AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 1, 1997

                                           REGISTRATION NO. 333-________

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                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                 ARCH COAL, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

          DELAWARE                                         43-0921172
(State or other jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

        SUITE 300                                              63131
      CITYPLACE ONE                                         (Zip Code)
      CREVE COEUR, MO
(Address of principal executive
            offices)

                  COAL-MAC, INC. SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                 JEFFRY N. QUINN
                                 ARCH COAL, INC.
                            SUITE 300, CITYPLACE ONE
                               ST. LOUIS, MO 63141
                                (314) 994-2720
     (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service of process)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                   Proposed        Proposed
    Title of                       Maximum         Maximum
   Securities       Amount         Offering        Aggregate       Amount of
      To Be          To Be         Price Per       Offering      Registration
   Registered       Registered     Share (1)       Price (1)         Fee
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Common Stock,
$0.01 par        
value per           50,000         $28.9375         $1,446,875       $438.45
share ......        shares (2)                  
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)   Computed  pursuant to Rule 457(h)  solely  for the purpose of  determining
      the registration fee.
(2)   This  Registration  Statement also covers such additional shares of common
      stock as may be issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions.




                                     PART II

      Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The following  documents filed by Arch Coal, Inc. (the "Company" or "ACI")
and the  Coal-Mac,  Inc.  Savings  and  Retirement  Plan (the  "Plan")  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are  incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:

      (a)   The Proxy  Statement/Prospectus  dated May 30, 1997 filed as part of
            the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-28149)
            pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

      (b)   All  reports  filed  pursuant  to  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of the
            Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act");
            and

      (c)   The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
            share (the "Common Stock"),  contained in Item 4 of the Registrant's
            Registration  Statement on Form 8-B filed on June 30, 1997 under the
            Exchange Act including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
            of updating such description.

      In addition,  all  documents  filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this registration  statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein
or in a document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated  herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded  for purposes of this  Registration
Statement  to the extent that a statement  contained  in any other  subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.

      Item 4.     Description of Securities.

            Not applicable.

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      Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

            Not applicable

      Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      In  accordance  with  Delaware  law and with  certain  limited  exceptions
specified  therein,  Article  Ninth of the  Company's  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation, as amended, contains provisions that result in the elimination of
the personal  liability of  directors  to the Company and its  stockholders  for
monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duties as a director.

      Under Section 145 of the Delaware  General  Corporation law, a corporation
has the power to indemnify  directors  and  officers  under  certain  prescribed
circumstances  and  subject to certain  limitations  against  certain  costs and
expenses,   including  attorneys'  fees  actually  and  reasonably  incurred  in
connection  with  any  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative  or  investigative,  to which any of them is a party by reason of
his being a director or officer of the  corporation if it is determined  that he
acted in accordance  with the  applicable  standard of conduct set forth in such
statutory  provision.  The  Company's  Bylaws  provides  that the  Company  will
indemnify any person who may be involved,  as a party or otherwise,  in a claim,
action,  suit or proceeding  (other than any claim,  action,  suit or proceeding
brought  by or in the  right of the  Company)  by  reason  of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of the  Company,  or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director or officer of any other  corporation or
entity,  against certain  liabilities,  costs and expenses.  The Company is also
authorized  to and  maintains  insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director or officer of the  Company,  or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director or officer of any other corporation or entity, against any
liability  asserted  against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity or arising out of his status as such,  whether or not the Company would
have the  power to  indemnify  such  person  against  such  liability  under the
Delaware General Corporation law.

      The Company has entered  into  indemnity  agreements  with  directors  and
officers of the Company and other persons who are or were serving,  shall serve,
or shall have  served at the  request of the  Company  as a  director,  officer,
partner,  trustee,  fiduciary,  employee or agent of another foreign or domestic
corporation or non-profit corporation,  cooperative, partnership, joint venture,
trust,   employee  benefit  plan,  or  other   incorporated  or   unincorporated
enterprise.
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      Directors of the Company who are officers or directors of Ashland  Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Ashland"),  also may be entitled to indemnification under
the  provisions  of Ashland's  Bylaws  providing  for the indemnity of Ashland's
officers and directors,  who serve, at the request of Ashland,  as an officer or
director of another corporation.

      Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.

            Not applicable.

      Item 8.     Exhibits.

      Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed herewith.

      Item 9.     Undertakings.

      (a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

            (i)   To  include  any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;

            (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising after
the  effective  date  of  the   Registration   Statement  (or  the  most  recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;

            (iii) To include any material  information  with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously  disclosed in the  Registration  Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

            Provided, however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and
the information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission  by the  registrant  pursuant  to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating  to the  securities  offered  herein,  and the
offering of such securities at

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            that time  shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of the Plan's  annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (h)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
registrant  has  been  advised  that  in  the  opinion  of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event  that a claim for  indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Huntington,  State of West Virginia,  as of June 30,
1997.

                                          ARCH COAL, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Jeffry N. Quinn
                                                Jeffry N. Quinn
                                                Senior Vice President -
                                                Law and Human Resources,
                                                General Counsel and
                                                Secretary


      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by the  undersigned  persons  in the
capacities  stated  as of the 30th day of June,  1997.  Each of the  undersigned
officers and directors of Arch Coal, Inc. hereby severally  constitute Steven F.
Leer, Patrick A. Kriegshauser, and Jeffry N. Quinn, and each of them singly, our
true and  lawful  attorneys-in-fact  with full  power to them,  and each of them
singly,  to sign for us and in our names in the capacities  indicated below, and
to file any and all amendments to the  Registration  Statement  filed  herewith,
making  such  changes in the  Registration  Statement  as the  registrant  deems
appropriate,  and  generally  to do all such  things  in our name and  behalf as
officers and directors to enable Arch Coal,  Inc. to comply with the  provisions
of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  and all  requirements  of the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.


SIGNATURE                                    TITLE

/s/ Steven F. Leer                  President, Chief Executive 
Steven F. Leer                      Officer and Director  
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Patrick A. Kriegshauser         Senior Vice President,
Patrick A. Kriegshauser             Treasurer and Chief Financial
                                    Officer
                                    (Principal Financial Officer)

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/s/ James P. Pye                    Controller
James P. Pye                        (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ John R. Hall                    Chairman of the Board of
John R. Hall                        Directors

/s/ James R. Boyd                   Director
James R. Boyd

/s/ Robert A. Charpie               Director
Robert A. Charpie

/s/ Paul W. Chellgren               Director
Paul W. Chellgren

/s/ Thomas L. Feazell               Director
Thomas L. Feazell

/s/ Juan Antonio Ferrando           Director
Juan Antonio Ferrando

/s/ Robert L. Hintz                 Director
Robert L. Hintz

/s/ Douglas H. Hunt                 Director
Douglas H. Hunt

/s/ Steven F. Leer                  Director
Steven F. Leer

/s/ Thomas Marshall                 Director
Thomas Marshall

/s/ James L. Parker                 Director
James L. Parker

/s/ J. Marvin Quin                  Director
J. Marvin Quin

/s/ Ronald Eugene Samples           Director
Ronald Eugene Samples

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THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan
Administrator  has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on the
Plan's behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of
Huntington, State of West Virginia, as of June 30, 1997.

                                          COAL-MAC, INC. SAVINGS
                                          AND RETIREMENT PLAN

                                          By: /s/ Richard Phillips
                                              Richard Phillips
                                              Plan Administrator



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                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS


Exhibit
Number                       Description of Document


4.1      Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  of the Registrant  incorporated
         herein by  reference  to Exhibit 3.2 to the  Registrant's  Registration
         Statement on Form S-4 (No.  333-28149) filed with the Commission on May
         30, 1997 (the "Form S-4"))

4.2      Restated and Amended By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated  herein by
         reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Form S-4).

4.3      Stockholders  Agreement,  dated  as of  April 4,  1997,  among  Carboex
         International,  Ltd.,  Ashland  Inc. and the  Registrant  (incorporated
         herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-4).

4.4      Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of April 4, 1997,  among the
         Registrant, Ashland Inc., Carboex International,  Ltd. and the entities
         listed on Schedules I and II thereto  (incorporated herein by reference
         to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form S-4).

4.5      Agreement Relating to Nonvoting Observer, executed as of April 4, 1997,
         among  Carboex  International,  Ltd.,  Ashland Inc. and the  Registrant
         (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Form S-4).

4.6      The Registrant has not filed certain instruments with respect to  long-
         term debt since the total amount of  securities  authorized  thereunder
         does not exceed 10% of the total  assets  of  the  Registrant  and  its
         subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.  The Registrant agrees to furnish
         a copy of any such agreement to the Commission upon request.

5.1      Opinion  of  Jeffry N. Quinn regarding the validity of the Common Stock
         (filed herewith)

23.1     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (filed herewith)

23.2     Consent of Jeffry N. Quinn (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1     Power of Attorney (included in Signature Page)

99.1     Coal-Mac, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (filed herewith)

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                             [Arch Coal Letterhead]


                                  July 1, 1997



Board of Directors
Arch Coal, Inc.
CityPlace One, Suite 300
St. Louis, Missouri 63141

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      I am the Senior Vice  President-Law  and Human Resources,  General Counsel
and Secretary of Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and in
that capacity have acted as the Company's  counsel in connection with the filing
of a  Registration  Statement on Form S-8  ("Registration  Statement")  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the  "Act"),  covering  the  offering  and sale of up to  50,000  shares of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), under the
Coal-Mac, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (the "Plan").

      In connection  herewith,  I have examined and relied  without  independent
investigation as to matters of fact upon such  certificates of public officials,
such  statements  and  certificates  of officers of the Company and originals or
copies certified to my satisfaction of the Registration Statement,  the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company,  proceedings of the
Board of Directors of the Company and such other corporate  records,  documents,
certificates  and instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate in order
to enable me to render the opinions  expressed below. In rendering this opinion,
I have assumed the  genuineness of all  signatures on all documents  examined by
me, the  authenticity  of all  documents  submitted to me as  originals  and the
conformity to authentic  originals of all documents submitted to me as certified
or photostated copied.

      Based upon the  foregoing  and in  reliance  thereon,  and  subject to the
qualifications and limitations stated herein, I am of the opinion that:

(1)      The Company is a corporation  validly existing in good standing under
         the laws of the State of Delaware;

(2)      When,





         (i)      the  Registration   Statement  shall   have  become  effective
                  under the Act; and

         (ii)     the  shares  of Common  Stock  being  offered  and sold by the
                  Company  pursuant  to the Plan shall have been duly issued and
                  sold in accordance with the terms of the Plan;

         then such shares of Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and
         non-assessable.

         This  opinion is not  rendered  with respect to any laws other than the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Act.

         I hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement. I also consent to your filing copies of this opinion as
an exhibit to the  Registration  Statement  with  agencies of such states as you
deem necessary in the course of complying with the laws of such states regarding
the offering and sale of such shares of Common Stock.

         In giving  this  consent,  I do not admit that I am in the  category of
persons  whose  consent is required  under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

                                          Very truly yours,


                                           
                                          /s/ Jeffry N. Quinn
                                          Jeffry N. Quinn




                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



     As independent public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference  in this  registration  statement  of our report dated  January 16,
1997,  except with  respect to the matters  discussed in Note 13 as to which the
date  is  May  20,  1997,  included  in  Arch  Mineral  Corporation's  Form  S-4
Registration  Statement  (No.  333-28149),  and to all  references  to our  Firm
included in this registration statement.


                                              /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
June 30, 1997






                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                                 COAL-MAC, INC.

                           SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN








                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             THROUGH APRIL 15, 1997




                                       



                   Coal-Mac, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan
                             As Amended and Restated
                             Through April 15, 1997


                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

           1.01. ACI STOCK..........................................I-1
           1.02. ACCOUNT............................................I-1
           1.03. ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE.........................I-1
           1.04. AGGREGATE ELECTIVE DEFERRALS.......................I-1
           1.05. ALTERNATE PAYEE....................................I-2
           1.06. AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE....................I-2
           1.07. BENEFICIARY or BENEFICIARIES.......................I-2
           1.08. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.................................I-3
           1.09. CODE...............................................I-3
           1.10. COMPANY............................................I-3
           1.11. COMPANY CONTRIBUTION...............................I-3
           1.12. COMPENSATION.......................................I-3
           1.13. CONTROLLED GROUP MEMBER............................I-4
           1.14. DISABILITY.........................................I-4
           1.15. EFFECTIVE DATE.....................................I-4
           1.16. EMPLOYEE...........................................I-4
           1.17. ENTRY DATE.........................................I-5
           1.18. ERISA..............................................I-5
           1.19. FAMILY MEMBER......................................I-5
           1.20. HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE........................I-5
           1.21. HOUR OF SERVICE....................................I-9
           1.22. INVESTMENT FUND....................................I-9
           1.23. LEASED EMPLOYEE....................................I-9
           1.24. LEAVE OF ABSENCE...................................I-9
           1.25. MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.............................I-10
           1.26. MATERNITY AND PATERNITY ABSENCE...................I-10
           1.27. MEMBER............................................I-10
           1.28. MILITARY LEAVE....................................I-10
           1.29. PLAN..............................................I-10
           1.30. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR................................I-10
           1.31. PLAN YEAR.........................................I-10
           1.32. PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION..............................I-10

                                       
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                             As Amended and Restated
                             Through April 15, 1997

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

           1.33. QUALIFIED COMPANY CONTRIBUTION....................I-11
           1.34. QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER................I-11
           1.35. REQUIRED COMMENCEMENT DATE........................I-11
           1.36. ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS............................I-11
           1.37. SETTLEMENT DATE...................................I-11
           1.38. SPOUSE or SURVIVING SPOUSE........................I-11
           1.39. TRUST.............................................I-11
           1.40. TRUST FUND........................................I-12
           1.41. TRUSTEE...........................................I-12
           1.42. UNIFORMED SERVICE.................................I-12
           1.43. USERRA............................................I-12
           1.44. VALUATION DATE....................................I-12


ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION

           2.01. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.......................II-1
           2.02. ENROLLMENT IN PLAN................................II-1
           2.03. LEAVES OF ABSENCE.................................II-1
           2.04. LEASED EMPLOYEES..................................II-2
           2.05. NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION...........................II-2
           2.06. CHANGE IN STATUS..................................II-2
           2.07. RESUMPTION OF PARTICIPATION.......................II-2
           2.08. PARTICIPATION  FOR PURPOSES OF ROLLOVER
                 CONTRIBUTION ONLY.................................II-3
           2.09. REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING MILITARY LEAVE.............II-3


ARTICLE III
PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

           3.01. AMOUNT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS..................III-1
           3.02. METHOD OF ELECTION...............................III-1
           3.03. DEDUCTION   OR   PAYMENT  OF  PRE-TAX
                 CONTRIBUTIONS....................................III-1
           3.04. CONTINUATION,  VARIATION, DISCONTINUANCE
                 AND RESUMPTION OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS..........III-1
           3.05. LIMITATIONS ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.............III-2
           3.06. MULTIPLE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ADP AND ACP
                 LIMITATIONS......................................III-6


ARTICLE IV
COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

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                             As Amended and Restated
                             Through April 15, 1997
                 
                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

           4.01. AMOUNT OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS..................IV-1
           4.02. LIMITATIONS ON COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS.............IV-1
           4.03. PERCENTAGE   LIMITATION  ON  MATCHING
                 CONTRIBUTIONS. ..................................IV-1
           4.04. PAYMENT OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS.................IV-3
           4.05. VERIFICATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS............IV-3
           4.06. NO INTEREST IN COMPANY...........................IV-3


ARTICLE V
PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION

           5.01. SETTLEMENT DATE...................................V-1
           5.02. RESTRICTED PARTICIPATION..........................V-1


ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNTING

           6.01. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS................................VI-1
           6.02. COMPANY  CONTRIBUTIONS  CONSIDERED MADE
                 ON LAST DAY OF PLAN YEAR......... ...............VI-1
           6.03. ALLOCATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS..............VI-1
           6.04. ALLOCATION  OF  PRE-TAX  AND  ROLLOVER
                 CONTRIBUTIONS................... ................VI-1
           6.05. ALLOCATION  OF MATCHING  AND  QUALIFIED
                 COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS.......... .................VI-1
           6.06. CHARGING DISTRIBUTIONS...........................VI-2
           6.07. ADJUSTMENT OF MEMBERS' ACCOUNTS..................VI-2
           6.08. ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER PLANS.........VI-3
           6.10. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT.............................VI-3


ARTICLE VII
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES

           7.01. RETIREMENT,  DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION
                 OF EMPLOYMENT...................................VII-1
           7.02. MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION..........................VII-1
           7.03. DISTRIBUTION OF ACI STOCK.......................VII-1
           7.04. COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS...................VII-1
           7.05. DIRECT ROLLOVERS................................VII-2
           7.06. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY......................VII-3
           7.07. UNLOCATED MEMBERS OR BENEFICIARIES..............VII-3
           7.08. FACILITY OF PAYMENT.............................VII-4
           7.09. QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
                 PAYMENTS........................................VII-4
   
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                             As Amended and Restated
                             Through April 15, 1997

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE VIII
WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

           8.01. IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS OF PRE-TAX
                 CONTRIBUTIONS AT AGE 59 1/2....................VIII-1
           8.02. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS...........................VIII-1
           8.03. WITHDRAWALS OF ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS.........VIII-2
           8.04. LOANS TO MEMBERS...............................VIII-3


ARTICLE IX
PLAN INVESTMENTS

           9.01. INVESTMENT OF PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS................IX-1
           9.02. INVESTMENT DIRECTION............................IX-1
           9.03. ELECTIONS TO CHANGE INVESTMENTS.................IX-2
           9.04. INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN ACI STOCK........IX-2
           9.05. VOTING AND TENDERING OF ACI STOCK...............IX-3


ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS

           10.01. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN......................X-1
           10.02. INFORMATION   REQUIRED   BY   PLAN
                  ADMINISTRATOR...................................X-1
           10.03. UNIFORM RULES...................................X-1
           10.04. REVIEW OF BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS................X-2
           10.05. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION FINAL.............X-2
           10.06. ACTION BY.......................................X-2
           10.07. WAIVER OF NOTICE................................X-2
           10.08. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS...............................X-2
           10.09. GENDER AND NUMBER...............................X-2
           10.10. LITIGATION BY MEMBERS...........................X-3
           10.11. INTERESTS NOT TRANSFERABLE......................X-3
           10.12. ABSENCE OF GUARANTY.............................X-3
           10.13. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS............................X-3
           10.14. EVIDENCE........................................X-4
           10.15. CONTROLLING LAW.................................X-4


ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

           11.01. AMENDMENT......................................XI-1

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

           11.02. TERMINATION....................................XI-1
           11.03. VESTING AND DISTRIBUTION ON TERMINATION....... XI-2
           11.04. NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.............XI-2
           11.05. PLAN MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ETC................XI-2

ADOPTION OF PLAN

SUPPLEMENT A      BENEFIT LIMITATIONS AND
                  TOP-HEAVY RULES

SUPPLEMENT B      SPECIAL RESTORATION PAYMENT

SUPPLEMENT C      LIMITATIONS ON INVESTMENT TRANSFERS


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                             Through April 15, 1997


                                  INTRODUCTION

          Coal-Mac,  Inc. (the "Company")  maintains the Coal-Mac,  Inc. Savings
and  Retirement  Plan (the "Plan"),  originally  established by Jaco Mining Co.,
Inc.  ("Jaco") as the Jaco Mining Savings and Retirement Plan (the "Jaco Plan"),
effective  January  1,  1987.  In  accordance  with the  merger of Jaco into the
Company, effective September 1, 1989, the Company became the sponsor of the Plan
for the benefit of its employees and the employees formerly employed by Jaco.

