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Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan – Schwab

THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION

DIRECTORS153 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(As Amended through December 8, 2004)


THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION

DIRECTORS153 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Article I. Purpose

1.1 Establishment of the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 1996, The
Charles Schwab Corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”) hereby establishes The
Charles Schwab Corporation Directors153 Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”),
as set forth in this document. Effective December 8, 2004, no further
deferrals shall be permitted under the Plan except deferrals relating to
payments earned prior to January 1, 2005.

1.2 Purpose of the Plan. The Plan permits Directors to defer the
payment of directors153 fees that they may earn. The opportunity to elect such
deferrals is provided in order to help the Company attract and retain outside
directors. This Plan is unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for its outside directors. It is intended to be
exempt from the participation, vesting, funding, and fiduciary requirements set
forth in Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

Article II. Definitions

2.1 Definitions. The following definitions are in addition to any
other definitions set forth elsewhere in the Plan. Whenever used in the Plan,
the capitalized terms in this section shall have the meanings set forth below
unless otherwise required by the context in which they are used:

(a)

Administrator” the administrator described in section 3.1 that is
selected by the Committee to assist in the administration of the Plan.

(b)

Beneficiary” means a person entitled to receive any benefit payments
that remain to be paid after a Participant153s death, as determined under section
6.3.

(c)

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d)

Company” means The Charles Schwab Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.

(e)

Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

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(f)

Deferral Account” means the account representing deferrals of cash
compensation, plus investment adjustments, as described in sections 5.4 and 5.5.

(g)

Director” means each member of the Board of the Directors who is not
an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The term “Director” shall
also include each member of the Board of Directors of any subsidiary of the
Company who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, but
only if the Committee has approved participation in the Plan for such
subsidiary153s non-employee directors.

(h)

Plan” means The Charles Schwab Corporation Directors153 Deferred
Compensation Plan, as in effect from time to time.

(i)

Plan Year” means the calendar year.

(j)

Termination” means the date a Participant ceases to be a Director.

(k)

Valuation Date” means each December 31 and any other date designated
from time to time by the Committee for the purpose of determining the value of a
Participant153s Deferral Account balance pursuant to section 5.4.

2.2 Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context,
any masculine or feminine terminology shall also include the neuter and other
gender, and the use of any term in the singular or plural shall also include the
opposite number.

Article III. Administration

3.1 Committee and Administrator. The Committee shall administer the
Plan and may select one or more persons to serve as the Administrator. The
Administrator shall perform such administrative functions as the Committee may
delegate to it from time to time. Any person selected to serve as the
Administrator may, but need not, be a Committee member or an officer or employee
of the Company. However, if a person serving as Administrator or a member of the
Committee is a Participant, such person may not vote on a matter affecting his
interest as a Participant.

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The Committee shall have discretionary authority to construe and interpret
the Plan provisions and resolve any ambiguities thereunder; to prescribe, amend,
and rescind administrative rules relating to the Plan; to determine eligibility
for benefits under the Plan; and to take all other actions that are necessary or
appropriate for the administration of the Plan. Such interpretations, rules, and
actions of the Committee shall be final and binding upon all concerned and, in
the event of judicial review, shall be entitled to the maximum deference
allowable by law. Where the Committee has delegated its responsibility for
matters of interpretation and Plan administration to the Administrator, the
actions of the Administrator shall constitute actions of the Committee.

Article IV. Participants

4.1 Participants. Each Director shall be eligible to participate in
this Plan.

Article V. Deferrals

5.1 Deferrals. Each Director may elect to defer up to 100 percent of
the fees otherwise receivable from the Company for service as a Director. Any
such election must be made by entering a deferred compensation agreement with
the Company, as evidenced by a form approved by and filed with the Administrator
on or before the deadline specified by the Committee (which shall be no earlier
than one month prior to the beginning of the election period for which the
deferred fees are to be earned; provided that for the first year in which the
Plan is in effect, the deferral election shall be made within the first thirty
days of the election period). For this purpose, the election period shall be the
calendar year; provided, however, that during periods in which the Plan is not
in effect for a full calendar year or a Director is not a Participant for a full
calendar year, the election period shall be the portion of the calendar year
during which the Plan is in effect and the Director is an eligible Participant.
Deferrals that have been elected shall occur throughout the election period in
pro rata increments.

