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Title: EXHIBIT 10.1 - DEFERRED COMP PLAN
Governing Law: Oregon     Date: 12/19/2006
Industry: Footwear     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

EXHIBIT 10.1 - DEFERRED COMP PLAN, Parties: nike inc
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Exhibit 10.1





                                   NIKE, INC.
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
               (Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2005)























                                Prepared by:

                               Lane Powell P.C.
                      601 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 2100
                           Portland, Oregon 97204
                              (503) 778-2100
 



                  NIKE, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                       January 1, 2005 Restatement

                          TABLE OF CONTENTS


RECITALS                                                                  1
ARTICLE I TITLE AND DEFINITIONS                                           2
1.1      Title                                                             2
1.2      Definitions                                                       2
ARTICLE II   PARTICIPATION                                                 8
2.1      Participation                                                      8
ARTICLE III DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION                                      9
3.1      Participant Elections to Defer Compensation                       9
3.2      Director's 1999 Transition Election                              10
3.3      Company or Participating Employer Contributions                  10
3.4      Deferral of Long Term Incentive Payments                         11
3.5      Investment Elections                                             14
ARTICLE IV ACCOUNTS                                                       15
4.1      Participant Accounts                                             15
ARTICLE V VESTING                                                        16
5.1      Compensation Deferrals                                            16
5.2      Company or Participating Employer Contributions                  16
5.3      Director's 1999 Transition Retirement Plan Investments           16
ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS                                                 16
6.1      Termination of Service Due to Retirement, Disability or Death    16
6.2      Termination of Service For Reasons Other Than Retirement,
        Disability, or Death                                             18
6.3      Scheduled Withdrawals                                             18
6.4      Unscheduled Withdrawals Due to Financial Emergency               19
6.5      Change of Control                                                20
6.6      Section 162(m) Limitation                                        20
6.7      Inability To Locate Participant                                  20
ARTICLE VII ADMINISTRATION                                               21
7.1      Retirement Committee                                             21
7.2      Retirement Committee Action                                       21
7.3      Powers and Duties of the Retirement Committee                    21
7.4      Trustee Duties                                                   23
7.5      Company Duties                                                   23
ARTICLE VIII CLAIMS PROCEDURE                                            23
8.1      Submission of Claim                                              23
8.2      Denial of Claim                                                  23
8.3      Review of Denied Claim                                           24
8.4      Decision upon Review of Denied Claim                             24







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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS                                                 24
9.1      Unsecured General Creditor                                       24
9.2      Restriction Against Assignment                                   24
9.3      Withholding                                                       25
9.4      Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination               25
9.5      Governing Law                                                    25
9.6      Entire Agreement                                                  25
9.7      Receipt or Release                                               25
9.8      Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity                   26
9.9      No Employment Rights                                             26
9.10     Headings, etc.   Not Part of Agreement                            26
9.11     Tax Liabilities from Plan                                        26








































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                                     RECITALS

Effective January 1, 1998, NIKE, Inc. (the "Company") combined its
Supplemental Executive Savings Plan and its Supplemental Executive Profit
Sharing Plan into a single plan, which was renamed the NIKE, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Plan").   The Company subsequently amended and
restated the Plan, effective as of January 1, 2000, January 1, 2003, and June
1, 2004.

On October 3, 2004, the U.S. Congress enacted the American Jobs Creation Act
of 2004 ("AJCA").   Among other things, the AJCA modified the tax rules
applicable to non-qualified deferred compensation plans, such as the Plan.

The Company wishes to amend and restate the Plan to bring the Plan into
compliance with AJCA requirements and to provide for transition rules as
permitted by the AJCA and guidance issued by the Department of Treasury,
including but not limited to Notice 2005-1.   This restatement applies only to
amounts deferred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.   No
amendment to the June 1, 2004 Plan restatement is made or intended for
amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005.   An amount is considered to be
deferred after December 31, 2004 if:

         -   the Participant first acquires a legally binding right to be paid
            the amount (determined without regard to any deferral election by
            the Participant) after December 31, 2004; or

         -   the amount is still subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture
            after December 31, 2004.  

Amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005, including earnings on such
amounts, are subject to the rules of the June 1, 2004 restatement of the
Plan.

