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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943819-21-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210521
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210521
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210521

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RESMED INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000943819
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				980152841
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-256388
		FILM NUMBER:		21949819

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9001 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD.
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92123
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8587462400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9001 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD.
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92123
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			Form S-8
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">May 21</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">-</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:6pt;">______________________________________________________________________________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">FORM S-8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">UNDER </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:6pt;">______________________________________________________________________________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;">ResMed Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:6pt;">______________________________________________________________________________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">98-0152841</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">9001 </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Spectrum</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"> Center Blvd.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">San Diego</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">CA</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">92123</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">United States of America</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:6pt;">______________________________________________________________________________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RESMED INC. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"> PLAN </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(Full Title of the Plan) </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">David Pendarvis</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Chief Administrative Officer,</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Global General Counsel and Secretary</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">ResMed Inc.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">9001 Spectrum Center Blvd.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">San Diego, CA 92123</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">United States of America</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">(858) 836-5000</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Roger W. Bivans, Esq.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Baker &amp; McKenzie LLP</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">1900 North Pearl, Suite 1500 </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Dallas, TX 75201</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">United States of America</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">(214) 978-3095</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;smaller reporting company,&#x201D; and &#x201C;emerging growth company&#x201D; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"></font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Emerging growth company</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Segoe UI Symbol;font-size:8pt;">&#x2610;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Amount</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">to be</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Registered</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">(1)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Proposed</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Maximum</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Aggregate</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Offering Price (2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">This Registration Statement is filed to register up to $</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">0</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,000,000 in Deferred Compensation Obligations of the Registrant issuable pursuant to its Deferred Compensation Plan, which represents unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay, in the future, deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the ResMed Inc. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Amended and Restated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Deferred Compensation Plan</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. </font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by ResMed Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D; or the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;) are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein:&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed </font><font style="display: inline;">May 28, 2010 (File No. 333-167183)</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof: </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, filed with the SEC on August </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">12, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> and as amended on March 30, 2021</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">; &nbsp;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the description of our Common Stock contained in </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Exhibit 4.2 to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on August 12, 2020 and as amended on March 30, 2021</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded. Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The following description of our Deferred Compensation Obligations under the ResMed Inc. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Amended and Restated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Deferred Compensation Plan (&#x201C;the Plan) is qualified by reference to the Plan. Capitalized terms used in this Item&nbsp;4 and not otherwise defined in this registration statement shall have the respective meanings attributed to such terms in the Plan</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered under this Registration Statement are to be offered to a select group of our management and highly compensated employees and certain of our subsidiaries who have been selected by the Administrative Committee</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> which is appointed by our Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) to participate in the Plan and who have completed and submitted to us a written agreement electing to participate in the Plan (a &#x201C;Compensation Deferral Agreement&#x201D;). The Deferred Compensation Obligations are our general unsecured and unfunded obligations to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The amount of compensation deferred by each participant in the Plan is determined in accordance with the Plan based upon elections by each participant. To participate in the Plan, a participant must elect to defer from eithe</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">r &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">base salary, bonuses or commissions or a combination of base salary, bonuses and commissions, or such other compensation approved by the Committee, and may elect to defer up to a maximum of 75% (or such other percentage specified by the Committee) of such participant&#x2019;s base salary, bonuses and commissions earned by completing and submitting a Compensation Deferral Agreement to us</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 5. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 6. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We are incorporated in the state of Delaware. Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#x201C;DGCL&#x201D;) empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#x2019;s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#x2019;s conduct was unlawful.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(d) of the DGCL provides that any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145. Such expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees, or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(f) of the DGCL provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#x2019;s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#x2019;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 145(j) of the DGCL provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director&#x2019;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders&#x37E; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law&#x37E; (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the First Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ResMed Inc., as amended (the &#x201C;Certificate of Incorporation&#x201D;) contains a provision that indemnifies to the fullest extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL each person that Section 102(b)(7) grants us the power to indemnify. Furthermore, our Certificate of Incorporation and the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of ResMed Inc. (the &#x201C;Bylaws&#x201D;) provide for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL of each person that Section 145 of the DGCL grants us the power to indemnify. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by us of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to us or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract qualified directors and officers. We intend to maintain insurance coverage for our officers and directors as well as insurance coverage to reimburse us for potential costs of our corporate indemnifica</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">tion of directors and officers.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 7. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 8. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Exhibits.</font>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943819/000119312513416916/d604032dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">First Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ResMed Inc., as amended.</font></a><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013)</font></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943819/000119312520050062/d896857dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of ResMed Inc.</font></a><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2020)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Form of certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-91094) declared effective on June 1, 1995)</font></p>
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						<a href="rmd-20210521xex4_4.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ResMed Inc. Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan.</font></a></p>
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						<a href="rmd-20210521xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Opinion and consent of Baker &amp; McKenzie LLP.</font></a></p>
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						<a href="rmd-20210521xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Consent of Baker &amp; McKenzie LLP. (Included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="rmd-20210521xex23_2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></a></p>
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						<a href="#POA"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Power of Attorney</font></a><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. (Included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 9. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Undertakings.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(1)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 26pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(A)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 26pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(2)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 26pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(3)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 26pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(b) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 23pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(c) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 23pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ResMed Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused and authorized the officers whose signatures appear below to sign this registration statement on its behalf, in the City of San Diego, State of California, USA, and in the City of Sydney, State of New South Wales, Australia on </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">May</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">21</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Michael J. Farrell and Brett A. Sandercock as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to those attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">May 21</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. &nbsp;</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Deferrals</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Employer Contributions</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Benefits</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">ARTICLE VII </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Modifications to Payment Schedules</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Amendment and Termination</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ResMed Inc., </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">a &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Delaware corporation (the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">), established </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the ResMed Inc. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Deferred Compensation </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, as </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amend</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ed</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> and restate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">d</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">as of July 1, 2010, and as further amended and restated as of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">May 21</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">2020 </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(now, as </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amended and restated</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">t</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">he </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> and such latest </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amendment and restatement date, the &#x201C;2020 Amendment Date&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Except as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> otherwise stated herein, t</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">he </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">appli</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">es to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> deferrals of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">compensation for Participants commencing effective </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">July 1, 2010.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The purpose of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">is to attract and retain key </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">employees </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">providing Participants with an </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">opportunity </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to defer </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">receipt </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of a portion of their Salary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Bonus, Commissions and other specified </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">compensation. The </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan is not intended to meet the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">qualification </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">requirements of Code Section </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">401(a),</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">but</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">intended</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">meet</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">requirements</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Code</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">409A</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">operated</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">interpreted consistent </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with that intent.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Plan </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">constitutes an unsecured </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">promise by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">each Participating Employer to pay benefits in the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">future</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Participants </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">in the Plan shall have the status of&nbsp;&nbsp;general&nbsp;&nbsp;unsecured&nbsp;&nbsp;creditors of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">other Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">as </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">applicable. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Each Participating Employer shall be solely </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">responsible for payment of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">benefits of its employees and their beneficiaries. The Plan is </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">unfunded </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">for federal tax </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">purposes, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and is intended to be an unfunded arrangement for </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">eligible employees who are </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">part </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of a </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">select group of management or highly compensated employees of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Employer within the meaning of Sections 201(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">), </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">301</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(a)(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">3</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">), </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and 401</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">a)(1) of ERISA.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amounts set aside </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to defray the liabilities assumed by the Company or an</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">other</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">will </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">remain the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">general </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">assets of the Company or the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">applicable </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, and shall remain </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">subject</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">claims</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">creditors</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">until</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amounts are distributed to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants.</font>
