Document:

Exhibit
10.4

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

 

 

As Amended and
Restated Effective October 29, 2007

 

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
  

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1

  	
  INTRODUCTION

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.1.

  	
  Purposes of Plan

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.2.

  	
  History

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.3.

  	
  Adoption of Plan

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 2

  	
  PLAN NAME

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 3

  	
  PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.1.

  	
  Participating Employees

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.2.

  	
  Applicable Pension Plans

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.3.

  	
  Overriding Exclusion

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 4

  	
  BENEFITS PAYABLE

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.1.

  	
  Benefit for Participating Employees

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.1.1.

  	
  Amount of Benefit

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.1.2.

  	
  Form of Payment

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.2.

  	
  Benefit to Beneficiaries

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.2.1. 

  	
  Amount of Benefit

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.2.2.

  	
  Form of Payment

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.3.

  	
  Payment Subsequent to a Change of Control

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.4.

  	
  Special Rule for CECP

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.5.

  	
  Vesting

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.6.

  	
  General Distribution Rules

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.6.1.

  	
  Section 162(m) Determination

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  4.6.2.

  	
  Exception for Small Benefits

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5

  	
  FUNDING

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.1.

  	
  Funding

  	
  13

  

 

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  5.2.

  	
  Corporate Obligation

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6

  	
  GENERAL MATTERS

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.1.

  	
  Amendment and Termination

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.2.

  	
  Limited Benefits

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.3.

  	
  Spendthrift Provision

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.4.

  	
  Errors in Computations

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.5.

  	
  Correction of Errors

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 7

  	
  FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 8

  	
  DETERMINATIONS AND CLAIMS PROCEDURE

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.1.

  	
  Determinations

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.2.

  	
  Claims Procedure

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  8.2.1.

  	
  Original Claim

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  8.2.2.

  	
  Review of Denied Claim

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  8.2.3.

  	
  General Rules

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.3.

  	
  Limitations and Exhaustion

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  8.3.1.

  	
  Limitations

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  8.3.2.

  	
  Exhaustion Required

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 9

  	
  PLAN ADMINISTRATION

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.1.

  	
  Committee

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.2.

  	
  Senior Vice President of Human Resources

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.3.

  	
  PRC

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.4.

  	
  Delegation

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.5.

  	
  Conflict of Interest

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.6.

  	
  Administrator

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.7.

  	
  Service of Process

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.8.

  	
  Expenses

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.9.

  	
  Tax Withholding

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.10.

  	
  Certifications

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.11.

  	
  Rules and Regulations

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 10

  	
   

  	
  21

  
					

 

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  10.1.

  	
  Defined Terms

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.2.

  	
  ERISA Status

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.3.

  	
  IRC Status

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.4.

  	
  Effect on Other Plans

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.5.

  	
  Disqualification

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.6.

  	
  Rules of Document Construction

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.7.

  	
  References to Laws

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.8.

  	
  Effect on Employment

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.9.

  	
  Choice of Law

  	
  22

  

 

	
  APPENDIX A 

  	
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE
  RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CECP PARTICIPANTS

  	
  A-1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  APPENDIX B 

  	
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE
  RETIREMENT PLAN FOR BENEFITS IN EXCESS OF LIMITS UNDER TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986

  	
  B-1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  APPENDIX C

  	
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

  	
  C-1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  APPENDIX D 

  	
  CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE
  RETIREMENT PLAN

  	
  D-1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  APPENDIX E

  	
  INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

  	
  E-1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  APPENDIX F

  	
  SPECIAL SERP BENEFIT

  	
  F-1

  

 

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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

As Amended and Restated October 29, 2007

 

SECTION 1

 

INTRODUCTION

 

1.1.                              Purposes
of Plan. The purposes of the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan are:  (1) to
restore the benefit amounts that would be payable to select participants in
certain tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans sponsored by Alliant
Techsystems Inc. (“Alliant”) as described in Section 3.2 hereof (the “Pension
Plans”) absent the limitations in sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and absent a participant’s election to
voluntarily defer compensation, (2) to pay frozen benefits under certain frozen
plans as described in Appendix B, Appendix C and Appendix D, and (3) in certain
cases, to provide additional benefits pursuant to employment agreements or
other similar agreements between Alliant and employees who are members of a
select group of management or highly compensated employees as described in
Appendices E and F.

 

1.2.                              History.
Alliant has heretofore adopted tax-qualified defined benefit Pension Plans
called:  “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN,” “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN
(GOCO),” “ALLIANT LAKE CITY RETIREMENT PLAN” and the “THIOKOL PROPULSION PENSION
PLAN” (the “Pension Plans”) for the purpose of providing retirement benefits to
certain of its employees and employees of certain affiliates. The Pension Plans
are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
(“ERISA”) and are intended to qualify under section 401(a) of the Code. By
operation of section 401(a) of the Code, benefits under the Pension Plans are
restricted so that they do not exceed maximum benefits allowed under section
415 of the Code. In addition, the maximum amount of annual compensation which
may be taken into account for any plan participant may not exceed a fixed
dollar amount which is established under section 401(a)(17) of the Code.

 

In 1990, Alliant was spun-off from Honeywell Inc. and, in connection
therewith, established the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan as a “spin-off”
from the Honeywell Inc. Retirement Benefit Plan. Effective September 28, 1990,
for the purpose of paying the benefits Participating Employees would have been
entitled to if Code section 415 and Code section 401(a)(17) limitations were
not in effect and, also, to pay certain employees transferred from Honeywell
Inc. benefits already accrued under the nonqualified plans sponsored by
Honeywell Inc., Alliant adopted a plan known as the “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT PLAN (SRP)” by adoption of a document entitled the “Honeywell
Supplementary Retirement Plan (SRP)”, and a plan known as the “ALLIANT
TECHSYSTEMS INC. SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR COMPENSATION IN
EXCESS OF $200,000 ($200K SERP)” by adoption of a document entitled the “Honeywell
Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for Compensation in Excess of $200,000
($200K 

 

 

SERP) (Amended through April 17, 1990)”. In addition, Alliant adopted a
plan known as the “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN FOR CECP PARTICIPANTS” by adoption of a document entitled the “Honeywell
Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for CECP Participants (Amended Through
April 17, 1990)” as a frozen plan with benefits only for certain employees
acquired from Honeywell Inc. who were participants in the Plan while employed
by Honeywell Inc. Alliant also adopted a plan known as the “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS
INC. SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR BENEFITS IN EXCESS OF LIMITS
UNDER TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986” by adoption of a document entitled the “Honeywell
Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for Benefits in Excess of Limits under
Tax Reform Act of 1986” as a frozen plan with benefits only for certain
employees acquired from Honeywell Inc. who were participants in the Plan while
employed by Honeywell Inc.

 

Pursuant to the subsequent acquisition of certain assets, employees and
pension plan assets and obligations from Hercules Incorporated (the “Hercules
Acquisition”), effective March 15, 1995, Alliant adopted a plan known as the “ALLIANT
TECHSYSTEMS INC. AEROSPACE PENSION RESTORATION PLAN” by adoption of the portion
of a document entitled the “Hercules Employee Pension Restoration Plan Effective
October 1, 1990” that provides benefits based on the Hercules Incorporated
Retirement Income Plan and its successor plans, including the Hercules
Incorporated Retirement Income Plan (Government-Owned, Corporation-Operated)
and the Hercules Incorporated Pension Plan.

 

Alliant also adopted, pursuant to the Hercules Acquisition, the ALLIANT
TECHSYSTEMS INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (a plan which is memorialized in a
document entitled the “Hercules Deferred Compensation Plan”) as a frozen plan
with frozen benefits for certain employees acquired from Hercules Incorporated.

 

Effective September 1, 1999, Alliant adopted a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan known as the “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. MANAGEMENT DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN” which provides that certain employees can voluntarily defer
compensation pursuant to a prior irrevocable agreement. Effective as of January
1, 2003, Alliant amended and restated its nonqualified deferred compensation
plan by the adoption of a document entitled “ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.”

 

Pursuant to the acquisition of certain assets, employees and pension
plan assets and obligations from Alcoa, Inc. (the “Thiokol Acquisition”),
Alliant adopted a plan known as the THIOKOL CORPORATION EXCESS PENSION PLAN (a
plan which is memorialized in a document entitled “Thiokol Corporation Excess
Pension Plan (Restated Effective October 1, 1990)”) that provides benefits
based on the Thiokol Propulsion Pension Plan for certain Thiokol Propulsion employees
acquired from Alcoa, Inc. The Thiokol Corporation Excess Pension Plan shall be
merged with and into this Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplemental Executive
Pension Plan effective January 1, 2003.

 

Alliant also adopted, pursuant to the Thiokol Acquisition, the CORDANT
TECHNOLOGIES INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (a plan which is
memorialized in a document entitled “CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. SUPPLEMENTAL
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN Amended and Restated Effective July 22, 1999”), as a
frozen plan with 

 

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frozen benefits for certain employees acquired from Alcoa, Inc. The
Cordant Technologies Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan was merged
with and into this Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplemental Executive Pension Plan
effective January 1, 2003.

 

1.3.                              Adoption
of Plan. Effective January 1, 2003, Alliant adopted this document entitled “ALLIANT
TECHSYSTEMS INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN” as a complete
amendment and restatement of the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary
Retirement Plan, the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive
Retirement Plan for Compensation in Excess of $200,000, the Alliant Techsystems
Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for CECP Participants, the Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for Benefits in Excess
of Limits under Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Aerospace
Pension Restoration Plan, the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan,
the Thiokol Corporation Excess Pension Plan and the Cordant Technologies Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for employees who retire, die or
otherwise terminate employment on or after January 1, 2003.

 

The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan
for CECP Participants is attached as Appendix A and incorporated herein for
purposes of paying the benefits due thereunder, effective January 1, 2003. It
applies only to those Participating Employees who were participants in the Honeywell
Inc. CECP Plan and who are entitled to a “grandfathered” benefit under the
Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan.

 

The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan
for Benefits in Excess of Limits under Tax Reform Act of 1986 is attached as
Appendix B and incorporated herein for purposes of paying the benefits due
thereunder, effective January 1, 2003. It applies only to those Participating
Employees who were participants in such plan and who are entitled to a “grandfathered”
benefit under Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan.

 

The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan is attached as
Appendix C and incorporated herein for purposes of paying frozen benefits for
certain employees acquired from Hercules Incorporated.

 

The Cordant Technologies Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan is
attached as Appendix D and incorporated herein for purposes of paying any
benefit obligations acquired under that plan, which will be paid hereunder.

 

This Plan is amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 to comply
with section 409A of the Code, to add certain benefits/distribution options for
persons in Schedules 1 and 2, and to provide certain additional benefits as
described in Appendix F.

 

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SECTION 2

 

PLAN NAME

 

This plan shall be referred to as the ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (the “Plan”).

 

SECTION 3

 

PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES

 

3.1.                                          Participating
Employees. The individuals eligible to participate in and receive benefits
under the Plan (“Participating Employees”) are those employees of Alliant
Techsystems Inc. and its affiliates:

 

(a)                                                                      who
are participants in the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan or any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan
maintained by Alliant and its affiliates; or

 

(b)                                                                     whose
individual employment agreement or other separate written agreement between
Alliant (or an affiliate of Alliant) and such employee specifies that such
employee is eligible to receive benefits under this Plan; or

 

(c)                                                                      who
are Participants in one of the Pension Plans (as described in Section 3.2
below) and (i) who are actively employed by Alliant Techsystems Inc. or its
affiliates or on approved leave of absence, and (ii) whose benefits under the
applicable Pension Plan would be greater if computed without regard to the
limits imposed under Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415; or

 

(d)                                                                     who
are affirmatively selected for participation in this Plan by the Chief
Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Alliant (or any person authorized to act on behalf
of the CEO by the Board of Directors of Alliant Techsystems Inc. (the “Board of
Directors”) and, for a Section 16 Officer, by the Personnel and Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors).

 

For purposes of this Plan, a Section 16 Officer is an officer of
Alliant (or an affiliate of Alliant) who is subject to the provisions of
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Notwithstanding
anything apparently to the contrary contained in this Plan, the Plan shall be
construed and administered to prevent the duplication of benefits provided
under this Plan and any other qualified or nonqualified plan maintained in
whole or in part by Alliant or any predecessor, successor or affiliate.

