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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 9, 2007
 
KBR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-33146   20-4536774
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)
     
601 Jefferson Street    
Suite 3400    
Houston, Texas   77002
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 713) 753-3011
 
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 5.02.Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
KBR Benefit Restoration Plan
KBR Elective Deferral Plan


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ITEM 5.02.       Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e)    Material Awards; Adoption of Certain Compensation Plans and Arrangements.
      Material Awards . On April 9, 2007, following the separation of KBR, Inc. (“KBR”) and Halliburton Company (“Halliburton”), outstanding awards under Halliburton’s 1993 Stock and Incentive Plan previously granted to KBR employees, consisting of options to purchase Halliburton common stock and Halliburton restricted stock, were converted into awards under KBR’s Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan, consisting of options to purchase KBR common stock and KBR restricted stock, respectively. The following table provides information on such awards on an as converted basis for certain executive officers of KBR:
                                                 
                                            Restricted Stock  
    Option Awards     Awards  
                    Shares of                        
            Shares of     KBR                        
            KBR     Common                     Number of  
            Common     Stock                     Shares of  
            Stock     Underlying                     KBR  
            Underlying     Unexercised                     Restricted  
            Unexercised     Options     Option             Stock That  
            Options     (#)     Exercise     Option     Have Not  
    Grant     (#)     Unexercisable     Price     Expiration     Vested  
Name   Date     Exercisable     (1)     ($)     Date     (#) (2)(3)  
William P. Utt
(President and Chief Executive Officer)
    3/15/2006                                       38,774  
 
                                               
Cedric W. Burgher
(Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)
    11/7/2005       8,078       16,156     $ 18.31       11/7/2015       19,387  
 
                                               
John L. Rose
    3/8/2000                                       2,423  
(Executive Vice
    6/9/2003       10,016             $ 7.32       6/9/2013       3,005  
President, Energy
    3/16/2004       10,187             $ 8.94       3/16/2014       3,396  
and Chemicals)
    2/17/2005       4,846       2,423     $ 12.94       2/17/2015       4,653  
 
                                           
 
            25,049                               13,477  
 
                                               
Bruce A. Stanski
    8/6/1997                                       194  
(Executive Vice
    7/10/1998                                       388  
President,
    4/9/1999                                       775  
Government and
    4/13/2001                                       4,039  
Infrastructure)
    7/19/2001       4,177             $ 9.77       7/19/2011          
 
    10/1/2001                                       8,361  
 
    1/2/2002                                       8,361  
 
    4/1/2002                                       8,361  
 
    3/16/2004       13,247             $ 8.94       3/16/2014       7,639  
 
    8/19/2004                                       9,694  
 
    2/17/2005       12,924       6,462     $ 12.94       2/17/2015       14,540  
 
                                           
 
            30,348                               62,352  
 
                                               
John Gann, Jr.
    12/15/2004       15,080       7,538     $ 12.44       12/15/2014       9,694  
(Vice President and
    11/9/2005                                       12,925  
Chief Accounting Officer)
                                               
 
                                             
 
                                            22,619  

 


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(1)   All options listed in this column vest at a rate of 33-1/3% on the first anniversary, 67% on the second anniversary and 100% on the third anniversary from the date of grant.
 
(2)   All restricted stock listed in this column that was awarded (originally as Halliburton restricted stock) on or after January 1, 2003 vests at a rate of 20% per year over a 5-year vesting period. All other restricted stock listed in this column that was awarded (originally as Halliburton restricted stock) prior to January 1, 2003 vests at a rate of 10% per year over a 10-year vesting period.
 
(3)   Restricted stock converts into KBR common stock at a one-to-one ratio.
     Also on April 9, 2007, outstanding awards under Halliburton’s Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan previously granted to KBR employees, consisting in part of units denominated in shares of Halliburton common stock, were converted into awards under the KBR Dresser Deferred Compensation Plan (the “KBR Dresser Plan”), consisting in part of units denominated in shares of KBR common stock. On an as converted basis, John L. Rose’s units denominated in shares of KBR common stock equaled approximately 38,934 shares of KBR common stock. Please read “Adoption of Certain Compensation Plans and Arrangements— KBR Dresser Plan—Payout Options ” for more information on the payment of benefits under the KBR Dresser Plan.
      Adoption of Certain Compensation Plans and Arrangements. On April 13, 2007, the board of directors of KBR adopted the KBR Dresser Plan, the KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “KBR SERP”), the KBR Benefit Restoration Plan (the “KBR BRP”) and the KBR Elective Deferral Plan (the “KBR EDP”), effective as of April 5, 2007. These plans were adopted to preserve the material terms of similar Halliburton plans in which KBR employees participated before the separation of KBR and Halliburton.
      KBR Dresser Plan
      General. The KBR Dresser Plan governs both cash benefits and benefits denominated in KBR common stock provided to three former employees of Dresser Industries, Inc. who are now employees of KBR. The KBR Dresser Plan is a “frozen” plan, meaning that there are no new participants going forward and no additional deferrals credited to any existing participants. The KBR Dresser Plan is a continuation of the benefits provided under the Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as previously administered by Halliburton. All amounts payable under the KBR Dresser Plan are fully vested.
      Benefits . Participants in the KBR Dresser Plan have accounts credited with cash and/or units denominated in shares of KBR common stock. The cash portion of a participant’s benefit is credited annually with interest based on the annual savings account rate at a major bank, as designated by the KBR Dresser Plan’s administrative committee. If dividends are paid on KBR common stock, the participant’s unit account is increased by

 


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the whole number of units of KBR common stock that could be purchased, at the applicable discount, by a dividend equivalent amount as described in the plan. The applicable discount for crediting additional units is determined by the compensation committee, subject to a maximum discount of twenty-five percent.
      Payout Options . Payment of benefits under the KBR Dresser Plan are made in cash, KBR common stock or both, as applicable. Upon a participant’s termination of employment, each participant has the option to receive the benefits provided under the KBR Dresser Plan in equal annual installments over five, ten, fifteen or twenty years. Such election must be made prior to each participant’s respective termination. Regardless of such election, the KBR Dresser Plan’s administrative committee may, in its discretion, direct full payment of a participant’s benefits as soon as administratively feasible after termination of employment if the participant’s benefits payable under the KBR Dresser Plan total $50,000 or less.
     The foregoing description of the KBR Dresser Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the plan, which is filed as Exhibit 4.5 to KBR’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on April 13, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
      KBR SERP
      General. The KBR SERP governs cash benefits provided to certain selected salaried officers and senior executives of KBR. The compensation committee of the board of directors of KBR, in its discretion, determines the participants in the plan. Under the terms of the KBR SERP, KBR will provide benefits to its employees similar to those previously provided under the Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Halliburton SERP”), as previously administered by Halliburton. Amounts awarded under the plan may be credited to existing participants and/or new participants. All amounts granted prior to 2005 are fully vested under the KBR SERP. Any amounts granted in 2005 or later will fully vest upon five consecutive years of participation in the KBR SERP, including any participation in the Halliburton SERP, measured from the date such participant first became a participant in the Halliburton SERP or KBR SERP, as applicable.
      Benefits . Each participant in the KBR SERP is awarded credits denominated in cash to an account balance. The compensation committee, in its discretion, determines the amount that is credited to each participant’s account. The account balance is credited with interest at a five percent (5%) rate during the period before a participant’s termination of employment, and at a ten percent (10%) rate after such termination and until actual payout.
      Payout . As soon as administratively practicable upon a participant’s termination of employment, all amounts payable to such participant are payable in a single lump sum cash payment. Such payment shall only be delayed if necessary to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and relevant guidance thereunder.
     The foregoing description of the KBR SERP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
      KBR BRP
     The KBR BRP is a continuation of the benefits provided under the Halliburton Company Benefit Restoration Plan, as previously administered by Halliburton. The KBR BRP exists to provide a vehicle to restore qualified plan benefits that are reduced as a result of limitations imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or due to participation in other KBR sponsored plans. It also serves to defer compensation that would otherwise be treated as excessive employee remuneration within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The KBR BRP is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that earns interest at the rate of 10% per annum.
     The foregoing description of the KBR BRP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
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     The KBR EDP is a continuation of the benefits provided under the Halliburton Elective Deferral Plan (the “Halliburton EDP”), as previously administered by Halliburton. The KBR EDP provides highly compensated employees with an opportunity to defer earned base salary and incentive compensation in order to help meet retirement and other future income needs. KBR employees that were participants in the Halliburton EDP or are selected by the KBR EDP’s administrative committee, in its discretion, are eligible to participate in the KBR EDP. The KBR EDP is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Participation in the KBR EDP is voluntary.
     The foregoing description of the KBR EDP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference.

 


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ITEM 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)
  Exhibits.
 
   
10.1*
  KBR, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to KBR’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006).
 
   
10.2*
  KBR Dresser Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to KBR’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April 13, 2007).
 
   
10.3
  KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.
 
   
10.4
  KBR Benefit Restoration Plan.
 
   
10.5
  KBR Elective Deferral Plan.
 
*   Incorporated by reference as indicated.

 


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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
    KBR, INC.    
 
           
Date: April 13, 2007
  By:   /s/ Andrew D. Farley
 
Andrew D. Farley
Senior Vice President
   

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
10.1*
  KBR, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to KBR’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006).
 
   
10.2*
  KBR Dresser Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to KBR’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April 13, 2007).
 
   
10.3
  KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.
 
   
10.4
  KBR Benefit Restoration Plan.
 
   
10.5
  KBR Elective Deferral Plan.
 
*   Incorporated by reference as indicated.

 

 

Exhibit 10.3
KBR
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN

 


 

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ARTICLE I Purpose of the Plan
    1  
 
ARTICLE II Definitions
    1  
 
ARTICLE III Administration of the Plan
    3  
 
ARTICLE IV Allocations Under the Plan; Participation in Plan; Selection for Awards
    4  
 
ARTICLE V Non-Assignability of Awards
    5  
 
ARTICLE VI Vesting
    5  
 
ARTICLE VII Distribution of Awards
    6  
 
ARTICLE VIII Nature of Plan
    7  
 
ARTICLE IX Funding of Obligation
    7  
 
ARTICLE X Amendment or Termination of Plan
    7  
 
ARTICLE XI General Provisions
    8  
 
ARTICLE XII Effective Date
    9  
 
SCHEDULE A
    10  
APPENDIX A
    11  
 
ARTICLE XIII Allocations Under the Plan
    11  
 
ARTICLE XIV Vesting
    11  
 
ARTICLE XV Distribution of Awards
    11  

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KBR SUPPLEMENTAL
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
W I T N E S S E T H:
      WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company (“Halliburton”) has previously adopted the Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as most recently amended and restated effective December 7, 2005, for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries to aid such employees in making more adequate provision for their retirement; and
      WHEREAS , Halliburton determined that it would be appropriate and desirable for Halliburton to separate the business and assets of KBR, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, from the business and assets of Halliburton and its other subsidiaries through an initial public offering of the common stock of the Company; and
      WHEREAS , Halliburton plans to take action which will result in the Company and its subsidiaries ceasing to be a member of the Halliburton controlled group; and
      WHEREAS , the Company desires to provide benefits for certain of its new employees including certain current employees who had previously participated in the HAL Plan, as hereafter defined; and
      WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the HAL Plan, each Employer thereunder was liable for the benefits related to its employees, and the Company and the Employers hereunder desire to continue to provide to such employees an opportunity to make deferrals of certain amounts, consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”); and
      WHEREAS, the provisions of the HAL Plan, as amended through the Effective Date, will remain in effect for all deferrals prior to the Effective Date; and
      WHEREAS , the Company desires to preserve the material terms of the HAL Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 (the “Grandfathered Plan”) in order that Grandfathered Plan qualify as a grandfathered plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code; and
      WHEREAS , certain provisions applicable solely to the Grandfathered Plan are preserved in Appendix A, for purposes of determining the terms applicable to amounts deferred under the Grandfathered Plan, which provisions shall be substituted for the corresponding provisions contained herein.
      NOW THEREFORE , the HAL Plan, including the Grandfathered Plan, is hereby continued for Senior Executives with the terms set forth below, and is hereby renamed the KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan to read as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:

