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Nonemployee Director Stock Plan – Sara Lee Corp.

SARA LEE CORPORATION

1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN

(As amended and restated effective April 26, 2012)

ARTICLE I:PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

The purpose of the Sara Lee Corporation 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan
is to promote the long-term growth of Sara Lee Corporation by increasing the
proprietary interest of Non-Employee Directors in Sara Lee Corporation and to
attract and retain highly qualified and capable Non-Employee Directors.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, amounts deferred
under the Plan after December 31, 2004 (including Awards of Restricted Stock
Units) are subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code (the “Code”) and at all times the Plan as applied to those amounts shall be
interpreted and administered so that it is consistent with such Code section.

ARTICLE II:DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

2.1 “Annual Retainer” means the annual cash retainer fee payable by the
Corporation to a Non-Employee Director for services as a director of the
Corporation, as such amount may be changed from time to time.

2.2 “Award” means an award granted to a Non-Employee Director under the Plan
in the form of Restricted Stock Units or Shares.

2.3 “Board” means the Board of Directors of Sara Lee Corporation.

2.4 “Chairman Retainer” means the annual retainer fee payable by the
Corporation to a Non-Employee Director for services as Chairman of the Board, as
such amounts may be changed from time to time. Fifty percent (50%) of the
Chairman Retainer shall be payable in the form of cash (the “Chairman Cash
Retainer”) which is subject to the election provided in Article IX and fifty
percent (50%) of the Chairman Retainer shall be payable as Chairman RSUs as
provided in Section 8.1(c).

2.5 “Committee Retainer” means the annual retainer fee payable by the
Corporation to a Non-Employee Director for services as a member and/or as a
chair of a Board committee, as such amounts may be changed from time to time.
Fifty percent (50%) of the Committee Retainer shall be payable in the form of
cash (the “Committee Cash Retainer”) which is subject to the election provided
in Article IX and fifty percent (50%) of the Committee Retainer shall be payable
as Committee RSUs as provided in Section 8.1(c).

2.6 “Corporation” means Sara Lee Corporation.

2.7 “Deferral Account” means a bookkeeping account in the name of a
Non-Employee Director who elects to defer, pursuant to the Grandfathered
Deferral Program or the Deferral Program, all or a portion of an Annual
Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer, Committee Cash Retainer or an Award.

2.8 “Deferred Compensation Rate” means, with respect to any date, the rate of
interest payable as of such date on Interest Accounts under subparagraph A-4(b)
of the Grandfathered Deferral Program or subparagraph B-4(b) of the Deferral
Program.


2.9 “Deferral Program” means the terms and conditions (which are described in
Supplement B hereto) pursuant to which Non-Employee Directors may after December
31, 2004 defer the payment of Annual Retainers, Chairman Cash Retainer,
Committee Cash Retainers and vested Awards.

2.10 “Fair Market Value” means the closing selling price per Share on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Tape on the determination date,
provided that if there are no sales of Shares reported on such date, the Fair
Market Value of a Share on such date shall be deemed equal to the closing
selling price of a Share on such Composite Tape for the last preceding date on
which sales of Shares were reported.

2.11 “Grandfathered Deferral Program” means the terms and conditions that
apply to amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 as described
in Supplement A hereto.

2.12 “Non-Employee Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not
an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation.

2.13 “Plan” means this Sara Lee Corporation 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock
Plan (As Amended through June 30, 2005), and as further amended and restated
from time to time.

2.14 “Restricted Stock Unit” means a restricted stock unit granted to a
Non-Employee Director pursuant to Article VIII hereof.

2.15 Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice
means a written notice provided to a Non-Employee Director evidencing a grant of
Restricted Stock Units and setting forth the basic terms and conditions of the
award.

2.16 “Stock Award Date” means the date on which Shares are awarded to a
Non-Employee Director pursuant to Article IX hereof.

2.17 “Shares” means shares of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Corporation.

2.18 “Settlement Date” means the date that is six (6) months after the
Non-Employee Director ceases to be a director of the Corporation.

ARTICLE III:ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

3.1 Administrator of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the
Compensation and Employee Benefits Committee of the Board (“Committee”).

3.2 Authority of Committee. The Committee shall have full power and
authority to: (i) interpret and construe the Plan and adopt such rules and
regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable to implement and administer
the Plan and (ii) designate persons other than members of the Committee to carry
out its responsibilities, subject to applicable law and such limitations,
restrictions and conditions as it may prescribe, such determinations to be made
in accordance with the Committee153s best business judgment as to the best
interests of the Corporation and its stockholders and in accordance with the
purposes of the Plan. The Committee may delegate administrative duties under the
Plan to one or more agents, as it shall deem necessary or advisable.

3.3 Determinations of Committee. A majority of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Committee, and all determinations of
the Committee shall be made by a majority of its members. Any determination of
the Committee under the Plan may be made without notice or a meeting of the
Committee by a written consent signed by all members of the Committee.

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3.4 Effect of Committee Determinations. No member of the Committee or
the Board shall be personally liable for any action or determination made in
good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or to any settlement of any
dispute between a Non-Employee Director and the Corporation. Any decision or
action taken by the Committee or the Board with respect to an Award or the
administration or interpretation of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding
upon all persons.

ARTICLE IV:AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

Awards in the form of Restricted Stock Units shall be granted to Non-Employee
Directors in accordance with Article VIII. Awards in the form of Shares may be
granted to Non-Employee Directors in accordance with Article IX. Grants of
Restricted Stock Units that are made under the Plan shall be evidenced by a
Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice.

ARTICLE V:ELIGIBILITY

Non-Employee Directors of the Corporation shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan in accordance with Articles VIII and IX.

ARTICLE VI:SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

Subject to adjustment as provided in Article XII, the aggregate number of
Shares that may be issued under the Plan is seven hundred thousand (700,000)
Shares, plus one million one hundred fifty thousand (1,150,000) Shares that are
subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan on June 27, 2002. To the extent
that Shares subject to an outstanding Award are not issued by reason of the
expiration, termination, cancellation or forfeiture of such Award, or by reason
of the tendering or withholding of Shares to satisfy all or a portion of the tax
withholding obligations relating to an Award, then such Shares shall again be
available under the Plan.

ARTICLE VII:TRANSFERABILITY OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan shall not be transferable or
assignable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

ARTICLE VIII:RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

Each Non-Employee Director shall be granted Restricted Stock Units, subject
to Article VI and to the following terms and conditions:

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units. (a) On the first business day of
each calendar year (the “Annual Grant Date”), each person who is a Non-Employee
Director on such Annual Grant Date shall be granted a whole number of Restricted
Stock Units determined by dividing $120,000 by the Fair Market Value of a Share
on the Annual Grant Date.