Under the Plan, the Company is obligated to pay vested accrued benefits to
Plan Participants and their Beneficiary or Beneficiaries from the Company's
general assets.

In connection with the Plan, the Company has established an irrevocable trust
(the "Trust").   The Company intends to make contributions to the Trust so
that such contributions will be held by the Trustee and invested, reinvested
and distributed, all in accordance with the provisions of this Plan and the
Trust Agreement.   The amounts contributed to the Trust and the earnings
thereon shall be used by the Trustee to satisfy the liabilities of the
Company under the Plan in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.  
The Trust is a "grantor trust," with the principal and income of the Trust
treated as assets and income of the Company for federal and state income tax
purposes.

The assets of the Trust shall at all times be subject to the claims of the
general creditors of the Company as provided in the Trust Agreement.

The existence of the Trust shall not alter the characterization of the Plan
as "unfunded" for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and shall not be construed to provide income to




Plan Participants prior to actual payment of the vested accrued benefits
under the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE, the Company does hereby adopt this amended and restated Plan
as follows:


                                  ARTICLE I
                            TITLE AND DEFINITIONS

1.1      Title

This Plan shall be known as the NIKE, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.

1.2      Definitions

Whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the
first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified below.

        (a)    "Account" means for each Participant the bookkeeping account
        maintained by the Retirement Committee that is credited with amounts
        equal to (1) the portion of the Participant's Salary that he or she
        elects to defer, (2) the portion of the Participant's Bonus that he
        or she elects to defer, (3) the portion of the Participant's
        Incentive Payments that he or she elects to defer, (4) the portion of
        the Participant's Fees that he or she elects to defer, (5) the
        portion of the Participant's Long Term Incentive Payment that he or
        she elects to defer, (6) Company or Participating Employer
        contributions, if any, made to the Plan for the Participant's
        benefit, and (7) adjustments to reflect deemed earnings pursuant to
        Section 4.1(e).

        (b)    "Actuarial Equivalent" means the actuarial present value
        determined by the actuary appointed by the Company, in accordance
        with generally accepted actuarial principles, with a discount for
        mortality using the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table and a discount
        for interest at the 30-year Treasury rate for July 1999 (5.98%).

        (c)    "Annual Election Period" means the period designated each year
        during which Participants submit their elections to defer
        Compensation.    Unless modified by the Retirement Committee, the
        Annual Election Period shall end not later than November 30 of the
        year immediately preceding the beginning of the Plan Year for which
        the deferral elections made during the Annual Election Period shall
        be in effect.

        (d)    "Beneficiary" or "Beneficiaries" means the beneficiary last
        designated in writing by a Participant in accordance with procedures
        established by the Retirement Committee to receive the benefits
        specified hereunder in the event of the Participant's death.   No
        Beneficiary designation shall become effective until it is filed with
        the Retirement Committee during the Participant's lifetime.




        (e)    "Board of Directors" or "Board" means the Board of Directors of
        the Company.

        (f)    "Bonus" means any cash-based incentive compensation (other than
        Incentive Payments and Long Term Incentive Payments) that is payable
        to a Participant in addition to the Participant's Salary and that
        satisfies either (1) or (2):

               (1)   is Performance Based Compensation; or

               (2)   is attributable solely to services performed in the
               calendar year following the calendar year containing the
               Annual Election Period during which the Participant elected to
               defer the Bonus.

        (g)    "Change of Control" means any of the following:

               (1)   The purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity
               or group of persons, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
               14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
               "Act"), or any comparable successor provisions, of beneficial
                ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
               the Act) of fifty percent or more of either the total fair
               market value of the outstanding shares of Class A and Class B
               common stock or the combined voting power of the Company's
               then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally.

               (2)   The purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity
               or group of persons, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
               14(d) of the Act, or any comparable successor provisions, of
               beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
               promulgated under the Act) of forty percent or more of the
               combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting
               securities entitled to vote generally.

               (3)   A sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of
               the Company's assets to a person, entity, or group of persons,
               within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Act, or
               any comparable successor provisions.   A transfer of assets is
               not treated as a Change of Control if the assets are
               transferred to:

                      (A)    a Company shareholder (immediately before the
                      asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its
                      stock;

                      (B)    an entity, 50 percent or more of the total value
                      or voting power of which is owned, directly or
                      indirectly, by the Company;

                      (C)    a person, or more than one person acting as a
                      group, that owns, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or
                      more of the total value or voting power of the
                      outstanding stock of the Company;



                      (D)    an entity, at least 50 percent of the total value
                       or voting power of which is owned, directly or
                      indirectly, by a person described in paragraph (C).