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ARTICLE I
Purpose of the Plan
The purpose of the KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to Participants in order to promote growth of the Company and provide additional means of attracting and holding qualified competent executives.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
Where the following words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly indicates to the contrary.
     (A) Account: An individual account for each Participant on the books of such Participant’s Employer to which is credited amounts allocated for the benefit of such Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraph (D) and interest credited pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraph (G).
     (B)  Allocation Year : The calendar year for which an allocation is made to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Article IV.
     (C)  Board : The Board of Directors of the Company.
     (D)  Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     (E)  Committee : The administrative committee appointed by the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan.
     (F)  Compensation Committee : The Compensation Committee of the Board.
     (G)  Company : KBR, Inc., or, only for amounts deferred under the HAL Plan and similar purposes, Halliburton Company.
     (H)  Deconsolidation Date : The date upon which an event reduces the amount of the Company stock owned directly or indirectly by Halliburton Company to be less than the amount required for Halliburton Company to control the Company within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(2) of the Code.
     (I)  Effective Date : The Deconsolidation Date.
     (J)  Employee : Any employee of an Employer. The term does not include independent contractors or persons who are retained by an Employer as consultants only.
     (K)  Employer : The Company, each of the entities identified on Schedule A and each eligible organization designated as an Employer in accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Plan.

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     (L)  ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
     (M)  Grandfathered Plan : The Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, the material terms of which have not been materially modified (within the meaning of Section 409A) after October 3, 2004, and are preserved and continued in the Plan as reflected in Appendix A.
     (N)  Grandfathered Plan Account : A memorandum bookkeeping account established on the records of the Employer for a Participant that is credited with specified deferrals of amounts earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005, and the amounts earned on such amounts determined in accordance with Article XIII of the Grandfathered Plan. A Participant has a 100% non-forfeitable interest in his or her Grandfathered Plan Account at all times.
     (O)  HAL Plan : The Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective December 7, 2005 and as subsequently amended with respect to any period up to the Effective Date.
     (P)  Participant : A Senior Executive who is selected as a Participant for an Allocation Year. The Compensation Committee shall be the sole judge of who shall be eligible to be a Participant for any Allocation Year. The selection of a Senior Executive to be a Participant for a particular Allocation Year shall not constitute him or her a Participant for another Allocation Year unless he or she is selected to be a Participant for such other Allocation Year by the Compensation Committee.
     (Q)  Plan : The KBR Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time, constituting a continuation of the HAL Plan.
     (R)  Section 409A : Section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury authorities.
     (S)  Senior Executive : An Employee who is a senior executive, including an officer, of an Employer (whether or not he or she is also a director thereto), who is employed by an Employer on a full-time basis, who is compensated for such employment by a regular salary and who, in the opinion of the Compensation Committee, is one of the key personnel of an Employer in a position to contribute materially to its continued growth and development and to its future financial success.
     (T)  Subsidiary : At any given time, a company (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other form of entity) in which the Company or any other of the Subsidiaries or both owns, directly or indirectly, an aggregate equity interest of 80% or more.
     (U) Termination of Service : “Separation from service” or “Termination of Employment”, as defined in proposed Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h), with an Employer for any reason other than a transfer between Employers.

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     (V)  Trust : Any trust created pursuant to the provisions of Article VII.
     (W)  Trust Agreement : The agreement establishing the Trust.
     (X)  Trustee : The trustee of the Trust.
     (Y)  Trust Fund : Assets under the Trust as may exist from time to time.
ARTICLE III
Administration of the Plan
     (A) The Compensation Committee shall appoint a Committee to administer, construe and interpret the Plan. Such Committee, or such successor Committee as may be duly appointed by the Compensation Committee, shall serve at the pleasure of the Compensation Committee. Decisions of the Committee, with respect to any matter involving the Plan, shall be final and binding on the Company, its shareholders, each Employer and all officers and other executives of the Employers. For purposes of ERISA, the Committee shall be the Plan “administrator” and shall be the “named fiduciary” with respect to the general administration of the Plan.
     (B) The Committee shall maintain complete and adequate records pertaining to the Plan, including but not limited to Participants’ Accounts, amounts transferred to the Trust, reports from the Trustee and all other records which shall be necessary or desirable in the proper administration of the Plan. The Committee shall furnish the Trustee such information as is required to be furnished by the Committee or the Company pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
     (C) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his or her administrative functions or fiduciary responsibilities, including any expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from an act or omission constituting the negligence of such member in the performance of such functions or responsibilities, but excluding expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from such member’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses against which such member shall be indemnified hereunder shall include, without limitation, the amounts of any settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees, and related charges reasonably incurred in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof.
     (D) The Committee may designate any Subsidiary as an Employer by written instrument delivered to the Secretary of the Company and the designated Employer. Such written instrument shall specify the effective date of such designated participation, may incorporate specific provisions relating to the operation of the Plan which apply to the designated Employer only and shall become, as to such designated Employer and its employees, a part of the Plan. Each designated Employer shall be conclusively presumed to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Plan and any and all amendments thereto upon its submission of information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of an Employer only with the consent of such Employer, which consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given by such Employer upon its submission of any

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information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan. Except as modified by the Committee in its written instrument, the provisions of this Plan shall be applicable with respect to each Employer separately, and amounts payable hereunder shall be paid by the Employer which employs the particular Participant, if not paid from the Trust Fund.
     (E) No member of the Committee shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or herself under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his or her individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which a Committee member is so disqualified to act and the remaining members cannot agree, the Compensation Committee shall appoint a temporary substitute member to exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter in which he or she is disqualified.
ARTICLE IV
Allocations Under the Plan;
Participation in Plan; Selection for Awards
     (A) Each Allocation Year the Compensation Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine what amounts shall be available for allocation to the Accounts of the Participants pursuant to Paragraph (D) below.
     (B) No award shall be made to any person while he or she is a voting member of the Compensation Committee.
     (C) The Compensation Committee from time to time may adopt, amend or revoke such regulations and rules as it may deem advisable for its own purposes to guide in determining which of the Senior Executives it shall deem to be Participants for a particular Allocation Year and the method and manner of payment thereof to the Participants.
     (D) The Compensation Committee, during the Allocation Year involved or during the next succeeding Allocation Year, shall determine which Senior Executives it shall designate as Participants for such Allocation Year and the amounts allocated to each Participant for such Allocation Year. In making its determination, the Compensation Committee shall consider such factors as the Compensation Committee may in its sole discretion deem material. The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may notify a Senior Executive at any time during a particular Allocation Year or in the Allocation Year following the Allocation Year for which the award is made that he or she has been selected as a Participant for all or part of such Allocation Year, and may determine and notify him or her of the amount which shall be allocated to such Participant for such Allocation Year. The decision of the Compensation Committee in selecting a Senior Executive to be a Participant or in making any allocation to him or her shall be final and conclusive, and nothing herein shall be deemed to give any Senior Executive or his or her legal representatives or assigns any right to be a Participant for such Allocation Year or to be allocated any amount except to the extent of the amount, if any, allocated to a Participant for a particular Allocation Year, but at all times subject to the provisions of the Plan.

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     (E) A Senior Executive whose service is terminated during the Allocation Year may be selected as a Participant for such part of the Allocation Year prior to his or her Termination of Service and be granted such award with respect to his or her services during such part of the Allocation Year as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion and under any rules it may promulgate, may determine.
     (F) Allocations to Participants under the Plan shall be made by crediting their respective Accounts on the books of their Employers as of the last day of the Allocation Year. Accounts of Participants shall also be credited with interest as of the last day of each Allocation Year, at the rate set forth in Paragraph (G) below, on the average monthly credit balance of the Account being calculated by using the balance of each Account on the first day of each month. Prior to Termination of Service, the annual interest shall accumulate as a part of the Account balance. After Termination of Service, the annual interest for such Allocation Year may be paid as more particularly set forth hereinafter in Article VII, Paragraph (C).
     (G) Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Accounts at the rate of 5% per annum for periods prior to Termination of Service and at the rate of 10% per annum for periods subsequent to Termination of Service.
ARTICLE V
Non-Assignability of Awards
No Participant shall have any right to commute, encumber, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of or alienate any present or future right or expectancy which he or she may have at any time to receive payments of any allocations made to such Participant, all such allocations being expressly hereby made non-assignable and non-transferable; provided, however, that nothing in this Article shall prevent transfer (A) by will, (B) by the applicable laws of descent and distribution or (C) pursuant to an order that satisfies the requirements for a “qualified domestic relations order” as such term is defined in Section 206(d)(3)(B) of the ERISA and Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code, including an order that requires distributions to an alternate payee prior to a Participant’s “earliest retirement age” as such term is defined in Section 206(d)(3)(E)(ii) of the ERISA and Section 414(p)(4)(B) of the Code. Attempts to transfer or assign by a Participant (other than in accordance with the preceding sentence) shall, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee after consideration of such facts as it deems pertinent, be grounds for terminating any rights of such Participant to any awards allocated to but not previously paid over to such Participant.
ARTICLE VI
Vesting
All amounts, including interest, credited to a Participant’s Account prior to the 2005 Allocation Year shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason, except as provided in Article V, regardless of the number of years of participation in the Plan by such Participant. All amounts, including interest, credited to a Participant’s Account, which are attributable to the 2005 Allocation Year and any subsequent Allocation Years in which such Participant may

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receive an award, shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason, except as provided in Article V, when such Participant has five consecutive years of participation in the Plan as measured from the date such Participant first became a Participant in the Plan.
ARTICLE VII
Distribution of Awards
     (A) Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, and (ii) shall determine whether the payment of the amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund).
     (B) Any amounts payable under Paragraph (A) above shall be paid in a single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, any payments payable as a result of the Employee’s termination of employment (other than death or Disability) shall not be payable before the earlier of (i) the date that is six months after the Employee’s termination of employment, (ii) the date of the Employee’s death, or (iii) the date that otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 409A. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant shall be a “specified employee” for the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of a Plan Year if the Participant is a “key employee” as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code) as of December 31 of the preceding Plan Year. The Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, shall make payments of awards in the manner designated, subject to all of the other terms and conditions of this Plan and the Trust Agreement if any. This Plan shall be deemed to authorize the payment of all or any portion of a Participant’s award from the Trust Fund to the extent such payment is required by the provisions of the Trust Agreement, if any.
     (C) Interest on any payment to be paid to a specified employee under Paragraph (B) above that is delayed because of Section 409(A) shall be paid with the final payment. In such case, the interest is accrued on an annual basis, and the “specified employee” will be entitled to the prorated portion of such annual interest, as calculated up until the actual date of payout pursuant to this Paragraph.
     (D) If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the estate of the Participant. The Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the estate of the Participant all of the benefits then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum.
     (E) If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the

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treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments, provided such distribution is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A.
ARTICLE VIII
Nature of Plan
This Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employers to make benefit payments in the future and Participants have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employers. Further, the adoption of this Plan and any setting aside of amounts by the Employers with which to discharge their obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to create a trust; legal and equitable title to any funds so set aside shall remain in the Employers, and any recipient of benefits hereunder shall have no security or other interest in such funds. Any and all funds so set aside shall remain subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Employers, present and future. This provision shall not require the Employers to set aside any funds, but the Employers may set aside such funds if they choose to do so.
ARTICLE IX
Funding of Obligation
Article VIII above to the contrary notwithstanding, the Employers may fund all or part of their obligations hereunder by transferring assets to a domestic trust if the provisions of the trust agreement creating the Trust require the use of the Trust’s assets to satisfy claims of an Employer’s general unsecured creditors in the event of such Employer’s insolvency and provide that no Participant shall at any time have a prior claim to such assets. Any transfers of assets to a trust may be made by each Employer individually or by the Company on behalf of all Employers. The assets of the Trust shall not be deemed to be assets of this Plan.
ARTICLE X
Amendment or Termination of Plan
The Compensation Committee shall have the power and right from time to time to modify, amend, supplement, suspend or terminate the Plan as it applies to each Employer, provided that no such change in the Plan may deprive a Participant of the amounts allocated to his or her Account or be retroactive in effect to the prejudice of any Participant and the interest rate applicable to amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts for periods subsequent to Termination of Service shall not be reduced below 6% per annum. Any such modification, amendment, supplement suspension or termination shall be in writing and signed by a member of the Compensation Committee.