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			<a name="_Toc22127360"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE II</font><a name="_TOC_250006"></a><a name="_Toc22119768"></a><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Definitions</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee to record the payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant as determined under the terms of the Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee may maintain an Account to&nbsp;&nbsp;record the total obligation to a Participant, and component Accounts to reflect amounts payable at different times and in different forms. Reference to an Account means any such Account established by the Committee, as the context requires.&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts are intended to constitute unfunded obligations within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Balance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account Balance means</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with respect to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">any </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the total </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payment obligation </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">owed to a Participant from such Account as of the most recent Valuation Date.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Affiliate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Affiliate of an Employer means any corporation, trade </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or business</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">that</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, together with such Employer, is treated as a single employer </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">under Code Section 414(b) or (c).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Board</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Directors</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Board</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Directors</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">means</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">board</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">directors</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Bonus</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Bonus means any cash compensation, in addition to Salary, for services performed by a Participant for a Service Recipient during the applicable Plan Year (or applicable Plan Years), whether or not paid in such Participant&#x2019;s Plan Year or included on the federal income tax form W-2 for such Plan Year (or Plan Years), payable to a Participant under any Employer&#x2019;s annual, semi-annual, or quarterly bonus plans, excluding any cash that may be payable with respect to any long-term incentive plans, stock options, stock appreciation rights, and/or restricted stock. Bonus shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or nonqualified plans of any Employer.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Deferral elections made on or after the 2020 Amendment Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Bonus</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> does not include amounts earned by a Participant </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">while </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">transferred to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">an</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> Affiliate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> outside the United States</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> and removed from U.S. payroll pursuant to a </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Short </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or L</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ong-term assignment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, International Relocation, or L</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ocalization arrangement under the Company&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Global Mobility Policy</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Change in Control</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in Control means the occurrence of a &#x201C;change in the ownership,&#x201D; a &#x201C;change in the effective control&#x201D; or a &#x201C;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets&#x201D; of a corporation, as determined in accordance with this Section. In order for an event described below to constitute a Change in Control with respect to a Participant, except as otherwise provided in part (b)(ii) of this Section, the applicable event must relate to the corporation for which the Participant is providing services, the corporation that is liable for payment of the Participant&#x2019;s Account Balance (or all corporations liable for payment if more than one), as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(2), or such other corporation as is determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(3). </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In determining whether an event shall be considered a &#x201C;change in the ownership,&#x201D; a &#x201C;change in the effective control&#x201D; or a &#x201C;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets&#x201D; of a corporation, the following provisions shall apply:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A &#x201C;change in the ownership&#x201D; of the applicable corporation shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of such corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(v). If a person or group is considered either to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation, or to have effective control of such corporation within the meaning of part (b) of this Section, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a &#x201C;change in the ownership&#x201D; of such corporation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A &#x201C;change in the effective control&#x201D; of the applicable corporation shall occur on either of the following dates:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of such corporation possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi). If a person or group is considered to possess 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of a corporation, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a &#x201C;change in the effective control&#x201D; of such corporation; or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The date on which a majority of the members of the applicable corporation&#x2019;s board of directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such corporation&#x2019;s board of directors before the date of the appointment or election, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi). In determining whether the event described in the preceding sentence has occurred, the applicable corporation to which the event must relate shall only include a corporation identified in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii) for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A &#x201C;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets&#x201D; of the applicable corporation shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii). A transfer of assets shall not be treated as a &#x201C;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets&#x201D; when such transfer is made to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the transferor corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(B).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">The determination of whether an event constitutes a Change in Control shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(5).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.11</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Code</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.12</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Code Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Code Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code, and regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service thereunder.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.13</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Commissions</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Commissions means any compensation (including quarterly sales incentives) in addition to Salary and Bonus, for services performed during any applicable Plan Year, whether</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">5</font><font style="display: inline;"></font>

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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> or not paid in such Plan Year or included on the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">f</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">ederal </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">i</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">ncome </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">t</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">ax </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Form W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer's commission agreement or quarterly sales incentive agreement.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Deferral elections made on or after the 2020 Amendment Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Commissions do</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> not include amounts earned by a Participant </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">while </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">transferred to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">an</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> Affiliate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> outside the United States</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> and removed from U.S. payroll pursuant to a </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Short </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">or Long-term assignment, International Relocation, or Localization arrangement under the Company&#x2019;s Global Mobility Policy.</font>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.14</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Committee means the committee appointed by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan. If no designation is made, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or his or her delegate, shall have and exercise the powers of the Committee.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.15</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Company means ResMed Inc., a Delaware corporation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.16</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Compensation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Compensation means a Participant&#x2019;s Salary, Bonus, Commissions, and such other cash or equity-based compensation (if any) approved by the Committee as Compensation that may be deferred under this Plan. Compensation shall not include any compensation that has been previously deferred under this Plan or any other arrangement</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">subject to Code Section 409A.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.17</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Compensation Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Compensation Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.18</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Compensation Deferral Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Compensation Deferral Agreement means an agreement between a Participant and a Participating Employer that specifies: (a) the amount of each component of Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, and (b) the Payment Schedule applicable to one or more Accounts. The Committee may permit different deferral amounts for each component of Compensation and may establish a maximum deferral amount for each such component. Unless otherwise specified by the Committee in the Compensation Deferral Agreement, Participants may defer up to: (i) 75% of Salary, (ii) 75% of Bonus, and/or (iii) 75% of Commissions for a Plan Year. A Compensation Deferral Agreement may also specify the investment allocation described in Section 8.4.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.19</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Death Benefit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Death Benefit means the benefit payable in a single lump sum under the Plan to a Participant&#x2019;s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant&#x2019;s death as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.20</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Deferral</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Deferral means a credit to a Participant&#x2019;s Account(s) that records that portion of the Participant&#x2019;s Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article IV. Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to Deferrals includes Earnings attributable to such Deferrals. Deferrals shall be calculated with respect to the gross cash Compensation payable to the Participant prior to any deductions or withholdings.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.21</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Disability Benefit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Disability Benefit means the benefit payable in a single lump sum to a Participant in the event such Participant is determined to be Disabled as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.22</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Disabled</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Disabled means that a Participant is, by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months: (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (b) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant&#x2019;s Employer. The Committee shall determine whether a Participant is Disabled in accordance with Code Section 409A, provided, however, that a Participant shall be deemed to be Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. The determination of whether a Participant is Disabled shall be made on compliance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(4).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.23</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contribution</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Discretionary Contribution means a credit by a Participating Employer to a Participant&#x2019;s Account(s) in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Plan. Discretionary Contributions are credited at the sole discretion of the Participating Employer, and the fact that a Discretionary Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating Employer to continue to make such Discretionary Contributions in subsequent years. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to a Discretionary Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such a contribution.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.24</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Earnings</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Earnings mean a positive or negative adjustment to the value of an Account, based upon the allocation of the Account by the Participant among deemed investment options in accordance with Article VIII.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.25</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Eligible Employee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Eligible Employee means a member of a &#x201C;select group of management or highly compensated employees&#x201D; of a Participating Employer within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, as determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion, who meets eligibility requirements set by the Committee for participation in the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.26</font>
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		</td><td style="width:10pt;"><p style="width:10pt;width:10pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Employee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Employee means a common-law employee of an Employer.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.27</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Employer means, with respect to Employees it employs, the Company or any </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 42.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.28</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">ERISA</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Reference to a specific section of ERISA shall include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such section or regulation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.29</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Participant means an Eligible Employee who: (a) has received written notification of his or her eligibility to defer Compensation under the Plan, and (b) submits a Compensation Deferral Agreement pursuant to Article IV of the Plan. A Participant&#x2019;s continued participation in the Plan shall be governed by Section 3.2 of the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.30</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Participating Employer means the Company and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">each </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Affiliate of the Company who</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the consent </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> in accordance with Section 3.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">has </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">adopted </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Plan for the benefit of its </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">eligible </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">employees</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 42.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.31</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Payment Schedule</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Payment Schedule means the date as of which payment of one or more </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Accounts under the Plan will commence and the form in which payment of such Account(s) will be made.</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.32</font>
