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                                                                  Exhibit 10 (k)

                     1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
    (As Modified for Recapitalization Pursuant to Capital Changes Provisions,
                        May 13, 1999 2-1 FON Stock Split,
             January 14, 2000 2 -1 PCS Stock Split, August 7, 2000,
              October 10, 2000, and December 11, 2001,Amendments.)

Section 1. Purpose. The purposes of the Sprint 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive
Program (the "Plan") are to encourage Directors of Sprint Corporation (the
"Company") and officers and selected key employees of the Company and its
Affiliates to acquire a proprietary and vested interest in the growth and
performance of the Company, to generate an increased incentive to contribute to
the Company's future success and prosperity, thus enhancing the value of the
Company for the benefit of stockholders, and to enhance the ability of the
Company and its Affiliates to attract and retain individuals of exceptional
talent upon whom, in large measure, the sustained progress, growth and
profitability of the Company depends.

Section 2. Definitions. As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:

(a) "Affiliate" shall mean (i) any Person that directly, or through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the Company or (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity
interest, as determined by the Committee.

(b) "Award" shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock Award, Performance Share,
Performance Unit, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock Unit Award, or any other
right, interest, or option relating to Shares granted pursuant to the provisions
of the Plan.

(c) "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract, or other `
instrument or document evidencing any Award granted hereunder and signed by both
the Company and the Participant or by both the Company and an Outside Director.

(d) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

(f) "Committee" means the Organization, Compensation, and Nominating Committee
of the Board, composed of not less than two directors each of whom is a
Non-Employee Director.

(g) "Company" shall mean Sprint Corporation.

(h) "Non-Employee Director" shall have the meaning provided for in Rule
16b-3(b)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 17 CFR
Section 240.16b-3(b)(3), as amended.

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(i) "Dividend Equivalent" shall mean any right granted pursuant to Section 14(h)
hereof.

(j) "Employee" shall mean any employee of the Company or of any Affiliate.

(k) "Fair Market Value" shall mean, with respect to any property, the market
value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be
established from time to time by the Committee; except that the "Fair Market
Value" of a share of common stock of the Company for purposes of Section 10 and
Section 11 shall mean the average of the high and low prices of the common stock
for composite transactions, as published by major newspapers, for the date in
question or, if no trade of the common stock shall have been made on that date,
the next preceding date on which there was a trade of common stock.

(l) "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an Option granted under Section 6 hereof
that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision thereto.

(m) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" shall mean an Option granted to a Participant
under Section 6 hereof, and an Option granted to an Outside Director pursuant to
Section 10 hereof, that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(n) "Option" shall mean any right granted to a Participant under the Plan
allowing such Participant to purchase Shares at such price or prices and during
such period or periods as the Committee shall determine. "Option" shall also
mean the right granted to an Outside Director under Section 10 hereof allowing
such Outside Director to purchase shares of the common stock of the Company on
the terms set forth in Section 10.

(o) "Other Stock Unit Award" shall mean any right granted to a Participant by
the Committee pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

(p) "Outside Director" shall mean a member of the Board who is not an Employee
of the Company or of any Affiliate.

(q) "Participant" shall mean an Employee or Outside Director who is selected to
receive an Award under the Plan.

(r) "Performance Award" shall mean any Award of Performance Shares or
Performance Units pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

(s) "Performance Period" shall mean that period established by the Committee at
the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which
any performance goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are
to be measured.

(t) "Performance Share" shall mean any grant pursuant to Section 8 hereof of a
unit valued by reference to a designated number of Shares, which value may be
paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall
determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, or any combination

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thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals during the Performance
Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or thereafter.

(u) "Performance Unit" shall mean any grant pursuant to Section 8 hereof of a
unit valued by reference to a designated amount of property other than Shares,
which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the
Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, or any
combination thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals during the
Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or
thereafter.

(v) "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or
political subdivision thereof.

(w) "Restricted Stock" shall mean any Share issued with restrictions on the
holder's right to sell, transfer, pledge, or assign such Share and with such
other restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose
(including, without limitation, any restriction on the right to vote such Share,
and the right to receive any cash dividends), which restrictions may lapse
separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments or
otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

(x) "Restricted Stock Award" shall mean an award of Restricted Stock under
Section 7 hereof.

(y) "Senior Officer" shall mean any employee of the Company holding the office
of Vice President or higher.

(z) "Shares" shall mean shares of any class of common stock of the Company
publicly traded on an established securities market, including but not limited
to FON Stock and Series 1 PCS Stock (the "PCS Stock") and such other securities
of the Company as the Committee may from time to time determine.

(aa) "Stockholders Meeting" shall mean the annual meeting of stockholders of the
Company in each year.

(bb) "1989 Plan" shall mean the Long-Term Stock Incentive Program adopted by the
Company's stockholders in 1989, as amended.

(cc) "total outstanding Shares" means, with respect to the FON Stock the total
shares outstanding of FON Stock and, with respect to the PCS Stock, the total
outstanding shares of Series 1 PCS Stock and Series 2 PCS Stock.

Section 3. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
Committee shall have full power and authority, subject to such orders or
resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to
time be adopted by the Board, to: (i) select the Participants to whom Awards may
from time to time be granted hereunder; (ii) determine the type or types of
Awards to be granted to each Participant hereunder; (iii) determine the number

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of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder; provided, however, that
Shares subject to Options granted to any individual Participant during any
calendar year shall not exceed a total of 6,000,000 shares of FON Stock nor
3,000,000 shares of PCS Stock; (iv) determine the terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder;
(v) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be
settled in cash, Shares or other property, or canceled or suspended; (vi)
determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, Shares and
other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under this
Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the
Participant; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or
agreement entered into under the Plan; (viii) establish such rules and
regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper
administration of the Plan; and (ix) make any other determination and take any
other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration
of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding
upon all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any stockholder, and
any employee of the Company or of any Affiliate.

     The Committee shall appoint an administrator of the Plan for purposes of
interpreting and administering the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan.

     For purposes of this section, shares granted pursuant to the last sentence
of Section 4(a) shall be counted in the year granted, not in the year first
exercisable.