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ARTICLE XI
General Provisions
     (A) No Participant shall have any preference over the general creditors of an Employer in the event of such Employer’s insolvency.
     (B) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to give any person the right to be retained in the employ of an Employer or to interfere with the right of an Employer to terminate the employment of any person at any time.
     (C) If the Committee receives evidence satisfactory to it that any person entitled to receive a payment hereunder is, at the time the benefit is payable, physically, mentally or legally incompetent to receive such payment and to give a valid receipt therefor, and that an individual or institution is then maintaining or has custody of such person and that no guardian, committee or other representative of the estate of such person has been duly appointed, the Committee may direct that such payment thereof be paid to such individual or institution maintaining or having custody of such person, and the receipt of such individual or institution shall be valid and a complete discharge for the payment of such benefit.
     (D) Payments to be made hereunder may, at the written request of the Participant, be made to a bank account designated by such Participant, provided that deposits to the credit of such Participant in any bank or trust company shall be deemed payment into his or her hands.
     (E) Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in another gender in all cases where they would so apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or plural form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the other form in all cases where they would so apply.
     (F) THIS PLAN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW.
     (G) It is intended that the provisions of this Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A and that the Plan be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable. Therefore, the Committee may make adjustments to the Plan and may construe the provisions of the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.

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ARTICLE XII
Effective Date
This Plan shall be effective from the Effective Date and shall continue in force during subsequent years unless amended or revoked by action of the Compensation Committee.
         
  KBR, INC.
 
 
  By   /s/ William P. Utt  
    William P. Utt  
    President and Chief Executive Officer  
 

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SCHEDULE A
KBR Technical Services, Inc.

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APPENDIX A
Articles XIII, XIV and XV of the Plan are referred to as the “Grandfathered Plan”. The Grandfathered Plan contains the provisions governing the deferrals of accounts earned and vested by Senior Executives on or before December 31, 2004. This Appendix A preserves the material terms of the Grandfathered Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, and is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A as to grandfathered amounts. The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to, and be effective only with respect to, the deferral of earned and vested amounts under the Grandfathered Plan before January 1, 2005, and the amounts earned on such deferrals credited at any time. The Plan provides for separate accounting of such amounts deferred, earned, and vested before January 1, 2005, and the Credited Investment Return thereon.
No amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to amend this Appendix A and the relevant provisions of the Plan in effect prior to such amendment unless otherwise specifically set forth therein. Pursuant to Section 1.409A-6(a)(4) of the Proposed Treasury Regulations, a modification is material “if a benefit or right existing as of October 3, 2004 is materially enhanced or a new material benefit or right is added....”.
The provisions of the Plan applicable to the Grandfathered Plan Accounts shall be administered in a manner consistent with the Grandfathered Plan and Appendix A. Wherever the Plan has added, changed, or otherwise altered any terms of the Grandfathered Plan that were in effect on December 31, 2004, in a manner that would constitute a material modification, as described above, such changes will be disregarded in the administration of the Grandfathered Plan Accounts herein.
ARTICLE XIII
Allocations Under the Plan
Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Accounts at the rate of 5% per annum for periods prior to Termination of Service and at the rate of 10% per annum for periods subsequent to Termination of Service.
ARTICLE XIV
Vesting
All amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason except as provided in Article V.
ARTICLE XV
Distribution of Awards
     (A) Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, (ii) shall determine whether the payment of

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the amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund) and (iii) shall determine and certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the method of payment of the amount credited to a Participant’s Account, selected by the Committee from among the following alternatives:
     (1) single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service;
     (2) payment of one-half of the Participant’s balance upon Termination of Service, with payment of the additional one-half to be made on or before the last day of a period of one year following Termination of Service;
     (3) monthly installments over a period not to exceed ten years with such payments to commence upon Termination of Service.
The above notwithstanding, if the total amount credited to the Participant’s Account upon Termination of Service is less than $50,000, such amount shall always be paid in a single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service.
     (B) Interest on the second half of a payment under Paragraph (A)(2) above shall be paid with the final payment, while interest on payments under Paragraph (A)(3) above may be paid at each year end or may be paid as a part of a level monthly payment computed by the Committee through the use of such methodologies as the Committee shall select from time to time for such purpose.
     (C) If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the estate of the Participant. The Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the estate of the Participant all of the awards then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum or in such other form of payment consistent with the alternative methods of payment set forth above as the Committee shall determine after considering such facts and circumstances relating to the Participant and his or her estate as it deems pertinent.
     (D) If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments.

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Exhibit 10.4
KBR
BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I Purpose of the Plan
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE II Definitions
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE III Administration of the Plan
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE IV Allocations Under the Plan; Participation in Plan; Selection for Awards
    4  
 
       
ARTICLE V Non-Assignability of Awards
    5  
 
       
ARTICLE VI Vesting
    5  
 
       
ARTICLE VII Distribution of Awards
    5  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII Nature of Plan
    6  
 
       
ARTICLE IX Funding of Obligation
    7  
 
       
ARTICLE X Amendment or Termination of Plan
    7  
 
       
ARTICLE XI General Provisions
    7  
 
       
ARTICLE XII Effective Date
    8  
 
       
SCHEDULE A
    9  
 
       
APPENDIX A
    10  
 
       
ARTICLE XIII Allocations Under the Plan; Participation in the Plan; Selection for Awards
    10  
 
       
ARTICLE XIV Distribution of Awards
    10  

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KBR
BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN
W I T N E S S E T H:
           WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company (“Halliburton”) has previously adopted the Halliburton Company Benefit Restoration Plan, as most recently amended and restated effective January 1, 2004, for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries to aid such employees in making more adequate provision for their retirement; and
           WHEREAS , Halliburton determined that it would be appropriate and desirable for Halliburton to separate the business and assets of KBR, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries , from the business and assets of Halliburton and its other subsidiaries through an initial public offering of the common stock of the Company; and
           WHEREAS , Halliburton plans to take action which will result in the Company and its subsidiaries ceasing to be a member of the Halliburton controlled group; and
           WHEREAS , the Company desires to provide benefits for certain of its new employees including certain current employees who had previously participated in the HAL Plan, as hereafter defined; and
           WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the HAL Plan, each Employer thereunder was liable for the benefits related to its employees, and the Company and the Employers hereunder desire to continue to provide to such employees an opportunity to make deferrals of certain amounts, consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”); and
           WHEREAS, the provisions of the HAL Plan, as amended through the Effective Date, will remain in effect for all deferrals prior to the Effective Date; and
           WHEREAS , the Company desires to preserve the material terms of the HAL Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 (the “Grandfathered Plan”) in order that the Grandfathered Plan qualify as a grandfathered plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code; and
           WHEREAS , certain provisions applicable solely to the Grandfathered Plan are preserved in Appendix A, for purposes of determining the terms applicable to amounts deferred under the Grandfathered Plan, which provisions shall be substituted for the corresponding provisions contained herein.
           NOW THEREFORE , the HAL Plan, including the Grandfathered Plan, is hereby continued for Participants with the terms set forth below, and is hereby renamed the KBR Benefit Restoration Plan to read as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:

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ARTICLE I
Purpose of the Plan
The purpose of the KBR Benefit Restoration Plan is to provide a vehicle to restore qualified plan benefits which are reduced as a result of limitations on contributions imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or due to participation in other company sponsored plans and to defer compensation that would otherwise be treated as excessive employee remuneration within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
Where the following words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly indicates to the contrary.
          (A) Account : An individual account for each Participant on the books of such Participant’s Employer to which is credited amounts allocated for the benefit of such Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraphs (A) and (B), amounts transferred to the Plan from other deferred compensation plans, and interest credited pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraph (D).
          (B) Allocation Year : The calendar year for which an allocation is made to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Article IV.
          (C) Board : The Board of Directors of the Company.
          (D) Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          (E) Committee : The administrative committee appointed by the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan.
          (F) Compensation Committee : The Compensation Committee of the Board.
          (G) Company : KBR, Inc. or, only for amounts deferred under the HAL Plan and similar purposes, Halliburton Company.
          (H) Deconsolidation Date : The date upon which an event reduces the amount of the Company stock owned directly or indirectly by Halliburton Company to be less than the amount required for Halliburton Company to control the Company within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(2) of the Code.
          (I) Effective Date : The Deconsolidation Date.
          (J) Employee : Any employee of an Employer. The term does not include independent contractors or persons who are retained by an Employer as consultants only.

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          (K) Employer : The Company, each of the entities identified on Schedule A and each eligible organization designated as an Employer in accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Plan.
          (L) ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
          (M) Grandfathered Plan : The Halliburton Company Benefit Restoration Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, the material terms of which have not been materially modified (within the meaning of Section 409A) after October 3, 2004, and are preserved and continued in the Plan as reflected in Appendix A.
          (N) Grandfathered Plan Account : A memorandum bookkeeping account established on the records of the Employer for a Participant that is credited with specified deferrals of amounts earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005, and the interest on such amounts determined in accordance with Article XIII, Paragraph (B) of the Grandfathered Plan. A Participant has a 100% non-forfeitable interest in his or her Grandfathered Plan Account at all times.
          (O) HAL Plan : The Halliburton Company Benefit Restoration Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2004 and as subsequently amended with respect to any period up to the Effective Date.
          (P) Participant : An Employee whose compensation from the Employers for an Allocation Year is in excess of the limit set forth in Section 401 (a)(17) of the Code for such Allocation Year or who has made elective deferrals for such Allocation Year under the KBR Elective Deferral Plan. The foregoing notwithstanding, an Employee whose employment with an Employer is terminated prior to the last day of an Allocation Year for any reason other than death, disability or retirement in accordance with the terms of his or her Employer’s retirement policy shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan for such Allocation Year and, accordingly, such Employee’s Account shall not be credited with any allocation under Article IV, Paragraph (A) for such Allocation Year.
          (Q) Plan : The KBR Benefit Restoration Plan, as amended from time to time, constituting a continuation of the HAL Plan.
          (R) Section 409A, (“409A”) : Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the applicable proposed Department of Treasury Regulations and other Treasury guidance thereunder.
          (S) Subsidiary : At any given time, a company (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other form of entity) in which the Company or any other of its Subsidiaries or both owns, directly or indirectly, an aggregate equity interest of 80% or more.
          (T) Termination of Service : “Separation from service” or “Termination of Employment”, as defined in proposed Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h), with an Employer for any reason other than a transfer between Employers.