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		</td><td style="width:10pt;"><p style="width:10pt;width:10pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Performance-Based Compensation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Performance-Based Compensation means any Bonus or other compensation amount to the extent that it is: (a) contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria, (b) not readily ascertainable at the time the deferral election is made, and (c) based on services performed over a period of at least 12 months. For this purpose, performance criteria are &#x201C;pre-established&#x201D; if they are established in writing no later than 90 days after the commencement of the service period to which the criteria relate, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the criteria are established. Performance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Based Compensation shall not include any Bonus or other compensation that is paid due to the Participant&#x2019;s death, or because the Participant becomes Disabled, without regard to the satisfaction of the performance criteria. The determination of whether compensation is Performance Based Compensation shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-1(e).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 42.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.33</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Generally, the term Plan means the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Amended and Restated </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ResMed Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan&#x201D; as documented herein, and as may be amended from time to time hereafter. However, to the extent permitted or required under Code Section 409A, the term Plan may in the appropriate context also mean a portion of the Plan that is treated as a single plan under Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-1(c), or the Plan or portion of the Plan and any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan or portion thereof that is treated as a single plan under such section.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 42.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.34</font>
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		</td><td style="width:10pt;"><p style="width:10pt;width:10pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Plan Year</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. For the first year, Plan Year mean</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">t</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> a period beginning on July 1, 2010 and ending on December 31, 2010, and for each subsequent year, a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of the same calendar year.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 42.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
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		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:6pt;"><p style="width:6pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 26.00pt;">
			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.35</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Salary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Salary means the Participant&#x2019;s annual cash compensation for services performed</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">for a Service Recipient during the applicable Plan Year, whether or not paid in such Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Year, or included on the federal income tax form W-2 for such year, excluding bonuses,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, relocation expenses, payments of unused vacation days, long term or other incentive payments, non-monetary awards, other non-monetary compensation, severance pay, and automobile and other allowances paid to the Participant. Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily defer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">red or contributed by Participant pursuant to all qualified or nonqualified plans of any Employer.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Deferral elections made on or after the 2020 Amendment Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, Salary does not include amounts earned by a Participant </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">while </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">transferred to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">an</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> Affiliate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> outside the United States</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> and removed from U.S. payroll</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> pursuant to a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Short </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or Long-term assignment, International Relocation, or Localization arrangement under the Company&#x2019;s Global Mobility Policy.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.36</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Separation from Service</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. With respect to a Service Provider who is an Employee, Separation from Service means either (i) termination of the Employee&#x2019;s employment with the Company and all Affiliates, or (ii) a permanent reduction in the level of bona fide services the Employee provides to the Company and all Affiliates to an amount that is 20% or less of the average level of bona fide services the Employee provided to the Company in the immediately preceding 36 months, with the level of bona fide service calculated in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-l(h)(l)(ii). For purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">occurred, the definition of &#x201C;Affiliate&#x201D; shall be modified by substituting 50% for 80% each place it appears in Code Section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3), for purposes of Code Section 414(b), and each place it appears in Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(c)-2, for purposes of Code Section 414(c). </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">The Employee&#x2019;s employment relationship is treated as continuing while the Employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence (if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the Employee&#x2019;s right to reemployment with the Company or an Affiliate is provided either by statute or contract). If the Employee&#x2019;s period of leave exceeds six months and the Employee&#x2019;s right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first day immediately following the expiration of such six-month period. Whether a termination of employment has occurred will be determined based on all of the facts and circumstances and in accordance with regulations issued by the United States Treasury Department pursuant to Code Section 409A. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">The determination of whether a Service Provider has had a Separation from Service shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-1(h).</font>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.37</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Separation from Service Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Separation from Service Account means an Account established by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a Participant upon Separation from Service. Unless the Participant has established a Specified Date Account, or unless a Participating Employer has credited a Discretionary Contribution to a Specified Date Account, all Deferrals and Discretionary Contributions shall be allocated to a Separation from Service Account on behalf of the Participant.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.38</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Separation from Service Benefit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Separation from Service Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant under the Plan following the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.39</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Service Provider</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Service Provider means a Participant or any other &#x201C;service provider,&#x201D; as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-l(f).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.40</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Service Recipient</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Service Recipient means, with respect to a Participant, the Employer and all Affiliates.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.41</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Specified Date Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Specified Date Account means an Account established by the Committee to record the amounts payable at a future date as specified in the Participant&#x2019;s Compensation Deferral Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant may maintain no more than five Specified Date Accounts. A Specified Date Account may be identified in enrollment materials as an &#x201C;In-Service Account&#x201D; or &#x201C;Short</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Term Account&#x201D; or such other name as established by the Committee without affecting the meaning thereof.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;"> 2.42</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Specified Employee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Specified Employee means certain officers and highly compensated employees of the Company as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-l(i). The identification date for determining whether any Employee is a Specified Employee during any Plan Year shall be January 1.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Unforeseeable Emergency</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">spouse, the Participant&#x2019;s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), or the Participant&#x2019;s Beneficiary; loss of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant&#x2019;s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, as a result of a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The types of events which may</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">qualify as an Unforeseeable Emergency may be limited by the Committee.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The determination of whether a Participant has had an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">made in compliance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(i)(3).</font>
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			<a name="_Toc22127361"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE III</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Eligibility and Participation</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Eligibility and Participation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Committee shall designate the eligibility requirements</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">for participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. An Eligible Employee shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">become a Participant upon the earlier to occur of: (a) a credit of Discretionary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> Contributions on behalf of such Eligible Employee, or (b) the participation date for such Eligible Employee designated by the Committee; provided, however, that no Eligible Employee shall become a Participant earlier than June 1, 2010. An Eligible Employee shall become eligible to accrue deferred compensation under the Plan on the date such Eligible Employee becomes a Participant.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the case of an Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant on June&nbsp;1, 2010, such Participant shall be eligible to submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(7). Such Compensation Deferral Agreement shall become irrevocable on June&nbsp;30, 2010 (or such earlier date as is designated by the Committee) and shall apply to Compensation earned for services after June&nbsp;30, 2010.</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Duration</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participant shall continue to be eligible to make Deferrals of Compensation and receive allocations of Discretionary Contributions, subject to the terms of the Plan, for as long as such Participant remains an Eligible Employee or until the Committee in its discretion decides the Participant no longer is entitled to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">participate in the Plan. A Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Employee or who no longer is entitled to participate in the Plan but who has not Separated from Service or otherwise qualified for and received (or has had a Beneficiary receive) a complete distribution of his or her Account Balance from the Plan, shall not make further deferrals of Compensation effective as of the first day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee. Such individual may otherwise exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the Plan with respect to his or her Account(s). On and after a Separation from Service, a Participant shall remain a Participant as long as his or her Account Balance is greater than zero, and during such time may continue to make allocation elections as provided in Section 8.4. An individual shall cease being a Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan to which he or she is entitled have been</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Reemployment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If a former Eligible Employee is rehired by an Employer and is again selected as eligible to participate in the Plan, he or she shall reenter the Plan on the first day of any Plan Year commencing after the date he or she is selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1. If such individual meets the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-2(a)(7) as of such reentry date, he or she will be treated as initially eligible to participate in the Plan for purposes of Section 4.2(a). Such Eligible Employee&#x2019;s reentry into the Plan shall have no impact on any distributions that have been made or are being made in accordance with Article VI. Any amounts previously forfeited from the Participant&#x2019;s Accounts pursuant to this Plan shall not be restored or reinstated upon the Participant&#x2019;s subsequent reentry into the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Adoption by Affiliates</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. An employee of an Affiliate may not become a Participant in the Plan unless the Affiliate has previously adopted the Plan and thereby become a </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. An Affiliate of the Company may become a </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> only with the approval of the Board of Directors or its designee. By adopting this Plan, the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> shall be deemed to have agreed to assume the obligations and liabilities imposed upon it by this Plan, agreed to comply with all of the other terms and provisions of this Plan, delegated to the Committee the power and responsibility to administer this Plan with respect to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s Employees, and delegated to the Company the full power to amend or terminate this Plan with respect to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s Employees.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Toc22127362"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE IV</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Deferrals</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Deferral Elections</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">. Generally.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A Participant may elect to make Deferrals of Compensation by submitting a Compensation Deferral Agreement during the enrollment periods established by the Committee and in the manner specified by the Committee, but in any event, in accordance with Section 4.2. A Compensation Deferral Agreement that is not timely filed with respect to a service period or component of Compensation shall be considered void and shall have no effect with respect to such service period or Compensation. The Committee may accept or reject any Compensation Deferral Agreement and may modify it as necessary to comply with Section 2.1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">8</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"> prior to the date the election becomes irrevocable under the rules of Section 4.2.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Participant shall specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the amount of the Deferral for the Plan Year, and whether to allocate the Deferral to a Separation from Service Account, to or among one or more Specified Date Accounts, or among a Separation from Service Account and one or more Specified Date Accounts. If no allocation is indicated, or if an invalid allocation is made (such as a Deferral allocated to a Specified Date Account with a distribution date occurring in the same calendar year as the Plan Year to which the Deferral election refers), the Deferral shall be allocated to the Separation from Service Account. A Participant may also specify in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the Payment Schedule applicable to his or her Plan Accounts, including his or her Separation from Service Account, Specified Date Account and Change in Control Benefit. If the Payment Schedule for a Separation from Service</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Benefit is not specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule shall be in a single lump sum and, in the case of a Separation from Service Account, the distribution will be made on the first Business Day that follows the first January 15 following the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service. If the Payment Schedule for a Change in Control Benefit is not specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule will be that selected with respect to the Separation of Service Benefit, which if also not specified, shall be distributed pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of such Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service, such distribution will be made not earlier than the first day of the seventh calendar month following the calendar month in which the Separation from Service occurs</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">(or, if earlier, the date of such Participant&#x2019;s death)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">First Year of Eligibility. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the case of the first year in which an Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, he or she shall have up to 30 days following the date on which he or she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan to submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Compensation to be earned during such Plan Year. A completed Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable upon the end of such 30-day period, except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2. The determination of whether an Eligible Employee may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Code Section 409A, including the provisions of Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(7). </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Compensation Deferral Agreement filed under this paragraph applies to Compensation earned for services performed after the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement becomes irrevocable. Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (a) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(7).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Prior Year Election. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants may defer Compensation by filing a Compensation Deferral Agreement no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the Compensation to be deferred is earned. A Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable with respect to such Compensation no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which such Compensation is earned.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Performance-Based Compensation. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later than the date that is six months before the end of the performance period, provided that:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">the Participant performs services continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the criteria are established through the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">the Compensation is not readily ascertainable as of the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is filed.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">A Compensation Deferral Agreement becomes irrevocable with respect to Performance-Based Compensation as of the date on which the deadline for filing such election occurs. The Committee shall determine the deadline for filing such an election in compliance with Code Section 409A. Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (c) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(8).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Short-Term Deferrals. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Compensation that meets the definition of a &#x201C;short-term deferral&#x201D; described in Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred in accordance with the rules of Article VII, applied as if the date the Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date payments were originally scheduled to commence. Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (d) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(4).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Certain Forfeitable Rights. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">With respect to a legally binding right to a payment in a subsequent year that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant&#x2019;s continued services for a period of at least 12 months from the date the Participant obtains the legally binding right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made on or before the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the Compensation, provided that the election is made at least 12 months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes irrevocable on such 30 day. If the forfeiture condition applicable to the payment lapses before the end of the required 12 month service period as a result of the Participant&#x2019;s death or disability (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(4)) or upon a Change in Control (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)), the Compensation Deferral Agreement will be void unless it would be considered timely under another rule described in this Section. Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (e) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(a)(5).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&#x201C;Evergreen&#x201D; Deferral Elections. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Deferral elections under the Plan are effective for a single Plan Year; new elections must be made in order to defer Compensation during the following Plan Year. However, the Committee, in its discretion, may change this protocol by providing in the Compensation Deferral Agreement that such Compensation Deferral Agreement will continue in effect for each subsequent Plan Year or performance period, as applicable. In such event, such &#x201C;evergreen&#x201D; Compensation Deferral Agreements will become effective with respect to an item of Compensation on the date such election becomes irrevocable under this Section 4.2. An evergreen Compensation Deferral Agreement may be terminated or modified prospectively with respect to Compensation for which such election remains revocable under this Section 4.2. A Participant whose Compensation Deferral Agreement is cancelled in accordance with Section 4.6 will be required to file a new Compensation Deferral Agreement under this Article IV in order to recommence Deferrals under the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Allocation of Deferrals</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Compensation Deferral Agreement may allocate Deferrals to one or more Specified Date Accounts and/or to the Separation from Service Account. The Committee may, in its discretion, establish a minimum deferral period for the establishment of a Specified Date Account.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Deductions from Pay</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Committee has the authority to determine the payroll practices under which any component of Compensation subject to a Compensation Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant&#x2019;s Compensation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Vesting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Participant Deferrals shall be 100% vested at all times.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Cancellation of Deferrals</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Committee may cancel a Participant&#x2019;s Deferral election: (a) for the balance of the Plan Year in which an Unforeseeable Emergency (as defined in Section 2.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">4</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">) occurs in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii), (b) if the Participant receives a hardship distribution under the Employer&#x2019;s qualified 401(k) plan under Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.401(k)-l(d)(3) (relating in-service distributions of 401(k) plan elective contributions as a result of an immediate and heavy financial need), in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii), or (c) during periods in which the Participant is unable to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position due to a mental or physical impairment that can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six months, provided cancellation occurs by the later of the end of the taxable year of the Participant or the 15th day of the third month following the date the Participant incurs the disability (as defined in this paragraph) in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Benefits Not Contingent.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> Deferrals and credits for any Participants under this Plan are</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">not conditioned (directly or indirectly) upon the Participant&#x2019;s election to make (or not to</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">make) deferrals under the 401(k) plan sponsored by the Company.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Toc22127363"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE V</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Employer Contributions</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contributions</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participating Employer shall credit one or more</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contributions to a Participant in such amounts and at such times as are</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion. Any such amounts</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">are credited at the sole discretion of the Committee, and the fact that a Discretionary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating Employer or the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee to continue to make such Discretionary Contributions in subsequent years.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Any such Discretionary Contributions shall be subject to the approval of the Board or the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Compensation Committee to the extent required by applicable law. Neither the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer nor the Committee shall have any obligation to make any such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contributions or to make them on a consistent basis among similarly</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">situated Eligible Employees. Any Discretionary Contributions credited to a Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be credited on a date or dates to be determined</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, and the crediting date or dates may</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">be different for different Participants. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">reference to Discretionary Contributions shall include Earnings attributable to such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">contributions. Discretionary Contributions will be credited to a Participant&#x2019;s Separation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">from Service Account, unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects in writing on or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">before the date on which the Participant obtains a legally binding right to such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contribution (which election shall be irrevocable on such date) to credit the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Discretionary Contribution to a Participant&#x2019;s Specified Date Account.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Vesting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participant shall be vested in his or her Discretionary Contributions described in Section 5.1 above in accordance with the vesting schedules established by the Committee, at the</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">time such amount is first credited to the Participant&#x2019;s Account under this Plan. The Committee may, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to any approval by the Board or the Compensation Committee required by applicable law), increase a Participant&#x2019;s vested interest in a Discretionary Contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Discretionary Contributions shall become 100% vested upon the occurrence of the earliest of: (i) the death of the Participant while actively employed by a Participating Employer, (ii) the Disability of the Participant, or (iii) a Change in Control. The portion of a Participant&#x2019;s Accounts that remains unvested upon his or her Separation from Service after the application of the terms of this Section 5.2 shall be forfeited.</font>
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			<a name="_Toc22127364"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE VI</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefits</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Benefits. Generally</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">. A Participant shall be entitled to the following benefits under the Plan:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Separation from Service Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Upon the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">he or she shall be entitled to a Separation from Service Benefit, except to the extent the Participant (i) makes an election with respect to the Payment Schedule for a Change in Control Benefit, and (ii) experiences a Separation from Service within 1 year following a Change in Control). The Separation from Service Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service Account and any Specified Date Account Balances for Specified Date Accounts with respect to which payments have not yet commenced, based on the value of that Account as of the end of the calendar month </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">immediately </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">preceding the calendar month of distribution. Payment of the Separation from Service Benefit will be made (or begin in the case of installments) according to the Participant&#x2019;s election on: (i) first Business Day that follows the first January 15th following the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service, or (ii) the first anniversary of the date specified in the immediately preceding (i). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of such Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service and elects the option identified in (i) in the immediately preceding sentence, such distribution will be made or begin not earlier than the first day of the seventh calendar month following the calendar month in which the Separation from Service occurs (or, if earlier, the date of such Participant&#x2019;s death). If the Separation from Service Benefit is to be paid in the form of installments, any subsequent installment payments will be paid on the anniversary of the date such payments commence. The Separation from Service Benefit shall be based on the value of that/those Account(s) on the date of the distribution.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Specified Date Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If the Participant has established one or more Specified</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Date Accounts and has not experienced a Separation from Service prior to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">date designated for distribution by the Participant at the time such Specified Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account was established, he or she shall be entitled to a Specified Date Benefit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with respect to each such Specified Date Account. The Specified Date Benefit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall be equal to the vested portion of the Specified Date Account, based on the value of that Account as of the end of the calendar month of distribution designated by the Participant at the time the Account was established. Payment of the Specified Date Benefit will be made (or begin in the case of installments) in the calendar month next following the designated calendar month of distribution. If the Specified Date Benefit is to be paid in the form of</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Disability Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the event that a Participant becomes Disabled, he or she</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit. The Disability Benefit shall be equal to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the vested portion of the Separation from Service Account and the unpaid</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">balances of any Specified Date Accounts. The payment date for the Disability</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit shall be the first Business Day of the calendar month next following the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">calendar month in which the Participant became Disabled, and the Disability</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit shall be based on the value of the Accounts as of the last day of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">calendar month in which Disability occurs and will be paid in the next following</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">calendar month. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Death Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the event of the Participant&#x2019;s death, his or her designated</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit. The Death Benefit shall be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">equal to the vested portion of the Separation from Service Account and the unpaid</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">balances of any Specified Date Accounts. The payment date for the Death</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit shall be the first Business Day of the calendar month next following the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">calendar month in which the Participant&#x2019;s death occurred, and the Account(s) will</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">be valued as of the end of the calendar month in which death occurred. The</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Death Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Each Participant may, pursuant to such procedures as the Committee may specify,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">designate one or more Beneficiaries in connection with the Plan. If a Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">names someone other than his or her spouse as a primary Beneficiary with respect</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to any portion of his or her Accounts, spousal consent shall be required to be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">provided in a form designated by the Committee, executed by such Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">spouse and returned to the Committee. A Participant may change or revoke a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary designation by delivering to the Committee a new designation (or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">revocation). Any designation or revocation shall be effective only if it is received</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">by the Committee. However, when so received, the designation or revocation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall be effective as of the date the notice is executed (whether or not the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant still is living), but without prejudice to any Employer on account of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">any payment made before the change is recorded. The last effective designation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">received by the Committee shall supersede all prior designations. If a Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">dies without having effectively designated a Beneficiary, or if no Beneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">survives the Participant, the Participant&#x2019;s Account shall be payable (i) to his or her</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">surviving spouse, or (ii) if the Participant is not survived by his or her spouse, to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">his or her estate. A former spouse shall have no interest under the Plan, as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary or otherwise, unless the Participant designates such person as a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary after dissolution of the marriage, except to the extent provided under</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the terms of a domestic relations order as described in Code Section 414(p)(l)(B).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Change in Control Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Participant may make an election with respect to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Payment Schedule for a Change in Control Benefit. Notwithstanding anything</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">in this Plan to the contrary, in the event a Participant makes such an election and</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">experiences a Separation from Service within 1 year following a Change in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Control, the Participant shall be entitled to a Change in Control Benefit. The</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Change in Control Benefit shall be equal to the value of the Separation from</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Service Account and the unpaid balances of any Specified Date Accounts.