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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2010
Registration No. 333-
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Delaware   76-0127701
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West   77064
Houston, Texas 77064   (Zip Code)
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)    
 
NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated effective February 19, 2010)
NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(As Amended and Restated effective December 1, 2009)
(Full title of the plans)
 
Todd R. Moore
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 897-7788
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
copy to:
John M. Allen, Jr.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 909-6611
 
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company o
Calculation of Registration Fee
                                       
 
                          Proposed        
                    Proposed     maximum        
        Title of Securities     Amount to be     maximum offering     aggregate offering     Amount of  
  Name of Plan     to be registered     registered(1)     price per share(2)     price(2)     registration fee  
 
NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
    Common Stock $0.01                              
 
 
    par value per share     5,668,000     $14.09     $79,862,120.00     $ 5,694.17    
 
NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
    Common Stock $0.01                              
 
 
    par value per share     400,000     $14.09     $5,636,000.00     $ 401.85    
 
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder includes such indeterminate additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
 
(2)   Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 19, 2010.
 
 

 


 

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  EX-4.6
  EX-5.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10 PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
 
*   This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed by NCI Building Systems, Inc. (the “Company“or “Registrant”) with respect to its 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) and its Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP” and together with the LTIP, the “Plans”) referred to on the cover of this Registration Statement. Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus for both plans is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information required in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each of the Company’s employees who is eligible to participate in the Plans, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such document(s) are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) but constitute (together with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
     This registration statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan are effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, NCI Building Systems, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of such registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-111139, Registration No. 333-124266 and Registration No. 333-162568 (together the “Previous Registration Statements”)), including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, and hereby deems such contents to be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement. The number of shares registered in each of the Previous Registration Statements has been adjusted to reflect our 1-for-5 reverse stock split effected on March 5, 2010.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
     The Registrant is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (excluding any portions of such documents that have been “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Exchange Act):
    the Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 1, 2009;
 
    all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since November 1, 2009; and
 
    the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Form 8-A, filed on July 20, 1998, and any subsequent amendment thereto filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold and that deregisters all securities that remain unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
     Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
     Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
     Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys’

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fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.
     Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:
    any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
 
    acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
    unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or
 
    any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
     The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to us or our stockholders for acts or omissions as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware statutory or decisional law. The Registrant’s Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that each current or former director, officer or employee of the Registrant or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve another corporation, trust or other enterprise in any capacity at the Registrant’s request, will be indemnified by the Registrant to the full extent permitted by law for liability arising from such service. The Registrant’s Amended and Restated By-Laws require us to advance expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, so long as the person undertakes in writing to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, the Registrant’s by-laws authorize the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or each such person who was serving at the Registrant’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability.
     The Registrant has entered into written indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers. Under these agreements, if an officer or director makes a claim of indemnification to the Registrant, either a majority of the independent directors or independent legal counsel selected by the independent directors must review the relevant facts and make a determination, within 45 days of the Registrant’s receipt of such claim, whether the officer or director has met the standards of conduct under Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law) and require (under the indemnification agreement) the Registrant to indemnify the officer or director.
     Please read “Item 9. Undertakings” for a description of the Commission’s position regarding such indemnification provisions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
     Not Applicable.

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Item 8. Exhibits
     See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
     (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
     (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
     (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided , however , that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bonafide offering thereof.
     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, the State of Texas, on April 23, 2010.
         
  NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Norman C. Chambers    
    Norman C. Chambers   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on April 23, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
     
Name   Title
 
   
/s/ Norman C. Chambers
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Norman C. Chambers
   
 
   
*Mark E. Johnson
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
   
*Kathleen J. Affeldt
  Director
 
   
*James G. Berges
  Director
 
   
*Gary L. Forbes
  Director
 
   
*John J. Holland
  Director
 
   
*Lawrence J. Kremer
  Director
 
   
*George Martinez
  Director
 
   
*Nathan K. Sleeper
  Director
 
   
*Jonathan L. Zrebiec
  Director
 
*   Norman C. Chambers, by signing his name hereto on the 23rd day of April, 2010, does hereby sign this document pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by the Officers and Directors named above, filed with the Commission on behalf of such Officers and Directors, all in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
     
  /s/ Norman C. Chambers    
  Norman C. Chambers, Attorney in Fact    
     

 


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
4.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through September 30, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to NCI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 2, 2002 and incorporated by reference herein)
 
   
4.2
  Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March 12, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to NCI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 29, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein)
 
   
*4.3
  Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March 5, 2010
 
   
4.4
  Third Amended and Restated By-Laws, effective as of February 19, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to NCI’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 24, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein)
 
   
*4.5
  NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (as Amended and Restated effective December 1, 2009)
 
   
*4.6
  NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated effective February 19, 2010)
 
   
*5.1
  Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
 
   
*23.1
  Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
   
*23.2
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
   
*24.1
  Power of Attorney
 
*   Filed herewith

 

Exhibit 4.3
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     NCI Building Systems, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) does hereby further certify that:
     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is NCI Building Systems, Inc.
     SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions setting forth and declaring advisable the amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) that this Certificate of Amendment is effecting, and directed that the amendments be considered by the stockholders of the Corporation at the Corporation’s annual meeting held on February 19, 2010 and duly called pursuant to Section 222 of the DGCL (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the following amendments were duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL.
THIRD: The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended as follows:
A. The second paragraph of Article FOURTH, Section 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “Each holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock of the Corporation held by the stockholder, unless otherwise specifically provided pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL. The holders of the Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to

 


 

this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.”
B. Article FOURTH, Section 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by adding a third paragraph to the end of Article FOURTH, Section 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “Upon the filing and effectiveness (the “Effective Time”) pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware of this Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, each five shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified, combined and converted into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock without any further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof, subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below (the “Reverse Stock Split”). No fractional shares of Common Stock or certificates representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash (without interest or deduction) from the Corporation’s transfer agent in lieu of such fractional share interests (i) without any further action by a stockholder that holds shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time in book-entry form, or (ii) where a stockholder holds shares of Common Stock in certificated form immediately prior to the Effective Time, upon receipt by the Corporation’s transfer agent of a properly completed and duly executed transmittal letter by such stockholder and the surrender of such stockholder’s Old Certificates (as defined below), in each case, in an amount equal to their pro rata share of the proceeds attributable to the sale of such fractional shares following the aggregation and sale by the Corporation’s transfer agent of all fractional share interests otherwise issuable. Each certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Common Stock (“Old Certificates”), shall thereafter represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described above.”
C. Article FIFTH, Section 4 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:

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     “ Section 4. Removal . Any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holder or holders of 80 percent of the outstanding voting power of the Corporation.”
D. Article FIFTH, Section 5 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “ Section 5. Stockholders’ Meetings . Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called by the Chief Executive Officer, by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, or by the Secretary of the Corporation at the written request of the holder or holders of 25 percent of the outstanding voting power of the Corporation.”
E. Article FIFTH, Section 6 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to delete the text of Section 6 and to amend Article FIFTH, Section 6 to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “ Section 6. [RESERVED].”
F. Article SEVENTH of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to delete the text of Article SEVENTH and to amend Article SEVENTH to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “ARTICLE SEVENTH. [RESERVED].”
G. Article TENTH of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to delete the text of Article TENTH and to amend Article TENTH to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “ARTICLE TENTH. [RESERVED].”
H. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to add a new Article FOURTEENTH immediately following Article THIRTEENTH, such article to read in its entirety as set forth below:
     “ARTICLE FOURTEENTH
     S ection 1. At any time the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2009, by and among the Corporation, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. and CD&R Friends & Family Fund VIII, L.P., as amended from time to time (the “Stockholders Agreement”), is in effect, if the number of Investor Directors (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) then serving on the Board of Directors is not equal to the Investor Director Number (as defined in the

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Stockholders Agreement), then (x) each CD&R Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) then serving on the Board of Directors shall have, on all matters, that number of votes equal to (i) the Investor Director Number less the number of Investor Independent Directors (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and Other Investor Directors (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) divided by (ii) the number of CD&R Directors then serving on the Board of Directors and (y) each director then serving on the Board of Directors other than a CD&R Director shall have one vote on all matters; provided, that, if there is no CD&R Director then serving on the Board of Directors, then (a) each Investor Director then serving on the Board of Directors shall have, on all matters, that number of votes equal to (i) the Investor Director Number divided by (ii) the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board of Directors and (b) each director then serving on the Board of Directors other than an Investor Director shall have one vote on all matters. In the event that the limitations and requirements imposed by law, regulation or the rules of a stock exchange on which the securities of the Corporation are quoted or listed for trading impose independence requirements on the directors then serving on the Board of Directors, or on the composition of the Board of Directors, would be violated if the Investor Directors have more than one vote pursuant to the preceding sentence of this Article Fourteenth, Section 1, then (a) each Investor Director then serving on the Board of Directors that meets the independence requirements imposed by such law, regulation or rule shall have, on all matters, that number of votes equal to (i) the Investor Director Number less the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board of Directors who do not meet the independence requirements imposed by such law, regulation or rule divided by (ii) the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board of Directors who meet the independence requirements imposed by such law, regulation or rule shall have one vote on all matters and (b) each director then serving on the Board of Directors other than the Investor Directors then serving on the Board of Directors that meets the independence requirements imposed by such law, regulation or rule shall have one vote on all matters.
     S ection 2. At any time that any Investor Director has more than one vote pursuant to this Article Fourteenth, all references in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation and any other charter document of the Corporation, as each may be amended from time to time, to “a majority of the directors,” “a majority of the directors then in office,” “a majority of the remaining directors,” “a majority of the entire Board of Directors,” “a majority of the total number of directors “ and similar phrases shall be interpreted to give effect to the proportional voting provisions of this Article Fourteenth on all matters such that (a) the references to “directors” or “Board of Directors” shall mean a number of directors equal to the number of directors that are not Investor Directors then serving on the Board of Directors, plus the then applicable Investor

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Director Number and (ii) the references to “majority” shall mean a majority of the aggregate number of votes to which each director is entitled pursuant to this Article Fourteenth.”
     FOURTH: The amendments that this Certificate of Amendment is effecting were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.
     FIFTH: In accordance with Section 103(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this amendment shall become effective at 6:01 p.m. (EST) on March 5, 2010.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer on this 4th day of March, 2010.
         