 

Notwithstanding anything apparently to the contrary contained in this
Plan, no individual hired or rehired as an employee of Alliant or any of its
affiliates on or after January 1, 2007 shall be a Participating Employee with
respect to any period of employment beginning on or after January

 

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1, 2007, except as and in accordance with such terms as may be
specified by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of Alliant.

 

3.2.                                          Applicable
Pension Plans. For purposes of this Plan, the “Pension Plans” are:

 

(a)                                                                      Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Pension and Retirement Plan, including the benefit structures
under such plan known as the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan, the
Alliant Techsystems Inc. Aerospace Pension Plan, the ATK SEG Retirement Plan
and the Federal Cartridge Company Pension Plan and the ATK Pension Equity Plan;

 

(b)                                                                     Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Retirement Income Plan (GOCO), including the benefit structure
known as the ATK Pension Equity Plan;

 

(c)                                                                      Alliant
Lake City Retirement Plan; and

 

(d)                                                                     Thiokol
Propulsion Pension Plan, including the benefit structure known as the ATK
Pension Equity Plan.

 

3.3.                                          Overriding
Exclusion. Notwithstanding anything apparently to the contrary in this Plan
or in any written communication, summary, resolution or document or oral
communication, no individual shall be a Participating Employee in this Plan,
develop benefits under this Plan or be entitled to receive benefits under this
Plan (either for the employee or his or her survivors) unless such individual
is a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees (as
that expression is used in ERISA). If a court of competent jurisdiction, any
representative of the U.S. Department of Labor or any other governmental,
regulatory or similar body makes any direct or indirect, formal or informal,
determination that an individual is not a member of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees (as that expression is used in
ERISA), such individual shall not be (and shall not have ever been) a
Participating Employee in this Plan at any time. If any person not so defined
has been erroneously treated as a Participating Employee in this Plan, upon
discovery of such error such person’s erroneous participation shall immediately
terminate ab initio and upon
demand such person shall be obligated to reimburse Alliant for all amounts
erroneously paid to him or her.

 

SECTION 4

 

BENEFITS PAYABLE

 

4.1.                                          Benefit
for Participating Employees

 

4.1.1.                                                         Amount of Benefit. This Plan shall pay to
Participating Employees the excess, if any, of

 

(a)                                                                      the
amount that would have been payable under the applicable Pension Plan if such
benefit had been determined:

 

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(i)                                     without
regard to the benefit limitations under section 415 of the Code, and

 

(ii)                                  without
regard to compensation limitation of section 401(a)(17) of the Code, and

 

(iii)                               by
including in Recognized Compensation, Earnings and Final Average Earnings (as
defined under the applicable Pension Plan) amounts not otherwise included
because they were deferred at the election of the Participating Employee under
the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan or any
other nonqualified deferred compensation plan at the time or times when they
would have been included but for such election to defer; and

 

(iv)                              as
adjusted pursuant to the terms of any employment agreement or any separate
written agreement between Alliant (or an affiliate of Alliant) and the
Participating Employee; minus

 

(b)                                                                     the
amount actually paid from the applicable Pension Plan.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if the
Participating Employee is a Participant in the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension
and Retirement Plan under the benefit structure formerly known as the ATK SEG
Retirement Plan or the Federal Cartridge Company Pension Plan, any service of
such Participating Employee before December 7, 2001, shall be disregarded for
benefit accrual purposes in determining any excess benefit provided under this
Plan.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, this Plan shall
pay to Participating Employees identified on Schedule 1 attached to the Plan
who terminate employment at or after age 55 the greater of (i) the amount
determined under this Section 4.1.1 or (ii) the amount determined under this
Section 4.1.1 as if the applicable Pension Plan were the benefit structure
known as the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension Equity Plan under the Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Pension and Retirement Plan.

 

Notwithstanding anything apparently to the contrary in this Plan, no
benefit of a Participating Employee who is a former employee of Alliant or any
of its affiliates and who is rehired by Alliant or any of its affiliates on or
after January 1, 2007 shall be attributable in whole or in part to employment,
services or compensation after such rehire date, except as and in accordance
with such terms as may be specified by the Personnel and Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors of Alliant.

 

4.1.2.                                                         Form of Payment.

 

(a)                                                                      Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 4.1.2, for any Participating Employee who
terminates employment and receives or begins to receive benefits under the
applicable Pension Plan on or before December 31, 2006, the benefit under this
Plan (minus any withholding and payroll taxes

 

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which must be deducted therefrom) shall be
paid to the Participating Employee in the same manner, at the same time, for
the same duration and in the same form as if such benefit has been paid
directly from the applicable Pension Plan. All elections and optional forms of
settlement in effect and all other rules governing the payment of benefits
under the applicable Pension Plan shall, to the extent practicable, be given
effect under this Plan so that the Participating Employee will receive from a
combination of the applicable Pension Plan and this Plan the same benefit
(minus the withholding, payroll and other taxes which must be deducted
therefrom) which would have been received under the applicable Pension Plan if
this Plan benefit had been paid from the applicable Pension Plan.

 

(b)                                                                     The
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.1.2 shall apply to any Participating
Employee who terminated employment before January 1, 2005 and accrued no
benefit under this Plan after December 31, 2004, but who does not receive or
begin to receive benefits under the applicable Pension Plan on or before
December 31, 2006.

 

(c)                                                                      Each
Participating Employee identified on Schedule 2 attached to this Plan shall be
permitted to elect on or before December 31, 2005 to receive benefits under
this Plan in the form of a lump sum or any other form of payment available
under the applicable Pension Plan. Lump sum payments shall be calculated as of
the first day of the month following termination of employment, using the
interest rate and mortality table described in section 417(e) of the Code, as
in effect under the Pension Plan on the first day of the month following
termination of employment. Such payment shall be or begin to be made on the
first day of the seventh month following the month in which the Participating
Employee terminates employment if the Participating Employee is a “key employee,”
within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code (disregarding section
416(i)(5)), or on the first day of the first month following termination of
employment if the Participating Employee is not such a “key employee,” but in
no event later than the later of (i) the ninetieth day after whichever such
date applies, or (ii) the last day of the calendar year in which such date
occurs. Lump sum payments to “key employees” shall be credited with simple
interest from the first day of the month following termination of employment to
the date of payment at the interest rate described in section 417(e) of the
Code, as in effect under the Pension Plan on the first day of the month
following termination of employment. In the case of payments in a form other than
a lump sum, the first such payment to a Participating Employee who is a “key
employee” shall include the amounts of the monthly payments for the preceding
six months. If a Participating Employee identified in Schedule 2 elects a joint
and survivor annuity, and the Participating Employee’s joint annuitant dies
before payments begin, amounts otherwise payable as a joint and survivor
annuity shall be paid in the form of a single life annuity.

 

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(d)                                                                     Each
Participating Employee not described in subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 4.1.2, who terminates employment on or before December 31, 2006, shall
receive payment of benefits under this Plan in the form of a lump sum on the
later of (i) the earliest date after January 1, 2007 on which payment is
administratively practicable, or (ii) the first day of the seventh month
following termination of employment, but in neither case later than December
31, 2007. Lump sum payments shall be calculated as of January 1, 2007, using
the mortality table described in section 417(e) of the Code and an interest
rate that is the greater of 6% or the rate described in section 417(e) of the
Code, as in effect under the Pension Plan on that date, except that lump sums
for Participating Employees covered by the benefit structures known as (A) the
Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan or the Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Pension Equity Plan under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension and Retirement
Plan, (B) the Thiokol Pension Equity Plan under the Thiokol Propulsion Pension
Plan, or (C) the Alliant Techsystems Pension Equity Plan under the Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Retirement Income Plan (GOCO), shall be their Account Balances
(as that term is defined under those benefit structures, respectively). Lump
sum payments made after January 31, 2007 shall be credited with simple interest
for the period from January 1, 2007 until the date of payment at a rate equal
to the greater of 6% or the rate described in section 417(e) of the Code, as in
effect under the Pension Plan on January 1, 2007.

 

(e)                                                                      Each
Participating Employee not described in subsections (a), (b), (c), or (d) of
this Section 4.1.2 shall receive payment of benefits under this Plan in the
form of a lump sum on the later of (i) the first day of the seventh month
following the month in which the Participating Employee terminates employment
or (ii) January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the Participating Employee terminates employment, but in neither case later
than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Participating Employee terminates employment. All lump sum amounts paid under
this Subsection (e) shall be determined as of the date of termination of
employment, based on the mortality table described in section 417(e) of the
Code and an interest rate that is the greater of 6% or the interest rate
described in section 417(e) of the Code (as in effect under the Pension Plan on
the first day of the month following termination of employment), except that
lump sums for Participating Employees covered by the benefit structures known
as (A) the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan or the Alliant Techsystems
Inc. Pension Equity Plan under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension and
Retirement Plan, (B) the Thiokol Pension Equity Plan under the Thiokol
Propulsion Pension Plan, or (C) the Alliant Techsystems Pension Equity Plan
under the Alliant Techysystems Inc. Retirement Income Plan (GOCO), shall be
their Account Balances (as that term is defined under those benefit structures,
respectively). Simple interest will be credited for the period from the first
day of the month following termination of employment until the date of payment,
at a rate

 

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equal to the greater of 6% or the rate
described in section 417(e) of the Code, as in effect under the Pension Plan on
the first day of the month following termination of employment.

 

(f)                                                                        For
purposes of Section 4.6.2 and subsections (d) and (e) of this Section 4.1.2,
for lump sums calculated using the stated interest and mortality factors, lump
sum amounts shall be determined on the basis of (i) the immediate annuity to
which the Participating Employee is entitled under the applicable Pension Plan
in the case of a Participating Employee who is entitled to an immediate annuity
under the applicable Pension Plan, or (ii) the annuity to which the
Participating Employee is entitled at Normal Retirement Age (as that term is
defined in the applicable Pension Plan) under the applicable Pension Plan in
the case of a Participating Employee who is not entitled to an immediate
annuity under the applicable Pension Plan.

 

(g)                                                                     Any
reference in this Plan to termination of employment shall mean the separation
from service with Alliant and all entities treated as members of the same
controlled group with Alliant under section 414(b) or (c) of the Code. Controlled
group membership shall be determined by substituting “at least 50 percent” for “at
least 80 percent” each place it appears in section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) of
the Code, and by substituting “at least 50 percent” for “at least 80 percent”
each place it appears in Treas. Reg. § 1.414(c)-2.

 

4.2.                                          Benefit
to Beneficiaries.

 

4.2.1.                                                         Amount of Benefit. Unless the Participating
Employee (i) is identified on Schedule 2 attached to this Plan and has received
or begun to receive his or her benefits under this Plan prior to death, or (ii)
has received a lump sum under Section 4.1 hereof, there shall be paid under
this Plan to the surviving spouse or other joint or contingent annuitant or
beneficiary the excess, if any, of

 

(a)                                                                      the
amount which would have been payable under the applicable Pension Plan if such
benefit had been determined:

 

(i)                                     without
regard to the benefit limitations of section 415 of the Code, and

 

(ii)                                  without
regard to compensation limitation of section 401(a)(17) of the Code, and

 

(iii)                               by
including in Recognized Compensation, Earnings and Final Average Earnings (as
defined under the applicable Pension Plan) amounts not otherwise included
because they were deferred at the election of the Participating Employee under
the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan or any
other nonqualified deferred compensation plan at the time or 

 

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times when they would have been included but
for such election to defer; and

 

(iv)                              as
adjusted pursuant to the terms of any employment agreement or any separate
written agreement between Alliant and the Participating Employee; minus

 

(b)                                                                     the
amount actually paid from the applicable Pension Plan.

