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exv10w53

Exhibit 10.53

CON-WAY INC.

1993 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY

EMPLOYEES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECEMBER 2008

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CON-WAY INC.

1993 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY EMPLOYEES

December 2008 Restatement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Preamble
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	1.1 “Account Balance
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 “Administrative Appendix
	 	 	2	 
	1.3 “Annual Bonus
	 	 	2	 
	1.4 “Annual Deferral Amount
	 	 	2	 
	1.5 “Base Annual Salary
	 	 	2	 
	1.6 “Beneficiary
	 	 	2	 
	1.7 “Board
	 	 	2	 
	1.8 “Cash Account
	 	 	2	 
	1.9 “CFC
	 	 	2	 
	1.10 “Change in Control
	 	 	2	 
	1.11 “Claimant
	 	 	6	 
	1.12 “Code
	 	 	6	 
	1.13 “Committee
	 	 	6	 
	1.14 “Common Stock
	 	 	6	 
	1.15 “Company
	 	 	6	 
	1.16 “Disability
	 	 	6	 
	1.17 “Distribution Event
	 	 	6	 
	1.18 “Dividend Equivalent
	 	 	6	 
	1.19 “Election Form
	 	 	6	 
	1.20 “Employer
	 	 	7	 
	1.21 “ERISA
	 	 	7	 
	1.22 “Fair Market Value
	 	 	7	 
	1.23 “Moody’s Seasoned Corporate Bond Rate
	 	 	7	 
	1.24 “Participant
	 	 	7	 
	1.25 “Phantom Stock Account
	 	 	7	 
	1.26 “Phantom Stock Unit
	 	 	7	 
	1.27 “Plan
	 	 	7	 
	1.28 “Plan Administrator
	 	 	7	 
	1.29 “Plan Entry Date
	 	 	7	 
	1.30 “Plan Year
	 	 	8	 
	1.31 “Pre-Retirement Distribution
	 	 	8	 
	1.32 “Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
	 	 	8	 
	1.33 “Prior Plan
	 	 	8	 
	1.34 “Retirement
	 	 	8	 
	1.35 “Retirement Benefit
	 	 	8	 
	1.36 “ROE Award
	 	 	8	 
	1.37 “Spouse
	 	 	8	 
	1.38 “Termination Benefit
	 	 	8	 
	1.39 “Termination of Employment
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	1.40 “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency
	 	 	9	 
	1.41 “Value Management Award
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2 Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
	 	 	9	 
	2.1 Selection by Committee
	 	 	9	 
	2.2 Enrollment Requirement
	 	 	9	 
	2.3 Commencement of Participation
	 	 	9	 
	2.4 Paid Leave of Absence
	 	 	9	 
	2.5 Unpaid Leave of Absence
	 	 	9	 
	ARTICLE 3 Returns
	 	 	10	 
	ARTICLE 4 Pre-Retirement Distribution/ Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
	 	 	10	 
	4.1 Pre-Retirement Distributions
	 	 	10	 
	4.2 Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
	 	 	10	 
	ARTICLE 5 Retirement t
	 	 	11	 
	5.1 Retirement Benefit
	 	 	11	 
	5.2 Payment of Retirement Benefit
	 	 	11	 
	5.3 Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	6.1 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	6.2 Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7 Termination Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	7.1 Termination Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	7.2 Payment of Termination Benefit
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8 Disability Waiver and Benefit
	 	 	13	 
	8.1 Disability Waiver
	 	 	13	 
	8.2 Disability Benefit
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9 Termination, Amendment or Modification
	 	 	13	 
	9.1 Termination
	 	 	13	 
	9.2 Amendment
	 	 	13	 
	9.3 Effect of Payment
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10 Administration
	 	 	14	 
	10.1 Plan Sponsor and Administrator
	 	 	14	 
	10.2 Powers and Authority of the Company
	 	 	14	 
	10.3 Plan Administrator
	 	 	15	 
	10.4 Binding Effect of Decisions
	 	 	16	 
	10.5 Indemnification
	 	 	16	 
	10.6 Stock Subject to the Plan
	 	 	16	 
	10.7 Equitable Adjustment
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11 Miscellaneous
	 	 	17	 
	11.1 Unsecured General Creditor
	 	 	17	 
	11.2 Employer’s Liability
	 	 	17	 
	11.3 Company’s Liability
	 	 	17	 
	11.4 Nonassignability
	 	 	17	 
	11.5 Not a Contract of Employment
	 	 	17	 
	11.6 Furnishing Information
	 	 	18	 
	11.7 Captions
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	11.8 Governing Use
	 	 	18	 
	11.9 Notice
	 	 	18	 
	11.10 Successors
	 	 	18	 
	11.11 Spouse’s Interest
	 	 	19	 
	11.12 Incompetence
	 	 	19	 
	11.13 Distribution in the Event of Taxation
	 	 	19	 
	11.14 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights
	 	 	19	 
	11.15 Payment of Withholding
	 	 	20	 
	11.16 Coordination with Other Benefits
	 	 	20	 
	11.17 Value Management Deferral Amounts Subsequently Deferred
	 	 	20	 
	 
	Administrative Appendix
	 	 	21	 

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CON-WAY INC.

1993 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES

AND KEY EMPLOYEES

December 2008 Restatement

Preamble

The purpose of this Plan is to enhance the motivational value of the salaries and incentive
compensation of a select group of management and highly compensated employees who contribute
materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of the Company and its
subsidiaries by providing them the opportunity to defer cash compensation. The Plan is intended to
aid the Company and its subsidiaries in attracting and retaining key employees and give them an
incentive to increase the profitability of the Company and its subsidiaries. In the future, the
Company, in its discretion, may amend the Plan to include a Company contribution.

The Company adopted this Plan effective October 1, 1993 as a successor to the Prior Plan, which
operated for the nine month period ending September 30, 1993. The Plan was restated with a general
effective date of January 1, 1996. The Company’s name changed in connection with a corporate
reorganization involving the distribution on December 2, 1996 of CFC stock to the Company’s
shareholders. In order to reflect the new Company name and to make various administrative and
clarifying changes, the Company adopted a restatement of the Plan effective January 1, 1998. The
Company further amended and restated the Plan effective January 1, 2008. This restatement of the
Plan is adopted to conform certain governance and administrative provisions with those of the
Company’s 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key Employees (December 2008
Restatement) and is effective January 1, 2009.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

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

	1.1	 	“Account Balance” means the sum of (i) amounts credited to a Participant’s Cash Account, plus
(ii) Phantom Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account, reduced by (iii)
all distributions made pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Plan. Amounts credited to
a Participant’s Cash Account shall derive from Annual Deferral Amounts, the Participant’s
deferred ROE Awards
and deferred Value Management Awards, in the latter two cases to be credited as of the date
immediately following the end of the applicable award cycle.

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	1.2	 	“Administrative Appendix” means the rules and procedures governing the administration of this
Plan, as set forth in a separate appendix which by this reference is specifically incorporated
into this Plan.
	 
	1.3	 	“Annual Bonus” means any bonus or incentive compensation, other than an ROE Award or a Value
Management Award, earned by a Participant in each Plan Year under all cash bonus and incentive
plans of the Company, and any subsidiary, whether or not paid in such Plan Year.
	 
	1.4	 	“Annual Deferral Amount” means that portion of a Participant’s Base Annual Salary and Annual
Bonus that a Participant elects to have and is deferred, in accordance with the Plan, for any
one Plan Year. In the event of Retirement, Disability, death or a Termination of Employment
prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount
withheld prior to such event.
	 
	1.5	 	“Base Annual Salary” means a Participant’s base annual salary that is to be paid to a
Participant for each Plan Year, determined as of the first day of that year, excluding
bonuses, commissions, overtime, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, and other fees,
before reduction for compensation deferred pursuant to all qualified, nonqualified and Code
section 125 plans of the Company or any subsidiary.
	 
	1.6	 	“Beneficiary” means one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in
accordance with the Plan that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death
of a Participant.
	 
	1.7	 	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	1.8	 	“Cash Account” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Account Balance that is not
credited to such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account.
	 
	1.9	 	“CFC” means Consolidated Freightways Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
	 
	1.10	 	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of an event described in any one of the following
clauses (a) through (f):

	 	(a)	 	any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act (other than (A) the Company or its affiliates, (B) any trustee
or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or its affiliates, and (C) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of the common stock, par value $0.625 per share, of the Company),
is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the

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	 	 	 	Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities
beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the
Company or its affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the
effective date, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director
whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened
election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating
to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved or
recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in
office who either were directors on the effective date or whose appointment,
election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;
	 
	 	(c)	 	there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation,
other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the surviving or parent entity) more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving or parent
entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (B) a merger
or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or
similar transaction) in which no “person” (as defined above), directly or
indirectly, acquired 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s
then outstanding securities (not including in the securities beneficially owned
by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its
affiliates);
	 
	 	(d)	 	the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of assets having an aggregate book value at the time
of such sale or disposition of more than 75% of the total book value of the
Company’s assets on a consolidated basis (or any transaction having a similar
effect), other
than any such sale or disposition by the Company (including by way of
spin-off or other distribution) to an entity, at least 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of which are owned

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	 	 	 	immediately
following such sale or disposition by stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company
immediately prior to such sale or disposition;

	 	(e)	 	there is consummated the sale or other disposition by the Company,
however effected, of at least two of the three primary business units of the
Company, whether in a single transaction or in a series of transactions occurring
within an 18-month period, and whether or not one or both of such business units
constitute part of a larger enterprise at the time of the sale or other
disposition; provided, however, that this clause (e) shall apply only to
grantees who are employed by the Company and shall not apply to grantees who are
employed by the Company’s business units; and provided further, that the
Board of Directors of the Company may, upon notice to the affected grantees given
at any time, terminate this clause (e) without the consent of such grantees,
except that any such notice shall not be effective to terminate this clause (e)
if a Change in Control occurs pursuant to this clause (e) within ninety (90) days
after such notice is given; or
	 
	 	(f)	 	there is consummated the sale or other disposition, however
effected, of one of the primary business units of the Company, or the sale or
other disposition by the Company, however effected, of the Emery Worldwide
Airlines, Inc. business unit, whether or not such business unit constitutes part
of a larger enterprise at the time of the sale or other disposition;
provided, however, that this clause (f) shall apply only to grantees (i)
who, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, were employed by the
business unit that is sold or otherwise disposed of and (ii) who are not employed
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries immediately following such sale or
other disposition.
	 
	 	 	 	As used in clauses (e) and (f) above:

	 	(i)	 	“primary business units” means
Con-Way Transportation Services, Inc., Emery Air Freight
Corporation and Menlo Logistics, Inc., and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a “sale or other disposition” of
a business unit inlcudes:

	 	(A)	 	a sale by the
Company of the then outstanding shares of capital stock
of the business unit having more than 50% of the then
existing

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	 	 	 	voting power of all outstanding securities of
the business unit, whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise;
	 
	 	(B)	 	the sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the business unit;
and
	 
	 	(C)	 	any other
transaction or course of action (including, without
limitation, a spin-off or other distribution) engaged
in, directly or indirectly, by the Company or the
business unit that has a substantially similar effect as
the transactions of the type referred to in clause (A)
or (B) above;

	 	 	 	it being the intent that a sale or other disposition of a business unit
occurs even if (x) such business unit constitutes part of a larger enterprise
at the time of the relevant sale or disposition transaction and (y) such sale
or disposition transaction involves such larger enterprise (such as, by way
of example and without limitation, when one or more business units are
subsidiaries of a common parent and either (A) the common parent is spun-off
or (B) there is consummated a sale of the stock or other equity interests in
the common parent having more than 50% of the then existing voting power of
all outstanding securities of the common parent).

	 	 	 	The foregoing notwithstanding, (1) a sale or other disposition of a business unit
shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of clauses (e) and (f) above (x)
except in the case of a transaction described in clause (B) above, so long as the
Company or any of its Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), individually or collectively, own the
then outstanding shares of capital stock of the business unit having 50% or more of
the then existing voting power of all outstanding securities of the business unit, or
(y) in the event of the sale of shares of capital stock of the business unit (or the
sale of shares or other equity interests in any parent company of such business unit)
to any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of
the Company, the business unit or any other Affiliate of the Company, and (2) a sale
or other disposition of a business unit shall not be deemed to have occurred for
purposes of clause (f) above in the event of the sale or distribution of shares of
capital stock (including, without limitation, a spin-off) of the business unit to
shareholders of the Company,
or the sale of assets of the business unit to any corporation or other entity owned,
directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company, in either

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	 	 	 	case in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock in the Company.

	1.11	 	“Claimant” means any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant who makes a claim
for determination under the Plan.
	 
	1.12	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
	 
	1.13	 	“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or its delegates.
	 
	1.14	 	“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.625 per share, of the Company.
	 
	1.15	 	“Company” means Con-way Inc., a Delaware corporation.
	 
	1.16	 	“Disability” means a disability for which a Participant qualifies for benefits under the
Con-way Inc. Long Term Disability Plan as it may be amended from time to time or, for
Participants employed by CFC or one of its subsidiaries, the Consolidated Freightways
Corporation Long Term Disability Plan or any successor plan.
	 
