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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                             HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL

                    NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

         Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to provide certain
executives of Household International, Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its
direct and indirect subsidiaries (the Company and such subsidiaries being
referred to as the "Employers") the opportunity to defer receipt of compensation
and provide for future savings of compensation earned. The provision of such an
opportunity is designed to aid the Company in attracting and retaining as
executives persons whose abilities, experience and judgment can contribute to
the well-being of the Company.

         Section 2. Name, Effective Date. The effective date of this plan known
as the Household International Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the
"Plan") is December 1, 1996.

         Section 3. Eligibility. Any executive of the Employers who is on the
United States payroll and whose base salary is at least $160,000 as of the
November 1 preceding the year for which an election is made is eligible to
participate in this Plan.

         Section 4. Deferred Compensation Account. An unfunded deferred
compensation account shall be established for each person who elects to
participate in the Plan.

         Section 5. Amount of Deferral. For calendar year 1997 and for each
calendar year thereafter, a participant may elect to defer receipt of a
specified portion of the unearned salary that would otherwise be paid in that
year and/or all or a specified portion of the cash bonus which will be earned
for that year which generally becomes payable to the participant in the
following year. An amount equal to the compensation deferred will be credited to
the participant's deferred compensation account on the date such compensation
would otherwise be initially payable. In no event may a participant make a
deferral election with respect to his or her salary that would cause his
projected salary expected to be actually paid in that year to be reduced below
$160,000. A participant may, however, elect to defer all or any part of his cash
bonus earned for a particular year whether it is payable in that year or payable
in the next year. The $160,000 amount referred to in this Section 5 and Section
3 shall be automatically adjusted to reflect changes in the limits outlined
under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code").

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         Section 6. Election of Deferral. An election to defer salary and/or
bonus for each year shall be made on forms provided by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee") for that
purpose and shall be effective on the date indicated, but not before the date
filed with the Committee. With respect to salary, the election shall be made
prior to the year for which it is applicable and shall be effective with respect
to any salary to be earned which would otherwise be payable in that year. With
respect to bonus, due to its uncertain nature, the election shall be made by
July 1 regarding the potential bonus to be earned and awarded for that year
notwithstanding the fact that bonus income is generally distributed in the
following calendar year.

         If a participant has failed to select a deferred distribution date for
a deferral or if he terminates employment before such deferred distribution
date, then distribution of such deferred compensation will be made in the
calendar year following the date of the participant's termination of employment.
For any compensation earned for a particular year, the earliest deferred
distribution date specified by the participant must be at least two years after
the year for which the compensation was earned. Subject to Section 19, with
respect to each such calendar year to which it applies, the election shall be
irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee.

         Section 7. Hypothetical Investment. Each deferred compensation account
will be credited with earnings from the date on which deferred compensation
would initially have been payable until the date of payment. The participant can
elect to have the amount credited to his account invested hypothetically in
various funds. The funds against which increases or decreases in the
participant's deferred compensation account will be measured are:

         Fund A -          Household International, Inc. Common Stock Fund.

         Fund B -          Treasury Fund. This Fund shall be credited with
                           interest at a rate equal to the United States
                           five-year treasury rate plus HFC's borrowing spread
                           over that rate on the first day of each calendar
                           quarter with interest compounded quarterly.

         The participant can change his or her investment election as to the
amount already credited or to be credited to his account on a quarterly basis by
filing an appropriate election form with the Committee prior to the first day of
the quarter in which the election is to be effective.

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There is no guarantee a participant's deferred compensation account invested in
Fund A will increase; amounts may decrease based on the performance of Fund A.

         Section 8. Value of Deferred Compensation Accounts. The value of each
participant's deferred compensation account shall include compensation deferred,
adjusted for any increase or decrease thereon, pursuant to Section 7 of the
Plan.

         Section 9. Payment of Deferral. Subject to Section 19, no distribution
may be made from the participant's deferred compensation account prior to the
first day of the calendar year following the date of the termination of the
participant's employment, unless an earlier date is specified by the participant
in his election to defer compensation. If a participant elected to defer any
year's compensation to a specific date other than his or her termination of
employment, such year's deferred compensation and earnings or losses thereon
will be payable in cash in a lump sum on the date specified unless it is paid
earlier due to termination of employment. The value of a participant's deferred
compensation account will be payable in cash in a lump sum as soon as
practicable following the end of the year in which a participant terminates
employment.