(b) A Non-Employee Director who is first elected or begins to serve as a
Non-Employee Director between Annual Grant Dates (other than a Non-Employee
Director who is first elected or begins to serve between July 1, 2007 and
January 1, 2008) shall be granted, on the date that such person is first elected
or begins to serve as a Non-Employee Director, a number of Restricted Stock
Units determined by (i) dividing $120,000 by the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of grant (ii) multiplying the quotient by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of whole or partial months between the date of grant and the
next Annual Grant Date and the denominator of which is 12 and (iii) rounding the
result up the nearest whole number of Shares.

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(c) On each Annual Grant Date, in addition to the Restricted Stock Units
granted under Section 8.1(a) above, each Non-Employee Director who chairs or
serves on a Board committee for which a Committee Retainer is payable or who
serves as Chairman of the Board shall be granted a whole number of Restricted
Stock Units determined by dividing an amount equal to 50% of the Non-Employee
Director153s Committee Retainer or Chairman Retainer, as applicable, by the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the Annual Grant Date (such Restricted Stock Units,
the “Committee RSUs” or “Chairman RSUs”).

(d) If the amount of a Non-Employee Director153s Committee Retainer or Chairman
Retainer, as applicable, increases between Annual Grant Dates, the Non-Employee
Director shall be granted, on the date that such person153s Committee Retainer or
Chairman Retainer increases, a number of Restricted Stock Units determined by
(i) multiplying the amount by which the Committee Retainer or Chairman Retainer
increases by 50%, (ii) dividing the product by the Fair Market Value of a Share
on the date of grant, (iii) multiplying the quotient by a fraction the numerator
of which is the number of whole or partial months between the date of grant and
the next Annual Grant Date and the denominator of which is 12, and (iv) rounding
the result up the nearest whole number of Shares.

(e) If the amount of a Non-Employee Director153s Committee Retainer or Chairman
Retainer, as applicable, decreases between Annual Grant Dates (other than
pursuant to 8.2(f) below), the Non-Employee Director shall forfeit, on the date
that such person153s Committee Retainer or Chairman Retainer decreases, a number
of Restricted Stock Units determined by (i) multiplying the number of Committee
RSUs or Chairman RSUs that were granted to such Non-Employee Director on the
immediately preceding Annual Grant Date by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of whole or partial months between the date that such person153s
Committee Retainer or Chairman Retainer decreases and the next Annual Grant Date
and the denominator of which is 12, and (ii) rounding the result up the nearest
whole number of Shares.

(f) If any Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director of the Corporation
between Annual Grant Dates other than by reason of death or disability, such
Non-Employee Director shall forfeit a number of the Restricted Stock Units,
Chairman RSUs and Committee RSUs, if any, granted to the Non-Employee Director
on or after the immediately preceding Annual Grant Date determined by
multiplying the total number of Restricted Stock Units, Chairman RSUs and
Committee RSUs granted to the Non-Employee Director under Sections 8.1(a), (b),
(c) and/or (d) on such immediately preceding Annual Grant Date or subsequent
grant date by a ratio the number of which is the number of months from the
immediately preceding Annual Grant Date or subsequent grant date through the end
of the month in which the Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director and the
denominator of which is 12.

(g) In determining the number of Restricted Stock Units under this Section
8.1, all calculations shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of Shares.

8.2 Vesting. (a) Except as provided in Section 8.2(b), 8.3, 8.5 and
9.3 and Article 10, Restricted Stock Units granted on or after July 1, 2005
shall vest in full on the date immediately preceding the one-year anniversary of
the date on which such Restricted Stock Units were awarded and Restricted Stock
Units granted on or after January 1, 2008 shall vest in full on the one year
anniversary of the date on which such Restricted Stock Units were awarded.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 8.2(a), if a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a
director of the Corporation (i) due to death or disability, all Restricted Stock
Units held by such Non-Employee Director shall vest in full on the date on which
such Non-Employee Director ceases to be a director of the Corporation, or (ii)
for any other reason, then all Restricted Stock Units held by such Non-Employee
Director, after applying the forfeiture provisions of Section 8.1(f), shall vest
in full on the date on which such Non-Employee Director ceases to be a director
of the Corporation.

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8.3 Payment of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units granted
on or after July 1, 2005 shall be paid on the Non-Employee Director153s Settlement
Date. With respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to July 1, 2005, a
Non-Employee Director can elect to defer payment of all or any portion of such
Awards provided such elections are in writing, on such forms as the Committee
may prescribe, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan at
the time of the deferral. The payment of any Awards deferred under the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005 shall be governed by the provisions of Supplement A.
The payment of any Awards deferred under the Plan after January 1, 2005 shall be
governed by the provisions of Supplement B.

8.4 Dividend Equivalents. Restricted Stock Units shall accrue dividend
equivalents at the same rate and at the same times as cash dividends are paid on
Shares. Such dividend equivalents shall be retained by the Corporation on behalf
of the Non-Employee Director and shall be paid in cash pursuant to Section 8.6
hereof, together with interest from the date of accrual to the date of payment
at the Deferred Compensation Rate; provided that no interest shall be paid on
any dividend equivalents accrued on Restricted Stock Units awarded after January
1, 2005; provided further that, upon written election received by the
Corporation, a Non-Employee Director may elect to have all or a portion of any
dividend equivalents deemed invested in Restricted Stock Units for that number
of whole Shares having an aggregate value equal to the quotient of the accrued
cash dividend equivalents with respect to which such election is made, divided
by the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of such deemed investment
(the “Dividend Equivalent RSUs”), which Dividend Equivalent RSUs shall be issued
pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof. The date of such deemed investment of dividend
equivalents shall be (i) the third business day after the date the Committee or
its designee receives a written election from the Non-Employee Director, with
respect to dividend equivalents accrued before the election is made, or (ii) the
third business day after cash dividends are paid on Shares, for dividend
equivalents that accrue after the date the Committee or its designee receives a
written election from the Non-Employee Director. In determining the number of
Dividend Equivalent RSUs under this Section 8.4, all calculations shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole number of Shares.

8.5 Forfeiture. If a Non-Employee Director is determined, by a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of
the entire membership of the Board (excluding the Non-Employee Director whose
conduct is in question), to have (i) acted in a manner detrimental to the
Corporation153s best interests, or (ii) failed to act and such failure to act was
detrimental to the Corporation153s best interests, each Restricted Stock Unit held
by such Non-Employee Director shall, as of the date of the adoption of such
resolution, be forfeited and all rights of the Non-Employee Director to or with
respect to such Restricted Stock Unit shall terminate. No action or failure to
act shall be deemed by the Board to be detrimental to the Corporation153s best
interests unless such action was taken in bad faith or without reasonable belief
that such action was in the best interests of the Company.