 

4.2.2.                                                         Form of Payment. Except as may be
specifically provided in this Plan, this benefit (minus any withholding and
payroll taxes which must be deducted therefrom) shall be paid to such person in
the same manner, at the same time, for the same duration and in the same form
as if such benefit has been paid directly from the applicable Pension Plan. All
elections and optional forms of settlement in effect and all other rules
governing the payment of benefits under the applicable Pension Plan shall, to
the extent practicable, be given effect under this Plan so that such person
will receive from a combination of the applicable Pension Plan and this Plan
the same benefit (minus the withholding, payroll and other taxes which must be
deducted therefrom) if this Plan benefit had been paid from the applicable
Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.2.2,
in the event of the death of any Participating Employee who (i) is not
described in subsections (a), (b), or (c) of Section 4.1.2 or (ii) is described
in subsection (c) of Section 4.1.2 but dies before payment under this Plan has
been made or begun, payment of any benefits under this Section 4.2 shall be
made in a lump sum, determined in accordance with Section 4.1.2(d) or (e), as
applicable, as soon as administratively practicable after the Participating
Employee’s death, but in no event later than the later of the ninetieth day
after the Participating Employee’s death or the last day of the calendar year
in which the Participating Employee’s death occurs.

 

4.3.                                                                  Payment
Subsequent to a Change of Control. Notwithstanding any Plan provision to
the contrary, if subsequent to a Change of Control (as defined in the
applicable Pension Plan), a Participating Employee’s termination of employment
is a Qualifying Termination (as defined below), the present value of the
benefits payable pursuant to Section 4.1 utilizing the actuarial assumptions,
factors and methods in effect for the applicable Pension Plan for funding
purposes immediately prior to the Change of Control shall be paid as a lump sum
cash payment to the Participating Employee, determined in accordance with
Section 4.1.2(e), on the later of (i) the first day of the seventh month
following the month in which employment terminates or (ii) January 31 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which employment terminates, but
in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which employment terminates.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.3, a “Qualifying Termination” means the
occurrence of one of the following events within three (3) years after the
Change of Control and on or before December 31, 2006:

 

(a)                                                                      a
termination of employment of a Participating Employee for any reason other than
Cause (as defined below), retirement or Disability (as defined by the
applicable Pension Plan); or

 

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(b)                                                                     the
voluntary termination of a Participating Employee for one or more of the
following reasons:

 

(i)                                     Salary
reduction below rates in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control;

 

(ii)                                  Bonus
reduction below the greater of target as in effect immediately prior to the
Change of Control or the average of the past three (3) years;

 

(iii)                               Long-term
incentive opportunity reduction, below the economic value of all annual awards
granted under the policies in effect prior the Change of Control;

 

(iv)                              Welfare
benefits or retirement program reduction, unless the program applies to all
exempt employees and is terminated by Alliant in its entirety or a materially
comparable substitute plan is made available;

 

(v)                                 Change
in work location of 50 miles or greater, unless consented to by the
Participating Employee or permitted by an employment agreement;

 

(vi)                              Reduction
in title or responsibilities; or

 

(vii)                           Failure
by Alliant to obtain the assumption of the Plan from a successor;

 

provided; however, such termination shall not be deemed a Qualifying
Termination unless Alliant receives written notice from the Participating
Employee within 60 days after the occurrence of such events and Alliant does
not cure the stated reason within 30 days.

 

(c)                                                                      Termination
by Alliant within one year after a Change Event if it can be demonstrated that
the termination was at the request of a third party that had entered into
negotiations or an agreement with Alliant with respect to a subsequent Change
of Control or was otherwise in connection with such Change of Control. For
purposes of this Section 4.3, a “Change Event” is determined to occur upon one
or more of the following events:

 

(i)                                     acquisition
by an individual, entity or group of 15% or more of Alliant’s stock (excluding
a sale or issuance by Alliant or where the acquisition is made from five or
fewer shareholders in a transaction approved in advance by the Board of
Directors).

 

(ii)                                  the
public announcement of the intention to acquire Alliant through a tender offer,
exchange offer or other unsolicited proposal.

 

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Termination due to retirement, death or Disability does not constitute
a Qualifying Termination.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.3, “Cause” is defined as:

 

(a)                                                                      Conviction
of a felony or guilty or nolo contendere plea in connection therewith)
involving a sentence of incarceration of at least three (3) months, provided
such felony relates to Alliant’s business or activities engaged in while on
Alliant’s premises or in connection with Alliant’s business; or

 

(b)                                                                     Board
determination of a material breach of duties and responsibilities, subject to a
thirty-day cure period.

 

4.4.                                          Special
Rule for CECP. This Plan shall pay to Participating Employees who are also
entitled to benefits under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive
Retirement Plan for CECP Participants (see Appendix A) the excess, if any, of:

 

(i)                                     the
amount that would have been payable under the applicable Pension Plan if such
benefit had been determined without regard to the benefit limitations under
section 415 of the Code and without regard to compensation limitation of
section 401(a)(17) of the Code plus, if applicable, the amount that would have
been payable if the amount of any deferred incentive award in the year in which
the award would otherwise have been paid by the Honeywell Inc. Corporate
Executive Compensation Plan would have been included under the definition of “Earnings”
for purposes of arriving at “Final Average Earnings,” over

 

(ii)                                  the
amount actually paid from the applicable Pension Plan after taking into account
the benefit limitations under section 415 of the Code and the compensation
limitation of section 401(a)(17) of the Code plus, if applicable, the amount
actually paid from the Honeywell Inc. Corporate Executive Compensation Plan for
CECP Participants (Appendix A).

 

This benefit (minus any withholding and payroll taxes which must be
deducted therefrom) shall be paid to the Participating Employee in the same
manner, at the same time, for the same duration and in the same form as if such
benefit has been paid directly from the applicable Pension Plan. All elections
and optional forms of settlement in effect and all other rules governing the
payment of benefits under the applicable Pension Plan shall, to the extent
practicable, be given effect under this Plan so that the Participating Employee
will receive from a combination of the applicable Pension Plan and this Plan
the same benefit (minus the withholding, payroll and other taxes which must be
deducted therefrom) which would have been received under the applicable Pension
Plan if the limitation on benefits under section 415 of the Code, the
compensation limitation of section 401(a)(17) of the Code and the exclusion
from the definition of “Earnings” of the amount of any deferred incentive award
had not been in effect.

 

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4.5.                                          Vesting. The benefit of a Participating
Employee under this Plan shall vest when the applicable Pension Plan vests,
including any full (100%) vesting due to a Change in Control (as defined under
the applicable Pension Plan), or, if earlier, pursuant to the terms of any
employment agreement or separate written agreement between Alliant (or an
affiliate of Alliant) and the Participating Employee.

 

4.6.                                          General Distribution Rules.

 

4.6.1.                                                         Section 162(m) Determination. If a
Participating Employee will receive a lump sum under the Plan pursuant to
Section 4.1 or Section 4.3 and if the PRC (or, for any Section 16 Officer, the
Board of Directors) determines that delaying the time such payment is made
would increase the probability that such payment would be fully deductible for
federal or state income tax purposes, Alliant may unilaterally delay the time
of the making of such payment or any portion of such payment until the earliest
year during which Alliant reasonably anticipates that the payment will be fully
deductible, but not later than twenty-four (24) months after the date such
payment would otherwise be payable.

 

4.6.2.                                                         Exception for Small Benefits. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, Alliant  shall
pay any benefit which is payable under this Plan to a Participating Employee or
a Beneficiary in a lump sum payment, at the time otherwise required under the
terms of this Plan, if the present value of the benefit (as determined under
the actuarial factors for the applicable Pension Plan for such Participating
Employee or Beneficiary) is $50,000 or less, and the Participating Employee or
Beneficiary either has accrued a benefit under this Plan after December 31,
2004 or is not receiving benefit payments under this Plan on or before December
31, 2005. In the case of any Participating Employee or Beneficiary who accrued
no benefit under this Plan after December 31, 2004 and is receiving benefit
payments under this Plan on or before December 31, 2005, Alliant, in its
discretion, may pay any remaining benefit which is payable under this Plan in a
lump sum payment if the present value of the benefit (as determined under the
actuarial factors for the applicable Pension Plan for such Participating
Employee or Beneficiary) is $50,000 or less. Notwithstanding any provisions of
this Section 4.6.2 to the contrary, lump sums for Participating Employees
covered by the benefit structures known as (A) the Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Retirement Plan or the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension Equity Plan under the
Alliant Techsystems Inc. Pension and Retirement Plan, (B) the Thiokol Pension
Equity Plan under the Thiokol Propulsion Pension Plan, or (C) the Alliant
Techsystems Pension Equity Plan under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement
Income Plan (GOCO), shall be their Account Balances (as that term is defined
under those benefit structures, respectively).

 

SECTION 5

 

FUNDING

 

5.1.                              Funding.
Alliant shall be responsible for paying all benefits due hereunder. Until all
payments due under Section 4 are paid in full and for the purpose of
facilitating the payment of benefits due under those Sections, Alliant may (but
shall not be required to) establish and maintain a grantor trust pursuant to an
agreement between Alliant and a trustee selected by 

 

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Alliant; provided, however, that any such grantor trust must be
structured so that it does not result in any federal income tax consequences to
any Participating Employee until such employee actually receives payments due
under Section 4. Alliant may contribute to a grantor trust thereby created such
amounts as it may from time to time determine.

 

5.2.                              Corporate
Obligation. Neither Alliant’s officers nor any member of its Board of
Directors nor any member of the PRC in any way secures or guarantees the
payment of any benefit or amount which may become due and payable hereunder to
or with respect to any Participating Employee. Each Participating Employee and
other person entitled at any time to payments hereunder shall look solely to
the assets of Alliant for such payments as an unsecured, general creditor. After
benefits shall have been paid to or with respect to a Participating Employee
and such payment purports to cover in full the benefit hereunder, such former
Participating Employee or other person or persons, as the case may be, shall
have no further right or interest in the other assets of Alliant in connection
with this Plan. Neither Alliant nor any of its officers nor any member of its
Boards of Directors nor any member of the PRC shall be under any liability or
responsibility for failure to effect any of the objectives or purposes of the
Plan by reason of the insolvency of Alliant.

 

SECTION 6

 

GENERAL MATTERS

 

6.1.                                          Amendment
and Termination. Alliant reserves the power to amend or terminate this Plan
either prospectively or retroactively or both:

 

(a)                                                                      in
any respect by resolution of the Board of Directors of Alliant; or

 

(b)                                                                     in
any respect by action of the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors of Alliant (or any successor committee); or

 

(c)                                                                      in
any respect by action of any other committee or person determined by the Board of
Directors of Alliant;

 

at any time and for any reason deemed sufficient by it without notice
to any person affected by this Plan and may likewise terminate or curtail the
benefits of this Plan both with regard to persons expecting to receive benefits
in the future and persons already receiving benefits at the time of such
action; provided, however, that Alliant may not amend or terminate the Plan
with respect to benefits that have accrued and are vested pursuant to Section
4.3, the applicable Pension Plan or an individual agreement between Alliant and
the Participating Employee. No modification of the terms of this Plan shall be
effective unless it is in writing and signed on behalf of Alliant by a person
authorized to execute such writing. No oral representation concerning the
interpretation or effect of this Plan shall be effective to amend the Plan.

 

6.2.                                          Limited
Benefits. This Plan shall not provide any benefits with respect to any
defined contribution plan.

 

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6.3.                                          Spendthrift
Provision. No Participating Employee, surviving spouse, joint or contingent
annuitant or beneficiary shall have the power to transmit, assign, alienate,
dispose of, pledge or encumber any benefit payable under this Plan before its
actual payment to such person. The PRC shall not recognize any such effort to
convey any interest under this Plan. No benefit payable under this Plan shall
be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution following judgment or other
legal process before actual payment to such person.

 

6.4.                                          Errors
in Computations. Alliant shall not be liable or responsible for any error
in the computation of any benefit payable to or with respect to any
Participating Employee resulting from any misstatement of fact made by the
Participating Employee or by or on behalf of any survivor to whom such benefit
shall be payable, directly or indirectly, to Alliant, and used by Alliant in
determining the benefit. Alliant shall not be obligated or required to increase
the benefit payable to or with respect to such Participating Employee which, on
discovery of the misstatement, is found to be understated as a result of such
misstatement of the Participating Employee. However, the benefit of any
Participating Employee which is overstated by reason of any such misstatement
or any other reason shall be reduced to the amount appropriate in view of the
truth (and to recover any prior overpayment).