         In the event that the participant becomes totally disabled, the
Committee, in its absolute discretion, may distribute all or a portion of the
participant's deferred compensation account according to a revised payment
schedule.

         Section 10. Withholding. There shall be deducted from all deferrals and
payments under this Plan the amount of any taxes required to be withheld by any
federal, state or local government. The participants and their beneficiaries,
distributees, and personal representatives will bear any and all federal,
foreign, state, local or other income or other taxes imposed on amounts deferred
or paid under this Plan.

         Section 11. Designation of Beneficiary. A participant may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries which shall be effective upon filing written notice
with the Committee on the form provided by the Committee for that purpose. If no
beneficiary is designated, the beneficiary will be the participant's estate. If
more than one beneficiary statement has been filed, the beneficiary or
beneficiaries designated in the statement bearing the most recent date will be
deemed the valid beneficiary or beneficiaries.

         Section 12. Death of Participant or Beneficiary. In the event of a
participant's death before he has received the full value of his deferred
compensation account, the then current value

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of the participant's deferred compensation account shall be determined and such
amount shall be paid to the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the deceased
participant as soon as practicable thereafter in cash in a lump sum. If no
designated beneficiary has been named or survives the participant, the
beneficiary will be the participant's estate.

         Section 13. Participant's Rights Unsecured. The right of any
participant or beneficiary to receive payment under the provisions of the Plan
shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company, and any
successor company in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or any
other event which causes the Company's assets or business to be acquired by
another company. No provisions contained in the Plan shall be construed to give
any participant or beneficiary at any time a security interest in the deferred
compensation account or any other assets of the Company.

         Section 14. Statement of Account. Statements will be sent to
participants following the end of each year as to the value of their deferred
compensation accounts as of December 31st of such year.

         Section 15. Assignability. No right to receive payments hereunder shall
be transferable or assignable by a participant or a beneficiary.

         Section 16. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered
by the Committee. The Committee shall conclusively interpret the provisions of
the Plan, decide all claims, and shall make all determinations under the Plan.
The Committee shall act by vote or written consent of a majority of its members.
The Committee may authorize the appointment of an agent to perform recordkeeping
and other administrative duties with respect to the Plan.

         Section 17. Amendment or Termination of Plan. This Plan may at any time
or from time to time be amended, modified or terminated by the Committee. No
amendment, modification or termination shall, without the consent of a
participant, adversely affect such participant's accruals on his prior
elections. Rights accrued prior to termination of the Plan will not be canceled
by termination of the Plan.

         Section 18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.

         Section 19. Withdrawals. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the
contrary, a participant may request withdrawal of all or a portion of the
balance of his deferred

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compensation account by filing a written request with the Committee in a form
acceptable to the Committee for that purpose. A minimum of $25,000 (Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars) or the balance of the account, if less, must be requested. The
withdrawal will be deemed to be made from the deferrals for the year or years
whose deferred distribution date is closest to the date of the withdrawal and
the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine which of the phantom
investment accounts of the participant will be charged for the withdrawal. This
request may be granted, solely in the absolute discretion of the Committee,
provided, however, if the Committee grants a withdrawal request, all pending
deferral elections for future compensation under the Plan which the participant
has filed with the Committee will be canceled. The participant will be suspended
from participation in this Plan with respect to future compensation until the
participant files a deferral election with respect to salary and/or bonus earned
for the calendar year following the year in which the withdrawal occurs or some
later year. The Committee will impose a forfeiture equal to the amount of the
withdrawal multiplied by 10 percent. Such amount will be forfeited to the
Company. In the event a participant is a Section 16 officer of the Company, a
distribution made by the Committee pursuant to this Section 19 shall occur on a
date that is at least six (6) months from the date the Committee approves the
withdrawal request if the withdrawal comes from the participant's account
hypothetically invested in Fund A.

         Section 20. Payment of Certain Costs of the Participant. If a dispute
arises regarding the interpretation or enforcement of this Plan and the
participant (or, in the event of his death, his beneficiary) obtains a final
judgment in his favor from a court of competent jurisdiction from which no
appeal may be taken, whether because the time to do so has expired or otherwise,
or his claim is settled by the Company prior to the rendering of such a
judgment, all reasonable legal and other professional fees and expenses incurred
by the participant in contesting or disputing any such claim or in seeking to
obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided for in this Plan or in otherwise
pursuing his claim will be promptly paid by the Company with interest thereon at
the highest Illinois statutory rate for interest on judgments against private
parties from the date of payment thereof by the participant to the date of
reimbursement to him by the Company.

