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                                  NORTEK, INC.
                           Second Amended and Restated
                       Change in Control Severance Benefit
                             Plan for Key Employees

                         Effective Date: August 27, 2004

      This Second Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Benefit Plan
for Key Employees (this "Plan") amends and restates the Nortek, Inc. Change in
Control Severance Benefit Plan for Key Employees As Amended and Restated June
12, 1997 (the "First Amended Plan") as of the Effective Date.

      Nortek, Inc. (the "Company") desires to assure that it and its
subsidiaries (the "Employer") will have the benefit of the continued service and
experience of certain of their key employees designated as hereinafter provided
("Employees," or individually, the "Employee") and to assure Employer and the
Employee of the continuity of management of the Company and the Employer in the
event of any actual or threatened change in control of the Company and adopts
this Plan to provide such assurances.

      1. Effective Date. The Effective Date shall occur on the date of and
immediately following the Acquisition, as defined herein. THL Buildco Holdings,
Inc. and THL Buildco, Inc., companies affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners,
L.P., having entered into a stock purchase agreement on July 15, 2004 with
affiliates of Kelso & Company, L.P. and certain other parties (the "Stock
Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which THL Buildco, Inc. agreed to purchase all
the outstanding capital stock of the then-existing Nortek Holdings, Inc. ("Prior
Holdings"), there subsequently occurred the Closing, as defined in the Stock
Purchase Agreement, and immediately thereafter (A) THL Buildco, Inc. merged with
and into Prior Holdings and Prior Holdings merged with and into Nortek, with
Nortek continuing as the surviving corporation, and (B) THL Buildco Holdings,
Inc. became the new parent company of Nortek and was renamed "Nortek Holdings,
Inc.," which acquisition by THL Buildco, Inc. and the related mergers are
collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Acquisition."

      2. Designated Employees. Employees entitled to participate in the Plan
shall be those designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the
Company or its designees.

      3. Agreement of Employees. Designated Employees in order to participate in
the Plan must enter into written agreements with Employer with respect to
participation in the Plan in a form prescribed by Employer, which need not be
the same for all such Employees and which may provide for reduced benefits or
less favorable terms than are provided for in this Plan generally and which
shall contain, among other things, the agreement of such Employees that in the
event any person ("Person"), as that term is defined or used in Sections 13(d)
or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), begins a
tender or exchange offer, solicitation of proxies from the Company's security
holders or takes other actions to effect a Change in Control (as hereinafter
defined), such Employee will not voluntarily terminate his

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employment with Employer until such Person has abandoned or terminated such
efforts to effect a Change in Control or until a Change in Control has occurred.

      4. Change in Control. For purposes of this Plan, a "Change in Control"
shall be deemed to have occurred if and when

            (a) There occurs any event or series of events that would be
      required to be reported as a change in control in response to Item 5.01 on
      a Form 8-K filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or in any other
      filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (assuming for this purpose that the Company is required to make filings
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act)
      unless the Person acquiring control is or is an affiliate of such
      Employee; or

            (b) The Company executes an agreement of acquisition, merger or
      consolidation which contemplates that after the effective date provided
      for in the agreement, all or substantially all of the business and/or
      assets of the Company shall be controlled by another corporation or other
      entity; provided, however, for purposes of this paragraph (b) that (i) if
      such an agreement requires as a condition precedent approval by the
      Company's shareholders of the agreement or transaction, a Change in
      Control shall not be deemed to have taken place unless and until such
      approval is secured and (ii) if the voting shareholders of such other
      corporation or entity shall, substantially after such effective date, be
      substantially the same as the voting shareholders of the Company
      immediately prior to such effective date, the execution of such agreement
      shall not, by itself, constitute a "Change in Control"; or

            (c) Any Person which does not include the Employee or any affiliate
      of the Company as of the Effective Date becomes the beneficial owner,
      directly or indirectly (either as a result of the acquisition of
      securities or as the result of an arrangement or understanding, including
      the holding of proxies, with or among security holders), of securities of
      the Company representing 25% or more of the votes that could then be cast
      in an election for members of the Company's Board of Directors unless
      within 15 days of being advised that such ownership level has been
      reached, a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office adopts a
      resolution approving the acquisition of that level of securities ownership
      by such Person; or

            (d) During any period of 24 consecutive months, commencing after the
      Effective Date, individuals who at the beginning of such 24-month period
      were directors of the Company shall cease to constitute at least a
      majority of the Company's Board of Directors, unless the election of each
      director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has been
      approved in advance by directors representing at least two thirds of (i)
      the directors then in office who were directors at the beginning of the
      24-month period or (ii) the directors specified in clause (i) plus
      directors whose election has been so approved by directors specified in
      clause (i).