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          (U) Trust : Any trust created pursuant to the provisions of Article IX.
          (V) Trust Agreement : The agreement establishing the Trust.
          (W) Trust Fund : Assets under the Trust as may exist from time to time.
          (X) Trustee : The trustee of the Trust.
ARTICLE III
Administration of the Plan
          (A) The Compensation Committee shall appoint a Committee to administer, construe and interpret the Plan. Such Committee, or such successor Committee as may be duly appointed by the Compensation Committee, shall serve at the pleasure of the Compensation Committee. Decisions of the Committee, with respect to any matter involving the Plan, shall be final and binding on the Company, its shareholders, each Employer and all officers and other executives of the Employers. For purposes of ERISA, the Committee shall be the Plan “administrator” and shall be the “named fiduciary” with respect to the general administration of the Plan.
          (B) The Committee shall maintain complete and adequate records pertaining to the Plan, including but not limited to Participants’ Accounts, amounts transferred to the Trust, reports from the Trustee and all other records which shall be necessary or desirable in the proper administration of the Plan. The Committee shall furnish the Trustee such information as is required to be furnished by the Committee or the Company pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
          (C) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his or her administrative functions or fiduciary responsibilities, including any expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from an act or omission constituting the negligence of such member in the performance of such functions or responsibilities, but excluding expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from such member’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses against which such member shall be indemnified hereunder shall include, without limitation, the amounts of any settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees, and related charges reasonably incurred in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof.
          (D) The Committee may designate any Subsidiary as an Employer by written instrument delivered to the Secretary of the Company and the designated Employer. Such written instrument shall specify the effective date of such designated participation, may incorporate specific provisions relating to the operation of the Plan which apply to the designated Employer only and shall become, as to such designated Employer and its employees, a part of the Plan. Each designated Employer shall be conclusively presumed to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Plan and any and all amendments thereto upon its submission of information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of an Employer only with the consent of such Employer, which consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given by such Employer upon its submission of any

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information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan. Except as modified by the Committee in its written instrument, the provisions of this Plan shall be applicable with respect to each Employer separately, and amounts payable hereunder shall be paid by the Employer which employs the particular Participant, if not paid from the Trust Fund.
          (E) No member of the Committee shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or herself under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his or her individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which an Committee member is so disqualified to act and the remaining members cannot agree, the Compensation Committee shall appoint a temporary substitute member to exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter in which he or she is disqualified.
ARTICLE IV
Allocations Under the Plan;
Participation in Plan; Selection for Awards
          (A) The Committee shall determine for each Allocation Year which Participants’ allocations of Employer contributions (other than matching contributions) under qualified defined contribution plans sponsored by the Employers have been reduced for such Allocation Year by reason of the application of Section 401 (a)(17) or Section 415 of the Code, or any combination of such Sections, or by reason of elective deferrals under the KBR Elective Deferral Plan, and shall allocate to the credit of each such Participant under the Plan an amount equal to the amount of such reductions applicable to such Participant. In addition, the Committee shall allocate to the credit of each Participant under the Plan the amount of Employer matching contributions that would have been allocated to such Participant’s account under Employer’s qualified defined contribution plan with respect to (i) the amount of such Participant’s compensation (as such term is defined in Employer’s qualified defined contribution plan) deferred under the KBR Elective Deferral Plan for such Allocation Year and (ii) the amount of such compensation not so deferred that is in excess of the compensation limit under Section 401 (a)(17) of the Code for such Allocation Year.
          (B) Pursuant to proposed Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(5)(i), the Compensation Committee will allocate to the credit of a Participant under the Plan all or any part of any remuneration payable by the Employer to such Participant which would otherwise be treated as excessive employee remuneration within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code for any Allocation Year, rather than paying such excessive remuneration to such Participant.
          (C) Allocations to Participants under the Plan shall be made by crediting their respective Account on the books of their Employers as of the last day of the Allocation Year, except that an allocation under Paragraph (B) shall be credited to a Participant on the date the amount would have been paid to the Participant had it not been deferred pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (B). Accounts of Participants shall also be credited with interest as of the last day of each Allocation Year, at the rate set forth in Paragraph (D) below, on the average monthly credit balance of the Account being calculated by using the balance of each Account on the first day of each month. Prior to Termination of Service, the annual interest shall accumulate as a part of the Account balance. After Termination of Service, the annual interest for such

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Allocation Year shall be paid as more particularly set forth hereinafter in Article VII, Paragraph (D).
          (D) Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Account at the rate of 10% per annum.
ARTICLE V
Non-Assignability of Awards
No Participant shall have any right to commute, encumber, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of or alienate any present or future right or expectancy which he or she may have at any time to receive payments of any allocations made to such Participant, all such allocations being expressly hereby made non-assignable and non-transferable; provided, however, that nothing in the Article shall prevent transfer (A) by will, (B) by the applicable laws of descent and distribution or (C) pursuant to an order that satisfies the requirements for a “qualified domestic relations order” as such term is defined in section 206(d)(3)(B) of the ERISA and section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code, including an order that requires distributions to an alternate payee prior to a Participant’s “earliest retirement age” as such term is defined in section 206(d)(3)(E)(ii) of the ERISA and section 414(p)(4)(B) of the Code. Attempts to transfer or assign by a Participant (other than in accordance with the preceding sentence) shall, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee after consideration of such facts as it deems pertinent, be grounds for terminating any rights of such Participant to any awards allocated to but not previously paid over to such Participant.
ARTICLE VI
Vesting
All amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason except as provided in Article V.
ARTICLE VII
Distribution of Awards
          (A) Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, and (ii) shall determine whether the payment of the amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund).
          (B) Any amount payable under Paragraph (A) above shall be paid in a single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, any payment payable as a result of the Employee’s termination of employment (other than death or Disability)

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shall not be payable before the earlier of (i) the date that is six months after the Employee’s termination of employment, (ii) the date of the Employee’s death, or (iii) the date that otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 409A. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant shall be a “specified employee” for the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of a Plan Year if the Participant is a “key employee” as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code) as of December 31 of the preceding Plan Year.
          (C) The Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, shall make payment of awards in the manner required by Paragraph (B) above, subject to all of the other terms and conditions of this Plan and the Trust Agreement, if any. This Plan shall be deemed to authorize the payment of all or any portion of a Participant’s award from the Trust Fund, to the extent such payment is required by the provisions of the Trust Agreement, if any.
          (D) Interest on any payment to be paid to a specified employee under Paragraph (B) above that is delayed because of Section 409A shall be paid with the final payment. In such case, the interest is accrued on an annual basis, and the “specified employee” will be entitled to the prorated portion of such annual interest, as calculated up until the actual date of payout pursuant to this Paragraph.
          (E) If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the estate of the Participant. The Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the estate of the Participant all of the benefits then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum.
          (F) If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article X, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments, provided such distribution is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A.
ARTICLE VIII
Nature of Plan
This Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employers to make benefit payments in the future and Participants have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employers. Further, the adoption of this Plan and any setting aside of amounts by the Employers with which to discharge their obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to create a trust; legal and equitable title to any funds so set aside shall remain in the Employers, and any recipient of benefits hereunder shall have no security or other interest in such funds. Any and all funds so set aside shall remain subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Employers, present and future. This provision shall not require the Employers to set aside any funds, but the Employers may set aside such funds if they choose to do so.

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ARTICLE IX
Funding of Obligation
Article VIII above to the contrary notwithstanding, the Employers may fund all or part of their obligations hereunder by transferring assets to a domestic trust if the provisions of the trust agreement creating the Trust require the use of the Trust’s assets to satisfy claims of an Employer’s general unsecured creditors in the event of such Employer’s insolvency and provide that no Participant shall at any time have a prior claim to such assets. Any transfers of assets to a trust may be made by each Employer individually or by the Company on behalf of all Employers. The assets of the Trust shall not be deemed to be assets of this Plan.
ARTICLE X
Amendment or Termination of Plan
The Compensation Committee shall have the power and right from time to time to modify, amend, supplement, suspend or terminate the Plan as it applies to each Employer, provided that no such change in the Plan may deprive a Participant of the amounts allocated to his or her Account or be retroactive in effect to the prejudice of any Participant and the interest rate applicable to amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts for periods subsequent to Termination of Service shall not be reduced below 6% per annum. Any such modification, amendment, supplement, suspension or termination shall be in writing and signed by a member of the Compensation Committee.
ARTICLE XI
General Provisions
          (A) No Participant shall have any preference over the general creditors of an Employer in the event of such Employer’s insolvency.
          (B) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to give any person the right to be retained in the employ of an Employer or to interfere with the right of an Employer to terminate the employment of any person at any time.
          (C) If the Committee receives evidence satisfactory to it that any person entitled to receive a payment hereunder is, at the time the benefit is payable, physically, mentally or legally incompetent to receive such payment and to give a valid receipt therefor, and that an individual or institution is then maintaining or has custody of such person and that no guardian, committee or other representative of the estate of such person has been duly appointed, the Committee may direct that such payment thereof be paid to such individual or institution maintaining or having custody of such person, and the receipt of such individual or institution shall be valid and a complete discharge for the payment of such benefit.
          (D) Payments to be made hereunder may, at the written request of the Participant, be made to a bank account designated by such Participant, provided that deposits to

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the credit of such Participant in any bank or trust company shall be deemed payment into his or her hands.
          (E) Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in another gender in all cases where they would so apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or plural form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the other form in all cases where they would so apply.
          (F) THIS PLAN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW.
          (G) It is intended that the provisions of this Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A and that the Plan be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable. Therefore, the Committee may make adjustments to the Plan and may construe the provisions of the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.
ARTICLE XII
Effective Date
This Plan shall be effective from the Effective Date and shall continue in force during subsequent years unless amended or revoked by action of the Compensation Committee.
             
    KBR, INC.    
 
           
 
  By   /s/ William P. Utt     
 
     
William P. Utt
President and Chief Executive Officer
     

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SCHEDULE A
KBR Technical Services, Inc.

