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ARTICLE I—PURPOSE; EFFECTIVE DATE			1
1.01	Purpose		1
1.02	Effective Date		1
ARTICLE II—DEFINITIONS			1
2.01	Account		1
2.02	Beneficiary		1
2.03	Board		1
2.04	Change in Control		1
2.05	Committee		2
2.06	Company		2
2.07	Compensation		2
2.08	Deferral Commitment		3
2.09	Deferral Period		3
2.10	Determination Date		3
2.11	Director		3
2.12	Director's Fees		3
2.13	Director's Fees Deferral Commitment		3
2.14	Disability		3
2.15	Disability Benefit		3
2.16	Earnings		4
2.17	Exchange Act		4
2.18	Financial Hardship		4
2.19	Investment Crediting Rate		4
2.20	Participant		4
2.21	Participation Agreement		5
2.22	Plan		5
2.23	Retirement		5
2.24	Retirement Benefit		5
2.25	Stock Incentive Plan		5
2.26	Valuation Date		5
ARTICLE III—PARTICIPATION AND DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS			6
3.01	Eligibility and Participation		6
3.04	Modification of Deferral Commitment		7
ARTICLE IV—DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT			7
4.01	Account		7
4.02	Timing of Credits; Withholding		7
4.03	Determination of Account		7
4.04	Vesting of Account		8
4.05	Statement of Account		8


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ARTICLE V—PLAN BENEFITS			8
5.01	Distributions Prior to Termination of Service		8
5.02	Termination of Service		9
5.03	Retirement Benefit		9
5.04	Disability Benefit		9
5.05	Accelerated Distributions		10
5.06	Valuation and Settlement		10
5.07	Payment to Guardian		10
5.08	Company Distribution		10
ARTICLE VI—BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION			11
6.01	Beneficiary Designation		11
6.02	Changing Beneficiary		11
6.03	No Beneficiary Designation		11
ARTICLE VII—ADMINISTRATION			11
7.01	Committee; Duties		11
7.02	Agents		12
7.03	Binding Effect of Decisions		12
7.04	Indemnity of Committee		12
ARTICLE VIII—CLAIMS PROCEDURE			12
8.01	Claims Procedures		12
ARTICLE IX—AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN			13
9.01	Amendment		13
9.02	Company’s Right to Terminate		13
ARTICLE X—MISCELLANEOUS			13
10.01	Unfunded Plan		13
10.02	Company Obligations; Corporate Transactions		13
10.03	Unsecured General Creditor		14
10.04	Trust Fund		14
10.05	Nonassignability		14
10.06	Not a Contract		14
10.07	Protective Provisions		14
10.08	Governing Law		14
10.09	Validity		15
10.10	Notice		15
10.11	Successors		15
10.12	Change of Law		15

The purpose of this American Management Systems, Incorporated Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan is to provide non-employee directors with a competitive deferred compensation plan offering a market rate of return on a pre-tax basis. It is intended that this Plan will aid in attracting and retaining non-employee directors of exceptional ability by providing them with these benefits.

For the purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Account” means the bookkeeping device used by the Company to measure and determine the amount to be paid to a Participant under the Plan.

“Beneficiary” means the person, persons or entity entitled under Article VI to receive any Plan benefits payable after a Participant’s death.

(a) Any person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange

Act), directly or indirectly, of securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled generally to vote for the election of directors;

(b) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of the period, constituted the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election or the nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (66-2/3%) of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period; and provided further, however, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or in connection with either an actual or threatened solicitation with respect to the election of directors (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12(c) of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an entity other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Board;

(c) The consummation of a merger or consolidation with another corporation (other than a majority-controlled subsidiary of the Company) unless the Company’s stockholders immediately before the merger or consolidation are to own more than two-thirds (66-2/3%) of the combined voting power of the resulting entity’s voting securities entitled generally to vote for the election of directors; or

(d) The disposition or sale of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Participant by reason of (A) any event involving a transaction in which the Participant or a group of persons or entities with whom or with which the Participant acts in concert, acquires, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities or the business or assets of the Company, or (B) any event involving or arising out of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code or comparable provisions of any future United States bankruptcy law, an assignment for the benefit of creditors or an insolvency proceeding under state or local law.

“Committee” means the Administrative Committee appointed to administer the Plan pursuant to Article VII hereof.

“Company” means American Management Systems, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, or successor thereto.

“Compensation” means Director’s Fees payable to the Director by the Company during the calendar year in cash or in Company stock, before reduction for amounts deferred under this Plan.

“Deferral Commitment” means a commitment made by a Participant to defer Compensation pursuant to Article III.

“Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is eligible to receive compensation in the form of Director’s Fees, and who is not an officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

“Director’s Fees” means the fees payable to a Director by the Company for services as a Director and for services on any Committee of the Board, including the retainer, meeting fees, Committee meeting fees, and any fees paid pursuant to an award made to a Director by the Company under the Stock Incentive Plan, whether paid in cashor in Company stock.

“Director’s Fees Deferral Commitment” means a Deferral Commitment described in Section 3.02 relating to the Director’s Fees payable by the Company to a Director.

“Disability” means a physical or mental condition that, in the opinion of the Committee, shall prevent the Participant from satisfactorily performing his usual duties for the Company for a two (2) year period or longer. The Committee shall determine the existence of the Disability and may rely on advice from a medical examiner, medical reports, and/or other evidence satisfactory to the Committee.

“Disability Benefit” means the amount payable to a Participant pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Plan.

“Earnings” means the rate of investment return credited to an account on each Determination Date in a calendar year. Unless otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with Article IX, the Earnings rate for amounts deferred in cash, including amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2004, shall be the Investment Crediting Rate. “Earnings” for amounts deferred in shares of Company stock shall mean dividends paid on Company stock.

“Financial Hardship” means severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or of a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The circumstances that will constitute a Financial Hardship will depend upon the facts of each case, but in any case, payment may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved:

(b) By liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship; or

“Investment Crediting Rate” means a rate fixed for each Plan year, which shall be calculated from the average end-of-day rate over the last ten business days of the year immediately preceding the Plan year in which Earnings are being credited, for the generic 5-year U.S. Treasury Note, as reported on Bloomberg, plus one percent (1%). This rate is applied on each Determination Date and the final payment date using the actual date count on the basis of a 365-day year (ACT/365). If such rate is not available or is no longer reported on Bloomberg, then the most directly comparable 5-year U.S. Treasury Note rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal or a substantially similar publication, as determined by the Committee, plus one percent (1%), shall be applied.

“Participant” means any eligible Director who has elected to defer Compensation under this Plan.

“Participation Agreement” means the agreement submitted by a Participant to the Committee prior to the beginning of a Deferral Period, with respect to a Deferral Commitment made for such Deferral Period.

“Plan” means this American Management Systems, Incorporated Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan as amended from time to time.

“Retirement” means a termination of service on the Board after the Participant attains age fifty-five (55).

“Retirement Benefit” means an amount payable to a Participant pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Plan.

“Stock Incentive Plan” means the American Management Systems, Incorporated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.

“Valuation Date” shall be the date on which a lump sum distribution (whether in cash or in Company stock) is paid to a Participant or the date on which installment payments (whether in cash or in Company stock) to a Participant commence, as applicable.

(a) Eligibility. Eligibility to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors is limited to Directors of the Company. The Committee, in its discretion, may deem otherwise eligible Directors to be ineligible to participate.

(b) Participation. A Director may elect to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors with respect to any Deferral Period by submitting a Participation Agreement to the Committee by the thirtieth (30th) day of September of the year immediately preceding the beginning of the Deferral Period or by any other date determined by the Committee.

Director’s Fee Deferral Commitment. A Director’s Fee Deferral Commitment shall be related to the Director’s Fees payable by the Company to a Director during the Deferral Period. If Director’s Fees are payable in cash, the amount to be deferred shall be stated as a percentage or dollar amount. If the Director’s Fees are payable in the common stock of the Company, the amount to be deferred shall be stated as a whole number of shares of common stock.

No deferral shall be permitted that is in violation of law. Deferral Commitments are valid for one Deferral Period only.

(a) Minimum. The minimum Director’s Fee Deferral Commitment amount shall be fifty percent (50%) of Director’s Fees payable to a Director during the Deferral Period. The minimum Director’s Fee Deferral Commitment for a Director who enters participation after the beginning of a Deferral Period shall be pro-rated based on the number of months remaining in the Deferral Period.

(b) Maximum. There is no maximum deferral for a Director’s Fee Deferral Commitment.

(c) Changes in Minimum or Maximum. The Committee may establish new minimum or maximum deferral amounts or change the existing minimum or maximum deferral amounts from time to time by giving written notice to all Participants. No such change may affect a Deferral Commitment made prior to the Committee’s action.

Except as provided in Section 5.01(b) below, Deferral Commitments shall be irrevocable.

The amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan and Earnings on deferrals shall be credited to the Participant’s Account. A Participant’s Account shall be debited to reflect distributions to the Participant. Separate subaccounts may be maintained to reflect different forms of deferrals, distributions, and levels of vesting, and forms of payment. The Account shall be a bookkeeping device utilized for the sole purpose of determining the benefits payable under the Plan and shall not constitute a separate fund of assets.