  NCI Building Systems, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Todd R. Moore    
    Name:   Todd R. Moore   
    Title:   Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary 
 
 

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Exhibit 4.5
Execution Copy
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Amended and Restated effective December 1, 2009)
[CONFORMED COPY INCLUDING FIRST THROUGH FIFTH AMENDMENTS]

 


 

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ARTICLE 1 Definitions
    1  
ARTICLE 2 Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
    8  
2.1 Selection by Administrator
    8  
2.2 Enrollment and Eligibility Requirements; Commencement of Participation
    9  
ARTICLE 3 Deferral Commitments/Company Contribution Amounts/Company Restoration Matching Amounts /Vesting/Crediting/Taxes
    10  
3.1 Minimum Deferrals
    10  
3.2 Maximum Deferral
    10  
3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form
    10  
3.4 Withholding and Crediting of Annual Deferral Amounts
    12  
3.5 Company Contribution Amount
    12  
3.6 Company Restoration Matching Amount
    12  
3.7 Crediting of Amounts after Benefit Distribution
    13  
3.8 Vesting
    13  
3.9 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances
    15  
3.10 FICA and Other Taxes
    16  
ARTICLE 4 Scheduled Distribution; Unforeseeable Emergencies
    17  
4.1 Scheduled Distribution
    17  
4.2 Postponing Scheduled Distributions
    18  
4.3 Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Scheduled Distributions
    18  
4.4 Unforeseeable Emergencies
    18  
4.5 Distributions from the Company Stock Fund
    19  
ARTICLE 5 Change In Control Benefit
    19  
5.1 Change in Control Benefit
    19  
5.2 Payment of Change in Control Benefit
    20  
ARTICLE 6 Retirement Benefit
    20  
6.1 Retirement Benefit
    20  
6.2 Payment of Retirement Benefit
    20  
ARTICLE 7 Termination Benefit
    21  
7.1 Termination Benefit
    21  
7.2 Payment of Termination Benefit
    21  
ARTICLE 8 Disability Benefit
    21  
8.1 Disability Benefit
    21  
8.2 Payment of Disability Benefit
    21  
ARTICLE 9 Death Benefit
    22  
9.1 Death Benefit
    22  
9.2 Payment of Death Benefit
    22  
ARTICLE 10 Beneficiary Designation
    22  
10.1 Beneficiary
    22  
10.2 Beneficiary Designation
    22  
10.3 Acknowledgement
    22  
10.4 No Beneficiary Designation
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10.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary
    22  
10.6 Discharge of Obligations
    23  
ARTICLE 11 Leave of Absence
    23  
11.1 Paid Leave of Absence
    23  
11.2 Unpaid Leave of Absence
    23  
11.3 Leaves Resulting in Separation from Service
    23  
ARTICLE 12 Termination of Plan, Amendment or Modification
    24  
12.1 Termination of Plan
    24  
12.2 Amendment
    24  
12.3 Plan Agreement
    25  
12.4 Effect of Payment
    25  
ARTICLE 13 Administration
    25  
13.1 Administrator Duties
    25  
13.2 Administration Upon Change In Control
    25  
13.3 Agents
    26  
13.4 Binding Effect of Decisions
    26  
13.5 Indemnity of Administrator
    26  
13.6 Employer Information
    26  
ARTICLE 14 Other Benefits and Agreements
    26  
14.1 Coordination with Other Benefits
    26  
ARTICLE 15 Claims Procedures
    27  
15.1 Presentation of Claim
    27  
15.2 Notification of Decision
    27  
15.3 Review of a Denied Claim
    28  
15.4 Decision on Review
    28  
15.5 Legal Action
    28  
ARTICLE 16 Trust
    29  
16.1 Establishment of the Trust
    29  
16.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust
    29  
16.3 Distributions From the Trust
    29  
16.4 Common Stock for the Company Stock Fund
    29  
ARTICLE 17 Miscellaneous
    29  
17.1 Status of Plan
    29  
17.2 Unsecured General Creditor
    29  
17.3 Employer’s Liability
    30  
17.4 Nonassignability
    30  
17.5 Not a Contract of Employment
    30  
17.6 Furnishing Information
    30  
17.7 Terms
    30  
17.8 Captions
    31  
17.9 Governing Law
    31  
17.10 Notice
    31  
17.11 Successors
    31  
17.12 Spouse’s Interest
    31  
17.13 Validity
    31  

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17.14 Incompetent
    32  
17.15 Court Order
    32  
17.16 Distribution in the Event of Income Inclusion Under 409A
    32  
17.17 Deduction Limitation on Benefit Payments
    32  
17.18 Insurance
    33  
17.19 Limitation of Rights
    33  

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NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Amended and Restated effective December 1, 2009)
Purpose
     The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to Directors and a select group of management or highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
     This Plan, which was originally effective December 8, 2005, was amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2007 and as of August 19, 2008. The terms of the Plan, as amended and restated effective as of December 1, 2009, shall govern all amounts accrued under the Plan. The Plan is intended to comply with all applicable law, including Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, and shall be operated and interpreted in accordance with this intention. Consistent with the foregoing, and in order to transition to the provisions of the Plan, as amended, as well as to the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, the Administrator has utilized or made available to Participants certain transition relief described more fully in Appendix A of this Plan.
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
     For the purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings:
1.1   “Account Balance” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, an entry on the records of the Employer equal to the sum of the Participant’s Annual Accounts. The Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
 
1.2   “Administrative Committee” shall mean the Administrative Committee appointed by the Committee or the Board of Directors of the Company to assist with the administration of this Plan.
 
1.3   “Administrator” shall mean the Administrator described in Article 13 and appointed by the Administrative Committee.
 
1.4   “Annual Account” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, an entry on the records of the Employer equal to the following amount: (i) the sum of the Participant’s Annual Deferral Amount, Company Contribution Amount and Company Restoration Matching Amount for any one Plan Year, plus (ii) amounts credited or debited to such amounts pursuant to this Plan, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary

 


 

    pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Annual Account for such Plan Year. The Annual Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
1.5   “Annual Deferral Amount” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Base Salary, Bonus, Director Fees and such other compensation that is eligible for deferral as designated by the Administrative Committee, which a Participant elects to defer for any one Plan Year in accordance with Article 3, without regard to whether such amounts are withheld and credited during such Plan Year. In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.
 
1.6   “Annual Installment Method” shall be an annual installment payment over the number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows: (i) for the first annual installment, the vested portion of each Annual Account shall be calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, and (ii) for remaining annual installments, the vested portion of each applicable Annual Account shall be calculated on every anniversary of such calculation date, as applicable. Each annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the remaining number of annual payments due to the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant elects a ten (10) year Annual Installment Method as the form of Retirement Benefit for an Annual Account, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the vested balance of such Annual Account, calculated as described in this definition. The following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the vested balance of such Annual Account, calculated as described in this definition.
 
1.7   “Base Salary” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, excluding distributions from nonqualified deferred compensation plans, bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock units, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, director fees and other fees, and automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or nonqualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the Participant’s gross income under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Employee.
 
1.8   “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts or trustees of a trust, partnership, corporation, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, estates or other

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    entities, designated in accordance with Article 10, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant.
1.9   “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Administrator that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Administrator to designate one or more Beneficiaries.
 
1.10   “Benefit Distribution Date” shall mean a date that triggers distribution of a Participant’s vested benefits. A Benefit Distribution Date for a Participant shall be determined upon the occurrence of any one of the following:
  (a)   If the Participant Retires, the Benefit Distribution Date for his or her vested Account Balance shall be (i) the last day of the six-month period immediately following the date on which the Participant Retires if the Participant is a Key Employee, and (ii) for all other Participants, the date on which the Participant Retires; provided, however, in the event the Participant changes the Retirement Benefit election for one or more Annual Accounts in accordance with Section 6.2(b), the Benefit Distribution Date for such Annual Account(s) shall be postponed in accordance with such section 6.2(b); or
 
  (b)   If the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment, the Benefit Distribution Date for his or her vested Account Balance shall be (i) the last day of the six-month period immediately following the date on which the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment if the Participant is a Key Employee, and (ii) for all other Participants, the date on which the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment; or
 
  (c)   If the Participant dies prior to the complete distribution of his or her vested Account Balance, the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date shall be the date on which the Administrator is provided with proof that is satisfactory to the Administrator of the Beneficiary’s status; or
 
  (d)   If the Participant becomes Disabled, the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date shall be the date on which the Participant becomes Disabled; or
 
  (e)   If a Change in Control occurs prior to the Participant’s Termination of Employment, Retirement, death or Disability, the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date shall be the date on which the Company experiences a Change in Control, if the Employee has previously elected to receive the Change in Control Benefit described in Article V, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. If the Participant has not made a prior election to receive the Change in Control Benefit, then it will be paid in accordance with the remaining provisions of this Plan (i.e. as a Scheduled Distribution or upon Termination of Employment, Retirement, death or Disability).

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1.11   “Bonus” shall mean any cash compensation, in addition to Base Salary, earned by a Participant for services rendered during a Plan Year, under any Employer’s annual bonus and cash incentive plans.
 
1.12   “Change in Control” shall mean any “change in control event” as defined in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations to the extent applicable to the Company.
 
1.13   “Change in Control Benefit” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 5.
 
1.14   “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.
 
1.15   “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.
 
1.16   “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
1.17   “Company” shall mean NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.
 
1.18   “Company Contribution Amount” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5.
 
1.19   “Company Restoration Matching Amount” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6.
 
1.20   “Company Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
 
1.21   “Company Stock Fund” shall mean an investment fund consisting of notional shares of Company Stock.
 
1.22   “Death Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 9.
 
1.23   “Director” shall mean any member of the board of directors of the Company. A Director who is also an Employee shall be considered an Employee for all purposes with respect to Base Salary and Bonus deferrals and shall be considered a Director for all purposes with respect to deferrals of any Director Fees.
 
1.24   “Director Fees” shall mean the annual fees earned by a Director from any Employer, including retainer fees and meetings fees, as compensation for serving on the board of directors.
 
1.25   “Disability” or “Disabled” shall be defined as follows:
  (a)   For purposes of determining a Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date described in Section 1.10(d) and whether a Participant qualifies for the benefit set forth in

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      Article 8, “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean a physical or mental condition that qualifies as a total and permanent disability under the employer’s long term disability plan and which satisfies the definition of disability under Code Section 409A.
  (b)   For the sole purpose of applying the vesting provisions of Section 3.8(d), “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean (i) a period of disability during which a Participant qualifies for permanent disability benefits under the Participant’s Employer’s long-term disability plan, or (ii) if a Participant does not participate in such a plan, a period of disability during which the Participant is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
1.26   “Disability Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.
 
1.27   “Election Form” shall mean the form, which may be in electronic format, established from time to time by the Administrator that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Administrator to make an election under the Plan.
 
1.28   “Employee” shall mean a full-time, regular salaried employee eligible.
 
1.29   “Employer(s)” shall mean the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.
 
1.30   “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.
 
1.31   “401(k) Plan” shall mean, with respect to an Employer, a plan qualified under Code Section 401(a) that contains a cash or deferral arrangement described in Code Section 401(k), adopted by the Employer, as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor thereto.
 
1.32   “Key Employee” shall mean any Participant who is a “key employee” (as defined in Code Section 416(i) without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) of any Employer whose stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, as determined by the Administrator based upon the 12-month period ending on each December 31 st (such 12-month period is referred to below as the “identification period”). All Participants who are determined to be key employees under Code Section 416(i) (without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) during the identification period shall be treated as Key Employees for purposes of the Plan during the 12-month period that begins on the first day of the 4 th month following the close of such identification period.
 
1.33   “Multiple Distribution Method” shall be a distribution method in the form of payments over the number of years selected by the Participant with respect to any Annual Account. Under the Multiple Distribution Method, for the first payment with respect to an Annual Account, the vested portion of the Annual Account shall be calculated as of the close of business on the business date immediately preceding the Participant’s Scheduled

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    Distribution Date, and the payment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by the distribution percentage designated by the Participant. In subsequent years, the payment shall be calculated by (i) multiplying (A) the total of the amount or amounts distributed in prior years from the Annual Account and the vested portion of the Annual Account as of the close of business on the business date immediately preceding the Participant’s relevant Scheduled Distribution Date by (B) a percentage equal to the total of the percentages for all prior Scheduled Distributions with respect to that Annual Account and the percentage elected for the current Scheduled Distribution, reduced by (ii) the total of the amount or amounts distributed in prior years from the Annual Account (but not below zero). If the Participant had elected Scheduled Distributions totaling 100% for any Annual Account under the Multiple Distribution Method, then the final Scheduled Distribution shall be the balance of the Participant’s Annual Account as of the close of business on the business date immediately preceding the Scheduled Distribution Date.
1.34   “Participant” shall mean any Employee or Director (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan by the Committee, (ii) who submits an executed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form, if required by and accepted by the Administrator, and (iii) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated.
 