         Section 21. Securities Law. With respect to participants subject to
section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this plan are intended to
comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3 or its successor under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. To the extent any

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provision of the Plan or action by the Committee or its designee fails to so
comply, it shall be deemed null and void.

         Section 22. Change in Control. A "Change in Control" means a change in
the beneficial ownership of the Company's then outstanding securities or a
change in the composition of the Company's Board of Directors as a result of any
of the following occurrences:

1.   any "person" (as the term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d)(2) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than: (a) a trustee or other
     fiduciary of securities held under an employee benefit plan of the Company,
     or (b) the Company or any subsidiary thereof becomes the beneficial owner,
     directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or
     more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
     securities; or

2.   persons who were directors of the Company as of the effective date hereof,
     or successor directors nominated by those directors or by such successor
     directors, cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
     Company or its successor by merger, consolidation or sale of assets.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if a Change of Control occurs,
then the Company shall create a trust or take such other actions as are
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                     HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL NON-QUALIFIED
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                  WHEREAS, Household International, Inc. (the "Company")
maintains The Household International Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
(the "Plan"); and

                  WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the
Compensation Committee under Section 17 of the Plan and resolutions adopted by
the Compensation Committee on November 9 and by the Board of Directors of the
Company on November 10, 1998, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of
December 1, 1998, by substituting the following for Section 22 of the Plan:

         "Section 22. Change in Control. A "Change in Control " shall be deemed
to have occurred if:

(1)   Any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), excluding for this
      purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or any employee
      benefit plan of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or any
      person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or
      pursuant to the terms of such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of
      voting securities of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
      defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly of
      securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the
      combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities;
      provided, however, that no Change in Control shall be deemed to have
      occurred as the result of an acquisition of securities of the Company by
      the Company which, by reducing the number of voting securities
      outstanding, increases the direct or indirect beneficial ownership
      interest of any person to twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined
      voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, but any
      subsequent increase in the direct or indirect beneficial ownership
      interest of such a person in the Company shall be deemed a Change in
      Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the
      Company determines in good faith that a person who has become the
      beneficial owner directly or indirectly of securities of the Company
      representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of
      the Company's then outstanding securities has inadvertently reached that
      level of ownership interest, and if such person divests as promptly as
      practicable a sufficient amount of securities of the Company so that the
      person no longer has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest in
      twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's
      then outstanding securities, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to
      have occurred;

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(2)   During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period
      prior to December 1, 1998) individuals who at the beginning of such
      two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any
      new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person
      who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction
      described in subparagraph (1), above, or subparagraph (3), below) whose
      election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's
      stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
      directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning
      of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously
      so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
      Board (such individuals and any such new directors being referred to as
      the "Incumbent Board");

(3)   Consummation of (x) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the
      Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets,(y) a plan of
      merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (z)
      a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any
      transaction described in parts (x) through (z) of this subparagraph (3)
      being referred to as a "Business Combination"), in each case unless after
      such a Business Combination (I) the stockholders of the Company
      immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own, directly or
      indirectly, more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of
      the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the
      election of directors of the new (or continued) entity (including, but not
      by way of limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns
      the Company, or all or substantially all of the Company's former assets
      either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) immediately after
      such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their
      ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination,
      (II) no person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business
      Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company
      or of such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially
      owns, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of the then
      combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such
      entity, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the
      Business Combination, and (III) at least a majority of the members of the
      board of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination
      were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the
      initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such
      Business Combination; or

(4)   Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or
      dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Plan shall constitute a "Contract" and a
participant shall be an "Executive" within the meaning of the Household
International, Inc. Grantor Trust Agreement for Employees and Former Employees,
as may from time to time be amended (such trust and any successor thereto or
replacement thereof, the "Grantor Trust"). Upon the occurrence of a Funding Date
(as defined in the Grantor Trust), the Company shall pay to the Grantor Trust
the amounts required thereby with respect to the benefits hereunder and take
such other actions as

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are appropriate to protect such benefits. If the Grantor Trust is terminated or
amended in a manner adverse to a participant, then upon a Change in Control (as
defined in Section 4.01 of the Grantor Trust) the Company shall establish a
replacement trust in form and substance reasonably acceptable to a participant
and shall deliver to the replacement trust cash of a value sufficient to provide
for the payment of all accrued benefits under this Plan."