 

6.5.                                          Correction
of Errors. If any Participating Employee in any written statement required
under the Plan document shall misstate such Participating Employee’s age or the
age of any person upon whose survival the payment of any benefit in respect of
such Participating Employee is contingent or any other fact the misstatement of
which would affect the amount of a benefit payable hereunder, the accrual of
benefits in respect of such Participating Employee shall not be invalidated,
but the amount of the benefit to be available with respect to such
Participating Employee will be adjusted retroactively to the amount which would
have been payable if such fact or facts had not been misstated. It is
recognized that errors may occur during the administration of the Plan which
may result in incorrect statement or payment of benefits. If an administrative
error occurs, the amount of benefits available to such Participating Employee
shall be the correct amount determined under the Plan document and future
benefits to such Participating Employee shall be adjusted to reflect any prior
mistakes under rules adopted by Alliant. If no further benefits are payable
under the Plan, Alliant will take whatever steps it determines are reasonable
to collect such overpayments on behalf of the Plan. In no event will the Plan
be liable to pay any greater benefit in respect of any Participating Employee
than that which would have been payable on the basis of the truth and the
provisions of this Plan document.

 

SECTION 7

 

FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS

 

All unpaid benefits under this Plan shall be permanently forfeited upon
the determination by Alliant that the Participating Employee, either before or
after termination of employment:

 

(a)                                                                      engaged
in a criminal or fraudulent conduct resulting in material harm to Alliant or an
affiliate of Alliant; or

 

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(b)                                                                     made
an unauthorized disclosure to any competitor of any material confidential
information, trade information or trade secrets of Alliant or an affiliate of
Alliant; or

 

(c)                                                                      provided
Alliant or an affiliate of Alliant with materially false reports concerning his
or her business interests or employment; or

 

(d)                                                                     made
materially false representations which are relied upon by Alliant or an
affiliate of Alliant in furnishing information to an affiliate, partner,
shareholders, accountants, auditor, a stock exchange, the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any regulatory or governmental agency; or

 

(e)                                                                      maintained
an undisclosed, unauthorized and material conflict of interest in the discharge
of the duties owed by him or her to Alliant or an affiliate of Alliant; or

 

(f)                                                                        engaged
in conduct causing a serious violation of state and federal law by Alliant or
an affiliate of Alliant; or

 

(g)                                                                     engaged
in theft of assets or funds of Alliant or an affiliate of Alliant; or

 

(h)                                                                     has
been convicted of any crime which directly or indirectly arose out of his her
employment relationship with Alliant or an affiliate of Alliant or materially
affected his or her ability to discharge the duties of his or her employment
with Alliant or an affiliate of Alliant; or

 

(i)                                                                         engaged
during his or her employment or within two (2) years after termination of
employment in any employment with a competitor, or engaged in any activity in
competition with Alliant, without the consent of Alliant.

 

SECTION 8

 

DETERMINATIONS AND CLAIMS PROCEDURE

 

8.1.                                          Determinations.
The Personnel and Compensation Committee of Alliant Techsystems Inc.’s Board of
Directors (the “Committee”) and the ATK Pension and Retirement Committee (“PRC”)
shall make such determinations as may be required from time to time in the
administration of the Plan. The Committee and the PRC shall have the final and
conclusive discretionary authority and responsibility to interpret and construe
the Plan and to determine all factual and legal questions under the Plan,
including but not limited to the entitlement of Participating Employees and
Beneficiaries, and the amounts of their respective interests. Each interested
party may act and rely upon all information reported to them hereunder and need
not inquire into the accuracy thereof, nor be charged with any notice to the
contrary.

 

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8.2.                                          Claims
Procedure. Until modified by the Committee, the claims procedure set forth
in this Section 8 shall be the mandatory claims and review procedure for the
resolution of disputes and disposition of claims filed under the Plan.

 

8.2.1.                                                         Original Claim. Any person may, if he or
she so desires, file with the PRC (or in the case of a Section 16 officer, the
Committee) a written claim for benefits under this Plan. Within ninety (90)
days after the filing of such a claim, the PRC (or the Committee for a Section
16 officer) shall notify the claimant in writing whether the claim is upheld or
denied in whole or in part or shall furnish the claimant a written notice
describing specific special circumstances requiring a specified amount of
additional time (but not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date
the claim was filed) to reach a decision on the claim. If the claim is denied
in whole or in part, the PRC (or the Committee for a Section 16 officer) shall
state in writing:

 

(a)                                                                      the
specific reasons for the denial;

 

(b)                                                                     the
specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial
is based;

 

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

 

(d)                                                                     an
explanation of the claims review procedure set forth in this section.

 

8.2.2.                                                         Review of Denied Claim. Within sixty (60)
days after receipt of notice that the claim has been denied in whole or in
part, the claimant may file with the Committee a written request for a review
and may, in conjunction therewith, submit written issues and comments. Within
sixty (60) days after the filing of such a request for review, the Committee
shall notify the claimant in writing whether, upon review, the claim was upheld
or denied in whole or in part or shall furnish the claimant a written notice
describing specific special circumstances requiring a specified amount of
additional time (but not more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date
the request for review was filed) to reach a decision on the request for
review.

 

8.2.3.                                                         General Rules.

 

(a)                                                                      No
inquiry or question shall be deemed to be a claim or a request for a review of
a denied claim unless made in accordance with the claims procedure. The PRC may
require that any claim for benefits and any request for a review of a denied
claim be filed on forms to be furnished by the PRC upon request.

 

(b)                                                                     All
decisions on original claims shall be made by the PRC (or the Committee for a
Section 16 officer) and all decisions on requests for a review of denied claims
shall be made by the Committee.

 

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(c)                                                                      the
PRC and the Committee may, in their discretion, hold one or more hearings on a
claim or a request for a review of a denied claim.

 

(d)                                                                     A
claimant may be represented by a lawyer or other representative (at the
claimant’s own expense), but the PRC and the Committee reserves the right to
require the claimant to furnish written authorization. A claimant’s
representative shall be entitled, upon request, to copies of all notices given
to the claimant.

 

(e)                                                                      The
decision of the PRC (or the Committee for a Section 16 officer) on a claim and
a decision of the Committee on a request for a review of a denied claim shall
be served on the claimant in writing. If a decision or notice is not received
by a claimant within the time specified, the claim or request for a review of a
denied claim shall be deemed to have been denied.

 

(f)                                                                        Prior
to filing a claim or a request for a review of a denied claim, the claimant or
his or her representative shall have a reasonable opportunity to review a copy
of the Plan and all other pertinent documents in the possession of the PRC and
the Committee.

 

(g)                                                                     The
PRC and the Committee may permanently or temporarily delegate its
responsibilities under this claims procedure to an individual or a committee of
individuals.

 

8.3.                                          Limitations and Exhaustion.

 

8.3.1.                                                         Limitations. No claim shall be considered
under these administrative procedures unless it is filed with the PRC (or the
Committee for a Section 16 officer) within one (1) year after the claimant knew
(or reasonably should have known) of the principal facts on which the claim is
based. Every untimely claim shall be denied by the PRC (or the Committee for a
Section 16 officer) without regard to the merits of the claim. No legal action
(whether arising under section 502 or section 510 of ERISA or under any other
statute or non-statutory law) may be brought by any claimant on any matter
pertaining to this Plan unless the legal action is commenced in the proper
forum before the earlier of:

 

(a)                                                                      two
(2) years after the claimant knew (or reasonably should have known) of the
principal facts on which the claim is based, or

 

(b)                                                                     ninety
(90) days after the claimant has exhausted these administrative procedures.

 

Knowledge of all facts that a Participating Employee knew (or
reasonably should have known) shall be imputed to each claimant who is or
claims to be a Beneficiary of the Participating Employee (or otherwise claims
to derive an entitlement by reference to a Participating Employee) for the
purpose of applying the one (1) year and two (2) year periods.

 

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8.3.2.                                                         Exhaustion Required. The exhaustion of
these administrative procedures is mandatory for resolving every claim and
dispute arising under this Plan. As to such claims and disputes:

 

(a)                                                                      no
claimant shall be permitted to commence any legal action relating to any such
claim or dispute (whether arising under section 502 or section 510 of ERISA or
under any other statute or non-statutory law) unless a timely claim has been
filed under these administrative procedures and these administrative procedures
have been exhausted; and

 

(b)                                                                     in
any such legal action all explicit and implicit determinations by the PRC and
the Committee (including, but not limited to, determinations as to whether the
claim was timely filed) shall be afforded the maximum deference permitted by
law.

 

SECTION 9

 

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

 

9.1.                                          Committee.
Except as otherwise provided herein, functions generally assigned to
Alliant shall be discharged by the Committee or delegated and allocated as
provided herein.

 

9.2.                                          Senior Vice President of Human Resources. The
most senior executive responsible for the human resources function (“Senior
Vice President of Human Resources”) shall:

 

(a)                                                                      keep
all books of account, records and other data as may be necessary for the proper
administration of the Plan; notify Alliant of any action taken by the PRC and,
when required, notify any other interested person or persons;

 

(b)                                                                     determine
from the records of Alliant the compensation, status and other facts regarding
Participating Employees and other employees;

 

(c)                                                                      prescribe
forms to be used for distributions, notifications, etc., as may be required in
the administration of the Plan;

 

(d)                                                                     set
up such rules, applicable to all Participating Employees similarly situated, as
are deemed necessary to carry out the terms of this Plan;

 

(e)                                                                      perform
all other acts reasonably necessary for administering the Plan and carrying out
the provisions of this Plan and performing the duties imposed on it by the
Board of Directors;

 

(f)                                                                        resolve
all questions of administration of the Plan not specifically referred to in
this section; and

 

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(g)                                                                     delegate
or redelegate to one or more persons, jointly or severally, such functions
assigned to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources hereunder as it may from
time to time deem advisable.

 

9.3.                                          PRC.  If there shall
at any time be three (3) or more members of the PRC serving hereunder who are
qualified to perform a particular act, the same may be performed, on behalf of
all, by a majority of those qualified, with or without the concurrence of the
minority. No person who failed to join or concur in such act shall be held
liable for the consequences thereof, except to the extent that liability is
imposed under ERISA.

 

9.4.                                          Delegation.
The Committee and the members of the Committee and PRC shall not be liable for
an act or omission of another person with regard to a responsibility that has
been allocated to or delegated to such other person pursuant to the terms of
the Plan or pursuant to procedures set forth in the Plan Statement.

 

9.5.                                          Conflict
of Interest. If any individual to whom authority has been delegated or
redelegated hereunder shall also be a Participating Employee in this Plan, such
Participating Employee shall have no authority with respect to any matter
specially affecting such Participating Employee’s individual rights hereunder
or the interest of a person superior to him or her in the organization (as
distinguished from the rights of all Participating Employees and Beneficiaries
or a broad class of Participating Employees and Beneficiaries), all such
authority being reserved exclusively to other individuals as the case may be,
to the exclusion of such Participating Employee, and such Participating
Employee shall act only in such Participating Employee’s individual capacity in
connection with any such matter.

 

9.6.                                          Administrator. Alliant shall be the
administrator for purposes of section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.

 

9.7.                                          Service of Process. In the absence of any
designation to the contrary by the PRC, the General Counsel of Alliant is
designated as the appropriate and exclusive agent for the receipt of process
directed to this Plan in any legal proceeding, including arbitration, involving
this Plan.

 

9.8.                                          Expenses.
All expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by Alliant.

 

9.9.                                          Tax
Withholding. Alliant shall withhold the amount of any federal, state or
local income tax or other tax required to be withheld by Alliant under
applicable law with respect to any amount payable under this Plan.

 

9.10.                                    Certifications.
Information to be supplied or written notices to be made or consents to be
given by the Board of Directors or the PRC pursuant to any provision of this
Plan may be signed in the name of the Board of Directors, the Committee or the
PRC by any officer who has been authorized to make such certification or to
give such notices or consents.

 

9.11.                                    Rules
and Regulations. Any rule not in conflict or at variance with the
provisions hereof may be adopted by the PRC.