1.35   “Phantom Investment Fund” shall mean the measurement funds selected by the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, which can include mutual funds or any other investment or fund approved by the Administrative Committee. The Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, will determine whether there will be one or more than one Phantom Investment Fund. As necessary, the Administrative Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Phantom Investment Fund. Each such action will take effect as of the date specified by the Administrative Committee after giving Participants advance written notice of such change. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Participant’s Account Balance attributable to amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2006 and which are not invested in or allocated to the Company Stock Fund, shall be allocated into the single or multiple Phantom Investment Funds designated by the Administrative Committee as the default Phantom Investment Funds for such purpose. Such Account Balances shall remain allocated into the default Phantom Investment Funds until such time as the Participants select their own Phantom Investment Funds.
 
1.36   “Plan” shall mean the NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time.
 
1.37   “Plan Agreement” shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the Participant’s Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be different for any

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    Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the Employer and the Participant.
1.38   “Plan Year” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.
 
1.39   “Retirement”, “Retire(s)” or “Retired” shall be defined as follows:
  (a)   For purposes of determining a Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date described in Section 1.10(a) and whether a Participant qualifies for the benefit set forth in Article 6, ‘Retirement’, ‘Retire(s)’ or ‘Retired’ shall mean, with respect to an Employee, separation from service with all Employers for any reason other than death or Disability, as determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, on or after the earlier of (i) the attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59 1/2) with at least twenty-five (25) full Years of Service or (ii) the attainment of age sixty-five (65); and shall mean with respect to a Director who is not an Employee, separation from service as a Director with all Employers. If a Participant is both an Employee and a Director, Retirement shall not occur until he or she Retires as both an Employee and a Director.
 
  (b)   For the sole purpose of applying the vesting provisions of Section 3.8(d), ‘Retirement’, ‘Retire(s)’ or ‘Retired’ shall mean the separation from service with all Employers for any reason other than death or Disability on or after the earlier of (i) the attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59 1/2) with at least twenty-five (25) full Years of Service or (ii) the attainment of age sixty-five (65).
1.40   “Retirement Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 6 due to Retirement.
 
1.41   “Scheduled Distribution” and “Scheduled Distribution Date” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 4.1.
 
1.42   “Subsidiary” means any entity with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Section 414(b) of the Code.
 
1.43   “Terminate the Plan”, “Termination of the Plan” shall mean a determination by an Employer’s board of directors that (i) all of its Participants shall no longer be eligible to participate in the Plan, (ii) no new deferral elections for such Participants shall be permitted, and (iii) such Participants shall no longer be eligible to receive company contributions under this Plan or such earlier date as the Committee terminates the Plan.
 
1.44   “Termination Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7 due to Termination of Employment.

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1.45   “Termination of Employment” shall mean the separation from service with all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death, as determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations. If a Participant is both an Employee and a Director, a Termination of Employment shall occur only upon the termination of the last position held.
 
1.46   “Trust” shall mean one or more trusts established by the Company in accordance with Article 16.
 
1.47   “Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship of the Participant or his or her Beneficiary resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant or Beneficiary, the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s spouse, or the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)), (ii) a loss of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s property due to casualty, or (iii) such other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator as meeting the definition of “unforeseeable emergency” under Code Section 409A, related Treasury pronouncements and any successor rulings. Furthermore, the Administrator shall have the authority to require a Participant to provide such proof as it deems necessary to establish the existence and significant nature of the Participant’s unforeseeable emergency.
 
1.48   “Years of Service” shall mean the total number of full years in which a Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period (or 366 day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of employment, commences on the Employee’s date of hiring and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. The Administrator shall make a determination as to whether any partial year of employment shall be counted as a Year of Service.
ARTICLE 2
Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
2.1   Selection by Committee . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Directors and, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, a select group of management or highly compensated Employees who may participate in this Plan. A designation of an Employee to participate with respect to a particular Plan Year shall not automatically entitle such Participant to participate with respect to any other Plan Year. The Committee may from time to time establish additional eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other Plan provision, participation in the Plan shall not confer on a Participant the right to invest in the

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    Company Stock Fund, unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, designates such Participant as also eligible to invest in the Company Stock Fund.
2.2   Enrollment and Eligibility Requirements; Commencement of Participation .
  (a)   As a condition to participation, each Director or selected Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan effective as of the first day of a Plan Year shall complete, execute and return to the Administrator a Plan Agreement and an Election Form, prior to the first day of such Plan Year, or such other deadline as may be established by the Administrator in its sole discretion subject to the requirements of Section 409A. In addition, the Administrator shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary.
 
  (b)   As a condition to participation, a Director or selected Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan after the first day of a Plan Year must complete, execute and return to the Administrator a Plan Agreement and an Election Form within thirty (30) days after he or she first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, or within such other deadline as may be established by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, subject to the requirements of Section 409A. In such event, such person’s participation in this Plan shall not commence earlier than the date determined by the Administrator pursuant to Section 2.2(c) and such person shall not be permitted to defer under this Plan any portion of compensation attributable to services performed prior to his or her participation commencement date, except to the extent permissible under Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.
 
  (c)   Each Director or selected Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan shall commence participation in the Plan on the date that the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that the Director or Employee has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Administrator, including returning all required documents to the Administrator within the specified time period. A Director or selected Employee who has met the enrollment requirements established by the Administrator may subsequently change any initial deferral election by submitting a new Election Form to the Administrator no later than the date on which the initial deferral election becomes irrevocable as set forth in Section 3.3. The Administrator shall process such Participant’s deferral election as soon as Administratively practicable after such deferral election is submitted to and accepted by the Administrator.
 
  (d)   If a Director or an Employee fails to meet all requirements contained in this Section 2.2 within the period required, that Director or Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Plan Year.

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ARTICLE 3
Deferral Commitments/Company Contribution Amounts/
Company Restoration Matching Amounts/ Vesting/Crediting/Taxes
3.1   Minimum Deferrals .
      Annual Deferral Amount . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees in the following minimum amounts for each deferral elected:
         
Deferral   Minimum Amount
Base Salary and/or Bonus
  $5,000 aggregate
Director Fees
  $ 0  
     If the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, prior to the beginning of a Plan Year that a Participant has made an election for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.
3.2   Maximum Deferral.
  (a)   Annual Deferral Amount . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral elected:
     
Deferral   Maximum Percentage
Base Salary
  80%
Bonus
  90%
Director Fees
  100%
  (b)   Short Plan Year . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount shall be limited to the amount of compensation not yet earned by the Participant as of the date the Participant submits a Plan Agreement and Election Form to the Administrator for acceptance, except to the extent permissible under Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.
3.3   Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form .
  (a)   First Year of Plan Participation . In connection with a Participant’s commencement of elective participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the Administrator deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant,

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      timely delivered to the Administrator (in accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Administrator.
  (b)   Subsequent Plan Years of Participation . For each succeeding Plan Year of participation, a Participant may elect to defer Base Salary, Bonus and Director Fees and such other compensation that is eligible for deferral as designated by the Administrative Committee, and may make such other elections as the Administrator deems necessary or desirable under the Plan by timely delivering an Election Form to the Administrator, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the December 31st preceding the Plan Year in which such compensation is earned, or before such other deadline established by the Administrator in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations. With respect to compensation earned over one or more consecutive fiscal years of an Employer that is not payable during the service period, the Administrator may determine that a Participant may defer such compensation by making an election before the last day of the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year in which the services are performed.
     Any deferral election(s) made in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) shall be irrevocable as of the last day of the election period; provided, however, that if the Administrator requires Participants to make a deferral election for “performance-based compensation” by the deadline(s) described above, it may, in its sole discretion, and in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, permit a Participant to subsequently change his or her deferral election for such compensation by submitting an Election Form to the Administrator no later than the deadline established by the Administrator pursuant to Section 3.3(c) below.
  (c)   Performance-Based Compensation . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, determine that an irrevocable deferral election pertaining to “performance-based compensation” based on services performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, may be made by timely delivering an Election Form to the Administrator, in accordance with its rules and procedures, no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance service period for which the performance bonus is paid, and prior elections will become irrevocable as of such date. “Performance-based compensation” shall be compensation, the payment or amount of which is contingent on pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria, which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations. In order to be eligible to make a deferral election for performance-based compensation, a Participant must perform services continuously from a date no later than the date upon which the performance criteria for such compensation are established through the date upon which the Participant makes a deferral election for such compensation. In no event shall an election to defer performance-based compensation be permitted after such compensation has become both substantially certain to be paid and readily ascertainable.

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  (d)   Compensation Subject to Risk of Forfeiture. With respect to compensation (i) to which a Participant has a legally binding right to payment in a subsequent year, and (ii) that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least twelve (12) months from the date the Participant obtains the legally binding right, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, determine that an irrevocable deferral election for such compensation may be made by timely delivering an Election Form to the Administrator in accordance with its rules and procedures, no later than the 30 th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve (12) months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse.
3.4   Withholding and Crediting of Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year, the Base Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Salary. The Bonus and/or Director Fees portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Bonus or Director Fees are or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself. Annual Deferral Amounts shall be credited to the Participant’s Annual Account for such Plan Year at the time such amounts would otherwise have been paid to the Participant.
 
3.5   Company Contribution Amount .
  (a)   For each Plan Year, an Employer may be required to credit amounts to a Participant’s Annual Account in accordance with employment or other agreements entered into between the Participant and the Employer, which amounts shall be part of the Participant’s Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. Such amounts shall be credited to the Participant’s Annual Account for the applicable Plan Year on the date or dates prescribed by such agreements.
 
  (b)   For each Plan Year, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, credit any amount it desires to any Participant’s Annual Account under this Plan, which amount shall be part of the Participant’s Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The Participant must have elected to make deferrals under this Plan in order to be eligible for the Company Contribution Amount. The amount so credited to a Participant may be smaller or larger than the amount credited to any other Participant, and the amount credited to any Participant for a Plan Year may be zero, even though one or more other Participants receive a Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The Company Contribution Amount described in this Section 3.5(b), if any, shall be credited to the Participant’s Annual Account for the applicable Plan Year on a date or dates to be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.
3.6   Company Restoration Matching Amount . A Participant’s Company Restoration Matching Amount for any Plan Year shall be an amount determined by the

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    Administrator, in its sole discretion, to make up for certain limits applicable to the 401(k) Plan, as identified by the Administrator; provided, that any such amounts credited to a Participant hereunder shall be determined in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A, if applicable. The amount so credited to a Participant for any Plan Year (i) may be smaller or larger than the amount credited to any other Participant (and may be zero), and (ii) may differ from the amount credited to such Participant in the preceding Plan Year. The Participant’s Company Restoration Matching Amount, if any, shall be credited to the Participant’s Annual Account for the applicable Plan Year on a date or dates to be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. In order to receive the Company Restoration Matching Amount, a Participant must have made an irrevocable election to participate in the 401(k) Plan for the Plan Year with respect to which the Company Restoration Matching Amount is credited under this Plan, at a level of pre-tax contributions not less than 6% of eligible compensation, prior to the first day of such Plan Year.
 