                                       HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                    By /s/ George A. Lorch
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                                       George A. Lorch
                                       Chair, Compensation Committee
                           Dated:      December 16, 1998

ATTEST:

/s/ Kenneth H. Robin
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Kenneth H. Robin
Secretary
(CORPORATE SEAL)

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                 SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL
                    NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among HSBC
Holdings plc ("HSBC"), Household International, Inc. (the "Company") and H2
Acquisition Corporation, dated as of November 14, 2002 (the "Merger Agreement"),
HSBC agreed to cause the surviving corporation in the transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement (the "Merger") to honor the accrued benefits under each
of the Company's non-qualified and deferred compensation plans; and

         WHEREAS, as required by the Merger Agreement, the Company has taken the
necessary action so that the Company is not required to fund or otherwise set
aside cash or other assets to provide for benefits under the Company's
non-qualified and deferred compensation plans as a result of or in connection
with the Merger;

         NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 17 the Household International
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan") and the resolutions
adopted by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company
on November 12, 2002, the Plan be and is amended, effective as of November 12,
2002, by adding the following new sentence at the end of Section 22 of the Plan:

                  "Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
                  contrary, the transactions (the "Merger") contemplated by the
                  Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among HSBC Holdings plc,
                  the Company and H2 Acquisition Corporation, dated as of
                  November 14, 2002 (the "Merger Agreement"), including, without
                  limitation, the execution of the Merger Agreement and related
                  documents, the announcement of the transactions contemplated
                  by the Merger Agreement, any change in the composition of the
                  Board of Directors of the Company resulting from the Merger,
                  shareholder approval of the Merger, the acquisition of stock
                  ownership or conversion of Company common stock or other
                  Company securities in connection with the Merger, or other
                  actions, transactions or consequences of any nature
                  whatsoever, whether viewed in isolation or in the aggregate,
                  occurring in connection with or resulting from the
                  transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the
                  Merger, shall not constitute a "Funding Date" for any purpose
                  of the Grantor Trust or the Plan or require the funding of the
                  Grantor Trust or the establishment and funding of a
                  replacement trust."

                            [Signature Page Follows]

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                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the terms and provisions
of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

                                    HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Colin P. Kelly
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                                    Name: Colin P. Kelly
                                    Title: Executive Vice President -
                                    Administration

                                    Dated:  February 10, 2003

ATTEST:

By: /s/ Kenneth H. Robin
    ----------------------------------------
Name: Kenneth H. Robin
Title: Secretary

(CORPORATE SEAL)

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                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                                     OF THE
                      HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL NON-QUALIFIED
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                  WHEREAS, Household International, Inc. (the "Company")
maintains the Household International Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
(the "Plan"); and

                  WHEREAS, the Plan has been amended and further amendment of
the Plan is now considered desirable;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the
Compensation Committee of the Company under Section 17 of the Plan and
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on November 12,
2002, the Plan be and is amended, effective as of March 28, 2003, by
substituting the following for Section 7 of the Plan:

                           "Section 7. Investment. Each deferred compensation
                  account will be credited with earnings and/or losses from the
                  date on which deferred compensation would initially have been
                  payable until the date of payment. Any amounts that are
                  deferred after March 28, 2003 will be deemed invested in Fund
                  B, the Treasury Fund. This Fund B shall be credited with
                  interest at a rate equal to the United States five-year
                  treasury rate plus HFC's borrowing spread over that rate on
                  the first day of each calendar quarter with interest
                  compounded quarterly. Prior to March 28, 2003, a participant
                  could elect to have his deferred compensation account be a
                  deemed investment in either Fund A or Fund B. Fund A was known
                  as the Household International, Inc. Common Stock Fund and the
                  value of this Fund A was measured by Household International,
                  Inc. common shares, but the value of Fund A is now measured by
                  HSBC Holdings plc ordinary shares and is known as the Company
                  Stock Fund. Deferred compensation accounts that were invested
                  in Fund A, the Company Stock Fund, can remain so invested but
                  any future dividends on Company Stock attributable to that
                  Fund A will be invested in Fund B.