A Participant’s deferred Compensation shall be credited to the Participant’s Account one (1) business day after it otherwise would have been paid had a Deferral Commitment not been made. To the extent required by law, the Company shall withhold any taxes required to be withheld by the federal or any state or local government. The Company reserves the right to limit or reduce the amount of cash or stock to be deferred or distributed as needed to satisfy any required tax withholding obligation.

Each Participant’s Account as of each Determination Date shall consist of the balance of the Account as of the immediately preceding Determination Date. The Account shall be expressed in dollars, except that the portion of an Account attributable to a deferral of Company stock shall be expressed in numbers of shares (including fractional shares) plus Earnings, which are converted to whole or fractional shares, plus the number of shares determined by any stock split, recapitalization or other capital change affecting the Company stock since the prior Determination Date, adjusted as follows:

(a) New Deferrals. The Account shall be increased by any Compensation deferred pursuant to a Deferral Commitment and credited pursuant to Section 4.02 since the immediately preceding Determination Date.

(b) Distributions. The Account shall be reduced by any benefits distributed from the Account to the Participant since the immediately preceding Determination Date.

(c) Earnings. The Account shall be increased by the Earnings on the average daily balance in the Account since the immediately preceding Determination Date, except that that the number of shares (including fractional shares) in the portion of the Account attributable to a deferrals of Company stock shall be increased by Earnings (i.e. dividends) paid at such times as shareholders of the Company are credited with dividends.

A Participant shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all times in the amount of Compensation elected to be deferred under this Plan and Earnings thereon.

The Committee shall give to each Participant a statement showing the balance in the Participant’s Account on an annual basis and at such other times and in such manner as may be determined by the Committee.

A Participant’s Account may be distributed to the Participant prior to termination of service on the Board as follows:

(a) In-Service Withdrawals. A Participant may elect in a Participation Agreement to withdraw all or any portion of the amount deferred by that Participation Agreement as of a date specified in the election. Such date shall not be sooner than three (3) years after the date the Deferral Period commences. The amount withdrawn shall not exceed the amount of Compensation deferred plus Earnings on the deferral. Such election shall be made at the time the Deferral Commitment is made and can only be amended if such amendment is made at least one year and one day before the calendar year in which the distribution was scheduled. If the Participant retires, is disabled, or terminates service prior to the date of a scheduled in-service withdrawal, such election will be invalid, and the amount of the scheduled in-service withdrawal will distributed in the same form of distribution as elected for the Participant’s retirement, disability, or termination of service, as applicable.

(b) Hardship Withdrawals. Upon a finding that a Participant has suffered a Financial Hardship, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (a) waive or modify the deferral commitment and/or (b) make distributions from the Participant’s Account. The amount of such a withdrawal shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to meet the Participant’s needs resulting from the Financial Hardship. If payment is made from a Participant’s Account due to Financial Hardship under this Plan, the Participant’s deferrals under this Plan shall cease shall cease for twelve (12) months after the date of such payment. Any resumption of the Participant’s deferrals under the Plan after this period shall be made only at the election of the Participant in accordance with Article III herein.

(c) Form of Payment and Time. Any distribution pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) shall be payable in a lump sum distribution in accordance with Section 5.06. The distribution shall be paid in the case of a partial withdrawal, as provided in the Participation Agreement, and in case of a Financial Hardship, within thirty (30) days after the determination of a Financial Hardship.

Upon a Participant’s termination of service on the Board for any reason other than Retirement or Disability, the Company shall pay the Participant, or, in the case of the Participant’s death before Retirement, the Participant’s Beneficiary, a lump-sum benefit equal to the balance in the Participant’s Account. Such payment will be paid within sixty (60) days after the termination of service, unless the Participant is a person described in Rule 16b of the Exchange Act, in which case the Committee shall have the discretion to delay the distribution of the portion of the Participant’s Account that is attributable to a deferrals of stock until such date that the Committee determines is practicable but that is no more than (1) year after the termination of service.

Retirement benefits shall be paid in the form elected by the Participant at the time of the Deferral Commitment.

(b) Benefits shall commence the last day of February in the calendar year following the date of retirement.

(c) Small Account(s). Notwithstanding Section 5.03(a), if the value of a Participant’s Account is under fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) on the Valuation Date, distribution shall be made in a lump sum.

(d) Change in Form and Commencement of Payment. A Participant may elect to file a modified election as to form and timing of payment. To be effective such modified election must be filed prior to a termination of service and one year and one day prior to the calendar year in which distributions would have occurred if the modification had not been made.