3.7   Crediting of Amounts after Benefit Distribution . Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, should the complete distribution of a Participant’s vested Account Balance occur prior to the date on which any portion of (i) the Annual Deferral Amount that a Participant has elected to defer in accordance with Section 3.3, (ii) the Company Contribution Amount or (iii) the Company Restoration Matching Amount, would otherwise be credited to the Participant’s Account Balance, such amounts shall not be credited to the Participant’s Account Balance, but may, in the Administrative Committee’s sole discretion, be paid to the Participant in a manner determined by the Administrative Committee.
 
3.8   Vesting .
  (a)   A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in the portion of his or her Account Balance attributable to Annual Deferral Amounts.
 
  (b)   A Participant shall vest in each Company Contribution Amount, plus amounts credited and debited on such amount, in accordance with the schedule below based on the number of full Plan Years following the Plan Year to which the contribution relates. However, on or prior to the date on which a Participant is awarded a Company Contribution Amount for a Plan Year, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate a different vesting schedule in lieu of the schedule described below that will apply to such Company Contribution Amount. Unless otherwise declared by the Committee, a new vesting schedule shall apply to each Company Contribution Amount.

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Plan Years Following Year to
which Contribution Relates
  Vested Percentage
Less than 1 year
    0 %
1 year or more, but less than 2 years
    33 1/3 %
2 years or more, but less than 3 years
    66 2/3 %
3 years or more
    100 %
  (c)   A Participant shall be vested in the portion of his or her Account Balance attributable to any Company Restoration Matching Amounts, plus amounts credited or debited on such amounts (pursuant to Section 3.9), only to the extent that the Participant is vested in employer matching contributions allocated to him under the 401(k) Plan, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
  (d)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.8, in the event of a Change in Control, or upon a Participant’s Retirement, death while employed by an Employer, or Disability (as defined in Section 1.25(b)), any amounts that are not vested in accordance with Sections 3.8(b) or 3.8(c) above, shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is not already vested in accordance with the above vesting schedules).
 
  (e)   Notwithstanding subsection 3.8(d) above, the vesting schedules described in Sections 3.8(b) and 3.8(c) shall not be accelerated upon a Change in Control to the extent that the Administrator determines that such acceleration would cause the deduction limitations of Section 280G of the Code to become effective. In the event of such a determination, the Participant may request independent verification of the Administrator’s calculations with respect to the application of Section 280G. In such case, the Administrator must provide to the Participant within ninety (90) days of such a request an opinion from a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Participant (the “Accounting Firm”). The opinion shall state the Accounting Firm’s opinion that any limitation in the vested percentage hereunder is necessary to avoid the limits of Section 280G and contain supporting calculations. The cost of such opinion shall be paid for by the Company.
 
  (f)   Section 3.8(e) shall not prevent the acceleration of the vesting schedules described in Sections 3.8(b) and 3.8(c) if such Participant is entitled to a “gross-up” payment, to eliminate the effect of the Code section 4999 excise tax, pursuant to his or her employment agreement or other agreement entered into between such Participant and the Employer.

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  (g)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Committee or the Board of Directors of the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting schedule applicable to all or any portion of a Participant’s Account Balance.
3.9   Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances . In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Account Balance in accordance with the following rules:
  (a)   Phantom Investment Portfolio Program . The Participant may elect one or more of the Phantom Investment Funds and the Company Stock Fund, for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts to his or her Account Balance provided that Participants may elect the Company Stock Fund, only if designated by the Committee in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Plan.
 
  (b)   Election of Phantom Investment Funds . A Participant, in connection with his or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.3(a) above, shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Phantom Investment Fund(s) and the Company Stock Fund (as described in Section 3.9(a) above) to be used to determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account Balance. If a Participant does not elect any of the Phantom Investment Funds or the Company Stock Fund, as described in the previous sentence, the Participant’s Account Balance shall automatically be allocated into the Phantom Investment Fund designated as the default Phantom Investment Fund by the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion. The Participant may (but is not required to) elect, by submitting an Election Form to the Administrator that is accepted by the Administrator, to add or delete one or more Phantom Investment Fund(s) and the Company Stock Fund to be used to determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account Balance, or to change the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Phantom Investment Fund or the Company Stock Fund, provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, an allocation to the Company Stock Fund pursuant to a Participant’s election shall be irrevocable and the Participant may not thereafter reallocate such amount to any of the Phantom Investment Funds. If an election is made in accordance with the previous sentence, it shall apply as of the first business day deemed reasonably practicable by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and shall continue thereafter for each subsequent day in which the Participant participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance with the previous sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose limitations on the frequency with which one or more of the Phantom Investment Funds elected in accordance with this Section 3.9(b) may be added or deleted by such Participant; furthermore, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose limitations on the frequency with which the Participant may change the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Phantom Investment Fund or the Company Stock Fund.

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  (c)   Proportionate Allocation . In making any election described in Section 3.9(b) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of one percent (1%), the percentage of his or her Annual Deferral Amount and Account Balance, as applicable, to be allocated/reallocated.
 
  (d)   Crediting or Debiting Method . The performance of each Phantom Investment Fund and the Company Stock Fund (either positive or negative) will be determined on a daily basis based on the manner in which such Participant’s Account Balance has been hypothetically allocated among the Phantom Investment Funds and the Company Stock Fund by the Participant. Any dividends attributable to Company Stock shall be credited to the Participant’s Company Stock Fund as of the record date and shall be paid in accordance with Article 4 of the Plan.
 
  (e)   No Actual Investment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in Section 16.4 of the Plan, the Phantom Investment Funds and the Company Stock Fund are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Phantom Investment Fund and Company Stock Fund, the allocation of his or her Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Account Balance shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such Phantom Investment Fund or Company Stock Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in the Trust, if any), in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the investments on which the Phantom Investment Funds or Company Stock Fund are based, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust, if any; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.
 
  (f)   Allocation to the Company Stock Fund . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan and subject to distribution pursuant to Article 4, 5, 6, 7, ,8 or 9. any allocation of a Participant’s Account Balance, into the Company Stock Fund, shall be irrevocable unless the Committee determines otherwise.
3.10   FICA and Other Taxes .
  (a)   Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Salary and/or Bonus that is

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      not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Administrator may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.10.
  (b)   Company Restoration Matching Amounts and Company Contribution Amounts . When a Participant becomes vested in a portion of his or her Account Balance attributable to any Company Restoration Matching Amounts and/or Company Contribution Amounts, the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such amounts. Alternatively, the Participant’s Employer may withhold at the end of the calendar year or within 3 months after the end of the calendar year from the Participants Base Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in order to comply with this Section 3.10. If the end of the calendar year or the three month method described above is used, FICA and other employment taxes must also be paid with respect to interest earned on the deferrals.
 
  (c)   Distributions . The Participant’s Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, if any, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, if any, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the trustee of the Trust, if any.
ARTICLE 4
Scheduled Distribution; Unforeseeable Emergencies
4.1   Scheduled Distribution . In connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a Scheduled Distribution from the Plan in the form of a lump sum or under the Multiple Distribution Method with respect to (i) the Annual Deferral Amount, (ii) the vested portion of the Company Contribution Amount attributable to the Plan Year to which the deferral election relates and (iii) the vested portion of the Company Restoration Matching Amount attributable to the Plan Year to which the deferral election relates. The Scheduled Distribution shall be made in accordance with this Section 4.1, in an amount that is equal to the portion of the Annual Deferral Amount, the vested portion of the Company Contribution Amount and the vested portion of the Company Restoration Matching Amount that the Participant elected to have distributed as a Scheduled Distribution, plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.9 above on such amounts, payable in a lump sum or calculated in accordance with the Multiple Distribution Method. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Plan, each Scheduled Distribution elected shall be paid out during a sixty (60) day period commencing immediately after the “Scheduled Distribution Date.” The “Scheduled Distribution Date” shall be the first day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant. The Plan Year designated by the Participant must be

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    at least three (3) Plan Years after the end of the Plan Year to which the amounts subject to the Scheduled Distribution election relate, unless otherwise provided on an Election Form approved by the Administrator in its sole discretion. By way of example, if a Scheduled Distribution is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are earned in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 2007, the earliest Scheduled Distribution Date that may be designated by a Participant would be January 1, 2011, and the Scheduled Distribution would become payable during the sixty (60) day period commencing immediately after such Scheduled Distribution Date. A Participant may elect to receive the Scheduled Distribution for each Annual Account in the form of the Multiple Distribution Method; provided, however, that the maximum number of Scheduled Distribution Dates that are unpaid and due to a Participant from his entire Account Balance prior to termination of employment is ten.
4.2   Postponing Scheduled Distributions . A Participant may elect to postpone all or a portion of a Scheduled Distribution described in Section 4.1 above, and have such amount paid out during a sixty (60) day period commencing immediately after an allowable alternative distribution date designated by the Participant in accordance with this Section 4.2. In order to make this election, the Participant must submit a new Scheduled Distribution Election Form to the Administrator in accordance with the following criteria:
  (a)   Such Scheduled Distribution Election Form must be submitted to and accepted by the Administrator in its sole discretion at least twelve (12) months prior to the Participant’s previously designated Scheduled Distribution Date;
 
  (b)   The new Scheduled Distribution Date selected by the Participant must be the first day of a Plan Year, and must be at least five years after the previously designated Scheduled Distribution Date; and
 
  (c)   The election of the new Scheduled Distribution Date shall have no effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the election is made.
4.3   Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Scheduled Distributions . Should a Benefit Distribution Date occur that triggers a benefit under Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, any Annual Deferral Amount that is subject to a Scheduled Distribution election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in accordance with Section 4.1, but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Article. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator shall interpret this Section 4.3 in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations.
 
4.4   Unforeseeable Emergencies .
  (a)   If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may petition the Administrator to receive a partial or full payout from the Plan, subject to the provisions set forth below.

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  (b)   The payout, if any, from the Plan shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Participant’s vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the date on which the amount becomes payable, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, or (ii) the amount necessary to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay Federal, state, or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may not receive a payout from the Plan to the extent that the Unforeseeable Emergency is or may be relieved (A) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (B) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship or (C) by cessation of deferrals under this Plan.
 
  (c)   If the Administrator, in its sole discretion, approves a Participant’s petition for payout from the Plan, the Participant shall receive a payout from the Plan within sixty (60) days of the date of such approval, and the Participant’s deferrals under the Plan shall be terminated as of the date of such approval.
 
  (d)   In addition, a Participant’s deferral elections under this Plan shall be terminated to the extent the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that termination of such Participant’s deferral elections is required pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.401(k)-1(d)(3) for the Participant to obtain a hardship distribution from an Employer’s 401(k) Plan. If the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that a termination of the Participant’s deferrals is required in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Participant’s deferrals shall be terminated as soon as Administratively practicable following the date on which such determination is made.
 