Section 4. Shares Subject to the Plan.

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(b), the total number of
Shares available for grant under the Plan in a calendar year shall be nine
tenths of one percent (0.9%) of the total outstanding Shares as of the first day
of calendar year 1997, plus a number of Shares equal to the number of Shares
available for grant under the 1989 Plan as of the close of business on the date
of the 1997 Stockholders Meeting, for calendar year 1997, and one and one-half
percent (1.5%) of the total outstanding Shares as of the first day of each such
year for which the Plan is in effect beginning with calendar year 1998 and
ending with calendar year 2007 plus 20,000,000 shares of PCS Stock; provided
that such number shall be increased in any year by the number of Shares
available for grant hereunder in previous years but not covered by Awards
granted hereunder in such years; and provided further, that no more than eight
million (8,000,000) shares of FON Stock and no more than four million shares of
PCS Stock (4,000,000) shall be cumulatively available for the grant of Incentive
Stock Options under the Plan. In addition, any Shares issued by the Company
through the assumption or substitution of outstanding grants from an acquired
company shall not reduce the shares available for grants under the Plan. Any
Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and
unissued shares or treasury shares. If any Shares subject to any Award granted
hereunder or the Award itself are forfeited, cancelled, expired, or otherwise
terminated without the issuance of such Shares or of other consideration in lieu
of such Shares pursuant to the terms of the Award, the Shares subject to such
Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, expiration, or
termination, shall again be available for grant under the Plan. The

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number of shares with respect to which Options are granted in any calendar year
may exceed the total number of Shares available for grant under the Plan in such
year (taking into account all other Awards granted in such year), provided that
the terms of the Options provide that they may only be exercised to the extent
of the number of Shares available for grant at the time of exercise, and
provided further that this sentence shall not be construed to increase the total
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan.

(b) In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
stock dividend, spin-off, or other change in the corporate structure affecting
the Shares, such adjustment shall be made in the aggregate number and class of
Shares which may be delivered under the Plan, in the number and class of shares
that may be subject to an option granted to any individual in any year under the
Plan, in the number, class and option price of Shares subject to outstanding
Options granted under the Plan, and in the value of, or number or class of
Shares subject to, Awards granted under the Plan as may be determined to be
appropriate by the Committee, in its sole discretion, provided that the number
of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

Section 5. Eligibility. Any Employee or Outside Director shall be eligible to be
selected as a Participant.

Section 6. Stock Options. Options may be granted hereunder to Participants
either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Any Option
granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement
in such form as the Committee may from time to time approve. Any such Option
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and to such additional
terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the
Committee shall deem desirable:

(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share purchasable under an Option
shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that such
exercise price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Share on the
date of the grant of the Option.

(b) Option Period. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee in
its sole discretion; provided that no Incentive Stock Option shall be
exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is
granted.

(c) Exercisability. Options shall be exercisable at such time or times as
determined by the Committee at or subsequent to grant. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee at or subsequent to grant, no Incentive Stock Option
shall be exercisable until the first anniversary date of the granting of the
Incentive Stock Option.

(d) Method of Exercise. Subject to the other provisions of the Plan and any
applicable Award Agreement, any Option may be exercised by the Participant in
whole or in part at such time or times, and the Participant may pay the exercise
price in such form or forms, including, without limitation, payment by delivery
of cash, Shares or other consideration (including, where permitted by law and

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the Committee, Awards) having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to
the total exercise price, or by any combination of cash, Shares and other
consideration, as the Committee may permit.

(e) Incentive Stock Options. In accordance with rules and procedures established
by the Committee, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of
grant) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options held by any
Participant that are exercisable for the first time by such Participant during
any calendar year under the Plan (and under any other benefit plans of the
Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company) shall not
exceed $100,000 or, if different, the maximum limitation in effect at the time
of grant under Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any
regulations promulgated thereunder. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option
granted hereunder shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section
422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.

(f) Form of Settlement. In its sole discretion, the Committee may provide, at
the time of grant, that the shares to be issued upon an Option's exercise shall
be in the form of Restricted Stock or other similar securities, or may reserve
the right so to provide after the time of grant, or the Committee may provide
that the Participant may elect to receive Restricted Stock upon an Option's
exercise.

Section 7. Restricted Stock.

(a) Issuance. Restricted Stock Awards may be issued hereunder to Participants,
for such consideration as the Committee may determine, not less than the minimum
consideration required by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other
Awards granted under the Plan. The provisions of Restricted Stock Awards need
not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Registration. Any Restricted Stock issued hereunder may be evidenced in such
manner as the Committee in its sole discretion shall deem appropriate,
including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of a stock
certificate or certificates. In the event any stock certificate is issued in
respect of shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, such certificate
shall be registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear an
appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
applicable to such Award or shall be held in escrow by the Company until all
restrictions on the Restricted Stock have lapsed.

(c) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of
grant, upon termination of employment for any reason during the restriction
period, all shares of Restricted Stock still subject to restriction shall be
forfeited by the Participant and reacquired by the Company; provided that in the
event of a Participant's retirement, permanent disability, other termination of
employment or death, or in cases of special circumstances, the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interests
of the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with
respect to such Participant's shares of Restricted Stock.

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Section 8. Performance Awards.

Performance Awards may be issued hereunder to Participants, for such
consideration as the Committee may determine, not less than the minimum
consideration required by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other
Awards granted under the Plan. The performance criteria to be achieved during
any Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be
determined by the Committee upon the grant of each Performance Award. Except as
provided in Section 12, Performance Awards will be paid only after the end of
the relevant Performance Period. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, Shares,
other property or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the
Committee at the time of payment. The performance levels to be achieved for each
Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be
conclusively determined by the Committee. Performance Awards may be paid in a
lump sum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period or, in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis.

Section 9. Other Stock Unit Awards.