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      For purposes of this Plan, directors of the Company shall be "Continuing
Directors" if they were directors at the beginning of any such 24-month period
or were approved in the manner provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 4.

      5. Benefit Upon the Acquisition. Within 30 days following the Acquisition,
regardless of whether an Employee's employment has been terminated, the Company
shall pay to any Employee who was a participant in the First Amended Plan at the
time of Acquisition an amount equal to 20% of the annual rate of his basic
salary immediately prior to the Effective Date. No such benefit will be payable
to any Employee hereunder, however, in connection with any subsequent Change in
Control.

      6. Severance Benefit. If during a period of 24 months following a Change
in Control (including the Acquisition or any subsequent Change in Control),
either (i) the employment of Employee is terminated by Employer or (ii) there is
a material adverse change in the terms of the employment of Employee which
entitles Employee to treat any such change as such a termination as hereinafter
provided, Employee shall be entitled to receive severance pay at an annual rate
equal to (i) his basic salary at the annual rate in effect immediately prior to
any such Change in Control (or, if higher, immediately prior to such
termination), plus (ii) the highest amount of bonus or incentive compensation
paid or payable in cash to Employee (irrespective of any decision to defer any
payment with respect thereto) for any one of the three calendar years prior to
such Change in Control (or, if higher, immediately prior to such termination),
such severance pay to be paid for the 24-month period following such termination
in the same manner as Employee's basic salary was paid immediately prior to such
termination and to be subject to appropriate tax withholding. [For example, if
Employee's basic salary was $100,000 immediately prior to a Change in Control,
his highest bonus in the prior three years was $20,000 and he is paid monthly,
his severance pay for each of the 24 months following termination would be
$10,000.] Payment of such amount shall be considered severance pay in
consideration of past services, services subsequent to Employee's designation
under this Plan and continued services during a period while any such Change in
Control is pending and thereafter and is not to be reduced by compensation or
income received by Employee from any other employment or other source.

      In the event of such a termination, Employee shall continue for a period
of 24 months after termination to be covered at the expense of Employer by the
same or equivalent hospital, medical, accident, disability and life insurance
coverages as he was covered immediately prior to such termination; provided,
however, that in lieu of such coverage, Employee may elect to be paid in cash,
within 15 days after such termination, an amount equal to Employer's cost of
providing such coverages during such period.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, all payments to which Employee would be
entitled under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that he
shall not be liable for the federal excise tax levied on certain "excess
parachute payments" under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.

      Following a Change in Control, a material adverse change in the terms of
employment of Employee by Employer which Employee is entitled to treat as a
termination by Employer for purposes of this Plan includes:

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            (a) Without Employee's express written consent, assignment of
      Employee to any duties inconsistent with his position, duties and
      responsibilities and status with Employer immediately prior to a Change in
      Control; or

            (b) A reduction by the Employer in Employee's base salary as in
      effect immediately prior to a Change in Control;

            (c) A failure by Employer to continue any cash bonus or incentive
      plans in which Employee is entitled to participate immediately prior to a
      Change in Control or a modification of any such plans with the result that
      the cash bonus or incentive compensation ("Bonus") paid to Employee for
      any calendar year in which such Change in Control occurs or in the
      subsequent 24-month period is less than the average Bonus awarded Employee
      for the three years prior to the Change in Control (or such shorter period
      as he has been employed by Employer); or

            (d) Without Employee's express written consent, the Employer's
      requiring Employee to be based anywhere other than within 25 miles of his
      office location immediately prior to a Change in Control, except for
      required travel on the Employer's business to an extent substantially
      consistent with his business travel obligations immediately prior to a
      Change in Control; or