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APPENDIX A
Articles XIII and XIV of the Plan are referred to as the “Grandfathered Plan”. The Grandfathered Plan contains the provisions governing the deferrals of accounts earned and vested by Participants on or before December 31, 2004. This Appendix A preserves the material terms of the Grandfathered Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, and is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A as to grandfathered amounts. The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to, and be effective only with respect to, the deferral of earned and vested amounts under the Grandfathered Plan before January 1, 2005, and the interest on the Trust Fund pursuant to Section (B) of Article XIII, below, and credited at any time. The Plan provides for separate accounting of such amounts deferred, earned, and vested before January 1, 2005, and such interest on the Trust Fund.
No amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to amend this Appendix A and the relevant provisions of the Plan in effect prior to such amendment unless otherwise specifically set forth therein. Pursuant to Section 1.409A-6(a)(4) of the Proposed Treasury Regulations, a modification is material “if a benefit or right existing as of October 3, 2004 is materially enhanced or a new material benefit or right is added....”
The provisions of the Plan applicable to the Grandfathered Plan Accounts shall be administered in a manner consistent with the Grandfathered Plan and Appendix A. Wherever the Plan has added, changed, or otherwise altered any terms of the Grandfathered Plan that were in effect on December 31, 2004, in a manner that would constitute a material modification, as described above, such changes will be disregarded in the administration of the Grandfathered Plan Accounts herein.
ARTICLE XIII
Allocations Under the Plan;
Participation in the Plan; Selection for Awards
          (A) There shall be no further allocations to any Participant under the Grandfathered Plan.
          (B) Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Account at the rate of 10% per annum.
ARTICLE XIV
Distribution of Awards
          (A) Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, and (ii) shall determine whether the payment of the amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the

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applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund) and (iii) shall determine and certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the method of payment of the amount credited to a Participant’s Account, selected by the Committee from among the following alternatives:
               (1) single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service;
               (2) payment of one-half of the Participant’s balance upon Termination of Service, with payment of the additional one-half to be made on or before the last day of a period of one year following Termination;
               (3) in monthly installments over a period not to exceed ten years with such payments to commence upon Termination of Service.
The above notwithstanding, if the total amount credited to the Participant’s Account upon Termination of Service is less than $50,000, such amount shall always be paid in a single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service.
          (B) Interest on the second half of a payment under Paragraph (A)(2) above shall be paid with the final payment, while interest on payments under Paragraph (A)(3) above may be paid at each year end or may be paid as a part of a level monthly payment computed by the Committee through the use of such methodologies as the Committee shall select from time to time for such purpose.
          (C) If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the estate of the Participant. The Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the estate of the Participant all of the awards then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum or in such other form of payment consistent with the alternative methods of payment set forth above as the Committee shall determine after considering such facts and circumstances relating to the Participant and his or her estate as it deems pertinent.
          (D) If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article X, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments.

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Exhibit 10.5
KBR
ELECTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
I. Definitions and Construction
    2  
1.1 Definitions
    2  
1.2 Number and Gender
    5  
1.3 Headings
    5  
 
       
II. Participation
    5  
2.1 Participation
    5  
2.2 Cessation of Active Participation
    5  
 
       
III. Deferral Account Credits; Investment Elections
    5  
3.1 Base Salary Deferrals
    6  
3.2 Bonus Compensation Deferrals
    6  
3.3 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Deferrals
    7  
3.4 Investment of Deferral Accounts
    7  
 
       
IV. Emergency Withdrawals
    8  
 
       
V. Payment of Benefits
    8  
5.1 Payment Election Generally
    8  
5.2 Subsequent Payment Elections
    9  
5.3 Time of Benefit Payment
    9  
5.4 Form of Benefit Payment
    10  
5.5 Total and Permanent Disability
    10  
5.6 Death
    10  
5.7 Designation of Beneficiaries
    10  
5.8 Other Separation from Service
    11  
5.9 Payment of Benefits
    11  
5.10 Unclaimed Benefits
    11  
5.11 No Acceleration of Bonus or Long-Term Incentive Compensation
    11  
 
       
VI. Administration of the Plan
    12  
6.1 Committee Powers and Duties
    12  
6.2 Self-Interest of Participants
    12  
6.3 Claims Review
    13  
6.4 Employer to Supply Information
    13  
6.5 Indemnity
    14  
 
       
VII. Administration of Funds
    14  
7.1 Payment of Expenses
    14  
7.2 Trust Fund Property
    14  
 
       
VIII. Nature of the Plan
    14  
 
       
IX. Participating Employers
    15  
 
       
X. Miscellaneous
    16  

(i)


 

         
10.1 Not Contract of Employment
    16  
10.2 Alienation of Interest Forbidden
    16  
10.3 Withholding
    16  
10.4 Amendment and Termination
    16  
10.5 Severability
    16  
10.6 Governing Laws
    17  
10.7 Section 409A Compliance
    17  
 
       
APPENDIX A
    19  
 
       
III. Grandfathered Plan Account Credits; Investment Elections
    20  
3.1 Base Salary Deferrals
    20  
3.2 Bonus Compensation Deferrals
    20  
3.3 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Deferrals
    20  
3.4 Investment of Grandfathered Plan Accounts
    20  
 
       
IV. Withdrawals
    21  
4.1 Emergency Withdrawals
    21  
4.2 Non-Emergency Withdrawals
    21  
 
       
V. Payment of Benefits
    22  
5.1 Payment Election Generally
    22  
5.2 Subsequent Payment Elections
    23  
5.3 Time of Benefit Payment
    23  
5.4 Form of Benefit Payment
    23  
5.5 Total and Permanent Disability
    23  
5.6 Death
    24  
5.7 Other Termination of Employment
    24  
5.8 Payment of Benefits
    24  
5.9 No Acceleration of Bonus or Long-Term Incentive Compensation
    24  

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KBR ELECTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN
W I T N E S S E T H :
      WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company (“Halliburton”) has previously adopted the Halliburton Company Elective Deferral Plan, as most recently amended and restated effective May 1, 2002, for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries to aid such employees in making more adequate provision for their retirement; and
      WHEREAS , Halliburton plans to take action which will result in KBR, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries ceasing to be a member of the Halliburton controlled group; and
      WHEREAS , Halliburton determined that it would be appropriate and desirable for Halliburton to separate the business and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries , from the business and assets of Halliburton and its other subsidiaries through an initial public offering of the common stock of the Company; and
      WHEREAS , the Company desires to provide benefits for certain of its new employees including certain current employees who had previously participated in the HAL Plan, as hereafter defined; and
      WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the HAL Plan, each Employer thereunder was liable for the benefits related to its employees, and the Company and the Employers hereunder desire to continue to provide to such employees an opportunity to make deferrals of certain amounts, consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”); and
      WHEREAS, the provisions of the HAL Plan, as amended through the Effective Date, will remain in effect for all deferrals prior to the Effective Date; and
      WHEREAS , the Company desires to preserve the material terms of the HAL Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 (the “Grandfathered Plan”) in order that the Grandfathered Plan qualify as a grandfathered plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code; and
      WHEREAS , certain provisions applicable solely to the Grandfathered Plan are preserved in Appendix A, for purposes of determining the terms applicable to amounts deferred under the Grandfathered Plan, which provisions shall be substituted for the corresponding provisions contained herein.
      NOW THEREFORE , the HAL Plan, including the Grandfathered Plan, is hereby continued for Eligible Employees with the terms set forth below, and is hereby renamed the KBR Elective Deferral Plan to read as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:

 


 

I.
Definitions and Construction
      1.1 Definitions . Where the following words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly indicates to the contrary.
(1)   Act : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
(2)   Affiliate : Any entity of which an aggregate of 50% or more of the ownership interest is owned of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any other Affiliate.
 
(3)   Base Salary : The base rate of cash compensation paid by the Employer to or for the benefit of a Participant for services rendered or labor performed while a Participant, including base pay a Participant could have received in cash in lieu of (a) deferrals pursuant to Section 3.1 and (b) contributions made on his or her behalf to any qualified plan maintained by the Employer or to any cafeteria plan under Section 125 of the Code maintained by the Employer.
 
(4)   Bonus Compensation : With respect to any Participant for a Plan Year, remuneration based on calendar year performance under an annual incentive compensation plan maintained by the Employer that is payable to the Participant in cash.
 
(5)   Credited Investment Return : The hypothetical gain or loss credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account or Grandfathered Plan Account, as applicable, pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section 3.4(e) hereof.
 
(6)   Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(7)   Committee : The administrative committee appointed by the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan.
 
(8)   Compensation Committee : The Compensation Committee of the Directors.
 
(9)   Company : KBR, Inc., or, only for amounts deferred under the HAL Plan and similar purposes, Halliburton Company.
 
(10)   Deconsolidation Date : The date upon which an event reduces the amount of the Company stock owned directly or indirectly by Halliburton Company to be less than the amount required for Halliburton Company to control the Company within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(2) of the Code.
 
(11)   Deemed Investment Elections : The investment elections described in Section 3.4 hereof.

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(12)   Deferral Account : A memorandum bookkeeping account established on the records of the Employer for a Participant that is credited with specified deferrals, and the Credited Investment Return determined in accordance with Section 3.4(e) of the Plan, made and earned after December 31, 2004. A Participant shall have a 100% nonforfeitable interest in his or her Deferral Account at all times.
 
(13)   Deferral and Investment Election Form : The form or procedure prescribed by the Committee pursuant to which a Participant elects for a particular Plan Year (a) the deferral of a portion of his or her Base Salary, Bonus Compensation and/or Long-Term Incentive Compensation, and (b) one or more Deemed Investment Options into which amounts to be allocated to his or her Deferral Account in respect of such deferrals for such Plan Year will be deemed invested.
 
(14)   Determination Date : The date on which the amount of a Participant’s Deferral Account or Grandfathered Plan Account is determined as provided in Section 3.4 hereof, as applicable. The last day of each month shall be a Determination Date. As of any Determination Date, a Participant’s aggregate benefit under the Plan shall be equal to the amount credited to his or her Deferral Account and Grandfathered Plan Account, if applicable, as of such date.
 
(15)   Directors : The Board of Directors of the Company.
 
(16)   Effective Date : The Deconsolidation Date.
 
(17)   Eligible Employee :
     (a) Any regular Full-Time Active Employee who participates in the HAL Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date; or
     (b) Any Employee who is (i) a regular Full-Time Active Employee, (ii) paid in United States dollars and subject to the income tax laws of the United States, (iii) an officer or member of a select group of highly compensated employees of the Employer, and (iv) employed on or after the Effective Date.
(18)   Employee : Any person employed by the Employer.
 
(19)   Employer : The Company, each of the entities identified on Schedule A and each eligible organization designated as an Employer in accordance with the provisions of Article IX of the Plan.
 
(20)   Full-Time Active Employee : An Employee whose employment with the Employer requires, and who regularly and actively performs, 30 or more hours of service for the Employer each week at a usual place of business of the Employer or at a location to which such Employee is required or permitted to travel on behalf of the Employer for which such Employee is paid regular compensation.
 
(21)   Grandfathered Plan : The Halliburton Elective Deferral Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, the material terms of which have not been materially

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    modified (within the meaning of Section 409A) after October 3, 2004, and are preserved and continued in the Plan as reflected in Appendix A.
 
(22)   Grandfathered Plan Account : A memorandum bookkeeping account established on the records of the Employer for a Participant that is credited with specified deferrals of amounts earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005, and the Credited Investment Return on such amounts determined in accordance with Section 3.4(e) of the Grandfathered Plan. A Participant has a 100% non-forfeitable interest in his or her Grandfathered Plan Account at all times.
 
(23)   HAL Plan : The Halliburton Elective Deferral Plan, as amended and restated effective May 1, 2002 and as subsequently amended with respect to any period up to the Effective Date.
 
(24)   Investment Election Change Form : The form or procedure prescribed by the Committee pursuant to which a Participant may make changes to his or her Deemed Investment Elections applicable to future allocations to his or her Deferral Account or Grandfathered Plan Account and/or to his or her current Deferral Account balance or Grandfathered Plan Account balance.
 
(25)   Investment Options : One or more alternatives designated from time to time by the Committee for purposes of crediting earnings or losses to Deferral Accounts and Grandfathered Plan Accounts.
 
(26)   Long-Term Incentive Compensation : Awards, other than Bonus Compensation and Base Salary, earned under such plans or programs as the Compensation Committee may, from time to time, designate that are payable in cash.
 
(27)   Participant : Each individual who has been selected for participation in the Plan and who has become a Participant pursuant to Article II.
 
(28)   Plan : The KBR Elective Deferral Plan, as amended from time to time, constituting a continuation of the HAL Plan.
 