(a) Stock and Administration. Other Awards of Shares and other Awards that are
valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or
other property ("Other Stock Unit Awards") may be granted hereunder to
Participants, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the
Plan. Other Stock Unit Awards may be paid in Shares, cash or any other form of
property as the Committee shall determine. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall, subject to Section 3, have sole and complete
authority to determine the Employees or Outside Directors to whom and the time
or times at which such Awards shall be made, the number of Shares to be granted
pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards. The provisions
of Other Stock Unit Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Terms and Conditions. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and any
applicable Award Agreement, Shares subject to Awards made under this Section 9
may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered prior to
the date on which the Shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any
applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses. Shares granted
under this Section 9 may be issued for such consideration as the Committee may
determine, not less than the minimum consideration required by applicable law.
Shares purchased pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this Section 9 shall
be purchased for such consideration as the Committee shall in its sole
discretion determine, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of such
Shares as of the date such purchase right is awarded.

Section 10. [Deleted]

Section 11. Outside Directors' Shares

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Outside Directors may elect, on an annual basis, to purchase shares of any class
of common stock of the Company from the Company in lieu of receiving all or part
(in 10% increments) of their annual retainer, meeting fees and committee meeting
fees in cash. The purchase price of such shares shall be the Fair Market Value
of the stock for the last trading day of the month in which the retainer,
meeting fees, and committee meeting fees are earned.

     Commencing May 1, 1997, the annual retainer, meeting fees and committee
meeting fees payable to each Outside Director for service on the Board may, at
the election of the Outside Director (the "Annual Election"), be payable to a
trust in shares of any class of common stock of the Company. The Annual
Election: (i) shall be irrevocable in respect of the one-year period to which it
pertains (the "Plan Year") and shall specify the applicable percentage (in
increments of 10%) of such annual retainer and meeting fees that such Outside
Director wishes to direct to the trust; (ii) must be received in writing by the
administrator of the Plan by the established enrollment deadline of any year in
which this Plan is in effect in order to cause the next succeeding Plan Year's
annual retainer and fees to be subject to the provisions of this Plan; and (iii)
must specify whether the ultimate distribution of the shares of common stock to
the Outside Directors will be paid, following the Outside Director's death or
termination of Board service, in a lump sum or in equal annual payments over a
period of two to twenty years.

     The shares shall be purchased from the Company at the Fair Market Value of
the stock for the last trading day of the month in which the fees are earned and
shall be credited by the trustee to the account of the Outside Director. The
certificates for common stock shall be issued in the name of the trustee of the
trust and shall be held by such trustee in trust for the benefit of the Outside
Directors; provided, however, that each Outside Director shall be entitled to
vote the shares. The trustee shall retain all dividends (which shall be
reinvested in shares of the same class of common stock) and other distributions
paid or made with respect thereto in the trust. The shares credited to the
account of an Outside Director shall remain subject to the claims of the
Company's creditors, and the interests of the Outside Director in the trust may
not be sold, hypothecated or transferred (including, without limitation,
transferred by gift or donation) while such shares are held in the trust.

     If the Outside Director elects to receive a lump sum distribution, the
trustee of the trust shall distribute such shares of common stock free of
restrictions within 60 days after the Outside Director's termination date or a
later date elected by the Outside Director (no later than the mandatory
retirement age of the Outside Director). If the Outside Director elects to
receive a lump sum distribution, the Outside Director may, by delivering notice
in writing to the administrator of the Plan no later than December 31 of the
year prior to the year in which the Outside Director terminates service as a
Director, elect to receive any portion or all of the common stock in the form of
cash determined by reference to the Fair Market Value of the common stock as of
the termination date. Any such notice to the administrator must specify whether
the distribution will be entirely in cash or whether the distribution will be in
a combination of common stock and cash (in which case the applicable percentage
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specified). In the case of termination of the Outside Director's service as a
result of his death, payment of the Outside Director's account shall be in
shares of common stock and not in cash. If an Outside Director elects to receive
payments in installments, the distribution will commence within 60 days after
the Outside Director's termination date and will be made in shares of common
stock and not in cash. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any fractional shares of common stock shall be distributed in cash to
the Outside Director.

Section 12. Change in Control.

(a) In order to maintain the Participants' rights in the event of any Change in
Control of the Company, as hereinafter defined, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, as to any Award, either at the time an Award is made hereunder or
any time thereafter, take any one or more of the following actions: (i) provide
for the acceleration of any time periods relating to the exercise or realization
of any such Award so that such Award may be exercised or realized in full on or
before a date fixed by the Committee; (ii) provide for the purchase of any such
Award, upon the Participant's request, for an amount of cash equal to the excess
of the Fair Market Value of the property that could have been received upon the
exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant's rights had such Award
been currently exercisable or payable over the amount which would have been
paid, if any, by the Participant for such property; (iii) make such adjustment
to any such Award then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect
such Change in Control; or (iv) cause any such Award then outstanding to be
assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the acquiring or surviving
corporation after such Change in Control. The Committee may, in its discretion,
include such further provisions and limitations in any agreement documenting
such Awards as it deems equitable and in the best interests of the Company.

(b)  Unless the Committee determines otherwise with respect to any Award, a
     "Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)       the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any "person" or "group"
          (as those terms are defined in Sections 3(a)(9), 13(d), and 14(d) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
          thereunder, including, without limitation, Rule 13d-5(b)) of
          "beneficial ownership" (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the
          Exchange Act) of securities entitled to vote generally in the election
          of directors ("voting securities") of the Company that represent 30%
          or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
          voting securities, other than

          (A)       an acquisition by a trustee or other fiduciary holding
                    securities under any employee benefit plan (or related
                    trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any person
                    controlled by the Company or by any employee benefit plan
                    (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or
                    any person controlled by the Company, or

          (B)       an acquisition of voting securities by the Company or a
                    corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
                    stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
                    proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company,
                    or

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          (C)       an acquisition of voting securities pursuant to a
                    transaction described in clause (iii) below that would not
                    be a Change in Control under clause (iii);

(ii)      a change in the composition of the Board that causes less than a
          majority of the directors of the Company to be directors that meet one
          or more of the following descriptions:

          (A)       a director who has been a director of the Company for a
                    continuous period of at least 24 months, or