	1.17	 	“Distribution Event” shall mean: (a) in the case of a withdrawal for an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency, the date the Committee approves the payout, provided that a Distribution
Event shall only be deemed to have occurred for the portion of the Participant’s Account
Balance that is approved to be paid out (b) in the case of a Retirement Benefit, the date of
Retirement, (c) in the case of death, the date of death, (d) in the case of a Pre-Retirement
Survivor Benefit, the date of death, (e) in the case of a Pre-Retirement Distribution, the
first day of the Plan Year chosen by the Participant on the Election Form for such
distribution, (f) in the case of a Termination Benefit, the date of Termination of Employment
(or the Payroll Termination Date, if applicable), and (g) in the case of a Disability
distribution, the date the Committee approves the payout.
	 
	1.18	 	“Dividend Equivalent” means an amount representing the dividend paid on that number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account as of the record date for such dividend.
	 
	1.19	 	“Election Form” means the form established from time to time by the Committee that a
Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to make an election under the Plan.
A Participant may complete and return the Election Form electronically and such electronic
transmission shall be treated as a valid signature.

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	1.20	 	“Employer” means the Company or any of its subsidiaries that employs a Participant. CFC and
its subsidiaries shall cease to be Employers effective December 2, 1996, the date of
distribution of the stock of CFC to the Company’s shareholders. No further deferral of
compensation by their employees shall be permitted under this Plan after that date. The
obligation to pay the Account Balance for such employees based on deferral of compensation
before that date shall be retained by the Company.
	 
	1.21	 	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
	 
	1.22	 	“Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean the closing
price per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day
immediately preceding such date.
	 
	1.23	 	“Moody’s Seasoned Corporate Bond Rate,” means the arithmetic average of yields of
representative bonds, including industrials, public utilities, Aaa, Aa, A and Baa bonds as
published by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to that service. For each Plan
Year, this rate shall be determined by the Committee using the rate calculated for the month
of October preceding the Plan Year.
	 
	1.24	 	“Participant” for any Plan Year means any employee of an Employer who is selected to
participate in the Plan for such Plan Year by the Committee and commences participation in
accordance with Article 2.
	 
	1.25	 	“Phantom Stock Account” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Account Balance which is
credited with Phantom Stock Units.
	 
	1.26	 	“Phantom Stock Unit” shall mean a unit which shall at all times be equal in value to one
whole share of Common Stock.
	 
	1.27	 	“Plan” means the Company’s 1993 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key Employees,
Amended and Restated December 2008, evidenced by this instrument, as amended from time to
time, and as supplemented by the Administrative Appendix.
	 
	1.28	 	“Plan Administrator” means the Committee, or any person or persons to whom the Committee
delegates its authority or any portion thereof.
	 
	1.29	 	“Plan Entry Date” means the date on which an employee selected by the Committee to
participate in the Plan commences participation in the Plan in accordance with Article 2. The
Plan Entry Date shall be January 1 of the Plan Year following selection by the Committee. If
an employee is first selected for

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	 	 	participation in the Plan subsequent to January 1 of a Plan Year, but prior to July 1, such
July 1 shall be an additional Plan Entry Date.
	 
	1.30	 	“Plan Year” means the period beginning on January 1 of each year (or, in certain limited
cases, July 1) and continuing through December 31 of that year.
	 
	1.31	 	“Pre-Retirement Distribution” means the payout set forth in Section 4.1 below.
	 
	1.32	 	“Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 5 below.
	 
	1.33	 	“Prior Plan” means the Company’s 1993 Executive Deferral Plan adopted effective January 1,
1993, as amended effective January 1, 2008.
	 
	1.34	 	“Retirement”, “Retires” or “Retired” means the Employee leaves employment with the Employer
on account of (i) early retirement as defined in the Con-way Inc. Pension Plan, if the
Participant elects within sixty (60) days from the last day of regular employment to receive
monthly pension benefits under such Retirement Plan starting on the first day of the month
following the last day of employment, or (ii) normal or deferred retirement under such
Retirement Plan. The distribution of the stock of CFC to the shareholders of the Company in
December 1996 shall not cause any employee of a subsidiary of CFC to be retired. After such
distribution, Retirement of an employee of CFC or one of its subsidiaries for purposes of this
Plan shall occur when the employee has an early or normal retirement under the CFC Pension
Plan.
	 
	1.35	 	“Retirement Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 5.
	 
	1.36	 	“ROE Award” means the Participant’s award for a three-year award cycle under the Con-way
Inc. Return on Equity Plan.
	 
	1.37	 	“Spouse” has the meaning set forth in the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (P. L. 104-199), as
amended. (As of January 1, 2005, this definition is a legal union between one man and one
woman as husband and wife.)
	 
	1.38	 	“Termination Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 7.
	 
	1.39	 	“Termination of Employment” means the ceasing of employment with the Company and its
subsidiaries, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability
or death. The distribution of the stock of CFC to the shareholders of the Company in December
1996 shall not cause any employee of a subsidiary of CFC to have a Termination of Employment.
After such distribution, Termination of Employment of an employee of CFC or one of its
subsidiaries for purposes of this Plan shall occur when the employee ceases employment with
CFC and its subsidiaries for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death.

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	1.40	 	“Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” means an unanticipated emergency that is caused by an
event beyond the control of the Participant that would result in severe financial hardship to
the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the
Participant or a dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant’s property due
to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as determined in the sole
discretion of the Committee.
	 
	1.41	 	“Value Management Award” means the Participant’s Award for an award cycle under the Con-way
Inc. Value Management Plan, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE 2

Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility

	2.1	 	Selection by Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a select group
of management and highly compensated employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The
Committee shall select for each Plan Year, in its sole discretion, those employees eligible to
participate in the Plan for that Plan Year.
	 
	2.2	 	Enrollment Requirement. The Committee shall establish from time to time such
enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary.
	 
	2.3	 	Commencement of Participation. Provided an employee selected to participate in the
Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth by the Committee, that employee shall
commence participation in the Plan on the Plan Entry Date that immediately follows the
employee’s election to participate in the Plan.
	 
	2.4	 	Paid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Company to take a paid
leave of absence, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and
the Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus deferred by the Participant shall continue to be
withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with the Plan.
	 
	2.5	 	Unpaid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Company to take an
unpaid leave of absence, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the
Employer and the Participant shall be excused from making deferrals until the earlier of the
date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status.
Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan
Year in which the
expiration or return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan
Year.

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ARTICLE 3

Returns

Prior to distribution, returns in respect of a Participant’s Cash Account and Phantom Stock Units
in respect of a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account shall be credited as provided in the
Administrative Appendix.

ARTICLE 4

Pre-Retirement Distribution

Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies

	4.1	 	Pre-Retirement Distributions.

	 	(a)	 	In the event that a Participant elects to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, an
ROE Award and/or a Value Management Award in a Plan Year, such Participant may,
subject to subsection (b), elect to receive all, but not less than all, of the amounts
so deferred as a lump sum distribution (A Pre-Retirement Distribution”) on a specified
date prior to such Participant’s Retirement. The Pre-Retirement Distribution shall be
in an amount equal to the amounts so deferred, plus returns credited in accordance
with the Plan, and shall be paid within sixty (60) days following the first day of the
Plan Year chosen by the Participant on the Election Form for such distribution. The
earliest date that a Participant may receive a Pre-Retirement Distribution is five (5)
years after the first day of the Plan Year in which such deferral occurs.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Participant who has elected one or more Pre-Retirement Distributions has
a Retirement or Termination of Employment before the start of the Plan Year chosen by
the Participant for such Pre-Retirement Distribution, the Participant’s Account
Balance shall be paid at the time and in the form elected by the Participant in
accordance with Sections 5.2 or 7.2 respectively, and not as the elected
Pre-Retirement Distribution.

	4.2	 	Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If the
Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the
Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals required to be made by
a Participant and/or (ii) receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, accept or deny such petition. Any payout shall not exceed the
lesser of the Participant’s Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were
receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. The suspension shall continue for such period of time
and/or the reinstatement

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		 	of deferrals shall occur at a date, as specified by the Committee,
in its sole discretion. If reinstated, the deduction in each pay period shall not exceed
that made immediately prior to the suspension. If the petition for a suspension and/or
payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout
shall be made within sixty (60) days of the date of approval.

ARTICLE 5

Retirement Benefitt

	5.1	 	Retirement Benefit. A Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement
Benefit, the Participant’s Account Balance.
	 
	5.2	 	Payment of Retirement Benefit. A Participant may elect on the Election Form prior to
the beginning of each Plan Year to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or in
quarterly payments over a period of 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. The lump sum payment shall be made
within sixty (60) days of the Participant’s Retirement. Any installment payment shall be made
in accordance with the Plan. Except for employees of CFC and its subsidiaries, who shall
receive payment of amounts deferred for each Plan Year (including returns) in the form elected
on the Election Form for that Plan Year, an election of the form of Retirement Benefit shall
be effective for a Retirement occurring in the second Plan Year following the Plan Year for
which the Election Form is submitted or in any subsequent Plan Year until superseded by a new
election. No election of the form of Retirement Benefit shall be effective before the first
day of such second Plan Year, except as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Upon a Retirement in a Participant’s first Plan Year of participation, the
election made on the Election Form for such Plan Year shall determine the form of
payment. Upon a Retirement in a Participant’s second Plan Year of participation, the
election made on the Election Form for the preceding Plan Year shall determine the
form of payment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In the Election Form for 1998, a Participant may elect to have the Election
Form for 1997 control the form of payment upon a Retirement in 1998 instead of the
Election Form for 1996.

	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the balance in a Participant’s Cash Account plus the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Phantom Stock Units credited to
such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account is less than $25,000 (or such other dollar amount
designated by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion) on the date of
Retirement, such Account Balance shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum as soon as
practicable following the date of such Retirement.

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	5.3	 	Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit. If a Participant dies after
Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid
Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary
(i) over the remaining number of calendar quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit
would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (ii) the then current
Account Balance as of the date of death, in a lump sum, if allowed in the sole discretion of
the Committee upon application by the Beneficiary.

ARTICLE 6

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit

	6.1	 	Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant dies before he Retires,
experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers a Disability, the Participant’s Beneficiary
shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit equal to the Participant’s Account Balance as
of the date of death.
	 
	6.2	 	Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. The Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum or, in the Committee’s sole
discretion upon application by the Beneficiary, in installments according to the election of
the Participant that would have been in effect if the Participant had Retired on the date of
death. The lump sum payment shall be made within sixty (60) days of the Committee’s receiving
proof of the Participant’s death.

ARTICLE 7

Termination Benefit

	7.1	 	Termination Benefit. If a Participant experiences a Termination of Employment prior
to Retirement, death or Disability, the Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit which
shall be equal to the Participant’s Account Balance determined as of the date of the
Termination of Employment.
	 
	7.2	 	Payment of Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit shall be the then current
Account Balance as of the date of Termination of Employment, paid in a lump sum within sixty
(60) days after the Termination of Employment or in installments as the Participant elected on
the Election Form in effect at the time of the Termination of Employment under the rules in
7.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment shall be made in a lump sum as follows in lieu of
any different form provided on the Election Form then in effect:

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	 	(a)	 	If the Participant incurs a Termination of Employment within one year after a
Change in Control, the Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within twenty
(20) days of the Termination of Employment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the balance in a Participant’s Cash Account plus the Fair Market Value of
the shares of Common Stock underlying the Phantom Stock Units credited to such
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account is less than $25,000 (or such other dollar amount
designated by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion) on the date of
such Participant’s Termination of Employment, such Termination Benefit shall be paid
to the Participant in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of such
Termination of Employment.

ARTICLE 8

Disability Waiver and Benefit

	8.1	 	Disability Waiver. A Participant who is determined by the Committee to be suffering
from a Disability shall be excused from fulfilling that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount
commitment that would otherwise have been withheld from a Participant’s Base Annual Salary or
Annual Bonus for the Plan Year or portion thereof during which the Participant has a
Disability.
	 
	8.2	 	Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering a Disability shall for benefit purposes
under this Plan, continue to be considered an employee and shall be eligible for the benefits
provided for in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the provisions of those Articles.
Notwithstanding, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion upon application
by the Participant, to terminate a Participant’s participation in the Plan at any time during
which such Participant has a Disability and pay the Account Balance in a lump sum.

ARTICLE 9

Termination, Amendment or Modification

	9.1	 	Termination. The Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time.
Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee shall have the right, at its sole discretion, and
notwithstanding any elections made by the Participant to pay the then outstanding Account
Balance in a lump sum. After a Change in Control the Company shall be required to pay such
benefits in a lump sum.
	 
	9.2	 	Amendment. The Board may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part,
provided, however, that no amendment or modification shall deprive a Participant or a
Beneficiary of a material right accrued hereunder prior to the date of the amendment or
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	 	 	any Participant or Beneficiary who
has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment
or modification unless the Participant or Beneficiary so affected consents in writing to the
amendment or modification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may amend the Plan
retroactively to the extent the Board is of the opinion that such an amendment is required (i)
to avoid the imposition of additional tax liabilities on a Participant under Code section 409A
(ii) to avoid the application of Code section 409A to benefits hereunder or (iii) to conform
the Plan to the provisions and requirements of any applicable law, provided that no such
amendment may reduce any Participant’s Account Balance. No such amendment shall be considered
prejudicial to any interest of a Participant or Beneficiary hereunder. Finally, while the
ability to amend the Plan generally rests with the Board, the provisions set forth in the
Administrative Appendix or the Compliance Appendix may be amended either by the Board or the
Plan Administrator.
	 
	9.3	 	Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, 6
or 7 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant under this Plan.