8.6 Settlement. Subject to Section 8.3 and Supplements A and B with
respect to deferred Awards, as soon as practical after a Non-Employee Director153s
Settlement Date the Corporation shall (i) issue to such Non-Employee Director
one Share for each Restricted Stock Unit awarded to the Non-Employee Director
and (ii) pay or issue to such Non-Employee Director, as applicable, (A) a cash
amount equal to the amount of all dividend equivalents accrued with respect to
such Restricted Stock Unit, together with interest, if any, accrued thereon
pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof with respect to which a dividend equivalent
reinvestment election pursuant to Section 8.4 was not made, and (B) one Share
for each Dividend Equivalent RSU. Upon the satisfaction of the Corporation153s
obligations under the first

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sentence of this Section 8.6, such Restricted Stock Unit and Dividend
Equivalent RSU, if applicable, shall be cancelled, such cancellation to be
effective as of the Settlement Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to his
or her Settlement Date, in lieu of payment to himself or herself, a Non-Employee
Director may issue payment instructions directing that the Corporation issue the
Shares and cash amounts referenced in the first sentence of this Section 8.6 to
an entity or individual other than the Non-Employee Director (the “Alternate
Distributee”), provided such direction is not made applicable to any Awards
deferred under Section 8.3 and is in writing in a form and manner deemed
acceptable to the Committee. In the event that a Non-Employee Director issues
payment instructions to an Alternate Distributee under the preceding sentence,
the Shares and cash amounts referenced in the first sentence of this Section 8.6
shall be paid to the Alternate Distributee as soon as practicable after the
Non-Employee Director153s Settlement Date; however, the designation of an
Alternate Distributee will not alter the income tax treatment or character of
the Awards as to the Non-Employee Director (with the Non-Employee Director being
deemed the recipient of all amounts paid to the Alternate Distributee for income
tax purposes), unless otherwise required by law. Unless revoked prior to the
applicable Settlement Date in writing in a form and manner acceptable to the
Committee, the Corporation may fully rely upon the payment instructions as to an
Alternate Distributee and payment in accordance with such payment instructions
shall fully satisfy the Corporation153s obligations to the Non-Employee Director
as to the Restricted Stock Units related thereto. Further, the issuance of
payment instructions to an Alternate Distributee shall not alter or otherwise
affect the nature or extent of the Restricted Stock Units related thereto and
nothing in this Section 8.6 shall be treated as an assignment or transfer in
violation of Article VII. In the event of the death of a Non-Employee Director
who, prior to his or her Settlement Date, identified an Alternate Distributee
under the preceding provisions of this Section 8.6, the amount due to the
Non-Employee Director under the terms of this Article VIII shall be paid to the
Alternate Distributee.

8.7 No Stockholder Rights. Restricted Stock Units shall not confer
upon the holder thereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company.

ARTICLE IX : ELECTION TO RECEIVE SHARES OR RESTRICTED
STOCK UNITS

Each Non-Employee Director may elect to receive Shares or Restricted Stock
Units in lieu of all or a portion of such Non-Employee Director153s Annual
Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer, subject to Article VI and the following
terms and conditions:

9.1 Grant of Shares. On the Annual Grant Date (including for this
purpose, July 2, 2007), Shares shall be granted to each Non-Employee Director
who, prior to such Annual Grant Date, files with the Committee or its designee a
written election to receive Shares in lieu of all or a portion of such
Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee
Cash Retainer for the one-year period beginning on the Annual Grant Date next
following the date of the written election. An election pursuant to the first
sentence of this Section 9.1 shall be irrevocable on and after the Annual Grant
Date. In addition, Shares shall be granted to any Non-Employee Director who no
later than the thirtieth day after the date on which such Non-Employee Director
is first elected or begins to serve as a Non-Employee Director, files with the
Committee or its designee a written election to receive Shares in lieu of all or
a portion of the Annual Retainer, if any, that such Non-Employee Director is
entitled to receive upon election as a Non-Employee Director as well as all or
any portion of the Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer to be paid
during the year. Shares shall be granted to the Non-Employee Director after the
date the Committee or its designee receives notice of such an election. An
election pursuant to the third sentence of this Section 9.1 shall be
irrevocable.

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9.2 Number of Shares. The number of Shares granted pursuant to this
Article shall be the number of Shares equal to (i) the portion of the Annual
Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer which the
Non-Employee Director has elected pursuant to Section 9.1 to be payable in
Shares, divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value per Share on the Stock Award Date
(iii) with the product rounded up to the nearest whole number of Shares. As soon
as practical following an award of Shares to a Non-Employee Director, the stock
certificate representing such Shares shall be issued and delivered to the
Non-Employee Director, whereupon the Non-Employee Director shall become a
stockholder of the Corporation with respect to such Shares and shall be entitled
to vote the Shares.

9.3 Deferral of Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash
Retainer
. A Non-Employee Director may elect to defer payment of all or any
portion of such Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer or Committee Cash
Retainer provided that no election shall be allowed for the Annual Retainer or
Committee Cash Retainer with respect to the Corporation153s fiscal year beginning
on July 3, 2005. All deferrals must be in writing, on such forms as the
Committee may prescribe, and must be made in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Plan including the terms and conditions of Supplements A and B
as applicable.

9.4 Conversion of Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee
Cash Retainer to Restricted Stock Units
. A Non-Employee Director may elect
to convert all or any portion of an Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or
Committee Cash Retainer into Restricted Stock Units equal in number to (i) the
portion of the Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash
Retainer which the Non-Employee Director has elected to convert pursuant to this
Section 9.4 divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value per Share on the Stock Award
Date (iii) with the product rounded up to the nearest whole number of Shares. A
Non-Employee Director153s election to convert all or any portion of an Annual
Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer into Restricted
Stock Units shall be in writing, on such forms and at such times as the
Committee may prescribe provided that any election must be made not later than
the December 31 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the
Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer would
otherwise be paid and in the case of a Non-Employee Director who is first
elected or begins to serve as a Non-Employee Director, the election must be made
prior to the thirtieth day following the date the Non-Employee Director is first
elected or begins to serve as a Non-Employee Director. Restricted Stock Units
resulting from the conversion of an Annual Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or
Committee Cash Retainer shall be subject to the adjustments applicable to
Restricted Stock Units awarded under Section 8.1(a) above, shall not be subject
to the vesting requirements of Section 8.2. and shall be distributed on the
Non-Employee Director153s Settlement Date as provided in Section 8.3.

ARTICLE X:CHANGE OF CONTROL

10.1 Effect of Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a “Change of
Control” event, as defined below, any and all outstanding Restricted Stock Units
shall become immediately vested and payable (including all awards subject to
Section 8.3 above that vested on or after January 1, 2005 and all Restricted
Stock Units subject to Section 9.4 above that were converted from an Annual
Retainer, Chairman Cash Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer) and any and all
stock certificates representing Shares awarded to a Non-Employee Director
pursuant to Section 9.1 promptly shall be transferred to such Non-Employee
Director.