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Payment of the Change in Control Benefit will be made</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">(or begin in the case of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">installments) according to the Payment Schedule elected by the Participant on: (i)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">the first Business Day the follows the first January 15th following the Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Separation from Service or (ii) the first anniversary of the date specified in the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">immediately preceding (i). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant is a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Specified Employee on the date of such Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">such distribution shall be made or begin not earlier than the first day of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">seventh calendar month following the calendar month in which the Separation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">from Service occurs (or, if earlier, the date of such Participant&#x2019;s death). If the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Change in Control Benefit is to be paid in the form of installments, any</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">subsequent installment payments will be paid on the anniversary of the date such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">payments commence. The Change in Control Benefit shall be based on the value</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">of that/those Account(s) on the date of the distribution.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Unforeseeable Emergency Payments. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Participant who experiences an</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Unforeseeable Emergency may submit a written request to the Committee to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">receive payment of all or any portion of his or her vested Accounts. Whether a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant or Beneficiary is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">an emergency payment shall be determined by the Committee based on the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a distribution on</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">account of Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made to the extent that such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">emergency is or may be reimbursed through insurance or otherwise, by</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">liquidation of the Participant&#x2019;s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">would not cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of Deferrals under this</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan. If an emergency payment is approved by the Committee, the amount of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payment shall not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the need,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">taking into account the additional compensation that is available to the Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">as the result of cancellation of deferrals to the Plan, including amounts necessary</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to pay any taxes or penalties that the Participant reasonably anticipates will result</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">from the payment. The amount of the emergency payment shall be subtracted</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">first from the vested portion of the Participant's Separation from Service Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">until depleted and then from the vested Specified Date Accounts, beginning with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Specified Date Account with the latest payment commencement date.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Emergency payments shall be paid in a single lump sum within the 90-day period</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">following the date the payment is approved by the Committee. No Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">may receive more than one distribution on account of an Unforeseeable</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Emergency in any Plan Year. A Participant who receives a distribution on</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, and who is still employed by an Employer shall be prohibited from making Deferrals for the remainder of the Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Year in which the distribution is made.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Code Section 409A. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan, (i) a Participant shall have no legally-enforceable right to, and a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer shall have no obligation to make, any payment to a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant if having such a right or obligation would result in the imposition of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">additional taxes under Code Section 409A, and (ii) any provision that would</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A will have no force and effect</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">until amended to comply therewith (which amendment may be retroactive to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">extent permitted by Code Section 409A). If any payment is not made under the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">terms of this subsection (g), it is the Participating Employers&#x2019; present intention to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">make a similar payment to the Participant in a manner that will not result in the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">imposition of additional taxes under Code Section 409A, to the extent feasible.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A Participant who is entitled to receive a Separation from Service Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump sum, unless the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Participant elects an alternate form of payment on the initial</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Compensation Deferral Agreement upon which an allocation of Deferrals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">is made to the Separation from Service Account (or the initial</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Compensation Deferral Agreement that precedes the Plan Year in which a</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Discretionary Contribution is allocated to the Separation from Service</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Account).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Permissible alternate forms of payment for the Separation from Service</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit are: (A) substantially equal annual installments over a period of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">two to ten years, as elected by the Participant, or (B) a lump sum payment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of a designated percentage of the Separation from Service Benefit, with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the balance paid in substantially equal annual installments over a period of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">two to ten years, as elected by the Participant.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notwithstanding any Specified Date election of a Participant, if a Participant dies</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or Separates from Service before distributions with respect to a Specified Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account have commenced, such amounts shall be paid in accordance with the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">form and time of payment applicable to the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit or Death Benefit (as applicable). With respect to Specified Date Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Balances that have commenced to be paid in installment payments prior to the date of the Separation from Service, such Specified Date Accounts shall continue</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to be paid in accordance with the form of payment election applicable to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Specified Date Account.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Death Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the event of the Participant&#x2019;s death, his or her designated</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit. The Death Benefit shall be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">equal to the value of the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service Account and the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">unpaid balances of any Specified Date Accounts and shall be payable in a single</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">lump sum. Payment of the Death Benefit shall extinguish all of the Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Accounts.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Disability Benefit. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the event of the Participant&#x2019;s Disability, he or she shall be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">entitled to a Disability Benefit. The Disability Benefit shall be equal to the value</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service Account and the unpaid balances of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">any Specified Date Accounts and shall be payable in a single lump sum. Payment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of the Disability Benefit shall extinguish all of the Participant&#x2019;s Accounts.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Small Account Balances. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Committee shall pay the value of the Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Accounts upon a Separation from Service in a single lump sum if the balance of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">such Accounts (together with any amounts deferred under any other nonqualified</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">deferred compensation plan that must be aggregated with the Plan Accounts</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-l(c)) is not greater than the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), provided the payment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">represents the complete liquidation of the Participant&#x2019;s interest in the Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">together with any plan with which the Plan Accounts must be aggregated as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">described above.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Rules Applicable to Installment Payments. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If a Payment Schedule specifies</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">substantially equal installment payments, annual payments will be made</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">beginning as of the payment commencement date for such installments, and shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">continue on each anniversary thereof until the number of installment payments</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">specified in the Payment Schedule has been paid. If a lump sum equal to less than</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">100% of the Separation from Service Account is paid, the payment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">commencement date for the installment form of payment will be the first</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">anniversary of the payment of the lump sum. The amount of each installment payment shall be determined by dividing (i) by (ii), where (i) equals the Account</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Balance as of the Valuation Date and (ii) equals the remaining number of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">installment payments. For purposes of this subsection (f), the term &#x201C;Valuation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Date&#x201D; means a date that is on the payment commencement date and each</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">subsequent anniversary thereof, as applicable, or such other date as the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine in a manner consistent with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Code Section 409A.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">For purposes of Article VI, installment payments will be treated as a single form</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of payment; provided, however, that in the event a Participant elects a lump sum</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payment equal to less than 100% of his or her Separation from Service Account or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Specified Date Account, the partial lump sum payment shall at all times with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">respect to the amounts deferred be treated as a separate payment, and the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">installment payments for the balance of the Account shall, at all times with respect to the amounts deferred, be treated as a single payment.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Acceleration of or Delay in Payments</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to accelerate the time or form of payment of a benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, provided such acceleration is permitted under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). The Committee may also, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay the time for payment of a benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, to the extent permitted under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-2(b)(7). If the Plan receives a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(l)(B)) directing that all or a portion of a Participant&#x2019;s Accounts be paid to an &#x201C;alternate payee,&#x201D; any amounts to be paid to the alternate payee(s) shall be paid in a single lump sum, and such amounts will be subtracted from the Participant&#x2019;s Accounts as specified in the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Distributions Treated as Made Upon a Designated Event</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If the Company fails to make any distribution on account of any of the events listed in Section 6.1, either intentionally or unintentionally, within the time period specified in Section </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">6.1 or </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">6.2,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> as applicable,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> but the payment is made within the same calendar year, such distribution will be treated as made within the time period specified in Section </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">6.1 or </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">6.2 pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(d). In addition, if a distribution is not made due to a dispute with respect to such distribution, the distribution may be delayed in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(g).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Deductibility</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If the Committee determines in good faith that all</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or a portion of any distribution </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(a) is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> grandfather</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ed</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> un</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">der</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> P.L. 115-97, Section 13601(e)(2)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, relating to Code Section 162(m) as in effect prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and (b) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">will not be deductible by the Company or a Participating</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Section 162(m) of the Code, then such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">distribution to the Participant will be delayed until the first year in which it is deductible.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Participant&#x2019;s Right to Modify</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participant may modify any or all of the Payment Schedules with respect to the Participant&#x2019;s Separation from Service Account or Specified Date Account(s), consistent with the permissible Payment Schedules available under the Plan, provided such modification complies with the requirements of this Article VII and Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(b). Modifications of Payment Schedules with respect to Accounts not explicitly identified in the immediately preceding sentence are not permissible under the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Time of Election</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. In the case of any Specified Date Account, the date on which a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">modification election is submitted to the Committee must be at least 12 months prior to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the date on which payment of such Specified Date Account is scheduled to commence</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">under the Payment Schedule in effect prior to the modification in accordance with Treas.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(b)(1)(iii).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Date of Payment under Modified Payment Schedule</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Except in the case of the Disability</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit, the Death Benefit and Unforeseeable Emergency Payments, the date payments</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">are to commence under the modified Payment Schedule must be no earlier than five years</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">after the date payment would have commenced under the original Payment Schedule (or,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">in the case of installment payments treated as a single payment, five years after the first</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amount was scheduled to be paid) in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(b)(l)(ii).</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Under no circumstances may a modification election result in an acceleration of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payments in violation of Code Section 409A.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Effective Date</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A modification election submitted in accordance with this Article VII is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee and shall not become effective until 12</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">months after such date in accordance with Treas. Reg. &#xA7;1.409A-2(b)(l)(i).