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                          BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

             Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended December 26, 1999

                                Exhibit No. 10.0

                    DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS
                           AS AMENDED AND RESTATED TO

                                October 19, 1999

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                          BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

                    DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

                           AS AMENDED AND RESTATED TO
                                October 19, 1999

                                    SECTION I
                                     PURPOSE

     The purpose of the Briggs & Stratton Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
for Directors is to offer Non-Employee Directors the opportunity to defer all or
a portion of their Compensation for future services as a member of the Board of
Directors.

                                   SECTION II
                                   DEFINITIONS

     a.   "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons designated from time to
          time in writing by a Participant to receive payments under the Plan
          after the death of such Participant, or, in the absence of any such
          designation or in the event that such designated person or persons
          shall predecease such Participant, his estate.

     b.   "Common Share Unit" shall mean a Deferred Amount which is converted
          into a unit or fraction of a unit for purposes of the Plan by dividing
          a dollar amount by the Fair Market Value of one of the Corporation's
          common shares.

     c.   "Corporation" shall be Briggs & Stratton Corporation.

     d.   "Common Stock" shall mean shares of Briggs & Stratton Corporation
          common stock awarded as part of Non-Employee Director Compensation.

     e.   "Compensation" shall mean payments which the Participant receives from
          the Corporation for services, including retainer fees, meeting fees,
          consent resolution fees and Common Stock.

     f.   "Deferred Amount" shall mean an amount of Compensation deferred under
          the Plan and carried during the deferral period in any Account
          provided for in the Plan.

     g.   "Distribution Date" shall mean the date designated by a Participant in
          the Notice of Election form for distribution of the Participant's
          Accounts.

     h.   "Dividend Equivalent" shall mean an amount equal to the cash dividend
          paid on one of the Corporation's common shares credited to an Account
          for each Common Share Unit or share of Common Stock credited to such
          Account.

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     i.   "Fair Market Value" shall mean the closing price of the Corporation's
          common shares as reported by the New York Stock Exchange or such other
          exchange or national market system on which the Corporation's common
          shares may then be listed or quoted.

     j.   "Non-Employee Director" shall mean any duly elected or appointed
          member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who is not an
          employee of the Corporation or of any subsidiary of the Corporation.

     k.   "Participant" shall mean any Non-Employee Director who elects to defer
          any amount of Compensation under the Plan.

     l.   "Plan" shall mean this Briggs & Stratton Corporation Deferred
          Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended and restated.

     m.   "Secretary" shall mean the duly elected Secretary of the Corporation.

                                   SECTION III
                ELECTION, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION PROCEDURES

     Any Non-Employee Director wishing to participate in the Plan must file with
the Secretary of the Corporation at P. 0. Box 702, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, a
written Notice of Election on the form attached as Exhibit "A" to defer payment
of all or a portion of the Non-Employee Director's Compensation payable in the
future. An effective election with respect to Compensation, payment of which has
been deferred under the terms of this Plan, may not be modified or revoked. An
effective election with regard to future Compensation, payment of which has not
yet been deferred, may be modified by filing a new Notice of Election or may be
terminated by filing a Notice of Termination on the form attached as Exhibit
"B".

                                   SECTION IV
                       ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF
                    DEFERRED DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

     The amount of any Participant's Compensation deferred in accordance with an
election shall be credited to an Account maintained by the Corporation. Such
Account shall remain a part of the general funds of the Corporation, and nothing
contained in this Plan shall be deemed to create a trust or fund of any kind or
create any fiduciary relationship. A separate record of each deferred
Participant's Account shall be maintained by the Corporation for each
Participant in the Plan. The Participant's Account shall segregate the reporting
of Common Stock deferrals and cash deferrals.

     The Director shall elect to have any cash deferrals hereunder credited with
earnings in accordance with (a) or (b) below:

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(a)  Fixed Rate Account

     As of the last day of each calendar quarter, the portion of the
     Participant's Deferred Amount for which the Participant has selected
     earnings to be credited pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be adjusted
     as follows:

     (1)  The Participant's Account shall first be charged with any
          distributions made during the quarter.

     (2)  The Participant's Account balance shall then be credited with a
          supplemental amount for that quarter. Such supplemental amount shall
          be computed by multiplying the Account balance after the adjustment
          provided for in Subsection (1) by a fraction, the numerator of which
          is 80% of the prevailing prime interest rate at the Firstar Bank of
          Milwaukee on the last business day of the quarter, and the denominator
          of which is four (4).