ARTICLE 10

Administration

	10.1	 	Plan Sponsor and Administrator. The Company is the Plan Sponsor. The Committee is
the Plan Administrator.
	 
	10.2	 	Powers and Authority of the Company. The Company, acting through the Committee, has
the following absolute powers and authority under the Plan:

	 	(a)	 	To amend or terminate the Plan, at any time and for any reason (subject to
Sections 9.1 and 9.2);
	 
	 	(b)	 	To determine the amount, timing, vesting, and other conditions applicable to
Plan contributions and benefits;
	 
	 	(c)	 	To set aside funds to assist the Company to meet its obligations under this
Plan, provided that the funds are set aside in a manner that does not result in
immediate taxation to Participants;
	 
	 	(d)	 	To establish investment policy guidelines applicable to funds (if any) set
aside under (c);
	 
	 	(e)	 	To establish one or more grantor trusts (as defined in Code Section 671 et
seq.) to facilitate the payment of benefits under the Plan;

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	 	(f)	 	To take any such other actions as it deems advisable to carry out the purposes
of the Plan; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	To delegate its authority to any officer, employee, committee or agent of the
Company, as it deems advisable for the effective administration of the Plan.

	10.3	 	Plan Administrator. The Company has appointed the Committee to act as Plan
Administrator. All actions taken by the Committee, or by its delegate, as Plan Administrator
will be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest under the Plan, subject only
to the claims procedures in the Administrative Appendix. All findings, decisions and
determinations of any kind made by the Plan Administrator or its delegate shall not be
disturbed unless the Plan Administrator has acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. The
Plan Administrator has the following powers and authority under the Plan:

	 	(a)	 	In the exercise of its sole, absolute, and exclusive discretion, to construe
and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan, to remedy and resolve ambiguities,
to grant or deny any and all non-routine claims for benefits and to determine all
issues relating to eligibility for benefits;
	 
	 	(b)	 	To authorize withdrawals due to Unforeseeable Financial Emergency;
	 
	 	(c)	 	To carry out day-to-day administration of the Plan, including notifying
eligible employees of their eligibility to participate in the Plan and of the
provisions of the Plan, processing distributions, establishing enrollment requirements,
approving and processing Election Forms, providing Participants with statements of
Account and approving and processing changes in the time and/or form of distributions;
	 
	 	(d)	 	To establish administratively reasonable dates, times, and periods, to the
extent that the terms of the Plan provide for the Plan Administrator to do so;
	 
	 	(e)	 	To prepare forms necessary for the administration of the Plan, including
Election Forms, beneficiary designation forms, investment designation forms, and any
other form or document deemed necessary to the effective administration of the Plan;
	 
	 	(f)	 	To approve and adopt communications to be furnished to Participants explaining
the material provisions, terms, and conditions of the Plan;
	 
	 	(g)	 	To negotiate and document agreements with Plan service providers;

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	 	(h)	 	To amend the Plan for legal, technical, administrative, or compliance purposes,
as recommended by legal counsel;
	 
	 	(i)	 	To amend the Administrative Appendix;
	 
	 	(j)	 	To work with Plan service providers to ensure the effective administration of
the Plan; and
	 
	 	(k)	 	To delegate its authority to any officer, employee, committee or agent of the
Company, as it deems advisable for the effective administration of the Plan, any such
delegation to carry with it the full discretion and authority vested in the Plan
Administrator.

	10.4	 	Binding Effect of Decisions. The finding, decision, determination or action of the
Committee or its delegate 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 any and all persons having any interest in the Plan unless determined,
subject only to the Plan’s claims rules. No findings, decisions or determinations of any
kind made by the Committee or its delegate shall be disturbed unless the Committee or its
delegate has acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.
	 
	10.5	 	Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the named fiduciaries
and any officers or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to which fiduciary
responsibilities have been delegated from and against any and all liabilities, claims,
demands, costs and expenses including attorneys fees, arising out of an alleged breach in the
performance of their fiduciary duties under the Plan and ERISA, other than such liabilities,
claims, demands, costs and expenses as may result from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such person. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
conduct the defense of such person in any proceeding to which this paragraph applies.
	 
	10.6	 	Stock Subject to the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, shares of Common
Stock utilized for purposes of distributions of Plan benefits shall consist of shares held in
the Company’s treasury.
	 
	10.7	 	Equitable Adjustment. In the event that the Committee shall determine that any
dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash or Common Stock or other
property), or recapitalization, Common Stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other similar
corporate transaction or event affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate
in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants under the Plan, then
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	 	 	Committee shall make such equitable changes or adjustments as it deems necessary to any or
all of the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to Participants’ Phantom Stock Accounts
and/or the number and kind of shares of stock to which such Phantom Stock Units relate or that
may be thereafter be distributed in respect of amounts credited to a Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account.

ARTICLE 11

Miscellaneous

	11.1	 	Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors
and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any property or
assets of the Company or an Employer. Any and all of the Company’s assets shall be, and
remain, its general, unpledged and unrestricted assets. The Company’s obligation under the
Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.
	 
	11.2	 	Employer’s Liability. An Employer other than the Company shall have no liability to
a Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary for payment of any benefits under the Plan.
	 
	11.3	 	Company’s Liability. Amounts payable to a Participant or Beneficiary under this Plan
shall be paid from the general assets of the Company (including without limitation the assets
of any trust established to fund payment of obligations hereunder) exclusively.
	 
	11.4	 	Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have the right to
commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer,
hypothecate 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, except that the foregoing shall not apply to any family support
obligations set forth in a court order. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual
payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments,
alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, nor be transferable
by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or
insolvency.
	 
	11.5	 	Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan nor any actions
taken hereunder shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company
or an Employer and the Participant, nor give Participant any right to be retained as an
employee of the Company or its subsidiaries. Such employment relationship can be terminated
at any time for any reason, with or without cause, unless expressly provided in a written

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	 	 	employment agreement. This Plan shall only create a contractual obligation on the part of the
Company, and shall not be construed as creating a trust or any fiduciary relationship.
	 
	11.6	 	Furnishing Information. A Participant will cooperate with the Committee by
furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as
may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of
benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the
Committee may deem necessary.
	 
	11.7	 	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.
	 
	11.8	 	Governing Use. The provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted
according to the laws of the State of California.
	 
	11.9	 	Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee
under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, to:

Con-way Inc.

Compensation Committee

1993 Deferred Compensation Plan

for Executives and Key Employees

2855 Campus Drive, Suite 300

San Mateo, California 94403

	 	 	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.
	 
	11.10	 	Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and the Participant, the Participant’s
Beneficiaries, and their permitted successors and assigns.

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	11.11	 	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.
	 
	11.12	 	Incompetence. If the Committee 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, the Committee
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 Committee may
require proof of minority, incompetency, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem
appropriate and/or such indemnification of the Committee, the Company and the Participant’s
Employer and security, as it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion, prior to
distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account
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.
	 
	11.13	 	Distribution in the Event of Taxation. If, for any reason, all or any portion of a
Participant’s benefit under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to receipt, a
Participant may petition the Committee for a distribution of assets sufficient to meet the
Participant’s tax liability (including additions to tax, penalties and interest). Upon the
grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall
distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to that
Participant’s federal, state and local tax liability associated with such event of taxation
(which amount shall not exceed a Participant’s accrued benefit under the Plan), such tax
liability shall be measured by using that Participant’s then current highest federal, state
and local marginal tax rate, plus the rates or amounts for the applicable additions to tax,
penalties and interest. If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be
made within ninety (90) days of the date when the Participant’s petition is granted. Such a
distribution shall reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.
	 
	11.14	 	Legal Fees To Enforce Rights. If the Company has failed to comply with any of its
obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, the Participant’s
Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or
institutes any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from
any Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company irrevocably authorizes
such Participant to retain counsel chosen by the Participant and agrees to pay the reasonable
legal fees and expenses of the Participant incurred in connection with the initiation or
defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company, or any
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	 	 	affiliated with the Company, or any successor
thereto in any jurisdiction, provided that such Participant prevails in such action.
	 
	11.15	 	Payment of Withholding. As a condition of receiving benefits under the Plan, the
Participant shall pay the Company and/or the applicable Employer not less than the amount of
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign taxes required by law to be paid or withheld
relating to the receipt or entitlement to benefits hereunder. The Company may withhold taxes
from any benefits paid and/or from Base Annual Salary or Annual Bonus, in its sole discretion.
	 
	11.16	 	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 Company and its
subsidiaries. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other
such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided. In no event shall
distributions under the Plan prior to Retirement have the effect of increasing payments
otherwise due under the various retirement plans of the Company and its subsidiaries.
	 
	11.17	 	Value Management Deferral Amounts Subsequently Deferred. The 2005 and 2006 portions
of the Value Management Awards that were subject to deferral elections made in December of
2002 and December of 2003 for cycles that end on December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 shall
not be governed by this Plan, but shall be governed by the 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for
Executives and Key Employees.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has amended and restated this Plan as of December 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Con-way Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Jennifer W. Pileggi
	 	 
	 

	 	Its:
	 	Senior Vice President, General	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Counsel and Secretary	 	 

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ADMINISTRATIVE APPENDIX

TO

CON-WAY INC.

1993 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY

EMPLOYEES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECEMBER 2008

This Administrative Appendix to the Con-way Inc. 1993 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and
Key Employees (the “Plan”) sets forth the rules and procedures governing the administration of the
Plan as applied to benefits under such Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them under the Plan.

A. Claims Procedures

	A.1	 	Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant may deliver to the Plan Administrator 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 sixty
(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:
	 
	A.2	 	Notification of Decision. The Plan Administrator shall consider a
Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and 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 Plan Administrator 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;

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	 	(iii)	 	a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Claimant to clarify or perfect the claim, and an explanation
of why such material or information is necessary; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in
Section A.3 below.

	A.3	 	Review of a Denied Claim. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the
Plan Administrator that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the
Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Plan Administrator a written
request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than thirty (30)
days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized
representative):

	 	(a)	 	may review pertinent documents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
	 
	 	(c)	 	may request a hearing, which the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion,
may grant.

	A.4	 	Decision on Review. The Plan Administrator shall render its decision on review
promptly, and not later than sixty (60) days after the filing of a written request for review
of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional
time, in which case the Plan Administrator’s decision must be rendered within 120 days after
such date. Such 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; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	such other matters as the Plan Administrator deems relevant.

	A.5	 	Legal Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article A
is a mandatory prerequisite to a Participant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to
any claim for benefits under this Plan.

B. Deferral Commitments

The Company continues to maintain this Plan, however deferrals elections under this Plan ceased on
December 31, 2004 and no deferrals are permitted under this Plan for compensation earned after that
date. The Company’s 2005 Deferred Compensation

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Plan for Executives and Key Employees governs the deferral of compensation earned after December
31, 2004.

	B.1	 	Minimum Deferral.

	 	(a)	 	Minimum. A Participant may not elect to defer less than $2,000 of Base
Annual Salary for any Plan Year, less than $2,000 of Annual Bonus for any Plan Year,
less than $2,000 of any ROE Award for an award cycle, nor less than $2,000 of any Value
Management Award for any award cycle.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Short Participation Year. If a Participant’s Plan Entry Date is
July 1 of any Plan Year, he must defer a minimum of $1,000 of Base Annual Salary, a
minimum of $1,000 of Annual Bonus, a minimum of $1,000 of any ROE Award, or a minimum
of $1,000 of any Value Management Award for such Plan Year.

	B.2	 	Maximum Deferral.

	 	(a)	 	Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year, a Participant may defer up
to 100% of Base Annual Salary stated as a dollar amount and up to 100% of Annual Bonus
stated as a dollar or percentage amount. The amount of Base Annual Salary and/or
Annual Bonus that a Participant elects to defer shall be reduced by the Plan
Administrator, without the consent of the affected Participant, to the extent necessary
to provide for (i) other deferrals of Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus, as the
case may be, by such Participant under all qualified and nonqualified plans of the
Company or any subsidiary and Code section 125 plans of the Company or any subsidiary,
(ii) any taxes that are required to be withheld with respect to deferrals under the
Plan, and (iii) any other amounts deducted from Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus
pursuant to applicable law or authorization by Participant.
	 
	 	(b)	 	ROE Awards. For each three-year award cycle under the Con-way Inc.
Return on Equity Plan, a Participant who also participates in that plan may defer up to
100% of the Participant’s ROE Award for that cycle stated as a dollar or percentage
amount.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Value Management Awards. For each award cycle under the Con-way Inc.
Value Management Plan (as amended from time to time), a Participant who also
participates in that plan may defer up to 100% of the Participant’s Value Management
Award for that award cycle stated as a dollar or percentage amount.

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	B.3	 	Election to Defer.

	 	(a)	 	Annual Deferrals. The Participant shall make a deferral election by
delivering to the Plan Administrator a completed and signed Election Form prior to the
intended Plan Entry Date. For each succeeding Plan Year, a new Election Form must be
delivered to the Plan Administrator, in accordance with the rules set forth above. If
the Election Form is not delivered prior to the Plan Entry Date for a Plan Year, no
Annual Deferral Amount shall be deferred for that Plan Year and no ROE Award or Value
Management Award shall be deferred for the award cycle beginning with that Plan Year.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Annual Election of Phantom Stock Units. During January of each Plan
Year, each Participant shall have the opportunity to elect (an “Investment Change”) to
transfer all or a portion of such Participant’s Cash Account to such Participant’s
Phantom Stock Account; provided, however, that an Investment Change may not be elected
with respect to any portion of a Participant’s Cash Account that has been designated
for a Pre-Retirement Distribution, as defined in Section 5.1 (the “Excluded Portion”).
The amount to be subject to an Investment Change may be determined as a dollar amount
or a percentage of the Participant’s Cash Account (excluding the Excluded Portion);
provided, however, that no less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) may be made subject
to an Investment Change. The amount subject to an Investment Change shall be
transferred in accordance with such Participant’s conversion election and Participants
may elect to convert all, or less than all, of one or more Plan Year Account Balances
into Phantom Stock in any order; provided, however, that if a Participant fails to make
a conversion election, the amount subject to an Investment Change shall be transferred,
first, from such Participant’s earliest deferral under the Plan, and thereafter from
subsequent deferrals under the Plan in the order in which they were elected until the
entire amount subject to the Investment Change shall have been transferred. Each
Investment Change election made by a Participant pursuant to this Section B.3(b) shall
be irrevocable when made and shall be effective as of the February 1 following the date
that the election is made; provided, however, if the Company’s General Counsel shall
have determined that the blackout period for trading in Company securities shall be in
effect as to that Participant on February 1, then the Investment Change election shall
be null and void. The number of Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a Participant’s
Phantom Stock Account pursuant to an Investment Change shall be determined in
accordance with Section C.1(b).