          (B)       a director whose election or nomination as director was
                    approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the then
                    directors described in clauses (ii)(A), (B), or (C) by prior
                    nomination or election, but excluding, for the purpose of
                    this subclause (B), any director whose initial assumption of
                    office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened (y)
                    election contest with respect to the election or removal of
                    directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of
                    proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person or group
                    other than the Board or (z) tender offer, merger, sale of
                    substantially all of the Company's assets, consolidation,
                    reorganization, or business combination that would be a
                    Change in Control under clause (iii) on consummation
                    thereof, or

          (C)       who were serving on the Board as a result of the
                    consummation of a transaction described in clause (iii) that
                    would not be a Change in Control under clause (iii);

(iii)     the consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the
          Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more
          intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or
          business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or
          substantially all of the Company's assets or (z) the acquisition of
          assets or stock of another entity, in each case, other than in a
          transaction

          (A)       that results in the Company's voting securities outstanding
                    immediately before the transaction continuing to represent
                    (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into
                    voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a
                    result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly,
                    the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or
                    substantially all of the Company's assets or otherwise
                    succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such
                    person, the "Successor Entity")) directly or indirectly, at
                    least 50% of the combined voting power of the Successor
                    Entity's outstanding voting securities immediately after the
                    transaction, and

          (B)       after which more than 50% of the members of the board of
                    directors of the Successor Entity were members of the Board
                    at the time of the Board's approval of the agreement
                    providing for the transaction or other action of the Board
                    approving the transaction (or whose election or nomination
                    was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members
                    who were members of the Board at that time), and

          (C)       after which no person or group beneficially owns voting
                    securities representing 30% or more of the combined voting
                    power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, no person
                    or group shall be treated for purposes of this clause (C) as
                    beneficially owning 30% or

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                    more of combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely
                    as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to
                    the consummation of the transaction; or

(iii)     a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

For purposes of clarification, (x) a change in the voting power of the Company
voting securities based on the relative trading values of the Company's then
outstanding securities as determined pursuant to the Company's Articles of
Incorporation or (y) an acquisition of the Company securities by the Company
that, in either case, by itself (or in combination only with the other event
listed in this sentence) causes the Company's voting securities beneficially
owned by a person or group to represent 30% or more of the combined voting power
of the Company's then outstanding voting securities is not to be treated as an
"acquisition" by any person or group for purposes of clause (i) above. For
purposes of clause (i) above, the Company makes the calculation of voting power
as if the date of the acquisition were a record date for a vote of the Company's
shareholders, and for purposes of clause (iii) above, the Company makes the
calculation of voting power as if the date of the consummation of the
transaction were a record date for a vote of the Company's shareholders.

Section 13. Amendments and Termination. The Board may amend, alter or
discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration, or discontinuation shall be
made that would impair the rights of a Participant under an Award theretofore
granted, without the Participant's consent, or that without the approval of the
Stockholders would, except as is provided in Section 4(b) of the Plan, increase
the total number of Shares reserved for the purposes of the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may terminate the Plan even if the
effect would be to cancel unexercisable Options granted pursuant to the last
sentence of Section 4(a) for which shares have not, at the time of such
termination, become available for grant.

     The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted,
prospectively or retroactively, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of
any Participant without his consent. The Committee may also substitute new
Awards for Awards previously granted to Participants, including without
limitation previously granted Options having higher option prices.

Section 14. General Provisions.

(a) No Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant otherwise than
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except that Restricted Stock
may be used in payment of the exercise price of a stock option issued by the
Company and may be otherwise transferred in a manner that protects the interests
of the Company as the Committee may determine; provided that, if so determined
by the Committee, each Participant or Outside Director may, in the manner
established by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of
the Participant or Outside Director with respect to any Award upon the death of
the Participant or Outside Director and to receive the Shares or other property
issued upon such exercise.

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(b) The term of each Award shall be for such period from the date of its grant
as may be determined by the Committee; provided that in no event shall the term
of any Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten (10) years from the date of
its grant.

(c) No Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan,
and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the
Plan.

(d) The prospective recipient of any Award under the Plan shall not, with
respect to such Award, be deemed to have become a Participant, or to have any
rights with respect to such Award, until and unless such recipient shall have
executed an agreement or other instrument evidencing the Award and delivered a
fully executed copy thereof to the Company, and otherwise complied with the then
applicable terms and conditions.

(e) The Committee shall be authorized to make adjustments in performance award
criteria or in the terms and conditions of other Awards in recognition of
unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial statements
or changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles. The
Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall
deem desirable to carry it into effect. In the event the Company shall assume
outstanding employee benefit awards or the right or obligation to make future
such awards in connection with the acquisition of another corporation or
business entity, the Committee may, in its discretion, make such adjustments in
the terms of Awards under the Plan as it shall deem appropriate.

(f) The Committee shall have full power and authority to determine whether, to
what extent and under what circumstances any Award shall be canceled or
suspended. In particular, but without limitation, all outstanding Awards to any
Participant shall be canceled if the Participant, without the consent of the
Committee, while employed by the Company or after termination of such
employment, becomes associated with, employed by, renders services to, or owns
any interest in (other than any nonsubstantial interest, as determined by the
Committee), any business that is in competition with the Company or with any
business in which the Company has a substantial interest as determined by the
Committee or any one or more Senior Officers or committee of Senior Officers to
whom the authority to make such determination is delegated by the Committee.

(g) All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award
shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the
Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon
which the Shares are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state securities
law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such
certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

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(h) Subject to the provisions of this Plan and any Award Agreement, the
recipient of an Award may, if so determined by the Committee, be entitled to
receive, currently or on a deferred basis, interest or dividends, or interest or
dividend equivalents, with respect to the number of shares covered by the Award,
as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and the Committee may
provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in
additional Shares or otherwise reinvested.

(i) Except as otherwise required in any applicable Award Agreement or by the
terms of the Plan, recipients of Awards under the Plan shall not be required to
make any payment or provide consideration other than the rendering of services.

(j) The Committee may delegate to one or more Senior Officers or a committee of
Senior Officers the right to grant Awards to Employees who are not officers or
Directors of the Company and to cancel or suspend Awards to Employees who are
not officers or Directors of the Company.