     (3)  Finally, the Account shall be credited with the amount, if any, of
          cash Compensation deferred during that quarter.

(b)  Briggs & Stratton Common Share Unit Account

     Compensation deferred into a Common Share Unit Account shall be credited to
     the Account on the same date as it would otherwise be payable to the
     Participant. Such Deferred Amounts shall be converted into a number of
     Common Share Units on the date credited to the Account by dividing the
     Deferred Amount by the Fair Market Value on such date. If Common Share
     Units exist in a Participant's Account on a dividend record date for the
     Corporation's common shares, Dividend Equivalents shall be credited to the
     Participant's Account on the related dividend payment date, and shall be
     converted into the number of Common Share Units which could be purchased
     with the amount of Dividend Equivalents so credited.

(c)  Briggs & Stratton Common Stock Account

     Any Common Stock deferred under the Plan shall be credited to the Account
     in shares on the same date as they would otherwise be payable to the
     Participant. If Common Stock exists in the Participant's Account on a
     dividend record date for the Corporation's common shares, Dividend
     Equivalents shall be credited to the Participant's Account on the related
     dividend payment date, and shall be converted into the number of Common
     Share Units which could be purchased with the amount of Dividend
     Equivalents so credited.

     In the event of any change in the Corporation's common shares outstanding,
     by reason of any stock split or dividend, recapitalization, merger,
     consolidation, combination or exchange of stock or similar corporate
     change, the Secretary shall make such equitable

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     adjustments, if any, by reason of any such change, deemed appropriate in
     the number of Common Share Units and/or Common Stock credited to each
     Participant's Account.

                                    SECTION V
                   PAYMENT OF DEFERRED DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION

     Deferred Amounts shall be paid to a Participant or, in the event of death,
to his designated Beneficiary in accordance with the Notice of Election and
Beneficiary Designation forms that have been filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation. If a Participant elects to receive payment of his Deferred Amount
in annual installments rather than in a lump sum, the payment period shall not
exceed ten years following the payment commencement date. The amount of any
installment payment shall be determined by multiplying the balance of the
Participant's unpaid Account on the date of such installment by a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of
remaining unpaid installments. Such account balance shall be appropriately
reduced to reflect the installment payment made hereunder.

     In no event will an installment payment be less than $1,000.00 and all
installments will be paid annually as soon as is practicable after commencement
of the calendar year selected by the Participant. If a Participant shall die
prior to the receipt of all installment payments, any unpaid balance of deferred
fees and supplemental amounts shall be paid in one lump sum to his designated
Beneficiary(s) as soon as practicable following the month of death.

     If the Participant has a balance in Common Stock, distribution will be made
in shares of Briggs & Stratton Corporation Common Stock. If the Participant has
a balance in Briggs & Stratton Common Share Units, the Participant may elect to
receive distributions in cash or stock; provided that any such distributions
shall be subject to any necessary approvals under securities laws or exchange
requirements.

                                   SECTION VI
                   WHEN PAYMENT OF DEFERRED AMOUNTS COMMENCES

     Compensation may be deferred until any date but no later than the year in
which the Participant attains the age of seventy-one years. The payment in a
lump sum or installments of amounts deferred pursuant to an election under the
Plan shall commence as soon as practicable during the first year to which
payment has been deferred, and shall be paid in accordance with the terms of
such election. If a Participant shall die prior to the first year to which
payment has been deferred, such payment shall be made as soon as practicable
immediately following the month of death.

                                   SECTION VII
                           DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

     Each Non-Employee Director, on becoming a Participant, shall file with the
Secretary of the Corporation a Beneficiary designation on the form attached as
Exhibit "C" designating one or more Beneficiaries to whom payments otherwise due
the Participant shall be made in the event