	B.4	 	Withholding of Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the Base Annual Salary portion
of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld each payroll period in equal amounts from the
Participant’s Base Annual Salary. The Annual Bonus

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	 	 	portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time or times the Annual
Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant. The deferred portion of an ROE
Award, and the deferred portion of a Value Management Award, shall be withheld at the time
such ROE Award or Value Management Award otherwise would be paid to the Participant.
	 
	B.5	 	FICA Tax. Any applicable FICA and other payroll taxes on amounts deferred under this
Article, including ROE Awards and Value Management Awards, may be withheld from that portion
of the Participant’s Base Salary, Annual Bonus, ROE Award and/or Value Management Award that
is not being deferred. If necessary, the Plan Administrator may reduce the amount of Base
Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, ROE Award and/or Value Management Award deferred, in order to
enable the Company to withhold all applicable FICA and other payroll taxes on amounts deferred
under this Article.

C. Returns Credited to Account Balances

	C.1	 	Prior to any distribution of benefits under the Plan, returns in respect of a Participant’s
Cash Account and Phantom Stock Units in respect of a Participants’ Phantom Stock Account shall
be credited as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Cash Account. With respect to the portion of an Annual Deferral Amount
for a Plan Year which a Participant has elected to have credited to his or her Cash
Account, returns shall be credited to such Participant’s Cash Account as though such
Annual Deferral Amount was withheld on the Participant’s Plan Entry Date for that Plan
Year. With respect to the portion of a deferred ROE Award or a deferred Value
Management Award which a Participant has elected to have credited to his or her Cash
Account, returns shall be credited to such Participant’s Cash Account as though the
deferral amount was withheld on the day immediately following the last day of the
applicable award cycle.

	 	(i)	 	The balance in each Participant’s Cash Account shall be
compounded annually, using the Moody’s Seasoned Corporate Bond Rate, or such
other rate as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion prior to the
beginning of a Plan Year.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Alternatively, a Participant may elect to have one or more
funds selected by the Participant from a list of available funds apply to all
or any portion of the Participant’s Cash Account. After any such election
becomes effective, such portion of such Participant’s Cash Account will no
longer be credited with interest based on the Moody’s Seasoned Corporate Bond
Rate (or such other rate as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion
prior to the beginning of a Plan Year), and the performance of the funds

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	 	 	 	selected by such Participant shall determine the gains or losses
attributable to such portion of such Participant’s Cash Account (which
portion shall be referred to hereafter as the “Invested Portion”). The list
of available funds will be those designated by the Con-way Administrative
Committee under the Company’s 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives
and Key Employees, and the Participant may select from among the available
funds under procedures substantially similar to the procedures that apply
under such plan. Effective January 1, 2007, any election under this Section
C.1(a)(ii) shall take effect as of the date that the election is made and
shall be irrevocable.
	 
	 	 	 	For purposes of this Section C.1(a), in connection with any amounts that are
transferred to a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account in the first calendar
quarter pursuant to an Investment Change, a Participant’s Cash Account shall
be credited with a return in respect of such calendar quarter equal to (i)
in the case of the Invested Portion of such Participant’s Cash Account, the
actual returns (calculated pursuant to Section C.1(a)(ii)) for the month of
January during such quarter and/or (ii) in the case of such Participant’s
Cash Account (other than the Invested Portion), one-third (1/3) of the
return (calculated pursuant to Section C.1(a)(i)) for such quarter.

	 	(b)	 	Phantom Stock Account. A Participant’s Phantom Stock Account shall
consist of that number of Phantom Stock Units credited with respect to (i) amounts
transferred pursuant to an Investment Change in accordance with Section B.3(b) and (ii)
Dividend Equivalents credited in respect of Phantom Stock Units previously credited to
the Participant’s Phantom Stock Account, in each case as set forth below:

	 	(i)	 	The number of Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account pursuant to an Investment Change shall be
determined by dividing (A) the dollar amount subject to the Investment Change
by (B) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock as of February 1 of the
Plan Year to which the Investment Change relates; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The number of Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account in respect of Dividend Equivalents shall be
equal to (A) the per share dividend paid on a share of Common Stock, multiplied
by (B) the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account as of the record date for such dividend, divided by (C) the Fair
Market

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	 	 	 	Value per share of Common Stock as of the payment date for such dividend,
such crediting to be made as of such payment date.

	C.2	 	Date Through Which Crediting under Section C.1 Occurs.

	 	(a)	 	Crediting Up to a Distribution Event. A Participant’s Cash Account and
Phantom Stock Account will be credited with returns in accordance with Section C.1 up
to the date of a Distribution Event; provided, however, that in the case of a
Pre-Retirement Distribution, any Invested Portion of a Participant’s Cash Account will
be credited with returns in accordance with Section C.1(b) up to that date which is the
fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of the calendar quarter immediately preceding
the Distribution Event or other such administratively reasonable date prior to the date
of the Distribution Event as may be determined by the Plan Administrator.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Crediting Subsequent Returns. For purposes of crediting subsequent
returns in the event that installment payments are made pursuant to Section C.3(b), a
Participant’s Cash Account shall be reduced as of the day on which each installment
payment is made. For purposes of crediting subsequent returns in the event that
installment payments are made pursuant to Section C.3(b) or Section C.4, the Invested
Portion of a Participant’s Cash Account or Phantom Stock Account, as the case may be,
shall be reduced as of that date which is the fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of
the calendar quarter immediately preceding the calendar quarter in which the
installment payment is to be made or such other administratively reasonable date prior
to such date as may be determined by the Plan Administrator.

	C.3	 	Cash Account Returns and Installment Distributions. In the event a benefit is paid
in installments, a Participant’s unpaid Cash Account shall be credited as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Crediting.

	 	(i)	 	For each Plan Year, the undistributed Cash Account (other than
the Invested Portion) shall be credited with a return equal to the Moody’s
Seasoned Corporate Bond Rate or such other rate as the Committee may determine
in its sole discretion prior to the beginning of a Plan Year.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The Invested Portion of a Participant’s undistributed Cash
Account shall continue to be credited with returns as provided in Section
C.1(a)(ii).

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	 	(iii)	 	Returns shall start to accrue under this Section C.3 as of the
date that returns cease to accrue under Section C.2 above.

	 	(b)	 	Installments. Installment payments shall commence on the first day of
the calendar quarter following the first full quarter following such Participant’s
Distribution Event, or within an administratively reasonable period of time thereafter.
All additional installment payments shall be paid on the first day of the remaining
calendar quarters of the payment period or within an administratively reasonable period
of time thereafter.

	 	(i)	 	To the extent that an installment payment is from the Invested
Portion of a Participant’s Cash Account, such payment shall be based on the
value of the Invested Portion as of that date which is the fifteenth
(15th) day of the last month of the calendar quarter immediately
preceding the calendar quarter in which the installment payment is to be made
or such other administratively reasonable date prior to such date as determined
by the Plan Administrator. The amount of each installment payment shall be
determined by dividing the Invested Portion of the Participant’s Cash Account
at the time of each payment by the number of payments remaining over the
installment period.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	To the extent that an installment payment is from other than
the Invested Portion of the Participant’s Cash Account, the principal portion
of such payment shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s Cash Account
(other than the Invested Portion) at the time of commencement of the
installment payments over the installment period. In addition, each
installment payment described in the foregoing sentence after the first
installment payment will include a return calculated for the preceding quarter
using the rate determined in Section C.3 above.
	 
	 	 	 	The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to adjust the amount of any future
installment payments to reflect any Investment Changes made since the most recent
installment payment. Payments made pursuant to this Section C.3(b) within an
“administratively reasonable period” shall be made no later than thirty (30) days
following the first day of the calendar quarter.

	C.4	 	Phantom Stock Account Distributions. Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion,
elects to make all or part of a distribution in cash, distributions from a Participant’s
Phantom Stock Account shall be made in the form of (i) one share of Common Stock for each
whole Phantom Stock Unit, plus (ii) cash in lieu of any fractional Phantom Stock Unit,
determined based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of the
Distribution Event. If a Participant’s

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	 	 	Phantom Stock Account balance is to be distributed in installments, (a) the number of shares
of Common Stock to be delivered in a particular installment shall be determined by dividing
the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Phantom Stock Account
immediately prior to such installment by the remaining number of installments (with any
fractional Phantom Stock Units paid in cash, in accordance with clause (i) above) and (b)
Dividend Equivalents shall continue to accrue and be credited to such Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account in accordance with Section C.1(b)(ii) during the installment period with
respect to Phantom Stock Units that remain credited to such Phantom Stock Account.
Installment payments shall be determined based on the value of the Plan Year Account Balance
in the Participant’s Phantom Stock Account as of that date which is the fifteenth (15th) day
of the last month of the immediately preceding calendar quarter or an administratively
reasonable date specified by the Plan Administrator.
	 
	C.5	 	Statement of Accounts. The Plan Administrator shall send to each
Participant, within 120 days after the close of each Plan Year, a
statement in such form as the Committee deems desirable setting forth
the amount of the Participant’s Account Balance.
	 
	C.6	 	Fair Market Value. Notwithstanding Section 1.22 to the contrary, with
respect to calculations made pursuant to this subsection, the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall mean the closing price
per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 1
of the relevant year (or, if February 1 falls on a non-trading day,
the immediately preceding trading day).

D. Beneficiary Designation

	D.1	 	Beneficiary. Each Participant shall designate a Beneficiary to
receive any benefits payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s
death.
	 
	D.2	 	Beneficiary Designation.  A Participant shall designate a Beneficiary
by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and
submitting it to the Plan Administrator or its delegate. A
Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary at any time
without the consent of the Beneficiary, by completing, signing and
otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form
and the Plan Administrator’s rules and procedures, as in effect from
time to time. Upon the receipt by the Plan Administrator of a new
Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously
filed shall be canceled. The Plan Administrator shall be entitled to
rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant
with the Plan Administrator prior to death.

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	D.3	 	Spousal Consent.  A married Participant’s designation of someone other
than the Participant’s Spouse as primary beneficiary shall not be
effective unless the Spouse executes a consent in writing that
acknowledges the effect of the designation and is witnessed by a plan
representative or notary public. No consent is required if it is
established to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator that consent
cannot be obtained because the Spouse cannot be located.
	 
	D.4	 	No Beneficiary Designation.  If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided above, the Participant’s designated
Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the surviving Spouse. If the
Participant has no surviving Spouse, the benefits otherwise payable to
a Beneficiary shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.
	 
	D.5	 	Doubt as to Beneficiaries. If the Plan Administrator has any doubt
as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this
Plan, the Plan Administrator shall pay such amounts to the
Participant’s estate.
	 
	D.6	 	Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary shall fully and completely
discharge the Company and the Participant’s Employer from all
obligations under this Plan with respect to the deceased Participant,
Beneficiaries, and any others that may be entitled to such benefits.
	 
	D.7	 	Beneficiary Designation Form.  “Beneficiary Designation Form” means
the form established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that
a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Plan Administrator
to designate one or more Beneficiaries. A Participant may complete
and return the Beneficiary Designation Form electronically and such
electronic transmission shall be treated as a valid signature.

30exv10w54

Exhibit 10.54

CON-WAY INC.

2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY EMPLOYEES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECEMBER 2008

Preamble

WHEREAS, the purpose of this Plan is to enhance the motivational value of the salaries and
incentive compensation of 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 by providing them the opportunity to defer cash compensation; and

WHEREAS, the Plan is intended to aid the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and retaining
key employees and give them an incentive to increase the profitability of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Company has been treating amounts deferred on and after January 1, 2005, in good faith
compliance with Code Section 409A and the regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance
(including Notice 2005-1) thereunder; and

WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2008, the Company amended and restated the Plan to comply with the
provisions of Code Section 409A and the regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance
thereunder.

WHEREAS, the Company hereby further amends and restates the Plan for additional Code Section 409A
compliance purposes, effective January 1, 2009. For the period from January 1, 2005 through
December 31, 2008, the Plan observed operational compliance with Code section 409A, in accordance
with transitional guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

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

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	1.1	 	“Account Balance” means the sum of (i) amounts credited to a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated
Account, plus (ii) Phantom Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account,
reduced by (iii) all distributions made pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Plan.
Amounts credited to a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account shall derive from Base Annual
Salary Deferral Amounts, Bonus Deferral Amounts, and LTIP Deferral Amounts.
	 
	1.2	 	“Administrative Appendix” means the rules and procedures governing the administration of this
Plan, as set forth in a separate appendix which by this reference is specifically incorporated
into this Plan.
	 