(k) The Company shall be authorized to withhold from any Award granted or
payment due under the Plan the amount of withholding taxes due with respect to
an Award or payment hereunder and to take such other action as may be necessary
in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such
taxes. The Company shall also be authorized to accept the delivery of Shares by
a Participant in payment for the withholding of taxes.

(l) Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board of Directors from
adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder
approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

(m) The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and
regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of Kansas and applicable Federal law.

(n) If any provision of this Plan is or becomes or is deemed invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award
under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws or if it cannot be
construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee,
materially altering the intent of the Plan, it shall be stricken and the
remainder of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 15. Effective Date of Plan. The Plan shall be effective as of April 15,
1997.

Section 16. Term of Plan. No Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after
April 15, 2007, but any Award granted on or before such date may extend beyond
that date.

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                                                                  Exhibit 10 (l)

                     SPRINT SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                     ---------------------------------------------

                                       SECTION 1

                               ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
                               -------------------------

     1.1 Establishment. The Company hereby establishes the Plan for certain
         -------------
eligible Employees, effective as of January 1, 1994.

     1.2 Purpose. The Plan is established to supplement the benefits of any
         -------
Participant whose retirement income under a Qualified Pension Plan is limited in
accordance with Section 415 or 401(a)(17) of the Code or whose benefit under
such a plan is reduced by his or her Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals. The
Plan is intended to restore such a Participant's overall retirement income to
the level which would have been payable under the Qualified Pension Plan absent
either such limitation under the Code or absent such deferrals. The Plan is
further intended to facilitate the attraction and retention of senior level
executives who have significant experience with a former employer prior to
becoming employed by an Employer.

     It is intended that the Plan qualify as an unfunded plan which is
maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a
select group of management or highly compensated employees and, to the extent
applicable, an unfunded excess benefit plan, so as to qualify for the various
applicable exceptions and exemptions to the requirements otherwise imposed by
ERISA on employee pension benefit plans.

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                                    SECTION 2

                          DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
                          ----------------------------

     2.1 Definitions. The following terms, when capitalized as shown below,
         -----------
shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise.

     "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time. References to any provision of the Code herein shall include any successor
provisions thereto.

     "Committee" means the committee established pursuant to Section 8.

     "Company" means Sprint Corporation, a Kansas corporation ("Sprint") and its
successor or successors.

     "Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals" means the amount of compensation
deferred by a Participant in the Sprint Executive Deferred Compensation Plan to
the extent such compensation would have been compensation for purposes of
determining a Participant's benefit under the Qualified Pension Plan had the
amount not been deferred; provided, however, that a Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferral shall not include any amount deferred for which the Participant
receives a pension make-up benefit as such term is defined in the Sprint
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.

     "Employee" means any person employed by an Employer who receives regular
stated compensation other than a pension, retainer or fee under contract.

     "Employer" means the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which
participates in a Qualified Pension Plan.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time. References to any provision of ERISA herein shall
include any successor provisions thereto.

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     "Gross Misconduct" occurs if the Committee determines that the Participant
has engaged in a willful, deliberate, or gross act of commission or omission
which is injurious to the finances or reputation of the Company or any
Subsidiary or other affiliate.

     "Involuntary Termination without Cause" means a Participant's termination
of employment from the Company and all Subsidiaries, if involuntary and not for
reasons of Gross Misconduct, including but not limited to, termination due to a
job elimination pursuant to a reduction-in-force.

     "Normal Retirement Date" means the first day of the calendar month
coincident with or next following the 65th birthday of the Participant.

     "Participant" means an Employee who has satisfied the requirements of
Section 3.1 for participation in the Plan or a former Employee entitled to
benefits hereunder.

     "Plan" means the Sprint Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as set
forth herein and as amended from time to time.

     "Plan Administrator" means the plan administrator appointed by the
Committee under Section 8.1.

     "Qualified Pension Plan" means the Sprint Retirement Pension Plan.

     "Subsidiary" means (a) a member of a controlled group of corporations of
which an Employer is a member, (b) an unincorporated trade or business which is
under common control with an Employer as determined in accordance with Section
414(c) of the Code or (c) a member of an affiliated service group of which an
Employer is a member as determined in accordance with Section 414(m) of the
Code. For purposes hereof, a "controlled group of corporations" means a
controlled group of corporations as defined in Section 1563(a) of the Code,
determined without regard to Sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(e)(3)(C).

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     2.2 Construction. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, terms not
         ------------
defined in Section 2.1 shall have the meaning specified in the Qualified Pension
Plan under which the Participant is entitled to a benefit (if defined therein).
In addition, except when otherwise clearly indicated by the context, the plural
shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

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                                    SECTION 3

                                  PARTICIPATION
                                  -------------

     3.1 Covered employees. Any Employee who is not a member of a collective
         -----------------
bargaining unit and whose benefits under a Qualified Pension Plan maintained by
the Company are limited in accordance with section 415 or 401(a)(17) of the Code
shall become a Participant in this Plan as of the date such benefits are first
so limited. Also, any Employee whose Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals cause
a reduction in his or her benefit under the Qualified Pension Plan shall be a
Participant in this Plan. An Employee whose employment with the Company and all
of its Subsidiaries terminated before January 1, 1994, however, shall not be
eligible to be a Participant herein.

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                                    SECTION 4

                           BENEFIT RESTORATION AMOUNTS
                           ---------------------------

     4.1 Computation of Benefit. The monthly amount of benefit restoration
         ----------------------
payable to a Participant under this Plan, when expressed in the form of a single
life annuity beginning on the Participant's Normal Retirement Date, shall be
equal to the excess of (a) over (b) where:

          (a) equals the Participant's monthly retirement income benefit under
     the Qualified Pension Plan, payable in the form of a single life annuity
     beginning on such Participant's Normal Retirement Date, as determined under
     the terms and conditions of such plan, except that (i) such determination
     shall disregard the restrictions on retirement income benefits under such
     plan which are imposed in accordance with Sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of
     the Code and (ii) compensation for purposes of such determination shall
     include any Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals; and

          (b) equals such Participant's actual monthly retirement income benefit
     under such Qualified Pension Plan, payable in the form of a single life
     annuity beginning on such Participant's Normal Retirement Date, as
     determined under the terms and conditions of such plan, including the
     restrictions on retirement income benefits under such plan which are
     imposed in accordance with sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code and
     excluding any Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals from compensation for
     purposes of such determination.