            (e) The failure by the Employer to continue in effect any benefit or
      compensation plan, stock ownership plan, stock purchase plan, stock option
      plan, life insurance plan, health-and-accident plan or disability plan in
      which Employee is participating at the time of a Change in Control (or
      plans providing Employee with substantially similar benefits), or the
      taking of any action by the Employer which would adversely affect
      Employee's participation or materially reduce his benefits under any of
      such plans; or

            (f) The taking of any action by the Employer which would deprive
      Employee of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by him immediately prior
      to a Change in Control or the failure by the Employer to provide him with
      the number of paid vacation days to which he is then entitled in
      accordance with the Employer's normal vacation policy in effect
      immediately prior to a Change in Control; or

            (g) The failure by the Employer or the Company to obtain the written
      agreement to perform the Company's obligations under this Plan by any
      successor of the Company; or

            (h) Any breach by the Company or Employer of any provision of this
      Plan.

      7. Limited Effect. This Plan, any agreement entered into pursuant hereto
and payment of severance benefits hereunder shall not give Employee any right of
continued employment, and no right to any compensation or benefits from the
Company or Employer except the right specifically stated herein for certain
severance pay benefits in the event of a Change in Control at a time when
Employee is still employed by Employer and is a designated Employee under this
Plan, shall not limit Employer's right to terminate Employee's employment at any
time prior to a Change in Control, with or without cause, or to terminate
Employee's

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designation as an Employee under this Plan, except as may be otherwise provided
in a written employment agreement between Employee and Employer, and shall not
confer on Employee any right to severance pay except in the event as
specifically provided for herein.

      8. Termination. This Plan and the employee benefits described herein may
be terminated as to all Employees or as to any specific Employee at any time by
the Company acting by a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office;
provided that no such termination occurring after 180 days prior to a Change in
Control shall have occurred shall terminate or effect the rights of any Employee
hereunder.

      9. Indemnification. Employer agrees to pay all costs and expenses incurred
by Employee in connection with the enforcement of his rights under this Plan and
will indemnify and hold harmless Employee from and against any damages,
liabilities and expenses (including without limitation fees and expenses of
counsel) incurred by Employee in connection with any litigation or threatened
litigation, including any regulatory proceedings, arising out of the making,
performance or enforcement of this Plan.

      10. Governing Law. This Plan and agreements made with Employees hereunder
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations.

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                                    AGREEMENT

      This Agreement is entered into between Nortek, Inc. (the "Employer") and
_________, an employee of Employer (the "Employee") who has been designated by
the Board of Directors of Employer as being entitled to participate in the
Second Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Benefit Plan for Key
Employees (the "Plan").

      In consideration of his designation as being entitled to participate in
the Plan, Employee accepts the terms and conditions of the Plan and agrees not
to voluntarily terminate his employment with the Employer as required by, and
under the circumstances stated in, Section 3 of the Plan, and Employer confirms
that Employee is a participant in the Plan, subject to the terms and conditions
thereof.

                                                  NORTEK, INC.

_________________________                         By:________________________

                                                  ___________________________

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                                                                      FINAL COPY

                              NORTEK HOLDINGS, INC.

                       (F/K/A "THL BUILDCOHOLDINGS, INC.")

                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

      WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Nortek Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation formerly known as THL Buildco Holdings, Inc. (together with its
successors, the "Company"), has adopted resolutions approving the establishment
of a deferred compensation plan with the terms set forth herein; and

      WHEREAS, each Participant has agreed to the terms set forth herein;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements
set forth herein, the Company hereby adopts the following deferred compensation
plan.

1.    PURPOSE. The Company by means of this nonqualified deferred compensation
      plan (the "Plan") desires to grant certain employees, directors and
      consultants of the Company or of one or more subsidiaries of the Company
      (the "Participants") the right to participate in a deemed investment in
      Class A Units of THL - Nortek Investors, LLC ("Investors LLC") in exchange
      for the cancellation of certain stock options granted to Participants
      under the Nortek Holdings, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan ("Options") as
      contemplated by that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of July 15,
      2004, as amended (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") and reflected in those
      certain Option Cancellation Agreements, dated as of August 27, 2004. The
      Plan shall be effective as of August 27, 2004 (the "Effective Date").