(29)   Plan Year : The twelve consecutive month period commencing January 1 of each year.
 
(30)   Retirement : The date the Participant separates from service with the Employer after attaining age 55 or after the sum of the Participant’s age and years of service is 70 or greater.
 
(31)   Section 409A : Section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury authorities.
 
(32)   Trust : The trust, if any, established under the Trust Agreement.
 
(33)   Trust Agreement : The agreement, if any, entered into between the Employer and the Trustee pursuant to Article VIII.

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(34)   Trust Fund : The funds and properties, if any, held pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Agreement, together with all income, profits and increments thereto.
 
(35)   Trustee : The trustee or trustees appointed by the Committee who are qualified and acting under the Trust Agreement at any time.
 
(36)   Unforeseeable Emergency : A severe financial hardship to the Participant or beneficiary resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant or beneficiary, the Participant’s or beneficiary’s spouse or of a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant; loss of the Participant’s or beneficiary’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant or beneficiary; provided, however, that such circumstances meet the definition of “unforeseeable emergency” under Section 409A, related Treasury pronouncements and any successor thereto.
      1.2 Number and Gender . Wherever appropriate herein, words used in the singular shall be considered to include the plural and words used in the plural shall be considered to include the singular. The masculine gender, where appearing in the Plan, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.
      1.3 Headings . The headings of Articles and Sections herein are included solely for convenience, and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the text shall control.
II.
Participation
      2.1 Participation . Participants are all regular Full-Time Active Employees who participate in the HAL Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date, and thereafter shall also include those Eligible Employees who are selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as Participants. The Committee shall notify each Participant of his or her selection as a Participant. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2, a Participant shall remain eligible to defer Base Salary and/or Bonus Compensation hereunder for each Plan Year following his or her initial year of participation in the Plan.
      2.2 Cessation of Active Participation . Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, an individual who has become a Participant in the Plan shall cease to be entitled to defer Base Salary and/or Bonus Compensation hereunder effective as of the date he or she ceases to be an Eligible Employee or any earlier date designated by the Committee. Any such Committee action shall be communicated to the affected individual prior to the effective date of such action.
III.
Deferral Account Credits; Investment Elections

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      3.1 Base Salary Deferrals .
     (a) Any Participant may elect to defer receipt of an integral percentage of from 5% to 75% of his or her Base Salary, in 5% increments, for any Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event may the deferred amount under this Section 3.1(a) exceed the percentage of the Participant’s Base Salary remaining as of the first pay period of the Plan Year after application of all other amounts withheld from the Participant’s Base Salary for any reason, including amounts withheld due to tax withholding or pursuant to the Participant’s elections, as in effect on January 1 of the Plan Year, under any other plans maintained by the Employer. A Participant’s election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Base Salary for any Plan Year shall be made on or before the last day of the preceding Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an individual initially becomes eligible to participate in the Plan other than on the first day of a Plan Year, such Participant’s election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Base Salary for such Plan Year may be made no later than 30 days after the date he or she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, but such election shall be prospective only. The reduction in a Participant’s Base Salary pursuant to his or her election shall be effected by Base Salary reductions as of each payroll period within the election period. Deferrals of Base Salary under this Plan shall be made before elective deferrals or contributions of Base Salary under any other plan maintained by the Employer. Base Salary deferrals made by a Participant shall be credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date the Base Salary deferred would have been received by such Participant had no deferral been made pursuant to this Section. Except as provided in Paragraph (b) of this Section, deferral elections for a Plan Year pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable.
     (b) If a revocation would not result in taxation under Section 409A, a Participant shall be permitted to revoke his or her election to defer receipt of his or her Base Salary under Section 3.1(a) for any Plan Year in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. For purposes of the Plan, the decision of the Committee regarding the existence or nonexistence of an Unforeseeable Emergency of a Participant shall be final and binding. Further, the Committee 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. A Participant who is permitted to revoke his or her Base Salary deferral election during a Plan Year shall not be permitted to resume Base Salary deferrals under the Plan until the next following Plan Year.
      3.2 Bonus Compensation Deferrals . Any Participant may elect to defer receipt of an integral percentage of from 5% to 75% of his or her Bonus Compensation, in 5% increments, for any Plan Year. A Participant’s election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Bonus Compensation attributable to services performed in any Plan Year shall be made on or before the last day of the preceding Plan Year; provided, however, that to the extent Bonus Compensation satisfies the requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 409A, the Committee may allow a Participant to make a deferral election no later than the date that is six months before the end of the performance period for which the Bonus Compensation is paid.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any individual initially becomes eligible to participate in the Plan other than on the first day of a Plan Year, such Participant’s election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Bonus Compensation for such Plan Year may be made no later than 30 days after the date he or she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. Deferrals of Bonus Compensation under this Plan shall be made before elective deferrals or contributions of Bonus Compensation under any other plan maintained by the Employer. Bonus Compensation deferrals made by a Participant shall be credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date the Bonus Compensation deferred would have been received by such Participant had no deferral been made pursuant to this Section 3.2. Deferral elections for a Plan Year pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable.
      3.3 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Deferrals . Any Participant may elect to defer receipt of an integral percentage of from 5% to 75% of his or her Long-Term Incentive Compensation, in 5% increments, payable in any Plan Year. A Participant’s election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Long-Term Incentive Compensation payable with respect to any performance cycle shall be made on or before the date that is six months prior to the end of such performance cycle. Long-Term Incentive Compensation deferrals made by a Participant shall be credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date the Long-Term Incentive Compensation deferred would have been received by such Participant had no deferral been made pursuant to this Section 3.3. Deferral elections pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable.
      3.4 Investment of Deferral Accounts .
     (a) As of any Determination Date, each Participant’s Deferral Account shall consist of the balance of the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the immediately preceding Determination Date adjusted for:
  (1)   additional deferrals pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.2 and/or 3.3;
 
  (2)   distributions (if any); and
 
  (3)   the appropriate Credited Investment Return.
     All adjustments will be recorded to the Participants’ Deferral Accounts as of each Determination Date.
     (b) The Committee shall designate from time to time one or more Investment Options in which the Deferral Accounts may be deemed invested. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine the number of Investment Options to be designated hereunder and the nature of the Investment Options and may change or eliminate any of the Investment Options from time to time. In the event of such change or elimination, the Committee shall give each Participant timely notice and opportunity to make a new election. No such change or elimination of any Investment Options shall be considered to be an amendment to the Plan pursuant to Section 10.4. A Participant may request that his or her Deferral Account be allocated among the deemed Investment Options. If a

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Participant fails to make an election, his or her Deferral Account shall be invested in a single fund selected by the Committee.
     (c) A Participant shall, in connection with his or her election to defer Base Salary, Bonus Compensation and/or Long-Term Incentive Compensation for a particular Plan Year, elect one or more Investment Options into which amounts to be allocated to his or her Deferral Account in respect of deferrals for such Plan Year shall be deemed invested by submitting on or before the last day of the preceding Plan Year a Deferral and Investment Election Form in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Committee.
     (d) A Participant may request a change to his or her Deemed Investment Elections for future amounts allocated to his or her Deferral Account and amounts already allocated to his or her Deferral Account. Any such change shall be made by filing with the Committee an Investment Election Change Form. The Committee shall establish procedures relating to changes in Deemed Investment Elections, which may include limiting the percentage, amount and frequency of such changes and specifying the effective date for any such changes.
     (e) Each Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited monthly with the Credited Investment Return attributable to his or her Deferral Account. The Credited Investment Return is the amount that the Participant’s Deferral Account would have earned if the amounts credited to the Deferral Account had, in fact, been invested in accordance with the Participant’s Deemed Investment Elections.
IV.
Emergency Withdrawals
     Participants shall be permitted to make withdrawals from the Plan, without penalty, only in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. No withdrawal shall be allowed to the extent that such 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 Base Salary deferrals under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Further, the Committee shall permit a Participant to withdraw only the amount it determines, in its sole discretion, to be reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency.
V.
Payment of Benefits
      5.1 Payment Election Generally . In conjunction with each deferral election made by a Participant pursuant to Article III for a Plan Year, such Participant shall elect,

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subject to Sections 5.5, 5.6 and 5.8, the time and the form of payment with respect to such deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto.
      5.2 Subsequent Payment Elections . A Participant may revise his or her election regarding the time and form of payment of deferred amounts provided that (i) the subsequent deferral election is made no later than twelve months prior to the date upon which the deferred amount would have been paid had no subsequent deferral election been made, (ii) the election defers payment for a period of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been paid had no subsequent deferral election been made, and (iii) the requirement, under (ii) above, that the election to defer payment for at least five years does not result in a payout date later than the date on which the Participant attains the age of seventy (70). A subsequent deferral election under this Section 5.2 shall not be effective until the date that is twelve months after such subsequent deferral election is made. Subsequent deferral elections under this Section 5.2 must comply with all applicable requirements for subsequent deferral elections under Section 409A.
     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, once a Participant elects payout upon “Retirement” any future payment election revisions are prohibited. Additionally, a participant may not revise an existing election, under Section 5.3 below, from a specific future month and year to “Retirement”.
      5.3 Time of Benefit Payment . With respect to each deferral election made by a Participant pursuant to Article III, such Participant shall elect to commence payment of such deferral, and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto on one of the following dates:
     (a) Retirement; or
     (b) On a specific future month and year , but not earlier than five years from the date of the deferral if the Participant has not attained age fifty-five at the time of the deferral or one year from the date of the deferral if the Participant has attained age fifty-five at the time of the deferral, and not later than the first day of the year in which the Participant attains age seventy.
          In the case of a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, any payments payable as a result of the Employee’s termination of employment (other than death or Disability) shall not be payable before the earlier of (i) the date that is six months after the Employee’s termination of employment, (ii) the date of the Employee’s death, or (iii) the date that otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 409A. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant shall be a “specified employee” for the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of a Plan Year if the Participant is a “key employee” as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code) as of December 31 of the preceding Plan Year.

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      5.4 Form of Benefit Payment . With respect to each deferral election made by a Participant pursuant to Article III, such Participant shall elect the form of payment with respect to such deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto from one of the following forms:
     (a)    A lump sum; or
     (b)    Annual installment payments for a period not to exceed ten years.
     Annual installment payments shall be paid on the first business day of January of each Plan Year. Each installment payment shall be determined by multiplying the deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto at the time of the payment by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining installment payments to be made to Participant.
     Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event the amount credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account does not exceed $100,000, the Deferral Account shall be paid only in the form of a lump sum. The provisions of this paragraph shall only apply if and to the extent permitted under Section 409A.
      5.5 Total and Permanent Disability . If a Participant becomes totally and permanently disabled while employed by the Employer, payment of the amounts credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account shall commence on the first business day of the second calendar quarter following the date the Committee makes a determination that the Participant is totally and permanently disabled, in the form of payment determined in accordance with Section 5.4. The above notwithstanding, if such Participant is already receiving payments pursuant to Section 5.3(b) and Section 5.4(b), such payments shall continue. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant shall be considered totally and permanently disabled if the Committee determines, based on a written medical opinion (unless waived by the Committee as unnecessary), that such Participant is disabled within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.
      5.6 Death . In the event of a Participant’s death at a time when amounts are credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account, such amounts shall be paid to such Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries in a lump sum.
      5.7 Designation of Beneficiaries .
     (a) Each Participant shall have the right to designate the beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive payment of his or her benefit in the event of his or her death. Each such designation shall be made by executing and submitting the beneficiary designation form prescribed by the Committee. Any such designation may be changed at any time by execution of a new designation in accordance with this Section.
     (b) If no such designation is on file with the Committee at the time of the death of the Participant or such designation is not effective for any reason as determined by the Committee, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive such benefit shall be as follows:

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  (1)   If a Participant leaves a surviving spouse, his or her benefit shall be paid to such surviving spouse.
 