	1.3	 	“Base Annual Salary” means a Participant’s base annual salary that is scheduled to be paid in
the normal course through the Company’s regular payroll cycles to a Participant for each Plan
Year, determined as of the first day of that year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime,
incentive payments, non-monetary awards, and other fees, before reduction for compensation
deferred pursuant to all qualified, nonqualified and Code Section 125 plans and all qualified
transportation fringe benefits of the Company or any Subsidiary under Code Section 132(f).
	 
	1.4	 	“Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount” means, for any Plan Year, that portion of a
Participant’s Base Annual Salary that a Participant elects to have and is deferred under the
Plan for that Plan Year. In the event of Disability or of a Separation from Service prior to
the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount shall be the actual
amount withheld prior to such event. In the event the portion of a Participant’s Base Annual
Salary actually payable with respect to a given payroll period is less than the amount
scheduled to be deferred, then no amount shall be deferred with respect to that payroll period
for that Participant, either before, during or after the payroll period.
	 
	1.5	 	“Beneficiary” means one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in
accordance with the Plan, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death
of a Participant.
	 
	1.6	 	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	1.7	 	“Bonus” means any and all bonuses or incentive compensation, other than an LTIP Award, earned
by a Participant in a Plan Year (whether or not earned on the basis of services performed over
an annual period) under any cash bonus or incentive plan or program of the Company or any
Subsidiary, and whether or not paid in such Plan Year.
	 
	1.8	 	“Bonus Deferral Amount” means that portion of a Participant’s Bonus that a Participant elects
to have and is deferred under the Plan for any one Plan Year.
	 
	1.9	 	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of an event described in Code Section
409A(a)(2)(A)(v) or the final Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, with respect to the
Company or the Participant’s Employer.

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	1.10	 	“Claimant” means any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant who makes a claim
for determination under the Plan.
	 
	1.11	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
	 
	1.12	 	“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or its delegates.
	 
	1.13	 	“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.625 per share, of the Company.
	 
	1.14	 	“Company” means Con-way Inc., a Delaware corporation.
	 
	1.15	 	“Compliance Appendix” means the separate appendix setting forth transition rules used for
administration of the Plan implemented as a good faith effort to comply with Code Section 409A
prior to the effective date of the final Treasury regulations thereunder, which by this
reference is specifically incorporated into this Plan.
	 
	1.16	 	“Con-way Administrative Committee” means the committee delegated by the Compensation
Committee to serve as the named fiduciary of the Company’s tax-qualified retirement plans.
	 
	1.17	 	“Disability” means the Participant either (a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
than twelve (12) months; or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period
of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering the Participant’s
Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, a Participant will be deemed
disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
Disability determinations will be made by the Plan Administrator.
	 
	1.18	 	“Distribution Event” shall mean: (a) in the case of a withdrawal for an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency, the date the Committee approves the payout, provided that a Distribution
Event shall only be deemed to have occurred for the portion of the Participant’s Account
Balance that is approved to be paid out, (b) in the case of a Retirement Benefit, the date of
Retirement, (c) in the case of death, the date of death, (d) in the case of a Pre-Retirement
Survivor Benefit, the date of death, (e) in the case of a Pre-Retirement Distribution, the
first day of the Plan Year chosen by the Participant on the Election Form for such
distribution, and (f) in the case of a Termination Benefit, the date of Separation from
Service due to Termination of Employment.
	 
	1.19	 	“Dividend Equivalent” means an amount representing the dividend paid on that number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account as of the record date for such dividend.

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	1.20	 	“Dollar-Denominated Account” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Account Balance that
is not credited to such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account.
	 
	1.21	 	“Election Period” means either the Annual Election Period or, for newly eligible
Participants, the Initial Election Period, each determined as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Annual Election Period. “Annual Election Period” means, for each Plan
Year, the designated period during which Participants may submit their elections to
defer compensation. The Plan Administrator has discretion to establish the Annual
Election Period and may establish different Annual Election Periods for different types
of compensation, provided that annual elections must become irrevocable not later than
the time specified under Code section 409A. A Participant’s deferral election with
respect to Base Annual Salary and Bonus compensation at an Annual Election Period must
become irrevocable not later than December 31 of the year preceding the year in which
the Participant performs services generating the Base Annual Salary and the Bonus
compensation. Once made, Annual Elections are irrevocable and can be cancelled only in
cases of Unforeseeable Financial Emergency and Disability, as discussed in Sections 4.2
and 8.1, respectively.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Initial Election Period. The Initial Election Period for any employee
who first becomes a Participant after the first day of the Plan Year ends on the day
prior to his or her Plan Entry Date under Section 2.3 (i.e., June 30). This deferral
election relates only to compensation paid for services to be performed subsequent to
the election and applies only to Base Annual Salary. Bonus deferrals can be elected
only during an Annual Election Period.

	1.22	 	“Election Form” means the form established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that a
Participant completes, signs and returns to make a deferral election under the Plan. Deferral
elections may be made in the format and manner specified by the Plan Administrator (or its
delegate), including electronically.
	 
	1.23	 	“Employer” means the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that employs a Participant.
	 
	1.24	 	“Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean the Closing
price per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day
immediately preceding such date.
	 
	1.25	 	“LTIP Award” means the Participant’s Award granted under the Con-way Inc. Value Management
Plan or any other successor plan or program, as well as any other cash-based or equity-based
long-term incentive programs established under Section 13 of the Con-way Inc. 2006 Equity and
Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, as an Other Stock-Based or Cash-Based Award (the
“Long Term Incentive Plan”).

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	1.26	 	“LTIP Deferral Amount” means, for any award cycle, that portion of a Participant’s LTIP Award
that a Participant elects to have and is deferred under the Plan for that award cycle.
	 
	1.27	 	“Participant” for any Plan Year means any employee of an Employer who is selected to
participate in the Plan for such Plan Year by the Committee and commences participation in
accordance with Article 2.
	 
	1.28	 	“Phantom Stock Account” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Account Balance which is
credited with Phantom Stock Units.
	 
	1.29	 	“Phantom Stock Unit’” shall mean a unit which shall at all times be equal in value to one
whole share of Common Stock.
	 
	1.30	 	“Plan” means the Company’s 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key Employees,
Amended and Restated December 2008, as evidenced by this instrument, as further amended from
time to time, and as supplemented by the Administrative Appendix and the Compliance Appendix.
	 
	1.31	 	“Plan Administrator” means the Committee, or any person or persons to whom the Committee
delegates its authority or any portion thereof.
	 
	1.32	 	“Plan Entry Date” means the date on which an employee selected by the Committee to
participate in the Plan initially commences participation in the Plan in accordance with
Article 2.
	 
	1.33	 	“Plan Year” means the period beginning on January 1 of each year and continuing through
December 31 of that year.
	 
	1.34	 	“Plan Year Account Balance” means that portion of a Participant’s Account Balance that is
attributable to deferrals (and earnings thereon) made pursuant to an Election Form for a given
Plan Year.
	 
	1.35	 	“Pre-Retirement Distribution” means the payout set forth in Section 4.1 below.
	 
	1.36	 	“Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 6 below.
	 
	1.37	 	“Prime Rate” means the published Bank of America prime rate, or such other rate as the
Committee may select. For each calendar quarter, the rate shall be the published rate in
effect as of the first day of such quarter.
	 
	1.38	 	“Retirement”, “Retires” or “Retired” means the Employee leaves employment with the Employer
on account of (i) early retirement as defined in the Con-way Inc. Pension Plan (“Pension
Plan”), if the Participant elects within 60 days from the last day of regular employment to
receive monthly pension benefits under such Pension Plan starting on the

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	 	 	first day of the month following the last day of employment, or (ii) normal or deferred
retirement under such Pension Plan.
	 
	1.39	 	“Retirement Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 5.
	 
	1.40	 	“Separation from Service” means the termination of a Participant’s employment with the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or not the Subsidiary participates in this Plan)
on account of death, Retirement or Termination of Employment. A Separation from Service is
deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Plan on the date when the Participant and the
Company reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services to be provided by the
Participant will be permanently reduced to 49 percent or less of the average level of bona
fide services provided in the immediately preceding period of 12 consecutive months.
	 
	 	 	If the Participant is on a paid leave of absence, the Participant shall continue to be
considered employed by the Employer and be treated as providing services at a level equal to
the level of services that the Participant would have been required to perform to earn the
amount of compensation paid during the paid leave of absence; deferral elections, if any,
made by such Participant for that Plan Year shall continue to apply.
	 
	 	 	If the Participant is on an unpaid leave of absence, in the absence of a Termination of
Employment within the meaning of this Plan, the Participant shall continue to be considered
employed by the Employer; the Participant shall be excused from making deferrals until the
earlier of the date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid
employment status. Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining
portion of the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the deferral
elections, if any, made for that Plan Year, with no make-up for the period of the leave of
absence.
	 
	1.41	 	“Specified Employee” means an individual who, as of the date of his or her Separation from
Service, meets the requirements to be a “key employee” as defined in Code Section
416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and
without regard to Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the 12-month period ending on the
Specified Employee Identification Date. For purposes of this determination, the Specified
Employee Identification Date is each December 31 and the Specified Employee Effective Date is
the April 1 following such Identification Date. If the individual is a key employee as of a
Specified Employee Identification Date, the individual is treated as a “key employee” for
purposes of this section for the entire 12-month period beginning on the Specified Employee
Effective Date. The terms “Identification Date” and “Effective Date” for purposes of this
paragraph have the meanings specified in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(i)(3) and (4).
	 
	1.42	 	“Spouse” has the meaning set forth in the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (P. L. 104-199), as
amended. (As of January 1, 2005, this definition is a legal union between one man and one
woman as husband and wife.)

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	1.43	 	“Subsidiary” means any entity in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if
each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain owns at least 50% of the
other entities in such chain.
	 
	1.44	 	“Termination Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Article 7.
	 
	1.45	 	“Termination of Employment” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii). In the case of an unpaid leave of absence, a Termination of Employment is
presumed on the earlier of (i) the date the Participant loses his or her statutory or
contractual right to re-employment (but not sooner than six (6) months after the unpaid leave
of absence began) or (ii) the date that there is no longer a reasonable expectation that the
Participant will return to perform services for the Company.
	 
	1.46	 	“Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the Participant
resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, a
designated beneficiary of the Participant, or a dependent (as defined in Code Section 152
without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(8)) of the Participant, (ii) loss of
the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following
damage to a home not covered by insurance, for example, not as a result of a natural
disaster), or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the control of the Participant. For example, the imminent foreclosure
of or eviction of the Participant’s primary residence may constitute an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency. In addition, the need to pay for medical expenses, including
non-refundable deductibles, as well as for the costs of prescription drug medication, may
constitute an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. Finally, the need to pay for the funeral
expenses of a spouse, beneficiary, or a dependent (as defined herein) may also constitute an
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. Except as may be otherwise provided in the Treasury
Regulations under Code section 409A, the purchase of a home and the payment of college tuition
are not Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies.

ARTICLE 2

Selection, Eligibility, Enrollment

	2.1	 	Selection by Committee; Eligibility. The ongoing ability to make elective deferrals
into the Plan shall be limited to a select group of management or highly compensated employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Prior to January 1 and July 1 of each Plan Year, the
Committee shall select those employees who shall be eligible to make deferrals into the Plan
for that Plan Year.
	 
	2.2	 	Enrollment Requirement. Notice of eligibility to defer shall be given by the Plan
Administrator and shall be deemed effective when given. The Plan Administrator shall
establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole
discretion are necessary and appropriate.

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	2.3	 	Commencement of Participation: Plan Entry Date. The Plan Entry Date for employees
selected in accordance with Section 2.1 shall be the earlier to occur of January 1 (i.e., the
first day of the Plan Year) or July 1 (i.e., commencement of participation mid-year)
immediately following such selection. With respect to an Initial Deferral Election, a newly
eligible Participant can commence making elective deferrals into the Plan on his or her
initial Plan Entry Date only if the Participant timely submits an election form and otherwise
meets all of the enrollment requirements as of the Plan Entry Date. In no case shall a
Participant be permitted to defer any compensation earned before his or her applicable Plan
Entry Date.
	 
	2.4	 	When Participation Ends. Generally, an individual remains a Participant as long as
he or she has an Account Balance that has not yet been entirely distributed. However, if,
prior to a Participant’s Separation from Service, a Participant has ceased to be a member of a
select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company within the meaning
of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”), such Participant’s deferral elections shall continue for the
remainder of the Plan Year to which the deferral elections relate. However, the Participant
shall become ineligible to defer compensation under the Plan effective with the next Plan
Year, and the Participant shall not re-establish eligibility to defer compensation until such
time as he or she once again becomes a member of a select group of management or highly
compensated employees, and even then can enter only on the first day of the Plan Year
subsequent to again becoming eligible to make deferrals into the Plan. The Participant’s
Account Balance will be distributed at the time and in the form specified by the terms of the
Plan and the Participant’s elections.
	 
	2.5	 	Effect of Rehire. In the event a Participant Separates from Service and subsequently
resumes providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary, such service shall have no effect
on the time or form of any Plan payments being made to the Participant as of the date
Participant’s services resume.

ARTICLE 3

Returns Credited to Account Balances

	3.1	 	Plan Year Account Balances. Base Annual Salary Deferral Amounts and Bonus Deferral
Amounts deferred by a Participant with respect to a Plan Year will be tracked within a
separate Plan Year Account Balance maintained for each such Plan Year.
	 