2.    DEFINITIONS.

The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context
indicates otherwise:

      2.1.  "Affiliate" shall mean, as to any Person, a person that directly, or
            indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
            controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

      2.2.  "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

      2.3.  "Change in Control" shall mean the consummation of a transaction,
            whether in a single transaction or in a series of related
            transactions that are consummated contemporaneously (or consummated
            pursuant to contemporaneous agreements), with any other party or
            parties on an arm's-length basis, pursuant to which (a) such party
            or parties, directly or
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            indirectly, acquire (whether by merger, stock purchase,
            recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of capital
            stock or otherwise) more than 50% of the voting stock of the
            Company, (b) such party or parties, directly or indirectly, acquire
            assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the
            Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or (c) prior
            to an initial public offering of the Company common stock pursuant
            to an offering registered under the 1933 Act, Thomas H. Lee Equity
            Fund V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its affiliates
            cease to have the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a
            majority of the Board of Directors of the Company.

      2.4.  "Committee" shall mean, as the case may be, the Board of Directors
            of the Company or a committee appointed by the Board of Directors of
            the Company.

      2.5.  "Covered Sale" shall have the meaning set forth for such term in the
            Securityholders Agreement.

      2.6.  "Debited Units" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

      2.7.  "Deferred Compensation Account" shall mean a notional account
            established and maintained by the Company for a Participant which
            shall record the deemed investment in LLC Class A Units with respect
            to each Participant under Section 4.1 below. This notional account
            shall be established by the Company for bookkeeping purposes only,
            and no separate funds shall be segregated by the Company for the
            benefit of the Participant.

      2.8.  "Excluded Permitted Transferee" shall have the meaning set forth for
            such term in the Securityholders Agreement.

      2.9.  "Exit Event" shall have the meaning set forth for such term in the
            LLC Agreement.

      2.10. "Fraction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

      2.11. "Holdings Shares" shall mean shares of common stock of the Company
            or any successor parent corporation of the Company.

      2.12. "Investors LLC" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.

      2.13. "LLC Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

      2.14. "LLC Class A Units" shall mean the Class A Units of Investors LLC.

      2.15. "Notional Class A Units" shall mean notional units credited under
            the Plan and pursuant to the Option Cancellation Agreements.

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      2.16. "Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.

      2.17. "Option Cancellation Agreement" shall mean an agreement between a
            Participant, THL Buildco, Inc., the Company and Investors LLC or any
            of their respective successors canceling Options pursuant to, or as
            contemplated by, the Stock Purchase Agreement, and providing for the
            establishment of deferred compensation amounts resulting from the
            cancellation of Options.

      2.18. "Option Cancellation Deferred Amount" shall mean, with respect to
            each Participant, the amount specified as such in such Participant's
            Option Cancellation Agreement.

      2.19. "Permitted Transferee" shall have the meaning set forth for such
            term in the Securityholders Agreement.

      2.20. "Person" shall mean any person or entity of any nature whatsoever,
            specifically including an individual, a firm, a company, a
            corporation, a partnership, or a trust.

      2.21. "Securityholders Agreement" shall mean the Securityholders Agreement
            by and among Investors LLC, Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V, L.P. and
            certain of its affiliates and co-investors and certain Management
            Securityholders (as defined therein), dated as of August 27, 2004.

      2.22. "Subsidiary" shall mean a corporation of which the Company directly
            or indirectly owns more than 50 percent of the voting stock or any
            other business entity in which the Company directly or indirectly
            has an ownership interest of more than 50 percent.

3.    ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Any employee, director or consultant of the
      Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date who has
      entered into an Option Cancellation Agreement.

4.    DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT

      4.1.  ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT. In partial
            consideration for a Participant's entering into an Option
            Cancellation Agreement, the Company shall establish a Deferred
            Compensation Account for such Participant. The Deferred Compensation
            Account of each Participant shall initially be credited with a
            notional amount (i.e., an actual cash amount will not be deposited)
            equal to such Participant's Option Cancellation Deferred Amount. The
            Option Cancellation Deferred Amount of each Participant shall be
            deemed invested (i.e., an actual investment will not be made), as of
            the Effective Date, in LLC Class A Units and such deemed investment
            shall be represented by a number of Notional Class A Units equal to
            such Participant's Option Cancellation Deferred Amount divided by
            $999.90. All amounts in a Participant's

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            Deferred Compensation Account shall be subject to the claims of the
            creditors of the Company.