         (h)    "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         (i)    "Company" means NIKE, Inc. and any successor corporation to
         NIKE, Inc.

         (j)    "Company Stock" means NIKE, Inc. Class B common stock.

         (k)    "Compensation" means the Salary, Bonus, Incentive Payments,
         and Fees that the Participant earns for services rendered to the
         Company or a Participating Employer.   For purposes of Sections 6.3,
         6.4 and 7.5 only, "Compensation" also includes Long Term Incentive
         Payments.

         (l)    "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor but
         excluding Directors, engaged by the Company or a Participating
         Employer to render services to the Company or a Participating
         Employer and designated by the Retirement Committee as eligible to
         participate in the Plan.

         (m)    "Director" means a non-Employee member of the Board.

         (n)    "Director's 1999 Transition Retirement Benefit" means the
         Actuarial Equivalent of the Director's Retirement Annuity as
         determined on September 1, 1999, divided by the fair market value of
         Company stock on September 1, 1999, and stated in units representing
         shares of Company Stock.

         (o)    "Director's Retirement Annuity" means the projected annual
         retirement benefit payable to a Retired Director in the amount of
         eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000), reduced proportionately for
         each year of service completed as a Director less than ten (but with
         no benefit if five or fewer years of service).

         (p)    "Disability" means a Participant's long-term disability as
         defined in the Company's or Participating Employer's long-term
         disability plan for employees.

         (q)    "Distributable Amount" means the amount credited to a
         Participant's Account.

         (r)    "Distribution Event" means, with respect to each Participant,
         the Participant's termination of Service for any reason, including
         Retirement, death or Disability, or the date of a Scheduled or
         Unscheduled Withdrawal.   A Participant's Distribution Event election
         shall be made in writing at such time, on such form and subject to
         such terms and conditions as the Retirement Committee may specify.

          (s)    "Election Period" means the period designated under this Plan
         when Participants submit their elections to defer Compensation
         and/or Long Term Incentive Payments.   The term Election Period
         includes the Initial Election Period and any Annual Election Period.

         (t)    "Eligible Employee" means any Employee who is designated in
         writing as eligible to participate in the Plan by the Retirement
         Committee from among a select group of management or highly-
         compensated Employees of the Company or a Participating Employer.

         (u)    "Employee" means a common law employee of the Company or a
         Participating Employer performing services regularly in the United
         States or, if not performing services regularly in the United
         States, a common law employee of the Company or Participating
         Employer who is on U.S. payroll and participating in a Company-
         sponsored Global Transfer Program.

         (v)     "Fees" means, (i) in the case of non-Employee members of the
         Board, annual cash fees paid by the Company, including retainer
         fees, Retirement Committee fees and meeting fees, paid by the
         Company as compensation for serving on the Board, and (ii) in the
         case of any other non-Employee service provider, the cash fees paid
         to such individual for services rendered to the Company.

         (w)    "Fund" or "Funds" means one or more of the investment funds
          selected by the Retirement Committee pursuant to Section 3.5.

         (x)    "Incentive Payment" means that portion of Compensation that is
         variable and is directly related to a Participant's sales
         performance.   Long Term Incentive Payments are not included in
         Incentive Payments for purposes of the Plan.

         (y)    "Initial Election Period" means the 30-day period following an
         individual's designation as an Eligible Employee, Director or
         Consultant.

         (z)    "Investment Return" means, for each Fund, an amount equal to
         the pre-tax rate of gain or loss on the assets of such Fund (net of
         applicable fund and investment charges) from one Valuation Date to
         the immediately following Valuation Date.