  (2)   If a Participant leaves no surviving spouse, his or her benefit shall be paid to such Participant’s executor or administrator, or to his or her heirs at law if there is no administration of such Participant’s estate.
      5.8 Other Separation from Service . Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, if a Participant has a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code before Retirement for a reason other than total and permanent disability or death, the amounts credited to such Participant’s Deferral Account shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum thirty days after the Participant’s date of separation from service. For purposes of this Section, transfers of employment between and among the Company and any of its Affiliates shall not be considered a separation from service.
      5.9 Payment of Benefits . To the extent the Trust Fund, if any, has sufficient assets, the Trustee shall pay benefits to Participants or their beneficiaries, except to the extent the Employer pays the benefits directly and provides adequate evidence of such payment to the Trustee. To the extent the Trustee does not or cannot pay benefits out of the Trust Fund, the benefits shall be paid by the Employer. Any benefit payments made to a Participant or for his or her benefit pursuant to any provision of the Plan shall be debited to such Participant’s Deferral Account or Grandfathered Plan Account, as applicable. All benefit payments shall be made in cash to the fullest extent practicable.
      5.10 Unclaimed Benefits . In the case of a benefit payable on behalf of a Participant, if the Committee is unable to locate the Participant or beneficiary to whom such benefit is payable, upon the Committee’s determination thereof, such benefit shall be forfeited to the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if subsequent to any such forfeiture the Participant or beneficiary to whom such benefit is payable makes a valid claim for such benefit, such forfeited benefit shall be paid by the Employer or restored to the Plan by the Employer.
      5.11 No Acceleration of Bonus or Long-Term Incentive Compensation . The time of payment of any Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer but that has not yet been credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account because it is not yet payable without regard to the deferral shall not be accelerated as a result of the provisions of this Article. If, pursuant to the provisions of this Article, payment of such Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation would no longer be deferred at the time it becomes payable, such Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation shall be paid to the Participant as soon as practicable following the date it would have been payable had the Participant not made a deferral election.

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VI.
Administration of the Plan
      6.1 Committee Powers and Duties . The general administration of the Plan shall be vested in the Committee. The Committee shall supervise the administration and enforcement of the Plan according to the terms and provisions hereof and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish these purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the right, power, authority, and duty:
     (a) To make rules, regulations, procedures and bylaws for the administration of the Plan that are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions hereof, and to enforce the terms of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Committee;
     (b) To designate, change and eliminate Investment Options in which Deferral Accounts and Grandfathered Plan Accounts may be deemed invested and to establish procedures relating to elections of Investment Options by Participants;
     (c) To construe in its discretion all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Plan;
     (d) To correct any defect or to supply any omission or to reconcile any inconsistency that may appear in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem in its discretion expedient to effectuate the purposes of the Plan;
     (e) To employ and compensate such accountants, attorneys, investment advisors, and other agents, employees, and independent contractors as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan;
     (f) To determine in its discretion all questions relating to eligibility;
     (g) To determine whether and when a Participant has incurred a separation from service with the Employer, and the reason for such separation;
     (h) To make a determination in its discretion as to the right of any person to a benefit under the Plan and to prescribe procedures to be followed by distributees in obtaining benefits hereunder; and
     (i) To receive and review reports from the Trustee as to the financial condition of the Trust Fund, if any, including its receipts and disbursements.
      6.2 Self-Interest of Participants . No member of the Committee shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself under the Plan (including, without limitation, Committee decisions under Article II) or to vote in any case in which his or her individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which a Committee member is so disqualified to act and the remaining members cannot agree, the Compensation Committee shall appoint a

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temporary substitute member to exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter in which he or she is disqualified.
      6.3 Claims Review . In any case in which a claim for Plan benefits of a Participant or beneficiary is denied or modified, the Committee shall furnish written notice to the claimant within ninety days (or within 180 days if additional information requested by the Committee necessitates an extension of the ninety-day period), which notice shall:
     (a) State the specific reason or reasons for the denial or modification;
     (b) Provide specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial or modification is based;
     (c) Provide a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Participant, his or her beneficiary, or representative to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
     (d) Explain the Plan’s claim review procedure as contained herein.
In the event a claim for Plan benefits is denied or modified, if the Participant, his or her beneficiary, or a representative of such Participant or beneficiary desires to have such denial or modification reviewed, he or she must, within sixty days following receipt of the notice of such denial or modification, submit a written request for review by the Committee of its initial decision. In connection with such request, the Participant, his or her beneficiary, or the representative of such Participant or beneficiary may review any pertinent documents upon which such denial or modification was based and may submit issues and comments in writing. Within sixty days following such request for review the Committee shall, after providing a full and fair review, render its final decision in writing to the Participant, his or her beneficiary or the representative of such Participant or beneficiary stating specific reasons for such decision and making specific references to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision is based. If special circumstances require an extension of such sixty-day period, the Committee’s decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review. If an extension of time for review is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Participant, beneficiary, or the representative of such Participant or beneficiary prior to the commencement of the extension period.
      6.4 Employer to Supply Information . The Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee, including, but not limited to, information relating to each Participant’s compensation, age, retirement, death, or other cause of separation from service to the Employer and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require. The Employer shall advise the Trustee, if any, of such of the foregoing facts as are deemed necessary for the Trustee to carry out the Trustee’s duties under the Plan and the Trust Agreement. When making a determination in connection with the Plan, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon the aforesaid information furnished by the Employer.

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      6.5 Indemnity . The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his or her administrative functions or fiduciary responsibilities, including any expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from an act or omission constituting the negligence of such member in the performance of such functions or responsibilities, but excluding expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from such member’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses against which such member shall be indemnified hereunder shall include, without limitation, the amounts of any settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees, and related charges reasonably incurred in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof.
VII.
Administration of Funds
      7.1 Payment of Expenses . All expenses incident to the administration of the Plan and Trust, including but not limited to, legal, accounting, Trustee fees, and expenses of the Committee, may be paid by the Employer and, if not paid by the Employer, shall be paid by the Trustee from the Trust Fund, if any.
      7.2 Trust Fund Property . All income, profits, recoveries, contributions, forfeitures and any and all moneys, securities and properties of any kind at any time received or held by the Trustee, if any, shall be held for investment purposes as a commingled Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. The Committee shall maintain one or more Deferral Accounts and/or Grandfathered Plan Accounts, as necessary, in the name of each Participant, but the maintenance of any such account designated as the account of a Participant shall not mean that such Participant shall have a greater or lesser interest than that due him or her by operation of the Plan and shall not be considered as segregating any funds or property from any other funds or property contained in the commingled fund. No Participant shall have any title to any specific asset in the Trust Fund, if any.
VIII.
Nature of the Plan
     The Employer intends and desires by the adoption of the Plan to recognize the value to the Employer of the past and present services of employees covered by the Plan and to encourage and assure their continued service with the Employer by making more adequate provision for their future retirement security. The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded, unsecured plan of deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Employer. Plan benefits herein provided are to be paid out of the Employer’s general assets. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employers to make benefit payments in the future and Participants have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employers. Nevertheless, subject to the terms hereof and of the Trust Agreement, if any, the Employers, or the Company on behalf of the

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Employers, may transfer money or other property to the Trustee and the Trustee shall pay Plan benefits to Participants and their beneficiaries out of the Trust Fund.
     The Committee, in its sole discretion, may establish the Trust and direct the Employers to enter into the Trust Agreement and adopt the Trust for purposes of the Plan. In such event, the Employers shall remain the owner of all assets in the Trust Fund and the assets shall be subject to the claims of each Employer’s creditors if such Employer ever becomes insolvent. For purposes hereof, an Employer shall be considered “insolvent” if (a) the Employer is unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (b) the Employer is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any successor federal statute). The chief executive officer of the Employer and its board of directors shall have the duty to inform the Trustee in writing if the Employer becomes insolvent. Such notice given under the preceding sentence by any party shall satisfy all of the parties’ duty to give notice. When so informed, the Trustee shall suspend payments to the Participants and hold the assets for the benefit of the Employer’s general creditors. If the Trustee receives a written allegation that the Employer is insolvent, the Trustee shall suspend payments to the Participants and hold the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Employer’s general creditors, and shall determine within the period specified in the Trust Agreement whether the Employer is insolvent. If the Trustee determines that the Employer is not insolvent, the Trustee shall resume payments to the Participants. No Participant or beneficiary shall have any preferred claim to, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust Fund.
IX.
Participating Employers
     The Committee may designate any entity or organization eligible by law to participate in this Plan as an Employer by written instrument delivered to the Secretary of the Company and the designated Employer. Such written instrument shall specify the effective date of such designated participation, may incorporate specific provisions relating to the operation of the Plan which apply to the designated Employer only and shall become, as to such designated Employer and its employees, a part of the Plan. Each designated Employer shall be conclusively presumed to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Plan and any and all amendments thereto upon its submission of information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of an Employer only with the consent of such Employer, which consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given by such Employer upon its submission of any information to the Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan. Except as modified by the Committee in its written instrument, the provisions of this Plan shall be applicable with respect to each Employer separately, and amounts payable hereunder shall be paid by the Employer which employs the particular Participant, if not paid from the Trust Fund.

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X.
Miscellaneous
      10.1 Not Contract of Employment . The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not be deemed to be a contract between the Employer and any person or to be consideration for the employment of any person. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to give any person the right to be retained in the employ of the Employer or to restrict the right of the Employer to discharge any person at any time nor shall the Plan be deemed to give the Employer the right to require any person to remain in the employ of the Employer or to restrict any person’s right to terminate his or her employment at any time.
      10.2 Alienation of Interest Forbidden . Except as hereinafter provided, the interest of a Participant or his or her beneficiary or beneficiaries hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or encumbered in any manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and any attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be null and void; neither shall the benefits hereunder be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any person to whom such benefits or funds are payable, nor shall they be an asset in bankruptcy or subject to garnishment, attachment or other legal or equitable proceedings. Plan provisions to the contrary notwithstanding, the Committee shall comply with the terms and provisions of an order that satisfies the requirements for a “qualified domestic relations order” as such term is defined in Section 206(d)(3)(B) of the Act, including an order that requires distributions to an alternate payee prior to a Participant’s “earliest retirement age” as such term is defined in Section 206(d)(3)(E)(ii) of the Act.
      10.3 Withholding . All deferrals and payments provided for hereunder shall be subject to applicable withholding and other deductions as shall be required of the Employer under any applicable local, state or federal law.
      10.4 Amendment and Termination . The Compensation Committee may from time to time, in its discretion, amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of the Plan; provided, however, that no amendment may be made that would impair the rights of a Participant with respect to amounts already allocated to his or her Deferral Account and Grandfathered Plan Account, as applicable. The Compensation Committee may terminate the Plan at any time. In the event that the Plan is terminated, the balance in a Participant’s Deferral Account and Grandfathered Plan Account shall be paid to such Participant or his or her designated beneficiary in a single lump sum payment of cash in full satisfaction of all of such Participant’s or beneficiary’s benefits hereunder if such distribution is permitted under Section 409A. Any such amendment to or termination of the Plan shall be in writing and signed by a member of the Compensation Committee. Notwithstanding the above, any action taken under this Section is subject to the limitations provided in Appendix A.
      10.5 Severability . If any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions

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hereof; instead, each provision shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.
      10.6 Governing Laws . All provisions of the Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Texas except to the extent preempted by federal law.
      10.7 Section 409A Compliance . It is intended that the provisions of this Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A and that the Plan be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable. Therefore, the Committee may make adjustments to the Plan and may construe the provisions of the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.
             