	3.2	 	Returns and Crediting of Phantom Stock Units and Dividend Equivalents During Deferral
Period. Prior to distribution, returns in respect of a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated
Account and Phantom Stock Units in respect of a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account shall be
credited as provided in the Administrative Appendix.

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ARTICLE 4

Pre-Retirement Distribution

Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies

	4.1	 	Pre-Retirement Distributions.

	 	(a)	 	In the event that a participant elects to defer a Base Annual Salary Deferral
Amount, an Bonus Deferral Amount and/or an LTIP Deferral Amount in a Plan Year, such
Participant may, subject to subsection (b), elect to receive all, but not less than
all, of the amounts so deferred as a lump sum distribution (a “Pre-Retirement
Distribution”) on a specified date prior to such Participant’s Retirement. The
Pre-Retirement Distribution shall be in an amount equal to the amounts so deferred,
plus returns credited in accordance with Article 3, and shall be paid within sixty (60)
days following the first day of the Plan Year chosen by the Participant on the Election
Form for such distribution. The earliest date that a Participant may receive a
Pre-Retirement Distribution is five (5) years after the first day of the Plan Year in
which such deferral occurs (i.e., the Plan Entry Date for Base Annual Salary deferrals,
the first day of the performance period for Bonus deferrals (or, for newly eligible
Participants, the Participant’s initial eligibility date), and the first day of the
award cycle for LTIP Award deferrals).
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Participant who has elected one or more Pre-Retirement Distributions has a
Separation from Service due to Retirement or Termination of Employment (or before the
start of the Plan Year chosen by the Participant for such Pre-Retirement Distribution,
the Participant’s Account Balance shall be paid at the time and in the form elected by
the Participant in accordance with Sections 5.2 or 7.2 respectively and not as the
elected Pre-Retirement Distribution.

	4.2	 	Withdrawal Payout, Election Cancellation for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If
the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition
the Committee to (i) cancel Participant’s existing deferral elections (if any) and/or (ii)
receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
accept or deny such petition. Any cancellation or payout shall not exceed the lesser of the
Participant’s Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination
Benefit, or the amount necessary to satisfy such Unforeseeable Financial Emergency plus
amounts necessary to pay federal, state, local or foreign income taxes and penalties
reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent
to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by
insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the
liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). Amounts
available to the Participant due to the cancellation of the Participant’s deferral election
for the remainder of the Plan Year must be taken into account in determining the amount
necessary to satisfy the emergency need. If the petition for a cancellation and/or payout is
approved, cancellation shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be
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	 	 	approval.In the event of a cancellation or payout, the Participant may not make up the lost
deferral opportunity.

ARTICLE 5

Retirement Benefit

	5.1	 	Retirement Benefit. A Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit,
that Participant’s Account Balance,
	 
	5.2	 	Payment of Retirement Benefit. A Participant may elect on the Election Form prior to
the beginning of each Plan Year to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or in
quarterly payments over a period of five (5) or ten (10) years; provided, however, that if a
Participant fails to properly make such an election, the form of payment of the Retirement
Benefit shall be a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made within sixty (60) days of the
Participant’s Retirement. For purposes of payment, the Participant’s Account Balance shall be
divided into subaccounts, one for each Plan Year elected by the Participant. Any installment
payment shall be made in accordance with Article 3 and the Administrative Appendix.
Notwithstanding the foregoing –

	 	(a)	 	If the balance in a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account plus the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Phantom Stock Units credited
to such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account is equal to or less than $25,000 on the
date of Retirement, such Account Balance shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum
as soon as practicable following the date of such Retirement (subject to Section
5.2(b),
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Participant is a Specified Employee, the lump sum may not be paid, and
installments may not commence before the date which is six (6) months after the date of
Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Participant). Any
such lump sum or installment payments that were scheduled to be paid during the six (6)
months after the Separation from Service but which were delayed pursuant to this
Section 5.2(b), shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable following the
date which is six (6) months after the date of Separation from Service. Any lump sum or
installment payments that were originally scheduled to be paid following the six (6)
months after the Separation from Service shall continue to be paid according to their
pre-determined schedule.

	5.3	 	Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit. If a Participant dies after
Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid
Retirement Benefit payment(s) shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s
Beneficiary in the same manner as such payment(s) would have been paid to the Participant had
the Participant survived.

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ARTICLE 6

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit

	6.1	 	Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant Separates from Service on account
of death, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit equal
to the Participant’s Account Balance as of the date of death.
	 
	6.2	 	Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. The Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum within sixty (60) days of the
Committee’s receiving proof of the Participant’s death.

ARTICLE 7

Termination Benefit

	7.1	 	Termination Benefit. If a Participant Separates from Service on account of
Termination of Employment, the Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit which shall be
equal to the Participant’s Account Balance determined as of the date of the Termination of
Employment.
	 
	7.2	 	Payment of Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit shall be the then current
Account Balance as of the date of Participant’s Termination of Employment, paid in a lump sum
within sixty (60) days after the Termination of Employment or in installments as the
Participant elected on the Election Form in effect at the time of the Termination of
Employment under the rules in 5.2; provided, however, that if the Participant failed to
properly make such an election, the form of payment of the Termination Benefit shall be a lump
sum. For purposes of payment, the Participant’s Account Balance shall be divided into
subaccounts, one for each form elected by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing:

	 	(a)	 	If the balance in a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account plus the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Phantom Stock Units credited
to such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account is equal to or less than $25,000 on the
date of such Participant’s Termination of Employment, such Account Balance shall be
paid to the Participant in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of such
Termination of Employment (subject to Section 7.2(c)).
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment within one year
after a Change in Control, the Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within
twenty (20) days of the Termination of Employment (subject to Section 7.2(c)).
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the Participant is a Specified Employee, the lump sum may not be paid, and
installments may not commence before the date which is six (6) months after the

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	 	 	 	date of Termination of Employment (or, if earlier, the date of death of the
Participant). Any such lump sum or installment payments that were scheduled to be
paid during the six (6) months after the Termination of Employment but which were
delayed pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be paid as soon as administratively
practicable following the date which is six (6) months after the date of Termination
of Employment. Any lump sum or installment payments that were originally scheduled
to be paid following the six (6) months after the Termination of Employment shall
continue to be paid according to their pre-determined schedule.

ARTICLE 8

Disability Waiver and Benefit

	8.1	 	Disability Waiver. Existing deferral elections for a Participant who is determined by
the Committee to be suffering from a Disability shall be prospectively cancelled for the
remainder of the Plan Year, such that the Participant shall be excused from fulfilling that
portion of the Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount or Bonus Deferral Amount commitment that
would otherwise have been withheld from a Participant’s Base Annual Salary or Bonus for the
Plan Year or portion thereof during which the Participant has a Disability, with no make-up
for the period of Disability.
	 
	8.2	 	Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering a Disability shall for benefit purposes
under this Plan and subject to Section 1.40, continue to be considered an employee and shall
be eligible for the benefits provided for in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the
provisions of those Articles.

ARTICLE 9

Termination. Amendment or Modification

	9.1	 	Termination. The Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time. Upon
termination of the Plan, the Company may elect to accelerate distribution of Participant
accounts, but only if the accelerated distribution would not result in additional tax to the
Participants under Code Section 409A.
	 
	9.2	 	Amendment. The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in
part, provided, however, that no amendment or modification shall deprive a Participant or a
Beneficiary of a material right accrued hereunder prior to the date of the amendment or
materially and adversely affect the payment of benefits to any Participant or Beneficiary who
has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment
or modification unless the Participant or Beneficiary so affected consents in writing to the
amendment or modification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may amend the Plan
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	 	 	an amendment is required to avoid the imposition of additional tax liabilities on a
Participant under Code Section 409A or to conform the Plan to the provisions and
requirements of any applicable law, provided that no such amendment may reduce any
Participant’s Account Balance. No such amendment shall be considered prejudicial to any
interest of a Participant or Beneficiary hereunder. Finally, while the ability to amend the
Plan generally rests with the Company, acting through its Board, the provisions set forth in
the Administrative Appendix or the Compliance Appendix may be amended either by the Company
or the Plan Administrator.

	9.3	 	Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, 6
or 7 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant under this Plan.

ARTICLE 10

Administration

	10.1	 	Plan Sponsor and Administrator. The Company is the Plan Sponsor. The Committee is
the Plan Administrator.
	 
	10.2	 	Powers and Authority of the Company. The Company, acting through the Committee, has
the following absolute powers and authority under the Plan:

	 	(a)	 	To amend or terminate the Plan, at any time and for any reason (subject to
Sections 9.1 and 9.2);
	 
	 	(b)	 	To determine the amount, timing, vesting, and other conditions applicable to
Plan contributions and benefits;
	 
	 	(c)	 	To set aside funds to assist the Company to meet its obligations under this
Plan, provided that the funds are set aside in a manner that does not result in
immediate taxation to Participants;
	 
	 	(d)	 	To establish investment policy guidelines applicable to funds (if any) set
aside under (c);
	 
	 	(e)	 	To establish one or more grantor trusts (as defined in Code Section 671 et
seq.) to facilitate the payment of benefits under the Plan;
	 
	 	(f)	 	To take any such other actions as it deems advisable to carry out the purposes
of the Plan; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	To delegate its authority to any officer, employee, committee or agent of the
Company, as it deems advisable for the effective administration of the Plan.

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	10.3	 	Plan Administrator. The Company has appointed the Committee to act as Plan
Administrator. All actions taken by the Committee, or by its delegate, as Plan Administrator
will be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest under the Plan, subject only
to the claims procedures in the Administrative Appendix. The Company intends the Plan to meet
the requirements of Code Section 409A, the regulations thereunder, and any additional guidance
provided by the Treasury Department. The Plan Administrator shall interpret the Plan in such a
way as to meet such requirements. The Plan Administrator has the following powers and
authority under the Plan:

	 	(a)	 	In the exercise of its sole, absolute, and exclusive discretion, to construe
and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan, to remedy and resolve ambiguities,
to grant or deny any and all non-routine claims for benefits and to determine all
issues relating to eligibility for benefits;
	 
	 	(b)	 	To authorize withdrawals due to Unforeseeable Financial Emergency;
	 
	 	(c)	 	To carry out day-to-day administration of the Plan, including notifying
eligible employees of their eligibility to participate in the Plan and of the
provisions of the Plan, processing distributions, establishing enrollment requirements,
approving and processing Election Forms, providing Participants with statements of
Account and approving and processing changes in the time and/or form of distributions;
	 
	 	(d)	 	To establish administratively reasonable dates, times, and periods, to the
extent that the terms of the Plan provide for the Plan Administrator to do so;
	 
	 	(e)	 	To prepare forms necessary for the administration of the Plan, including
Election Forms, beneficiary designation forms, investment designation forms, and any
other form or document deemed necessary to the effective administration of the Plan;
	 
	 	(f)	 	To approve and adopt communications to be furnished to Participants explaining
the material provisions, terms, and conditions of the Plan;
	 
	 	(g)	 	To negotiate and document agreements with Plan service providers;
	 
	 	(h)	 	To amend the Plan for legal, technical, administrative, or compliance purposes,
as recommended by legal counsel;
	 
	 	(i)	 	To amend the Administrative Appendix and the Compliance Appendix;
	 
	 	(j)	 	To work with Plan service providers to ensure the effective administration of
the Plan; and
	 
	 	(k)	 	To delegate its authority to any officer, employee, committee or agent of the
Company, as it deems advisable for the effective administration of the Plan, any

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	 	 	 	such delegation to carry with it the full discretion and authority vested in the
Plan Administrator.

	10.4	 	Binding Effect of Decisions. The finding, decision, determination or action of the
Committee or its delegate 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 any and all persons
having any interest in the Plan unless determined, subject only to the Plan’s claims rules.
No findings, decisions or determinations of any kind made by the Plan Administrator or its
delegate shall be disturbed unless the Committee or its delegate has acted in an arbitrary and
capricious manner.
	 
	10.5	 	Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the named fiduciaries
and any officers or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to which fiduciary
responsibilities have been delegated from and against any and all liabilities, claims,
demands, costs and expenses including attorneys fees, arising out of an alleged breach in the
performance of their fiduciary duties under the Plan and ERISA, other than such liabilities,
claims, demands, costs and expenses as may result from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such person. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
conduct the defense of such person in any proceeding to which this paragraph applies.
	 
	10.6	 	Stock Subject to the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, shares of Common
Stock utilized for purposes of distributions of Plan benefits shall consist of shares held in
the Company’s treasury.
	 
	10.7	 	Equitable Adjustment. In the event that the Committee shall determine that any
dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash or Common Stock or other
property), or recapitalization, Common Stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other similar
corporate transaction or event affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate
in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants under the Plan, then
the Committee shall make such equitable changes or adjustments as it deems necessary to any or
all of the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to Participants’ Phantom Stock Accounts
and/or the number and kind of shares of stock to which such Phantom Stock Units relate or that
may be thereafter be distributed in respect of amounts credited to a Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account.

ARTICLE 11

Miscellaneous

	11.1	 	Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors
and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any property or
assets of the Company or an Employer. Any and all of the Company’s assets shall be, and

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	 	 	remain, its general, unpledged and unrestricted assets. The Company’s obligation under the
Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.
	 
	11.2	 	Employer’s Liability. An Employer other than the Company shall have no liability to a
Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary for payment of any benefits under the Plan.
	 