 

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SECTION 10

 

CONSTRUCTION

 

10.1.                                    Defined
Terms. Words and phrases used in this Plan with initial capital letters,
which are defined in the applicable Pension Plans’ documents and which are not
separately defined in this Plan shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in
the applicable Pension Plans’ documents unless in the context in which they are
used it would be clearly inappropriate to do so.

 

10.2.                                    ERISA
Status. This Plan is maintained with the understanding that it is a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan for the benefit of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of section
201(2), section 301(3) and section 401(a)(1) of ERISA. Each provision shall be
interpreted and administered accordingly. If any individually contracted
supplemental retirement arrangement with any Section 16 Officer is deemed to be
covered by ERISA, such arrangement shall be included in the Plan but only to
the extent that such inclusion is necessary to comply with ERISA.

 

10.3.                                    IRC
Status. This Plan is intended to be a nonqualified deferred compensation
arrangement. The rules of section 401(a) et.
seq. of the Code shall not apply to this Plan. The rules of section
3121(v) and section 3306(r)(2) of the Code shall apply to this Plan.

 

10.4.                                    Effect
on Other Plans. This Plan shall not alter, enlarge or diminish any person’s
employment rights or obligations or rights or obligations under the Pension
Plans or any other plan. It is specifically contemplated that the Pension Plans
will, from time to time, be amended and possibly terminated. All such
amendments and termination shall be given effect under this Plan (it being
expressly intended that this Plan shall not lock in the benefit structures of
the Pension Plans as they exist at the adoption of this Plan or upon the
commencement of participation, or commencement of benefits by any Participating
Employee).

 

10.5.                                    Disqualification.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any election or designation
made under the Plan, any individual who feloniously and intentionally kills a
Participating Employee shall be deemed for all purposes of this Plan and all
elections and designations made under this Plan to have died before such
Participating Employee. A final judgment of conviction of felonious and
intentional killing is conclusive for this purpose. In the absence of a
conviction of felonious and intentional killing, the PRC shall determine
whether the killing was felonious and intentional for this purpose.

 

10.6.                                    Rules
of Document Construction. Whenever appropriate, words used herein in the
singular may be read in the plural, or words used herein in the plural may be
read in the singular; the masculine may include the feminine; and the words “hereof,”
“herein” or “hereunder” or other similar compounds of the word “here” shall
mean and refer to the entire Plan and not to any particular paragraph or
Section of this Plan unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. The
titles given to the various Sections of this Plan are inserted for convenience
of reference only and are not part of this Plan, and they shall not be
considered in determining the purpose, meaning or intent of any provision
hereof.

 

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10.7.                                    References
to Laws. Any reference in this Plan to a statute or regulation shall be
considered also to mean and refer to any subsequent amendment or replacement of
that statute or regulation.

 

10.8.                                    Effect
on Employment. Neither the terms of this Plan nor the benefits hereunder
nor the continuance thereof shall be a term of the employment of any employee. Except
as provided in Section 6.1, Alliant shall not be obliged to continue the Plan. The
terms of this Plan shall not give any employee the right to be retained in the
employment of any Employer.

 

10.9.                                    Choice
of Law. This instrument has been executed and delivered in the State of
Minnesota and has been drawn in conformity to the laws of that State and shall,
except to the extent that federal law is controlling, be construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.

 

This Plan, as amended and restated herein, was adopted by the Personnel
and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Alliant Techsystems
Inc. on this 29th day of October, 2007.

 

	
   

  	
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Its: Senior Vice President Human

  Resources and Administrative Services

  

 

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APPENDIX A

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

FOR CECP PARTICIPANTS

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.                              Act.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time
amended.

 

1.2.                              Base
Plan. The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan, as from time to time
amended.

 

1.3.                              Code.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended.

 

1.4.                              Corporate
Executive Compensation Plan (CECP). An incentive compensation plan
maintained by Honeywell to provide incentive compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees, as from time to time amended.

 

1.5.                              Early
Retirement. Retirement by a Participant under his or her Base Plan, which
is defined as the termination of employment on or after his or her 55th
birthday and after he or she has been credited with 10 or more years of “Credited
Service for Benefit Accrual,” under the Base Plan.

 

1.6.                              Earnings
Limitation. The maximum amount of compensation of a Participant and his or
her family members permitted to be taken into account under the Base Plan
pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.

 

1.7.                              Effective
Date. The original effective date of this Plan was January 1, 1985.

 

1.8.                              Honeywell.
Honeywell Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

1.9.                              Normal
Retirement. Retirement by a Participant on or after his or her “Normal
Retirement Date” under his or her Base Plan. “Normal Retirement Date” is the
last day of the calendar month in which a Participant reaches age 65.

 

1.10.                        Participant.
An employee of Alliant Techsystems Inc. (“Alliant”) who is a participant in the
Base Plan on or after January 1, 1985, whose earnings are in excess of the
Earnings Limitation under the Base Plan. No controlling shareholder or
independent contractor shall be a Participant.

 

1.11.                        Plan.
The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for CECP
Participants. No controlling shareholder or independent contractor shall be a
Participant.

 

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1.12.                        Total
and Permanent Disability. The disability of a Participant whereby such
Participant is wholly disabled by bodily injury or disease and will be
permanently, continuously and wholly prevented thereby for life from engaging
in any occupation or employment for wage or profit.

 

ARTICLE II

 

BENEFITS

 

2.1.                              Benefit.
Upon termination of employment, a Participant shall be eligible for a benefit
in an amount equal to his or her benefit under his or her Base Plan computed by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the amount of any deferred incentive
award in the year in which the award would otherwise have been paid by the
Honeywell Inc. Corporate Executive Compensation Plan, less the amount of
his or her benefit determined under his or her Base Plan without including
under the definition of “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final Average
Earnings” under the Base Plan the amount of any deferred incentive award in the
year in which the award would otherwise have been paid by the Honeywell Inc.
Corporate Executive Compensation Plan.

 

2.2.                              Pre-retirement
Surviving Spouse Benefit. Upon the death of a married Participant who has
not yet retired under the Base Plan, his or her surviving spouse to whom he or
she was formally married on the date of his or her death shall be eligible for
a benefit in an amount equal to such surviving spouse’s “Pre-retirement
Surviving Spouse Benefit” under the Participant’s Base Plan computed by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the amount of any deferred incentive
award in the year in which the award would otherwise have been paid by the
Corporate Executive Compensation Plan, less the amount of the annual “Pre-retirement
Surviving Spouse Benefit” determined under the deceased Participant’s Base Plan
without such adjustments to “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings.”

 

ARTICLE III

 

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

 

A benefit under the Plan shall be paid in the form of the benefit paid
with respect to the Participant under his or her Base Plan. Any election,
designation of a beneficiary(ies) or contingent annuitant(s), or revocation in
effect under the Participant’s Base Plan shall be in effect under the Plan.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

GENERAL CONDITIONS

 

All general provisions of the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan shall apply hereunder.

 

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APPENDIX B

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

FOR BENEFITS IN EXCESS OF LIMITS UNDER

TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.                              Act.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986.

 

1.2.                              Base
Plan. The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Retirement Plan, as from time to time
amended.

 

1.3.                              Code.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended.

 

1.4.                              Early
Retirement. Retirement by a Participant under his or her Base Plan, which
is defined as the termination of employment on or after his or her 55th
birthday and after he or she has been credited with 10 or more years of “Credited
Service for Benefit Accrual,” under the Base Plan.

 

1.5.                              Earnings
Limitation. The maximum amount of compensation of a Participant and his or
her family members permitted to be taken into account under the Base Plan pursuant
to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.

 

1.6.                              Effective
Date. The original effective date of this Plan was July 1, 1989.

 

1.7.                              Honeywell.
Honeywell Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

1.8.                              Normal
Retirement. Retirement by a Participant on or after his or her “Normal
Retirement Date” under his or her Base Plan. “Normal Retirement Date” is the
last day of the calendar month in which a Participant reaches age 65.

 

1.9.                              Participant.
An employee of Alliant Techsystems Inc. (“Alliant”) who is a participant in the
Base Plan on or after July 1, 1989, whose accrued benefit under the Base Plan,
as a highly compensated employee as defined under section 414(q)(1)(A) or (B)
of the Code as in effect on July 1, 1989, was frozen as of June 31, 1989, in
compliance with IRS Notice 88-131, Alternative IID. No controlling shareholder
or independent contractor shall be a Participant.

 

1.10.                        Plan.
The Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for
Benefits in Excess of Limits under Tax Reform Act of 1986. No controlling
shareholder or independent contractor shall be a Participant.

 

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1.11.                        Total
and Permanent Disability. The disability of a Participant whereby such
Participant is wholly disabled by bodily injury or disease and will be
permanently, continuously and wholly prevented thereby for life from engaging
in any occupation or employment for wage or profit.

 

1.12.                        TRA ‘86 Amendment Date. The date the
Honeywell Retirement Benefit Plan was amended to comply with the Act.

 

ARTICLE II

 

BENEFITS

 

2.1.                              Benefit.
Upon termination of employment, a Participant shall be eligible for a benefit,
if any, computed:

 

(a)                                  by
including the greater of (i) the Participant’s benefit under the Base Plan
computed on the TRA ‘86 Amendment Date without regard to the Base Plan’s
amendment in compliance with IRS Notice 88-131, Alternative IID, which served
to freeze the accrued benefit of highly compensated participants pursuant to
the provisions of the Base Plan, or (ii) the Participant’s benefit under the
Base Plan as amended to comply with the Act,

 

(b)                                 by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for the purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the Participant’s “Earnings” under the
Base Plan which are in excess of the Earnings Limitation,

 

(c)                                  by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the amount of any deferred incentive
compensation award in the year in which the award would have otherwise been
paid by the Honeywell Inc. Corporate Executive Compensation Plan,

 

(d)                                 without
regard to the provisions of such Base Plan limiting the maximum benefit payable
thereunder to the maximum benefit permitted under the provision of section 415
of the Code in a pension plan qualifying under section 401 of the Code,

 

and then subtracting from the amount determined above, the following:
(i) the amount of the Participant’s benefit determined under the Base Plan, as
amended to comply with the Act; (ii) the amount the Participant’s benefit
provided under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement
Plan for Compensation in Excess of $200,000; (iii) the amount of the
Participant’s benefit provided under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary
Executive Retirement Plan for CECP Participants; and (iv) the amount of the
Participant’s benefit provided under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary
Retirement Plan.

 

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2.2.                              Pre-retirement
Surviving Spouse Benefit. Upon the death of a married Participant who has
not yet retired under the Base Plan, his or her surviving spouse to whom he or
she was formally married on the date of his or her death shall be eligible for
a benefit in an amount, if any, computed:

 

(a)                                  by
including the greater of (i) the surviving spouse’s “Pre-retirement Surviving
Spouse Benefit” under the Base Plan computed on the TRA ‘86 Amendment Date
without regard to the Base Plan’s amendment in compliance with IRS Notice 88-131,
Alternative IID, or (ii) the surviving spouse’s “Pre-Retirement Surviving
Spouse Benefit” under the Base Plan as amended to comply with the Act,

 

(b)                                 by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for the purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the deceased Participant’s “Earnings”
under the Base Plan which are in excess of the Earnings Limitation,

 

(c)                                  by
including under the definition of “Earnings” for purposes of arriving at “Final
Average Earnings” under the Base Plan the amount of any deferred incentive
compensation award in the year in which the award would have otherwise been
paid to the deceased Participant by the Honeywell Inc. Corporate Executive
Compensation Plan,

 

(d)                                 without
regard to the provisions of such Base Plan limiting the maximum benefit payable
thereunder to the maximum benefit permitted under the provision of section 415
of the Code in a pension plan qualifying under section 401 of the Code,

 

and then subtracting from the amount determined above, the following:
(i) the amount of the surviving spouse’s “Pre-retirement Surviving Spouse
Benefit” determined under the Base Plan, as amended to comply with the Act;
(ii) the amount the surviving spouse’s “Pre-retirement Surviving Spouse Benefit”
provided under Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan
for Compensation in Excess of $200,000; (iii) the amount of the surviving
spouse’s “Pre-retirement Surviving Spouse Benefit” provided under the Alliant
Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Executive Retirement Plan for CECP Participants;
and (iv) the amount of the surviving spouse’s “Pre-retirement Surviving Spouse
Benefit” provided under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplementary Retirement
Plan.