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Effect on Accounts</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. An election to modify a Payment Schedule is specific to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Account or payment event to which it applies, and shall not be construed to affect the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Payment Schedules of any other Accounts.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Valuation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Deferrals shall be credited to appropriate Accounts on or about the date such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Compensation would have been paid to the Participant absent the Compensation Deferral</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Agreement. Discretionary Contributions shall be credited at the time or times determined</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">by the Committee in its sole discretion. Valuation of Accounts shall be performed under</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">procedures approved by the Committee.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Adjustment for Earnings</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Each Account will be adjusted to reflect Earnings on each</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Business Day. Adjustments shall reflect the net earnings, gains, losses, expenses,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">appreciation and depreciation associated with an investment option for each portion of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Account allocated to such option (&#x201C;investment allocation&#x201D;).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Investment Options</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Investment options will be determined by the Committee. The</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to add, remove or substitute</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">investment options from the Plan from time to time; provided however, that any such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">additions, removals or substitutions of investment options shall not be effective with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">respect to any period prior to the effective date of such change.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Participant shall specify an investment allocation for each of his or her Accounts in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">accordance with procedures established by the Committee. Allocation among the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">investment options must be designated in increments of 1%. The Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">investment allocation will become effective on the same Business Day or, in the case of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">investment allocations received after a time specified by the Committee, the next</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Business Day.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Participant may change an investment allocation on any Business Day, both with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">respect to future credits to the Plan and with respect to existing Account Balances, in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">accordance with procedures adopted by the Committee. Changes shall become effective</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">on the same Business Day or, in the case of investment allocations received after a time</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">specified by the Committee, the next Business Day, and shall be applied prospectively.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Unallocated Deferrals and Accounts</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If the Participant fails to make an investment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">allocation with respect to an Account, such Account shall be invested in an investment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">option, the primary objective of which is the preservation of capital, as determined by the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee in its reasonable discretion.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Toc22127367"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE IX</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Administration</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Plan Administration</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall have the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan, including the authority and ability to delegate administrative functions to a third</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">party. Claims for benefits shall be filed with the Committee and resolved in accordance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with the claims procedures in Article XII.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Actions by Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Each decision of a majority of the members of the Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">then in office shall constitute the final and binding act of the Committee. The Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">may act with or without a meeting being called or held and shall keep minutes of all</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">meetings held and a record of all actions taken by written consent.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Powers of Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Committee shall have all powers and discretionary authority</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">necessary or appropriate to supervise the administration of the Plan and to control its</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">operation in accordance with its terms, including, but not by way of limitation, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">following powers and discretionary authority:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;">(a)</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To interpret and determine the meaning and validity of the provisions of the Plan,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and to determine any question arising under, or in connection with, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">administration, operation or validity of the Plan, or any amendment thereto;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To determine any and all considerations affecting the eligibility of any employee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to become a Participant or remain a Participant in the Plan;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To cause one or more separate Accounts to be maintained for each Participant;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To cause Compensation Deferrals and deemed interest to be credited to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants&#x2019; Accounts;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To establish and revise an accounting method or formula for the Plan;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To determine the status and rights of Participants and their spouses, Beneficiaries or estates;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To employ such counsel, agents, and advisers, and to obtain such legal, clerical and other services, as it may deem necessary or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the Plan;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To establish, from time to time, rules for the performance of its powers and duties and for the administration of the Plan;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To arrange for periodic distribution to each Participant of a statement of benefits accrued under the Plan;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To publish a claims and appeal procedure satisfying the minimum standards of Section 503 of ERISA pursuant to which individuals or estates may claim Plan benefits and appeal denials of such claims;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;;">(k)</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To delegate to any one or more of its members or to any other person, severally or jointly,</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">the authority to perform for and on behalf of the Committee one or more of the functions of the Committee under the Plan; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To decide all issues and questions regarding Account balances, and the time, form, manner, and amount of distributions to Participants.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 9.4</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Administration Upon Change in Control</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall continue to act as the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee. The individual who was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">immediately prior to the Change in Control (the &#x201C;Ex-CEO&#x201D;) shall have the authority (but</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall not be obligated) to appoint an independent third party to act as the Committee.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">After a Change in Control, no member of the Committee may be removed (and/or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">replaced) by the Company without the consent of either (a) 2/3 of the members of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Board of Directors of the Company and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries with Account Balances or (b) the Ex-CEO or, in the event the Ex-CEO is no longer a Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant, his or her appointee who is a Plan Participant.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Participating Employers shall, with respect to the Committee identified under this</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section: (a) pay all reasonable expenses and fees of the Committee, (b) indemnify the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee (including individuals serving as Committee members) in accordance with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section 9.6, and (c) supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">related to the Plan, Participants, Beneficiaries and Accounts as the Committee may</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">reasonably require.</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Withholding</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Participating Employer shall have the right to withhold from any</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payment due under the Plan (or with respect to any amounts credited to the Plan) any</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of such payment (or credit). Withholdings</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with respect to amounts credited to the Plan shall be deducted from Compensation that</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">has not been deferred to the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 9.6</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Indemnification</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Participating Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless each</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">employee, officer, director, agent or organization, to whom or to which are delegated</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">duties, responsibilities, and authority under the Plan or otherwise with respect to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, the Committee and its agents,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">against all claims, liabilities, fines and penalties, and all expenses reasonably incurred by</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or imposed upon him or her or it (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">which arise as a result of his or her or its actions or failure to act in connection with the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">operation and administration of the Plan to the extent lawfully allowable and to the extent</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">that such claim, liability, fine, penalty, or expense is not paid for by liability insurance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">purchased or paid for by the Participating Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer shall not indemnify any person or organization if his or her or its</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">actions or failure to act are due to gross negligence or willful misconduct or for any such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amount incurred through any settlement or compromise of any action unless the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employer consents in writing to such settlement or compromise.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Delegation of Authority</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and may from time to time consult with legal counsel who shall be legal counsel to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Binding Decisions or Actions</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The decision or action of the Committee in respect of any</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Termination</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The Company and each other Participating Employer intend to continue the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan indefinitely, and to maintain each Participant&#x2019;s Account until it is scheduled to be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">paid to him or her in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. However, the Plan is voluntary on the part of the Company and the other Participating Employers, and the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participating Employers do not guarantee to continue the Plan. Accordingly, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Company reserves the right to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan (or the sponsorship</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of another Participating Employer) and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to any or all of its participating Eligible Employees (or all of another Participating</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Employer&#x2019;s Eligible Employees), by action of the Board of Directors. Upon the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">termination of the Plan with respect to any Participating Employer, the participation of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the affected Participants who are employed by that Participating Employer shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">terminate. However, after the Plan termination, the Account Balances of such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants shall continue to be credited with Deferrals attributable to a deferral election</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">that was in effect prior to the Plan termination to the extent deemed necessary to comply</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, and additional amounts shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">continue to credited or debited to such Participants&#x2019; Account Balances pursuant to Article</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">VIII. The investment options available to Participants following the termination of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan shall be comparable in number and type to those investment options available to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants in the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Plan termination is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">effective. In addition, following a Plan termination, Participant Account Balances shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">remain in the Plan and shall not be distributed until such amounts become eligible for</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">distribution in accordance with the other applicable provisions of the Plan.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulations</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix), the Company may provide that, upon termination of the Plan,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">all Account Balances of the Participants shall be distributed, subject to and in accordance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with any rules established by the Company deemed necessary to comply with the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">applicable requirements and limitations of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Company, by action taken by the Board of Directors, may amend the Plan at</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">any time and for any reason, provided that any such amendment shall not reduce</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the vested Account Balances of any Participant accrued as of the date of any such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amendment or restatement (as if the Participant had incurred a Separation from</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Service on such date). The Compensation Committee shall have the authority to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">amend the Plan for the purpose of: (i) conforming the Plan to the requirements of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">law (which amendments, notwithstanding any provisions in this Section 10.2 to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the contrary, may also be made without the consent of any Participant), (ii)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">facilitating the administration of the Plan, (iii) clarifying provisions based on the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Compensation Committee&#x2019;s interpretation of the document, and (iv) making such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">other amendments as the Board of Directors may authorize.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Compensation Committee shall determine that the terms of the Plan may result in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">the failure of the Plan, or amounts deferred by or for any Participant under the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Plan, to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, or any applicable</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">regulations or guidance promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">connection therewith, the Compensation Committee shall have authority to take</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">such action to amend, modify, cancel or terminate the Plan (effective with respect to all Employers) or distribute any or all of the amounts deferred by or for a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Participant, as it deems necessary or advisable, including without limitation:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Any amendment or modification of the Plan to conform the Plan to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">requirements of Code Section 409A or any regulations or other guidance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">thereunder (including, without limitation, any amendment or modification</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of the terms of any applicable to any Participant&#x2019;s Accounts regarding the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">timing or form of payment).