10.2 Definition of Change of Control. A “Change of Control” shall
occur:

(a) upon the acquisition by an individual, entity or group, including any
“person” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (a “Person”), during any 12-month
period of beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation that by its terms
may be voted on all matters submitted to stockholders of the Corporation
generally (such capital stock, “Voting Stock”);

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provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a
Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Corporation (excluding
any acquisition resulting from the exercise of a conversion or exchange
privilege in respect of outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities
unless such outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities were acquired
directly from the Corporation), (ii) any acquisition by the Corporation, (iii)
any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation,
or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger
or consolidation involving the Corporation, if, immediately after such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, each of the conditions described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (b) of this Section 10.2 shall be
satisfied; and provided further that, for purposes of clause (ii) of this
subsection (a), if any Person (other than the Corporation or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or
any corporation controlled by the Corporation) shall become the beneficial owner
of 50% or more of the Voting Stock by reason of an acquisition by the
Corporation and such Person was the beneficial owner of less than 35% of the
Voting Stock prior to such acquisition such additional beneficial ownership
shall constitute a Change of Control; or

(b) upon the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the
Corporation, or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Corporation153s property and assets (meaning property and assets of the
Corporation having a total gross fair market value equal to or greater than 40
percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the property and assets
of the Corporation); excluding, however, (A) any such reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale or other disposition with respect to which, immediately
after consummation of such transaction, (i) all or substantially all of the
beneficial owners of the Voting Stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately
prior to such transaction continue to beneficially own, directly or indirectly
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of
the entity resulting from such transaction), more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of the entity resulting from such
transaction (including, without limitation, the Corporation or an entity which
as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all
of the Corporation153s property or assets, directly or indirectly) (the “Resulting
Entity”) outstanding immediately after such transaction, in substantially the
same proportions relative to each other as their ownership immediately prior to
such transaction, and (ii) no Person (other than any Person that beneficially
owned, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
other disposition, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock representing 35% or more
of the combined voting power of the Corporation153s then outstanding securities)
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding securities of the Resulting Entity, and (iii) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the entity
resulting from such transaction were Continuing Directors of the Corporation at
the time of the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board
authorizing such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or other
disposition and (B) any transfer of all or substantially all of the
Corporation153s property and assets to any person, group or entity that is
considered to be controlled by the stockholders of the Corporation immediately
after the transfer for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or

(c) upon the consummation of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of
the Corporation; or

(d) when those individuals who, immediately after the 2002 annual meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, constitute the Board (the “Continuing
Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such
Board; provided, however, that any individual who becomes a director of the
Corporation subsequent to the 2002 annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation153s
stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of the Continuing
Directors then comprising the Board (or by the nominating committee of the
Board, if

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such committee is comprised of Continuing Directors and has such authority)
shall be deemed to have been a Continuing Director; and provided further, that
no individual shall be deemed to be a Continuing Director if such individual
initially was elected as a director of the Corporation as a result of (A) an
actual or threatened solicitation by a Person (other than the Board) made for
the purpose of opposing a solicitation by the Board with respect to the election
or removal of directors, or (B) any other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person (other than the Board).

For purposes of this Section 10.2, persons will not be considered to be
acting as a group solely because they purchase or own stock of the same
corporation at the same time or as a result of the same public offering.
However, persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners
of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or
acquisition of stock, or similarly business transaction with the Corporation. If
a person, including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter into a
merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock or similar transaction,
such stockholder is considered to be acting as a group with other stockholders
in a corporation only with respect to the ownership in that corporation prior to
the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership
interest in the other corporation. Further, stock ownership shall be determined
in accordance with Section 318(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

ARTICLE XI : AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Board may amend the Plan from time to time or terminate the Plan at any
time and may unilaterally modify the terms and conditions of an outstanding
Award or an election under the Grandfathered Deferral Program or the Deferral
Program as necessary, including revoking an election entirely, to reflect
changes in applicable law.

ARTICLE XII : ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS

In the event of any change in the capital structure of the Corporation
(including but not limited to a stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination
or exchange of securities, , spin-off, split-off, liquidation or other
distribution of any or all of the assets of the Corporation to stockholders,
other than normal cash dividends) or any change in any rights attendant to any
class of authorized securities of the Corporation (an “Adjustment Event”) , the
Committee shall make proportionate adjustments with respect to the number and
class of securities available under the Plan, the number and class of securities
subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Unit and Committee RSU Award, and
the number and class of securities representing a Share equivalent in the Share
Equivalent Account under the Deferral Program to reflect such Adjustment Event
and to maintain each outstanding Award153s or Share Equivalent Account interest153s
intrinsic and fair value; provided, that the Committee shall retain discretion
with respect to how any such proportionate adjustment shall be made. The
decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment shall be final, binding
and conclusive.

ARTICLE XIII : FOREIGN DIRECTORS

Without amending the Plan, Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors who are
foreign nationals may have such terms and conditions different from those
specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or
desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan and, in
furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications,
amendments, procedures, subplans and the like as may be necessary or advisable
to comply with provisions of laws in other countries or jurisdictions in which
the Corporation or its subsidiaries operate or have Non-Employee Directors.

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ARTICLE XIV : EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

The Plan shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for
approval and, if approved by a majority of all the votes cast at the 2002 annual
meeting of stockholders, shall become effective as of June 27, 2002, the date of
approval by the Board (the “Effective Date”). If stockholder approval is not
obtained at the 2002 annual meeting of stockholders, the Plan, in the form
approved by stockholders at the 1999 annual meeting of stockholders, shall
continue in full force and effect and all grants of Restricted Stock Units and
Shares hereunder shall be null and void. Unless terminated earlier by the Board,
the Plan shall terminate on the earlier of the date of the Corporation153s 2012
annual meeting of stockholders or December 31, 2012.

As amended and restated by the Board on April 26, 2012.

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SUPPLEMENT A

GRANDFATHERED DEFERRAL PROGRAM

A-1 Purpose. The purpose of this Supplement A to the Sara Lee
Corporation 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan is to provide Non-Employee
Directors with the opportunity to defer the payment of their Annual Retainer,
Committee Cash Retainer and/or Awards under the Plan. The terms of this
Supplement A replace the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside
Directors of Sara Lee Corporation which was approved by the Board on August 27,
1992 and subsequently amended (the “Former Plan”) and apply to Annual Retainers
and vested Awards that were deferred prior to January 1, 2005. The deferral
program under this Supplement A (the “Grandfathered Deferral Program”) shall be
administered on the basis of the calendar year (the “Program Year”).

A-2 Rules for Deferral Elections. All Non-Employee Directors who made
deferrals hereunder prior to January 1, 2005 and any individual who was a
participant in the Former Plan as of June 27, 2002 shall be considered a
participant in the Grandfathered Deferral Program. Prior to January 1, 2005 any
Eligible Director could make irrevocable elections to defer receipt of all or
any portion not less than 25 percent of his Annual Retainer and/or Committee
Cash Retainer or all or any portion not less than 25 percent of any Award (each
such election is referred to herein as a “Deferral Election” and the amount
deferred pursuant to such an election the “Deferral”) for a Program Year in
accordance with the rules set forth below.

(a)

A Non-Employee Director shall be eligible to make a Deferral Election only if
he is an active member of the Board, or has been elected to the Board the date
such election is made.