 

ARTICLE III

 

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

 

A benefit under the Plan shall be paid in the form of the benefit paid
with respect to the Participant under his or her Base Plan. Any election,
designation of a beneficiary(ies) or 

 

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contingent annuitant(s), or revocation in effect under the Participant’s
Base Plan shall be in effect under the Plan.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

GENERAL CONDITIONS

 

All general provisions of the Alliant Techsystems Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan shall apply hereunder.

 

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APPENDIX E

 

INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS

 

A Participating Employee’s benefit under this Plan shall be determined
in accordance with Section 4 of this Plan and the terms of the applicable
Pension Plan except as adjusted by any employment agreements between Alliant
and a Participating Employee. This Appendix E lists the Participating Employees
who are entitled to benefits under this Plan as adjusted pursuant to the terms
of their individual employment agreements.

 

A. Executive Officers (as defined under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934)

 

	
  Participating Employee

  	
   

  	
  Benefit Adjusted Pursuant To

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Daniel J. Murphy

  	
   

  	
  Employment Agreement dated October 1, 2003

  

 

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APPENDIX F

 

SPECIAL SERP BENEFIT

 

Effective upon his employment with Alliant
Technsystems Inc. or one of its subsidiaries in 2006, John J. Cronin (“Executive”)
 will be provided with the following lump
sum benefit in addition to the benefit calculated under Section 4.1.1 of the
Plan, in the following amount:

 

If Executive remains employed by Alliant or
its subsidiaries on his 55th birthday, he will be credited with an
additional lump sum benefit under the Plan in the amount of $600,000.

 

This lump sum benefit will increase by
$200,000 per year on each successive birthday the Executive remains employed by
Alliant or its subsidiaries, beginning with his 56th birthday, up to a total additional lump sum
benefit of $1,600,000 on his 60th birthday. The additional lump sum benefit will
not increase beyond $1,600,000 due to employment by Alliant beyond Executive’s
60th birthday.

 

The additional lump sum benefit will be paid
in accordance with Section 4.1.2(e) of the Plan.

 

If, prior to age 55, Executive voluntarily
terminates employment from Alliant or has his employment from Alliant terminated
for Cause, the additional lump sum benefit described above will not be paid.

 

If Executive dies prior to age 55 while
employed by Alliant, his beneficiary will receive $600,000 in addition to any benefit
otherwise payable under the Plan as of the date of his death, in lieu of any
benefits otherwise payable under this Appendix F.

 

If Executive is determined to be eligible for
long-term disability benefits under Alliant’s Long Term Disability Plan as then
in effect, while employed by Alliant prior to age 55, and continues to receive
benefits under Alliant’s Long Term Disability Plan until age 55, he will be
credited with an additional lump sum benefit of $600,000, in lieu of any
benefit otherwise payable under this Appendix F.

 

If Executive terminates employment prior to
age 55 due to an involuntary termination which is not for Cause, or if he
terminates employment prior to age 55 due to a Change in Control as that term
is defined in the ATK Income Security Agreement, as amended from time to time,
or any successor arrangement to the ATK Income Security Agreement, then he will
be credited with an additional lump sum benefit in the amount of $600,000, in
lieu of any benefit otherwise payable under this Appendix F.

 

As used in this Appendix F, “Cause” shall
mean (i) any material failure to perform Executive’s duties as assigned by the
Chief Executive Officer (other than by reason of disability as described
above), (ii) a violation of Alliant’s code of conduct or Alliant’s anti-harassment

 

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policy,  (iii) gross negligence or willful or
intentional wrongdoing or misconduct, (iv) a material breach of any
confidentiality or non-competition agreement between Executive and Alliant, (v)
a commission of an act of personal dishonesty which involves (material)
personal profit in connection with Alliant, or (vi) an indictment for a felony
offense or a crime involving moral turpitude.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

SERP

 

A. Executive Officers (as defined under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934)

 

John ShroyerExhibit 10.5

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

Defined Contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

Master Plan Document

 

 

As Amended
and Restated

 

Effective
October 29, 2007

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  1

  	
  Definitions

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  2

  	
  Eligibility

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.1

  	
  Eligibility

  	
  4

  
	
  2.2

  	
  Termination
  of a Participant’s Eligibility

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  3

  	
  Company
  Contribution Amounts; Vesting; Crediting; Taxes

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.1

  	
  Company
  Contribution Amount

  	
  4

  
	
  3.2

  	
  Crediting
  of Amounts after Benefit Distribution

  	
  5

  
	
  3.3

  	
  Vesting

  	
  5

  
	
  3.4

  	
  Crediting
  and Debiting of Account Balances

  	
  6

  
	
  3.5

  	
  FICA and
  Other Taxes

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  4

  	
  Distribution
  of Benefits

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.1

  	
  Benefit
  Distribution Date

  	
  7

  
	
  4.2

  	
  Actual
  Payment Date

  	
  7

  
	
  4.3

  	
  Payment
  in Cash

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  5

  	
  Beneficiary
  Designation

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.1

  	
  Beneficiary

  	
  8

  
	
  5.2

  	
  Beneficiary
  Designation; Change; Spousal Consent

  	
  8

  
	
  5.3

  	
  Receipt

  	
  8

  
	
  5.4

  	
  No
  Beneficiary Designation

  	
  8

  
	
  5.5

  	
  Doubt as
  to Beneficiary

  	
  8

  
	
  5.6

  	
  Discharge
  of Obligations

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  6

  	
  Leave of
  Absence

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.1

  	
  Paid
  Leave of Absence

  	
  9

  
	
  6.2

  	
  Unpaid
  Leave of Absence

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  7

  	
  Termination
  of Plan, Amendment or Modification

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.1

  	
  Termination
  of Plan

  	
  9

  
	
  7.2

  	
  Amendment

  	
  10

  
	
  7.3

  	
  Effect
  of Payment

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  8

  	
  Administration

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.1

  	
  Committee
  Duties

  	
  10

  
	
  8.2

  	
  Agents

  	
  10

  
	
  8.3

  	
  Binding
  Effect of Decisions

  	
  10

  
	
  8.4

  	
  Indemnity

  	
  10

  
	
  8.5

  	
  Employer
  Information

  	
  11

  

 

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  ARTICLE
  9

  	
  Other
  Benefits and Agreements

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.1

  	
  Coordination
  with Other Benefits

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  10

  	
  Trust

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.1

  	
  Establishment
  of the Trust

  	
  11

  
	
  10.2

  	
  Interrelationship
  of the Plan and the Trust

  	
  11

  
	
  10.3

  	
  Distributions
  From the Trust

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  11

  	
  Claims
  Procedures

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.1

  	
  Presentation
  of Claim

  	
  12

  
	
  11.2

  	
  Notification
  of Decision

  	
  12

  
	
  11.3

  	
  Review
  of a Denied Claim

  	
  12

  
	
  11.4

  	
  Decision
  on Review

  	
  13

  
	
  11.5

  	
  Legal
  Action

  	
  13

  
	
  11.6

  	
  Determinations

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  12

  	
  Miscellaneous

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  12.1

  	
  Status
  of Plan

  	
  14

  
	
  12.2

  	
  Unsecured
  General Creditor

  	
  14

  
	
  12.3

  	
  Employer’s
  Liability

  	
  14

  
	
  12.4

  	
  Nonassignability

  	
  14

  
	
  12.5

  	
  Not a
  Contract of Employment

  	
  14

  
	
  12.6

  	
  Furnishing
  Information

  	
  14

  
	
  12.7

  	
  Terms

  	
  15

  
	
  12.8

  	
  Captions

  	
  15

  
	
  12.9

  	
  Governing
  Law

  	
  15

  
	
  12.10

  	
  Notice

  	
  15

  
	
  12.11

  	
  Successors

  	
  15

  
	
  12.12

  	
  Spouse’s
  Interest

  	
  15

  
	
  12.13

  	
  Validity

  	
  15

  
	
  12.14

  	
  Incompetent

  	
  15

  
	
  12.15

  	
  Deduction
  Limitation on Benefit Payments

  	
  16

  
	
  12.16

  	
  Insurance

  	
  16

  

 

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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

Defined
Contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

Master Plan
Document

 

ALLIANT
TECHSYSTEMS INC.

DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

As Amended and
Restated Effective October 29, 2007

 

Statement
of Plan

 

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”),
hereby creates a nonqualified, unfunded, deferred compensation plan for the
benefit of a select group of management and highly compensated employees whose
non-elective contributions for a Plan Year under the 401(k) Plan are limited by
section 401(a)(17) of the Code or as a result of the Participant’s deferrals
under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select
group of management or highly compensated Employees who contribute materially
to the continued growth, development and future business success of the Company
and its subsidiaries. This Plan is nonqualified and unfunded for tax purposes
and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

 

For the purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from
the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:

 

1.1                                 “Account
Balance” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, an entry on the records of
the Employer equal to the sum of the Participant’s Annual Accounts. The Account
Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a
device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a
Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

 

1.2                                 “Administrator”
shall mean the Company, the Committee, and any person or committee of persons
responsible for performing administrative functions under this Plan.

 

1.3                                 “Annual
Account” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, an entry on the records of
the Employer equal to the following amount: (i) the sum of the Participant’s
Company Contribution Amount for any one Plan Year, plus (ii) amounts credited
or debited to such amounts pursuant to this Plan, less (iii) all distributions
made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that
relate to the Annual Account for such Plan Year. The Annual Account shall be a
bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the
measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or
his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

 

1.4                                 “Beneficiary”
shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated
in accordance with Article 5, that are entitled to receive benefits under
this Plan upon the death of a Participant.

 

1.5                                 “Beneficiary
Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the
Senior Vice President of Human Resources that a Participant completes, signs
and returns to the Company to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 

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1.6                                 “Benefit
Distribution Date” shall mean the date that triggers distribution of a
Participant’s vested Account Balance. A Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date
shall be the earliest to occur of any one of the following:

 

(a)                                  If
the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment, his or her Benefit
Distribution Date shall be the later of (i) the first day of the seventh month
following the month in which the Participant experiences a Termination of
Employment or (ii) the January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment; or

 

(b)                                 As
soon as administratively practicable after the Company is provided with proof
that is satisfactory to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the
Participant’s death, if the Participant dies prior to the complete distribution
of his or her vested Account Balance.

 

1.7                                 “Board”
shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

1.8                                 “Claimant”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.

 

1.9                                 “Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

1.10                           “Committee”
shall mean the Personnel and Compensation Committee (also known as the “P&C”)
of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor committee of the
Board.

 

1.11                           “Company”
shall mean ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC., a Delaware corporation, and any successor
to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

 

1.12                           “Company
Contribution Account” shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant’s Company
Contribution Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited or debited to the Participant’s
Company Contribution Account in accordance with this Plan, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to
this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Company Contribution Account.

 

1.13                           “Company
Contribution Amount” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined
in accordance with Section 3.1.

 

1.14                           “Deduction
Limitation” shall mean the limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be
distributable pursuant to the provisions of this Plan, as set forth in Section
12.15.

 

1.15                           “Employee”
shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

 

1.16                           “Employer(s)”
shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or
hereafter formed or acquired) that have employees who participate in the Plan.

 

1.17                           “ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.

 

1.18                           “401(k)
NEC” shall mean any non-elective contribution made on behalf of eligible
participants under the 401(k) Plan that is based on age and service points, as
amended from time to time.

 

1.19                           “401(k)
NEC Percentage” shall mean the percentage of Recognized Compensation used for
purposes of determining an eligible participant’s 401(k) NEC (as may be amended
under the 401(k) Plan from time to time) and which is currently one of the
following:

 

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  Points

  	
   

  	
  Percentage

  	
   

  
	
  Less than 40

  	
   

  	
  2.5

  	
  %

  
	
  40 to 59

  	
   

  	
  3.0

  	
  %

  
	
  60 or more

  	
   

  	
  4.0

  	
  %

  

 

1.20                           “401(k)
Plan” shall mean the ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 401(k) Plan, as amended from time
to time.