                           "The participant can change his or her investment
                  election as to the amount already credited to his account from
                  Fund A to Fund B, but not vice versa, on a quarterly basis by
                  filing an appropriate election form with the Committee prior
                  to the first day of the quarter in which the election is to be
                  effective. There is no guarantee a participant's deferred
                  compensation account invested in Fund A will increase; amounts
                  may decrease based on the performance of Fund A."

                                           HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                           By /s/ George A. Lorch
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                                              George A. Lorch
                                              Chair, Compensation Committee

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                                              Dated: May 5, 2003

ATTEST:

/s/ Kenneth H. Robin
-----------------------
Kenneth H. Robin
Secretary

(CORPORATE SEAL)

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                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                      HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL NON-QUALIFIED
              DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR STOCK OPTION EXERCISES

         WHEREAS, Household International, Inc. (the "Company") maintains the
Household International Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Stock
Option Exercises (the "Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

         NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Compensation
Committee of the Company under Section 16 of the Plan and resolutions adopted by
the Board of Directors of the Company on November 12, 2002, the Plan is hereby
amended, effective as of March 28, 2003, in the following particulars:

         1.       By adding the following new sentence at the end of Section 5
                  of the Plan:

                  "No deferral elections are permitted after March 28, 2003."

         2.       By substituting the following for Section 7 of the Plan:

                           "Section 7. Investment. Each deferred compensation
                  account was credited with shares of Household stock on the
                  date on which the Household stock option was exercised. The
                  shares of Household stock have been changed to a right to
                  receive HSBC Holdings plc ordinary shares and therefore
                  Company Stock refers to either the Household stock or the HSBC
                  ordinary shares as appropriate. No dividends have been or will
                  be paid on such Company Stock. There is no guarantee a
                  participant's deferred compensation account will increase in
                  value; the account may decrease in value based on the
                  performance of the Company Stock."

         3.       By substituting the following three sentences for the third
and fourth sentences of Section 8 of the Plan:

                  "All deferred amounts to be paid to a participant in stock
                  pursuant to the Plan are to be paid in shares of Company Stock
                  with the value of such shares being the fair market value of
                  an equal number of shares of Company Stock on the date of
                  payment. For purposes of the Plan, the "fair market value"
                  shall be the closing price on the London Stock Exchange of a
                  share of Company Stock for the trading date preceding the
                  respective determination

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                  date. A participant may choose to receive an equivalent number
                  of HSBC American depositary shares instead of Company Stock
                  and any fraction of a share of Company Stock will be paid in
                  cash."

                                             HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                            By /s/ George A. Lorch
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               George A. Lorch
                                               Chair, Compensation Committee
                                               Dated:   May 5, 2003

ATTEST:

/s/ Kenneth H. Robin
--------------------------------
Kenneth H. Robin
Secretary

(CORPORATE SEAL)

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                             HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL

                    NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                           FOR STOCK OPTION EXERCISES

         Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to provide certain
executives of Household International, Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its
direct and indirect subsidiaries (the Company and such subsidiaries being
referred to as the "Employers") the opportunity to defer receipt of compensation
and provide for future savings of compensation earned in connection with the
exercise of a Household stock option. The provision of such an opportunity is
designed to aid the Company in attracting and retaining as executives persons
whose abilities, experience and judgment can contribute to the well-being of the
Company.

         Section 2. Name, Effective Date. The effective date of this plan known
as the Household International Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for
Stock Option Exercises (the "Plan") is November 15, 1999.

         Section 3. Eligibility. Any executive of the Employers in Career Band D
or Career Band S who has outstanding stock options for Household International,
Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 par value ("Household stock") is eligible to
participate in this Plan.

         Section 4. Deferred Compensation Account. An unfunded deferred
compensation account shall be established for each person who elects to
participate in the Plan.

         Section 5. Amount of Deferral. In the calendar year prior to the
exercise of a Household stock option on a date at least six months prior to the
date the participant intends to exercise the Household stock option, the
participant can make an irrevocable election to defer receipt of the stock that
would otherwise be paid to the participant upon the exercise of the option. The
Household stock deferred will be credited to the participant's deferred
compensation account on the date such stock would otherwise be initially issued
pursuant to the option exercise.