5.2 Deferral Procedures. Participants shall have an opportunity to
elect deferrals each year. Unless the Committee specifies other rules for the
deferrals that may be elected, deferrals may be made in increments of 10 percent
or in a fixed dollar amount. If a deferral is elected, the

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election shall be irrevocable. Deferral elections shall be made on a form
prescribed by the Committee or the Administrator. As provided in section 6.7,
any deferral is subject to any applicable tax withholding measures and may be
reduced to satisfy any applicable tax withholding requirements.

5.3 Election of Time and Manner of Payment. At the time a Participant
makes a deferral election under section 5.1, the Participant shall also
designate the manner of payment and the date on which payments from his or her
Deferral Account shall begin, from among the following options:

(i) a lump sum payable by the end of February in the year immediately
following the Participant153s Termination; or

(ii) a series of annual installments, commencing in the year following the
Participant153s Termination and payable each year on or before the end of
February, over a period of five, ten, or fifteen years, as designated by the
Participant.

A Participant may modify an election of the time for payment under
circumstances determined by the Committee, provided that (i) a payment election
may not be modified in a manner that would cause payments to commence earlier
than the date payments would have commenced absent such modification, and
(ii) all payment elections shall become irrevocable one year prior to the date
on which payment will commence under the election.

If payment is due in the form of a lump sum, the payment shall equal the
balance of the Deferral Account being paid, determined as of the Valuation Date
coincident with or immediately preceding the payment date. If payment is due in
the form of installments, the amount of each installment payment shall be equal
to the quotient determined by dividing (A) the value of the portion of the
Deferral Account to which the installment payment election applies (determined
as of the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the date the
payment is to be made), by (B) the number of years over which the installment
payments are to be made, less the number of years in which prior payments
attributable to such installment payment election have been made.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if earnings or any other amounts
credited to a Participant153s Deferral Account do not otherwise meet any
applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code allowing the Company and
its Subsidiaries to receive a federal income tax deduction for such amounts upon
paying them at the time provided under the Participant153s election, the payment
of such amounts, to the extent in excess of the amount that would be currently
tax deductible, shall automatically be deferred until the earliest year that the
payment can be deducted.

5.4 Accounts and Earnings. The Company shall establish a Deferral
Account for each Participant who has elected a deferral under section 5.1 above,
and its accounting records for the Plan with respect to each such Participant
shall include a separate Deferral Account or subaccount for each deferral
election of the Participant that could cause a payment made at a different time
or in a different form from other payments of deferrals elected by the same
Participant. Each Deferral Account balance shall reflect the Company153s
obligation to pay a deferred amount to a Participant or Beneficiary as provided
in this Article V.

Under procedures approved by the Committee and communicated to Participants,
a Participant shall elect between the following two alternatives with respect to
the deferred amounts at the same time that the Participant elects to defer the
fees payable for a calendar year (provided that elections made for the 1999
calendar year shall be made within 30 days of the date the Participant receives
notice of the election, or such shorter time as may be specified by the
Committee). Once made, a Participant153s election for the method of payment may
not be changed; however, a Participant may make a different election with
respect to amounts that the Participant elects to defer in subsequent periods.

(1) Payment in Shares. Under this alternative, a Participant shall be
credited with an award of Performance Shares pursuant to Section 4.7 of the 1992
Stock Incentive Plan, in a number of Performance Shares equal to (i) the amounts
deferred hereunder, divided by (ii) the closing price of the Common Stock of the
Company on the date the Deferral occurred. Performance Shares credited hereunder
shall be issued to one or more grantor trusts formed by

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the Company (“rabbi trusts”) pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof. Any dividends
paid on shares of the Common Stock of the Company issued to a rabbi trust shall
be reinvested in Common Stock of the Company, which shall be treated as having
been issued to the Participant as additional Performance Shares under the 1992
Stock Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the crediting of assumed
earnings shall not mean that any deferred compensation promise to a Participant
is secured by particular investment assets or that the Participant is actually
earning any form of investment income under the Plan.

(2) Issuance of Stock Options Under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan.
Under this alternative, a Participant may elect, in lieu of receiving any
payments from the Plan, to be issued nonqualified stock options pursuant to
Section 4.6 of The Charles Schwab Corporation 1992 Stock Incentive Plan. A
Participant who elects this alternative shall, on the date the fees deferred
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof would otherwise have been payable, be issued a
number of nonqualified stock options with a fair market value equal to the
amounts deferred, as determined under the valuation methods set forth in Exhibit
A hereto.