  (e)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator shall interpret all provisions relating to a payout and/or termination of deferrals under this Section 4.4 in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations.
4.5   Distributions from the Company Stock Fund . Notwithstanding any other Plan provision, a Participant shall receive a distribution of the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to the Company Stock Fund in the number of whole shares of Common Stock that are reflected as a bookkeeping entry as of the date of the Participant’s distribution, with any fractional share to be paid in cash, subject to applicable withholding pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Plan.
ARTICLE 5
Change in Control Benefit
5.1   Change in Control Benefit . If a Change in Control occurs prior to a Participant’s Termination of Employment, Retirement, death or Disability, a Participant’s deferral elections shall immediately terminate with respect to any prospective compensation

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    payable after the Change in Control, and the Participant shall be entitled to receive a Change in Control Benefit, which shall be equal to the Participant’s vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a Participant whose deferral elections ceased with respect to prospective compensation payable after a Change of Control and who would otherwise continue to be, or subsequently is designated as, an eligible Employee following the Change in Control, may elect to enroll in the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 for any Plan Year beginning after the effective date of the Change in Control for which the Participant is an eligible Employee.
 
5.2   Payment of Change in Control Benefit . The Change in Control Benefit, if any, shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum payment no later than ten (10) days after the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date.
ARTICLE 6
Retirement Benefit
6.1   Retirement Benefit . A Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
6.2   Payment of Retirement Benefit .
  (a)   In connection with a Participant’s election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, the Participant shall elect the form in which his or her Annual Account for such Plan Year will be paid. Subject to the provisions set forth in 6.2(c), a Participant may elect to receive each Annual Account as a Retirement Benefit in the form of a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of five (5) or ten (10) years. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of an Annual Account, then the Participant shall be deemed to have elected to receive such Annual Account as a lump sum.
 
  (b)   A Participant may change the form of payment for an Annual Account by submitting an Election Form to the Administrator in accordance with the following criteria:
  (i)   The election to modify the form of payment for such Annual Account shall have no effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the election is made; and
 
  (ii)   The first payment related to such Annual Account shall be delayed at least five (5) years from the originally scheduled Benefit Distribution Date for such Annual Account, as described in Section 1.10(a).

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     For purposes of applying the requirements above, the right to receive an Annual Account in installment payments shall be treated as the entitlement to a single payment. The Administrator shall interpret all provisions relating to an election described in this Section 6.2 in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.
  (c)   The Election Form most recently accepted by the Administrator that has become effective shall govern the payout of the applicable Annual Account; provided, however, that if the value of Participant’s vested Annual Account balance is less than $50,000 at the time of the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, the Participant’s vested Annual Account balance shall be distributed to the Participant in a lump sum payment notwithstanding a Participant’s election to receive an Annual Account in installment payments.
 
  (d)   The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no later than sixty (60) days after the Benefit Distribution Date. Remaining installments, if any, shall continue in accordance with the Participant’s election for each Annual Account and shall be paid no later than sixty (60) days after each anniversary of the Benefit Distribution Date.
ARTICLE 7
Termination Benefit
7.1   Termination Benefit . A Participant who experiences a Termination of Employment shall receive, as a Termination Benefit, his or her vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
7.2   Payment of Termination Benefit . The Termination Benefit shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum payment no later than thirty (30) days after the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date.
ARTICLE 8
Disability Benefit
8.1   Disability Benefit . Upon a Participant’s Disability, the Participant shall receive a Disability Benefit, which shall be equal to the Participant’s vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
8.2   Payment of Disability Benefit . The Disability Benefit shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum payment no later than thirty (30) days after the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date.

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ARTICLE 9
Death Benefit
9.1   Death Benefit . The Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) shall receive a Death Benefit upon the Participant’s death which will be equal to the Participant’s vested Account Balance, calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
9.2   Payment of Death Benefit . The Death Benefit shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) in a lump sum payment no later than thirty (30) days after the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date.
ARTICLE 10
Beneficiary Designation
10.1   Beneficiary . Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.
 
10.2   Beneficiary Designation . A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Administrator or its designated agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Administrator’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Upon the acceptance by the Administrator of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Administrator prior to his or her death.
 
10.3   Acknowledgment . No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received by the Administrator or its designated agent.
 
10.4   No Beneficiary Designation . If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 above or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Participant’s designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s estate. If the Beneficiary, whether under a valid Beneficiary designation or under the preceding sentence, shall survive the Participant but die before receiving all payments hereunder, the balance of the benefits which would have been paid to the Beneficiary had he or she lived shall, unless the Participant’s designation provided otherwise, be distributed to the Beneficiary’s estate.
 
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    exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant’s Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Administrator’s satisfaction.
 
10.6   Discharge of Obligations . The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers, the Administrator, the Administrative Committee and the Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant, and that Participant’s Plan Agreement shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits.
ARTICLE 11
Leave of Absence
11.1   Paid Leave of Absence . If a Participant is authorized by the Participant’s Employer to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, and such leave of absence does not constitute a separation from service, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, (i) the Participant shall continue to be considered eligible for the benefits provided in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in accordance with the provisions of those Articles, and (ii) the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.
 
11.2   Unpaid Leave of Absence . If a Participant is authorized by the Participant’s Employer to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer for any reason, and such leave of absence does not constitute a separation from service, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, such Participant shall continue to be eligible for the benefits provided in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in accordance with the provisions of those Articles. However, no amounts shall be withheld during the remainder of the Plan Year in which the unpaid leave of absence is taken and during any subsequent Plan Years in which his unpaid leave of absence continues. Further, during the unpaid leave of absence, the Participant shall not be allowed to make any new deferral elections. However, if the Participant returns to employment, the Participant may elect to defer an Annual Deferral Amount for the Plan Year following his or her return to employment and for every Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan, provided such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and an Election Form is delivered to and accepted by the Administrator for each such election in accordance with Section 3.3 above.
 
11.3   Leaves Resulting in Separation from Service . In the event that a Participant’s leave of absence from his or her Employer constitutes a separation from service, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, the Participant’s vested Account Balance shall be distributed to the Participant in accordance with Article 6 or 7 of this Plan, as applicable.

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ARTICLE 12
Termination of Plan, Amendment or Modification
12.1   Termination of Plan . Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to Terminate the Plan. Furthermore, the Committee may terminate this Plan as to all or any Employers. In the event of a Termination of the Plan, the Phantom Investment Funds available to Participants following the Termination of the Plan shall be comparable in number and type to those Phantom Investment Funds available to Participants in the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Termination of the Plan is effective. Following a Termination of the Plan, Participant Account Balances shall remain in the Plan until the Participant becomes eligible for the benefits provided in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in accordance with the provisions of those Articles. The Termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of any benefits under the Plan as of the date of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permissible under Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, during the thirty (30) days preceding or within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control, an Employer shall be permitted to (i) terminate the Plan by action of its board of directors, and (ii) distribute the vested Account Balances to Participants in a lump sum no later than twelve (12) months after the Change in Control, provided that all other substantially similar arrangements sponsored by such Employer are also terminated and all balances in such arrangements are distributed within twelve (12) months of the termination of such arrangements. The Committee may terminate the Plan and distribute vested Account Balances to Participants in a lump sum at any other time only to the extent, and in the manner, permissible under Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.
 
12.2   Amendment .
  (a)   The Committee may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease the value of a Participant’s vested Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, and (ii) no amendment or modification of Section 13.2 of the Plan shall be effective after a Change in Control.
 
  (b)   Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that any provision of the Plan may cause amounts deferred under the Plan to become immediately taxable to any Participant under Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, the Company may (i) adopt such amendments to the Plan and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Company determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the Plan benefits provided by the Plan and/or (ii) take such other actions as the Company determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.

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12.3   Plan Agreement . Despite the provisions of Sections 12.1 and 12.2 above, if a Participant’s Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not in this Plan document, the Committee may only amend or terminate such provisions as they apply to that Participant with the written consent of the Participant.
 
12.4   Effect of Payment . The full payment of the Participant’s vested Account Balance under Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under this Plan, and the Participant’s Plan Agreement shall terminate.
ARTICLE 13
Administration
13.1   Administrator Duties . Except as otherwise provided in this Article 13, this Plan shall be administered by the Administrator, which shall consist of the Vice President — Human Resources (or such other person or committee appointed by the Administrative Committee). Members of the Administrator may be Participants under this Plan. The Administrator shall also have the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan, and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions, including benefit entitlement determinations, compensation subject to deferral and interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Administrator who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Administrator shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company. The Administrator shall not be liable for any decision or action taken in good faith in connection with the administration of this Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such decision or action taken by the Administrator in reliance upon any information supplied to it by an officer of the Company, the Company’s legal counsel, or the Company’s independent accountants in connection with the administration of this Plan shall be deemed to have been taken in good faith .
 
13.2   Administration Upon Change In Control . Within one hundred and twenty (120) days following a Change in Control, the individuals who comprised the Administrator immediately prior to the Change in Control (whether or not such individuals are members of the Administrator following the Change in Control) may, by written consent of the majority of such individuals, appoint an independent third party Administrator (the “Administrator”) to perform any or all of the Administrator’s duties described in Section 13.1 above, including without limitation, the power to determine any questions arising in connection with the administration or interpretation of the Plan, and the power to make benefit entitlement determinations. Upon and after the effective date of such appointment, (i) the Company must pay all reasonable Administrative expenses and fees of the Administrator, and (ii) the Administrator may only be terminated with the written consent of the majority of Participants with an Account Balance in the Plan as of the date of such proposed termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.2 or the definition of Change in Control set forth in Section 1.12 of the Plan to

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    the contrary, the consummation of the “Transactions” (as defined in the Investment Agreement by and between the Company and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice Fund VIII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, dated as of August 14, 2009 (as it may be amended from time to time)) shall not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Section 13.2.
 
13.3   Agents . In the administration of this Plan, the Administrator and the Administrative Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such Administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel.
 
13.4   Binding Effect of Decisions . The decision or action of the Committee, Administrator or Administrative Committee, as applicable, with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan (including whether and when there has been a termination of an Employee’s employment) and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.
 
13.5   Indemnity of Administrator . All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Administrator, the Committee, the Administrative Committee and any Employee to whom the duties of any such entities may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Administrator, the Administrative Committee, the Committee or any of their members, or any such Employee.
 
13.6   Employer Information . To enable the Committee, Administrative Committee and/or Administrator to perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee, Administrative Committee and/or Administrator, as the case may be, on all matters relating to the Plan, the Trust, if any, the Participants and their Beneficiaries, the Account Balances of the Participants, the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee, Administrative Committee or Administrator may reasonably require.
ARTICLE 14
Other Benefits and Agreements
14.1   Coordination with Other Benefits . The benefits provided for a Participant and Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participant’s Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided.

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ARTICLE 15
Claims Procedures
15.1   Presentation of Claim . Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Administrative Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within sixty (60) days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.
 
15.2   Notification of Decision . The Administrative Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, but no later than ninety (90) days after receiving the claim. If the Administrative Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial ninety (90) day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Administrative Committee expects to render the benefit determination. The Administrative Committee shall notify the Claimant in writing:
  (a)   that the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or
 
  (b)   that the Administrative Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:
  (i)   the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;
 
  (ii)   specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based;
 
  (iii)   a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;
 
  (iv)   an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 15.3 below; and
 
  (v)   a statement of the Claimant’s right, following an adverse benefit determination on review, to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) if the claim is denied on appeal..