         The Plan was amended and restated, generally effective January 1, 1989,
in order to comply with the provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and related
legislation,  including the  regulations  and other guidance  promulgated by the
Internal  Revenue  Service  and the  Department  of Labor.  The Plan was further
amended and restated in its entirety, effective August 1, 1995 (unless otherwise
provided) to change its method of  accounting to a "daily  valuation"  method of
accounting  effective as of that date. The Plan has subsequently been amended to
comply with changes in the tax law and to effect certain  changes  pertaining to
the  administration  of the Plan. The Plan is further  amended to effect changes
enacted by the Uniformed  Services  Employment  and  Reemployment  Rights Act of
1994, effective October 13, 1996. Unless otherwise specifically  indicated,  all
other changes are effective August 1, 1996.

         The benefits provided  hereunder with respect to any Member who retired
or whose employment with the Company otherwise terminated prior to the effective
date of any amendment will, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, be
governed in all respects by the terms of the Plan as in effect as of the date of
such retirement or other termination of employment.

         The Plan is maintained in accordance with the applicable  provisions of
Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as  amended  (the  "Code")  and the  Employee
Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as amended  ("ERISA"),  and has been
amended from time to time, as required,  pursuant  thereto and for other reasons
considered desirable by the Company.  The Company is responsible,  as sponsor of
the Plan (within the meaning of ERISA section  3(16)(B)),  for  maintaining  the
Plan  and  in  such  capacity  is  empowered  with  certain   exclusive  rights,
exercisable in its sole discretion, as reserved to it under ERISA.

         The  provisions of the Plan may be modified by supplements to the Plan.
The terms and provisions of each supplement are a part of the Plan and supersede


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the provisions of the Plan to the extent necessary to eliminate  inconsistencies
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                             Through April 15, 1997


                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS


         The following words and phrases as used in this document shall have the
respective  meanings set forth below,  unless otherwise specified or the context
clearly indicates to the contrary.

1.01. ACI STOCK means the common stock or other  securities of the Ashland Coal,
Inc.  which  constitute  "qualifying  employer  securities"  under Code sections
4975(e)(8) and 409(l).

1.02. ACCOUNT or ACCOUNTS mean the one or more separate Accounts established and
maintained  by the  Plan  Administrator  in the  name of each  Member  as may be
necessary from time to time for administrative and accounting purposes. The Plan
Administrator  may also maintain such other Accounts or subaccounts in the names
of Members or  otherwise  as it considers  necessary  or  advisable.  Unless the
context indicates otherwise, references in the Plan to a Member's Accounts shall
mean all Accounts maintained in his name under the Plan.

1.03.  ACTUAL  DEFERRAL  PERCENTAGE  means for a Plan  Year,  with  respect to a
specified group of Members, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for
each Member in the group) of:

         (a) the  amount  of  contributions  (as  described  below)  made by the
Company and credited to the Accounts of each such Member for the Plan Year; to

         (b) each such Member's earnings (as defined below) for the Plan Year.

For purposes of this Plan  section  1.03,  contributions  made on behalf of each
such Member shall include (i) his Pre-Tax  Contributions  (including any Pre-Tax
Contributions  in excess of the dollar  limitation  imposed  under Code  section
402(g) for such year), and (ii) any Qualified  Company  Contribution that may be
credited to his Account and treated as a Pre-Tax Contribution for that year. For
purposes of this Plan section 1.03,  "earnings" shall be determined  pursuant to
Code section 414(s).

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                             Through April 15, 1997

1.04. AGGREGATE ELECTIVE DEFERRALS means, with respect to any calendar year, the
sum of any contribution made by the Member:

               (1) pursuant to an election to make Pre-Tax  Contributions  under
         this Plan and any other  election  made by the Member  pursuant to Code
         section 401(k)(2) to defer under a cash or deferred arrangement, to the
         extent not  includible  in the Member's  gross income for that calendar
         year pursuant to Code section 402(e)(3)  (determined  without regard to
         Code section 402(g));

               (2) to an  individual  retirement  plan  pursuant to a simplified
         employee  pension,  to the extent not  includible in the Member's gross
         income  for  that  calendar   year  under  Code  section   402(h)(1)(B)
         (determined without regard to Code section 402(g)); and

               (3) applied toward the purchase of an annuity contract under Code
         section 403(b)  pursuant to a salary  reduction  agreement  (within the
         meaning of Code section 3121(a)(5)(D)).

1.05.  ALTERNATE PAYEE means a Member's Spouse,  former spouse,  child, or other
dependent who is recognized by a Qualified  Domestic Relations Order as having a
right to all or a portion of the benefits payable to the Member.

1.06.  AVERAGE  CONTRIBUTION  PERCENTAGE means for a Plan Year with respect to a
specified group of Members the average of the ratios (calculated  separately for
each Member in the group) of:

         (a) the  Matching  Contributions  allocable to the Account of each such
Member for the Plan Year; to

         (b) the Member's earnings (as defined below) for the Plan Year.

         Pre-Tax  Contributions  and  Qualified  Company  Contributions,  to the
extent not taken into account for purposes of  determining  the Actual  Deferral
Percentage limitation under Plan section 3.05(a), may be included in the Average
Contribution  Percentage  of a Member.  For  purposes  of this Plan  section  0,
"earnings" shall be determined pursuant to Code section 414(s).

1.07.  BENEFICIARY  or  BENEFICIARIES  means the person or persons  (including a
trustee or other legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity) designated
by a 

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Member as his  Beneficiary  in the last effective  Beneficiary  designation
form filed with the Plan  Administrator  to receive  any  benefits  which may be
payable under this Plan upon or after his death. A married Member's  Beneficiary
is the  Member's  Spouse  unless  the  Spouse  has  consented  to  the  Member's
designation of a different  Beneficiary.  Notwithstanding the preceding,  to the
extent a Qualified Domestic Relations Order has been entered naming an Alternate
Payee as Beneficiary of all or a portion of any benefit  payable under this Plan
on the death of a Member,  such Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall control
or  supersede,  as  applicable,  the  relevant  portion of any such  Beneficiary
designation.

1.08. BOARD OF DIRECTORS or BOARD means the individuals, collectively, who serve
as the corporate directors of the Company.

1.09.  CODE  means the  provisions  of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as
amended,  as may be in effect from time to time, and any reference to a specific
provision  of the  Code  shall  mean  both  that  provision  and any  subsequent
legislation which modifies, amends or supersedes that provision.

1.10.  COMPANY means Coal-Mac,  Inc. and to the extent applicable in the context
any successor or predecessor entity of Coal-Mac, Inc.

1.11.  COMPANY CONTRIBUTION means a discretionary amount contributed to the Plan
by the Company and  allocable  to the  appropriate  Accounts of Members on a pro
rata basis according to the Compensation paid to them for the Plan Year.

1.12.  COMPENSATION means the salary and wages (or, if an Employee is not paid a
fixed salary or wage, such other remuneration as determined by the Company) paid
by the  Company to an  Employee  during the Plan  Year,  including  commissions,
payroll  continuation for sickness,  overtime pay, shift premium,  severance pay
and vacation pay, if any, and any amounts  contributed  to the Member's  Account
and any  salary-reduction  amounts  under a plan  described in Code section 125;
provided,  however,  Compensation  shall not include (i) incentive  compensation
bonuses;  (ii) amounts  contributed  by the Company or  Controlled  Group Member
under on behalf of the  Member  under any  employee  benefit  plan  (other  than
amounts   contributed   to  a   Member's   Account   attributable   to   Pre-Tax
Contributions); (iii) allowances paid by reason of foreign assignment, which are
not a part of such  Member's  base United  States  salary as  determined  by the
Company; and (iv) remuneration determined to be disregarded by the Company under
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         Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  Compensation  for any  year  must not
exceed the maximum amount  permitted under Code section  401(a)(17) (as shall be
determined  by the  Commissioner  of Internal  Revenue for that year).  Prior to
January  1,  1997,  in  determining  the   Compensation  for  purposes  of  this
limitation,  the rules of Code section 414(q)(6) shall apply, except in applying
such rules,  the term "family" shall include only the Spouse of the Employee and
any lineal  descendants  of the Employee who have not attained age 19 before the
end of the Plan Year.  If, as a result of the  application  of such  rules,  the
limit  under Code  section  401(a)(17)  is  exceeded,  the  limitation  shall be
prorated among the affected  individuals in proportion to each such individual's
Compensation as determined prior to the application of this limitation.

1.13.    CONTROLLED GROUP MEMBER means

         (a) a member of a controlled group of corporations  (within the meaning
of Code section 1563(a),  determined without regard to Code sections  1563(a)(4)
and  1563(e)(3)(C)) of which the Company is a member (within the meaning of Code
section 414(b));

         (b) an  unincorporated  trade or business that is under common  control
with the Company (within the meaning of Code section 414(c));

         (c) a member of an  affiliated  service group of which the Company is a
member (within the meaning of Code section 414(m)); and

         (d) any other entity  required to be aggregated  with the Company under
Code section 414(o).

          Further,  Ashland,  Inc.  (formerly  Ashland Oil, Inc.) and its 50% or
more affiliates shall be considered Controlled Group Members.

1.14.  DISABILITY  or DISABLED  means a physical or mental  condition at any age
which  results  in a Member no longer  being  capable of  performing  the duties
assigned to him by the Company as  determined by the Plan  Administrator  in its
sole discretion,  after consideration of such evidence as it may require,  which
may include the  determination  of a  qualified  physician  selected by the Plan
Administrator.  The  determination  of Disability shall be made in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory   manner  applied  to  all  affected   Members  under  similar
circumstances.

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                             Through April 15, 1997

1.15.  EFFECTIVE DATE means August 1, 1995, which unless otherwise provided,  is
the date as of which the provisions of the Plan, as amended and restated herein,
are effective. The Plan was originally effective January 1, 1987.

1.16.  EMPLOYEE  means an individual  who is employed by the Company as a common
law employee but  excluding  (i) any person whose  employment  is subject to the
terms and conditions of a collective  bargaining  unit  agreement  negotiated in
good  faith  between  the  Company  and  a  representative  of  such  collective
bargaining unit, unless such agreement provides for participation by such common
law employees in this Plan; (ii) any person who is a non-resident  alien and who
does not receive earned income (within the meaning of Code section 911(b)) which
constitutes  income from sources within the United States (within the meaning of
Code section  861(a)(3)) from the Company;  and (iii) any person who is a Leased
Employee.  An Employee who is temporarily  employed by a Controlled Group Member
may be deemed an  Employee by an the Company  during such  temporary  employment
under rules uniformly applied on a nondiscriminatory basis.

1.17.    ENTRY DATE means the first day of any month.

1.18.  ERISA means the  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as
amended, and any reference to a specific provision of ERISA shall mean both that
provision and any subsequent  legislation  which modifies,  amends or supersedes
that provision.

1.19.  FAMILY MEMBER means a member of the family of a five-percent  or a Highly
Compensated  Employee  in the group  consisting  of the ten  Highly  Compensated
Employees paid the greatest  Compensation  from the Company during the Plan Year
or the preceding Plan Year. For purposes of this Plan section, the term "family"
means,  with respect to any Employee or former Employee,  such Employee's Spouse
and lineal ascendants or descendants and the spouse of such lineal ascendants or
descendants.  Except as otherwise  specified in regulations,  a Family Member is
not  considered to be an Employee  separate from the Employee whose status under
this Plan causes the individual to be a Family  Member.  This  definition  shall
have no effect with respect to Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1996.

1.20.  HIGHLY  COMPENSATED  EMPLOYEE shall mean, for Plan Years  beginning after
December 31, 1986,  those employees who are determined to be highly  compensated
under  the  method  set  forth  in  subsection  (a)  or  (b)  below.   The  Plan

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                             Through April 15, 1997

Administrator   has  the   discretion  to  elect  the  method  for  making  such
determination in any Plan Year and may change the method for any Plan Year.

         (a) Highly  Compensated  Employee  means an  employee  who,  during the
current or immediately preceding Plan Year,

                     (1)   was  at any time a five-percent owner (as  defined in
               Code section 416(i)(1)(A)(iii));

                     (2) received  Earnings  from the Company,  a  participating
               Controlled  Group Member or a  nonparticipating  Controlled Group
               Member in excess of $75,000 (or such higher  dollar  limit as the
               Secretary of the  Treasury  announces at the same time and in the
               same manner as the cost-of-living  adjustments  applicable to the
               limitations under Code section 415(d)) during that Plan Year;

                     (3) received  Earnings  from the Company,  a  participating
               Controlled  Group Member or a  nonparticipating  Controlled Group
               Member in excess of $50,000 (or such higher  dollar  limit as the
               Secretary of the  Treasury  announces at the same time and in the
               same manner as the cost-of-living  adjustments  applicable to the
               limitations  under Code section 415(d)) during that Plan Year and
               was in the top 20 percent of the  employees  in  Earnings  during
               that Plan Year; or

                     (4)  was  at  any  time  an  officer  of  the  Company,   a
               participating  Controlled  Group  Member  or  a  nonparticipating
               Controlled  Group  Member  and  received  during  that  Plan Year
               Earnings  that exceeded 50 percent of the dollar amount in effect
               under Code section 415(b)(1)(A).

         For purposes of this  section,  at least one officer of the Company,  a
         participating Controlled Group Member or a nonparticipating  Controlled
         Group  Member  must  be  treated  as  a  Highly  Compensated  Employee,
         regardless  of Earnings.  If at least three  officers meet the Earnings
         figure, no more than 10 percent of the Employees may be treated as such
         an officer.  In no event may the Plan treat more than 50  employees  as

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                             Through April 15, 1997


         such  officers.  For  purposes  of  this  section,   Earnings  will  be
         determined   without   regard   to  Code   sections   125,   402(e)(3),
         402(h)(1)(B),  and in the case of employer  contributions made pursuant
         to a salary reduction agreement, without regard to Code section 403(b).
         The  determinations  made under this section must be made in conformity
         with  the  rules  in  Code  section  414(q)  and the  related  Treasury
         regulations.   According  to  Code  section  414(q)(6)(A)(ii)  and  for
         purposes of applying the limitations under this Plan, any Earnings paid
         to a Family  Member  (and any  applicable  contribution  or benefits on
         behalf of such individual) must be treated as if it were paid to (or on
         behalf of) the relevant Highly Compensated Employee for that Plan Year.
         If an employee is not  described in (2),  (3) or (4) for the  preceding
         year,  he shall not be treated as  described in (2), (3) or (4) for the
         current year unless he is a member of the group  consisting  of the 100
         employees of the Company, the participating Controlled Group Member and
         the  nonparticipating   Controlled  Group  Members  paid  the  greatest
         Earnings during the current year.

               (b) Alternatively,  Highly Compensated Employee means an employee
         who,  during the  current  Plan Year only,  met any of the  criteria of
         paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a).  Determination  of Highly
         Compensated  Employees  under  this  subsection  may  be  made,  at the
         Company's discretion, on the basis of

                     (1) all  "Workers"  of  the  Company,   the   participating
               Controlled  Group  Members  and the  nonparticipating  Controlled
               Group Members for the Plan Year being tested; or

                     (2)  all  Workers  of  the   Company,   the   participating
               Controlled  Group  Members  and the  nonparticipating  Controlled
               Group Members as of a "Snapshot Day." For purposes of identifying
               Highly Compensated  Employees for the Actual Deferral  Percentage
               or Actual  Contribution  Percentage  tests,  the Company must, in
               addition to those employees who are Highly Compensated  Employees
               on the Snapshot Day, treat as a Highly  Compensated  Employee any
               Worker for the Plan Year who

                           (A)   terminated employment prior to the Snapshot Day
                     and  was  a  Highly Compensated Employee in the prior year;

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                           (B) terminated  employment  prior to the Snapshot Day
                     and (i) was a five-percent owner; (ii) had Earnings for the
                     Plan Year greater than or equal to the  projected  Earnings
                     of  any  Worker  who is  treated  as a  Highly  Compensated
                     Employee  on the  Snapshot  Day (except for Workers who are
                     Highly  Compensated   Employees  solely  because  they  are
                     officers  or  five-percent  owners) or (iii) was an officer
                     and had  Earnings  greater  than or equal to the  projected
                     Earnings  of any other  officer  who is treated as a Highly
                     Compensated Employee solely because he is an officer; or

                           (C) becomes  employed  subsequent to the Snapshot Day
                     and (i) is a five-percent  owner, (ii) has Earnings for the
                     Plan Year greater than or equal to the  projected  Earnings
                     of a Worker who is treated as a Highly Compensated Employee
                     on the  Snapshot  Day  (except  for  Workers who are Highly
                     Compensated  Employees  solely because they are officers or
                     five-percent  owners)  or  (iii)  is  an  officer  and  has
                     Earnings greater than or equal to the projected Earnings of
                     any other  officer  who is treated as a Highly  Compensated
                     Employee solely because he is an officer.

                    (1) The following  definitions  apply solely for purposes of
               this subsection:

                           (A) "Snapshot  Day" refers to a single day during the
                     Plan  Year  that  is  reasonably   representative   of  the
                     workforce  of the  Company,  the  participating  Controlled
                     Group  Members and the  nonparticipating  Controlled  Group
                     Members. The Snapshot Day must be consistent from Plan Year
                     to Plan Year.