         Section 6. Election of Deferral. An election to defer receipt of stock
due to the exercise of a Household stock option shall be made on forms provided
by the Compensation Committee

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of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee") for that purpose and
shall be effective on the date indicated, but not before the date filed with the
Committee. In order to have a valid deferral election, the participant who
exercises the option must pay for the Household stock option with Household
stock which he has held for at least six months. A payment in cash is not
permitted. However, any tax withholding must be paid in cash, and not by
reducing the Household stock received from the exercise.

         If a participant has failed to select a deferred distribution date for
a deferral or if he terminates employment before such deferred distribution
date, then distribution of such deferred compensation account will be made as
soon as practicable in the calendar year following the date of the participant's
termination of employment. For any deferral attributable to a Household stock
option exercise, the earliest deferred distribution date specified by the
participant must be at least two years after the year in which the stock option
exercise occurred. The election shall be irrevocable upon receipt by the
Committee.

         Section 7. Hypothetical Investment. Each deferred compensation account
will be credited with shares of Household stock on the date on which the
Household stock option is exercised. No dividends shall be paid on such stock.
There is no guarantee a participant's deferred compensation account will
increase in value; the account may decrease in value based on the performance of
Household stock.

         Section 8. Payment of Deferral. If a participant elected to defer any
year's compensation under this Plan to a specific date other than his or her
termination of employment, the value of such year's deferred compensation will
be payable in stock with only fractional shares paid in cash on the date
specified unless it is paid earlier due to termination of employment. The value
of a participant's deferred compensation account will be payable in stock with
only fractional shares paid in cash as soon as practicable following the end of
the year in which a participant terminates employment unless an earlier date is
specified by the participant in his election to defer compensation. All deferred
amounts to be paid to a participant pursuant to the Plan are to be paid in
shares of Household stock with the value of such shares being the fair market
value of an equal number of shares of Household stock on the date of payment.
For purposes of the Plan,

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the "fair market value" shall be the average of the high and low sale prices for
a share of Household stock as published in The Wall Street Journal for the
respective payment date.

         In the event that the participant becomes totally disabled, the
Committee, in its absolute discretion, may distribute all or a portion of the
participant's deferred compensation account according to a revised payment
schedule but it must still be paid in stock.

         Section 9. Withholding. Subject to the following sentence, there shall
be deducted from all deferrals and payments under this Plan the amount of any
taxes required to be withheld by any federal, state or local government unless
these amounts are paid in cash by the participant. However, for any taxes
required to be withheld by any federal, state or local government in connection
with a deferral, these amounts must be paid in cash and not by reducing the
shares otherwise credited to the participant's account. The participants and
their beneficiaries, distributees, and personal representatives will bear any
and all federal, foreign, state, local or other income or other taxes imposed on
amounts deferred or paid under this Plan.

         Section 10. Designation of Beneficiary. A participant may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries which shall be effective upon filing written notice
with the Committee on the form provided by the Committee for that purpose. If no
beneficiary is designated, the beneficiary will be the participant's estate. If
more than one beneficiary statement has been filed, the beneficiary or
beneficiaries designated in the statement bearing the most recent date will be
deemed the valid beneficiary or beneficiaries.

         Section 11. Death of Participant or Beneficiary. In the event of a
participant's death before he has received the full value of his deferred
compensation account, the then current value of the participant's deferred
compensation account shall be determined and such amount shall be paid to the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of the deceased participant as soon as practicable
thereafter in stock with only fractional shares paid in cash. If no designated
beneficiary has been named or survives the participant, the beneficiary will be
the participant's estate.

         Section 12. Participant's Rights Unsecured. The right of any
participant or beneficiary to receive payment under the provisions of the Plan
shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company, and any
successor company in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or any
other event which causes the Company's assets or business to be acquired

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by another company. No provisions contained in the Plan shall be construed to
give any participant or beneficiary at any time a security interest in the
deferred compensation account or any other assets of the Company.

         Section 13. Statement of Account. Statements will be sent to
participants following the end of each year as to the value of their deferred
compensation accounts as of December 31st of such year.

         Section 14. Assignability. No right to receive payments hereunder shall
be transferable or assignable by a participant or a beneficiary.

         Section 15. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered
by the Committee. The Committee shall conclusively interpret the provisions of
the Plan, decide all claims, and shall make all determinations under the Plan.
The Committee shall act by vote or written consent of a majority of its members.
The Committee may authorize the appointment of an agent to perform recordkeeping
and other administrative duties with respect to the Plan.