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Any cancellation or termination of any vested interest in any Participant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Accounts, with immediate payment to the Participant of the amount</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">otherwise payable to such Participant.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Any such amendment, modification, cancellation, or termination of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan that may adversely affect the rights of a Participant without the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participant&#x2019;s consent.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Toc22127369"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE XI</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Informal Funding</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">General Assets</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Obligations established under the terms of the Plan may be satisfied</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">from the general funds of the Participating Employers, or a trust described in this Article</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">XI. No Participant, spouse or Beneficiary shall have any right, title or interest whatever</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">in any assets of the Participating Employers. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Participating Employers and any Employee,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Director, spouse, or Beneficiary. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payments hereunder, such rights are no greater than the right of an unsecured general</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">creditor of the Participating Employers.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Rabbi Trust</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participating Employer may, in its sole discretion, establish a grantor</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle for accumulating assets to pay</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">benefits under the Plan. Payments under the Plan may be paid from the general assets of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Participating Employers or from the assets of any such rabbi trust. Payment from any</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">such source shall reduce the obligation owed to the Participant or Beneficiary under the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Claim Procedure</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A Participant or a beneficiary (the &#x201C;Claimant&#x201D;) must file with the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee a written claim for benefits if the Claimant believes he or she has not received</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the benefits he or she is entitled to receive. Any such claim must be filed within 90 days</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">after the first date the </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In General. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Committee must render a decision on the claim within 90 days</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of the Claimant's written claim for benefits, provided that the Committee, in its</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">discretion, may determine that an additional 90-day extension is warranted if it</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">needs additional time to review the claim due to matters beyond the control of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee. In such event, the Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">end of the initial period that an extension is needed, the reason therefor and the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">date by which the Committee expects to render a decision.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Disability Benefits. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Notice of denial of a Disability Benefit will be provided</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">within 45 days of the Committee&#x2019;s receipt of the Claimant&#x2019;s claim for a Disability</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Benefit. If the Committee determines that it needs additional time to review the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Disability claim, the Committee will provide the Claimant with a notice of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">extension before the end of the initial 45 day period. Such extension period may</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">not exceed 30 days. If the Committee determines that a decision cannot be made</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">within the first extension period due to matters beyond the control of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, the time period for making a determination may be further extended</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">for an additional 30 days. If such an additional extension is necessary, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the expiration of the initial 30 day</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">extension. Any notice of extension shall indicate the circumstances necessitating</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the extension of time, the date by which the Committee expects to furnish a notice</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of decision, the specific standards on which such entitlement to a benefit is based,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim and any additional</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">information needed to resolve those issues. A Claimant will be provided a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">minimum of 45 days to submit any necessary additional information to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee. In the event that a 30 day extension is necessary due to a Claimant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">furnishing a notice of decision shall be tolled from the date on which the notice of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the extension is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of the date the Claimant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">responds to the request for additional information or the response deadline</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Contents of Notice. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If a Claimant&#x2019;s request for benefits is denied, the notice of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">denial shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">based;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A description of any additional material or information necessary for the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">information is necessary;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">An explanation of the claims review procedures and the time limits</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">applicable to such procedures; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A statement of the Claimant&#x2019;s right to bring a civil action under Section</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination upon review</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the case of a denial of a claim for </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">D</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">isability benefits, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">t</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#000000;">he notification </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">shall be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner and;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If an internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination, either the specific rule, guideline, protocol or similar criterion; or a statement that such a rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination and that a copy of such rule, guideline, protocol or other criterion will be provided free of charge to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">laimant upon request;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If the adverse benefit determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">laimant&#x2019;s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any electronic notification shall comply with the standards imposed by regulations issued by the Department of Labor under ERISA; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following: (i) the views presented by the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">laimant to the Plan of health care professionals treating the Participant and vocational professionals who evaluated the Participant, (ii) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">laimant's adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination, and (iii) a disability determination regarding the Participant presented by the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">laimant to the Plan made by the Social Security Administration</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">In General. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A Claimant dissatisfied with the Committee&#x2019;s decision must file a</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">written appeal to the Committee within 60 days after Claimant&#x2019;s receipt of the decision or deemed denial. Any claim filed more than 60 days after Claimant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">receipt of the decision will be untimely. The Claimant will have the opportunity,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">upon request and free of charge, to have reasonable access to and copies of all</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant&#x2019;s appeal. The</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Claimant may submit written comments, documents, records and other</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">information relating to his or her claim with the appeal. The Committee will</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">review all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Claimant relating to the claim, regardless of whether such information was</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">submitted or considered in the initial claim determination. The Committee shall</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">make a determination on the appeal within 60 days after receiving the Claimant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">written appeal, provided that the Committee may determine that an additional 60-day extension is necessary due to circumstances beyond the Committee&#x2019;s control,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">in which event the Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the end of the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">initial period that an extension is needed, the reason therefor and the date by</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">which the Committee expects to render a decision.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Disability Benefits. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Appeal of a denied Disability benefits claim must be filed in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">writing</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">with the Committee no later than 180 days after receipt of the written</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">notification of such claim denial. The review shall be conducted by the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Committee (exclusive of the person who made the initial adverse decision or such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">person&#x2019;s subordinate). In reviewing the appeal, the Committee shall: (i) not</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">afford deference to the initial denial of the claim, (ii) consult a medical</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">relating to the Claimant&#x2019;s disability and who was neither consulted as part of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">initial denial nor is the subordinate of such individual and (iii) identify the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained with respect to the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">initial benefit denial, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">making the decision. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">To the extent required under ERISA, before the Plan can issue an adverse benefit determination on an appeal, the Committee shall provide the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">laimant, free of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">charge</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">, with any new or additional evidence considered, relied upon, or generated by the Plan, insurer, or other person making the benefit determination (or at the direction of the Plan, insurer or such other person) in connection with the claim and such evidence must be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination on appeal required to be provided under these claims procedures to give the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">Cl</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">aimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.&nbsp;&nbsp;B</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">efore the Plan can issue an adverse benefit determination on an appeal based on a new or additional rationale, the Committee shall provide the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">laimant, free of charge, with the rationale and the rationale must be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination on appeal is required to be provided to the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">laimant under these claims procedures to give the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">laimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">The Committee shall make its decision regarding the merits</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">of the denied claim within 45 days following receipt of the appeal (or within 90</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">days after such receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">extension of time for reviewing the appealed claim). If an extension of time for</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">reviewing the appeal is required because of special circumstances, written notice</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">the extension. The notice will indicate the special circumstances requiring the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">extension of time and the date by which the Committee expects to render the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">determination on review. Following its review of any additional information submitted by the Claimant, the Committee shall render a decision on its review of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">the denied claim.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Contents of Notice. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">If the Claimant&#x2019;s appeal is denied in whole or part, the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Committee shall provide written notice to the Claimant of such denial. The</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">written notice shall include the following information:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">The specific reason or reasons for the denial;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">based;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">other information relevant to the Claimant&#x2019;s claim; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">A statement of the Claimant&#x2019;s right to bring a civil action under Section</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">502(a) of ERISA.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In the case of a denial of a claim for </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">D</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">isability benefits, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">t</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#000000;">he notification </font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">shall be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner and</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;"> shall include any information described in Sections 12.1(c)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;">(vi) a, b and c above with respect to the appeal</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Claims Appeals Upon Change in Control</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall continue to act as the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee. After a Change in Control, no member of the Committee may be removed</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(and/or replaced) by the Company without the consent of either (a) 2/3 of the members of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Board of Directors of the Company and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">with Account Balances or (b) the Ex-CEO or, in the event the Ex-CEO is no longer a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan Participant, his or her appointee who is a Plan Participant.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Constructive Denial</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If the Claimant does not receive a written decision within the time</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">period(s) described above, the claim shall be deemed denied on the last day of such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">period(s).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Six Month Deadline for Filing Suit</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. A </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Cl</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">aimant dissatisfied with the Committee&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">decision upon appeal under Sections 12.2 must file any lawsuit challenging that decision</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">no later than six months after the Committee mails the notice of denial or a Constructive</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Denial occurs. Any suit brought more than six months after the denial on appeal or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Constructive Denial shall be deemed untimely. In ruling on any such suit, the Court shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">uphold the Committee&#x2019;s determinations unless they constitute an abuse of discretion or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">fraud. No Claimant may institute any action or proceeding in any state or federal court of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">law or equity, or before any administrative tribunal or arbitrator, for a claim for benefits</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">under the Plan until he first has exhausted the procedures set forth in Sections 12.1 and</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">12.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Decisions of Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. All actions, interpretations, and decisions of the Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">deference permitted by law.