                           (B)  "Worker"  refers to an  individual  who  renders
                     personal   services   to  or  through  the   Company,   the
                     participating    Controlled    Group    Members  and    the
                     nonparticipating Controlled Group  Members and who is  
                     subject  to the  control of the Company, the  participating


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                    Controlled Group Members and the nonparticipating Controlled
                    Group Members.

         For purposes of this  definition,  Earnings is defined in  Supplement A
         section 1.05.

               (c)  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  effective  January 1, 1997,
         Highly Compensated Employee means:

                     (1) a common law employee of a Controlled  Group Member who
               was at any time during the Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year a
               five percent owner (as defined in Code section 416(i)(1)); or

                     (2) a common law employee of an Controlled Group Member who
               received   compensation,   as   determined   under  Code  section
               414(q)(7),  of $80,000 (as adjusted  from time to time to reflect
               changes  in the cost of  living in  accordance  with the Code and
               applicable  regulations)  for the preceding Plan Year and, at the
               discretion of the Plan  Administrator,  was during such preceding
               Plan Year among the top 20 percent of all employees of Controlled
               Group Members in compensation.

1.21.  HOUR OF  SERVICE  means  each  hour  (without  duplication)  for which an
Employee is directly or indirectly  paid (or entitled to payment) by the Company
(or an Controlled  Group Member) for the  performance  of duties and for reasons
other than the  performance of duties (but no more than 501 hours for any single
continuous period during which no duties are performed), including each hour for
which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages has been either awarded or
agreed to by the Company (or Controlled  Group Member),  determined and credited
in accordance with Department of Labor Reg. Sec. 2530.200b-2.

1.22. INVESTMENT FUND or INVESTMENT FUNDS means the one or more investment media
established  and  maintained  in  accordance  with the terms of the Plan and the
Trust among which Members may, at their direction,  invest contributions made to
their Accounts.

1.23. LEASED EMPLOYEE means any person who is not otherwise an Employee and who,
pursuant to an  agreement  between the Company and any other  person (a "leasing
organization"),  has performed services for the Company,  or for the


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Company  and  related  persons  (determined  in  accordance  with  Code  section
414(n)(6)),  on a  substantially  full  time  basis for a period of at least one
year, and such services are of a type historically performed by Employees in the
business field of the Company.  Effective January 1, 1997, the words ", and such
services are of a type historically performed by Employees in the business field
of the  Company"  at the  end of the  preceding  sentence  shall  no  longer  be
effective.

1.24.  LEAVE OF ABSENCE  means an absence  from work which is not treated by the
Company as a termination of employment or which is required by law to be treated
as a Leave of Absence.  Leaves of Absence will be granted  under  Company  rules
applied uniformly to all Employees similarly situated.

1.25. MATCHING CONTRIBUTION means a discretionary amount contributed to the Plan
for a Plan Year by the  Company  made on account of Pre-Tax  Contributions  made
during the Plan Year and  allocable to the  appropriate  Accounts of Members who
make Pre-Tax Contributions during the Plan Year.

1.26.  MATERNITY  AND PATERNITY  ABSENCE  means an Employee's  absence from work
because of the  pregnancy of the  Employee or birth of a child of the  Employee,
the  placement of a child with the Employee in  connection  with the adoption of
such child by the Employee,  or for purposes of caring for the child immediately
following  such birth or  placement.  The Company  may  require the  Employee to
furnish such  information as the Company  considers  necessary to establish that
the Employee's absence was for one of the reasons specified above.

1.27.    MEMBER means an Employee who is entitled to participate in
the Plan by satisfying the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1.28. MILITARY LEAVE means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary
basis in a Uniformed Service under competent authority and includes active duty,
active duty for  training,  initial  active  duty for  training,  inactive  duty
training,  full-time  National Guard duty, a period for which a person is absent
from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the
fitness of the person to perform such duty, and any other absence  qualifying as
"service   in  the   uniformed   services"   within   the   meaning  of  USERRA.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  Military  Leave does not include  service in a
Uniformed  Service that  terminates as a result of separation of the Member from
such Uniformed  Service under other than honorable  conditions,  as set forth in
USERRA.

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1.29. PLAN means the Coal-Mac, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan, as amended from
time to time.

1.30. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR means, effective October 15, 1996, the person or entity
appointed  from time to time by the Board of Directors,  currently the Company's
Manager - Human Resources.

1.31. PLAN YEAR means the calendar year.

1.32.  PRE-TAX  CONTRIBUTION  means  an  amount  contributed  to the Plan by the
Company on behalf of a Member,  which is not subject to federal or state  income
taxes, in accordance with a salary reduction agreement filed by such Member with
the Company and allocable to an Account maintained on his behalf with respect to
such contributions.

1.33.  QUALIFIED COMPANY  CONTRIBUTION  means a contribution made by the Company
for  purposes  satisfying  the  annual  limitations  on the  amount  of  Pre-Tax
Contributions and Matching Contributions that may be credited to the Accounts of
Members  and shall be  treated  for all other  purposes  of the Plan as  Pre-Tax
Contributions.

1.34.  QUALIFIED  DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER means a judgment,  decree,  order, or
approval of a property  settlement  agreement that is issued pursuant to a state
domestic  relations or community  property law that relates to the  provision of
child support,  alimony  payments,  or marital  property  rights to an Alternate
Payee and that satisfies the requirements of Code section 414(p).

1.35.  REQUIRED  COMMENCEMENT DATE means the April 1st of the calendar year next
following  the  calendar  year in which a Member  attains age 70 1/2.  Effective
January 1, 1997, a Member's distribution  generally must be made or commenced on
April 1 of the calendar  year  following  the later of (i) the calendar  year in
which he or she separate from service;  or (ii) the calendar year in which he or
she attains age 70 1/2.  Notwithstanding the preceding, the entire interest of a
Member, who is a five percent owner (as defined in Code section  416(i)(1)),  of
any Controlled Group Member, must be made or commenced not later than April 1 of
the calendar year  following the calendar year in which he or she attains age 70
1/2.

1.36.  ROLLOVER  CONTRIBUTIONS  means a  transfer  of assets  from a  qualifying
retirement  plan  in  accordance  with  Code  sections  402(c),   403(a)(4)  and
408(d)(3).

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1.37.  SETTLEMENT  DATE means the date on which a Member's  employment  with the
Company terminates for any reason.

1.38.  SPOUSE or  SURVIVING  SPOUSE means the person to whom a Member is legally
married on the date as of which his benefit  payments are to commence or, in the
case of a Member who dies before his benefit  payments  commence,  the person to
whom he is  married  on the date of his death.  To the  extent  provided  in any
Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order,  a former  spouse  will be treated as the
Member's  Spouse or  Surviving  Spouse  for  purposes  of any  survivor  annuity
requirements which may apply under the Plan.

1.39.  TRUST  means the legal  entity  established  pursuant  to the terms of an
agreement between the Company and the Trustee which receives contributions,  and
holds,  invests,  and disburses funds to or for the benefit of Members and their
Beneficiaries.

1.40.  TRUST FUND means the fund or funds  established  pursuant to the terms of
the Trust to  receive  and  invest  contributions  under the Plan and from which
benefits are paid.

1.41.  TRUSTEE  means  the one or more  individuals  or  qualified  corporations
appointed to administer the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Trust.

1.42.  UNIFORMED SERVICE means the Armed Forces; the Army National Guard and the
Air  National  Guard when  engaged in active duty for  training,  inactive  duty
training, or full-time National Guard duty; the commissioned corps of the Public
Health Service; and any other category of persons designated by the President of
the United States in time of war or emergency.

1.43. USERRA means the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
of 1994.

1.44. VALUATION DATE means the close of each business day of a securities market
(regulated  by federal or state  securities  laws)  during which assets held for
investment in the Trust Fund may be traded and any other date designated as such
as the Company considers necessary or desirable.


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                                   ARTICLE II

                                 PARTICIPATION


2.01.    CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION


         Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, each Employee of
the Company who is a Member in the Plan immediately preceding the Effective Date
will  continue as a Member on and after that date.  Beginning  on the  Effective
Date, each other Employee of the Company will become a Member in the Plan on the
first  Entry  Date  occurring  on or after  the date on  which he  completes  90
consecutive  days of employment with the Company and may commence  participation
in the Plan beginning with the first administratively practicable payroll period
following  the date on which he enrolls in the Plan in the manner  specified  in
Plan section 2.02.

2.02.    ENROLLMENT IN PLAN

         An Employee or Member who satisfies the conditions of Plan section 2.01
and  desires  to make  Pre-Tax  Contributions  to the  Plan  must  complete  all
enrollment  and election forms as may be required by the Company and return them
to the Company by the date  specified  by the  Company in order to make  Pre-Tax
Contributions  to the Plan. If an Employee has been notified that he is eligible
to participate and fails to return the enrollment and election forms, he will be
deemed to have waived his right to make Pre-Tax Contributions under the Plan for
the Plan  Year or period to which  such  forms  relate.  The  Employee  shall be
reserved  the right to enroll at a later  date.  An Employee or Member may waive
participation in the Plan, including his right to any Company Contributions,  in
a  manner  acceptable  to  the  Company.  Prior  to  or  concurrently  with  the
solicitation  of  enrollment  of any  Employee,  the  Employee  shall be given a
current  prospectus  meeting the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  and the  regulations  promulgated  thereunder and all other  documents
required to be delivered with such prospectus by applicable law.

2.03.    LEAVES OF ABSENCE

         Subject to such  rules as may be  announced  by the Plan  Administrator
from  time to time and  applied  on a  uniform  and  nondiscriminatory  basis to

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similarly-situated  individuals,  a Leave  of  Absence  will  not  interrupt  an
Employee's participation in the Plan.

2.04.    LEASED EMPLOYEES

         A Leased  Employee  shall not be eligible to  participate  in the Plan;
provided,  however, that if a Leased Employee should later become an Employee of
the Company, the period during which a Leased Employee performs services for the
Company  shall be taken into account for purposes of Plan section  2.01,  unless
(i) such Leased  Employee is  participating  in a money  purchase  pension  plan
maintained by a leasing  organization  which provides a non-integrated  employer
contribution  rate of at least 10 percent of compensation (as defined under Code
section  414(n)(5)(C)),  immediate  participation and full and immediate vesting
for all persons employed by the leasing organization,  and (ii) Leased Employees
do not constitute more than 20 percent of the Company's  non-Highly  Compensated
Employee workforce.

2.05.    NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION

         The  Company  will  notify  each  Employee  of the  date on which he is
eligible to become a Member in the Plan and the Company  will furnish him with a
copy  of a  summary  plan  description.  The  Company  will  also  furnish  each
Beneficiary  receiving  benefits  under the Plan  with a copy of a summary  plan
description.

2.06.    CHANGE IN STATUS

         If a Member has a change in employment status and is no longer eligible
to  participate  in the Plan,  he will be  eligible to  participate  in the Plan
immediately  upon  returning  to an eligible  class of  Employees  and may begin
making Pre-Tax Contributions  immediately upon returning to an eligible class of
Employees as of the first administratively  practicable payroll period beginning
on or after the date on which he returns to such eligible class. If a Member has
a change  in  employment  status  and such  change  results  in his or her being
eligible to  participate in a qualified  plan  maintained by a Controlled  Group
Member or Ashland,  Inc.  (formerly Ashland Oil, Inc.) and its affiliates,  such
Member may elect to transfer  the  balances in each of his or her  Accounts,  in
their entirety, to such other plan, in accordance with procedures established by
the Plan Administrator and the sponsor of the transferee plan.

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2.07.    RESUMPTION OF PARTICIPATION

         If a Member's  employment  with the Company  should  terminate and such
Member is subsequently reemployed by the Company, he or she shall again become a
Member as of the first  administratively  practicable  payroll period  beginning
with or immediately  following his or her date of rehire.  If an Employee who is
not participating in the Plan should terminate  employment and then subsequently
be reemployed by the Company,  his or her eligibility to participate in the Plan
shall be determined in  accordance  with Plan section 2.01,  and he or she shall
become a Member  as of the first  administratively  practicable  payroll  period
beginning with or  immediately  following his or her date of rehire if he or she
had met the  requirements of Plan section 2.01 prior to his or her  termination.
If an Employee who is not eligible to participate in the Plan  terminates his or
her employment with the Company and is  subsequently  reemployed by the Company,
his or her  eligibility  to  participate  in the  Plan  shall be  determined  in
accordance  with Plan section  2.01.  The  employment  service  accrued prior to
termination  of  employment  by an  Employee  who  was  not a  Member  shall  be
disregarded  for  purposes  of Plan  section  2.01 only if his or her  number of
consecutive one-year breaks in service (as defined below) occurring after his or
her  termination  equal or exceed the  greater  of (i) five,  or (ii) his or her
years of employment  service prior to his or her termination.  A "one-year break
in service"  means a twelve  consecutive  month period during which a terminated
Employee or Member is not credited with an Hour of Service.

2.08.    PARTICIPATION FOR PURPOSES OF ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION ONLY

         Notwithstanding  anything  herein to the  contrary,  an Employee  shall
become a Member as of the date a Rollover  Contribution  is accepted by the Plan
Administrator;  provided, however, that such Employee shall be a Member only for
purposes of such Rollover  Contribution  and shall not be eligible to receive an
allocation under Plan section 6.03 or to make Pre-Tax  Contributions  under Plan
article III until such time as the Employee otherwise satisfies the requirements
of this Plan article II.

2.09.    REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING MILITARY LEAVE

         A Member who is reemployed by the Company or a Controlled  Group Member
after an absence from  employment due to Military  Leave and whose  reemployment
satisfies the  conditions  required  under USERRA shall be treated as 

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not having  incurred a one-year  break in service  (as  defined in Plan  section
2.07) as a result of a period or periods of Military Leave.


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                                  ARTICLE III

                             PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS


3.01.    AMOUNT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS


         Subject to the terms and  limitations  of the Plan, a Member may elect,
in his sole discretion,  to make Pre-Tax  Contributions to the Plan on a pre-tax
basis for any Plan Year, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) the dollar
limitation  imposed under Code section  402(g) for that year, or (ii) 15% of the
Member's  Compensation  for that  year.  Pre-Tax  Contributions  made under this
Article III shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.

3.02.    METHOD OF ELECTION

           Subject  to  applicable  conditions  and  limitations  set  forth  in
Supplements  to the Plan,  each  election,  including  any  election to suspend,
revoke or modify a  previous  election  (i) shall be made in such  manner and at
such time as may be  established  from  time to time by the Plan  Administrator,
(ii) shall  constitute a salary reduction  agreement  between the Member and the
Company to reduce the  Member's  Compensation,  and (iii) shall be  effective in
accordance with such rules as shall be established from time to time by the Plan
Administrator.

3.03.    DEDUCTION OR PAYMENT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

         A  Member's  Pre-Tax  Contributions  may be  made  by  regular  payroll
deduction  or in any other way approved by the  Company.  Pre-Tax  Contributions
will  be  paid  by the  Company  to the  Trustee  as  soon  as  administratively
practicable after the date on which such contributions are made, but in no event
later than the fifteenth  business day of the month following the month in which
the Pre-Tax Contributions in question are received by the Company.

3.04.    CONTINUATION, VARIATION, DISCONTINUANCE AND RESUMPTION OF
         PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

Subject to applicable conditions and limitations set forth in Supplements to the
Plan,  an election to make Pre-Tax  Contributions  pursuant to Plan section 3.01
shall remain in effect for succeeding  Plan Years,  unless  otherwise  varied or
discontinued as provided under this Plan section 3.04. A Member may

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elect,  at such  times and in such  manner as shall be  established  by the Plan
Administrator:

         (a)  to change his contribution rate (but not retroactively) during the
Plan Year; or

         (b)  to resume (or commence) making contributions.

A Member shall at all times have the right to revoke an election  made  pursuant
to this Plan article III in its entirety with respect to amounts not yet earned,
effective  as of the  first day of the first  administratively  practicable  pay
period  following the  notification in a manner  specified by the Company or its
designated  representative  of such revocation.  Following such  revocation,  no
further  contributions  shall  be  permitted  until a new  agreement  is made in
accordance with Plan section 3.02.

3.05.    LIMITATIONS ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

         A Member's  election  made pursuant to Plan section 3.01 may not result
in Pre-Tax Contributions which exceed the limitations prescribed below:

         (a)   Percentage  Limitation.  The Actual  Deferral  Percentage  of any
Highly Compensated Employee for any Plan Year shall not exceed the greater of:

               (1)  the  Actual  Deferral   Percentage  of  all  other  eligible
         Employees for such Plan Year (or, effective January 1, 1997, January 1,
         1998,  or any  subsequent  Plan  Year,  as and if  elected  by the Plan
         Administrator, for the preceding Plan Year) multiplied by 1.25; or

               (2)  the  Actual  Deferral   Percentage  of  all  other  eligible
         Employees for such Plan Year (or, effective January 1, 1997, January 1,
         1998,  or any  subsequent  Plan  Year,  as and if  elected  by the Plan
         Administrator, for the preceding Plan Year) multiplied by 2.0; provided
         that the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees
         does not exceed that of all other  eligible  Employees by more than two
         percentage points.

         (b) Dollar  Limitation.  A Member  may not make a Pre-Tax  Contribution
election that would result in the Member's  Aggregate Elective Deferrals for any
calendar year to exceed the dollar limitation imposed under Code section 402(g).
The  Member  may  notify  the  Company  in  writing  on or before  

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April 15 next following the close of the calendar year of the Member's  election
to have all or a portion of his excess Aggregate  Elective Deferrals assigned to
this Plan and  distributed  in accordance  with the terms of this Plan. Any such
assignment  must be accompanied by the Member's  written  statement that if such
amounts are not  distributed,  the Member's  Aggregate  Elective  Deferrals will
exceed the limit  imposed by Code  section  402(g) for the taxable year in which
such deferrals occurred.

         (c)  Compliance  Measures.  From time to time,  the Plan  Administrator
shall  determine from the elections then on file whether the limitations of this
Plan  section  0 will be  satisfied  and,  to the  extent  necessary  to  ensure
compliance  with such  limitations,  may reduce the  applicable  percentages  of
Compensation  withheld,  or to be  withheld,  from  Employees.  If  the  Pre-Tax
Contributions  of a Highly  Compensated  Employee  exceed  (or are  expected  to
exceed,  as  determined  by the Plan  Administrator)  such  limitations  for the
applicable  year,  the Plan  Administrator,  in its sole  discretion and without
regard to any other  provision of the Plan,  shall take the  necessary  remedial
action, as described below, to satisfy such limitations:

               (1) Excess Actual Deferral  Percentage.  If a Highly  Compensated
          Employee's   Actual   Deferral   Percentage   exceeds  the  percentage
          limitation described in subsection (a) above for that year:

                     (A) The Plan  Administrator  may  prospectively  adjust the
               Pre-Tax  Contributions   elections  of  Members  who  are  Highly
               Compensated Employees on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis to
               the extent necessary to satisfy such percentage limitation.