         (aa)    "Long Term Incentive Payment" means:

                (1)    an amount payable to a Participant under the Long Term
                Incentive Plan;

                (2)    for payments made on or after August 1, 2004, an amount
                payable to a Participant under a plan or program established
                by a Participating Employer, and approved by the Company, to
                provide incentives to Employees of the Participating Employer
                 to attain specified performance targets over a multi-year
                period;

                (3)    an amount payable under the NIKE, Inc. 1990 Stock
                Incentive Plan pursuant to an award with terms similar to
                 awards made under the Long Term Incentive Plan; and








                (4)    an amount payable under a Long Term Incentive Award
                Agreement (Mid-Plan Grant), pursuant to an award made on
                terms similar to awards made under the Long Term Incentive
                Plan.

         (bb)    "Long Term Incentive Plan" means the Long Term Incentive Plan
         of NIKE, Inc., as amended from time to time.

         (cc)    "Participant" means any Consultant, Director or Eligible
         Employee who elects to defer Compensation in accordance with Section
         3.1.

         (dd)    "Participating Employer" means an entity directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company or in which the Company has a
          significant equity or investment interest, which the Retirement
         Committee has designated as a Participating Employer in this Plan.


         (ee)    "Payment Commencement Date" means:

                 (1)    in the case of distributions which are paid in the
                 form of a single cash lump sum under Sections 6.1 or 6.2, as
                 soon as administratively practicable after the end of the
                 calendar quarter during which the Participant terminates
                  Service;

                 (2)    in the case of distributions which are paid in the
                 form of quarterly installments under Section 6.1(b), on or
                 before the January 31 following the Plan Year during which
                  the Participant terminates Service;

                 (3)    in the case of distributions on account of Plan
                 termination, distributions otherwise payable under (1) or
                 (2) may be subject to earlier distribution at the discretion
                 of the Committee, to the extent that earlier distribution
                 would not result in additional tax under Section 409A of the
                 Code.

        If the Participant holds the position of Vice President of the
Company or a Participating Employer, or a higher position, and the
distribution is made on account of the Participant's termination of Service
(for a reason other than death or Disability), the Payment Commencement Date
may not be earlier than six months after the date of the Participant's
termination of Service.

       (ff)    "Performance Based Compensation" means payments to an
       individual that are contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established
       organizational or individual performance criteria measured during a
       performance period of at least 12 consecutive months.   Organizational
       or individual performance criteria are considered to be "pre-
       established" if established in writing no later than 90 days after the
       start of the performance period, provided that attainment of the
       performance criteria is substantially uncertain at the time the
       criteria are established.   Performance Based Compensation does not
       include any amount that an individual is entitled to receive
       regardless of whether performance goals are attained.

       (gg)    "Plan" means the NIKE, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan set
       forth herein, now in effect, or as amended from time to time.

        (hh)    "Plan Year" means the calendar year.

       (ii)    "Predecessor Plans" means the NIKE, Inc. Supplemental Executive
       Savings Plan and the NIKE, Inc. Supplemental Executive Profit Sharing
       Plan.

       (jj)    "Profit Sharing Plan" means the 401(k) Savings and Profit
       Sharing Plan for Employees of NIKE, Inc.

       (kk)    "Retirement" means the Participant's termination of employment
       if at the time thereof the Participant has completed at least sixty
       (60) whole months of Service.

       (ll)    "Retired Director" or "Director's Retirement" means the
       cessation of a Director's services on the Board on or after age 65
       with ten (10) years of service, but no later than age 72 if the
       Director commenced service as a Director after the Company's 1993
       fiscal year.

       (mm)    "Retirement Committee" means the Retirement Committee appointed
       by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Article VII.  
       Unless specified otherwise by the Board, the "Retirement Committee"
       shall mean the Retirement Committee established under the Profit
       Sharing Plan.

       (nn)    "Salary" means the Employee's base salary for the Plan Year.  
       Salary excludes any other form of compensation such as restricted
       stock, proceeds from stock options or stock appreciation rights,
       severance payments, moving expenses, car or other special allowance,
       adjustments for overseas employment other than the 12.5% transfer
       premium, or any other amounts included in an Eligible Employee's
       taxable income that is not compensation for services.   Deferral
       elections shall be computed before taking into account any reduction
       in taxable income by salary reduction under Code Sections 125 or
       401(k), or under this Plan.

       (oo)    "Service" means performance of services for the Company
       (including any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the
       Company or any entity in which the Company has a significant equity or
       investment interest, as determined by the Company for purposes of this
       Plan) or a Participating Employer as an Employee, Director or
       Consultant.