5.5 Maintenance of Accounts. The Accounts of each Participant shall be
entered on the books of the Company and shall represent a liability, payable
when due under this Plan, from the general assets of the Company. Prior to
benefits becoming due hereunder, the Company shall expense the liability for
such accounts in accordance with policies determined appropriate by the
Company153s auditors. Except to the extent provided pursuant to the second
paragraph of this section 5.5, the Accounts created for a Participant by the
Company shall not be funded by a trust or an insurance contract; nor shall any
assets of the Company be segregated or identified to such account; nor shall any
property or assets of the Company be pledged, encumbered, or otherwise subjected
to a lien or security interest for payment of benefits hereunder.

5.6 Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined
below), the following rules shall apply:

(a)

All Participants shall continue to have a fully vested, nonforfeitable
interest in their Deferral Accounts.

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(b)

Deferrals of amounts for the year that includes the Change in Control shall
cease beginning with the first payment otherwise due that follows the Change in
Control.

(c)

A special allocation of earnings on all Deferral Accounts shall be made under
section 5.4 as of the date of the Change in Control on a basis no less favorable
to Participants than the method being followed prior to the Change in Control.

(d)

All payments of deferred amounts following a Change in Control, whether or
not they have previously begun, shall be made in a lump sum no later than 30
days following the Change in Control and, except as provided in section 5.3 with
respect to installment payments in progress, shall be in an amount equal to the
full Deferral Account balance, as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c) above, as
of the date of the Change in Control.

(e)

Nothing in this Plan shall prevent a Participant from enforcing any rules in
a contract or another plan of the Company or any Subsidiary concerning the
method of determining the amount of fees or other form of compensation to which
a Participant may become entitled following a change in control, or the time at
which that compensation is to be paid in the event of a change in control.

For purposes of this Plan, a “Change in Control” means any of the following:

(1)

The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) (3) or 14(d) (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or
more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the
Corporation (the “Outstanding Corporation Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding
Corporation Voting Securities”); provided, however,

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that for purposes of this paragraph (1), the following acquisitions shall not
constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company,
(ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company, or (iv) any acquisition by any
corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) of paragraph (3) hereof; or

(2)

Individuals who, as of January 1, 1996, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent
Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;
provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to
January 1, 1996 whose election, or nomination for election by the Company153s
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

(3)

Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such
Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and
entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding
Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities
immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then

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outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of
such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company153s
assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business
Combination, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding
Corporation Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any
corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such
Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that
such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting
from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time
of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
providing for such Business Combination; or

(4)

Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.

A Change of Control shall occur on the first day on which any of the
preceding conditions has been satisfied. However, notwithstanding the foregoing,
this section 5.6 shall not apply to any Participant who alone or together with
one or

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more other persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate,
or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities
of the Company, triggers a “Change in Control” within the meaning of paragraphs
(1) and (2) above. Moreover, no acquisition by (i) Charles Schwab and/or his
spouse or any of his lineal descendants or (ii) any trust created by or for the
benefit of Charles Schwab and/or his spouse or any of his lineal descendants or
(iii) the Schwab Family Foundation shall constitute a Change of Control.

5.7 Payment of Deferred Amounts. A Participant shall have a fully
vested, nonforfeitable interest in his or her Deferral Account balance at all
times. However, vesting does not confer a right to payment other than in the
manner elected by the Participant pursuant to section 5.3 (subject to any
modification that may occur pursuant to section 5.4, 5.6 or 5.8). Upon the
expiration of a deferral period selected by the Participant in one or more
deferral elections, the Company shall pay to such Participant (or to the
Participant153s Beneficiary, in the case of the Participant153s death), an amount
equal to the balance of the Participant153s Account attributable to such expiring
deferral elections, plus any assumed earnings (determined by the Company
pursuant to section 5.4) thereon.

5.8 Acceleration of Payment. The Committee, in its discretion, upon
receipt of a written request from a Participant, may accelerate the payment of
all or any portion of the unpaid balance of a Participant153s Deferral Account in
the event of the Participant153s death, permanent disability, or upon its
determination that the Participant (or his Beneficiary in the case of his death)
has incurred a severe, unforeseeable financial hardship creating an immediate
and heavy need for cash that cannot reasonably be satisfied from sources other
than an accelerated payment from this Plan. The Committee in making its
determination may consider such factors and require such information as it deems
appropriate.