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15.3   Review of a Denied Claim . On or before sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the Administrative Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part or within 60 days after the date on which such denial is considered to have occurred), a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Administrative Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. The Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):
  (a)   may, upon request and free of charge, have reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claim for benefits;
 
  (b)   may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
 
  (c)   may request a hearing, which the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.
15.4   Decision on Review . The Administrative Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and no later than sixty (60) days after the Administrative Committee receives the Claimant’s written request for a review of the denial of the claim. If the Administrative Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial sixty (60) day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of sixty (60) days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Administrative Committee expects to render the benefit determination. In rendering its decision, the Administrative Committee shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:
  (a)   specific reasons for the decision;
 
  (b)   specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based;
 
  (c)   a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and
 
  (d)   a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a).
15.5   Legal Action . Benefits under this Plan will only be paid if the Administrative Committee decides, in its discretion, that a person is entitled to them. Moreover, no action at law or in equity shall be brought to recover benefits under this Plan prior to the

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    date the claimant has exhausted the Administrative process of appeal available under the Plan.
ARTICLE 16
Trust
16.1   Establishment of the Trust . In order to provide assets from which to fulfill its obligations to the Participants and their Beneficiaries under the Plan, the Company may establish a trust by a trust agreement with a third party, the trustee, to which each Employer may, in its discretion, contribute cash or other property, including securities issued by the Company, to provide for the benefit payments under the Plan, (the “Trust”).
 
16.2   Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust . The provisions of the Plan and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.
 
16.3   Distributions From the Trust . Each Employer’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer’s obligations under this Plan.
 
16.4   Common Stock for the Company Stock Fund . If a Trust is established, the Company may contribute shares of its Treasury Stock to such Trust in order to make distributions from the Company Stock Fund pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Plan.
ARTICLE 17
Miscellaneous
17.1   Status of Plan . The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that “is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted (i) to the extent possible in a manner consistent with the intent described in the preceding sentence, and (ii) in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations.
 
17.2   Unsecured General Creditor . Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer. An Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. The benefits provided under this Plan shall be a general, unsecured obligation of the Employer payable solely from the general assets of the Employer, and neither the Participant nor the Participant’s

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    Beneficiary or estate shall have any interest in any assets of the Employer by virtue of this Plan.
17.3   Employer’s Liability . An Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement.
 
17.4   Nonassignability . Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law or court order in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a property settlement or otherwise. Any attempt at such an assignment, allocation, seizure, attachment, garnishment sequestration, transfer or encumbrance shall vest no right in the person or entity to whom the right or property is purportedly assigned, allocated or transferred (or for whose benefit the right or property is purportedly encumbered). These prohibitions apply to any creditor, spouse, former spouse, heir, estate or Beneficiary of a Participant.
 
17.5   Not a Contract of Employment . The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “at will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer, either as an Employee or a Director, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.
 
17.6   Furnishing Information . A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will cooperate with the Administrator, Administrative Committee and Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Administrator, Administrative Committee and/or Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Administrator, Administrative Committee and/or Committee may deem necessary.
 
17.7   Terms . Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as

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    though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.
 
17.8   Captions . The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.
 
17.9   Governing Law . Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
 
17.10   Notice . Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Administrator or Administrative Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:
      NCI Building Systems, Inc.
Attn: Administrator
c/o Vice President of Human Resources
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
 
      NCI Building Systems, Inc.
Attn: Administrative Committee
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
    Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.
 
    Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.
 
17.11   Successors . The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant’s Employer and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.
 
17.12   Spouse’s Interest . The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.
 
17.13   Validity . In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

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17.14   Incompetent . If the Administrator and/or the Administrative Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Administrator and/or Administrative Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Administrator and/or Administrative Committee, as applicable, may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.
 
17.15   Court Order . The Administrator and the Administrative Committee are authorized to comply with any court order in any action in which the Plan or the Administrator or the Administrative Committee has been named as a party, including any action involving a determination of the rights or interests in a Participant’s benefits under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator and the Administrative Committee shall interpret this provision in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and other applicable tax law.
 
17.16   Distribution in the Event of Income Inclusion Under 409A . If any portion of a Participant’s Account Balance under this Plan is required to be included in income by the Participant prior to receipt due to a failure of this Plan to meet the requirement of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, the Participant may petition the Administrative Committee for a distribution of that portion of his or her Account Balance that is required to be included in his or her income. Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Participant’s Employer shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the portion of his or her Account Balance required to be included in income as a result of the failure of the Plan to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, which amount shall not exceed the Participant’s unpaid vested Account Balance under the Plan. If the petition is granted, such distribution shall be made within ninety (90) days of the date when the Participant’s petition is granted. Such a distribution shall affect and reduce the Participant’s benefits to be paid under this Plan.
 
17.17   Deduction Limitation on Benefit Payments . If an Employer reasonably anticipates that the Employer’s deduction with respect to any distribution from this Plan would be limited or eliminated by application of Code Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire amount of any distribution from this Plan is deductible, the Employer may delay payment of any amount that would otherwise be distributed from this Plan. Any amounts for which distribution is delayed pursuant to this Section shall continue to be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.9 above. The delayed amounts (and any amounts credited thereon) shall be distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death) at the earliest date the Employer reasonably anticipates that the deduction of the

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    payment of the amount will not be limited or eliminated by application of Code Section 162(m).
 
17.18   Insurance . The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the Trustee of the Trust, if any, and, in their sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and in such forms as the Trust, if any, may choose. The Employers or the trustee of the Trust, if any, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Employers have applied for insurance.
 
17.19   Limitation of Rights . Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to:
  (a)   Give any Employee of an Employer any right to be designated a Participant in the Plan other than in the sole discretion of the Committee;
 
  (b)   Limit in any way the right of the Employer to terminate a Participant’s employment at any time; or
 
  (c)   Be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company or any other Employer will employ a Participant in any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of                                           , 2010.
         
  NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:       
 
    Title:      
       

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APPENDIX A
LIMITED TRANSITION RELIEF MADE AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE SECTION 409A AND RELATED TREASURY GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS
       Unless otherwise provided below, the capitalized terms below shall have the same meaning as provided in the Plan.
  1.   Opportunity to Make New Distribution Elections . Notwithstanding the required deadline for the submission of an initial distribution election described in the Plan, the Administrative Committee may, as permitted by Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations, provide a limited period in which existing Participants must make new elections regarding the timing and/or form of payment of Plan benefits, by submitting an Election Form on or before the deadline established by the Administrative Committee, which in no event shall be later than December 31, 2007. Any change to the timing of form of payment of a Participant’s benefit that is made in accordance with the requirements established by the Administrative Committee pursuant to this section, shall not be treated as a change in the form or timing of a Participant’s benefit payment for purposes of Code Section 409A or the Plan.
     The Administrator shall interpret all provisions relating to an election submitted in accordance with this section in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance or Regulations.

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Exhibit 4.6
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated February 19, 2010)
     1. PURPOSE. The purposes of the Plan are to attract and retain for the Company and its Subsidiaries the best available personnel, to provide additional incentives to Employees, Directors and Consultants, to increase their interest in the Company’s welfare, and to promote the success of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     2. INCENTIVE AWARDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. Awards granted under this Plan may be (a) Incentive Stock Options, (b) Non-Qualified Stock Options, (c) Restricted Stock Awards; (d) Stock Appreciation Rights; (e) Cash Awards; (f) Performance Share Awards; (g) Phantom Stock Awards and (h) Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
     3. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued with respect to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 6,400,000 (the “Pool Limit”). At all times during the term of the Plan, the Company shall allocate and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be required to satisfy the requirements of outstanding Awards under the Plan. Effective as of February 19, 2010 and applicable to all Awards outstanding under the Plan on that date (i.e., whether granted before or after February 19, 2010), each share of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Award shall count against the Pool Limit as one (1) full share of Common Stock. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced only to the extent that shares of Common Stock are issued in connection with the exercise or settlement of an Award; provided, however, that the number of shares reserved for issuance shall be reduced by the total number of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights exercised. Any shares of Common Stock covered by an Award (or a portion of an Award) that is forfeited or canceled or that expires shall be deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Pool Limit and shall remain available for Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shares of Common Stock may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan: (a) shares of Common Stock not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (b) shares of Common Stock used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (c) shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the Option exercise price. The shares to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
     4. ELIGIBILITY. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. The Committee in its sole discretion shall select the recipients of Awards. A Grantee may be granted more than one Award under the Plan, and Awards may be granted at any time or times during the term of the Plan. The grant of an Award to an Employee, Director or Consultant shall not be deemed either to entitle that individual to, or to disqualify that individual from, participation in any other grant of Awards under the Plan.

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     5. LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. Except for Cash Awards described in Section 10(a), no individual shall be granted, in any fiscal year, Awards under the Plan covering or relating to an aggregate of more than 900,000 shares of Common Stock. No individual shall receive payment for Cash Awards during any fiscal year aggregating in excess of $5,000,000. The preceding shall be applied in a manner which will permit compensation generated under the Plan, where appropriate, to constitute “performance-based” compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
     6. STOCK OPTIONS.
          (a) Grant of Options. An Option is a right to purchase shares of Common Stock during the option period for a specified exercise price. The Committee shall determine whether each Option shall be granted as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option and the provisions, terms and conditions of each Option including, but not limited to, the vesting schedule, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option, the exercise price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions, methods of payment, and all other terms and conditions of the Option.
          (b) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant of an Option) of Common Stock which any Employee is first eligible to purchase during any calendar year by exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and by exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or a Subsidiary shall not exceed $100,000. If the Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options described in the preceding sentence held by any one Optionee are exercisable for the first time by such Optionee during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the first $100,000 worth of shares of Common Stock to become exercisable in such year shall be deemed to constitute Incentive Stock Options and the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the shares of Common Stock in the amount in excess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options. If the Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the effective date of the Plan to provide for a different limit than the one described in this Section 6(b), such different limit shall be incorporated herein and shall apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.
          (c) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11(h), in the case of an Option issued or assumed pursuant to Section 11(h), the exercise price and number of shares for the Option shall be determined in accordance with the principles of Section 424(a) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.
          (d) Payment on Exercise. Payment for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of an Option may be made in cash (by check) or, if elected by the Optionee where permitted by law: (i) if a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” arrangement between the Optionee and a NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the shares of Common Stock so purchased to pay for the exercise price and whereby the NASD Dealer commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; (ii) if a public market for