     4.2 Vesting and Forfeiture for Cause. A Participant shall be vested in the
         --------------------------------
benefit restoration payable under the Plan to the same degree that the
Participant is vested in his or her retirement income benefits under the
Qualified Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, any vested
supplemental retirement income benefits or survivor benefits payable under this
Plan shall be forfeited, and a Participant, together with any of his or her
beneficiaries, shall have no right to such benefits if: (a) such Participant has
engaged in Gross Misconduct, or (b) the Participant, without the consent of the
Committee, while employed by the Company or a

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Subsidiary or after termination of such employment, becomes associated with,
employed by, renders services to, or owns any interest in (other than any
nonsubstantial interest, as determined by the Committee), any business that is
in competition with the Company or with any business in which the Company has a
substantial interest as determined by the Committee. The restriction from
competition after termination of employment described in the preceding sentence
shall not apply to a Participant in the event he or she has an Involuntary
Termination without Cause.

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                                    SECTION 5

                         MID-CAREER PENSION ENHANCEMENT
                         ------------------------------

     5.1 Recommendation of Participants for Mid-Career Pension Enhancement.
         -----------------------------------------------------------------
Subject to the approval of the Organization and Compensation Committee of the
Board, the Company's Chief Executive Officer may recommend Participants who are
Senior Vice President and above to receive a mid-career pension enhancement.
Such recommendation shall be delivered, in writing, to the Committee and shall
specify the following: (a) the identity of the Participant selected, (b) the
number of additional years of service (based on the relevant business experience
of the Participant with another employer prior to his or her employment with the
Company or a Subsidiary) with which such Participant will be credited for the
purpose of calculating benefits in accordance with the benefit formula under the
Qualified Pension Plan, (c) the service requirements which a Participant must
satisfy to be eligible for such benefits (if different than as described in
Section 5.3) and (d) the conditions under which such benefits will be forfeited
(if different than as described in Section 5.4).

     5.2 Computation of Benefit. The monthly amount of any mid-career pension
         ----------------------
enhancement benefit payable to a Participant under this Plan, when expressed in
the form of a single life annuity beginning on the Participant's Normal
Retirement Date, shall be equal to the excess of (a) over (b) where:

          (a) equals the Participant's monthly retirement income benefit under
     Section 4.1 of this Plan and the Qualified Pension Plan, payable in the
     form of a single life annuity beginning on such Participant's Normal
     Retirement Date, as determined under the terms and conditions of such
     plans, except that such determination under this Section 5.2(a) shall be
     made assuming that the Participant had additional years of credited service
     as specified in the recommendation under Section 5.1; and

          (b) equals the sum of (i) such Participant's actual monthly retirement
     income benefit under Section 4.1 of this Plan and the Qualified Pension
     Plan,

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     payable in the form of a single life annuity beginning on such
     Participant's Normal Retirement Date, as determined under the terms and
     conditions of such plans, but without assuming the additional years of
     credited service as specified in the recommendation under Section 5.1 and
     (ii) the actuarial equivalent amount, expressed as a single life annuity
     beginning on such Participant's Normal Retirement Date, received by such
     Participant from any pension plans of his or her previous employers, if
     any, whether qualified under Section 401 of the Code or not.

     5.3 Service Requirements. Unless provided otherwise in the recommendation,
         --------------------
the number of additional years of service specified in the recommendation shall
be credited to a Participant at the rate of one additional year of service for
each completed year of service with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries.

     5.4 Forfeiture. Unless provided otherwise in the recommendation, mid-career
         ----------
pension enhancement benefits shall be forfeited, and a Participant, together
with any of his or her beneficiaries, shall have no right to such benefits if:

          (a) the Participant has engaged in Gross Misconduct;

          (b) the Participant, without the consent of the Committee, while
     employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or after termination of such
     employment, becomes associated with, employed by, renders services to, or
     owns any interest in (other than any nonsubstantial interest, as determined
     by the Committee), any business that is in competition with the Company or
     with any business in which the Company has a substantial interest as
     determined by the Committee (such restriction from competition after
     termination of employment shall not apply to a Participant in the event he
     or she has an Involuntary Termination without Cause); or

          (c) the Participant terminates employment with the Company and all of
     its Subsidiaries prior to age 60, unless the Participant terminates such
     employment for reasons of (i) death, (ii) total and permanent disability,
     or (iii) Involuntary Termination without Cause.

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                                    SECTION 6

                          BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT DATE AND
                          -----------------------------

                                 FORM OF PAYMENT
                                 ---------------

     6.1 Benefit Commencement Date. Subject to Section 9.6 and the following
         -------------------------
sentence, benefits payable to a Participant under the Plan shall commence as of
the same annuity starting date as the benefits under the Qualified Pension Plan
to which such benefits relate. In addition, mid-career pension enhancement
benefits payable under the Plan will not commence until the Participant has
cooperated, to the satisfaction of the Committee, in disclosing the benefits he
or she will receive from any pension plans of a previous employer as described
in Section 5.2(b)(ii).

     6.2 Form of Payment. Subject to Section 9.6, benefits payable to a
         ---------------
Participant under the Plan shall be distributed as follows:

     (a) if the Participant does not make a timely election (as described under

     (b) below), then

          (i)   if the Participant is not married as of his or her annuity
          starting date, in the form of an annuity for the Participant's life,
          or

          (ii)  if the Participant is married as of his or her annuity starting
          date, and such date is before February 1, 2002, in the form of an
          annuity for the Participant's life with a survivor annuity for the
          life of the Participant's spouse where the survivor annuity is 50% of
          the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the
          Participant and the Participant's spouse, or

          (iii) if the Participant is married as of his or her annuity starting
          date, and such date is on or after February 1, 2002, in the form of

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          an annuity for the Participant's life, or

     (b) in any form provided under the Qualified Pension Plan which the
     Participant elects. Such election must be made by the Participant in
     writing and will only be effective if it is received by the Committee no
     later than one year prior to the Participant's annuity starting date for
     benefits under the Qualified Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the previous
     sentence, a married participant who has not made an election under this
     paragraph (b) may elect, before his or her annuity starting date and during
     the period between the dates of January 1, 2002 through January 31, 2002,
     to elect to receive his benefit in the form of an annuity for the
     Participant's life with a survivor annuity for the life of the
     Participant's spouse where the survivor annuity is 50% of the amount of the
     annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the
     Participant's spouse.