                     (B) The  Plan  Administrator  may  direct  the  Trustee  to
               distribute  to each Member who is a Highly  Compensated  Employee
               that  portion  of his  Pre-Tax  Contributions  which  may  not be
               credited to his Account  because of such limitation for that year
               within  two and one half  months  after the end of that Plan Year
               (but in no event later than the close of the next  following Plan
               Year).  Such amount shall be distributed in accordance  with Code
               section   401(k)(8).   First,   the   dollar   amount  of  excess
               contributions for each affected Highly Compensated Employee shall
               be calculated in accordance  with Code section  401(k)(8)(B)  and
               Treasury  Regulation section  1.401(k)-(1)(f)(2).  Second, all of
               the  amounts  calculated  under the first step shall be summed to

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               determine  the  total  excess contributions.  Third,  the Pre-Tax
               Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest
               dollar  amount of Pre-Tax  Contributions  shall be reduced by the
               amount  necessary  to reduce that Highly  Compensated  Employee's
               Pre-Tax  Contributions to an amount equal to the dollar amount of
               the Pre-Tax Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with
               the next highest  dollar  amount of Pre-Tax  Contributions.  This
               amount shall be  distributed to the Highly  Compensated  Employee
               with the highest dollar amount.  If a smaller amount,  when added
               to the total  dollar  amount  distributed  under the third  step,
               would equal the total excess  contributions,  the smaller  amount
               shall be  distributed.  If the total amount  distributed  through
               this  process is less than the total  excess  contributions,  the
               third step is repeated.

                     (C) The Company may make a Qualified  Company  Contribution
               allocable  to  the   Accounts  of  Members  who  are   non-Highly
               Compensated  Employees  for that year in an amount  necessary  to
               satisfy such limitation.

               (2) Excess Aggregate Elective Deferrals.  If a Member's Aggregate
          Elective Deferrals with respect to any calendar year exceed the dollar
          limitation  described in subsection (b) above or Plan section 3.01 for
          that year, the Plan Administrator may:

                     (A) prospectively reduce the Pre-Tax Contribution elections
               made by such  Member to the  extent  necessary  to  satisfy  such
               dollar limitation; or

                     (B) direct the Trustee to  distribute  that portion of such
               Member's Pre-Tax  Contributions (and the income or loss allocable
               thereto) which may not be credited to his Account because of such
               limitation  for  that  year  to  such  Member  by  April  15 next
               following the end of the calendar year with respect to which such
               limitation applies.

(d) Allocable Income or Loss. Pre-Tax Contributions in excess of the limitations
of this Plan section 3.05 that are to be distributed to the Member  (pursuant to
subparagraph  (c)(1)(B) or (c)(2)(B)  above) shall be adjusted for any income or
loss for the taxable year of the Member immediately preceding the date

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of distribution  (which excludes the period between the end of such taxable year
and the date of distribution  (the "gap period")).  The income or loss allocable
to such excess  contributions  for any year may be computed under any reasonable
method,  provided that the method is used  consistently  for all Members and for
all  corrective  distributions  under  the Plan  for the  year  and such  method
satisfies  the  requirements  of Code  section  401(a)(4).  The  income  or loss
allocable to such excess  contributions  shall be deemed to be allocated under a
reasonable  method if such allocable income or loss is determined by multiplying
the income or loss  allocable to the Member's  Account  attributable  to Pre-Tax
Contributions for the taxable year by a fraction, the numerator of which is such
Member's excess Pre-Tax  Contributions for the year and the denominator of which
is the sum of (1) such Account as of the  beginning  of the Plan Year,  plus (2)
such Pre-Tax Contributions made for the year.

         (e) The  Actual  Deferral  Percentage  for any  Member  who is a Highly
Compensated  Employee  for the  Plan  Year and who  participates  in two or more
arrangements  described  in  Code  section  401(k)  that  are  maintained  by  a
Controlled Group Member, shall be determined as if all Pre-Tax Contributions and
Qualified Company Contributions allocated to his Account are made under a single
arrangement.  If a  Highly  Compensated  Employee  participates  in two or  more
arrangements  described  in  Code  section  401(k)  that  are  maintained  by  a
Controlled   Group  Member  and  that  have  different  plan  years,   all  such
arrangements  ending with or within the same calendar year shall be treated as a
single  arrangement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  certain  plans  shall be
treated as separate if mandatorily  disaggregated  under  regulations under Code
section 401(k).

         (f) In the event  that this Plan  satisfies  the  requirements  of Code
section  401(k),  401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated  with one or more other
plans,  or if one or more other  plans  satisfy  the  requirements  of such Code
sections only if aggregated  with this Plan,  then this section shall be applied
by determining  the Actual  Deferral  Percentage of Members as if all such plans
were a single plan. For Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1989,  plans may
be aggregated in order to satisfy Code section 401(k) only if they have the same
Plan Year.

         (g)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of this Plan, excess Pre-Tax
Contributions,  plus any income and minus any loss allocable  thereto,  shall be
distributed  no later  than the last day of each Plan Year to  Members  to whose
Account such excess Pre-Tax  Contributions were allocated for the preceding Plan
Year. Such  distribution  shall be made to Highly  Compensated  Employees on the
basis  of  the  respective   portions  of  the  excess   Pre-Tax   Contributions
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each such Employees. To the extent required by law, excess Pre-Tax Contributions
of Members  who are  subject to the Family  Member  aggregation  rules  shall be
allocated  among the Family  Members in proportion to the Pre-Tax  Contributions
(and amounts  treated as Pre-Tax  Contributions)  of each Family  Member that is
combined to determine the combined  Actual Deferral  Percentage.  If such excess
Pre-Tax  Contributions are distributed more than two and a half months after the
last day of the Plan Year in which such  excess  amounts  arose,  a ten  percent
excise  tax will be  imposed  on the  sponsoring  company  with  respect to such
amounts.

3.06.    MULTIPLE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ADP AND ACP LIMITATIONS

         The Plan  Administrator  will  test the  Plan for  multiple  use of the
alternative  limitation  (as defined below) and will correct any multiple use of
the alternative  limitation  through the reduction of contributions as set forth
below.   The   "alternative   limitation"  is  the  limit   stipulated  in  Plan
subparagraphs  3.05(a)(2) and  4.03(a)(2)  under which  contributions  by or for
Highly Compensated Employees may not be more than twice, nor exceed by more than
two percentage  points,  the  contributions by or for Members who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees. To test for multiple use,  notwithstanding the provisions
of Plan  subsections  3.05 and 4.03 of the Plan, the limitations of Plan section
3.05 (as  applied  to  Members'  Pre-Tax  Contributions  and  Qualified  Company
Contributions,  if any) can be  satisfied  with the  alternative  limitation  of
subparagraphs  3.05(a)(2)  and  4.03(a)(2),  respectively,  only if the combined
deferral percentage (as defined below) for the Highly Compensated Employees does
not exceed the aggregate deferral limit (as defined below). For purposes of this
Plan section 3.06, the "combined  deferral  percentage"  for Highly  Compensated
Employees  means  the sum of the  Actual  Deferral  Percentages  and the  Actual
Contribution  Percentages  of the entire  group of eligible  Highly  Compensated
Employees.  For  purposes of this Plan section  3.06,  the  "aggregate  deferral
limit"  means the sum of: (i) 125 percent of the greater of the Actual  Deferral
Percentage  of the  non-Highly  Compensated  Employees  for the Plan Year or the
Average Contribution  Percentage of non-Highly  Compensated  Employees under the
Plan subject to Code section  401(m) for the Plan Year  beginning with or within
the Plan Year, and (ii) the lesser of 200% or two plus the lesser of such Actual
Deferral Percentage and the Average Contribution  Percentage.  In the event that
the combined deferral  percentage for Highly  Compensated  Employees exceeds the
aggregate limit above and the limitations of Plan subsection 3.05(a) and 4.03(a)
can only be satisfied with the alternative  limitation under Plan  subparagraphs
3.05(a)(2) and  4.03(a)(2),  respectively,  then Pre-Tax  Contributions  for the
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Employees  shall be  reduced  in the same  manner  as they are  reduced  in Plan
subsection  3.05(c)(1)(B) until either the combined deferral percentage does not
exceed the aggregate deferral limit or until the limitation of Plan subparagraph
3.05(a)(1) or 4.03(a)(1) is satisfied.

3.07.    USERRA CONTRIBUTIONS

         (a) Restoration Contributions. If a Member's reemployment satisfies the
provisions of USERRA,  the Company prior to such Military Leave shall contribute
an amount to the Plan equal to the amount the Company would have  contributed on
behalf of the  Member had the Member  not  incurred  Military  Leave and had the
Member's Pre-Tax Restoration  Contributions actually been made during the period
of Military Leave to which such contributions  relate.  Earnings and forfeitures
shall not be considered in determining the Company's  obligation under this Plan
section.

         (b)   Pre-Tax    Restoration    Contributions.    Pre-Tax   Restoration
Contributions are contributions made to the Plan by the Company, at the election
of a Member in lieu of cash  Compensation  and  pursuant  to a salary  reduction
agreement or other mechanism. A Member's Pre-Tax Restoration Contributions shall
not exceed the amount of Compensation  that the Member could have deferred under
the Plan during his or her Military  Leave had the Member  remained  employed by
the Company during his or her Military  Leave.  For purposes of determining  the
maximum amount of an affected Member's Pre-Tax  Restoration  Contributions,  the
Member shall be treated as having received  Compensation equal to either (i) the
Compensation the Member would have received during his or her period of Military
Leave had the Member not incurred  Military Leave,  determined based on the rate
of pay the Member  would have  received  from the  Company  but for the  absence
during  Military  Leave,  or (ii) if the  Compensation  the  Member  would  have
received  during the period of Military  Leave is not  reasonably  certain,  the
Member's average  Compensation during the 12-month period immediately  preceding
the  Military  Leave  (or,  if  shorter,  the period of  employment  immediately
preceding  the Military  Leave).  Such  determination  shall be made by the Plan
Administrator  in  accordance  with  uniform  and  nondiscriminatory  procedures
uniformly applied to all affected Members.

         (c) Account  Restoration.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary and in addition to any other contributions to the Plan, an affected
Member may cause Restoration  Contributions to be made on his or her behalf only
during the Account Restoration Period.


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         (d) Account  Restoration  Period.  The duration of an affected Member's
Account  Restoration  Period  shall equal the lesser of (i) the product of three
and the duration of his or her Military Leave,  or (ii) five years.  The Account
Restoration  Period commences on the date the affected Member becomes reemployed
by the Company or a Controlled Group Member following Military Leave.


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                                   ARTICLE IV

                             COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

4.01.    AMOUNT OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS


         Subject to the  limitations of the Plan, for each Plan Year the Company
may make a Company  Contribution  paid to the Trustee in such amount, if any, as
shall be determined by the Company. The Company shall designate the Plan Year on
account of which the Company  Contribution  is made and shall specify the amount
of the contribution or a definite basis or formula by which the contribution can
be  determined  within a  reasonable  time after the end of that Plan Year.  The
Company,  in its sole  discretion,  also may make Matching  Contributions to the
Trust  Fund  from time to time in such  amounts  as shall be  determined  by the
Company.  For purposes of satisfying the  limitations set forth at Plan sections
3.05  and  4.03,  the  Company  also  may  make  additional   contributions  (or
recharacterize a portion of its Company  Contribution or Matching  Contribution)
in the form of Qualified  Company  Contributions.  The Company shall specify the
limitation to which such Qualified Company Contribution will be applied.

4.02.    LIMITATIONS ON COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

         Contributions  made by the Company  pursuant to Plan section 4.01 for a
Plan Year are conditioned on their  deductibility  under Code section 404, shall
comply with the  contribution  limitations  set forth in Supplement A, and shall
not exceed an amount equal to the maximum amount  deductible on account  thereof
by the Company for that year for purposes of federal  taxes on income.  Matching
Contributions,  if any, shall be subject to the conditions and  limitations  set
forth at Plan section 4.03.

4.03.    PERCENTAGE LIMITATION ON MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS

          (a)  Application  of  Percentage  Limitation.  In no event  shall  the
Average  Contribution  Percentage  for  any  Plan  Year  of  Highly  Compensated
Employees exceed the greater of:

               (1) the Average Contribution  Percentage of all other Members for
         such Plan Year (or,  effective January 1, 1997, January 1, 

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          1998, or any subsequent Plan  Year,  as  and  if  elected  by the Plan
          Administrator,  for the preceding Plan Year) multiplied by 1.25; or

               (2) the Average Contribution  Percentage of all other Members for
          such Plan Year (or,  effective January 1, 1997, January 1,

          1998,  or any  subsequent  Plan  Year,  as and if  elected by the Plan
          Administrator,  for  the  preceding  Plan  Year)  multiplied  by  2.0;
          provided  that the  Average  Contribution  Percentage  of such  Highly
          Compensated  Employees  does not exceed  that of all other  Members by
          more than two percentage points.

         (b) Compliance Measures.  If the Average  Contribution  Percentage of a
Highly  Compensated  Employee  exceeds the  percentage  limitation  described in
subsection  (a) above for that year,  the Company,  in its sole  discretion  and
without  regard to any other  provision  of the Plan,  shall take the  necessary
remedial action, as described below, to satisfy such limitation:

               (1) The Plan  Administrator may cause the Matching  Contributions
         allocable  to the  Accounts  of  Members  who  are  Highly  Compensated
         Employees  (in the  order of  their  Average  Contribution  Percentages
         beginning  with the  highest  percentage)  to the extent  necessary  to
         satisfy  such  percentage  limitation  to be  forfeited  and  use  such
         contributions   to   reduce   Matching    Contributions   (or   Company
         Contributions)  allocable  to Members  who are  non-Highly  Compensated
         Employees.

               (2) The Plan  Administrator  may direct the Trustee to distribute
         that portion of any nonforfeitable  Matching Contribution which may not
         be  credited to the  Accounts  of a Member who is a Highly  Compensated
         Employees  on account of such  limitation  for that year within two and
         one-half  months  after  the end of  that  Plan  Year  to  such  Highly
         Compensated Employees (but in no event later than the close of the next
         following Plan Year).

               (3) The  Company  may make a Qualified  Company  Contribution  on
         behalf of Members who are  non-Highly  Compensated  Employees  for that
         year in an amount necessary to satisfy such limitation.

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         (c) Allocable Income or Loss.  Matching  Contributions in excess of the
limitations  of this Plan section 4.03 that are to be  distributed to the Member
(pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2) above) shall be adjusted for any income or loss
for  the  taxable  year  of  the  Member  immediately   preceding  the  date  of
distribution (which excludes the period between the end of such taxable year and
the date of distribution  (the "gap  period")).  The income or loss allocable to
such  excess  contributions  for any year may be computed  under any  reasonable
method,  provided that the method is used  consistently  for all Members and for
all  corrective  distributions  under  the Plan  for the  year  and such  method
satisfies  the  requirements  of Code  section  401(a)(4).  The  income  or loss
allocable to such excess  contributions  shall be deemed to be allocated under a
reasonable  method if such allocable income or loss is determined by multiplying
the income or loss allocable to the Member's  Account  attributable  to Matching
Contributions for the taxable year by a fraction, the numerator of which is such
Member's excess Matching Contributions for the year and the denominator of which
is the sum of (1) such Account as of the  beginning  of the Plan Year,  plus (2)
such Matching Contributions made for the year.

4.04.    PAYMENT OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

         Contributions  with  respect to which the Company is  obligated to make
under the Plan for any Plan Year (other than Pre-Tax Contributions) shall be due
on the last day of that  Plan  Year  and,  if not paid by the end of that  year,
shall be  payable  to the  Trustee,  without  interest,  no later  than the time
prescribed  by law for filing the Company's  federal  income tax return for such
year, including extensions thereof.

4.05.    VERIFICATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

         If for any reason the Company  elects,  or is  required,  to verify the
correctness of any amount or calculation  relating to its  contribution  for any
Plan Year, the certificate of an independent  accountant selected by the Company
as to the  correctness of any such amount or calculation  shall be conclusive on
all persons.

4.06.    NO INTEREST IN COMPANY

         The Company  shall have no right,  title or interest in the Trust Fund,
nor  shall  any part of the Trust  Fund  revert  or be  repaid  to the  Company,
directly or indirectly, unless:

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         (a) a contribution  is made by the Company by mistake of fact, in which
event such  contribution  shall be returned to the Company within one year after
payment to the Trustee; or

         (b)  a  contribution   conditioned  on  the  deductibility  thereof  is
disallowed as an expense for federal  income tax  purposes,  in which event such
contribution shall be returned to the Company.

The amount of any contribution  that may be returned to the Company as set forth
above must be reduced by any portion  thereof  previously  distributed  from the
Trust  Fund and by any  losses of the Trust Fund  allocable  thereto,  and in no
event may the return of such contribution cause any Member's Account balances to
be less than the  amount of such  balances  had the  contribution  not been made
under the Plan.


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                                   ARTICLE V

                            PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION


5.01.    SETTLEMENT DATE


         A  Member's  Settlement  Date will be the date on which his  employment
with the  Company  (and each  Controlled  Group  Member) is  terminated  for any
reason,  including a termination of employment with the Company following either
(i) the sale by the  Company  of  substantially  all of the assets  (within  the
meaning of Code section 409(d)(2)) used by the Company in its trade or business,
or (ii) the sale of the stock of the Company (within the meaning of Code section
409(d)(3));  provided,  that subsequent to the date on which such sale occurs he
is employed by the purchaser of such assets,  or remains employed by the Company
following the sale its stock,  whichever  applies.  The net credit balances in a
Member's Accounts shall be distributable upon his Settlement Date.

5.02.    RESTRICTED PARTICIPATION

         When payment of all of a Member's  Account  balances is not made at his
Settlement  Date, the Member or his Beneficiary  will be treated as a Member for
all purposes of the Plan,  except that a Member or his Beneficiary may not enter
into a loan  pursuant  to Plan  section  8.04 on or after such date and will not
share in any  Company  Contribution  made after such date  except as provided in
Plan section 6.03.  Participation  in the Plan ceases when a Member is no longer
an  Employee  and his  entire  interest  in the Plan has been  distributed,  and
participation  in the Plan  ceases  with  respect  to his  Beneficiary  when the
Member's entire interest in the Plan has been distributed to such Beneficiary.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                                   ACCOUNTING


6.01.    SEPARATE ACCOUNTS


         The Plan Administrator shall cause to be established and maintained one
or more separate Accounts in the name of each Member which shall be (i) credited
with contributions,  transfers, and the income and appreciation  attributable to
the   investments  of  such  Accounts,   and  (ii)  charged  with   withdrawals,
distributions,  transfers and the  depreciation  and losses  attributable to the
investments of such Accounts.  The Company also may maintain such other Accounts
in the names of Members or otherwise as it considers  advisable.  The sum of the
balances in the Member's  Accounts shall  constitute the Member's entire accrued
benefit under the Plan.