	11.3	 	Company’s Liability. Amounts payable to a Participant or Beneficiary under this Plan
shall be paid from the general assets of the Company (including without limitation the assets
of any trust established to fund payment of obligations hereunder) exclusively. A
Participant’s right to Plan distributions shall be no greater than the rights to payment of
general, unsecured creditors of the Company. The Company may establish one or more grantor
trusts (as defined in Code Section 671 et seq.) to facilitate the payment of benefits
hereunder; however, the Company shall not be obligated under any circumstances to fund its
financial obligations under the Plan. Any assets which the Company may acquire or set aside
to defray its financial liabilities shall be subject to the claims of its general creditors in
the event of the Company’s insolvency. The assets of any such trust shall not, at any time,
be located outside of the United States or transferred outside of the United States.
	 
	11.4	 	Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have the right to
commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer,
hypothecate 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 or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or
separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, not be transferable by
operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or
insolvency. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the Committee will
recognize the provisions of a qualified domestic relations order as defined in ERISA Section
206(d) that does not change the timing of the Participant’s benefit payments.
	 
	11.5	 	Not a Contract of Employment. The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not
confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of an Employer, and shall not
interfere with the right of an Employer to discharge any person without regard to the effect
that such discharge might have on the person as a Participant. This Plan shall only create a
contractual obligation on the part of the Company, and shall not be construed as creating a
trust or any fiduciary relationship.
	 
	11.6	 	Furnishing Information. A Participant will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing
any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be
requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits
hereunder.

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	11.7	 	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.
	 
	11.8	 	Governing Use. The provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted
according to the laws of the State of California, to the extent not preempted by Federal law.
	 
	11.9	 	Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under
this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, to:

Con-way Inc. Compensation Committee

2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key Employees

2855 Campus Drive, Suite 300

San Mateo, California 94403

	 	 	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.
	 
	11.10	 	Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and the Participant, the Participant’s
Beneficiaries, and their permitted successors and assigns.
	 
	11.11	 	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.
	 
	11.12	 	Incompetence. If the Committee 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, the Committee 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 Committee may require proof of minority,
incompetency, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate and/or such
indemnification of the Committee, the Company and the Participant’s Employer and security, as
it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion, prior to distribution of the benefit. Any
payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account 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.

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	11.13	 	Saving Clause. The Company intends the Plan to meet the requirements of Code Section
409A, the regulations thereunder, and any additional guidance provided by the Treasury
Department. Any Plan provision that does not meet such requirements shall be reformed so as to
satisfy such requirements if such reformation may be accomplished without substantially
adversely affecting a Participant’s benefits, and if in the good faith determination of the
Committee such result cannot be achieved, shall be treated as void. Moreover, for purposes of
applying the provisions of Code Section 409A to this Plan, each separately identified amount
to which Participant is entitled under this Plan shall be treated as a separate payment. In
addition, to the extent permissible under Code Section 409A, any series of installment
payments under this Plan shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.
	 
	11.14	 	Legal Fees To Enforce Rights. If the Company has failed to comply with any of its
obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, the Participant’s
Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or
institutes any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from
any Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company irrevocably authorizes
such Participant to retain counsel chosen by the Participant and agrees to pay the reasonable
legal fees and expenses of the Participant incurred in connection with the initiation or
defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company, or any
director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company, or any successor
thereto in any jurisdiction, provided that such Participant prevails in such action.
	 
	11.15	 	Payment of Withholding. As a condition of receiving benefits under the Plan, the
Participant shall pay the Company and/or the applicable Employer not less than the amount of
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign taxes required by law to be paid or withheld
relating to the receipt or entitlement to benefits hereunder. The Company may withhold taxes
from any benefits paid and/or from Base Annual Salary, Bonus, or LTIP Award, in its sole
determination.
	 
	11.16	 	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 Company and its
Subsidiaries. In no event shall distributions under the Plan prior to Retirement have the
effect of increasing payments otherwise due under the various retirement plans of the Company
arid its Subsidiaries.
	 
	11.17	 	LTIP Deferral Amounts Previously Deferred. Code Section 409A may apply to the 2005
and 2006 portions of the LTIP Deferral Amounts that were subject to deferral elections made in
December of 2002 and December of 2003 under the 1993 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives
and Key Employees for cycles that end on December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006. Such
portions shall be governed by this Plan instead of by the 1993 Deferred Compensation Plan for
Executives and Key Employees, with payout conditions substantially the same as the payouts
elected under such 1993 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key Employees except to
the extent necessary to

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	 	 	comply with Code Section 409A, in which case the payout conditions of this Plan shall
control.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Plan restatement on December 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CON-WAY INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Jennifer W. Pileggi
	 	 
	 

	 	Its:
	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	 	 

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ADMINISTRATIVE APPENDIX TO

CON-WAY INC.

2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY EMPLOYEES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECEMBER, 2008

This Administrative Appendix to the Con-way Inc. 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and
Key Employees (the “Plan”) sets forth the rules and procedures governing the administration of the
Plan as applied to benefits under such Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them under the Plan.

A. Claims Procedures

	A.1 	 	Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant may deliver to the Plan Administrator 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 sixty
(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.
	 
	A.2 	 	Notification of Decision. The Plan Administrator shall consider a
Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and 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 Plan Administrator 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 clarify or perfect the claim, and an explanation
of why such material or information is necessary; and

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	 	(iv)	 	an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in
Section A.3 below.

	A.3	 	 Review of a Denied Claim. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the
Plan Administrator that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the
Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Plan Administrator a written
request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than thirty (30)
days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized
representative):

	 	(a)	 	may review pertinent documents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
	 
	 	(c)	 	may request a hearing, which the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion,
may grant.

	A.4 	 	Decision on Review. The Plan Administrator shall render its decision on review
promptly, and not later than sixty (60) days after the filing of a written request for review
of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional
time, in which case the Plan Administrator’s decision must be rendered within 120 days after
such date. Such 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; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.

	A.5 	 	Legal Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article A
is a mandatory prerequisite to a Participant’s right to commence any legal action with respect
to any claim for benefits under this Plan.

B. Eligibility to Participate; Deferral Elections

	B.1 	 	Eligibility. The Committee has delegated to the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer the authority to select those employees who shall be
eligible to participate pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Plan. The Plan
Administrator shall give written notice to each such employee, which
notice shall be effective on the date the notice is given.
	 
	B.2	 	Participants with Plan Entry Dates of July 1. A Participant with a
Plan Entry Date of July 1 in any Plan Year may elect to defer only
Base Annual Salary during that Plan Year, subject to a minimum
deferral of $1,000, and may not make Bonus deferral elections for
their initial Plan Year of participation. The amount of Base Annual
Salary that a

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	 	 	Participant elects to defer shall be reduced, without the consent of the
affected Participant, to the extent necessary to provide for (i) any
taxes that are required to be withheld from amounts subject to
Participant’s deferral election, and (ii) any other amounts deducted from
Participant’s Base Annual Salary pursuant to applicable law.
	 
	B.3 	 	Participants with Plan Entry Dates of January 1.

	 	(a)	 	Minimum Deferrals. A Participant with a Plan Entry Date of January 1
for any Plan Year may not elect to defer less than $2,000 of Base Annual Salary for
that Plan Year, less than $2,000 of Bonus for that Plan Year, or less than $2,000 of
any LTIP Award for any award cycle.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Maximum Deferrals. For each Plan Year, a Participant with a Plan Entry
Date of January 1 may defer up to 90% of Base Annual Salary stated as a dollar amount,
and up to 90% of his or her Bonus, stated as a dollar or percentage amount, and For
each award cycle under the Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time), a
Participant with a Plan Entry Date of January 1 who participates in that plan may defer
up to 90% of the Participant’s LTIP Award for that award cycle stated as a dollar or
percentage amount.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Reductions of Deferrals. The amount of Base Annual Salary, Bonus,
and/or LTIP Award that a Participant elects to defer shall be reduced, without the
consent of the affected Participant, to the extent necessary to provide for (i) any
taxes that are required to be withheld from amounts subject to Participant’s deferral
election, and (ii) any other amounts deducted from Participant’s Base Annual Salary,
Bonus and/or LTIP Award pursuant to applicable law.

	B.4 	 	Election to Defer.

	 	(a)	 	Generally. Upon becoming eligible to be a Participant under
Section 2.1, and for any Plan Year thereafter (subject to cancellations under Sections
4.2 and 8.1), a Participant who wishes to defer compensation under this Plan must
properly execute an Election Form on or before the last day of the applicable Election
Period. A Participant may complete and return the Election Form electronically and
such electronic transmission shall be treated as a valid signature.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Election Form. As used in this Plan, the term “Election Form” means
the form prescribed by the Plan Administrator, by which the Participant:

	 	(i)	 	indicates and agrees to defer a portion of the Participant’s
Base Annual Salary and Bonus for the Plan Year and/or LTIP Award; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	specifies whether amounts deferred under such Election Form are
subject to a Pre-Retirement Distribution election under the Plan and whether
such amounts are payable in installments or as a lump sum.

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	 	(c)	 	LTIP Award Deferrals. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, a
Participant may make an LTIP Award deferral election with respect to an award cycle by
delivering to the Plan Administrator a completed and signed Election Form prior to the
end of the calendar year prior the calendar year in which the first year of such award
cycle begins.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Other Requirements. A new Election Form must be delivered to the Plan
Administrator for each Plan Year. If an Election Form is not delivered prior to the
dates indicated above, no Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount, Bonus Deferral Amount, or
LTIP Deferral Amount, as the case may be, shall be deferred for that Plan Year or award
cycle. The Plan Administrator may establish such other rules and procedures as it deems
appropriate relating to the making of deferral elections under the Plan.

	B.5	 	Annual Election of Phantom Stock Units. During January of each Plan
Year prior to the commencement of installment payments, each
Participant who is currently eligible to make deferrals shall have the
opportunity to elect (an “Investment Change”) to transfer all or a
portion of such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account to such
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account; provided, however, that an
Investment Change may not be elected with respect to any portion of a
Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account that has been designated for
a Pre-Retirement Distribution, as defined in Plan Section 4.1 (the
“Excluded Portion”). The amount to be subject to an Investment Change
may be determined as a dollar amount or a percentage of the
Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account (excluding the Excluded
Portion); provided, however, that no less than five thousand dollars
($5,000) may be made subject to an Investment Change. The amount
subject to an Investment Change shall be transferred, first, from such
Participant’s earliest deferral under the Plan, and thereafter from
subsequent deferrals under the Plan in the order in which they were
elected until the entire amount subject to the Investment Change shall
have been transferred; provided that, effective January 1, 2007, the
Participant may elect to convert amounts credited to one or more Plan
Year Account Balances, in any order selected by the Participant. Each
Investment Change election made by a Participant pursuant to this
Section B.5 shall be irrevocable when made and shall be effective as
of the February 1 following the date that the election is made;
provided, however, if the Company’s General Counsel shall have
determined that the blackout period for trading in Company securities
shall be in effect as to that Participant on February 1, then the
Investment Change election shall be null and void. The number of
Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a Participant’s Phantom Stock
Account pursuant to an Investment Change shall be determined in
accordance with Section C.1(d).
	 
	B.6 	 	Withholding of Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the Base Annual
Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount generally shall be
withheld in equal amounts from each of the Participant’s paychecks in
the normal course through the Company’s regularly scheduled payroll
cycles, beginning on the January 1 or July 1 which such Participant’s
Deferral Election first takes effect. For January 1 entrants,
withholding is taken from Base Annual Salary over the first fifty (50)
pay periods beginning with the first full week earned and paid during
the Plan Year. For July 1 entrants, withholding is made over the

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	 	 	full weekly pay periods that are both earned and paid during the period July 1 through
December 31. The Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time
or times the Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant The deferred portion of
an LTIP Award shall be withheld at the time the LTIP Award otherwise would be paid to the
Participant.
	 
	B.7	 	 FICA Tax. Any applicable FICA and other payroll taxes on amounts deferred under this
Article, including Base Annual Salary, Bonus and LTIP Award, may be withheld from that portion
of the Participant’s Base Annual Salary, Bonus and/or LTIP Award that is not being deferred.
If necessary, the Committee shall reduce the amount of Base Annual Salary, Bonus and/or LTIP
Award deferred, in order to enable the Company to withhold all applicable FICA and other
payroll taxes on amounts deferred under this Article.

C. Returns Credited to Account Balances

	C.1	 	 Prior to any distribution of benefits under the Plan, returns in respect of a Participant’s
Dollar-Denominated Account and Phantom Stock Units in respect of a Participant’s Phantom Stock
Account shall be credited as follows.

	 	(a)	 	Dollar-Denominated Account for Plan Year Account Balances for 2005 and
2006.

	 	(i)	 	This subsection C.1(a) shall apply to Plan Year Account
Balances for 2005 and 2006, except as otherwise provided in subsection C.1(c).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	With respect to a Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount returns
shall be credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as though
the portion of such Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount withheld during any
calendar quarter was withheld on the first day of such calendar quarter.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	With respect to a Bonus Deferral Amount, returns shall be
credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as though the
deferral amount was withheld on the day immediately following the last day of
the applicable award cycle.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	With respect to a deferred LTIP Award, returns shall be
credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as though the
deferral amount was withheld on the day immediately following the last day of
the applicable award cycle.
	 
	 	(v)	 	The balance in each Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account
shall be compounded quarterly, using the Prime Rate, or such other rate as the
Committee may determine in its sole discretion prior to the beginning of a Plan
Year. In connection with any amounts that are transferred to a Participant’s
Phantom Stock Account in the first calendar quarter pursuant to an Investment
Change, a Participant’s Dollar Denominated Account

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	 	 	 	shall be credited with a return in respect of such amounts for such quarter
equal to one-third (1/3) of the return for such quarter.