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;;"> 12.7</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Administrative Expenses</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan by the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, or otherwise, including legal fees and expenses, shall be paid and borne by</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the Participating Employers.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;;"> 12.8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Eligibility to Participate</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. No member of the Committee who also is an Eligible</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Employee shall be excluded from participating in the Plan, but as a member of the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, he or she shall not be entitled to act or pass upon any matters pertaining</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">specifically to his or her own Account.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;;"> 12.9</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Indemnification</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Each of the Participating Employers shall, and hereby does, indemnify</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and hold harmless the members of the Committee, from and against any and all losses,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">claims, damages or liabilities (including attorneys&#x2019; fees and amounts paid, with the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">approval of the Board of Directors, in settlement of any claim) arising out of or resulting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">from the implementation of a duty, act or decision with respect to the Plan, so long as</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">such duty, act or decision does not involve gross negligence or willful misconduct on the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">part of any such individual.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Toc22127371"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">ARTICLE XIII</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">General Provisions</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Assignment</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. No interest of any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary under this Plan and no</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">benefit payable hereunder shall be assigned as security for a loan, and any such purported</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">assignment shall be null, void and of no effect, nor shall any such interest or any such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">benefit be subject in any manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to anticipation, sale,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">transfer, assignment or encumbrance by or through any Participant, spouse or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, however, the Committee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">has the discretion to make payments to an alternate payee in accordance with the terms of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">a domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section 414(p)(l)(B)).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A Participating Employer may assign any or all of its liabilities under this Plan in</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">connection with any restructuring, recapitalization, sale of assets or other similar</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">transactions affecting such Participating Employer without the consent of the Participant.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">No Legal or Equitable Rights or Interest</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. No Participant or other person shall have any</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan that are not expressly granted in this Plan.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participation in this Plan does not give any person any right to be retained in the service</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of a Participating Employer. The right and power of a Participating Employer to dismiss</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">or discharge an Employee is expressly reserved.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">No Guarantee of Tax Consequences</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. While the Plan is intended to provide tax deferral</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">for Participants, the Plan is not a guarantee that the intended tax deferral will be achieved.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Participants are solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">that may arise in connection with this Plan (including any taxes arising under Code</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Section 409A). No Participating Emp</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">loyer or any of their directors,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> officers or employees shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold any Participant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">harmless from any such taxes. No Participating Employer makes any representations or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">warranties as to the tax consequences to a Participant or a Participant&#x2019;s Beneficiary(ies)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">resulting from a deferral of income pursuant to the Plan.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Rights and Duties</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Under no circumstances will any Participating Employer, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Compensation Committee or the members of the Compensation Committee, the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee or the members of the Committee be subject to any liability or duty under the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan, or for any action taken, omitted or suffered</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">in good faith.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">No Effect on Service</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Neither the establishment or maintenance of the Plan, the making</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">of any Compensation Deferrals nor any action of a Participating Employer or the</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Committee, shall be held or construed to confer upon any individual: (a) any right to be</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">continued as an employee or (b) upon dismissal, any right or interest in any specific</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">assets of any Participating Employer or the Committee other than as provided in the Plan.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Each Participating Employer expressly reserves the right to discharge any employee at</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">any time, with or without cause. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">constitute a contract of employment between an Employee and any Participating</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Employer.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 13.6</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Notice</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be delivered to the Committee under</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">this Plan shall be delivered in writing, in person, or through such electronic means as is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">established by the Committee. Notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">if delivery is made</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">registration or certification. Written transmission shall be sent by certified mail to:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">RESMED INC.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">9001 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">SAN DIEGO, CA 92123</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">shall be sufficient if in writing or hand-delivered, or sent by mail to the last known</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">address of the Participant.</font>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 13.7</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Headings</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. The headings of Sections are included solely for convenience of reference,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of this Plan, the text shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">control.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 13.8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Invalid or Unenforceable Provisions</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">hereof and the Committee may elect in its sole discretion to construe such invalid or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">unenforceable provisions in a manner that conforms to applicable law or as if such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">provisions, to the extent invalid or unenforceable, had not been included.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 13.9</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Lost Participants or Beneficiaries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. Any Participant or Beneficiary who is entitled to a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">benefit from the Plan has the duty to keep the Committee advised of his or her current</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">mailing address. If benefit payments are returned to the Plan or are not presented for</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">payment after a reasonable amount of time, the Committee shall presume that the payee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">is missing. The Committee, after making such efforts as in its discretion it deems</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">reasonable and appropriate to locate the payee, shall stop payment on any uncashed</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">checks and may discontinue making future payments until contact with the payee is</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">restored to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 5.85pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:100%;;"> 13.10</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Facility of Payment to a Minor</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. If a distribution is to be made to a minor, or to a person</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">who is otherwise incompetent, then the Committee may, in its discretion, make such</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">distribution: (a) to the legal guardian, or if none, to a parent of a minor payee with whom</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">the payee maintains his or her residence, or (b) to the conservator or committee or, if</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">none, to the person having custody of an incompetent payee. Any such distribution shall</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">fully discharge the Committee, the Participating Employers, and the Plan from further</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">liability on account thereof.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Compliance with Code Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">. This Plan is intended to be administered in compliance with Code Section 409A and each provision of the Plan shall be interpreted,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">to the extent possible, to comply with Code Section 409A.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">IN</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;"> WITNESS WHEREOF, </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">the undersigned executed this Plan as of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">23</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">rd</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">day of</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">June, </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">2020</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">May 21</font><font style="display: inline;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;">1</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">ResMed Inc.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">9001 Spectrum Center Blvd.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">San Diego, CA 92123</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">We have acted as </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">special </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">securities counsel for </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">ResMed Inc.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, a </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Delaware corporation</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), in connection with its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;SEC&#x201D;) of a registration statement on Form</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> S-8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> (the &#x201C;Registration Statement&#x201D;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), w</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">ith respect to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">offer of up to $</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">0,000,000</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> of deferred compensation obligations </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">(the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Deferred Compensation Obligations</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> pursuant to the ResMed Inc.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Plan (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein as to the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Deferred Compensation </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Obligation</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">s.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">W</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">e have </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">reviewed a copy of the Plan, the Registration Statement and the prospectus</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">forming a part thereof</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, and we have </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company, of certificates of officers of the Company and of public documents, and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis of the opinions set forth below. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">t</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">he legal capacity of each natural</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">person signing such documents,</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">We</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">have also assumed that, when the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Deferred Compensation Obligations</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> are offered</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> and incurred</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, the Registration</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws and such</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded, and all </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Deferred Compensation Obligations</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> will be</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">offered in compliance with applicable federal and</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Plan, the Registration Statement</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">and the prospectus forming a part thereof</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> the Deferred Compensation Obligations, when incurred in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Plan and subject to the Company completing all actions and proceedings required on its part to be taken under the terms of the Plan, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion as to (a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief, (b) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys&#x2019; fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (c) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, and (d) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Plan and each of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Compensation Deferral Agreements</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> to be delivered by the Participants pursuant the Plan will be in the form examined by us, (b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">that each of the Plan and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Compensation Deferral Agreements</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> constitutes or will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Company, enforceable against each of them in accordance their terms, and (c) that the status of each of the Plan and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Compensation Deferral Agreements</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties will not be affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">In addition, we express no opinion with respect to any obligations or liabilities of any other person or entity under the Plan. We further express no opinion with respect to the liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any other person or entity, under any trust agreement entered into or that may be entered into in connection with the Plan.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">The opinions expressed above are limited to the General Corporati</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">on Law of the State of Delaware</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, the laws of the State of California </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">and the federal laws of the United States of America.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Our opinion is based upon our consideration of only those statutes, regulations and reported decisional law, which in our experience are normally applicable to deferred compensation plans</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We hereby consent to the use of our opinion as herein set forth as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption &#x201C;Legal Matters&#x201D; in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">We consent to the use of our reports dated August 12, 2020, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of ResMed Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders&#x2019; equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2020, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2020, incorporated herein by reference. Our report refers to a change in the Company&#x2019;s method of accounting for leases beginning July 1, 2019 due to the adoption of the FASB&#x2019;s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842,&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;">Leases</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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