CHS
Inc.
Deferred
Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document
FOURTH AMENDMENT
OF
CHS INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS, CHS Inc.
(the “Company”) has heretofore established and
maintains a nonqualified deferred compensation plan which is
embodied in a document effective December 30, 2004 and
entitled “CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, Master Plan
Document, as amended by three amendments (collectively, the
“Plan document”);
WHEREAS, the
Company has reserved to itself the power to make further amendments
of the Plan document;
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Plan document is hereby amended as follows:
1. AUTHORITY
TO APPROVE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS. Effective September 1,
2008, Section 1.29 of the Plan document (the definition of
“Employer(s)”) is amended by replacing the term
“Board” with “Committee”.
2. AUTHORITY
TO TERMINATE PLAN. Effective September 1, 2008, the second
sentence in Section 12.1 of the Plan document is deleted and
replaced with the following sentence:
Accordingly, the
board of directors of any Employer reserves the right to Terminate
the Plan (as defined in Section 1.39) as to that Employer, and
the Board of Directors of the Company reserves the right to
Terminate the Plan in its entirety as to the Company and all
Employers.
3. AUTHORITY
TO AMEND. Effective September 1, 2008, the first sentence in
Section 12.2(a) of the Plan document is deleted and replaced
with the following two sentences:
The Board may, at
any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part. In
addition, the Committee may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan
in whole or in part, so long as such amendment does not materially
increase the cost of the Plan.
4. AUTHORITY
TO AMEND. Effective September 1, 2008, Section 12.2(b) of
the Plan document is amended by replacing the term “
Company” with “Committee”.
5. DEFERRED
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. Effective September 1, 2008, the first
sentence of Section 13.1 of the Plan document is deleted and
replaced with the following sentence:
Except as
otherwise provided in this Article 13, this Plan shall be
administered by the Deferred Compensation Committee (hereinafter,
the “Committee”), which shall consist of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, or such committee as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company shall appoint. Members of the
Committee may be Participants under this Plan.
CHS
Inc.
Deferred
Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document
6. APPENDIX
D — AGRILIANCE ACCOUNTS. Effective September 1, 2008,
the Plan document is amended by the addition of the Appendix D
attached hereto.
7. APPENDIX
E — COFINA ACCOUNTS. Effective September 1, 2008, the
Plan document is amended by the addition of the Appendix E
attached hereto.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, CHS Inc. has caused its name to be hereunto subscribed on
this 3rd day of September, 2008.
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CHS
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By
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/s/ John D.
Johnson
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John D.
Johnson
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