	 	(b)	 	Dollar-Denominated Account for Plan Year Account Balances for Plan Years
after 2006.

	 	(i)	 	This subsection C.1(b) shall apply to Plan Year Account
Balances for Plan Years after 2006.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	With respect to a Base Annual Salary Deferral Amount, returns
shall be credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as of the
Friday following the week in which the Base Annual Salary is earned or such
other administratively reasonable date as shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	With respect to a Bonus Deferral Amount, returns shall be
credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as of the Friday
following the date that the Bonus Deferral Amount is processed in the payroll
system or such other administratively reasonable date as shall be determined by
the Plan Administrator.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	With respect to a deferred LTIP Award, returns shall be
credited to such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account as of the Friday
following the date that the deferral amount is processed in the payroll system
or such other administratively reasonable date as shall be determined by the
Plan Administrator.
	 
	 	(v)	 	The Con-way Administrative Committee shall designate a group of
investments (and may make changes to the designated group of investments from
time to time as it deems appropriate) from which Participants may select.
Company stock shall not be designated as an available investment. The
performance of the investments selected by the Participant will determine the
gains or losses that will be attributed to the portion of the Plan Year Account
Balance in such Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account. The Con-way
Administrative Committee shall report to the Committee from time to time with
respect to the designated investments (and changes in designated investments),
including an explanation of the reasons for the designation (or change in
designation).

	 	(c)	 	Election with respect to Dollar-Denominated Account for Plan Year Account
Balances for 2005 and 2006. Notwithstanding subsections C.1(a) and (b) and
subsections C.3(a) and (b), a Participant may elect to have any portion of the
Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account for Plan Year Account Balances for 2005 and
2006 treated for purposes of Section C.1(b)(v) and Section C.3 as a Dollar-Denominated
Account for Plan Year Account Balances for Plan Years after 2006. After any such
election becomes effective, the performance of the

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	 	 	 	investments selected by the Participant from the designated group of investments
will determine the gains or losses that will be attributed to that portion of such
Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account. Effective January 1, 2007, any such
election shall take effect within an administratively reasonable period after the
election is made and shall be irrevocable.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Phantom Stock Account. A Participant’s Phantom Stock Account shall
consist of that number of Phantom Stock Units credited with respect to (1) amounts
transferred pursuant to an Investment Change in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Administrative Appendix and (2) Dividend Equivalents credited in
respect of Phantom Stock Units previously credited to the Participant’s Phantom Stock
Account, in each case as set forth below:

	 	(i)	 	The number of Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account pursuant to an Investment Change shall be
determined by dividing (1) the dollar amount subject to the Investment Change
by (2) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock as of February 1 of the
Plan Year to which the Investment Change relates; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The number of Phantom Stock Units to be credited to a
Participant’s Phantom Stock Account in respect of Dividend Equivalents shall be
equal to (1) the per share dividend paid on a share of Common Stock, multiplied
by (2) the number of Phantom Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account as of the record date for such dividend, divided by (C) the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock as of the payment date for such
dividend, such crediting to be made as of such payment date.

	C.2	 	 Date Through Which Crediting under Section C.1 Occurs.

	 	(a)	 	Crediting Up to a Distribution Event. A Participant’s
Dollar-Denominated Account and Phantom Stock Account will be credited with returns in
accordance with Section C.1 up to the date of a Distribution Event; provided, however,
that in the case of a Pre-Retirement Distribution, any portion of a Participant’s
Dollar-Denominated Account treated as a Dollar-Denominated Account for Plan Year
Account Balances for Plan Years after 2006 pursuant to Section C.1(b) will be credited
with returns in accordance with Section C.1(b) up to that date which is the fifteenth
(15th) day of the last month of the calendar quarter immediately preceding
the Distribution Event or other such administratively reasonable date prior to the date
of the Distribution Event as may be determined by the Plan Administrator.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Crediting Subsequent Returns. For purposes of crediting subsequent
returns in the event that installment payments are made pursuant to Section C.3(a), a
Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account shall be reduced as of the day on which each
installment payment is made. For purposes of crediting subsequent

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	 	 	 	returns in the event that installment payments are made pursuant to Section C.3(b)
or Section C.4(b), a Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account or Phantom Stock
Account, as the case may be, shall be reduced as of that date which is the fifteenth
(15th) day of the last month of the calendar quarter immediately
preceding the calendar quarter in which the installment payment is to be made or
such other administratively reasonable date prior to such date as may be determined
by the Plan Administrator.

	C.3 	 	Dollar-Denominated Account Returns and Installment Distributions. In the event a
benefit is paid in installments, a Participant’s unpaid Dollar-Denominated Account shall be
credited as follows:

	 	(a)	 	For Plan Year Account Balances for 2005 and 2006.

	 	(i)	 	Application. This subsection C.3(a) shall apply to
Plan Year Account Balances for Plan Years 2005 and 2006, except as otherwise
provided in subsection C.1(c).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Crediting. For each Plan Year, the undistributed
Dollar-Denominated Account shall be credited with a return equal to the Prime
Rate or such other rate as the Plan Administrator may determine in its sole
discretion prior to the beginning of a Plan Year. Returns shall start to accrue
under this Section C.3 as of the date that returns cease to accrue under
Section C.1 above.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Installments. The installment payments shall be
determined by dividing the Participant’s Dollar-Denominated Account at the time
of the commencement of the installment payments by the number of payments over
the installment period. Each payment determined above will be considered the
principal portion of the installment payment. In addition, each installment
payment after the first installment payment will include a return calculated
for the preceding calendar quarter using the rate determined in Section
C.3(a)(ii) above. Installment payments shall commence on the first day of the
calendar quarter coincident with or next following that date which is thirty
(30) days of the Participant’s Distribution Event or within an administratively
reasonable period of time thereafter, but not before the time permitted by
Section 5.2(b) or 7.2(c). All additional installment payments shall be paid on
the first day of the remaining calendar quarters of the payment period or
within an administratively reasonable period of time thereafter. Payments made
pursuant to this Section C.3(a) within an “administratively reasonable period”
shall be made no later than thirty (30) days following the first day of the
quarter.

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	 	(b)	 	For Plan Year Account Balances for Plan Years after 2006.

	 	(i)	 	Application. This subsection C.3(b) shall apply to
Plan Year Account Balances for Plan Years after 2006, except as otherwise
provided in subsection C.1(c).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Crediting. Returns shall continue to be credited as
provided in Section C.1(b)(v).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Installments. Installment payments shall be determined
based on the value of the Plan Year Account Balance as of that date which is
the fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of the calendar quarter
immediately preceding the calendar quarter in which the installment payment is
to be made or such other administratively reasonable date prior to such date as
may be determined by the Plan Administrator. The amount of each installment
payment made with respect to each Plan Year Account Balance shall be determined
by dividing the Participant’s Plan Year Account Balance by the number of the
remaining installment payments (including the installment payment being made at
that time).

	C.4	 	 Phantom Stock Account Distributions. Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion,
elects to make all or part of a distribution in cash, distributions from a Participant’s Phantom
Stock Account shall be made in the form of (i) one share of Common Stock for each whole Phantom
Stock Unit, plus (ii) cash in lieu of any fractional Phantom Stock Unit.

	 	(a)	 	If a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account balance is to be distributed in a lump
sum and all or part of the balance is to be distributed in cash, including cash in lieu
of a fractional Phantom Share Unit, the amount of cash will be determined based on the
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the dates referenced in Section
1.18.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Participant’s Phantom Stock Account balance is to be distributed in
installments,

	 	(i)	 	Dividend Equivalents shall continue to accrue and be credited
to such Participant’s Phantom Stock Account in accordance with Section C.1(d)
	 
	 	(ii)	 	during the installment period with respect to Phantom Stock
Units that remain credited to such Phantom Stock Account,
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in a particular
installment shall be determined by dividing the number of Phantom Stock Units
credited to the Participant’s Phantom Stock Account immediately prior to such
installment by the remaining number of installments, with any fractional Phantom
Stock Units paid in cash, and

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	 	(iv)	 	if all or part of the balance is to be distributed in cash, including cash in
lieu of a fractional Phantom Share Unit, the amount of cash will be determined based
on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of that date which is the
fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of the immediately preceding
calendar quarter or an administratively reasonable date specified by the Plan
Administrator.

	C.5	 	Statement of Accounts. The Plan Administrator shall send to each
Participant, within 120 days after the close of each Plan Year, a
statement in such form as the Committee deems desirable setting forth
the amount of the Participant’s Account Balance.
	 
	C.6	 	Fair Market Value. Notwithstanding Section 1.24 to the contrary, with
respect to calculations made pursuant to this subsection, the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall mean the closing price
per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 1
of the relevant year (or, if February 1 falls on a non-trading day,
the immediately preceding trading day).

C. Beneficiary Designation

	D.1 	 	Beneficiary. Each Participant shall designate a Beneficiary to receive
any benefits payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s death.
	 
	D.2 	 	Beneficiary Designation. A Participant shall designate a Beneficiary
by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and
submitting it to the Plan Administrator or its delegate. Except as
provided under Section D.3, a Participant shall have the right to
change a Beneficiary at any time without the consent of the
Beneficiary, by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the
terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Plan Administrator’s
rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Upon the receipt
by the Plan Administrator of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all
Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Plan
Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary
Designation Form filed by the Participant with the Plan Administrator
prior to death. Any beneficiary designations made by Participant
shall thereafter be automatically cancelled in the event Participant
subsequently divorces or remarries.
	 
	D.3 	 	Spousal Consent. A married Participant’s designation of someone other
than the Participant’s Spouse as primary beneficiary shall not be
effective unless the Spouse executes a consent in writing that
acknowledges the effect of the designation and is witnessed by a
notary public. No consent is required if it is established to the
satisfaction of the Plan Administrator that consent cannot be obtained
because the Spouse cannot be located.
	 
	D.4	 	No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided above, the Participant’s designated
Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the surviving

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	 	 	Spouse. If the Participant has no surviving Spouse, the benefits otherwise payable to a
Beneficiary shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.
	 
	D.5 	 	Doubt as to Beneficiaries. If the Plan Administrator has any doubt as
to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan,
the Plan Administrator shall pay such amounts to the Participant’s
estate.
	 
	D.6 	 	Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary shall fully and completely
discharge the Company and the Participant’s Employer from all
obligations under this Plan with respect to the deceased Participant,
Beneficiaries, and any others that may be entitled to such benefits.
	 
	D.7	 	Beneficiary Designation Form. “Beneficiary Designation Form” means the
form established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that a
Participant completes, signs and returns to the Plan Administrator to
designate one or more Beneficiaries. A Participant may complete and
return the Beneficiary Designation Form electronically and such
electronic transmission shall be treated as a valid signature.

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COMPLIANCE APPENDIX TO

CON-WAY INC.

2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY EMPLOYEES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECEMBER 2008

This Compliance Appendix to the Con-way Inc. 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and Key
Employees (the “Plan”) documents the transition rules used for administration of the Plan
implemented as a good faith effort to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as
added by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, prior to the final effective date of the final
409A regulations.

Generally, these transition rules were applicable to deferrals posted on or after January 1, 2005
and earnings attributable to those deferrals.

In 2008, the Plan was twice restated to comply with the final 409A regulations, the first
restatement was effective January 1, 2008 and the second was effective January 1, 2009. The
restated Plan documents the final rules applicable to deferrals posted on or after January 1, 2005
and earnings attributable to those earnings, except as modified by the transition rules described
in this Compliance Appendix.

Transition Rules used in 2005:

     Notice 2005-1, Q&A 22: Participants were permitted to elect in June 2005 to defer
annual bonus payments earned during the 2005 calendar year. Also, one participant was permitted to
elect in June 2005 to defer long-term incentive plan payments earned the Value Management Plan. In
each case, the bonus or long-term incentive payment was calculated based on a performance period of
at least 12 months, and the election was made when more than 6 months remained in the performance
period. The annual bonus and the long-term incentive payment met the criteria for “bonus
compensation” under A-22 of Notice 2005-1.

     Notice 2005-1, Q&A 19: A small number of participants were permitted in 2005 to
change the time and/or form of payment of amounts previously deferred under the DCP. The deferral
elections were made in accordance with the deferral timing rules under Notice 2005-1. However, due
to an administrative error, some participants did not make payment elections at the same time that
they made deferral elections. These participants were allowed to make payment elections prior to
December 31, 2005 with regard to these deferral elections. The elections were made in accordance
with A-19(c) of Notice 2005-1.

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Transition Rule used in 2006:

     Notice 2005-1, Q&A 22: A participant was permitted to elect in June 2006 to defer
annual bonus payments earned during the 2006 calendar year. The bonus was calculated based on a
12-month performance period, and the election was made when more than 6 months remained in the
performance period. The annual bonus met the criteria for “bonus compensation” under A-22 of
Notice 2005-1.

Transition Rule used in 2007:

     Notice 2007-86: Initial deferral elections for newly eligible participants in 2007
were received on time, but the third party administrator’s web site gave incorrect distribution
options. By plan design, participants were supposed to elect the same time and form of payment for
both salary deferrals and bonus deferrals, but the web site allowed these participants to make
different elections depending on the type of compensation.

During a special election period in 2007, participants were told that they had to modify their
elections so that they had a single time and form of payment for all 2007 deferrals (regardless of
the source of the compensation). These new payment elections did not allow amounts deferred to a
later year to be paid in 2007, nor did they allow amounts payable in 2007 to be deferred to a later
year. Accordingly, the payment elections complied with Section 3.01(B)(1)(.02) of Notice 2007-86.

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