company, Executive will be provided information and forms to elect COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) continuation coverage under the Company medical, vision and
dental plans in which Executive participates. Executive’s employee contribution to the monthly
cost of his health and welfare benefits (based on Executive’s current health and welfare elections)
shall be aggregated for the 18 month period following the Termination Date and shall be deducted
from Executive’s Base Salary and Target Bonus Lump Sum Payment described in Paragraph 2(a) above.
If the Benefit Termination Date is less than 18 months after Executive’s Termination Date, the
interval between the Benefit Termination Date and 18 months following Executive’s Termination Date
shall be referred to as the “Benefit Refund Period.” As soon as practical after the Benefit
Termination Date, the Company shall pay to Executive all moneys deducted from Executive’s Base
Salary and Target Bonus Lump Sum Payment to cover the Executive’s

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cost for any health and welfare coverage that the Company would have provided to Executive
during the Benefit Refund Period had the Benefit Termination Date not preceded the date 18 months
following Executive’s Termination Date..

          d. Executive Perquisite Plan Continuation. Six (6) months and one (1) day following
the Termination Date, the Company shall pay Executive an amount equal to six (6) month’s
participation in the Company’s Executive Perquisite Plan at the level Executive participated in as
of the Termination Date ($18,000.00), less all applicable federal, state or local taxes and other
normal payroll deductions. Thereafter, Executive shall continue to participate in the Company’s
Executive Perquisite Plan until the earlier of (i) the expiration of twelve (12) months, or (ii)
such time as Executive is covered by a comparable perquisite plan of a subsequent employer.

          e. Pro-rated Vesting of Stock and Stock Option Awards. Executive shall vest in any
stock or stock option grants awarded by the Company to Executive pursuant to the Del Monte Foods
Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, or any predecessor plan, on a pro-rated basis, as determined by
the Company in the schedule of vested stock and stock option awards provided to Executive on June
19, 2006, as of Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, Executive shall
not be entitled to take ownership or otherwise receive settlement of his pro-rated stock award(s)
until the end of the performance period associated with that stock award; provided
further that, Executive shall not be entitled to exercise, take ownership or
otherwise receive settlement of his pro-rated stock option award(s) until the scheduled vest date
associated with that tranche of the stock option award(s); provided further
that, upon vesting of Executive’s pro-rated stock option award(s), Executive shall have
ninety (90) days from that vesting date to exercise such stock options. The value of any pro-rated
stock option award shall be based on the exercise price and the fair market value at the time of
exercise.

          f. Outplacement. The Company shall provide Executive with not less than eighteen (18)
months of executive-level outplacement services at the Company’s expense; provided
however, the expense for such outplacement services in any calendar year shall not exceed
eighteen percent (18%) of the amount equal to Executive’s highest Base Salary during the twelve
(12) month period prior to the Termination Date and the target Bonus for the year in which
termination occurs.

     3. STOCK OPTIONS / RESTRICTED STOCK. Except as set forth in Paragraph 2(e) above, any
vested or unvested stock options or restricted stock grants awarded to Executive pursuant to the
Company stock incentive plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable stock
option plans and stock or stock option agreements.

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     4. RETIREMENT, SAVINGS, DEFERRED COMPENSATION. Effective as of Executive’s
Termination Date, Executive shall cease to participate in any Company sponsored retirement plans.
Any distribution of benefits to Executive pursuant to his participation in any retirement, pension,
savings, or deferred compensation plan sponsored by the Company shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of the applicable plans; provided that, distribution of any
non-qualified deferred compensation plan benefits to Executive shall be delayed six (6) months and
one (1) day following the Termination Date, if necessary, to comply with IRS Code Section 409A.

     5. RELEASE AND WAIVER.

          a. In consideration of the Severance Benefits paid to Executive pursuant to Paragraph 2 above,
Executive hereby forever releases and discharges the Company and its predecessors, affiliates,
subsidiaries, successors and assigns, as well as each of their respective past and present
officers, directors, employees, agents, insurance companies, attorneys and stockholders
(collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, charges, complaints, liens,
demands, causes of action, obligations, damages and liabilities, known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that Executive had, now has or
may hereafter claim to have against the Released Parties arising out of or relating in any way to
Executive’s hiring by, employment with or separation from the Company or otherwise relating to any
of the Released Parties from the beginning of time to the later to occur of (i) the Termination
Date, and (ii) the date Executive signs this Agreement.