6.02.    COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS CONSIDERED MADE ON LAST DAY OF PLAN
         YEAR

         For  purposes  of this  Plan  article  VI,  Company  Contributions  and
Matching Contributions (including Qualified Company Contributions,  if any) made
by the Company for any Plan Year will be  considered  to have been made no later
than on the last day of that year, regardless of when paid to the Trustee.

6.03.    ALLOCATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

         Subject to the  limitations  set forth in  Supplement A, as of the last
day of the Plan Year,  Company  Contributions  made for the Plan Year  ending on
that date will be allocated and credited to the appropriate  Accounts of Members
who were employed on the last day of the Plan Year or who died,  became Disabled
or retired during the Plan Year, pro rata, according to the Compensation paid to
them, respectively, by the Company during that year.

6.04.    ALLOCATION OF PRE-TAX AND ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS

         Pre-Tax  Contributions  shall be allocated to the appropriate  Member's
Account in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory  procedures established
by the Plan Administrator or his or her delegate.  Rollover  Contributions shall
be allocated to an appropriate Account as soon as administratively practicable.

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6.05.    ALLOCATION OF MATCHING AND QUALIFIED COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

         (a) Matching  Contributions.  Subject to the  limitations  set forth at
Plan section 4.03 and in Supplement A, Matching Contributions shall be allocated
in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory  procedures  established by the
Plan  Administrator  or his or her  delegate  to  the  appropriate  Accounts  of
Members, pro rata, according to the respective Pre-Tax Contributions made during
such period.

         (b) Qualified Company  Contributions.  Qualified Company  Contributions
made  pursuant to Plan section 4.01 shall be allocated as of the last day of the
Plan  Year  among  the  Accounts  of  Members  who  are  non-Highly  Compensated
Employees.  A  Qualified  Company  Contribution  will be  treated  as a  Pre-Tax
Contribution and shall be allocated among Members who are non-Highly Compensated
Employees  as  directed by the  Company in a manner  appropriate  to satisfy the
annual  limitations  on  the  amount  of  Pre-Tax   Contributions  and  Matching
Contributions that may be credited to the Accounts of Members.

6.06.    CHARGING DISTRIBUTIONS

         All payments or distributions  made to a Member or his Beneficiary will
be charged to the appropriate Accounts of such Member.

6.07.    ADJUSTMENT OF MEMBERS' ACCOUNTS

         Members'  Accounts  shall be  appropriately  credited and  charged,  as
specified at Plan section 6.01, under a "daily  valuation"  method of accounting
(as that term is  generally  understood  and  applied in the  employee  benefits
industry). Pursuant to such method of accounting, the value of Members' Accounts
will be converted  into an appropriate  number of units or shares,  based on the
unit or share value of the one or more  investment  funds in which such Accounts
are invested as of a date established by the Company.  As of each Valuation Date
thereafter, such Accounts are adjusted as follows:

               (1) First,  the value of units or shares of each Account shall be
         adjusted upward or downward to reflect the then current market value of
         such unit or share as of such Valuation Date;

               (2) Next, the Accounts to which contributions (including Rollover
         Contributions)  and  loan  repayments  are  to be  allocated  shall  be
         
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         credited with the appropriate  number of units or shares,  based on the
         then  current  market  value of such units or shares,  which equals the
         allocable amount of such contributions;

               (3) Next,  the Accounts  from which  distributions,  withdrawals,
         loans and  other  proper  payments  were  made  since  the  immediately
         preceding  Valuation Date shall be charged with the appropriate  number
         of units or  shares,  based on the then  current  market  value of such
         units  or  shares,  which  equals  the  amount  of such  distributions,
         withdrawals and other proper payments and expenses; and

               (4) Finally,  each  Account  shall be  appropriately  charged and
         credited with the appropriate  number of units or shares,  based on the
         then  current  market  value of such units or shares,  which equals the
         amount of transfers,  if any, of balances made between Investment Funds
         since the immediately preceding Valuation Date.

         The market value of each Investment Fund as of any Valuation Date means
the then net worth of the Investment Fund (that is, the fair market value of all
of the assets held in such fund, less liabilities, if any, without regard to any
liabilities  to persons  entitled to benefits under the Plan as of that date) as
determined under the prospectus of the Investment  Fund. The Plan  Administrator
may implement other appropriate  accounting measures that it considers necessary
to effect the daily valuation method of accounting.

6.08.    ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER PLANS

         Subject to the approval of the  Company,  and in  accordance  with such
rules  as the Plan  Administrator  may  establish  from  time to time,  Rollover
Contributions  and direct  transfers of a Member's  vested accrued benefit under
another  plan  which  meets  the  requirements  of Code  section  401(a)  may be
contributed or transferred to the Plan. Such contributions or transfers shall be
in cash or such other form as may be  acceptable to the Plan  Administrator  and
the Trustee and will be  credited to an Account or Accounts  established  in the
name of such Member.  Amounts received by the Trustee for a Member in accordance
with the  preceding  sentence  shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance
with Plan section 6.07. As required by law,  transfers  which do not  constitute
Rollover  Contributions  shall remain  subject to or free from any  condition or
limitation to which such accrued benefit was subject before transfer and/or free
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restriction of the Plan as to which such accrued  benefit was not subject before
transfer.

6.10.    STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

         The Plan  Administrator  will furnish Members (or  Beneficiaries)  with
statements  reflecting the condition of the Accounts  maintained on their behalf
in the Trust  Fund as soon as  practicable  after the last day of each Plan Year
and at such  other  times  as the Plan  Administrator  may  deem  necessary  and
administratively  practicable.  No Member, except one authorized by the Company,
shall have the right to inspect the records reflecting the Accounts of any other
Member.


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                                   ARTICLE VII

                          PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES


7.01.    RETIREMENT, DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

         If a Member's employment with the Company is terminated for any reason,
any Pre-Tax Contributions made by him previously but not credited to his Account
will be returned to him,  or in the event of his death to his  Beneficiary.  The
balances  in his  Accounts  as at the  Valuation  Date  coincident  with or next
preceding his Settlement Date (after all adjustments  required under the Plan as
of that date have been made) shall be nonforfeitable  and shall be distributable
to him,  or in the event of his death to his  Beneficiary,  under  Plan  section
7.02.

7.02.    MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION

         Subject  to  applicable   conditions  and   limitations  set  forth  in
Supplements to the Plan, after each Member's  Settlement  Date,  distribution of
the net credit balances in the Member's Accounts,  determined in accordance with
Plan  section  0 as at the  Valuation  Date  immediately  preceding  the date of
distribution,  will be made to or for the benefit of the Member,  or in the case
of his death to or for the benefit of his Beneficiary, in the form of a lump sum
payment.

7.03.    DISTRIBUTION OF ACI STOCK

         Subject to the conditions and  limitations  set forth in Supplements to
the Plan, a Member or Beneficiary  who (i) is entitled to a  distribution  under
Plan section  7.02,  or (ii) elects to withdraw all or a part of his interest in
the Plan under Plan article  VIII,  may elect,  in such form and at such time as
the Plan  Administrator may from time to time prescribe,  to receive (instead of
cash) all or a part of the  distributable  value of that portion of his Accounts
invested  in ACI  Stock in whole  shares  of ACI  Stock  and cash in lieu of any
fractional  shares  of ACI  Stock.  The  number  of whole  shares  of ACI  Stock
distributable  hereunder shall be determined based upon the value of such shares
used to determine the value of such Member's Accounts.

7.04.    COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS

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Except as  provided  below in this Plan  section  7.04,  payment  of a  Member's
benefits will be made within a reasonable  time after his  Settlement  Date, but
not later  than 60 days  after (i) the end of the Plan Year in which  occurs the
later of his  Settlement  Date or age 65, or (ii) such  later  date on which the
amount of the payment can be ascertained by the Company.  If a Member's  Account
balances exceed $3,500,  distributions  may not be made to the Member before age
65 without his consent.  Distribution  of a Member's  benefits shall be made (or
installment payments shall commence) by the Member's Required Commencement Date.
If the Member's  Account  balances do not exceed  $3,500,  the Trustee shall pay
such  balance  to the Member  (or in the event of his  death,  to his  Surviving
Spouse)  in a lump sum upon his  termination  of  employment  (for any  reason),
unless the Member  elects to have such  distribution  paid as a direct  rollover
pursuant to Plan section  7.05.  For purposes of this Plan section  7.04, if the
value of a Member's Account balances  attributable to Company  Contributions and
Matching  Contributions  is zero,  the Member shall be deemed to have received a
distribution of such Account balances.

7.05.    DIRECT ROLLOVERS

Notwithstanding  any  provision  of the Plan to the  contrary,  a Member  or his
Surviving  Spouse (or an Alternate  Payee who is the  Member's  Spouse or former
Spouse)  may  elect to have  any  distribution  which  constitutes  an  eligible
rollover  distribution  (within  the  meaning of Code  section  402(c)(4))  paid
directly to an eligible retirement plan (a "direct  rollover").  For purposes of
this  Plan  section  0,  an  "eligible  retirement  plan"  means  an  individual
retirement  account  described in Code section  408(a) or 408(b)  (other than an
endowment contract), an annuity contract that satisfies the requirements of Code
section  403(b),  and a qualified  plan  described in Code  section  401(a) that
accepts the distribution of an eligible rollover  distribution.  A Member or his
Surviving  Spouse (or an Alternate  Payee who is the  Member's  Spouse or former
Spouse)  who makes an  election  to have his  distribution  paid  directly to an
eligible retirement plan shall specify, in the form and manner prescribed by the
Plan  Administrator,  the eligible retirement plan to which such distribution is
to be paid. The Plan  Administrator may rely on the information  provided by the
Member or his Surviving Spouse (or an Alternate Payee who is the Member's Spouse
or former Spouse) in causing such direct payment,  and shall cause such transfer
to be made in a manner acceptable under the regulations  applicable  thereto.  A
written  explanation of the direct  payment  provision of this Plan section 7.05
shall be provided to each Member or his Surviving  Spouse (or an Alternate Payee
who is the Member's  Spouse or former  Spouse) at least 30 days prior to (and no
earlier than 90 days before) the date on

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which such distribution becomes payable; provided, however, that such person may
upon receipt of such written  explanation  affirmatively  elect to waive such 30
day requirement.

7.06.    DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

         Each  Member  from time to time,  by  signing a form  furnished  by the
Company,   may   designate   any  person  or  persons  (who  may  be  designated
concurrently,  contingently or successively) to whom his benefits are to be paid
if he dies before he receives all of his  benefits.  A  Beneficiary  designation
form will be  effective  only when the form is filed with the Company  while the
Member is alive and will cancel all  Beneficiary  designation  forms  previously
filed  with  the  Company.  If a Member  designates  someone  other  than (or in
addition to) his Spouse as his primary  Beneficiary,  his Spouse must consent in
writing  to the  designation.  Such a  consent  will  be  effective  only  if it
acknowledges  the  specific  Beneficiary  and  the  effect  of  the  Beneficiary
designation,  is witnessed by a notary  public,  and may not be changed  without
further  Spousal  consent  (unless  the  consent  expressly  permits  subsequent
Beneficiary  designations  without  Spousal  consent).  If a  Member  designates
someone  other than (or in addition  to) his Spouse as his primary  Beneficiary,
and his Spouse  does not (or  cannot)  consent  and is living at his death,  the
Member's Beneficiary designation shall be ineffective, and his benefits shall be
distributed  to his  Spouse.  If a deceased  Member has  failed to  designate  a
Beneficiary as provided above,  or if the Beneficiary  dies before the Member or
before complete payment of the Member's benefits, the Member's benefits shall be
distributed  to the  Member's  Spouse  or,  if  there  is  none,  to  the  legal
representative or representatives of the estate of the last to die of the Member
or the Member's Beneficiary.

7.07.    UNLOCATED MEMBERS OR BENEFICIARIES

         Each Member and each  Beneficiary  must file with the Company from time
to time in  writing  his post  office  address  and each  change of post  office
address.  Any  communication,  statement  or  notice  addressed  to a Member  or
Beneficiary  at his last post office  address  filed with the Company,  or if no
address is filed with the  Company  then,  in the case of a Member,  at his last
post office  address as shown on the Company's  records,  will be binding on the
Member and his  Beneficiary  for all  purposes  of the Plan.  The Company is not
required  to  search  for or  locate a Member  or  Beneficiary.  If the  Company
notifies  a Member or  Beneficiary  that he is  entitled  to a payment  and also
notifies  him of the  provisions  of this  Plan  section  0, and the  Member  or
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his  benefits or make his  whereabouts  known to the Company  within three years
after the  notification,  the  benefits  of the  Member or  Beneficiary  will be
disposed of, to the extent permitted by applicable law, as follows:

         (a) If the whereabouts of the Member then is unknown to the Company but
the  whereabouts  of the Member's  Spouse then is known to the Company,  payment
will be made to the Spouse;

         (b) If the  whereabouts  of the Member and his Spouse,  if any, then is
unknown to the Company but the whereabouts of the Member's  Beneficiary  then is
known to the Company, payment will be made to the Beneficiary;

         (c) If the  whereabouts  of the  Member,  his Spouse  and the  Member's
Beneficiary  then is unknown to the Company but the  whereabouts  of one or more
relatives by blood,  adoption or marriage of the Member is known to the Company,
the Company may direct the Trustee to pay the  Member's  benefits to one or more
of such relatives and in such proportions as the Company decides; or

         (d) If the  whereabouts of such relatives and the Member's  Beneficiary
then is unknown to the Company,  the benefits of such Member or Beneficiary will
be disposed of in an equitable  manner  permitted by law under rules  adopted by
the Company.

7.08.    FACILITY OF PAYMENT

         When a person  entitled  to  benefits  under  the  Plan is under  legal
disability,  or, in the Company's opinion,  is in any way incapacitated so as to
be unable to manage his financial affairs, the Company may direct the Trustee to
pay the  benefits to such  person's  legal  representative,  or to a relative or
friend of such person for such person's  benefit,  or the Company may direct the
application of such benefits for the benefit of such person. Any payment made in
accordance with the preceding sentence shall be a full and complete discharge of
any liability for such payment under the Plan.

7.09.    QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER PAYMENTS

         (a) This  section  applies to amounts  that are  subject to a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order.

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         (b) The Plan Administrator must establish reasonable written procedures
for  determining  the  qualified  status of a domestic  relations  order and for
administering distributions under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The Plan
Administrator  must promptly  notify the Member and each Alternate  Payee of the
receipt of a domestic  relations order and of the procedures for determining its
qualified status.

         (c) During the 18-month period  beginning on the date on which the Plan
Administrator  receives  a  domestic  relations  order (or a  modification  of a
domestic  relations order) for determination as a Qualified  Domestic  Relations
Order, the Plan Administrator must separately account for the amounts that would
have been  payable to the  Alternate  Payee  during such period if the order had
been determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

         (d) No benefits  will be  distributed  to the Member to whom a domestic
relations order relates after the date on which the Plan Administrator  receives
the order  (or  modification  of an  order)  for  determination  as a  Qualified
Domestic  Relations  Order and before the earliest of (i) the  expiration of the
18-month  period  beginning  on that  date;  (ii)  the  date on  which  the Plan
Administrator  determines  that the  order  (or  modification  of an order) is a
Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order;  or (iii) the date the parties notify the
Plan  Administrator  that they no longer  intend to pursue a Qualified  Domestic
Relations Order with respect to the Member's Account.

         (e) The Trustee  shall make payments  pursuant to a Qualified  Domestic
Relations  Order as soon as  practicable  after the  payment  commencement  date
specified in the order. If specified in the Qualified  Domestic Relations Order,
distributions may be made to the Alternate Payee prior to the date that a Member
attains his or her  "earliest  retirement  age" under the Plan as defined  under
Code  section  414(p)(4)  regardless  of whether the Member has  separated  from
service on that date. If the Member dies before that date,  the Alternate  Payee
is  entitled to  benefits  only if the order  requires  the  establishment  of a
separate account for the Alternate Payee or otherwise requires survivor benefits
to be paid.

         (f) Upon  determination that an order is a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order,  amounts subject to the Qualified  Domestic  Relations Order that are not
immediately  distributable may be segregated, as of the Valuation Date specified
in the  Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order  or if no such  Valuation  Date is
specified, as of the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the
date of  segregation,  into a separate  account for the benefit of the Alternate
Payee (the

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"QDRO Account").  To the extent  established in the Qualified Domestic Relations
Order, the QDRO Account will participate in the earnings, gains or losses of the
Trust Fund in the same manner as a Member's Account. An Alternate Payee may make
withdrawals from his or her QDRO Account to the extent permitted under the terms
of the Plan. Except as otherwise permitted with respect to a Member in the Plan,
a distribution  to the Alternate Payee from his or her QDRO Account will be made
as soon as possible after the payment date specified in the order. The Qualified
Domestic Relations Order may not specify payment in a form of distribution other
than that provided for in the Plan.

         (g) If the value of the Alternate  Payee's QDRO payment  exceeds $3,500
as of the  Valuation  Date  coincident  with or  preceding  the date  that  such
payments are  distributable,  then the Alternate Payee must consent to receive a
distribution.  Notwithstanding  the  preceding  sentence,  if the  value  of the
Alternate  Payee's  QDRO  payment  does not exceed  $3,500 as of the  applicable
Valuation Date, then the Trustee shall distribute such Account balance in a lump
sum as soon as practicable following such Valuation Date.

         (h) Unless  otherwise  specified,  a  distribution  made  pursuant to a
Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order will be charged  proportionally  against a
Member's Accounts, including the earnings thereon.

         (i) If a distribution  is made to an Alternate  Payee under a Qualified
Domestic  Relations  Order  before  any  amounts  are  segregated   pursuant  to
subsection  (f),  in no event may the  distribution  exceed  the  nonforfeitable
percentage  of a  Member's  Account  balances  under  the Plan  valued as of the
Valuation Date on or immediately preceding the date of distribution, adjusted to
reflect any subsequent gains or losses. If amounts are to be segregated pursuant
to subsection (f), in no event may the amounts  segregated into the QDRO Account
exceed the nonforfeitable percentages of the Member's Account balances under the
Plan valued as of the  Valuation  Date on or  immediately  preceding the date of
segregation, adjusted to reflect any subsequent gains and losses.