         Section 16. Amendment or Termination of Plan. This Plan may at any time
or from time to time be amended, modified or terminated by the Committee. No
amendment, modification or termination shall, without the consent of a
participant, adversely affect such participant's accruals on his prior
elections. Rights accrued prior to termination of the Plan will not be canceled
by termination of the Plan.

         Section 17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.

         Section 18. Payment of Certain Costs of the Participant. If a dispute
arises regarding the interpretation or enforcement of this Plan and the
participant (or, in the event of his death, his beneficiary) obtains a final
judgment in his favor from a court of competent jurisdiction from which no
appeal may be taken, whether because the time to do so has expired or otherwise,
or his claim is settled by the Company prior to the rendering of such a
judgment, all reasonable legal and other professional fees and expenses incurred
by the participant in contesting or disputing any such claim or in seeking to
obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided for in this Plan or in otherwise
pursuing his claim will be promptly paid by the Company with interest thereon at

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the highest Illinois statutory rate for interest on judgments against private
parties from the date of payment thereof by the participant to the date of
reimbursement to him by the Company.

         Section 19. Securities Law. With respect to participants subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to
comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3 or its successor under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. To the extent any provision of the Plan or
action by the Committee or its designee fails to so comply, it shall be deemed
null and void.

         Section 20. Change in Control. A "Change in Control " shall be deemed
to have occurred if:

         (1)      Any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
                  Act")), excluding for this purpose the Company or any
                  subsidiary of the Company, or any employee benefit plan of the
                  Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or any person or
                  entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for
                  or pursuant to the terms of such plan which acquires
                  beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company, is
                  or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3
                  under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly of securities
                  of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of
                  the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
                  securities; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall
                  be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of
                  securities of the Company by the Company which, by reducing
                  the number of voting securities outstanding, increases the
                  direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest of any person
                  to twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power
                  of the Company's then outstanding securities, but any
                  subsequent increase in the direct or indirect beneficial
                  ownership interest of such a person in the Company shall be
                  deemed a Change in Control; and provided further that if the
                  Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith
                  that a person who has become the beneficial owner directly or
                  indirectly of securities of the Company representing twenty
                  percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the
                  Company's then outstanding securities has inadvertently
                  reached that level of

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                  ownership interest, and if such person divests as promptly as
                  practicable a sufficient amount of securities of the Company
                  so that the person no longer has a direct or indirect
                  beneficial ownership interest in twenty percent (20%) or more
                  of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
                  securities, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to have
                  occurred;

         (2)      During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including
                  any period prior to December 1, 1998) individuals who at the
                  beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of
                  Directors of the Company and any new director or directors
                  (except for any director designated by a person who has
                  entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a
                  transaction described in subparagraph (1), above, or
                  subparagraph (3), below) whose election by the Board or
                  nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was
                  approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors
                  then still in office who either were directors at the
                  beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for
                  election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to
                  constitute at least a majority of the Board (such individuals
                  and any such new directors being referred to as the "Incumbent
                  Board");

         (3)      Consummation of (x) an agreement for the sale or disposition
                  of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's
                  assets, (y) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company
                  with any other corporation, or (z) a similar transaction or
                  series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction
                  described in parts (x) through (z) of this subparagraph (3)
                  being referred to as a "Business Combination"), in each case
                  unless after such a Business Combination (I) the stockholders
                  of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination
                  continue to own, directly or indirectly, more than sixty
                  percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the then
                  outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in
                  the election of directors of the new (or continued) entity
                  (including, but not by way of limitation, an entity which as a
                  result of such transaction owns the Company, or all or
                  substantially all of the Company's former assets either
                  directly or through one or more subsidiaries) immediately
                  after such Business Combination, in substantially the same
                  proportion

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                  as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such
                  Business Combination, (II) no person (excluding any entity
                  resulting from such Business Combination or any employee
                  benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or of such
                  entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially
                  owns, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of
                  the then combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
                  securities of such entity, except to the extent that such
                  ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (III)
                  at least a majority of the members of the board of directors
                  of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were
                  members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of
                  the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
                  providing for such Business Combination; or

         (4)      Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete
                  liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

         Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if a Change of Control
occurs, then the Company shall create a trust or take such other actions as are
appropriate to protect each participant's deferred compensation account.

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