    KBR, INC.    
 
           
 
  By   /s/ William P. Utt     
 
     
William P. Utt
President and Chief Executive Officer
     

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SCHEDULE A
KBR Technical Services, Inc.

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APPENDIX A
     The Grandfathered Plan contains the provisions governing the deferrals of accounts earned and vested by Eligible Employees on or before December 31, 2004. This Appendix A preserves the material terms of the Grandfathered Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, and is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A as to grandfathered amounts. The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to, and be effective only with respect to, the deferral of earned and vested amounts under the Grandfathered Plan before January 1, 2005, and the Credited Investment Return on such deferrals credited at any time. The Plan provides for separate accounting of such amounts deferred, earned, and vested before January 1, 2005, and the Credited Investment Return thereon.
     No amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to amend this Appendix A and the relevant provisions of the Plan in effect prior to such amendment unless otherwise specifically set forth therein. Pursuant to Section 1.409A-6(a)(4) of the Proposed Treasury Regulations, a modification is material “if a benefit or right existing as of October 3, 2004 is materially enhanced or a new material benefit or right is added....” Section 5.8 of the Grandfathered Plan was removed because that section does not relate to the Company or to the rights of Eligible Employees under the Plan. The removal of Section 5.8, below, is hereunder intended to be in good faith compliance with Section 409A, and is not intended to materially modify the benefits existing as of October 3, 2004 under the Grandfathered Plan.
     The provisions of the Plan applicable to the Grandfathered Plan Accounts shall be administered in a manner consistent with the Grandfathered Plan and Appendix A. Wherever the Plan has added, changed, or otherwise altered any terms of the Grandfathered Plan that were in effect on December 31, 2004, in a manner that would constitute a material modification, as described above, such changes will be disregarded in the administration of the Grandfathered Plan Accounts herein.
APPLICABLE GRANDFATHERED PLAN TERMS
     With respect to the deferral of amounts earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005, and the Credited Investment Return on such deferrals credited at any time, the following definitions and Articles in this Appendix A shall be substituted for the corresponding definitions and Articles of the Plan:
      Retirement : The date the Participant retires in accordance with the terms of his or her Employer’s retirement policy as in effect at that time.
      Unforeseeable Emergency : A severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or of a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. For

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purposes of the Grandfathered Plan, the decision of the Committee regarding the existence or nonexistence of an Unforeseeable Emergency of a Participant shall be final and binding. Further, the Committee 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.
III.
Grandfathered Plan Account Credits; Investment Elections
      3.1 Base Salary Deferrals . Effective from and after January 1, 2005, no deferrals of Base Salary shall be credited to a Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account.
      3.2 Bonus Compensation Deferrals . Effective from and after January 1, 2005, no deferrals of Bonus Compensation shall be credited to a Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account.
      3.3 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Deferrals . Effective from and after January 1, 2005, no deferrals of Long-Term Incentive Compensation shall be credited to a Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account.
      3.4 Investment of Grandfathered Plan Accounts .
     (a) As of any Determination Date, each Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account shall consist of the balance of the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account as of the immediately preceding Determination Date adjusted for:
  (1)   distributions (if any); and
 
  (2)   the appropriate Credited Investment Return.
     All adjustments will be recorded to the Participants’ Grandfathered Plan Accounts as of each Determination Date.
     (b) The Committee shall designate from time to time one or more Investment Options in which the Grandfathered Plan Accounts may be deemed invested. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine the number of Investment Options to be designated hereunder and the nature of the Investment Options and may change or eliminate any of the Investment Options from time to time. In the event of such change or elimination, the Committee shall give each Participant timely notice and opportunity to make a new election. No such change or elimination of any Investment Options shall be considered to be an amendment to the Plan pursuant to Section 10.4. A Participant may request that his or her Grandfathered Plan Account be allocated among the deemed Investment Options. If a Participant fails to make an election, his or her Grandfathered Plan Account shall be invested in a single fund selected by the Committee.
     (c) Except as changed under Section 3.4(d), the Participant’s Deemed Investment Elections designated in the Participant’s initial deferral election shall remain

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in effect with respect to his or her Grandfathered Plan Account and any additional amounts credited thereto.
     (d) A Participant may request a change to his or her Deemed Investment Elections for future amounts allocated to his or her Grandfathered Plan Account and amounts already allocated to his or her Grandfathered Plan Account. Any such change shall be made by filing with the Committee an Investment Election Change Form. The Committee shall establish procedures relating to changes in Deemed Investment Elections, which may include limiting the percentage, amount and frequency of such changes and specifying the effective date for any such changes.
     (e) Each Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account shall be credited monthly with the Credited Investment Return attributable to his or her Grandfathered Plan Account. The Credited Investment Return is the amount that the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account would have earned if the amounts credited to the Grandfathered Plan Account had, in fact, been invested in accordance with the Participant’s Deemed Investment Elections.
IV.
Withdrawals
      4.1 Emergency Withdrawals . Participants shall be permitted to make withdrawals from the Grandfathered Plan Account, without penalty, only in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. No withdrawal shall be allowed to the extent that such Unforeseeable Emergency is or may be relieved (a) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or (b) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship. Further, the Committee shall permit a Participant to withdraw only the amount it determines, in its sole discretion, to be reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency.
      4.2 Non-Emergency Withdrawals . A Participant may make withdrawals from his or her Grandfathered Plan Accounts at any time for reasons other than an Unforeseeable Emergency, subject to the following:
     (a) the minimum amount that may be withdrawn is $5,000;
     (b) only one such withdrawal may be made during any Plan Year;
     (c) the withdrawal shall be in cash in a lump sum and taken from the Grandfathered Plan Accounts and Investment Options designated by the Participant;
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     (e) upon such withdrawal, a portion of the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account balance shall be forfeited based on the amount withdrawn from the Grandfathered Plan, determined as follows:
         
With Respect to the Amount   Percentage of Amount
Withdrawn from the Following   Withdrawn from the Percentile to be
Percentiles of the Grandfathered   Forfeited from the Grandfathered
Plan   Plan
First 50%
    10 %
Second 50%
    25 %
     The withdrawal amount shall be reduced to the extent necessary for the sum of the amount of the withdrawal and the forfeiture not to exceed 100% of the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account balance.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such a withdrawal is made on or within one year following a Corporate Change (as defined below), the amount of the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Accounts forfeited upon such withdrawal shall be equal to 10% of the amount of such withdrawal. A Corporate Change means one of the following events occurs: (i) the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company in which the outstanding common stock of the the Company is converted into or exchanged for a different class of securities of the Company, a class of securities of any other issuer (except a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), cash or other property; (ii) the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any other corporation or entity (except a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company); (iii) the adoption of the stockholders of the Company of a plan of liquidation and dissolution; (iv) the acquisition (other than any acquisition pursuant to any other clause of this definition) by any person or entity, including, without limitation, a “group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of beneficial ownership, as contemplated by such Section, of more than twenty percent (based on voting power) of the Company’s outstanding capital stock; or (v) as a result of or in connection with a contested election of members of the board of directors of the Company, the persons who were directors before such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the directors of the Company.
     Withdrawals shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable following the Participant’s request, which must be in such form or manner as the Company may prescribe from time to time.
V.
Payment of Benefits
      5.1 Payment Election Generally . Pursuant to Article III hereof, no additional deferrals are allowed under the Grandfathered Plan.

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      5.2 Subsequent Payment Elections . A Participant may revise his or her election regarding the time and form of payment of deferred amounts, but such revised election shall not be effective until one year from the date of the revised election and shall be effective only if payment has not been made or commenced pursuant to Section 5.2 prior to the expiration of such one-year period.
      5.3 Time of Benefit Payment . With respect to each deferral election made by a Participant pursuant to Article III, such Participant shall elect to commence payment of such deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto on one of the following dates:
     (a) Retirement; or
     (b) A specific future month and year, but not earlier than five years from the date of the deferral if the Participant has not attained age fifty-five at the time of the deferral or one year from the date of the deferral if the Participant has attained age fifty-five at the time of the deferral, and not later than the first day of the year in which the Participant attains age seventy.
      5.4 Form of Benefit Payment . With respect to each deferral election made by a Participant pursuant to Article III, such Participant shall elect the form of payment with respect to such deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto from one of the following forms:
     (a) A lump sum; or
     (b) Installment payments for a period not to exceed ten years.
     Installment payments shall be paid annually on the first business day of January of each Plan Year; provided however, that not later than sixty days prior to the date payment is to commence, a Participant may elect to have his or her installment payments paid quarterly on the first business day of each calendar quarter. Each installment payment shall be determined by multiplying the deferral and the Credited Investment Returns attributable thereto at the time of the payment by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining installment payments to be made to Participant.
     In the event the aggregate amount credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account and Grandfathered Plan Account does not exceed $50,000, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, pay the Grandfathered Plan Account in the form of a lump sum.
      5.5 Total and Permanent Disability . If a Participant becomes totally and permanently disabled while employed by the Employer, payment of the amounts credited to such Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account shall commence on the first business day of the second calendar quarter following the date the Committee makes a determination that the Participant is totally and permanently disabled, in the form of payment determined in accordance with Section 5.3. The above notwithstanding, if such Participant is already receiving payments pursuant to Section 5.2(b) and Section 5.3(b),

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such payments shall continue. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant shall be considered totally and permanently disabled if the Committee determines, based on a written medical opinion (unless waived by the Committee as unnecessary), that such Participant is permanently incapable of performing his or her job for physical or mental reasons.
      5.6 Death . In the event of a Participant’s death at a time when amounts are credited to such Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account, such amounts shall be paid to such Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries in five annual installments commencing as soon as administratively feasible after such Participant’s date of death. However, the Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries may request a lump sum payment based upon hardship, and the Committee, in its sole discretion, may approve such request.
      5.7 Other Termination of Employment . If a Participant terminates his or her employment with the Employer before Retirement for a reason other than total and permanent disability or death, the amounts credited to such Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum no less than thirty days and no more than one year after the Participant’s date of termination of employment. For purposes of this Section, transfers of employment between and among the Company and any of its Affiliates shall not be considered a termination of employment.
      5.8 Payment of Benefits . To the extent the Trust Fund, if any, has sufficient assets, the Trustee shall pay benefits to Participants or their beneficiaries, except to the extent the Employer pays the benefits directly and provides adequate evidence of such payment to the Trustee. To the extent the Trustee does not or cannot pay benefits out of the Trust Fund, the benefits shall be paid by the Employer. Any benefit payments made to a Participant or for his or her benefit pursuant to any provision of the Grandfathered Plan shall be debited to such Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account. All benefit payments shall be made in cash to the fullest extent practicable.
      5.9 No Acceleration of Bonus or Long-Term Incentive Compensation . The time of payment of any Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer but that has not yet been credited to the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account because it is not yet payable without regard to the deferral shall not be accelerated as a result of the provisions of this Article. If, pursuant to the provisions of this Article, payment of such Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation would no longer be deferred at the time it becomes payable, such Bonus Compensation or Long-Term Incentive Compensation shall be paid to the Participant within 90 days of the date it would have been payable had the Participant not made a deferral election.

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