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                                    SECTION 7

                                 DEATH BENEFITS
                                 --------------

     7.1 Death On or After Annuity Starting Date. If a Participant dies on or
         ---------------------------------------
after his or her annuity starting date, the survivor benefits payable under the
Plan, if any, shall be payable in accordance with the form of distribution in
effect for such Participant under the Plan as of the date of his or her death.

     7.2 Death Prior to Annuity Starting Date. If a Participant dies before his
         ------------------------------------
or her annuity starting date and such Participant is survived by a spouse to
whom he or she was married for at least one year immediately prior to the date
of such Participant's death, such surviving spouse shall be entitled to a
survivor benefit hereunder. Subject to Section 9.6, such survivor benefit shall
commence as of the same date that the survivor benefit to such spouse under the
Qualified Pension Plan begins and shall be payable in the form of a single life
annuity. The monthly amount of such survivor benefit shall be equal to the
excess of (a) over (b) where:

          (a) equals the monthly amount of the survivor benefit payable to the
     Participant's surviving spouse under the Qualified Pension Plan, as
     determined under the terms and conditions of such plan, except that (i)
     such determination, computed as described in Section 4.1, shall disregard
     the restrictions under such plan which are imposed in accordance with
     Sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code and shall include as compensation
     any Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals, and (ii) such determination shall
     include any additional years of credited service specified in Section 5.1
     for such Participant computed as described in Section 5.2; and

          (b) equals the sum of (i) the monthly amount of the survivor benefit
     which is actually paid to such surviving spouse from such Qualified Pension
     Plan, as determined under the terms and conditions of such plan, including
     the restrictions under such plan which are imposed in accordance with
     sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code and excluding any Deferred
     Compensation Plan Deferrals and any additional years of credited service
     specified in Section 5.1 for such Participant and (ii) for Participants
     entitled to a mid-career pension

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     enhancement under Section 5, the monthly amount of the survivor benefit
     which is actually paid to such surviving spouse from any pension plan of
     the Participant's previous employers, if any, whether qualified under
     Section 401 of the Code or not.

     In the event a surviving spouse eligible to receive a survivor benefit
under this Section 7.2 dies before his or her actual benefit commences as set
forth above, no benefit shall be payable hereunder.

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                                    SECTION 8

                           ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
                           --------------------------

     8.1 The Committee and the Plan Administrator. The Plan will be administered
         ----------------------------------------
by a Committee consisting of not less than three persons designated from time to
time by the Board. The Committee shall appoint a Plan Administrator to assist
the Committee in the Plan's administration. The Plan Administrator shall be
responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Plan and shall have other
powers and responsibilities delegated to him or her by the Committee. The
Committee may authorize the Plan Administrator to designate agents to carry out
certain of his or her responsibilities.

     8.2 Power of the Committee. The Committee shall have full power and
         ----------------------
authority:

          (a) to, in its sole discretion, make decisions and take any action
     with respect to questions arising in connection with the Plan, including
     but not limited to, the construction and interpretation of the Plan and to
     make equitable adjustments for any mistakes or errors made in the
     administration of the Plan;

          (b) to, in its sole discretion, determine all questions arising in the
     administration of the Plan, including the power to determine the rights of
     Participants and their beneficiaries and the amount of their respective
     interests;

          (c) to adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem reasonably
     necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan
     consistent with its purposes;

          (d) to enforce the Plan in accordance with its terms and the rules and
     regulations adopted by the Committee; and

          (e) to delegate its powers to any officer of the Company or other
     specified persons or committees.

          (f) to do all other acts which in its judgment are necessary or
     desirable for the proper and advantageous administration of the Plan.

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     8.3 Coordination of Benefit payments. The Committee shall take such action
         --------------------------------
as it deems necessary or appropriate to establish procedures to coordinate the
payment of benefits under the Plan with the payment of the corresponding
benefits under the Qualified Pension Plan to which the benefits payable
hereunder relate.

     8.4 Committee Actions. The Committee shall act by the vote or concurrence
         -----------------
of the majority of its members and shall maintain a written record of its
decisions and actions. Resolutions may be adopted or other action may be taken
without a meeting upon the unanimous written consent of the Committee. No member
of the Committee shall have any personal liability to anyone, either as such
member or as an individual, for anything done or omitted to be done in good
faith in carrying out the provisions of the Plan.

     8.5 Indemnification. The Employers will indemnify and hold harmless the
         ---------------
directors and officers of the Employers, and of all Subsidiaries, the members of
the Committee and all other Employees of the Employers, or of any Subsidiary,
from any liability, loss, cost or damage that such individuals may incur in the
exercise and performance of their duties and powers hereunder, except as may
result from their own gross negligence or willful default. The Employers also
will assume the defense of any and all actions, suits or proceedings brought or
advanced by any person (other than an Employer) against any such individual
arising under the Plan.

     8.6 Claim for Benefits. Any claim for benefits under this Plan shall be
         ------------------
made in writing to the Plan Administrator. If a claim for benefits is wholly or
partially denied, the Plan Administrator shall so notify the Participant or
beneficiary within 90 days after receipt of the claim. The notice of denial
shall be written in a manner calculated to be

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understood by the Participant or beneficiary and shall contain (a) the specific
reason or reasons for denial of the claim, (b) specific references to the
pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based, (c) a description of
any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim together
with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary and (d) an
explanation of the claims review procedure. The decision or action of the Plan
Administrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons having any
interest in the Plan, unless a written appeal is filed as provided in Section
8.7 hereof.