       (pp)    "Valuation Date" means each date on which Accounts are valued.  
       The Retirement Committee shall establish the Valuation Dates under the
       Plan.

       For purposes of determining the value of each Participant's Account
balance, the Valuation Date means each day that the New York Stock Exchange
is open for trading.



       For purposes of Unscheduled Withdrawals (Unforeseeable Emergencies),
the Valuation Date means the date the Retirement Committee approves a request
for an Unscheduled Withdrawal.

       For purposes of calculating lump sum payments under Section 6.1 or
6.2, the Valuation Date means the last day of the calendar quarter preceding
the Payment Commencement Date.

       For purposes of calculating the dollar amount of quarterly installment
payments, the Valuation Date means the December 31 immediately preceding the
year in which the installments are paid.   As of the last day of each calendar
quarter of each year in which installments are paid, the dollar amount of the
quarterly installment payment will be deducted from the Participant's Account
based on the value of the Participant's deemed investments on the last day of
the calendar quarter.
 
       For purposes of determining the amount of the final installment
payment, the Valuation Date means the December 31 of the Plan Year in which
the final installment payment is made.   The final installment payment will be
equal to the Participant's remaining Account balance as of the Valuation
Date.

       Any valuation under this Plan shall be based on the closing market
prices of the investment Funds on the applicable Valuation Date or, if the
Valuation Date is not a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading, the preceding such trading day.

       Payment amounts and deductions from Accounts are based on asset values
as of the Valuation Date even though actual payments to the Participant may
be delayed for an administratively reasonable period of time to allow for
processing and reporting of payments and withholding of applicable taxes.


                                ARTICLE II
                              PARTICIPATION

2.1      Participation

An Eligible Employee, Director or Consultant shall become a Participant in
the Plan by electing to defer a portion of his or her Compensation in
accordance with Section 3.1.
















                              ARTICLE III
                        DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION

3.1      Participant Elections to Defer Compensation

        (a)    Initial Eligibility.   Each Eligible Employee, Director or
        Consultant may elect to defer Compensation by filing an election with
        the Retirement Committee that conforms to the requirements of this
        Section 3.1, on a form provided by the Retirement Committee, no later
        than the last day of his or her Initial Election Period.   An election
        to defer Salary, Incentive Payments or Fees made during an Initial
        Election Period shall be effective as to Salary, Incentive Payments,
         and Fees earned beginning with the first pay period beginning after
        the Initial Election Period.   Employees who first became Eligible
        Employees during a Plan Year may make an election to defer Bonuses
        payable in subsequent Plan Years by making deferral elections in
        accordance with subsection 3.1(c).
 
        (b)    Automatic Continuation of Deferral Elections.   A Compensation
        deferral election made under this Section 3.1 shall remain in effect,
        notwithstanding any change in the Participant's Compensation, until
        modified or terminated at a subsequent Annual Election Period or as
        otherwise provided herein.

        (c)    Deferral Elections After Initial Election Period.

              (1)    Irrevocable During Plan Year.   Once a Compensation
             deferral election has taken effect, the Participant's
             Compensation deferral election shall be irrevocable for the
             remainder of the Plan Year.   However, for the 2005 Plan Year
             only, a Participant may irrevocably elect at any time during the
             2005 Plan Year to reduce the percentage to be deferred from
             Salary, Incentive Payments, and Fees earned in the remainder of
              the 2005 Plan Year to zero.

             (2)    Subsequent Plan Years.   Subject to the minimum deferral
             requirement of subsection (d) of this Section, the percentage of
             Salary, Bonus, Incentive Payments and Fees designated by the
             Participant for deferral may be modified by filing a new
             election with the Retirement Committee during an Annual Election
             Period.

             (3)    Special Election Period for 2005.   On or before March 15,
             2005, a Participant may elect to defer Compensation for services
             performed during the 2005 Plan Year, provided that the amounts
             to which the deferral election relates have not been paid or
             made available at the time of the election.

             (4)    Performance Based Compensation.   An election to defer
             Performance Based Compensation must be made and become
             irrevocable (A) no later than six months before the last day of
             the period over which a Participant's performance is measured





             and (B) before the compensation has become both substantially
             certain to be paid and readily ascertainable.

        (d)    Amount of Deferral.  