Article VI. General Provisions

6.1 Unfunded Obligation. The deferred amounts to be paid to
Participants pursuant to this Plan constitute unfunded obligations of the
Company. Except to the extent specifically

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provided hereunder, the Company is not required to segregate any monies from
its general funds, to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits with
respect to this obligation. Title to and beneficial ownership of any
investments, including any grantor trust investments which the Company has
determined and directed the Administrator to make to fulfill obligations under
this Plan shall at all times remain in the Company. Any investments and the
creation or maintenance of any trust or Accounts shall not create or constitute
a trust or a fiduciary relationship between the Administrator or the Company and
a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any
Participant or his or her Beneficiary or his or her creditors in any assets of
the Company whatsoever. The Participants shall have no claim for any changes in
the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company in an
effort to match its liabilities under this Plan.

6.2 Informal Funding Vehicles. To the extent required pursuant to
Section 5.4(1), the Company shall arrange for the establishment and use of a
grantor trust or other informal funding vehicle to facilitate the payment of
benefits and to discharge the liability of the Company and participating
Affiliates under this Plan to the extent of payments actually made from such
trust or other informal funding vehicle. In addition, the Company may, but need
not, arrange for the establishment and use of such a grantor trust or other
informal funding vehicle to the extent otherwise permitted pursuant to the Plan.

Any investments and any creation or maintenance of memorandum accounts or a
trust or other informal funding vehicle shall not create or constitute a trust
or a fiduciary relationship between the Committee or the Company or an affiliate
and a Participant, or otherwise confer on any Participant or Beneficiary or his
or her creditors a vested or beneficial interest in any assets of the Company or
any Affiliate whatsoever. Participants and Beneficiaries shall have no claim
against the Company or any Affiliate for any changes in the value of any assets
which may be invested or reinvested by the Company or any Affiliate with respect
to this Plan.

6.3 Beneficiary. The term “Beneficiary” shall mean the person or
persons to whom payments are to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Plan in the
event of the Participant153s death.

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A Participant may designate a Beneficiary on a form provided by the
Administrator, executed by the Participant, and delivered to the Administrator.
The Administrator may require the consent of the Participant153s spouse to a
designation if the designation specifies a Beneficiary other than the spouse.
Subject to the foregoing, a Participant may change a Beneficiary designation at
any time. Subject to the property rights of any prior spouse, if no Beneficiary
is designated, if the designation is ineffective, or if the Beneficiary dies
before the balance of the Account is paid, the balance shall be paid to the
Participant153s surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, to the
Participant153s estate.

6.4 Incapacity of Participant or Beneficiary. Every person receiving
or claiming benefits under the Plan shall be conclusively presumed to be
mentally competent and of age until the date on which the Administrator receives
a written notice, in a form and manner acceptable to the Administrator, that
such person is incompetent or a minor, for whom a guardian or other person
legally vested with the care of his person or estate has been appointed;
provided, however, that if the Administrator finds that any person to whom a
benefit is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs
because of incompetency, or because he or she is a minor, any payment due
(unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed legal
representative) may be paid to the spouse, a child, a parent, a brother or
sister, or to any person or institution considered by the Administrator to have
incurred expense for such person otherwise entitled to payment. To the extent
permitted by law, any such payment so made shall be a complete discharge of
liability therefor under the Plan.

If a guardian of the estate of any person receiving or claiming benefits
under the Plan is appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, benefit
payments may be made to such guardian provided that proper proof of appointment
and continuing qualification is furnished in a form and manner acceptable to the
Administrator. In the event a person claiming or receiving benefits under the
Plan is a minor, payment may be made to the custodian of an account for such
person under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act. To the extent permitted by law,
any such payment so made shall be a complete discharge of any liability therefor
under the Plan.

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6.5 Nonassignment. The right of a Participant or Beneficiary to the
payment of any amounts under the Plan may not be assigned, transferred, pledged
or encumbered nor shall such right or other interests be subject to attachment,
garnishment, execution, or other legal process.

6.6 No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in the Plan shall be
construed to confer upon any Participant any right to continue as a Director of
the Company.