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the Common Stock exists, through a “margin” commitment from the Optionee and an NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the shares of Common Stock so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the exercise price, and whereby the NASD Dealer commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; or (iii) by surrender for cancellation of Qualifying Shares at the Fair Market Value per share at the time of exercise (provided that such surrender does not result in an accounting charge for the Company). No shares of Common Stock may be issued until full payment of the purchase price therefor has been made.
     7. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.
          (a) Restricted Stock Awards. A Restricted Stock Award is a grant of shares of Common stock for such consideration, if any, and subject to such restrictions on transfer, rights of first refusal, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions as are established by the Committee.
          (b) Forfeiture Restrictions. Shares of Common Stock that are the subject of a Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to restrictions on disposition by the Grantee and to an obligation of the Grantee to forfeit and surrender the shares to the Company under certain circumstances (the “Forfeiture Restrictions”). The Forfeiture Restrictions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse on the passage of time, the attainment of one or more performance targets established by the Committee, or the occurrence of such other event or events determined to be appropriate by the Committee. The Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to a particular Restricted Stock Award (which may differ from any other such Restricted Stock Award) shall be stated in the Restricted Stock Agreement.
          (c) Rights as Stockholder. Shares of Common Stock awarded pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the name of the Grantee of such Restricted Stock Award. The Grantee shall have the right to receive dividends with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award, to vote the shares of Common Stock subject thereto and to enjoy all other stockholder rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject thereto, except that, unless provided otherwise in this Plan, or in the Restricted Stock Agreement, (i) the Grantee shall not be entitled to delivery of the shares of Common Stock except as the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, (ii) the Company or an escrow agent shall retain custody of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, (iii) the Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire.
          (d) Stock Certificate Delivery. One or more stock certificates representing shares of Common Stock, free of Forfeiture Restrictions, shall be delivered to the Grantee promptly after, and only after, the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired. The Grantee, by his or her acceptance of the Restricted Stock Award, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney to transfer any shares so forfeited to the Company, agrees to execute any documents requested by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer, and agrees that such

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provisions regarding transfers of forfeited shares shall be specifically performable by the Company in a court of equity or law.
          (e) Payment for Restricted Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award. In the absence of such a determination, the Grantee shall not be required to make any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law.
          (f) Forfeiture of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise provided in a Restricted Stock Agreement, on termination of the Grantee’s employment or service prior to lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions, the shares of Common Stock which are still subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall be forfeited by the Grantee. Upon any forfeiture, all rights of the Grantee with respect to the forfeited shares of the Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall cease and terminate, without any further obligation on the part of the Company except to repay any purchase price per share paid by the Grantee for the shares forfeited.
          (g) Waiver of Forfeiture Restrictions; Committee’s Discretion. With respect to a Restricted Stock Award that has been granted to a Covered Employee where such Award has been designed to meet the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may not waive the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock Award.
     8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.
          (a) Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right is a right to receive, upon exercise of the right, shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent in an amount equal to the increase in Fair Market Value of the Common Stock between the grant and exercise dates. As of the grant date of an Award of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Committee may specifically designate that the Award will be paid (i) only in cash, (ii) only in stock or (iii) in such other form or combination of forms as the Committee may elect or permit at the time of exercise.
          (b) Tandem Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in connection with the grant of an Option, in which case exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights will result in the surrender of the right to purchase the shares under the Option as to which the Stock Appreciation Rights were exercised. Alternatively, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted independently of Options in which case each Award of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement. With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights that are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall retain sole discretion (i) to determine the form in which payment of the Stock Appreciation Right will be made (i.e., cash, securities or any combination thereof) or (ii) to approve an election by a Grantee to receive cash in full or partial settlement of Stock Appreciation Rights.
          (c) Limitations on Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable in whole or in such installments and at such times as determined by the Committee.

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     9. PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS, PHANTOM STOCK AWARDS AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS.
          (a) Performance Share Awards. A Performance Share Award is a right to receive shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent based on the attainment of pre-established performance goals and such other conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. Each Performance Share Award may have a maximum value established by the Committee at the time of such Award. The Committee shall establish, with respect to and at the time of each Performance Share Award, a performance period or periods over which the performance applicable to the Performance Share Award of the Grantee shall be measured. The Committee shall determine the effect of termination of employment or service during the performance period on a Grantee’s Performance Share Award, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.
          (b) Phantom Stock Awards. Phantom Stock Awards are rights to receive an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock or rights to receive an amount equal to any appreciation or increase in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock over a specified period of time, which may vest over a period of time as established by the Committee, without payment of any amounts by the Grantee thereof (except to the extent otherwise required by law) or satisfaction of any performance criteria or objectives. Each Phantom Stock Award may have a maximum value established by the Committee at the time of such Award. The Committee shall establish, at the time of grant of each Phantom Stock Award, a period over which the Award shall vest with respect to the Grantee, and terms and conditions of forfeiture, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.
          (c) Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock Unit Awards are Awards denominated in units evidencing the right to receive shares of Common Stock, which may vest over a period of time as established by the Committee, without payment of any amounts by the Grantee thereof (except to the extent otherwise required by law) or satisfaction of any performance criteria or objectives. The Committee shall establish, at the time of grant of each Restricted Stock Unit Award, a period over which the Award shall vest with respect to the Grantee, and terms and conditions of forfeiture, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.
          (d) Payment. Following the end of the performance period of a Performance Share Award or the determined vesting period for a Phantom Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive payment of an amount, not exceeding the maximum value of the Award, if any, based on (1) the achievement of the performance measures for such performance period for a Performance Share Award or (2) the then vested value of the Phantom Stock Award or the number of shares of Common Stock evidences by the Restricted Stock Unit Award, each as determined by the Committee. If awarded, cash dividend equivalents may be paid during, or may be accumulated and paid at the end of, the vesting period with respect to Phantom Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards, as determined by the Committee.
     10. CASH AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS.

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          (a) Cash Awards. In addition to granting Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards, Phantom Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards, the Committee shall, subject to the limitations of the Plan, have authority to grant Cash Awards. Each Cash Award shall be subject to such terms and conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. Restrictions and contingencies limiting the right to receive a cash payment pursuant to a Cash Award shall be based upon the achievement of single or multiple Performance Objectives over a performance period established by the Committee. The determinations made by the Committee pursuant to this Section 10(a) shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.
          (b) Designation as a Performance Award. The Committee shall have the right to designate any Award of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards and Phantom Stock Awards as a Performance Award. All Cash Awards shall be designated as Performance Awards.
          (c) Performance Objectives. The grant or vesting of a Performance Award shall be subject to the achievement of Performance Objectives over a performance period established by the Committee based upon one or more of the following business criteria that apply to the Grantee, one or more business units, divisions or Subsidiaries of the Company or the applicable sector of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and if so desired by the Committee, by comparison with a peer group of companies: revenue; increased revenue; net income measures (including income after capital costs and income before or after taxes); profit measures (including gross profit, operating profit, economic profit, net profit before taxes and adjusted pre-tax profit); stock price measures (including growth measures and total stockholder return); price per share of Common Stock; market share; earnings per share or adjusted earnings per share (actual or growth in); earnings; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT); economic value added (or an equivalent metric); market value added; debt to equity ratio; cash flow measures (including cash flow return on capital, cash flow return on tangible capital, net cash flow and net cash flow before financing activities); return measures (including return on equity, return on assets, return on capital, risk-adjusted return on capital, return on investors’ capital and return on average equity); operating measures (including operating income, funds from operations, cash from operations, after-tax operating income; sales volumes, production volumes and production efficiency); expense measures (including overhead cost and general and administrative expense); changes in working capital; margins; stockholder value; total stockholder return; proceeds from dispositions; total market value; customer satisfaction or growth; employee satisfaction; and corporate values measures (including ethics compliance, environmental and safety). Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Objective need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria). The Committee shall have the authority to determine whether the Performance Objectives and other terms and conditions of the Award are satisfied, and the Committee’s determination as to the achievement of Performance Objectives relating to a Performance Award shall be made in writing.
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designed to preserve the deductibility of the compensation resulting from such Award in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Performance Objectives for such particular Performance Award relative to the particular period of service to which the Performance Objectives relate shall be established by the Committee in writing (i) no later than 90 days after the beginning of such period and (ii) prior to the completion of 25% of such period.
          (e) Waiver of Performance Objectives. The Committee shall have no discretion to modify or waive the Performance Objectives or conditions to the grant or vesting of a Performance Award unless such Award is not intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the relevant Award Agreement provides for such discretion.
     11. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING AWARDS.
          (a) Form of Award Agreement. Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form (which need not be the same for each Grantee) as the Committee from time to time approves but which is not inconsistent with the Plan, including any provisions that may be necessary to assure that Awards satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imposition of excise taxes thereunder, and that any Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option will comply with Section 422 of the Code.
          (b) Awards Criteria. In determining the amount and value of Awards to be granted, the Committee may take into account the responsibility level, performance, potential, other Awards and such other considerations with respect to a Grantee as it deems appropriate.
          (c) Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be the date specified by the Committee as the effective date of the grant of an Award on or following the date the Committee determines to grant the Award or, if the Committee does not so specify, will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Award.
          (d) Stock Price. The exercise price or other measurement of stock value relative to any Award shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Award. The exercise price of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Option.
          (e) Period of Award. Awards shall be exercisable or payable within the time or times or upon the event or events determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, Awards other than Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall terminate on (and no longer be exercisable or payable after) the earlier of: (i) ten (10) years from the date of grant; (ii) for an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years from the date of grant of the Option; (iii) the 30th day after the Grantee is no longer serving in any capacity as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company for a reason other than death of the Grantee, Disability or retirement at or after the Normal Retirement Age; (iv) one year after death; or (v) one year (with respect to an Incentive Option) or five years (with respect to any other Award) after Disability of

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the Grantee or after his or her retirement at or after the Normal Retirement Age from any capacity as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company.
          (f) Acceleration of Vesting or Lapse of Restrictions. If the Grantee dies or becomes Disabled while serving as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company or retires at or after Normal Retirement Age, or if there occurs a Change in Control, then 100% of the benefits dependent upon lapse of time will become vested, all Forfeiture Restrictions and other forfeiture and repurchase provisions will lapse and, subject to meeting any performance or other criteria for such Award, such benefits will be available thereafter for purchase or payment during the Award term.
          (g) Transferability. Awards granted under the Plan, and any interest therein, shall not be transferable or assignable by the Grantee, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable or payable during the lifetime of the Grantee only by the Grantee; provided, that the Grantee may designate persons who or which may exercise or receive his Awards following his death. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i) Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be transferred to such family members, family member trusts, family limited partnerships and other family member entities as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may approve prior to any such transfer and (ii) Awards granted to non employee directors may be assigned with the consent of the Board. No such transfer will be approved by the Committee if the Common Stock issuable under such transferred Award would not be eligible to be registered on Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.
          (h) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. The Committee may, from time to time, approve the assumption of outstanding awards granted by another entity, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other entity or otherwise, by either (i) granting an Award under the Plan in replacement of or in substitution for the awards assumed by the Company, or (ii) treating the assumed award as if it had been granted under the Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under the Plan. Such assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award hereunder if the other entity had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant.
          (i) Payment. Payment of an Award (i) may be made in cash, Common Stock or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, (ii) shall be made in a lump sum or in installments as prescribed by the Committee in its sole discretion and (iii) to the extent applicable, shall be based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the payment or exercise date. The Committee may permit or require the deferral of payment, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest, dividend equivalents or other forms of investment return; provided, however, that if deferral is permitted, each provision of the Award shall be interpreted to permit the deferral only as allowed in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any provision that would conflict with such requirements shall not be valid or enforceable. The Committee intends that any Awards under the Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imposition of excise taxes thereunder.