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of his or her death. A Beneficiary designation will be effective only if the
signed Beneficiary designation form is filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation while the Participant is alive, and will cancel all Beneficiary
designations signed and filed previously. If the primary Beneficiary shall
survive the Participant but dies before receiving all the amounts due hereunder,
the Deferred Amounts remaining unpaid at the time of death shall be paid in one
lump sum to the legal representative of the primary Beneficiary's estate. If the
primary Beneficiary shall predecease the Participant, amounts remaining unpaid
at the time of the Participant's death shall be paid in the order specified by
the Participant to the contingent Beneficiary(s) surviving the Participant. If
the contingent Beneficiary(s) dies before receiving all the amounts due
hereunder, the unpaid amount shall be paid in one lump sum to the legal
representative of such contingent Beneficiary(s) estate. If the Participant
shall fail to designate a Beneficiary(s) as provided in this Section, or if all
designated Beneficiaries shall predecease the Participant, the Deferred Amounts
remaining unpaid at the time of such Participant's death shall be paid in one
lump sum to the legal representative of the Participant's estate.

                                  SECTION VIII
                            NONALIENATION OF BENEFITS

     Neither the Participant nor any Beneficiary designated by him shall have
any right to, directly or indirectly, alienate, assign, or encumber any amount
that is or may be payable hereunder.

                                   SECTION IX
                             ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN

     Full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan
shall be vested in the Corporation's Board of Directors. Decision of the Board
shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.

                                    SECTION X
                        AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

     The Board of Directors may amend or terminate this Plan at any time. Any
amendment or termination of the Plan shall not affect the rights of Participants
or Beneficiaries to the Deferred Amounts in existence at the time of such
amendment or termination.

                                   SECTION XI
                                 APPLICABLE LAW

     The provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

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                                   SECTION XII
                             EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

     This Plan shall become operative and in effect on such date as shall be
fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

                                  SECTION XIII
                               DISCRETION OF BOARD

     Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the Board of Directors
shall have the right, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
to accelerate payments and make distributions to or on behalf of a Participant
or a Beneficiary of a Participant then entitled to distributions from the
Account of such Participant, where the Board of Directors deems such accelerated
payment in the best interest of the Corporation and such distributees.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT "A"

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DEFER THE PAYMENT OF DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION

Secretary
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
P.  0. Box 702
Milwaukee, WI 53201
                          Re:   Briggs & Stratton Corporation
                                Deferred Compensation Plan For Directors

     Pursuant to provisions of the above-referenced Plan, I hereby elect to have
Compensation payable to me for services as a Director of Briggs & Stratton
Corporation deferred in the manner specified below. It is understood and agreed
that this election shall become effective upon receipt of this Notice of
Election by the Secretary of the Corporation. I understand that this election
shall be irrevocable with respect to Compensation that has been deferred while
this election is in effect. This election shall continue in effect for
subsequent terms of office unless I shall modify or revoke it.

Percentage of Compensation Deferred:     Retainer - Cash                 ____%
                                         Retainer - Common Stock         ____%
                                         Board Meeting Fees              ____%
                                         Committee Meeting Fees          ____%
                                         Consent Resolution Fees         ____%

Account(s) to     be Credited with Cash Deferred Amounts:
(a)    Fixed Rate Account                                                ____%
(b)    Briggs & Stratton Common Share Unit Account                       ____%

Payment of deferred Compensation shall commence as soon as practicable in the
year designated below:

Year to Which Payment is Deferred:     __ (no later than the year in which you
                                          attain age 71)

Method of Payment:

Deferred account to be paid in:

________       Lump Sum, OR

________       Annual Installments - Number of Years, not to exceed 10. However,
               if an unpaid balance of deferred fees and supplemental amounts
               exists at the time of my death, such balance shall be paid in one
               lump sum to my designated Beneficiary(s) as soon as practicable
               immediately following my death.

____________________________                      Date_____________________
         Director

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                                                                     EXHIBIT "B"

                              NOTICE OF TERMINATION

Secretary
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
P.  0. Box 702
Milwaukee, WI 53201

                         Re:  Briggs & Stratton Corporation
                              Deferred Compensation Plan For Directors

     Pursuant to provisions of the above-referenced Plan, I hereby terminate my
participation in the Plan effective upon receipt of this Notice of Termination
by the Secretary of the Corporation.