(b)

For a Program Year, a Non-Employee Director may make no more than one
Deferral Election for each Award and such number of Deferral Elections with
respect to the Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer and/or Committee Cash
Retainer as the Committee may prescribe.

(c)

All Deferral Elections must be made in writing on such forms as the Committee
may prescribe and must be received by the Committee no later than the date
specified by the Committee. In no event will the date specified by the Committee
with respect to an Award be later than the end of the Program Year preceding the
Program Year in which the Award vests. Any Deferral Election with respect to a
Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer shall only
apply to that portion of the Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer or
Committee Cash Retainer remaining to be paid for services to be rendered after
the date the Deferral Election is made.

(d)

As part of each Deferral Election, the Non-Employee Director must specify the
date on which the Deferral will be paid (a “Distribution Date”). The
Distribution Dates specified in a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Elections
may, but need not necessarily, be the same for all Deferrals. Except as provided
in subsection (f) below, each Distribution Date is irrevocable and shall apply
only to that portion of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account which is
attributable to the Deferral.

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(e)

The Distribution Date selected by a Non-Employee Director shall not be
earlier than the January 1 immediately following the first anniversary of the
date on which the Deferral Election is made.

(f)

A Non-Employee Director may make an irrevocable election to extend a
Distribution Date (a “Re-Deferral Election”); provided, that no Re-Deferral
Election shall be effective unless (i) the Committee receives the election prior
to the December 1 of the Program Year preceding the Program Year in which the
Distribution Date to be changed occurs, and (ii) the new Distribution Date is
not earlier than the January 1 immediately following the first anniversary of
the date the Re-Deferral Election is made. All Re-Deferral Elections must be
made in writing on such forms and pursuant to such rules as the Committee may
prescribe.

(g)

As part of each Deferral Election, a Non-Employee Director must elect the
form in which the Deferral will be paid beginning on the selected Distribution
Date. The Deferral may be paid in a single lump sum or in substantially equal
annual installments over a period not exceeding ten years as provided under
paragraph A-6. Except as provided in paragraph A-6, a Non-Employee Director153s
election as to the form of payment shall be irrevocable. If the Non-Employee
Director elects an installment method of payment the Distribution Date must be
January 1.

(h)

As part of each Deferral Election, a Non-Employee Director must elect the
investment alternatives that shall apply to the Deferral in accordance with
paragraphs A-4 and A-5.

(i)

A Deferral Election shall be irrevocable; provided that if the Committee
determines that a Non-Employee Director has an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency
(as defined in paragraph A-10), then the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral
Elections then in effect shall be revoked with respect to all amounts not
previously deferred.

A-3 Deferral Accounts. All amounts deferred pursuant to a Non-Employee
Director153s Deferral Elections under the Grandfathered Deferral Program shall be
allocated to a bookkeeping account in the name of the Non-Employee Director (a
“Deferral Account”) and the Committee shall maintain a separate subaccount under
a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account for each Deferral. Deferrals shall be
credited to the Deferral Account as of the Deferral Crediting Date coinciding
with or next following the date on which, in the absence of a Deferral Election,
the Non-Employee Director would otherwise have received the Deferral. A
“Deferral Crediting Date” shall mean the business day coinciding with or next
following the 15th day of each calendar month and the business day coinciding
with or next following the last day of each calendar month. A Non-Employee
Director shall be fully vested at all times in the balance of his Deferral
Account.

A-4 Investment Alternatives. A Non-Employee Director must make an
investment election at the time of each Deferral Election. The investment
election must be made in writing on such forms and pursuant to such rules as the
Committee may prescribe, subject to paragraph A-5, and shall designate the
portion of the Deferral which is to be treated as invested in each investment
alternative. The two investment alternatives shall be as follows:

(a)

Share Equivalent Account. Under the Share Equivalent Account, the
value of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral shall be determined as if the
Deferral were invested in Shares as of the Deferral Crediting Date. If payment
of Shares or Restricted Stock Units is deferred, the number of Share equivalents
to be credited

A-2


to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate subaccounts
on each Deferral Crediting Date shall equal the number of Shares or Restricted
Stock Units deferred. If payment of cash is deferred, the number of Share
equivalents to be credited to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and
appropriate subaccounts on each Deferral Crediting Date shall be determined by
dividing the Deferral to be “invested” on that date by the Fair Market Value of
a Share on that date. Fractional Share equivalents will be computed to two
decimal places. An amount equal to the number of Share equivalents multiplied by
the dividend paid on a Share on each dividend payment date shall be credited to
the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate subaccount as of
the Deferral Crediting Date coincident with or next following the dividend
payment date and “invested” in additional Share equivalents as though such
dividend credits were a Deferral. The number of Shares to be paid to a
Non-Employee Director on a Distribution Date shall be equal to the number of
Share equivalents accumulated in the Share Equivalent Account on the
Distribution Date divided by the total of the payments to be made. All payments
from the Share Equivalent Account shall be made in whole Shares with fractional
Shares distributed in cash.

(b)

Interest Account. Under the Interest Account, interest will be
credited to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account as of the business day
coinciding with or next following each June 30 and December 31 (a “Valuation
Date”) and on the date the final payment of a Deferral is to be made based on
the balance in the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account deemed invested in
the Interest Account on the Valuation Date or such final payment date. The rate
of interest to be credited for a Plan Year will be set at the beginning of each
Program Year and will equal the cost to the Corporation of issuing five-year
maturity debt or, in the event such cost is determined not to satisfy the
independence criteria under Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued
thereunder, such other independently established interest rate that the
Corporation elects to use that satisfies such independence criteria. If
installment payments are elected, the amount to be paid to the Non-Employee
Director on a Distribution Date shall be determined as follows: the amount of
the principal payment of each installment shall be determined by dividing the
current principal balance by the number of remaining installment payments and
the amount of the interest payment shall be determined by dividing the current
interest balance by the number of remaining installment payments. All payments
from the Interest Account shall be made in cash.

A-5 Investment Elections and Changes. A Non-Employee Director153s
investment elections shall be subject to the following rules:

(a)

With respect to Annual Retainer or Committee Retainer payments that would
have been paid in the form of cash, if the Non-Employee Director fails to make
an investment election with respect to a Deferral, the Deferral shall be deemed
to be invested in the Interest Account.

(b)

Any Deferral attributable to an Award or an Annual Retainer payable in the
form of Shares, restricted or otherwise, shall automatically be deemed to be
invested in the Share Equivalent Account.

(c)

All investments in the Share Equivalent Account shall be irrevocable.

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(d)

A Non-Employee Director may elect to transfer amounts invested in the
Interest Account to the Share Equivalent Account as of any Valuation Date by
filing an investment change election with the Committee prior to the Valuation
Date the change is to become effective. The amount elected to be transferred to
the Share Equivalent Account shall be treated as invested in Share equivalents
as of the Valuation Date and the number of Share equivalents to be credited to
the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate subaccounts as of
the Valuation Date shall be determined by dividing the amount to be transferred
by the Fair Market Value on such Valuation Date.