(e) In the case of the Participant’s death after Retirement, the Company shall pay to Participant’s Beneficiary the remaining portion, if any, of the Participant’s Account in the form elected by the Participant at the time of the Deferral Commitment.

At the time of the Deferral Commitment, the Participant must elect, upon disability, to receive their benefit either in a lump sum or in the same number of annual installments as elected under Section 5.03 above.

(a) Change in Control Distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s Account balance shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum within sixty (60) days of the Change in Control, unless the Company’s obligations under this Plan are assumed by the acquiring or successor company. Upon a Change in Control, this Section 5.05(a) and the definition of Change in Control in Section 2.04 shall remain in force and effect, and shall not be subject to cancellation or modification for a period of five years.

(b) Non-Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, a Participant shall be entitled to receive, upon written request to the Committee, a lump sum distribution (whether in cash or in Company stock) equal to ninety percent (90%) of the entire vested Account balance as of the Determination Date immediately preceding the date on which the Committee receives the written request. The remaining balance (whether in cash or in Company stock) shall be forfeited by the Participant. The amount payable under this section shall be paid in a lump sum within sixty-five (65) days following the receipt of the notice by the Committee from the Participant. Any Participant who elects to receive a benefit under this section shall not be eligible to participate in or defer into this Plan in the future.

The amount of a lump sum payment and the initial amount of installments shall be based on the value of the Participant’s Account on the on the Valuation Date. Distributions shall be made in cash, except for the portion of the Account attributable to deferrals of Company stock, which shall be distributed in shares of Company stock (plus cash equal to any fractional shares).

The Committee may direct payment to the duly appointed guardian, conservator, or other similar legal representative of a Participant or Beneficiary to whom payment is due. In the absence of such a legal representative, the Committee may, in it sole and absolute discretion, make payment to a person having the care and custody of a minor, incompetent or person incapable of handling the disposition of property upon proof satisfactory to the Committee of incompetency, minority, or incapacity. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Committee from all liability with respect to such benefit.

The Committee may elect to distribute a Participant’s Account balance to the Participant at any time if the Committee deems it to be in the best interests of the Company to do so. If, because of a change in law or because of a final determination by the Internal Revenue Service, all or any portion of the amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan become includable in the Participant’s income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended) while deferred and prior to the scheduled distribution date or any accelerated distribution date determined under Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, or 5.05, the Committee shall immediately distribute the amount deferred or the portion thereof that is currently taxable in a lump sum to the Participant.

Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate one or more persons or an entity as Beneficiary (both primary as well as secondary) to whom benefits under this Plan shall be paid in the event of Participant’s death prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s Account. Each Beneficiary designation shall be in a written form prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective only when filed with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime.

Any Beneficiary designation may be changed by a Participant without the consent of the previously named Beneficiary by the filing of a new designation with the Committee. The filing of a new designation shall cancel all designations previously filed.

If any Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary in the manner provided above, if the designation is void, or if the Beneficiary designated by a deceased Participant dies before the Participant or before complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the person in the first of the following classes in which there is a survivor:

(b) The Participant’s children in equal shares, except that if any of the children predeceases the Participant but leaves issue surviving, then such issue shall take by right of representation the share the parent would have taken if living;

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be appointed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Committee shall have the complete discretion and authority to make, amend, interpret, apply, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and to exercise such powers as the Committee may deem necessary for the administration of the Plan. The Committee shall have the complete discretion and authority to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan, to apply the terms of the Plan to situations not expressly addressed in the Plan, to make findings of fact, and to resolve any and all questions as may arise under the terms of the Plan or in the administration of the Plan. The Committee shall exercise its discretion in a manner that is consistent with the terms of the Plan and with applicable law. A majority vote of the Committee members shall control any decision. Members of the Committee may be Participants under this Plan.

The Committee may, from time to time, engage agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit. The Committee may delegate to the officers or employees of the Company the authority to execute and deliver those instruments and documents, to do all acts and things, and to take all other steps deemed necessary, advisable or convenient for the effective administration of this Plan in accordance with its terms and purpose, except that the Committee may not delegate any authority the delegation of which would cause this Plan to fail to satisfy the requirements of applicable law. In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under this Plan, the Committee may obtain and rely upon the advice of experts, including professional advisors to the Company. No member of the Committee or officer of the Company who is a Participant hereunder may participate in any decision specifically relating to his or her individual rights or benefits under the Plan.