 

1.21                           “Investment
Election Form” shall mean the form, which may be in electronic format,
established from time to time by the PRC that a Participant completes, signs
and returns to the Company to make an election under the Plan.

 

1.22                           “Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plan” shall mean the ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

1.23                           “Participant”
shall mean any Employee who is selected to participate in the Plan.

 

1.24                           “Plan”
shall mean the ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. Defined Contribution Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument, as it
may be amended from time to time.

 

1.25                           “Plan
Year” shall  mean a period
beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31
of such calendar year.

 

1.26                           “PRC”
shall mean the ATK Pension and Retirement Committee.

 

1.27                           “Recognized
Compensation” shall mean, for the period in which such amounts are paid,
Recognized Compensation as defined under the 401(k) Plan (as amended from time
to time); provided, however, that in determining a Participant’s Recognized
Compensation for purposes of this Plan there shall be included:  (i) deferrals under the Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan to the extent that such compensation would have been
recognized as Recognized Compensation under the 401(k) Plan in the Plan Year
that it would have been paid had there been no deferral, and (ii) compensation
that would have been recognized as Recognized Compensation under the 401(k)
Plan for the Plan Year in which paid without regard to the dollar limitation in
effect under section 401(a)(17) of the Code.

 

1.28                           “Section
16 Officer” shall mean an “officer” of the Company as defined in the rules
promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

 

1.29                           “Senior
Vice President of Human Resources” shall mean the most senior officer of the
Company in charge of the human resources function at the time the action is
taken with respect to the Plan.

 

1.30                           “Terminate
the Plan” or “Termination of the Plan” shall mean a determination by the
Committee that (i) all Participants shall no longer be eligible to
participate in the Plan, (ii) all deferral elections for such Participants
shall terminate, and (iii) such Participants shall no longer be eligible to
receive Company contributions under this Plan.

 

1.31                           “Termination
of Employment” shall mean the separation from service with all Employers and
all entities treated as members of the same controlled group with any Employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any
reason other than death or an authorized leave of absence. Controlled group
membership shall be determined by substituting 

 

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“at least 50
percent” for “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in section 1563(a)(1),
(2) and (3) of the Code, and by substituting “at least 50 percent” for “at
least 80 percent” each place it appears in Treas. Reg. §1.414(c)-2.

 

1.32                           “Trust”
shall mean one or more trusts established by the Company in accordance with
Article 10.

 

1.33                           “Vesting
Service” shall mean an Employee’s period of “Vesting Service” as determined
under the 401(k) Plan.

 

ARTICLE 2

Eligibility

 

2.1                                 Eligibility.  An employee of the Employer hired or rehired
after December 31, 2006 shall be eligible to receive a credit in accordance
with Section 3 for a Plan Year if:  (i)
such employee is a participant in the 401(k) Plan and such employee’s 401(k)
NEC for the Plan Year is reduced by section 401(a)(17) of the Code; or (ii)
such employee is a participant in the 401(k) Plan and the Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan and such employee’s 401(k) NEC for the Plan Year is reduced
due to the employee’s deferrals under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan.

 

2.2                                 Termination of a Participant’s Eligibility.  In the event that a Participant is no longer
eligible to receive credits under this Plan, the Participant’s Account Balance
shall continue to be governed by the terms of this Plan until such time as the
Participant’s Account Balance is paid in accordance with the terms of this
Plan.

 

ARTICLE 3

Company Contribution Amounts; 

Vesting;
Crediting; Taxes

 

3.1                                 Company Contribution Amount.  If a Participant is eligible for a 401(k) NEC
for any Plan Year, a Participant’s Company Contribution Amount for that Plan
Year shall be equal to:

 

(a)                                  a
credit equal to the product of the Participant’s 401(k) NEC Percentage times
the Participant’s Recognized Compensation for the Plan Year, if any, in excess
of the annual compensation limit in effect for such Plan Year under section
401(a)(17) of the Code; and

 

(b)                                 a
credit equal to the product of the Participant’s 401(k) NEC Percentage times
the Recognized Compensation, if any, the Participant deferred under the
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan to the extent that such compensation
would have been recognized as “Recognized Compensation” under the 401(k) Plan
in the Plan Year that it would have been paid had there been no deferral under
the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

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3.2                                 Crediting of Amounts after Benefit Distribution.
 Notwithstanding any provision in this
Plan to the contrary, if the complete distribution of a Participant’s vested
Account Balance occurs prior to the date on which any portion of the Company
Contribution Amount would otherwise be credited to the Participant’s Account
Balance, such amounts shall not be credited to the Participant’s Account
Balance, but shall be paid to the Participant in a single lump sum as soon as
administratively practicable after the amount can be determined.

 

3.3                                 Vesting. A Participant shall become
vested in his or her Account Balance in accordance with the following schedule:

 

	
  Vesting Service Completed

  	
   

  	
  Vested Percentage

  	
   

  
	
  Less than 3

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
  %

  
	
  3 or more

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
  %

  

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all benefits under this Plan shall be
permanently forfeited upon the determination by the PRC (or by the Committee
for Section 16 Officers) that the Participant, either before or after
Termination of Employment:

 

(a)                                  engaged in a criminal
or fraudulent conduct resulting in material harm to the Company or an affiliate
of the Company; or

 

(b)                                 made an unauthorized
disclosure to any competitor of any material confidential information, trade
information or trade secrets of the Company or an affiliate of the Company; or

 

(c)                                  provided Company or
an affiliate of Company with materially false reports concerning his or her
business interests or employment; or

 

(d)                                 made materially false
representations which are relied upon by Company or an affiliate of Company in
furnishing information to an affiliate, partner, stockholders, accountants,
auditor, a stock exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
regulatory or governmental agency; or

 

(e)                                  maintained an
undisclosed, unauthorized and material conflict of interest in the discharge of
the duties owed by him or her to the Company or an affiliate of the Company; or

 

(f)                                    engaged in conduct
causing a serious violation of state or federal law by Company or an affiliate
of Company; or

 

(g)                                 engaged in theft of
assets or funds of the Company or an affiliate of the Company; or

 

(h)                                 has been convicted of
any crime which directly or indirectly arose out of his her employment
relationship with the Company or an affiliate of the Company or materially
affected his or her ability to discharge the duties of his or her employment
with the Company or an affiliate of the Company; or

 

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(i)                                     engaged during his
or her employment with an Employer or within two (2) years after termination of
employment with an Employer in any employment with a competitor, or engaged in
any activity in competition with the Company, without the consent of the
Company.

 

3.4                                 Crediting and Debiting of Account Balances.  In accordance with, and subject to, the rules
and procedures that are established from time to time by the PRC, amounts shall
be credited or debited to a Participant’s Account Balance in accordance with
the following rules:

 

(a)                                  Measurement Funds. The Participant
may elect one or more of the measurement funds selected by the PRC, in its sole
discretion, which are based on certain mutual funds or other collective
investment vehicles (the “Measurement Funds”), for the purpose of crediting or
debiting additional amounts to his or her Account Balance. As necessary, the
PRC may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement
Fund. Each such action will take effect as of the first day of the first
calendar quarter that begins at least 30 days after the day on which the PRC
gives Participants advance written notice of such change. Notwithstanding the
above, no Measurement Fund shall be based primarily on common stock or other
securities of the Company.

 

(b)                                 Election of Measurement Funds. A
Participant, in connection with his or her initial commencement of
participation in the Plan, shall elect, on the Investment Election Form, one or
more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.4(a) above) to be used to
determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account Balance. If
a Participant does not elect any of the Measurement Funds as described in the
previous sentence, the Participant’s Account Balance shall automatically be
allocated into the Measurement Fund as determined by the PRC from time to time,
in its sole discretion. The Participant may (but is not required to) elect, by
submitting an Investment Election Form to the Company that is accepted by the
Company, to add or delete one or more Measurement Fund(s) to be used to
determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account Balance,
or to change the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to each
previously or newly elected Measurement Fund. If an election is made in
accordance with the previous sentence, it shall apply as of the first business
day that is administratively practicable, and shall continue thereafter for
each subsequent day in which the Participant participates in the Plan, unless
changed in accordance with the previous sentence.

 

(c)                                  Proportionate Allocation. In making
any election described in Section 3.4(b) above, the Participant shall specify
on the Investment Election Form, in increments of 1%, the percentage of his or
her Account Balance or Measurement Fund, as applicable, to be
allocated/reallocated.

 

(d)                                 Crediting
or Debiting Method. The performance of each Measurement Fund
(either positive or negative) will be determined on a daily basis based on the
manner in which such Participant’s Account Balance has been hypothetically
allocated among the Measurement Funds by the Participant.

 

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(e)                                  No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the
Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a
Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation of his or
her Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the
crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Account Balance shall
not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his
or her Account Balance in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the
Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in the Trust), in its own
discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the investments on which
the Measurement Funds are based, no Participant shall have any rights in or to
such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s
Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not
represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust;
the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

3.5                                 FICA and Other Taxes.

 

(a)                                  Company Contribution Account. When
a Participant’s Annual Account is credited with a Company Contribution Amount
(or, if such amount is subject to a vesting schedule, when such Participant is
vested in such amount), the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold, in a
manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other
employment taxes on such Company Contribution Amount. If necessary, the Company
may reduce the vested portion of the Participant’s Company Contribution
Account, as applicable, in order to comply with this Section 3.5.

 

(b)                                 Distributions.
The Participant’s Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from
any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local
income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s),
or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and
in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the
trustee of the Trust.

 

ARTICLE 4

 Distribution of Benefits 

 

4.1                                 Benefit Distribution Date.  A Participant who dies or experiences a
Termination of Employment shall receive his or her vested Account Balance,
calculated as of the close of business on the Participant’s Benefit
Distribution Date. If the calculation date is not a business day, then such
calculation shall be made on the immediately preceding business day.

 

4.2                                 Actual Payment Date.  The Account Balance shall be paid to the
Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies), as applicable) in a lump
sum payment no later than 60 days after the Participant’s Benefit Distribution
Date in the event of a Termination of Employment, and in the event of death, no
later than the later of 90 days after the date of death or the last day of the
calendar year in which death occurs.

 

4.3                                 Payment in Cash.  Payment of a Participant’s Account Balance
shall be made in cash.

 

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ARTICLE 5

Beneficiary Designation 

 

5.1                                 Beneficiary.  Each
Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her
Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits
payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The
Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the
Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the
Participant participates.

 

5.2                                 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent.  A
Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing
the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Company. A
Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing
and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and
the Company’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. If the
Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, the
Senior Vice President of Human Resources may, in his or her sole discretion,
determine that spousal consent is required to be provided in a form designated
by the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, executed by such Participant’s
spouse and returned to the Company. Upon the acceptance by the Company of a new
Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed
shall be canceled. The Company shall be entitled to rely on the last
Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the
Company prior to his or her death.

 

5.3                                 Receipt.  No designation or change in designation of a
Beneficiary shall be effective until received in writing by the Company.

 

5.4                                 No Beneficiary Designation.  If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided in Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 above or, if all
designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete
distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Participant’s designated
Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the
Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to
be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal
representative of the Participant’s estate.

 

5.5                                 Doubt as to Beneficiary.  If the Senior Vice President of Human
Resources has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments
pursuant to this Plan, he or she shall have the right, exercisable in his or
her discretion, to cause the Participant’s Employer to withhold such payments
until this matter is resolved to his or her satisfaction.

 

5.6                                 Discharge of Obligations.  The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
Beneficiary (as the Beneficiary is determined by the Senior Vice President of
Human Resources) shall fully and completely discharge the Company, the
Employer, the Committee, the PRC and the Vice President of Human Resources from
all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant.

 

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ARTICLE 6

Leave of Absence

 

6.1                                 Paid Leave of Absence.  If a Participant is authorized by the
Participant’s Employer to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of
the Employer, the Participant shall remain in the Plan until the Participant
becomes eligible for the benefits as provided in Article 4 in accordance with
the provisions of that Article.