____________________________                      Date_____________________
         Director

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                                                                     EXHIBIT "C"

                             BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

Secretary
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
P.  0. Box 702
Milwaukee, WI 53201
                         Re:   Briggs & Stratton Corporation
                               Deferred Compensation Plan For Directors

     Any Compensation for my services as a Director of Briggs & Stratton
Corporation was deferred under the above-referenced Plan and remain unpaid at my
death shall be paid to the following primary Beneficiary:

     ___________________________________________________________________________
     Name

     ___________________________________________________________________________
     Address

         If the above-named primary Beneficiary shall predecease me, I designate
the following persons as contingent Beneficiaries, in the order shown, to
receive any such unpaid deferred fees:

1.   ___________________________________________________________________________
     Name

     ___________________________________________________________________________
     Address

2.   ___________________________________________________________________________
     Name

     ___________________________________________________________________________
     Address

3.   ___________________________________________________________________________
     Name

     ___________________________________________________________________________
     Address

     This supersedes any previous Beneficiary designation made by me with
respect to deferred Compensation under the Plan. I reserve the right to change
the Beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

____________________________                      Date_____________________
         Director

Witnesses:____________________________

          ____________________________

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                                                                     EXHIBIT "D"

                          BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
                    DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

                               NOTICE OF ELECTION

                       DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNT BALANCE IN
                      BRIGGS & STRATTON COMMON SHARE UNITS

     I understand that pursuant to the terms of the Briggs & Stratton
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors I may elect to receive any
balance in my account recorded in Briggs & Stratton Corporation Common Share
Units (Common Share Units) in cash or shares of Briggs & Stratton common stock.

     I hereby elect that any Common Share Units in my account be paid out to me
at the time of distribution in the following form:

                 ______  Cash

                 ______  Briggs & Stratton common stock

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                               January 11, 2000

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
40 West Highland Park
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350

         RE:   Master Lease Agreement dated as of December 19, 1996, as amended

Gentlemen:

         This will confirm the collateral understanding which has been reached
between us with respect to the above-referenced Master Lease Agreement (the
"Lease"), between General Electric Capital Corporation ("Lessor") and Hutchinson
Technology Incorporated ("Lessee"). The interest of Lessor in certain Equipment
Schedules executed pursuant to the Lease has been assigned to Firstar Leasing
Services Corporation, U.S. Bancorp Leasing & Financial, The Fifth Third Leasing
Company, The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Citizens Leasing Corporation and
Selco Service Corporation (collectively, "Assignees"). Assignees join herein to
confirm their agreement to the amendments hereinafter set forth.

         In consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in hand paid, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledge, the parties agree as follows:

         1. In Clause (1) of Section XXIV(b) of the Lease, the words and
amortization are deleted and the following substituted in lieu thereof:        ,
amortization and other non-cash charges (determined in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles).

         2. Except as expressly set forth herein, the terms and conditions of
the Lease remain unmodified and in full force and effect.

         If the foregoing accurately sets forth our understanding with respect
to the subject matter hereof, please sign and return the enclosed coy of this
letter and it will constitute an amendment of the Lease pursuant to Section XX
(f) thereof effective as of December 22, 1999.

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Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
January 11, 2000
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                               GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
                                CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ Salvatore Salzillo
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   Salvatore Salzillo
                                    ----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Transaction & Syndication Manager
                                     ---------------------------------------

                               FIRSTAR LEASING SERVICES
                                CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ Scott Durbahn
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   Scott Durbahn
                                    ----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Senior Investment Analyst
                                     ---------------------------------------

                               U.S. BANCORP LEASING & FINANCIAL

                               By: /s/ Clifford Swan
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   Clifford Swan
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                               Title:  Vice-President
                                     ---------------------------------------

                               THE FIFTH THIRD LEASING COMPANY

                               By: /s/ William M. Thurman
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   William M. Thurman
                                    ----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Vice President
                                     ---------------------------------------

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Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
January 11, 2000
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                               SELCO SERVICE CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ D. Churchill
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   D. Churchill
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                               Title:  SVP
                                     ---------------------------------------

                               THE CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING

                               By: /s/ Daniel A. Nichols
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   Daniel A. Nichols
                                    ----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Assistant Vice President
                                     ---------------------------------------

                               CITIZENS LEASING CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ John Young
                                  ------------------------------------------
                               Name:   John Young
                                    ----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Vice President
                                     ---------------------------------------

AGREED:

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

By: /s/ John A. Ingleman
   -------------------------------------------
Name:   John A. Ingleman
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Title:  Chief Financial Officer
      ----------------------------------------

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