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

Neither the Company nor any member of the Board or of the Committee, nor any other person participating in any determination of any question under this Plan, or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, shall have any liability to any party for any action taken or not taken in good faith under this Plan or for the failure of the Plan or any Participant’s rights under the Plan to achieve intended tax consequences, to qualify for exemption or relief under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, or to comply with any other law, compliance with which is not required on the part of the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee against any and all claims, loss, damage, expense or liability arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan on account of such person’s service on the Committee, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

The Committee shall establish rules and procedures to be followed by Participants and Beneficiaries for (a) filing claims for benefits, (b) furnishing and verifying proofs necessary to establish the right to benefits in accordance with the Plan, and (c) appealing denials of claims for benefits. Such rules and procedures shall require that claims and proofs be made in writing and directed to the Committee. The Committee shall notify Participants of the claims procedures in accordance with applicable law.

The Board may at any time amend the Plan (including the Investment Crediting Rate under the Plan) by written instrument, notice of which is given to all Participants and to Beneficiaries receiving installment payments, except that no amendment shall reduce the amount in any Account that accrued prior to the date such notice of the amendment is given, nor shall any amendment alter Section 5.05(a).

The Board may at any time partially or completely terminate the Plan if, in its judgment, the tax, accounting or other effects of the continuance of the Plan, or potential payments thereunder would not be in the best interests of the Company.

(a) Partial Termination. The Board may partially terminate the Plan by instructing the Committee not to accept any additional Deferral Commitments. If such a partial termination occurs, the Plan shall continue to operate and be effective with regard to Deferral Commitments entered into prior to the effective date of such partial termination.

(b) Complete Termination. The Board may completely terminate the Plan by instructing the Committee not to accept any additional Deferral Commitments, and by terminating all ongoing Deferral Commitments. If such a complete termination occurs, the Plan shall cease to operate. Unless such account balance is transferred under the terms of a new deferred compensation plan sponsored by the Company, the Company shall pay out and distribute each Account balance to the Participant within sixty (60) days after the Board terminates the Plan. Earnings shall continue to be credited on the unpaid Account balance as specified in Section 4.03(c) through the date of payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, in its sole discretion, may determine that it is in the financial best interests of the Company to distribute any or all Accounts in installments over a payment period to be determined by the Company.

This plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for Directors of the Company and, therefore, is exempt from ERISA.

The obligation to make benefit payments to any Participant under the Plan shall be the liability of the Company. In the event of a corporate transaction, merger, acquisition, or other similar event, the payment of benefits in the form of stock shall be determined in the same manner as provided in the Stock Incentive Plan.

Participants and Beneficiaries shall be unsecured general creditors, with no secured or preferential right to any assets of the Company or any other party for payment of benefits under this Plan. Any life insurance policies, annuity contracts or other property purchased by the Company in connection with this Plan shall remain its general, unpledged and unrestricted assets. The Company’s obligation under the Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money or stock in the future.

At its discretion, the Company may establish one or more trusts, with such trustees as the Board may approve, for the purpose of providing for the payment of benefits owed under the Plan. Although such a trust shall be irrevocable, its assets shall be held for payment of all the Company’s general creditors in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy. To the extent any benefits provided under the Plan are paid from any such trust, the Company shall have no further obligation to pay them. If not paid from the trust, such benefits shall remain the obligation of the Company.

Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of actual receipt the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are, expressly declared to be unassignable and nontransferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, nor be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency.

This Plan shall not constitute an undertaking by the Company that the Participant shall continue to be a Director of the Company for any period of time.

A Participant will cooperate with the Company by furnishing any and all information requested in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, and by taking such other actions as may be requested. If it is necessary for a Participant to bring a legal action against the Company to obtain payment of amounts owed the Participant under the terms of the Plan, the Company will pay the Participant’s reasonable legal fees, costs, and expenses if the Participant prevails in litigation.

The provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except as preempted by federal law.

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

Any notice required or permitted under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered or sent by registered or certified mail. Such notice shall be deemed as given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification. Mailed notice to the Committee shall be directed to the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Company’s address. Mailed notice to a Participant or Beneficiary shall be directed to the individual’s last known address in the Company’s records.

The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The term successors as used herein shall include any corporate or other business entity which shall, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company, and successors of any such corporation or other business entity.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Committee determines in good faith, based on consultation with counsel, that the federal income tax treatment or legal status of the Plan has or may be adversely affected by a change in the Internal Revenue Code, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or other applicable law or by an administrative or judicial construction thereof, the Committee may direct that the Accounts of affected Participants or of all Participants be distributed as soon as practicable after such determination is made, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee to cure or mitigate the consequences, or possible consequences of, such change in law or interpretation thereof.