 

6.2                                 Unpaid Leave of Absence.  If a Participant is authorized by the
Participant’s Employer to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment
of the Employer for any reason, the Participant shall remain in the Plan until
the Participant becomes eligible for the benefits as provided in Article 4 in
accordance with the provisions of that Article.

 

ARTICLE 7

Termination of Plan, Amendment or Modification

 

7.1                                 Termination of Plan.  Although the Company anticipates that it will
continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that
the Company will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time
in the future. Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to Terminate the
Plan (as defined in Section 1.30). In the event of a Termination of the Plan,
the Measurement Funds available to Participants following the Termination of
the Plan shall be comparable in number and type to those Measurement Funds
available to Participants in the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the
Termination of the Plan is effective. Following
a Termination of the Plan, Participant Account Balances shall remain in the
Plan until the Participant becomes eligible for the benefits provided in
Article 4 in accordance with the provisions of that Article. The Termination of
the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has
become entitled to the payment of any benefits under the Plan as of the date of
termination; provided, however, the Company shall have the right, in its
sole discretion, and notwithstanding any elections made by the Participant, to
immediately pay all benefits in a lump sum following such Termination of the
Plan, if (i)(A) Termination is not proximate to a downturn in the financial
health of the Company, (B) the Company terminates all arrangements required to
be aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Code Section 409A, (C) lump sum
payments are made between 12 and 24 months following Termination of the Plan,
and (D) the Company does not establish a new plan that would have been
aggregated with the Plan for purposes of Code Section 409A within three years
following Termination of the Plan, or (ii) Termination is in connection with
dissolution or change in control of the Company, or such other circumstances
permitted by applicable guidance, and in accordance with such other
corresponding conditions required by Code Section 409A and regulations or other
guidance issued thereunder.

 

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7.2                                 Amendment.

 

(a)                                  The
Committee may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no amendment shall be effective to decrease the value of a
Participant’s vested Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment is
made. In no event shall the
Company, the Employer, the PRC or the Committee be responsible for any decline
in a Participant’s Account Balance as a result of the selection,
discontinuation, addition, substitution, crediting or debiting of the
Measurement Funds pursuant to Section 3.4.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Committee
determines that any provision of the Plan may cause amounts deferred under the
Plan to become immediately taxable to any Participant under Code Section 409A,
and related guidance, the Committee may (i) adopt such amendments to the Plan
and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with
retroactive effect, that the Committee determines necessary or appropriate to
preserve the intended tax treatment of the Plan benefits provided by the Plan
and/or (ii) take such other actions as the Committee determines necessary or appropriate
to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and related guidance.

 

7.3                                 Effect of Payment.  The full payment of the Participant’s vested
Account Balance under Article 4 of the Plan shall completely discharge all
obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under this
Plan.

 

ARTICLE 8

Administration

 

8.1                                 Committee Duties.  Except as otherwise provided in this Plan,
this Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall also have
the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret and enforce all
appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and
(ii) decide or resolve any and all questions including interpretations of
this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. When making a
determination or calculation, the Company, Committee and the Senior Vice
President of Human Resources, as applicable, shall be entitled to rely on
information furnished by a Participant.

 

8.2                                 Agents.  In the administration of this Plan, the Committee
may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative
duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed
representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be
counsel to any Employer.

 

8.3                                 Binding Effect of Decisions.  The decision or action of the Administrator
with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and
regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

 

8.4                                 Indemnity.  All Employers shall indemnify and hold
harmless the members of the Committee, the PRC, the Senior Vice President of
Human Resources, any Employee to whom duties have been or may be delegated
under this Plan, and the Administrator against any and all claims, losses,
damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with
respect to this Plan, except in the case of an individual’s willful misconduct.

 

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8.5                                 Employer Information.  To enable the Committee and/or Administrator
to perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and
timely information to the Committee and/or Administrator, as the case may be,
on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and
circumstances of the death or Termination of Employment of its Participants,
and such other pertinent information as the Committee or Administrator may
reasonably require.

 

ARTICLE 9

Other Benefits and Agreements

 

9.1                                 Coordination with Other Benefits.  The benefits provided for a Participant and
Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits
available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of
the Participant’s Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede,
modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be
expressly provided.

 

ARTICLE 10

Trust

 

10.1                           Establishment of the Trust.  In order to provide assets from which to
fulfill the obligations of the Participants and their beneficiaries under the
Plan, the Company may establish a trust by a trust agreement with a third
party, the trustee, to which each Employer may, in its discretion, contribute
cash or other property to provide for the benefit payments under the Plan, (the
“Trust”).

 

10.2                           Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust.  The provisions of the Plan shall govern the
rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The
provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers, Participants
and the creditors of the Company to the assets transferred to the Trust. The
Company shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the
Plan.

 

10.3                           Distributions From the Trust.  The Company’s obligations under the Plan may
be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust,
and any such distribution shall reduce the Company’s obligations under this
Plan.

 

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ARTICLE 11

Claims Procedures

 

11.1                           Presentation of Claim.  Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”)
may deliver to the PRC (or in the case of a Section 16 Officer, the Committee)
a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable
to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a
notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after
such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within
180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise
occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by
the Claimant.

 

11.2                           Notification of Decision.  The PRC (or in the case of a Section 16
Officer, the Committee) shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable
time, but no later than 90 days after receiving the claim. If the PRC or the
Committee, as applicable, determines that special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the extension
shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial 90-day
period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90 days from the
end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special
circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the PRC or
the Committee expects to render the benefit determination. The PRC or the
Committee, as applicable, shall notify the Claimant in writing:

 

(a)                                  that
the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has
been allowed in full; or

 

(b)                                 that
the PRC or the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in
part, to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth
in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

 

(i)                                     the
specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;

 

(ii)                                  specific
reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was
based;

 

(iii)                               a
description of any additional material or information necessary for the
Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary;

 

(iv)                              an
explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 11.3 below;
and

 

(v)                                 a
statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review.

 

11.3                           Review of a Denied Claim.  On or before 60 days after receiving a
notice from the PRC (or in the case of a Section 16 Officer, the Committee)
that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s
duly authorized representative) may file with the PRC or the Committee, as
applicable, a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. The
Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

 

(a)                                  may,
upon request and free of charge, have reasonable access to, and copies of, all
documents, records and other information relevant to the claim for benefits;

 

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(b)                                 may
submit written comments or other documents; and/or

 

(c)                                  may
request a hearing, which the PRC or the Committee (as applicable), in its sole
discretion, may grant.

 

11.4                           Decision on Review.  The PRC (or in the case of a Section 16
Officer, the Committee) shall render its decision on review promptly, and no
later than 60 days after the receipt of the Claimant’s written request for a
review of the denial of the claim. If the PRC or the Committee, as applicable,
determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the
Claimant prior to the termination of the initial 60-day period. In no event
shall such extension exceed a period of 60 days from the end of the
initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances
requiring an extension of time and the date by which the PRC or the Committee,
as applicable, expects to render the benefit determination. In rendering its
decision, the PRC or the Committee, as applicable, shall take into account all
comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant
relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted
or considered in the initial benefit determination. The decision must be
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must
contain:

 

(a)                                  specific
reasons for the decision;

 

(b)                                 specific
reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was
based;

 

(c)                                  a
statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of
charge, reasonable access to and copies of, all documents, records and other
information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the
Claimant’s claim for benefits; and

 

(d)                                 a
statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a).

 

11.5                           Legal Action.  A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing
provisions of this Article 11 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s
right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under
this Plan. Any legal action must be brought within two years after the Claimant
knew or should have known of the principal facts on which the claim is based
or, if earlier, 90 days after the procedure under this Article 11 is completed.

 

11.6                           Determinations.   Benefits under the
Plan will be paid only if the PRC (or in the case of a Section 16 Officer, the
Committee) decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to
them.  The PRC or the Committee, as applicable, has discretionary
authority to grant or deny benefits under the Plan.  The PRC shall have
the sole discretion, authority and responsibility to interpret and construe
this Plan Statement and all relevant documents and information, and to
determine all factual and legal questions under the Plan, in relation to a person’s
(other than a Section 16 Officer) claim for benefits. The Committee shall have
the sole discretion, authority and responsibility to interpret and construe
this Plan Statement and all relevant documents and information, and to
determine all factual and legal questions under the Plan, including but not
limited to the entitlement of all persons to benefits and the amounts of their
benefits. The Committee’s discretionary authority shall include all matters
arising under the Plan.

 

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ARTICLE 12

Miscellaneous

 

12.1                           Status of Plan. The Plan is
intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section
401(a) and that “is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the
purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees” within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2),
301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted (i) to
the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent and (ii) in
accordance with Code Section 409A and other applicable tax law, including but
not limited to Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to
Code Section 409A.

 

12.2                           Unsecured General Creditor.  Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs,
successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or
claims in any property or assets of the Company. For purposes of the payment of
benefits under this Plan, any and all of the Company’s assets shall be, and
remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Company. The Company’s
obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured
promise to pay money in the future.

 

12.3                           Employer’s Liability.  The Company’s liability for the payment of benefits
shall be defined only by the Plan. The Company shall have no obligation to a
Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan.

 

12.4                           Nonassignability.  Neither a Participant nor any other person
shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate,
mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in
advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part
thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be,
unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior
to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or
sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate
maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by
operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s
bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a
property settlement or otherwise (including without limitation any domestic
relations order, whether or not a “qualified domestic relations order” under
section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d) of ERISA) before the Account
Balance is distributed to the Participant or Beneficiary.

 

12.5                           Not a Contract of Employment.  The terms and conditions of this Plan shall
not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company or any
Employer and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “at
will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any
reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless
expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan
shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service
of the Company or any Employer or to interfere with the right of the Company or
any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

 

12.6                           Furnishing Information.  A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will
cooperate with the Company by furnishing any and all information requested by
the Company and take such other actions as may be requested in order to
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of benefits
hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as
the Company may deem necessary.

 

12.7                           Terms.  Whenever any words are used herein in the
singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in
the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would
so apply.

 

12.8                           Captions.  The captions of the articles, sections and
paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or
affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

 

12.9                           Governing Law.  Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan
shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State
of Minnesota without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

 

12.10                     Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to
be given to the Company under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and
hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below: 

 

	
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

  
	
  Attn:

  	
  ATK Executive Compensation

  Department

  
	
  5050 Lincoln Drive, MN01-3020

  
	
  Edina, MN 55436

  

 

Such notice
shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by
mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or
certification.

 

Any notice or
filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall
be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last
known address of the Participant.

 

12.11                     Successors.  The provisions of this Plan shall bind and
inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and the
Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.

 

12.12                     Spouse’s Interest.  The interest in the benefits hereunder of a
spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically
pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any
manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such
interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

 

12.13                     Validity.  In case any provision of this Plan shall be
illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not
affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and
enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

 

12.14                     Incompetent.  If the Senior Vice President of Human
Resources determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be
paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of
handling the disposition of that person’s property, he or she may direct
payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having
the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Senior
Vice President of Human Resources may require proof of minority, incompetence,
incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of
the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account 

 

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of the
Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be
a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

 

12.15                     Deduction Limitation on Benefit Payments.  The Company may determine that as a result of
the application of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), a distribution
payable to a Participant pursuant to this Plan would not be deductible if such
distribution were made at the time required by the Plan. If the Company makes
such a determination, then the distribution shall not be paid to the
Participant until such time as the distribution first becomes deductible. The
amount of the distribution shall continue to be adjusted in accordance with
Section 3.4 above until it is distributed to the Participant. The amount of the
distribution, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, shall be paid to the
Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant’s death)
at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Company, on which the
deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant for the
taxable year of the Company during which the distribution is made will not be
limited by Section 162(m). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall
interpret this provision in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A
and other applicable tax law, including but not limited to guidance issued
after the effective date of this Plan.

 

12.16                     Insurance. The Company, on its own
behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in its sole discretion,
may apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such
amounts and in such forms as the Trust may choose. The Company or the trustee
of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of
any such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any
such policy or policies, and at the request of the Company shall submit to
medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as
may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Company has
applied for insurance.

 

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