         (j) Unless  otherwise  specified in the applicable  Qualified  Domestic
Relations  Order,  if a  distribution  is made to an Alternate  Payee who is the
Member's Spouse or former Spouse, the Member's investment in the contract, i.e.,
his or her basis in the Plan, if any, will be allocated to that  distribution on
a pro rata basis in accordance with Treasury regulations.

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                             Through April 15, 1997


         (k) If the  Alternate  Payee dies prior to receiving  his or her entire
interest in his or her QDRO Account, any remaining interest in that account will
be distributed in accordance with the Qualified  Domestic  Relations Order or in
the event that the  Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order does not  specify  the
manner in which the Alternate  Payee's  interest in his or her QDRO Account will
be  distributed  upon  his or  her  death,  in  accordance  with  a  beneficiary
designation  form completed by the Alternate  Payee,  or if the Alternate  Payee
makes no valid beneficiary designation, to his or her estate.

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                             Through April 15, 1997


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS


8.01.    IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS AT AGE 59 1/2


         Subject  to  applicable   conditions  and   limitations  set  forth  in
Supplements  to the Plan, a Member who has  attained age 59 1/2 may  irrevocably
elect to receive an  in-service  distribution  from the Plan as of any Valuation
Date, but not more than once in any 12-month  period,  of all or any portion (in
cash or in  kind)  of the  Member's  Account  balance  attributable  to  Pre-Tax
Contribution  (after any  adjustments  required  under the Plan have been made).
Each  election  under this Plan  subsection  0 shall be in writing  and filed in
accordance  with  procedures  established by the Plan  Administrator  before the
Valuation Date as of which such  withdrawal is to be effective.  Each withdrawal
shall be  distributed  in a single  payment  and if the  Member's  Accounts  are
invested in various  Investment  Funds,  such Investment Funds shall be reduced,
pro rata,  according the amounts invested in such Investment Funds determined as
of the  Valuation  Date  immediately  preceding the date of  withdrawal.  At the
Member's  direction,   a  withdrawal  which  constitutes  an  eligible  rollover
distribution  (within the meaning of Plan section  7.05) may be paid directly to
the trustee or custodian of an individual  retirement account maintained for the
Member.

8.02.    HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS

         A Member, with the consent of the Company, may elect to withdraw all or
any portion of the sum of: (i) the  Member's  Account  balance  attributable  to
Pre-Tax   Contributions   (determined  without  regard  to  investment  earnings
attributable  thereto),  plus (ii) the  Pre-Tax  Contributions  withheld  by the
Company but not yet credited to the Member's Pre-Tax Contribution  Account. Such
a withdrawal  (i) must be necessary  because of a hardship  causing an immediate
and heavy  financial  need (as  defined  in Plan  subsection  (a)  below) on the
Member,  (ii)  shall not  exceed  the  amount  required  to meet such  immediate
financial need and not reasonably  available from other resources of the Member,
and (iii) shall not exceed the balance of such Account as of the Valuation  Date
coincident  with or next  preceding the date of  withdrawal.  Each such election
shall be in  writing,  shall be filed with the  Company at such time and in such
manner as the Company shall  determine and shall be effective in accordance with
such rules as the Company may establish from time to time.

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                             Through April 15, 1997

          (a) Deemed  Immediate and Heavy Financial Need. The following shall be
deemed necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need:

               (1)  deductible  medical  expenses  (within  the  meaning of Code
          section 213(d)) of the Member, his Spouse, children, or dependents;

               (2) the  purchase  (excluding  mortgage  payments) of a principal
          residence for the Member;

               (3) payment of  tuition,  related  educational  fees and room and
          board expenses for the next 12 months of post-secondary  education for
          the Member,  his Spouse,  children,  or dependents (as defined in Code
          section 152); or

               (4) the need to prevent  the  eviction of the Member  from,  or a
          foreclosure on the mortgage of the Member's principal residence.

         (b) Amount Necessary to Satisfy Need. A distribution will be considered
as necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the Member only
if:  (i)  the  Member  has  obtained  all  distributions,  other  than  hardship
distributions,  and all  nontaxable  loans  under  all plans  maintained  by the
Company,  (ii) the Member's Pre-Tax  Contributions  will be suspended for twelve
months after the receipt of the hardship withdrawal under the terms of all plans
maintained by the Company or pursuant to a legally enforceable agreement,  (iii)
the  distribution  is not in excess  of the  amount  of an  immediate  and heavy
financial need, and (iv) the Member may not make Pre-Tax Contributions under the
Plan (or any other plan maintained by the Company) for the Member's taxable year
immediately  following the taxable year of the hardship  withdrawal in excess of
the  applicable  limit under Code section  402(g) for such taxable year less the
amount  of such  Member's  Pre-Tax  Contributions  for the  taxable  year of the
hardship  withdrawal.  The amount of an immediate and heavy  financial  need may
include any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution.

8.03.    WITHDRAWALS OF ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS

         A  Member  may   irrevocably   elect  to   receive  a   pre-termination
distribution  from the Plan as of any Valuation  Date, but not more than once in
any 12-month period,  of all or any portion (in cash or in kind) of the Member's
Accounts  attributable to Rollover  Contributions  or transfers from other plans

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                             Through April 15, 1997


pursuant to Plan section  6.08 (after any  adjustments  required  under the Plan
have been made) and remain  eligible to make additional  Pre-Tax  Contributions;
provided,  however,  that the portion of a Member's  Account  attributable  to a
transfer  from another plan pursuant to Plan section 6.08 that is subject to the
distribution  restrictions  of Code  section  401(k) or any  other  distribution
restrictions  at any time prior to their transfer to this Plan, can be withdrawn
only pursuant to the restrictions that may apply to them as a matter of law.

8.04.    LOANS TO MEMBERS

         While it is the primary purpose of the Plan to accumulate funds for the
Members when they retire,  it is recognized that under some  circumstances it is
in the best  interests  of Members to permit loans to be made to them while they
continue  in the  active  service  of the  Company.  Accordingly,  the  Company,
pursuant to such rules as it may from time to time  establish,  and upon written
application by a Member supported by such evidence as the Company requests,  may
direct  the  Trustee  to make a loan to a Member  from  such  Member's  Accounts
subject to the following:

         (a) The  principal  amount of any loan made to a Member,  when added to
the outstanding balance of all other loans made to the Member from all qualified
plans maintained by the Company, shall not exceed the lesser of:

               (1) $50,000,  reduced by the excess (if any) of the  aggregate of
         the highest outstanding  balances of all such loans during the one-year
         period  ending  immediately  preceding  the date of the loan,  over the
         aggregate of the  outstanding  balances on the date of the loan, of all
         such loans from all such plans; or

               (2)   one-half of the Member's Account balances under
         the Plan.

         (b) Each loan must be evidenced by a written note in a form approved by
the  Company,  shall bear  interest  at a  reasonable  rate,  and shall  require
substantially  level  amortization  (with payments at least  quarterly) over the
term of the loan.

         (c) Each loan shall  specify a  repayment  period that shall not extend
beyond five years;  provided,  however, that the five year limit shall not apply
to any loan used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable  time is
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                             Through April 15, 1997

used (determined at the time the loan is made) as the principal residence of the
Member.

If, on a  Member's  Settlement  Date,  any loan or portion of a loan made to him
under the Plan,  together with the accrued interest thereon,  remains unpaid, an
amount  equal  to such  loan or any part  thereof,  together  with  the  accrued
interest thereon,  shall be charged to the Member's  appropriate  Accounts after
all other  adjustments  required  under the Plan,  but before  any  distribution
pursuant to Plan  section  7.02.  In  determining  the adjusted net worth of the
Trust Fund as of each Valuation  Date, the Trustee shall  disregard both (i) any
notes held by the Trustee which  evidence  loans made to Members under this Plan
section  8.04,  and (ii) any  interest  and  principal  payments  on such  loans
received by the Trustee since the last preceding Valuation Date. For purposes of
adjusting  Members'  Accounts  under Plan  subsection  6.07,  the Company  shall
exclude from the credit balance in a Member's  Accounts the unpaid amount of any
loan made to him.  Interest  paid by a Member  on a loan made to him under  this
Plan section 8.04 shall be credited to the appropriate  Account of the Member as
of any Valuation Date after all other adjustments  required under the Plan as of
that date have been completed.

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                             Through April 15, 1997


                                   ARTICLE IX

                                PLAN INVESTMENTS


9.01.    INVESTMENT OF PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS

         Contributions  made  under  the  Plan  are  held  and  invested,  until
distribution, by the Trustee in accordance with Plan section 9.02 in one or more
Investment  Funds  selected by the Plan  Administrator  in  accordance  with the
Plan's  investment policy  guidelines,  which may include a fund that invests in
ACI Stock.  Investment  Funds shall be made available by the Trustee pursuant to
the  direction of the Plan  Administrator  in  accordance  with the terms of the
Trust  Agreement.  Copies of the  prospectuses to such Investment  Funds will be
distributed to Members and shall be on file at the human resources department of
the Company where they may be examined by any Member or other person entitled to
benefits under the Plan. The selection and  availability  of an Investment  Fund
shall not limit the Plan  Administrator's  ability to make available  additional
Investment  Funds  or to  remove  an  Investment  Fund  from  the  selection  of
investments at a later date.

9.02.    INVESTMENT DIRECTION

         Subject to the conditions and  limitations  set forth in Supplements to
the Plan,  each  Member  shall  designate  the  manner in which the his  Account
balances and  contributions  to his Accounts shall be invested by selecting from
the various investment options made available by the Plan Administrator pursuant
to Plan  section  9.01.  An  investment  selection  shall be filed with the Plan
Administrator by the date specified by the Plan Administrator in accordance with
the  procedures  as  may  be   established   from  time  to  time  by  the  Plan
Administrator.  In the  event  that a  Member  fails  to  make  a  selection  in
accordance  with   established   procedures,   his  Account   balances  and  the
contributions  to his  Accounts  shall be invested at the  direction of the Plan
Administrator.  The Trustee shall invest  contributions  in accordance  with the
investment  selection  made  pursuant  to this  Plan  section  0 as given to the
Trustee by the Plan  Administrator,  and the Trustee shall have no obligation or
duty  to  verify  the  correctness  of  any  direction   provided  by  the  Plan
Administrator.  If a Member's  Settlement  Date has occurred or he has otherwise
ceased to be eligible  to  participate  in the Plan for any  reason,  he (or his
Beneficiary)  may continue to direct the  investment of his Account  balances in
accordance with such uniform and  nondiscriminatory  rules as may be established

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                             Through April 15, 1997


by the Plan  Administrator  from time to time until all  benefits  to which such
Member (or Beneficiary) are entitled have been distributed.

9.03.    ELECTIONS TO CHANGE INVESTMENTS

         Subject to the conditions and  limitations  set forth in Supplements to
the  Plan  and in  accordance  with  the  procedures  established  by  the  Plan
Administrator and on such dates as specified by the Plan Administrator, a Member
may elect in the manner specified by the Plan Administrator:

               (1) to change and redistribute, based upon a percentage totalling
         100%,  the  aggregate  investment  of  his  Accounts,  as of  the  date
         specified in his election; and

               (2) to  change  his  investment  selection  with  respect  to the
         investment  of  contributions  made  after such date  allocable  to his
         Accounts.

Unless a Member elects to change his  investment  direction in  accordance  with
this Plan section 9.03, such Account balances and contributions will be invested
in  accordance  with  the  investment   directions  last  filed  with  the  Plan
Administrator.  Any expense, assessment, penalty or other similar type of charge
incurred in connection with any such transfer between  Investment Funds shall be
charged against the appropriate Account balance of the Member.

9.04.    INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN ACI STOCK

To  the  extent   directed  by  the  Member   pursuant  to  Plan  section  9.02,
contributions under the Plan shall be invested by the Trustee to provide Members
with  interests  in ACI  Stock.  Subject  to  applicable  law,  ACI Stock may be
acquired by the Trustee on the open market, through private purchases, purchases
from  the  Ashland  Coal,  Inc.  (including  purchases  of  treasury  shares  or
authorized but unissued shares) or a Controlled Group Member, or otherwise.  ACI
Stock  acquired by the Trustee  pursuant to this Plan  section 9.04 shall not be
considered to be held for the benefit of any Member  unless and until  allocated
and credited to his  Account.  If for any reason the Trustee is unable to invest
contributions as directed by the Member in ACI Stock when such contributions are
received by the Trustee  then,  in the  interim,  the Trustee  shall  direct the
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9.05.    VOTING AND TENDERING OF ACI STOCK

The rights and  responsibilities  of the  Trustee,  Company and of Members  with
respect to the voting and  tendering  of shares of ACI Stock are  subject to the
requirements  of this Plan section 9.05 and the conditions and  limitations  set
forth  in  Supplements   to  the  Plan.   The  Trustee,   in  carrying  out  its
responsibilities under this Plan section 9.05, may rely on information furnished
to it by the Plan  Administrator,  including the names and current  addresses of
Members,  the number of shares of ACI Stock credited to their Accounts,  and the
number of unallocated shares of ACI Stock held by the Trustee.

         (a) Voting. The Plan Administrator shall furnish to each Member who has
ACI Stock credited to his Account notice of the date and purpose of each meeting
of the  stockholders of the Company at which shares of ACI Stock are entitled to
be  voted.  The  Plan   Administrator   shall  request  from  each  such  Member
instructions as to the voting at that meeting of shares of ACI Stock credited to
his Account. If the Member furnishes such instructions to the Trustee within the
time specified in the notification given to him, the Trustee shall vote such ACI
Stock in accordance with the Member's instructions. ACI Stock as to which timely
voting  instructions are not so received from the Member,  and all shares of ACI
Stock held by the Trustee which are  unallocated,  shall be voted by the Trustee
proportionately  in the same manner as it votes shares of ACI Stock to which the
Trustee has received voting instructions as specified above.

         (b) Rights on Tender or Exchange Offer.  The Plan  Administrator  shall
furnish to each Member who has ACI Stock  credited to his Account  notice of any
tender offer for, or a request or  invitation  for tenders of, ACI Stock made to
the Trustee.  The Trustee shall request from each such Member instructions as to
the  tendering  of ACI Stock  credited to his  Account and for this  purpose the
Trustee shall provide Members with a reasonable period of time in which they may
consider any such tender offer for, or request or invitation for tenders of, ACI
Stock made to the Trustee.  The Trustee  shall tender such ACI Stock as to which
the Trustee has received  instructions  to tender from  Members  within the time
specified by the Trustee,  and the Trustee shall not tender such ACI Stock as to
which the Trustee has received  instructions  not to tender from Members  within
the time  specified  by the Trustee.  The decision  whether or not to tender ACI
Stock credited to Accounts as to which the Trustee has not received instructions
from Members  shall be determined by the Trustee in the best interest of Members
and Beneficiaries and in accordance with the fiduciary requirements of ERISA. As
to all  unallocated  ACI Stock (if any) held by the Trustee,  the Trustee  shall
tender the


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                             Through April 15, 1997

same  proportion  thereof as the ACI Stock as to which the Trustee has  received
instructions from Members to tender bear to all shares of ACI Stock with respect
to which the Trustee has received instructions from Members to tender and not to
tender.

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                                    ARTICLE X

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS


10.01.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN


         The  Plan  is  administered  by  the  Plan   Administrator.   The  Plan
Administrator has the discretionary authority to determine all questions arising
under the Plan,  including the power to determine the rights or  eligibility  of
Employees or Members and any other  persons,  and the amounts of their  benefits
under the Plan, and to remedy  ambiguities,  inconsistencies  or omissions.  The
Plan Administrator from time to time may adopt such rules and regulations as may
be necessary or desirable  for the proper and  efficient  administration  of the
Plan and as are consistent  with the terms of the Plan.  The Plan  Administrator
also,  from  time  to  time,  may  appoint  other  persons  to act  as the  Plan
Administrator's  representative  as it considers  necessary or desirable for the
efficient  administration  of the Plan.  Any notice or  document  required to be
given to or filed with the Plan Administrator will be properly given or filed if
delivered  or  mailed,  by  registered  mail,  postage  prepaid,   to  the  Plan
Administrator.

10.02.   INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

         Each person  entitled to benefits under the Plan shall furnish the Plan
Administrator  with such  documents,  evidence,  data or information as the Plan
Administrator  considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of administering
the Plan. The records of the Plan  Administrator as to an Employee's or Member's
period of employment, Hours of Service, termination of employment and the reason
therefor, Leave of Absence,  reemployment and earnings will be conclusive on all
persons  unless  determined  to  the  Plan  Administrator's  satisfaction  to be
incorrect.

10.03.   UNIFORM RULES

         The Plan  Administrator  shall  administer the Plan on a reasonable and
nondiscriminatory  basis and shall apply uniform rules to all persons  similarly
situated.


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                             Through April 15, 1997


10.04.   REVIEW OF BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS

         The Plan  Administrator will provide notice in writing to any Member or
Beneficiary  whose  claim for  benefits  under  the Plan is denied  and the Plan
Administrator  shall afford such Member or Beneficiary a full and fair review of
its decision if so requested.

10.05.   PLAN ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION FINAL

         Subject to applicable law, any  interpretation of the provisions of the
Plan  and  any  decisions  on any  matter  within  the  discretion  of the  Plan
Administrator  made by the Plan  Administrator in good faith shall be binding on
all persons.  A misstatement or other mistake of fact shall be corrected when it
becomes known and the Plan  Administrator  shall make such adjustment on account
thereof as it considers equitable and practicable.

10.06.   ACTION BY THE COMPANY

         Any action  required or permitted to be taken by the Company  under the
Plan shall be by resolution of its Board of Directors or its delegates.

10.07.   WAIVER OF NOTICE

         Any notice required under the Plan may be waived by the person entitled
to such notice.

10.08.   EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

         The  Plan  does  not   constitute   a  contract  of   employment,   and
participation in the Plan will not give any Employee the right to be retained in
the employ of the Company, nor any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan,
unless such right or claim has specifically accrued under the terms of the Plan.

10.09.   GENDER AND NUMBER

         Where the context admits,  words in the masculine  gender shall include
the feminine and neuter genders,  the singular shall include the plural, and the
plural shall include the singular.