          b. This Release specifically extends to, without limitation, claims or causes of action for
wrongful termination, impairment of ability to compete in an open market, breach of an express or
implied contract, breach of any collective bargaining agreement, breach of the covenant of good
faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, slander,
infliction of emotional distress, disability, loss of future earnings, and any claims under the
California state constitution, the United States Constitution, and applicable state and federal
fair employment laws, federal equal employment opportunity laws, and federal and state labor
statues and regulations, including, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, as amended, the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the Labor-Management
Relations Act, as amended, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as
amended, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
as amended, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”), the Family and Medical Leave Act and the California
Fair Employment and Housing Act, as amended, and any related attorney’s fees, costs and expenses.

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          c. By this release, Executive hereby expressly waives all rights afforded by Section 1542 of
the Civil Code of the State of California (“Section 1542”) with respect to the Released Parties.
Section 1542 states as follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT
KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE
RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS
OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542, and for the purpose of implementing a full and
complete release, Executive understands and agrees that this Agreement is intended to include all
claims, if any, which Executive may have and which Executive does not now know or suspect to exist
in Executive’s favor against the Released Parties, and this Agreement extinguishes those claims.

     6. REVIEW AND REVOCATION PERIOD.

          a. Executive acknowledges and agrees that he is waiving his rights under the ADEA and,
accordingly, he has at least twenty-one (21) calendar days after receipt of this Agreement to
consider whether to sign it, and the Company has advised Executive that he may consult with an
attorney of his choosing prior to signing and returning this Agreement.

          b. Executive further acknowledges that he may change his mind and revoke this Agreement at any
time during the seven (7) calendar days after he signs the Agreement, in which case none of the
provisions of this Agreement will have any effect. Executive acknowledges and agrees that if he
wishes to revoke this Agreement, he must do so in writing, and that such revocation must be signed
by Executive and received by the Company at its headquarters located at One Market @ The Landmark,
San Francisco, California 94105 to the attention of Mark Buxton, Vice President, Human Resources,
no later than 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time on the seventh (7th) day after Executive has signed
the Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that, in the event Executive revokes this
Agreement, he shall have no right to receive any of the Severance Benefits described under
Paragraph 2.

     7. CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS. Executive hereby acknowledges and affirms his continuing
obligations to the Company pursuant to Sections 6 and 7 of the Employment Agreement (a) not to use
or disclose Proprietary Information at any time and to return to the Company all property of the
Company in the Executive’s possession or under the Executive’s control; (b) not to, directly or
indirectly, solicit any employee of the Company to leave his or her

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employment for a period of two (2) years after the Termination Date; and (c) not to, directly or
indirectly, solicit, or knowingly encourage any current or future customer of or supplier to the
Company or any existing or future affiliate to modify the business relationship, or cease doing
business in whole or in part, with the Company or any affiliate for a period of two (2) years after
the Termination Date, all as more fully set forth in the Employment Agreement.

     8. NON-DISPARAGEMENT. Executive agrees that he shall not, at any time, make, directly
or indirectly, any oral or written, public or private statements that are disparaging of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, including any of their present
or former officers, directors, agents, or employees. Nor shall Executive make any oral or written,
public or private statements that disparage or otherwise constitute trade libel of the Company’s or
its subsidiaries’, affiliates’, successors’ or assigns’ products or services. In turn, the Company
agrees that it shall not make any corporate public communications that disparage Executive’s job
performance, including any such disparaging statements: (a) in the Form 8-K announcing Executive’s
departure from the Company; (b) in any other SEC filing; or (c) during the Company’s Earnings Call
on June 22, 2006 while describing or responding to questions concerning Executive’s departure. In
addition, the Company shall communicate to all its executives the Company’s policy that such
executives shall not make any public or private statements that are disparaging of Executive or
Executive’s performance at the Company.

     9. REMEDIES. If the Company determines that Executive has materially violated the
terms and conditions of Paragraph 7 of this Agreement, the Company may elect, in its sole and
absolute discretion, upon ten (10) days’ notice to Executive, to file a lawsuit against Executive
for the alleged violation and, in connection with such lawsuit, arrange for a third party to hold
in escrow any unpaid Severance Benefits pending resolution of the dispute by a court of competent
jurisdiction, or, if the Parties so agree, a designated arbitrator; provided that,
any escrow instructions to the third party include an instruction to pay the unpaid Severance
Benefits held in escrow consistent with any judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction
or the Parties settlement agreement. It is further understood and agreed that if, at any time, a
violation of any term or condition of this Agreement is asserted by any party hereto, that party
shall have the right to seek specific performance of that term or condition and/or any other
necessary and proper relief, including, damages and injunctive relief from any court of competent
jurisdiction.