      4.2.  AMOUNT OF PAYOUT.

            (a)   Upon each distribution to holders of LLC Class A Units by
                  Investors LLC (including, without limitation, any distribution
                  in connection with an Exit Event), the Company shall make a
                  payment to each Participant equal to the number of Notional
                  Class A Units then credited to such Participant's Deferred
                  Compensation Account multiplied by the per LLC Class A Unit
                  amount distributed by Investors LLC to holders of LLC Class A
                  Units in such distribution. The amount of any such payment
                  received by a Participant shall be debited against the
                  Deferred Compensation Account of such Participant.

            (b)   In the event that LLC Class A Units are sold by one or more
                  holders of LLC Class A Units (other than to a Permitted
                  Transferee (excluding any Covered Sale)), the Company shall,
                  at the option of each Participant, pay to such Participant the
                  result obtained by multiplying (i) the lesser of (A) the
                  amount of such Participant's Deferred Compensation Account (as
                  previously credited or debited under the provisions of
                  Sections 4.1 and 4.2(a) and this Section 4.2(b)) and (B) the
                  fair value of such Participant's Deferred Compensation Account
                  (as determined below in this Section 4.2(b)), by (ii) a
                  fraction (the "Fraction"), in which the numerator equals the
                  number of LLC Class A Units being sold by such holder or
                  holders and the denominator of which is the number of all LLC
                  Class A Units outstanding immediately prior to such sale. If a
                  Participant elects to participate in such sale: (x) the amount
                  of Notional Class A Units credited to such Participant shall
                  be reduced immediately following the distribution to such
                  Participant as a result of such sale by an amount equal to the
                  total Notional Class A Units credited to such Participant
                  immediately prior to such sale (the "Pre-Sale Notional Class A
                  Amount") multiplied by the Fraction (such product being the
                  "Debited Units") and (y) such Participant's Deferred
                  Compensation Account shall be debited by an amount equal to
                  the Debited Units multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
                  which is the amount of such Participant's Deferred
                  Compensation Account (as previously credited or debited under
                  the provisions of Sections 4.1 and 4.2(a) and this Section
                  4.2(b)) immediately prior to such sale and the denominator of
                  which is such Participant's Pre-Sale Notional Class A Amount.
                  For purposes of clause (i)(B) of the first sentence of this
                  Section 4.2(b), the fair value of a Participant's Deferred
                  Compensation Account shall equal the amount per LLC Class A
                  Unit received in the applicable sale transaction by a holder
                  or holders of LLC Class A

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                  Units (and in the case such amount includes non-cash
                  consideration, the value thereof shall be determined by the
                  Management Committee in good faith) multiplied by such
                  Participant's Pre-Sale Notional Class A Amount applicable to
                  such sale transaction.

      4.3.  METHOD OF PAYMENT. All payments made with respect to any
            Participant's Deferred Compensation Account shall be paid in cash,
            except that in the event of a Change in Control or Exit Event in
            which all or a portion of the consideration effecting such
            transaction is non-cash consideration, at the Company's option any
            such payment may be made in the form of such non-cash consideration
            (provided that in the event of a transaction in which only a portion
            of the consideration is non-cash consideration, Participants shall
            receive the same proportion of cash and non-cash consideration as
            holders of LLC Class A Units receive). The fair market value of any
            such non-cash consideration shall be determined by the Management
            Committee of Investors LLC and shall be valued consistently with the
            determination of such value for purposes of Investors LLC.

      4.4.  SATISFACTION OF PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS. At such time as the amount of
            any Participant's Deferred Compensation Account has been reduced to
            zero by reason of the payments under Section 4.2, the Company shall
            have no further obligations to such Participant in respect of such
            Participant's Deferred Compensation Account.