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                             Through April 15, 1997


10.10.   LITIGATION BY MEMBERS


         If a legal  action  that has  begun  against  the  Plan  Administrator,
Trustee or the Company by or on behalf of any person  results  adversely to that
person, or if a legal action arises because of conflicting  claims to a Member's
or other person's benefits,  the cost to the Plan Administrator,  Trustee or the
Company of defending  the action will be charged to the extent  permitted by law
to the sums,  if any,  which were  involved in the action or were payable to the
person concerned.

10.11.   INTERESTS NOT TRANSFERABLE

         The  interests of persons  entitled to benefits  under the Plan are not
subject to their debts or other  obligations  and,  except as may be required by
the tax  withholding  provisions  of the Code or any  state's  income tax act or
pursuant to a Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order,  may not be  voluntarily or
involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated, assigned or encumbered.

10.12.   ABSENCE OF GUARANTY

         The Plan  Administrator  does not in any way  guarantee  the Trust Fund
from loss or  depreciation.  The liability of the Trustee or the Company to make
any  payment  under the plan will be limited to the assets  held by the  Trustee
which are available for that purpose.

10.13.   ERRORS AND OMISSIONS

         If an innocent  error or omission is  discovered  in the  operation  or
administration of the Plan, and the Plan Administrator determines that the error
did not result in  discrimination  in operation  in favor of Highly  Compensated
Employees,  impair the qualification of the Plan, or create an excise tax, then,
to the  extent  that  an  adjustment  will  not,  in the  judgment  of the  Plan
Administrator,  result  in  discrimination  in  operation  in  favor  of  Highly
Compensated  Employees,  the Plan  Administrator  may  authorize  any  equitable
adjustment  it deems  necessary  or  desirable to correct the error or omission,
including  but not  limited to the  authorization  of  additional  contributions
designed to put Members in the same  relative  position  they would have enjoyed
had there been no such error or omission.

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                             Through April 15, 1997


10.14.   EVIDENCE

         Evidence  required  of  anyone  under  the Plan may be by  certificate,
affidavit, document or other information which the person acting on it considers
pertinent  and  reliable,  and signed,  made or presented by the proper party or
parties.

10.15.   CONTROLLING LAW

         Except to the extent superseded by laws of the United States,  the laws
of the  Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be controlling in all matters relating to
the Plan.


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                             Through April 15, 1997

                                   ARTICLE XI

                           AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION


11.01.   AMENDMENT

         While the Company expects and intends to continue the Plan, it reserves
the right through action of its Board or its  delegates,  to amend the Plan from
time to time in any manner  permissible  under  applicable  state law, except as
follows:

         (a) No amendment shall reduce the value of a Member's  benefits to less
than the amount he would be  entitled  to receive  if he had  resigned  from the
employ of the Company on the day of the amendment; and

         (b) Except as provided in Plan section 4.06,  under no condition  shall
an amendment result in the return or repayment to the Company of any part of the
Trust Fund or the income from it or result in the distribution of the Trust Fund
for the benefit of anyone  other than  persons  entitled  to benefits  under the
Plan.

11.02.   TERMINATION

         The Plan will terminate by action of the Board or its delegates, on the
first to occur of the following dates. Such action may be effected in any manner
permissible under applicable state law.

          (a) The date it is  terminated  by the  Company  if 30  days'  advance
written  notice  of the  termination  is  given to the  Plan  Administrator  and
Trustee.

          (b) The date the Company is judicially declared bankrupt or insolvent.

          (c) The date the Company  completely  discontinues  its  contributions
under the Plan.

          (d) The dissolution,  merger,  consolidation or  reorganization of the
Company,  or the sale by the Company of all or substantially  all of its assets,
except that in any such event  arrangements may be made whereby the Plan will be
continued  by  any  successor  to  the  Company,  or  any  purchaser  of  all or

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substantially  all of its assets,  in which case the successor or purchaser will
be substituted for the Company under the Plan and the Trust.

11.03.   VESTING AND DISTRIBUTION ON TERMINATION

         On  termination  or  partial  termination  of the  Plan,  the  date  of
termination  will be a "special  Valuation Date" and, after all adjustments then
required have been made, each affected  Member's benefits will be nonforfeitable
and will be  distributable  to the Members or his Beneficiary in accordance with
the provisions of Plan article VII.

11.04.   NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

         Members  will be notified of an amendment  or  termination  of the Plan
within a reasonable time or as otherwise required by applicable law.

11.05.   PLAN MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ETC.

         In the case of any merger or consolidation  with, or transfer of assets
or liabilities to, any other Plan, each Member's benefits if the Plan terminated
immediately  after such merger,  consolidation  or transfer shall be equal to or
greater than the benefits he would have been entitled to receive if the Plan had
terminated immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer.


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                                ADOPTION OF PLAN


         The  undersigned,  acting on  behalf of  Coal-Mac,  Inc.,  does  hereby
execute the attached document as a true and correct copy of the Plan, as amended
and restated, through April 15, 1997.


         DATED as of this 15th day of April, 1997.

                                COAL-MAC, INC.

                                       By:
                                            ______________________________
                                      Its:
                                            ______________________________




                   Coal-Mac, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan
                             As Amended and Restated
                             Through April 15, 1997








                                  SUPPLEMENT A

                               BENEFIT LIMITATIONS
                               AND TOP-HEAVY RULES
                                       FOR
                               ASHLAND COAL, INC.
                              EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN


















                          EFFECTIVE AS OF THE FIRST DAY
                                     OF THE
                              FIRST LIMITATION YEAR
                              BEGINNING AFTER 1982





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                             Through April 15, 1997



                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


Section                                                          Page

INTRODUCTION

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

1.01.     Aggregation Group.....................................A-I-1
1.02.     Annual Addition.......................................A-I-1
1.03.     Annual Benefit........................................A-I-1
1.04.     Determination Date....................................A-I-2
1.05.     Earnings..............................................A-I-2
1.06.     Excess Annual Additions...............................A-I-3
1.07.     Interest..............................................A-I-3
1.08.     Key Employee..........................................A-I-3
1.09.     Limitation Year.......................................A-I-4
1.10.     Non-Key Employee......................................A-I-4
1.11.     Permissive Aggregation Group..........................A-I-4
1.12.     Predecessor Plan......................................A-I-4
1.13.     Projected Annual Benefit..............................A-I-4
1.14.     Qualified Plan or Trust...............................A-I-5
1.15.     Related Entity........................................A-I-5
1.16.     Required Aggregation Group............................A-I-5
1.17.     Rollover Contribution.................................A-I-5
1.18.     Social Security Retirement Age........................A-I-5
1.19.     Suspense Account......................................A-I-5
1.20.     Test Accrued Benefit..................................A-I-5
1.21.     Top-Heavy Group.......................................A-I-6
1.22.     Top-Heavy Plan........................................A-I-6
1.23.     Top-Heavy Valuation Date..............................A-I-6


ARTICLE II
LIMITATIONS

2.01.     Contribution Limitations.............................A-II-1
2.02.     Multiple Plan Participation..........................A-II-2
2.03.     Suspense Account Allocations.........................A-II-4


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ARTICLE III
TOP-HEAVY RULES

3.01.     Top-Heavy Years.....................................A-III-1
3.02.     Special Top-Heavy Definitions.......................A-III-1
3.03.     Top-Heavy Determination.............................A-III-1
3.04.     Interests Measured..................................A-III-2
3.05.     Treatment of Rollovers and Transfers................A-III-5
3.06.     Minimum Benefits for Top-Heavy
            Plans.............................................A-III-5
3.07.     Aggregate Contribution and Benefit
            Limitations......................................A-III-10

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                                  SUPPLEMENT A

                                  INTRODUCTION


         This  Supplement  has been  adopted as part of the Ashland  Coal,  Inc.
Employee Thrift Plan (the Plan) as a method of assuring compliance with Sections
415 and 416 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).

         The  provisions of the second  article of this  Supplement  and certain
related  definitions  in the first  article are intended to assure that the Plan
continues  to qualify by not  exceeding  the  limitations  of Code  section  415
without  losing  any  special  benefit  or  contribution   allowance  (including
transitional  allowances)  permitted  under law.  The first two articles of this
Supplement  supersede  any  conflicting  provision  in the Plan that  relates to
contribution or benefit  limitations  under Code section 415. This Supplement is
part of the Plan and amends the Plan for purposes of Code section 415, effective
as of the first day of the Limitation Year beginning after 1982.

         The  provisions  of the third  article of this  Supplement  and certain
related  definitions in the first article are intended to assure compliance with
Code section 416. The third article of this  Supplement  contains  provisions to
determine  whether this Plan (considered  together with other Qualified Plans if
that is required by Code section  416(g)(2))  is a top-heavy  plan as defined in
Code section  416(g).  The third  article also contains  provisions  designed to
assure compliance by this Plan with Code sections 416(b), 416(c), and 401(a)(17)
if that is necessary to retain the Plan's status as a Qualified  Plan. The first
and third articles of this Supplement  supersede any  conflicting  provisions in
the Plan.  This Supplement is part of the Plan for purposes of Code section 416,
effective as of October 1, 1989.

         The definitions in Supplement A Article I may duplicate or parallel the
definitions  in  the  Plan.  Unless  otherwise   indicated  in  the  Plan,  this
Supplement's  definitions apply only to this Supplement's  operative  provisions
and do not apply to the Plan's provisions not superseded by this Supplement.

         This  Supplement  must be  construed  in a manner  consistent  with its
purpose.

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                             Through April 15, 1997


                                  SUPPLEMENT A

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS


1.01.  AGGREGATION  GROUP  means  either  a  Required  Aggregation  Group  or  a
Permissive  Aggregation  Group.  An  Aggregation  Group  consists of two or more
Company- or Controlled Group-maintained Qualified Plans.

1.02.  ANNUAL ADDITION means, for any Limitation Year, the sum of allocations to
a  Member's  Account  attributable  to  (i)  Company  contributions,   (ii)  for
Limitation  Years  beginning  before  January 1, 1987,  the lesser of a Member's
nondeductible  contributions  in excess of six percent of his total Earnings for
the  Limitation  Year  or  1/2  of  his  nondeductible  contributions  and,  for
Limitation  Years beginning after December 31, 1986, the Member's  nondeductible
contributions,   and  (iii)  any  forfeitures.   Any  Excess  Deferrals,  Excess
Contributions,  or Excess  Aggregate  Contributions  shall be  treated as Annual
Additions  for the  Limitation  Year.  Amounts  allocated for  Limitation  Years
beginning after March 31, 1984, to an individual medical account,  as defined in
Code section 401(h)(6) and referred to in Code section  415(l)(1),  that is part
of a Defined  Benefit  Plan  maintained  by the Company or a Related  Entity are
treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan. Amounts derived from
contributions  paid or accrued after  December 31, 1985, in taxable years ending
after such date,  that are  attributable  to  post-retirement  medical  benefits
allocated to the separate  Account of a Key Employee (as defined in Code section
419A(d)(3))  under a welfare  benefit fund (as defined in Code  section  419(e))
maintained by the Company or a Related Entity are treated as Annual Additions to
a Defined Contribution Plan.

1.03.  ANNUAL  BENEFIT  means a benefit  payable in the form of a  straight-life
annuity  (with no  ancillary  benefits)  under a plan to which  employees do not
contribute  and under which no  Rollover  Contributions  are made.  If a benefit
under a plan is payable in any form  other  than a straight  life  annuity or if
employees   contribute  to  the  plan  or  make  Rollover   Contributions,   the
determination as to whether the limitations  described in this section have been
satisfied  must be made by adjusting  that benefit so that it is  equivalent  in
value, according to applicable Treasury regulations,  to the Annual Benefit. For
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this  definition,  any  ancillary  benefit  that  is  not  directly  related  to
retirement income benefits must not be taken into account. Any benefits that are
ancillary within the definitions in Treasury Regulation section 1.411(a)-7(a)(1)
are ancillary benefits for purposes of this definition.  Annual Benefit does not
include  that  portion of any joint and  survivor  annuity  (as  defined in Code
section  417(b)),  in excess of the sum of the value of a straight-life  annuity
beginning on the same date and the value of any includible post-retirement death
benefits  that would be payable  even if the  annuity  were not in the form of a
joint and survivor  annuity.  For purposes of adjusting  any benefit  under this
section for Plan Years  beginning  after  December 31, 1982,  the interest  rate
assumption  must  not be less  than  the  greater  of five  percent  or the rate
specified in the Plan and no  adjustments  under Code section  415(d)(1)  may be
taken into account before the year for which such adjustment first takes effect.

1.04.  DETERMINATION  DATE means the date for a Qualified  Plan that is the last
day of that  Qualified  Plan's  preceding  Plan Year or, for a Qualified  Plan's
first Plan Year, the last day of that first Plan Year.

1.05. EARNINGS, for any relevant period, means an individual's wages, salary for
personal  services,  and other amounts received from the Company and its Related
Entities for personal services actually rendered. Earnings comprise, but are not
limited to, commissions paid salesmen; compensation for services on the basis of
percentage of profits;  commissions on insurance premiums; tips; bonuses; fringe
benefits;  reimbursements and expense allowances;  and other amounts permissibly
included according to Treasury  regulations as the base for computing  statutory
limits on Annual  Benefits and Annual  Additions.  Earnings do not mean deferred
compensation,  income  attributable  to the receipt or exercise of certain stock
options,  and other  similar  items that  receive  special tax  benefits and are
excluded  according to Treasury  regulations  from the base for computing  those
statutory limits. When computed for any Limitation Year, Earnings are those paid
(or deemed paid if the Plan  operates to provide  benefits  according to accrued
Earnings)  or made  available  to the Member  within the  Limitation  Year.  For
Limitation  Years beginning after December 31, 1991,  Earnings are those paid or
made available to the Member within the Limitation Year.

For purposes of Plan sections  1.19 and 1.20 and this  Supplement A article III,
for Plan Years  beginning  after  December  31,  1988,  annual  Earnings  for an
Employee  taken  into  account  under the Plan for any year must not  exceed the
statutory  limits of Code  section  401(a)(17)  for such  year.  For Plan  Years
beginning  after  December  31,  1988 and before  January 1, 1994,  the limit is
$200,000 as adjusted.  For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the
limit is $150,000 as  adjusted.  Prior to January 1, 1997,  in  determining  the
Earnings for purposes of this  limitation,  the rules of Code section  414(q)(6)
shall apply,  except in applying such rules the term "family" shall include only
the spouse of the employee and any

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lineal  descendants  of the employee who have not attained age 19 before the end
of the Plan Year. If, as a result of the  application  of such rules,  the limit
under Code section 401(a)(17) is exceeded, then the limitation shall be prorated
among the affected individuals in proportion to each such individual's  Earnings
as determined prior to the application of this limitation.  Effective January 1,
1998,  Earnings  includes  amounts  deferred under a Defined  Contribution  Plan
pursuant to Code section  402(e)(3),  amounts deferred  pursuant to Code section
125 under a welfare  benefit plan, as defined in ERISA Section 3(1), and amounts
deferred under a Code section 457 plan.

1.06. EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS are amounts that cannot be Annual Additions in the
Plan for a Limitation  Year because of a forfeiture  allocation  or a reasonable
error in  estimating  a Member's  Earnings  or in  estimating  the amount of Tax
Deferred  Contributions that may be allocated to his Account or any other reason
allowed by Treasury regulations. Excess Annual Additions must be returned to the
contributor,  if that is allowed by law. Otherwise,  Excess Annual Additions are
governed by Supplement A section 2.03(c).

1.07.    INTEREST is defined in Supplement A section 3.04.

1.08.  KEY EMPLOYEE  means with respect to any Plan Year,  any employee,  former
employee or other  individual  described in Code  section  416(i)(1) or a person
related  according to Code section  416(i)(5) to such an  individual  who at any
time during the Plan Year containing the Top-Heavy  Determination  Date for that
Plan Year or during any of the four preceding Plan Years is

         (a) an officer of the Company or a Controlled Group Member having total
annual Earnings from the Company and any Controlled Group Member for a Plan Year
greater  than 50 percent of the dollar  limitation  in effect under Code section
415(b)(1)(A) for the calendar year in which the Plan Year ends;

         (b) one of the 10  Employees  having  total  annual  Earnings  from the
Company and any Controlled  Group Member for a Plan Year greater than the dollar
limitation  in effect under Code section  415(c)(1)(A)  for the calendar year in
which the Plan Year ends and owning the  largest  interest  in the  Company or a
Controlled Group Member;

         (c) an owner of more  than five  percent  of the  outstanding  stock or
stock possessing more than five percent of the total voting power of the Company
or corporate  Controlled Group Member,  or is an owner of more than five percent

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of the capital or profits  interest in the Company or a Controlled  Group Member
that is not a corporation; and

         (d) a one-percent owner of the outstanding stock or voting stock or the
capital or profits  interest in the Company or a Controlled Group Member who has
total annual  Earnings  from the Company and any  Controlled  Group Member for a
Plan Year of more than $150,000.

         For purposes of Supplement A section 3.03, an individual's  status as a
Key Employee is based on the Plan Year containing the Determination  Date and is
based  on  his  Earnings.   For  purposes  of  Supplement  A  section  3.06,  an
individual's  status as a Key  Employee is based on the Plan Year to which those
parts are being applied.

1.09.    LIMITATION YEAR means the Plan Year.

1.10.  NON-KEY  EMPLOYEE means an employee,  former employee or other individual
described  in Code  section  416(i)(5)  who is not a Key  Employee  or a  person
related according to Code section 416(i)(5) to such an individual.  For purposes
of Supplement A section 3.03, an  individual's  status as a Non-Key  Employee is
based on the Plan Year containing the Top-Heavy Determination Date. For purposes
of Supplement A section 3.06, an  individual's  status as a Non-Key  Employee is
based on the Plan Year to which those parts are being applied.

1.11.  PERMISSIVE  AGGREGATION  GROUP means an Aggregation  Group created at the
election of the Company for purposes of determining  top-heaviness  according to
Supplement   A  section   3.03.   It  is   created   by   adding   one  or  more
Company-maintained  or Controlled Group  Member-maintained  Qualified Plans that
are  not  part  of a  Required  Aggregation  Group  to  either  (i)  a  Required
Aggregation  Group  or (ii) a  single  Company-maintained  or  Controlled  Group
Member-maintained Qualified Plan in which a Key Employee is a participant during
that plan's plan year  containing  the  Determination  Date or during any of the
four preceding plan years.

1.12.  PREDECESSOR  PLAN means a Qualified Plan that covered  substantially  the
same  Employees  as the Plan and provided  substantially  the same  benefits.  A
Qualified Plan that is or was merged or  consolidated  with the Plan in a manner
permitted  according  to Code  section  401(a)(12)  and Code  section  414(l) is
automatically a Predecessor Plan.