6.7 Tax Withholding. Any appropriate taxes shall be withheld from
payments made to Participants pursuant to the Plan. To the extent tax
withholding is payable in connection with the Participant153s deferral of income
rather than in connection with the payment of deferred amounts, such withholding
may be made from amounts currently payable to the Participant, or, as determined
by the Administrator, the amount of the deferral elected by the Participant may
be reduced in order to satisfy required tax withholding for any applicable
taxes.

6.8 Claims Procedure and Arbitration. The Company shall establish a
reasonable claims procedure consistent with the requirements of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Following a Change in
Control of the Company (as determined under section 5.6) the claims procedure
shall include the following arbitration procedure.

Since time will be of the essence in determining whether any payments are due
to the Participant under this Plan following a Change in Control, a Participant
may submit any claim for payment to arbitration as follows: On or after the
second day following the Termination or other event triggering a right to
payment, the claim may be filed with an arbitrator of the Participant153s choice
by submitting the claim in writing and providing a copy to the Company. The
arbitrator must be:

(a)

a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators or one who currently appears
on arbitration panels issued by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
or the American Arbitration Association; or

(b)

a retired judge of the State in which the claimant is a resident
who served at the appellate level or higher. The arbitration hearing shall be
held within 72 hours (or as soon thereafter as possible) after filing of the
claim unless the Participant

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and the Company agree to a later date. No continuance of said hearing shall
be allowed without the mutual consent of the Participant and the Company.
Absence from or nonparticipation at the hearing by either party shall not
prevent the issuance of an award. Hearing procedures which will expedite the
hearing may be ordered at the arbitrator153s discretion, and the arbitrator may
close the hearing in his or her sole discretion upon deciding he or she has
heard sufficient evidence to satisfy issuance of an award. In reaching a
decision, the arbitrator shall have no authority to ignore, change, modify, add
to or delete from any provision of this Plan, but instead is limited to
interpreting this Plan. The arbitrator153s award shall be rendered as
expeditiously as possible, and unless the arbitrator rules within seven days
after the close of the hearing, he will be deemed to have ruled in favor of the
Participant. If the arbitrator finds that any payment is due to the Participant
from the Company, the arbitrator shall order the Company to pay that amount to
the Participant within 48 hours after the decision is rendered. The award of the
arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the Participant and the Company.
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court
in any State of the United States. In the case of any arbitration regarding this
Agreement, the Participant shall be awarded the Participant153s costs, including
attorney153s fees. Such fee award may not be offset against the deferred
compensation due hereunder. The Company shall pay the arbitrator153s fee and all
necessary expenses of the hearing, including stenographic reporter if employed.

6.9 Termination and Amendment. The Committee may from time to time
amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, and if the Plan is
suspended or terminated, the Committee may reinstate any or all of its
provisions. Except as otherwise required by law, the Committee may delegate to
the Administrator all or any of its foregoing powers to amend, suspend, or
terminate the Plan. Any such amendment, suspension, or termination may affect

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future deferrals without the consent of any Participant or Beneficiary.
However, with respect to deferrals that have already occurred, no amendment,
suspension or termination may impair the right of a Participant or a designated
Beneficiary to receive payment of the related deferred compensation in
accordance with the terms of the Plan prior to the effective date of such
amendment, suspension or termination, unless the affected Participant or
Beneficiary gives his express written consent to the change.

6.10 Applicable Law. The Plan shall be construed and governed in
accordance with applicable federal law and, to the extent not preempted by such
federal law, the laws of the State of California.

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Exhibit A

For purposes of determining the number of Options to
be granted

Under the Stock Option Investment Election, Options
will be valued

under the Black-Scholes method, based on the following

assumptions:

Assumed Option Term = 5 years

Volatility = Actual volatility over the 3 year period
immediately preceding the grant

Risk Free Interest Rate = 5 year Treasury Note Rate

Dividend Yield = Current Annual Dividend Yield On Option Grant
Date (Quarterly Dividend x 4) / Market Price on Option Grant Date = Dividend
Yield

Sample Calculation: ($.028 x 4)/ $55 = .2%

Fair Market Value = Closing Price Of Schwab Common Stock on Date
of Grant (Same as Date of Retainer and Meeting Fee Payment)

Exercise Price = Same as above

Sample Stock Option Calculation

Fees Deferred / Black Scholes Valuation = Number of Stock Option
grants from Deferral Election

Sample Calculation: $14,250 / $23.82 = 598.2368 Stock
Options, rounded up to nearest full option, = grant of 599 Stock Options.

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