(e)

Until invested as of the Deferral Crediting Date in either the Interest
Account or Share Equivalent Account, a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral shall be
credited with interest in such amount as the Committee may determine.

A-6 Time and Method of Payment. Payment of a Non-Employee Director153s
Deferral shall be made in a single lump sum or shall commence in installments as
elected by the Non-Employee Director in the Deferral Election. A Non-Employee
Director may make a one-time election after the original Deferral Election to
change the method of payment elected by the Non-Employee Director; provided,
that such election shall not be effective unless the election to change the
method of payment is received by the Committee prior to the December 1 of the
Program Year preceding the Program Year in which the Distribution Date specified
in the original Deferral Election occurs. If a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral
Account is payable in a single lump sum, the payment shall be made as soon as
practicable following the Distribution Date but not later than 30 days following
the Distribution Date. If a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account is payable
in installment payments, then the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account shall
be paid in substantially equal annual installments over the period as elected by
the Non-Employee Director in the Deferral Election commencing as soon as
practicable following the Distribution Date but not later than 30 days following
the Distribution Date.

A-7 Payment Upon Death of a Non-Employee Director. In the event a
Non-Employee Director dies before all amounts credited to his Deferral Account
have been paid, payment of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account shall be
made or shall commence in the form of payment elected by the Non-Employee
Director153s Beneficiary (as defined in paragraph A-8) or the Executor/Executrix
of the Non-Employee Director153s estate; provided, that the request is made in
writing within 180 days of the Non-Employee Director153s death. If such a request
is not made, the deceased Non-Employee Director153s Deferrals will be paid
pursuant to the Deferral Elections and the normal provisions of this Supplement
A.

A-8 Beneficiary. A Non-Employee Director153s Beneficiary shall mean the
individual(s) or entity designated by the Non-Employee Director to receive the
balance of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account in the event of the
Non-Employee Director153s death prior to the payment of his entire Deferral
Account. To be effective, any Beneficiary designation shall be filed in writing
with the Committee. A Non-Employee Director may revoke an existing Beneficiary
designation by filing another written Beneficiary designation with the
Committee. The latest Beneficiary designation received by the Committee shall be
controlling. If no Beneficiary is named by a Non-Employee Director or if he
survives all of his named Beneficiaries, the Deferral Account shall be paid in
the following order of precedence:

(1)

the Non-Employee Director153s spouse;

(2)

the Non-Employee Director153s children (including adopted children), per
stirpes; or

(3)

the Non-Employee Director153s estate.

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A-9 Form of Payment. The payment of that portion of a Deferral Account
deemed to be invested in the Interest Account shall be made in cash. The
distribution of that portion of a Deferral Account deemed to be invested in the
Share Equivalent Account shall be distributed in whole Shares with fractional
shares distributed in cash.

A-10 Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. If the Committee or its
designee determines that a Non-Employee Director has incurred an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency (as defined below), the Non-Employee Director may withdraw
in cash and/or Shares the portion of the balance of his Deferral Account needed
to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, to the extent that the
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency may not be relieved through reimbursement or
compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Non-Employee
Director153s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself
cause severe financial hardship. An “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” is a
severe financial hardship to the Non-Employee Director resulting from (i) a
sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Non-Employee Director or of a
dependent of the Non-Employee Director; (ii) loss of the Non-Employee Director153s
property due to casualty; or (iii) such other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Non-Employee Director as determined by the Committee. A withdrawal on
account of an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency shall be paid as soon as
possible following the date on which the withdrawal is approved.

A-11 Funding. Benefits payable under the Grandfathered Deferral
Program to any Non-Employee Director shall be paid directly by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall not be required to fund, or otherwise segregate assets to
be used for payment of benefits under the Grandfathered Deferral Program.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation, in the discretion of the
Committee, may maintain one or more grantor trusts (“Trust”) to hold assets to
be used for payment of benefits under the Grandfathered Deferral Program. The
assets of the Trust shall remain the assets of the Corporation subject to the
claims of its general creditors. Any payments by a Trust of benefits provided to
a Non-Employee Director under the Grandfathered Deferral Program shall be
considered payment by the Corporation and shall discharge the Corporation of any
further liability under the Grandfathered Deferral Program for such payments.

A-12 Interests Not Transferable. No benefit payable at any time under
the Grandfathered Deferral Program shall be subject in any manner to alienation,
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, or other legal process, or
encumbrance of any kind. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge
or otherwise encumber any such benefits, whether currently or thereafter
payable, shall be void. No person shall, in any manner, be liable for or subject
to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefits. If any
person shall attempt to, or shall alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or
otherwise encumber his benefits under the Grandfathered Deferral Program, or if
by any reason of his bankruptcy or other event happening at any time, such
benefits would devolve upon any other person or would not be enjoyed by the
person entitled thereto under the Grandfathered Deferral Program, then the
Committee, in its discretion, may terminate the interest in any such benefits of
the person entitled thereto under the Grandfathered Deferral Program and hold or
apply them for or to the benefit of such person entitled thereto under the
Grandfathered Deferral Program or his spouse, children or other dependents, or
any of them, in such manner as the Committee may deem proper.

A-13 Forfeitures and Unclaimed Amounts. Unclaimed amounts shall
consist of the amounts of the Deferral Account of a Non-Employee Director that
are not distributed because of the Committee153s inability, after a reasonable
search, to locate a Non-Employee Director or his Beneficiary, as applicable,
within a period of two (2) years after the Distribution Date upon which the
payment of any benefits becomes due. Unclaimed amounts shall be forfeited at the
end of such two-year period. These forfeitures will reduce the obligations of
the Corporation under the Grandfathered Deferral Program and the Non-Employee
Director or Beneficiary, as applicable, shall have no further right to his
Deferral Account.

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SUPPLEMENT B

DEFERRAL PROGRAM

B-1 Purpose. The purpose of this Supplement B to the Sara Lee
Corporation 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan is to provide Non-Employee
Directors with the opportunity to defer the payment of (i) Awards granted prior
to July 1, 2005 that vest on or after January 1, 2005 and (ii) Annual Retainers
and/or Committee Cash Retainer payable on and after January 1, 2006 in
compliance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The
deferral program under this Supplement B (the “Deferral Program”) shall be
administered on the basis of the calendar year (the “Program Year”).

B-2 Rules for Deferral and Re-Deferral Elections. All Non-Employee
Directors shall be eligible to participate in the Deferral Program on the later
of the day they are first elected or begin service as a Non-Employee Director or
the date on which Deferral Program materials and election forms are mailed to
them. Any Eligible Director may make irrevocable elections to defer receipt of
all or any portion not less than 25 percent of his Annual Retainer and/or
Committee Cash Retainer (each such election shall be referred to as a “Deferral
Election”) and all or any portion not less than 25 percent of any Award granted
under the Plan prior to July 1, 2005 that has not vested (an “Award Deferral
Election”)(any amounts deferred pursuant to such elections is referred to as a
“Deferral”) for a Program Year in accordance with the rules set forth below.