     8.7 Review of Claim. Within 60 days after the receipt by the Participant or
         ---------------
beneficiary of notice of denial of a claim, the Participant or beneficiary may
(a) file a request with the Committee that it conduct a full and fair review of
the denial of the claim, (b) review pertinent documents and (c) submit questions
and comments to the Committee in writing.

     8.8 Decision After Review. Within 60 days after the receipt of a request
         ---------------------
for review under Section 8.7, the Committee, or its delegate, shall deliver to
the Participant or beneficiary a written decision with respect to the claim,
except that if there are special circumstances (such as the need to hold a
hearing) which require more time for processing, the 60-day period shall be
extended to 120 days upon notice to the Participant or beneficiary to that
effect. The decision shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by
the Participant or beneficiary and shall (a) include the specific reason or
reasons for the decision and (b) contain a specific reference to the pertinent
Plan provisions upon which the decision is based.

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                                    SECTION 9

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
                            ------------------------

     9.1 Expenses. Expenses of administering the Plan, including the fees and
         --------
expenses of any trustee, will be borne by the Employers.

     9.2 Employment Rights. Establishment of this Plan shall not be construed to
         -----------------
give any Participant or beneficiary the right to be retained by the Employer or
to any benefits not specifically provided by the Plan.

     9.3 Severability. In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be held
         ------------
illegal or invalid for any reason, any illegality or invalidity shall not affect
the remaining parts of the Plan. The Plan shall be construed and enforced,
however, as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted, and the
Company shall have the privilege to correct and remedy such questions of
illegality or invalidity by amendment as provided in the Plan.

     9.4 Trust. The Employers shall make all distributions under this Plan.
         -----
Alternatively, the Company may, on behalf of itself and the other Employers,
transfer assets to a trust established with an independent trustee to make
distributions under the Plan. The assets so held in such trust shall remain the
general assets of the Company which at all times shall be subject to the rights
and claims of the Company's general creditors in accordance with the terms of
the trust. The rights of Participants and their beneficiaries under this Plan
and any such trust shall be exclusively unsecured contractual rights. No
Participant or beneficiary shall have any right, title or interest whatsoever in
the trust.

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     9.5 Applicable Law.
         --------------

     (a) This Plan, to the extent considered an unfunded deferred compensation
plan for a select group of management or highly compensated employees which is
not an excess benefit plan, is fully exempt from Titles II, III and IV of ERISA.
However, this Plan, to the extent so considered, shall be governed and construed
in accordance with the applicable sections of Title I of ERISA.

     (b) To the extent not governed by ERISA, this Plan shall be governed by and
construed according to the laws of the State of Kansas.

     9.6 Lump Sum Cash Outs. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to
         ------------------
the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct that the
actuarial equivalent of an individual's benefits payable hereunder be paid to
such individual in a lump sum payment on such date as the Committee may
determine. Such actuarial equivalent amount shall be determined in the same
manner that the amount of an involuntary cash out distribution is computed under
the Qualified Pension Plan to which the benefits payable hereunder relate. In no
event, however, shall lump sum payments under this Section 9.6 be limited by the
$3,500 ceiling (adjusted for inflation) on involuntary cash out distributions
set forth in such Qualified Pension Plan. The payment of an immediate lump sum
amount under this Section 9.6 shall be a complete discharge of any obligations
to such individual and his or her beneficiaries hereunder.

     9.7 Incapacity of Benefit recipient. In the event any benefits (including
         -------------------------------
survivor benefits) hereunder are payable to an individual who is physically or
mentally incompetent to receive such payment, such benefits shall be paid on
such individual's behalf to the same party to whom the corresponding benefits
from the Qualified Pension Plan are paid.

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     9.8  Effect on Qualified Retirement Plans. Amounts credited or paid under
          ------------------------------------
this Plan shall not be considered to be compensation for purposes of the
Qualified Pension Plans or any other qualified retirement plan maintained by an
Employer.

     9.9  Withholding of Taxes. An Employer, or a person designated by the
          --------------------
Employer, will withhold any required taxes related to the vesting of accrued
benefits or the payment of supplemental retirement income or survivor benefits
hereunder. In addition, an Employer may withhold such sum as the Employer or
such person may reasonably estimate to be necessary to cover taxes for which the
Employer or such person may be liable and which may be assessed with regard to
such payment of supplemental retirement income or survivor benefits.

     9.10 Amendments. The Board may amend this Plan in its sole discretion. Any
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such amendment shall be effective at such date as the Board may determine,
except that no such amendment, other than an amendment of a minor nature or
permitted in accordance with the terms of the trust, if any, described in
Section 9.4, may apply to any period prior to the announcement of the amendment.
The Committee may also amend the Plan, both retroactively and prospectively, but
only to make minor changes which are technical or administrative in nature.

     9.11 Plan Termination. The Board may at any time terminate this Plan in
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whole or in part in which case no further benefits shall accrue hereunder with
respect to any affected Participant. If an Employer ceases to be a Subsidiary of
the Company, the participation in this Plan of all Participants employed by that
Employer will terminate and no further benefits for such Participants shall
accrue hereunder.

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     9.12 Non Alienation. Subject to Section 9.13, no right or benefit under the
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Plan shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign,
pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void. No right or benefit under the
Plan shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts,
liabilities or torts of the person entitled to such benefits, except such claims
as may be made by the Company or any other Employer.

     9.13 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Section 9.12 shall not apply to
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the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to the benefit under the Plan
pursuant to a "domestic relations order" (as defined in Section 206(d)(3)(B)(ii)
of ERISA) which meets the requirements of a "qualified domestic relations order"
(as defined in Section 206(d)(3)(B)(i) of ERISA) and which is consistent with
the nature of benefits provided under the Plan.

     9.14 Notices. Notices, reports and statements to be given, made or
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delivered to a Participant shall be deemed duly given, made or delivered, when
addressed to the Participant, and delivered by ordinary mail, or by Employer
mail, to such Participant's business address or resident address on the employee
information system of the Employer. All notices required to be given by a
Participant or beneficiary shall be given on a form provided for the purpose and
shall be deemed received when delivered to the Committee or such Participant's
local human resources department.

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