     10. REPRESENTATIONS. Executive makes the following representations, each of which is
an important consideration to the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement with
Executive:

          a. Executive acknowledges and represents that the Company is not entering into this Agreement
because it believes that Executive has any cognizable legal claim against the Released Parties,
other than under Section 4(f) of his Employment Agreement. Executive agrees

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that the purpose of this Agreement is to provide him with the benefits that he is entitled to
under Section 4(f) of Executive’s Employment Agreement.

          b. Executive represents that he has not filed any claim, charge, grievance, complaint, or
action in or with any federal, state, or local court or administrative agency or before any other
tribunal against the Released Parties.

          c. Executive acknowledges and agrees that except as provided above, Executive shall not be
entitled to receive any other compensation or benefits of any sort from the Company including,
salary, bonuses, stock, vacation pay, holiday pay, sick leave, short-term or long-term disability
benefits, health care continuation coverage (except as provided under federal or state law),
retirement, insurance, benefits otherwise payable under any of the Company’s severance plans,
programs or policies, or any other form of compensation or benefits from the Released Parties at
any time.

          d. Executive represents and warrants that he has returned to the Company, or will do so within
seven (7) days of the full execution of this Agreement, all documents, data, records, keys, credit
cards, identification badges, proprietary or confidential information and other physical property
that came into Executive’s possession during his employment, whether acquired from the Company or
from any other source.

          e. Executive acknowledges that, prior to signing this Agreement, he read and understood each
and every provision in this Agreement and that he had the opportunity to consult with an attorney
regarding the effect of each and every provision of this Agreement. Executive further acknowledges
that he knowingly and voluntarily entered into this Agreement with complete understanding of all
relevant facts, and that he was neither fraudulently induced nor coerced to enter into this
Agreement.

     11. SEVERABILITY. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or determined by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partially illegal, invalid, or unenforceable,
it is specifically hereby agreed that the legality, validity, and enforceability of the remaining
parts, terms, or provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected thereby; rather,
said illegal, invalid, or unenforceable part, term, or provision shall be deemed not to be a part
of this Agreement. Nor shall any such determination of illegality, invalidity, or unenforceability
of any part, term or provision of this Agreement by a particular court affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other
jurisdictions, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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     12. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Executive
and the Released Parties and shall not inure to the benefit of any other third parties; provided
that, in the event Executive dies after executing this Agreement, but before receiving the payments
set forth in Paragraphs 2(a), 2(b) and 2(d) of this Agreement, Executive’s estate and/or heirs
shall be entitled to such payments.

     13. NO WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS. The failure of either party to this Agreement to enforce
any of its terms, provisions or covenants shall not be construed as a waiver of the same or of the
right of such party to enforce the same except for Executive’s failure to revoke this Agreement
within seven (7) days of its execution as set forth in Paragraph 6(b) above. Waiver by the Company
of any breach or default by Executive of any term, provision or covenant of this Agreement shall
not operate as a waiver of any other breach or default by Executive. This Agreement may not be
amended or modified other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and Executive.

     14. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The Paragraph headings contained herein are for reference
purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

     15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all rights, duties and remedies hereunder shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California,
without reference to its choice of law rules.

     17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all
prior discussions, agreements and understandings of every kind and nature between the Parties
hereto and neither party shall be bound by any term or condition other than as expressly set forth
or provided for in this Agreement; provided that, Sections 4(i) (Ongoing
Obligations), 5 (Indemnification), 6 (Proprietary Information), 7 (Noninterference), 8 (Injunctive
Relief) and 10 (Miscellaneous) of Executive’s Employment Agreement shall survive the termination of
Executive’s employment, and remain in full force and effect as provided by the terms therein.

[Signatures on the following page.]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth below:

EXECUTIVE

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Todd R. Lachman
	 	Dated: June 21, 2006
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Todd R. Lachman	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEL MONTE CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Mark J. Buxton
	 	Dated: June 21, 2006
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Mark J. Buxton	 	 
	 

	 	     Vice President, Human Resources	 	 

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