(a)

A Non-Employee Director shall be eligible to make a Deferral or Award
Deferral Election only if he is an active member of the Board, or has been
elected to the Board on the date such election is made.

(b)

For a Program Year, a Non-Employee Director may make no more than one
Deferral Election with respect to the Non-Employee Director153s Annual Retainer
and/or Committee Cash Retainer.

(c)

All Deferral and Award Deferral Elections must be made in writing on such
forms as the Committee may prescribe and must be received by the Committee no
later than the date specified by the Committee. In no event will the date
specified by the Committee with respect to a Deferral Election be later than the
end of the Program Year preceding the Program Year in which the period of
service for which the Annual Retainer or Committee Cash Retainer payment relates
and in no event will the date specified by the Committee with respect to an
Award Deferral be later than the end of the second Program Year preceding the
Program Year in which the Award vests. In the case of the first year in which
the Non-Employee Director becomes eligible to participate, such election must be
made prior to the thirtieth day following the date the Non-Employee Director
becomes eligible to participate and if made after the date the Non-Employee
Director is first elected to or begins service on the Board such election may be
made with respect to not more that 90% of the Annual Retainer, Committee Cash
Retainer and any Award for the Non-Employee Director153s first year of service.

(d)

As part of each Deferral and Award Deferral Election, the Non-Employee
Director must specify the date on which the Deferral will be paid or commence (a
“Distribution Date”). The Distribution Dates specified in a Non-Employee
Director153s Deferral Elections may, but need not necessarily, be the same for all
Deferrals. Except as provided in subsection (f) below, each Distribution Date is
irrevocable and shall apply only to that portion of the Non-Employee Director153s
Deferral Account which is attributable to the Deferral.


(e)

The Distribution Date selected by a Non-Employee Director as part of a
Deferral Election shall not be earlier than the January 1 immediately following
the first anniversary of the date on which the Deferral Election is made. The
Distribution Date selected by a Non-Employee Director as part of an Award
Deferral Election shall not be earlier than the first anniversary of the date
the Award would otherwise have vested.

(f)

A Non-Employee Director may make an irrevocable election to extend a
Distribution Date (a “Re-Deferral Election”); provided, that no Re-Deferral
Election shall be effective unless (i) the Committee receives the election not
later than 12 months prior to the Distribution Date to be changed, and (ii) the
new Distribution Date is not earlier than the fifth anniversary of the prior
Distribution Date. All Re-Deferral Elections must be made in writing on such
forms and pursuant to such rules as the Committee may prescribe.

(g)

As part of each Deferral and Award Deferral Election, a Non-Employee Director
must elect the form in which the Deferral will be paid beginning on the selected
Distribution Date. The Deferral may be paid in a single lump sum or in
substantially equal annual installments over a period not exceeding ten years as
provided under paragraph B-6. Except as provided in paragraph B-6, a
Non-Employee Director153s election as to the form of payment shall be irrevocable.
If the Non-Employee Director elects an installment method of payment the
Distribution Date must be in January. If a Non-Employee Director fails to elect
a method of payment, such payment shall be payable in a single lump sum.

(h)

As part of each Deferral and Award Deferral Election, a Non-Employee Director
must elect the investment alternatives that shall apply to the Deferral in
accordance with paragraphs B-4 and B-5.

(i)

Deferral and Award Deferral Elections shall be irrevocable; provided that if
the Committee determines that a Non-Employee Director has an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency (as defined in paragraph B-10), then the Non-Employee
Director153s Deferral Elections then in effect shall be revoked with respect to
all amounts not previously deferred.

B-3 Deferral Accounts. All amounts deferred pursuant to a Non-Employee
Director153s Deferral and Award Deferral Elections under the Deferral Program
shall be allocated to a bookkeeping account in the name of the Non-Employee
Director (a “Deferral Account”) and the Committee shall maintain a separate
subaccount under a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account for each Deferral.
Deferrals shall be credited to the Deferral Account as of the Deferral Crediting
Date coinciding with or next following the date on which, in the absence of a
Deferral Election, the Non-Employee Director would otherwise have received the
Deferral. A “Deferral Crediting Date” shall mean the business day coinciding
with or next following the 15th day of each calendar month and the business day
coinciding with or next following the last day of each calendar month. A
Non-Employee Director shall be fully vested at all times in the balance of his
Deferral Account.

B-4 Investment Alternatives. A Non-Employee Director must make an
investment election at the time of each Deferral and Award Deferral Election.
The investment election must be made in writing on such forms and pursuant to
such rules as the Committee may prescribe, subject to paragraph B-5, and shall
designate the portion of the Deferral which is to be treated as invested in each
investment alternative. The two investment alternatives shall be as follows:

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(a)

Share Equivalent Account. Under the Share Equivalent Account, the
value of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral shall be determined as if the
Deferral were invested in Shares as of the Deferral Crediting Date. If payment
of Shares or Restricted Stock Units is deferred, the number of Share equivalents
to be credited to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate
subaccounts on each Deferral Crediting Date shall equal the number of Shares or
Restricted Stock Units deferred. If payment of cash is deferred, the number of
Share equivalents to be credited to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account
and appropriate subaccounts on each Deferral Crediting Date shall be determined
by dividing the Deferral to be “invested” on that date by the Fair Market Value
of a Share on that date. Fractional Share equivalents will be computed to two
decimal places. An amount equal to the number of Share equivalents multiplied by
the dividend paid on a Share on each dividend payment date shall be credited to
the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate subaccount as of
the Deferral Crediting Date coincident with or next following the dividend
payment date and “invested” in additional Share equivalents as though such
dividend credits were a Deferral. The number of Shares to be paid to a
Non-Employee Director on a Distribution Date shall be equal to the number of
Share equivalents accumulated in the Share Equivalent Account on the
Distribution Date divided by the total of the payments to be made. All payments
from the Share Equivalent Account shall be made in whole Shares with fractional
Shares distributed in cash.

(b)

Interest Account. Under the Interest Account, interest will be
credited to the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account as of the business day
coinciding with or next following each June 30 and December 31 (a “Valuation
Date”) and on the date the final payment of a Deferral is to be made based on
the balance in the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account deemed invested in
the Interest Account on the Valuation Date or such final payment date. The rate
of interest to be credited for a Program Year will be set at the beginning of
each Program Year and will equal the cost to the Corporation of issuing
five-year maturity debt or, in the event such cost is determined not to satisfy
the independence criteria under Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued
thereunder, such other independently established interest rate that the
Corporation elects to use that satisfies such independence criteria. If
installment payments are elected, the amount to be paid to the Non-Employee
Director on a Distribution Date shall be determined as follows: the amount of
the principal payment of each installment shall be determined by dividing the
current principal balance by the number of remaining installment payments and
the amount of the interest payment shall be determined by dividing the current
interest balance by the number of remaining installment payments. All payments
from the Interest Account shall be made in cash.