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          (j) Notice. If an Award involves an exercise, it may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written exercise notice approved by the Committee, stating the number of shares of Common Stock being exercised, the method of payment, and such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the Company in connection with the issuance of shares upon exercise, together with payment in full of any exercise price for any shares being purchased.
          (k) Withholding Taxes. The Committee may establish such rules and procedures as it considers desirable in order to satisfy any obligation of the Company to withhold the statutory prescribed minimum amount of federal or state income taxes or other taxes with respect to any Award granted under the Plan. Prior to issuance of any shares of Common Stock, the Grantee shall pay or make adequate provision acceptable to the Committee for the satisfaction of the statutory minimum prescribed amount of any federal or state income or other tax withholding obligations of the Company, if applicable. Upon exercise or payment of an Award, the Company shall withhold or collect from the Grantee an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding obligations.
          (l) Limitations on Exercise. The obligation of the Company to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise make payments hereunder shall be subject to the condition that any exercise and the issuance and delivery of such shares and other actions pursuant thereto comply with the Securities Act, all applicable state securities and other laws and the requirements of any stock exchange or national market system upon which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed or quoted, as in effect on the date of exercise. The Company shall be under no obligation to register the shares of Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws or stock exchange or national market system, and the Company shall have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.
          (m) Privileges of Stock Ownership. Except as provided in the Plan with respect to Restricted Stock Awards, no Grantee will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award until such Award is properly exercised and the purchased or awarded shares are issued and delivered to the Grantee, as evidenced by an appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to such date of issuance and delivery, except as provided in the Plan.
          (n) Breach; Additional Terms. A breach of the terms and conditions of this Plan or established by the Committee pursuant to the Award Agreement shall cause a forfeiture of the Award. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to the Award, including provisions pertaining to the termination of the Grantee’s employment (by retirement, Disability, death or otherwise) prior to expiration of the Forfeiture Restrictions or other vesting provisions. Such additional terms, conditions or restrictions shall also be set forth in an Award Agreement made in connection with the Award.

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          (o) Prohibition on Repricing of Awards. Except as provided in Section 12, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights without stockholder approval.
     12. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION AND CORPORATE EVENTS.
          (a) Capital Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock (i) covered by each outstanding Award granted under the Plan, the exercise, target or purchase price of such outstanding Award, and any other terms of the Award that the Committee determines requires adjustment and (ii) available for issuance under Section 3 shall be adjusted to reflect, as deemed appropriate by the Committee, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without receipt of consideration, subject to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided, however, that a fractional share will not be issued upon exercise of any Award, and either (i) any fraction of a share of Common Stock that would have resulted will be cashed out at Fair Market Value or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Award will be rounded up to the nearest whole number, as determined by the Committee.
          (b) Change in Control. Unless specifically provided otherwise with respect to Change in Control events in an individual Award or Award Agreement or in a then-effective written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary, if, during the effectiveness of the Plan, a Change in Control occurs, (i) each Award which is at the time outstanding under the Plan shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable or payable, as appropriate, and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture provisions, for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time represented by such Award, (ii) the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to all outstanding Restricted Stock Awards shall lapse and shares of Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Awards shall be released from escrow, if applicable, and delivered to the Grantees of the Awards free of any Forfeiture Restriction, and (iii) all other Awards shall become fully vested and payment thereof shall be accelerated using, if applicable, the then-current Fair Market Value to measure any payment that is based on the value of the Common Stock or using such higher amount as the Committee may determine to be more reflective of the actual value of such stock.
          (c) Section 409A Adjustments. No adjustment or substitution pursuant to this Section 12 shall be made in a manner that results in noncompliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable.
     13. ADMINISTRATION. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall interpret the Plan and any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan and shall prescribe such rules and regulations in connection with the operation of the Plan as it determines to be advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may rescind and amend its

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rules and regulations from time to time. The interpretation by the Committee of any of the provisions of this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan shall be final and binding upon the Company and all persons having an interest in any Award or any shares of Common Stock or other payments received pursuant to an Award.
     14. EFFECT OF PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall be deemed to give any Employee, Director or Consultant any right to be granted an Award or any other rights except as may be evidenced by the Award Agreement, or any amendment thereto, duly authorized by the Committee and executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right of the Board, the Committee or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation or other transaction involving the Company, any issue of bonds, debentures, or shares of preferred stock ranking prior to or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding by or for the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement or in other related documents shall confer upon any Employee, Director or Consultant any right with respect to such person’s service or interfere or affect in any way with the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate such person’s employment or service at any time, with or without cause.
     15. NO EFFECT ON RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFIT PLANS. Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, Awards shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation.
     16. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board in its discretion may, at any time or from time to time after the date of adoption of the Plan, terminate or amend the Plan in any respect, including amendment of any form of agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that if an amendment of the Plan requires shareholder approval to comply with the Code, including Sections 162(m) and 422 of the Code, or other applicable laws and regulations or the applicable requirements of any stock exchange or national market system, the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment in such manner and to such a degree as required. No Award may be granted after termination of the Plan. Any amendment or termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect Awards previously granted, and such Awards shall otherwise remain in full force and effect as if the Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise in a writing signed by the Grantee and the Company.
     17. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. The Plan as set forth herein shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years after the Effective Date unless sooner terminated by action of the Board.

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     18. GOVERNING LAW. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
     19. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
          (a) “Award” means any right granted under the Plan, whether granted singly or in combination, to a Grantee pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations that the Committee may establish.
          (b) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement, which may be in electronic form, with a Grantee with respect to any Award.
          (c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
          (d) “Cash Award” means an Award granted under Section 10(a) of the Plan.
          (e) “Change in Control” of the Company means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities (provided, that, with respect to each Award granted after December 1, 2009, the acquisition of additional voting securities by a person that, prior to such acquisition, is the beneficial owner of securities of the Company representing 20 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities (a “Controlling Person”) shall not constitute a Change in Control hereunder); (ii) as a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or exchange offer, merger, or other business combination (a “Transaction”), the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company; (iii) the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation or transfers substantially all of its assets to another corporation and as a result of the merger, consolidation or transfer less than 50 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation shall then be owned in the aggregate by the former stockholders of the Company; or (iv) a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for the ownership of securities of the Company representing 30 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (other than such a tender offer made and consummated by a Controlling Person).
          (f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any Treasury regulations promulgated under such section.
          (g) “Committee” means the committee, (or committees), as constituted from time to time, of the Board that is appointed by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that while the Common Stock is publicly traded, the Committee shall be a committee of the Board consisting solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with

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Rule 16b-3, as necessary in each case to satisfy such requirements with respect to Awards granted under the Plan. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are or are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the term “Committee” as used herein shall also be applicable to such committee. The Board may assume any or all of the powers and responsibilities prescribed for the Committee, and to the extent it does so, the term “Committee” as used herein shall also be applicable to the Board.
          (h) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company or the common stock that the Company may in the future be authorized to issue in replacement or substitution thereof.
          (i) “Company” means NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
          (j) “Consultant” means any person who is engaged by the Company or any Subsidiary to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Subsidiary and who is a “consultant or advisor” within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.
          (k) “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under Regulation S-K, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
          (l) “Director” means a member of the Board or the board of directors of a Subsidiary.
          (m) “Disability” means the “disability” of a person as defined in a then effective long-term disability plan maintained by the Company that covers such person, or if such a plan does not exist at any relevant time, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. For purposes of determining the time during which an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised under the terms of an Option Agreement, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Section 22(e)(3) of the Code provides that an individual is totally and permanently disabled if he is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.
          (n) “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan, as amended and restated herein, is approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board (subject to the further approval of the stockholders of the Company).
          (o) “Employee” means any person who is employed, within the meaning of Section 3401 of the Code, by the Company or a Subsidiary. The term “Employee” shall also include officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The provision of compensation by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Director solely with respect to such individual rendering services

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in the capacity of a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or that Subsidiary.
          (p) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.
          (q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:
     (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such a share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the day of determination, or if no prices are quoted on such date, on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable.
     (ii) In the absence of any such established markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.
          (r) “Grantee” means an Employee, Director or Consultant to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan.
          (s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted to an Employee under the Plan that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
          (t) “NASD Dealer” means a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
          (u) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not an Employee, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or a Subsidiary in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.
          (v) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option granted under the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
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absence of a determination by the Board with respect to any class of Grantee, the Normal Retirement Age shall be deemed to be 65 years of age.
          (x) “Option” means an award granted under Section 6 of the Plan.
          (y) “Option Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to the Award of an Option.
          (z) “Optionee” means an individual to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan.
          (aa) “Outside Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), has not been an officer of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code) direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
          (bb) “Performance Award” means an Award made pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan to a Grantee that is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Objectives.
          (cc) “Performance Objective” means a standard established by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.
          (dd) “Performance Share Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(a) of the Plan.
          (ee) “Phantom Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(b) of the Plan.
          (ff) “Plan” means this NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.
          (gg) “Qualifying Shares” means shares of Common Stock which either (i) have been owned by the Grantee for more than six (6) months and have been “paid for” within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (ii) were obtained by the Grantee in the public market.
          (hh) “Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Regulation S-K. Reference in the Plan to any item of Regulation S-K shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such item.

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          (ii) “Restricted Stock Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to a Restricted Stock Award.
          (jj) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.
          (kk) “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(c) of the Plan.
          (ll) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Rule 16b-3.
          (mm) “Section” means a section of the Plan unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.
          (nn) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.
          (oo) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
          (pp) “Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to an Award of Stock Appreciation Rights.
          (qq) “Subsidiary” means (i) for purposes of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and (ii) with respect to an Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, any “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, any other entity that is taxed as a corporation under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code and is a member of the “Subsidiary group” as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code of which the Company is the common parent, and any other entity that may be permitted from time to time by the Code or by the Internal Revenue Service to be an employer of Employees to whom Incentive Stock Options may be granted.
          (rr) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) at the time an Option is granted stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries.

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Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP]
April 21, 2010
NCI Building Systems, Inc.
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77044
Attn: Todd R. Moore
Re: NCI Building Systems, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to up to 6,068,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), 5,668,000 of which shares may be issued pursuant to the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and 400,000 of which shares may be issued pursuant to the NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (together, the “ Plans ”).
     We have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Plans and such other corporate records, documents, certificates or other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documentation.
     The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Delaware.
     Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 6,068,000 shares of Common Stock that are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plans have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
         
  Very truly yours,
 
 
  /s/ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP    
     
     
 

Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long Term Incentive Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan of our reports dated December 22, 2009 (except for Note 1, as to which the date is April 23, 2010), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of NCI Building Systems, Inc. included in the Current Report (Form 8-K) of NCI Building Systems, Inc. dated April 23, 2010 and December 22, 2009, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of NCI Building Systems, Inc., included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) of NCI Building Systems, Inc. for the year ended November 1, 2009, both filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
         
     
  /s/ Ernst & Young    
     
     
 
Houston, Texas
April 23, 2010

Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Norman C. Chambers, Mark E. Johnson and Todd R. Moore, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with respect to the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and the NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and any or all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them full power and authority, to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, to all intents and purposes and as fully as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Norman C. Chambers
 
Norman C. Chambers
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Mark E. Johnson
 
Mark E. Johnson
  Executive Vice President—Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Kathleen J. Affeldt
 
Kathleen J. Affeldt
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ James G. Berges
 
James G. Berges
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Gary L. Forbes
 
Gary L. Forbes
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ John J. Holland
 
John J. Holland
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Lawrence J. Kremer
 
Lawrence J. Kremer
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ George Martinez
 
George Martinez
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Nathan K. Sleeper
 
Nathan K. Sleeper
  Director    April 23, 2010
 
       
/s/ Jonathan L. Zrebiec
 
Jonathan L. Zrebiec
  Director    April 23, 2010