              (1)    Maximum Deferral.   The maximum amount of Compensation
              that an Eligible Employee, Director or Consultant may elect to
              defer is as follows:

                    (A)   Any whole percentage of Salary up to 100%;
                    (B)   Any whole percentage of Bonus up to 100%;
                    (C)   Any whole percentage of Incentive Payments up to
                         100%;
                    (D)   Any whole percentage of Fees up to 100%;

               provided, however, that no election under this Section 3.1
              shall be effective to reduce the Compensation paid to an
              Eligible Employee to an amount that is less than the amount
              necessary to pay applicable employment taxes (e.g., FICA and
              Medicare contributions) payable with respect to amounts
              deferred hereunder, amounts necessary to satisfy any other
              benefit plan withholding obligations, any resulting income
               taxes payable with respect to Compensation that cannot be so
              deferred, and any amounts necessary to satisfy any wage
              garnishment or similar type obligations.

             (2)    Minimum Deferrals.   For each full Plan Year during which
             an Eligible Employee is a Participant, the minimum dollar amount
             that may be deferred under this Section 3.1 is $5,000.   The
             minimum deferral is $1,000 in the case of Directors and
             Consultants.

       (e)    Termination of Deferral Election.   A Participant's deferral
       election shall terminate with respect to future Compensation upon the
       Participant's ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, Director or
       Consultant.

3.2       Director's 1999 Transition Election.   Any Director as of September 1,
1999, shall have made an election on or before September 24, 1999, to either
remain eligible for the Director's Retirement Annuity or to convert such
annuity to the Director's 1999 Transition Retirement Benefit, in either case
such benefit not payable until the Director's Retirement.   In the event an
electing Director converted the Director's Retirement Annuity, such election
shall be irrevocable and paid as provided herein.

3.3      Company or Participating Employer Contributions

       (a)    Eligibility.   An Eligible Employee who qualifies for a
       contribution for a Plan Year under the Profit Sharing Plan (or a
       Participating Employer's qualified retirement plan, if applicable)
       shall be eligible for a Company or Participating Employer contribution
       under this Plan for such Plan Year if he or she either (i) makes a
       Deferral Election under 3.1 for the Plan Year, or (ii) receives




       compensation under the Profit Sharing Plan (or Participating
       Employer's qualified retirement plan, if applicable) exceeding the
       Code [section] 401(a)(17) limit of $200,000 (as indexed) for its Plan
       Year, or both.

       (b)    Contribution.   An Eligible Employee who is eligible under
       subsection 3.3(a) shall be credited with a "Restoration Amount" for
       each Plan Year.   "Restoration Amount" means the amount by which the
       Eligible Employee's allocated share of the "Profit Sharing
       Contribution" (as defined in the Profit Sharing Plan or the
       Participating Employer's qualified retirement plan) for the
       corresponding Plan Year under the Profit Sharing Plan or Participating
       Employer's qualified retirement plan would be higher if calculated on
       the basis of Compensation as defined in this Plan (i) determined
       before any reduction for deferral of Compensation under this Plan; and
       (ii) without regard to the Code [section] 401(a)(17) limit.

       (c)    Discretionary Contributions.   In addition to contributions in
       accordance with Section 3.3(b), the Company or Participating Employer
       may, in its sole discretion, make discretionary contributions to the
       Accounts of one or more Participants at such times and in such amounts
       as the Board, the Participating Employer or the Retirement Committee
       may determine.   At the time that the Company or Participating Employer
       specifies the amount of the Discretionary Contribution, the Company or
       Participating Employer must also specify (1) the time and form of
       payment of the Discretionary Contribution; and (2) the vesting
       schedule, if any, applicable to the Discretionary Contribution.   A
       Participant may change the time and form of payment of the
       Discretionary Contribution only if his or her change is filed with the
       Retirement Committee at least twelve months prior to his or her
       Payment Commencement Date and the first payment made under the newly
       elected form of payment cannot be made sooner than five years after
       the Payment Commencement Date for the form of payment that the
       Participant has elected to change.   For purposes of this subsection,
       the Payment Commencement Date for a series of installment payments is
       treated as the date on which the first of such installment payments
       would be made under the terms of this Plan.

       (d)    Director's Retirement Contribution.   In addition to any
       con


 
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