B-5 Investment Elections and Changes. A Non-Employee Director153s
investment elections shall be subject to the following rules:

(a)

With respect to Annual Retainer or Committee Retainer payments that would
have been paid in the form of cash, if the Non-Employee Director fails to make
an investment election with respect to a Deferral, the Deferral shall be deemed
to be invested in the Interest Account.

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(b)

Any Deferral attributable to an Award Deferral, restricted or otherwise,
shall automatically be deemed to be invested in the Share Equivalent Account.

(c)

All investments in the Share Equivalent Account shall be irrevocable.

(d)

A Non-Employee Director may elect to transfer amounts invested in the
Interest Account to the Share Equivalent Account as of any Valuation Date by
filing an investment change election with the Committee prior to the Valuation
Date the change is to become effective. The amount elected to be transferred to
the Share Equivalent Account shall be treated as invested in Share equivalents
as of the Valuation Date and the number of Share equivalents to be credited to
the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account and appropriate subaccounts as of
the Valuation Date shall be determined by dividing the amount to be transferred
by the Fair Market Value on such Valuation Date.

(e)

Until invested as of the Deferral Crediting Date in either the Interest
Account or Share Equivalent Account, a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral shall be
credited with interest in such amount as the Committee may determine.

B-6 Time and Method of Payment. Payment of a Non-Employee Director153s
Deferral shall be made in a single lump sum or shall commence in installments as
elected by the Non-Employee Director in the Deferral Election. A Non-Employee
Director may make a one-time election after the original Deferral Election to
change the method of payment elected by the Non-Employee Director; provided,
that such election shall not be effective unless the election to change the
method of payment is received by the Committee not later that 12 months prior to
the Distribution Date specified in the original Deferral Election. If a
Non-Employee Director has elected installment payments as the method of payment,
he may not elect a single lump sum or installments over a shorter period. In
addition, a Non-Employee Director may make a one-time election to change the
method of payment of an Award; provided that such election shall not be
effective unless the election to change the method of payment is received by the
Committee not later than 12 months prior to the date the Award is to be
distributed. If a Non-Employee Director has elected a single lump sum and later
elects installment payments, such election shall constitute a Re-Deferral and
will require a new Distribution Date that is not earlier than the fifth
anniversary of the previous Distribution Date. If a Non-Employee Director153s
Deferral Account is payable in a single lump sum, the payment shall be made as
soon as practicable following the Distribution Date but not later than 30 days
following the Distribution Date. If a Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account
is payable in installment payments, then the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral
Account shall be paid in substantially equal annual installments over the period
as elected by the Non-Employee Director in the Deferral Election commencing as
soon as practicable following the Distribution Date but not later than 30 days
following the Distribution Date.

B-7 Payment Upon Death of a Non-Employee Director. In the event a
Non-Employee Director dies before all amounts credited to his Deferral Account
have been paid, payment of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account shall be
made in a single sum payment as soon as practicable thereafter.

B-8 Beneficiary. A Non-Employee Director153s Beneficiary shall mean the
individual(s) or entity designated by the Non-Employee Director to receive the
balance of the Non-Employee Director153s Deferral Account in the event of the
Non-Employee Director153s death prior to the payment of his entire Deferral
Account. To be effective, any Beneficiary designation shall be filed in writing
with the Committee. A Non-Employee Director may revoke an existing Beneficiary
designation by filing another written Beneficiary designation with the
Committee. The latest Beneficiary designation received by the Committee shall be
controlling. If no Beneficiary is named by a Non-Employee Director or if he
survives all of his named Beneficiaries, the Deferral Account shall be paid in
the following order of precedence:

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(1)

the Non-Employee Director153s spouse;

(2)

the Non-Employee Director153s children (including adopted children), per
stirpes; or

(3)

the Non-Employee Director153s estate.

B-9 Form of Payment. The payment of that portion of a Deferral Account
deemed to be invested in the Interest Account shall be made in cash. The
distribution of that portion of a Deferral Account deemed to be invested in the
Share Equivalent Account shall be distributed in whole Shares with fractional
shares distributed in cash.

B-10 Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. If the Committee or its
designee determines that a Non-Employee Director has incurred an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency (as defined below), the Non-Employee Director may withdraw
in cash and/or Shares the portion of the balance of his Deferral Account needed
to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, to the extent that the
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency may not be relieved through reimbursement or
compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Non-Employee
Director153s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself
cause severe financial hardship. An “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” is a
severe financial hardship to the Non-Employee Director resulting from (i) a
sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Non-Employee Director or of a
dependent of the Non-Employee Director; (ii) loss of the Non-Employee Director153s
property due to casualty; or (iii) such other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Non-Employee Director as determined by the Committee. A withdrawal on
account of an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency shall be paid as soon as
possible following the date on which the withdrawal is approved.

B-11 Funding. Benefits payable under the Deferral Program to any
Non-Employee Director shall be paid directly by the Corporation. The Corporation
shall not be required to fund, or otherwise segregate assets to be used for
payment of benefits under the Deferral Program. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Corporation, in the discretion of the Committee, may maintain one or more
grantor trusts (“Trust”) to hold assets to be used for payment of benefits under
the Deferral Program. The assets of the Trust shall remain the assets of the
Corporation subject to the claims of its general creditors. Any payments by a
Trust of benefits provided to a Non-Employee Director under the Deferral Program
shall be considered payment by the Corporation and shall discharge the
Corporation of any further liability under the Deferral Program for such
payments.

B-12 Interests Not Transferable. No benefit payable at any time under
the Deferral Program shall be subject in any manner to alienation, sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, or other legal process, or encumbrance
of any kind. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or
otherwise encumber any such benefits, whether currently or thereafter payable,
shall be void. No person shall, in any manner, be liable for or subject to the
debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefits. If any person
shall attempt to, or shall alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise
encumber his benefits under the Deferral Program, or if by any reason of his
bankruptcy or other event happening at any time, such benefits would devolve
upon any other person or would not be enjoyed by the person entitled thereto
under the Deferral Program, then the Committee, in its discretion, may terminate
the interest in any such benefits of the person entitled thereto under the
Deferral Program and hold or apply them for or to the benefit of such person
entitled thereto under the Deferral Program or his spouse, children or other
dependents, or any of them, in such manner as the Committee may deem proper.

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B-13 Forfeitures and Unclaimed Amounts. Unclaimed amounts shall
consist of the amounts of the Deferral Account of a Non-Employee Director that
are not distributed because of the Committee153s inability, after a reasonable
search, to locate a Non-Employee Director or his Beneficiary, as applicable,
within a period of two (2) years after the Distribution Date upon which the
payment of any benefits becomes due. Unclaimed amounts shall be forfeited at the
end of such two-year period. These forfeitures will reduce the obligations of
the Corporation under the Deferral Program and the Non-Employee Director or
Beneficiary, as applicable, shall have no further right to his Deferral Account.

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