      4.5.  AWARD AGREEMENT. The establishment of a Deferred Compensation
            Account for any Participant shall be evidenced by an Option
            Cancellation Agreement that shall be signed on behalf of the Company
            and the Participant. Such Option Cancellation Agreement shall set
            forth the deemed investment in LLC Class A Units initially credited
            to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account.

      4.6.  SUBDIVISION OR COMBINATION OF LLC CLASS A UNITS. In the event of a
            subdivision (including by way of dividend) of the number of
            outstanding LLC Class A Units into a greater number or in the event
            of a combination of outstanding LLC Class A Units into a smaller
            number, then the number of Notional Class A Units shall be
            subdivided or combined so as to represent the same proportion of
            outstanding LLC Class A Units immediately following the subdivision
            or combination of Notional Class A Units and LLC Class A Units as
            was represented by the number of Notional Class A Units outstanding
            immediately prior to the subdivision or combination of Notional
            Class A Units and LLC Class A Units.

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5.    ADMINISTRATION

      5.1.  RESPONSIBILITY. The Committee shall have the responsibility to
            administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have the
            authority that may be necessary or helpful to enable it to discharge
            its responsibilities with respect to the Plan.

      5.2.  DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The Committee may delegate to one or more
            of its members, or to one or more agents, such administrative duties
            as it may deem advisable; provided, however, that any such
            delegation shall be in writing. In addition, the Committee, or any
            person to whom it has delegated duties under this Section 5.2, may
            employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any
            responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan.
            The Committee may employ such legal or other counsel, consultants
            and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the
            Plan and may rely upon any opinion or computation received from any
            such counsel, consultant or agent.

6.    WITHHOLDING TAXES. The Company may require a Participant to reimburse the
      Company for any taxes required by any governmental authority to be
      withheld or otherwise deducted and paid by the Company or any Subsidiary
      in respect of the payment of any amounts paid under the Plan. In lieu
      thereof, the Company or Subsidiary shall have the right to withhold the
      amount of such taxes from any other payments due or to become due from the
      Company or the Subsidiary to the Participant upon such reasonable terms
      and conditions as the Committee shall prescribe.

7.    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

      7.1.  TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board may amend, suspend or
            terminate the Plan at any time with the consent of Participants that
            hold notional amounts in their Deferred Compensation Accounts that
            represent a majority of all the notional amounts held in all such
            Deferred Compensation Accounts at the time of determination;
            provided, that no amendment, termination or suspension shall have
            any effect with respect to a Participant if it adversely affects the
            amount of any payment or the timing of any payment to such
            Participant under the Plan, unless such Participant consents to such
            amendment, termination or suspension in writing.

8.    MISCELLANEOUS

      8.1.  TRANSFERABILITY. Each Deferred Compensation Account under the Plan
            and any interest therein shall not be transferable otherwise than by
            will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any purported transfer
            of an award or any interest therein to a creditor of a Participant
            shall be void.

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      8.2.  NO RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN COMPANY ASSETS. Participants shall
            have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any
            investments that the Company may make to aid it in meeting its
            obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no
            action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create a trust of any
            kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any
            Participant, beneficiary, legal representative or any other person.
            Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, a Participant
            shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment by the
            Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the
            general funds of the Company, and participants' right to payment is
            unsecured. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee
            Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

      8.3.  NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. The Participant's
            rights, if any, to continue to serve the Company or any Subsidiary
            of the Company as an employee, director or consultant shall not be
            enlarged or otherwise affected by his or her designation as a
            Participant under the Plan, and the Company or the applicable
            Subsidiary reserves the right to terminate the employment or
            engagement of any employee, director or consultant at any time.
            Except as contemplated by Section 4.2(c) hereof, such termination
            shall not affect any rights of the Participant under the Plan.

      8.4.  GOVERNING LAW. The Plan, all awards granted hereunder, and all
            actions taken in connection herewith shall be governed by and
            construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
            without reference to principles of conflict of laws, except as
            superseded by applicable federal law.

      8.5.  OTHER BENEFITS. No award granted under the Plan shall be considered
            compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any retirement
            plan of the Company or any Subsidiary nor affect any benefits or
            compensation under any other benefit or compensation plan of the
            Company or any Subsidiary now or subsequently in effect.

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