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1.13. PROJECTED ANNUAL BENEFIT, as to a Member,  equals the total of each Annual
Benefit to which that Member would be entitled  under the terms of this Plan and
all other Defined Benefit Plans maintained by the Company or a Related Entity in
which the Member is a participant (assuming that the Member continued employment
until each such plan's normal  retirement age or his current age, if later; that
his  Earnings  continued  at the same rate as in effect in the  Limitation  Year
under  consideration  until those  normal  retirement  ages;  and that all other
relevant factors used to determine benefits under each plan remained constant as
of the current Limitation Year for all future Limitation Years).

1.14.  QUALIFIED PLAN OR TRUST refers to a plan or a trust maintained as part of
a plan in compliance with Internal Revenue Code part I, subchapter D, chapter 1,
subtitle A.

1.15.  RELATED  ENTITY  means an  Affiliate  or a  corporation  that would be an
Affiliate if the phrase "at least 80 percent" in Code section 1563(a) read "more
than 50  percent"  or an  unincorporated  trade  or  business  that  would be an
Affiliate if Code section 414(c) were construed using the standard of "more than
50 percent" instead of "at least 80 percent."

1.16.  REQUIRED  AGGREGATION  GROUP means an Aggregation Group consisting of all
Company-maintained  or Controlled Group  Member-maintained  Qualified Plans that
have a Key  Employee  as a  participant  during  the Plan  Year  containing  the
Determination  Date or during any of the four preceding Plan Years. In addition,
the  Required  Aggregation  Group  contains  each  other  Company-maintained  or
Controlled  Group  Member-maintained  Qualified  Plan that enables any Qualified
Plan  described  in the  preceding  sentence  to meet the  requirements  of Code
section   401(a)(4)  or  410.  Any   Company-maintained   or  Controlled   Group
Member-maintained  Qualified Plan that  terminated  within the five-year  period
ending on the Top-Heavy Determination Date must be taken into account.

1.17.  ROLLOVER  CONTRIBUTION  means  a  transfer  of  assets  to  a  qualifying
retirement plan according to Code sections 402(a)(5),  403(a)(4), 408(d)(3), and
409(b)(3)(C).  Unless specific Plan provisions require otherwise,  a transfer of
assets to the Plan's  Trust Fund is  considered a Rollover  Contribution  to the
extent  that  assets  transferred  are not  attributable  to current  Company or
Related Entity contributions.

1.18.  SOCIAL  SECURITY  RETIREMENT AGE means the age used as the retirement age
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such election shall be applied  without regard to the age increase factor and as
if the early retirement age under section 216(l)(2) of such Act were 62.

1.19.  SUSPENSE  ACCOUNT  means an  Account  required  by  Supplement  A section
2.03(c).

1.20. TEST ACCRUED BENEFIT means a cumulative accrued benefit (excluding amounts
attributable to deductible employee  contributions) under a Defined Benefit Plan
determined for a current  participant  for that plan's first plan year according
to subsection  (a) or subsection  (b) at the Company's  election,  and otherwise
determined for a current participant according to subsection (c), and determined
according to subsection (d) for an individual who is not a current participant.

         (a) The accrued benefit is determined as if the individual  voluntarily
terminated service as of the Determination Date.

         (b) The accrued benefit is determined as if the individual  voluntarily
terminated  service as of the Top-Heavy  Valuation Date, but taking into account
the estimated accrued benefit as of the Determination Date.

         (c) The accrued benefit is determined as if the individual  voluntarily
terminated service as of the Top-Heavy Valuation Date.

         (d)   The accrued benefit is the participant's remaining
undistributed benefit as of the Determination Date.

The  accrued  benefit  of any  Member  (other  than  a Key  Employee)  shall  be
determined  under  the  method  that is used  for  accrual  purposes  under  all
Qualified  Plans of the Company or a Controlled  Group Member or, if there is no
such method, as if the benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual
rate permitted under Code section 411(b)(1).

1.21.  TOP-HEAVY  GROUP  means an  Aggregation  Group that is  determined  to be
top-heavy under Code section 416(g) and Supplement A section 3.03.

1.22. TOP-HEAVY PLAN means a Qualified Plan that is determined to be a top-heavy
plan as defined in Code section 416(g) and Supplement A section 3.03.

1.23.  TOP-HEAVY  VALUATION  DATE, for a Qualified  Plan's plan year,  means the
Qualified  Plan's most recent  valuation date occurring within a 12-month period

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ending  at the end of the  Determination  Date for that  plan  year.  A  Defined
Benefit Plan's Top-Heavy Valuation Date must be the same valuation date used for
computing that plan's costs for determining  minimum  funding  according to Code
section 412 for the plan year that contains the Determination  Date,  regardless
of whether a valuation is performed that year.

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                                  SUPPLEMENT A

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   LIMITATIONS


2.01.    CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS

         (a) Effective for Limitation Years that begin before January 1, 1983, a
Member's Annual  Additions for any Limitation Year must not exceed the lesser of
(1) or (2) following:

               (1)  $25,000  (adjusted  for each  Limitation  Year to the dollar
         limitation determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to be the
         maximum  permissible dollar limitation under Code section  415(c)(1)(A)
         for such Limitation Year); or

               (2)  25 percent of the Member's Earnings for the
         Limitation Year.

         (b) Effective for Limitation  Years that begin after December 31, 1982,
and before January 1, 1987, a Member's Annual  Additions for any Limitation Year
must not exceed the lesser of (1)
or (2) following:

               (1)  $30,000  (adjusted  for each  Limitation  Year to the dollar
         limitation determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to be the
         maximum  permissible dollar limitation under Code section  415(c)(1)(A)
         for such Limitation Year); or

               (2)  25 percent of the Member's Earnings for the
         Limitation Year.

         (c) Effective for Limitation  Years that begin after December 31, 1986,
a Member's  Annual  Additions for a Limitation Year may not exceed the lesser of
(1) or (2) following:

               (1) the greater of $30,000 or one-fourth of the dollar limitation
         on Annual  Benefits  according  to Code section  415(b)(1)(A)  for that
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               (2)   25 percent of the Member's Earnings for the
         Limitation Year.

2.02.    MULTIPLE PLAN PARTICIPATION

         (a) Effective for  Limitation  Years that begin before January 1, 1983,
if an individual is  participating  or has  participated in both the Plan and an
Company-maintained or Related Entity-maintained Defined Benefit Plan, the sum of
the Member's  Defined  Benefit Plan Fraction and his Defined  Contribution  Plan
Fraction for any Limitation Year may not exceed 1.4.

               (1) For purposes of this  subsection,  a Member's Defined Benefit
         Plan  Fraction for any  Limitation  Year is a fraction the numerator of
         which is his Projected Annual Benefit under a Related Entity-maintained
         Defined  Benefit Plan  (determined as of the close of the year) and the
         denominator  of which is his Projected  Annual  Benefit under a Related
         Entity-maintained  Defined Benefit Plan  (determined as of the close of
         the year) as if the Plan provided the maximum  benefit  allowable under
         subsection (a).

               (2)  For  purposes  of  this   subsection,   a  Member's  Defined
         Contribution  Plan Fraction for any  Limitation  Year is a fraction the
         numerator  of which is the sum of his Annual  Additions as of the close
         of the year  and the  denominator  of  which is the sum of the  maximum
         amount  of Annual  Additions  that  could  have been made for him under
         subsection  (d) for that year and for each prior  year of service  with
         the Company or Related Entity.

         (b) Effective for Limitation  Years that begin after December 31, 1982,
if an individual is  participating  or has  participated in both the Plan and an
Company-maintained or a Related  Entity-maintained Defined Benefit Plan, the sum
of the Member's Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and his Defined  Contribution Plan
Fraction for any Limitation Year may not exceed 1.0.

               (1) For purposes of this  subsection,  a Member's Defined Benefit
         Plan  Fraction for any year is a fraction the numerator of which is his
         Projected  Annual  Benefit  under a Related  Entity-maintained  Defined
         Benefit  Plan  (determined  as of  the  close  of  the  year)  and  the
         denominator of which is the lesser of

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                     (A) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar limitation
               in effect under Code section 415(b)(1)(A) for the Member for that
               year or

                     (B) the product of 1.4 multiplied by the amount that may be
               taken into  account  under  Code  section  415(b)(1)(B)  for that
               Member for that year.

               (2)  For  purposes  of  this   subsection,   a  Member's  Defined
         Contribution  Plan Fraction for any  Limitation  Year is a fraction the
         numerator  of which is the sum of his Annual  Additions as of the close
         of the year for that and all other Limitation Years and the denominator
         of which is the sum of the lesser of the following  amounts  determined
         for that year and for each prior year of  service  with the  Company or
         Related Entity:

                     (A) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar limitation
               in effect under Code  section  415(c)(1)(A)  (determined  without
               regard to (c)(6)) for the Member for that year or

                     (B) the  product  of 1.4  multiplied  by 25  percent of the
               Member's Earnings for that year.

               (3) If a Plan satisfied the  requirements of Code section 415 for
         the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1983, according to
         regulations promulgated pursuant to section 235(g)(3) of the Tax Equity
         and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, an amount is subtracted from the
         numerator of the Defined Contribution Plan Fraction (not exceeding that
         numerator) so that the sum of the Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and the
         Defined  Contribution Plan Fraction computed under this subsection does
         not exceed 1.0 for that year.

         (c)   In applying paragraphs (a)(2) and (b)(2) for years
beginning before January 1, 1976,

               (1) the total amount taken into account in the  numerator may not
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               (2) the amount taken into  account as exceeding  six percent of a
         Member's  Earnings for the Limitation Year for any year concerned is an
         amount equal to

                     (A) the excess of the total amount of Member  contributions
               for all years  beginning  before January 1, 1976,  during which a
               Member was an active  Member of the Plan,  over 10 percent of the
               Member's total Earnings for all such years, multiplied by

                     (B) a  fraction,  the  numerator  of  which  is one and the
               denominator  of which is the  number  of years  beginning  before
               January 1, 1976,  during  which a Member was an active  Member in
               the Plan.

         Member  contributions  made on or after October 2, 1973,  must be taken
into account under  subparagraph  (2) only to the extent that the amount of such
contributions  does not exceed the maximum amount of  contributions  permissible
under the Plan as in effect on October 2, 1973.

         (d) The Company may elect to calculate  the Defined  Contribution  Plan
Fraction for Limitation  Years ending after December 31, 1982, for all Qualified
Plans that were in existence on July 1, 1982, in accordance  with the transition
rule of Code section 415(e)(6).

         (e) For  purposes of applying  the  limitations  of this  section,  all
Defined Benefit Plans (whether or not terminated) of the Company and its Related
Entities are treated as one Defined  Benefit Plan, and all Defined  Contribution
Plans (whether or not  terminated)  of the Company and its Related  Entities are
treated  as one  Defined  Contribution  Plan.  Effective  for  Limitation  Years
beginning  after March 31, 1984, an individual  medical  account,  as defined in
Code  section  401(h)(6)  and  referred to in Code  section  415(l)(1),  will be
treated as a Defined  Contribution  Plan.  Effective for  Limitation  Years that
begin after December 31, 1985, with respect to key employees, as defined in Code
section  419A(d)(3),  a  welfare  fund,  as  defined  in  Code  section  419(e),
maintained  by the  Company  or a Related  Entity  will be  treated as a Defined
Contribution  Plan. If the Company has more than one Defined  Benefit Plan,  the
limitations  under subsections (a) and (b) as modified by subsection (e) must be
applied  separately to each Plan, but in applying those limitations to the total
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Plans for the purposes of this section,  the high three years of Earnings  taken
into account must be the same years.

         (f) This  Supplement  A-II  section  2.02 does not apply to  Limitation
Years beginning on and after January 1, 2000.

2.03.    SUSPENSE ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS

         (a) No allocation or other addition to a Member's  Account is permitted
under  a plan  that  would  result  in  total  Annual  Additions  under  Defined
Contribution  Plans maintained by the Company or its Related Entities  exceeding
the  limitation  on Annual  Additions set forth in Supplement A section 2.01 for
the  appropriate  Limitation  Year. To the extent that an allocation or addition
pursuant to a plan  intended  for one  Member's  Account  cannot be allocated or
added to that Account,  it is treated as a mistake-of-fact  contribution if that
is allowed by law, and to the extent that the  allocation or addition  cannot be
so  treated  without  adverse  consequences  to the  Plan,  it is  allocated  or
distributed according to subsection (b).

         (b) Each Member's Annual  Additions for  Company-maintained  or Related
Entity-maintained  Qualified Plans are absorbed on a dollar-for-dollar  basis by
Company-maintained  and Related  Entity-maintained  Qualified Plans according to
the hierarchy determined by the Company.

         (c) Excess Annual  Additions must be  immediately  placed in a Suspense
Account,   and  they  offset  (reduce)  Company,   Related  Entity,  and  Member
contributions  in later  Limitation Years as they are allocated (and as they are
reallocated) to all Members.  The Excess Annual Additions may not be distributed
to  Members  or former  Members.  For any  Limitation  Year in which a  Suspense
Account exists according to this section,  the Suspense Account is credited with
investment  gains and  losses as if it were a  Member's  Account.  If a Suspense
Account  exists  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  section  when  a plan
terminates,  the  Suspense  Account  must be  treated  as not part of the Plan's
assets and is returned to the contributor or contributors, pro rata according to
their contributions.

         (d) Unless the Plan  Administrator has passed a resolution  authorizing
the  adjustment of all benefits in pay status under the Plan with respect to any
Plan Year and all prior Plan  Years,  as a result of changes in the  limitations
under Code section 415(b) or 415(c),  all  determinations  pursuant to this Plan
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Supplement A section 2.01,  shall be made as of the applicable  Annuity Starting
Date.  If the  Plan  Administrator  acts  pursuant  to this  subsection  to have
subsequent  changes in the limitations under Code section 415(b) or 415(c) taken
into  account  with respect to benefits in pay status,  such  adjustments  shall
apply to all affected benefits in pay status.

         (e)  To  the  extent  that  a  Member's  Excess  Annual  Additions  are
attributable to his Tax Deferred Contributions, those Tax Deferred Contributions
may be  returned  to the  Member  in the  Limitation  Year  in  which  they  are
determined  to be Excess Annual  Additions and will reduce that Member's  Excess
Annual Addition. If Tax Deferred Contributions are returned to a Member pursuant
to this Plan section,  such Tax Deferred  Contribution  will be disregarded  for
purposes of the  limitations on such  contributions  under Code section  402(g),
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                                  SUPPLEMENT A

                                   ARTICLE III
                                 TOP-HEAVY RULES


3.01.    TOP-HEAVY YEARS

         The provisions of Supplement A section 3.06 are effective only for Plan
Years in which this Plan is a  Top-Heavy  Plan  according  to the  determination
described in Supplement A section 3.03.

3.02.    SPECIAL TOP-HEAVY DEFINITIONS

         The terms used in this article that are defined in Supplement A article
I apply only for purposes of this article. Any defined term used in this article
not found in Supplement A article I is defined in Plan article I.

3.03.    TOP-HEAVY DETERMINATION

         (a) The  determination  of whether this Plan is a Top-Heavy  Plan for a
Plan Year is made  according to  Interests as of that Plan Year's  Determination
Date, based on the related Top-Heavy Valuation Date, according to the procedures
required in this Supplement section.

         (b) If this Plan is not part of an Aggregation Group, it is a Top-Heavy
Plan if, as of the Determination Date, the Interests of all Key Employees in the
Plan exceed 60 percent of the  combined  Interests  of all  participants  in the
Plan.

         (c) If this Plan is part of an Aggregation  Group, the determination of
whether  this and each  plan in the  Aggregation  Group is a  Top-Heavy  Plan is
determined  according to the procedures  required in this  subsection,  applying
each subparagraph in numerical sequence.

               (1) As of each plan's  Determination Date,  separately  determine
         the  Interests  of all Key  Employees  in each plan in the  Aggregation
         Group  and  the  Interests  of all  participants  in  each  plan in the
         Aggregation Group.

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               (2) The  Interests of all Key Employees in each plan that is part
         of the  Aggregation  Group  are  added  to  the  Interests  of all  Key
         Employees in each other plan in the Aggregation Group. The Interests of
         all  participants  in the plans are  totaled  in the same  manner.  The
         Interests are determined as of the plans' Determination Dates that fall
         within the same calendar year.

               (3) The Aggregation  Group is a Top-Heavy Group and this Plan and
         each other plan that is in this Plan's Required  Aggregation  Group are
         Top-Heavy  Plans if, after  application of paragraph (2), the Interests
         of all Key Employees in the Aggregation  Group exceed 60 percent of the
         combined   Interests  of  all  participants  under  all  plans  in  the
         Aggregation Group.

         (d) The  Company  may  create a  Permissive  Aggregation  Group,  but a
Qualified  Plan may not be part of a  Permissive  Aggregation  Group  unless all
Qualified  Plans within the  Permissive  Aggregation  Group continue to meet the
requirements  of Code sections  401(a)(4) and 410 with each added Qualified Plan
taken into account.

         (e)  Effective  January 1, 1985,  if, at any time during the  five-year
period  ending on the  applicable  Determination  Date,  an  individual  has not
performed  services for the Company or Controlled Group Member  maintaining this
Plan or a plan that is a part of this Plan's  Aggregation Group, the Interest of
such individual is not taken into account for purposes of this section.

3.04.    INTERESTS MEASURED

         (a) An individual's Interest in a Defined Contribution Plan is equal to
his Account  balance for that plan  (according to subsection (b) or (c)) for the
Determination  Date and (to the extent not already  included in determining  his
Account balance) all distributions (excluding amounts attributable to deductible
employee  contributions) with respect to that individual from the Account during
the five-year period ending on the Determination Date.

         (b) For purposes of subsection (a), an individual's  Account balance in
a Qualified  Plan not subject to Code section 412 (that is, a non-pension  plan)
is his actual Account  balance  (excluding  amounts  attributable  to deductible
employee  contributions)  on the Top-Heavy  Valuation Date and all contributions
actually  made  after  the  Top-Heavy  Valuation  Date  but  on  or  before  the
Determination  

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Date.  However,  for  such a  Qualified  Plan's  first  Plan  Year,  the  amount
determined  in the  preceding  sentence  must  be  added  to the  amount  of any
contributions  made after the Determination Date that are allocated as of a date
in that first Plan Year.

         (c) For purposes of subsection (a), an individual's  Account balance in
a Defined  Contribution  Plan that is  subject to Code  section  412 (that is, a
pension plan) is his actual Account balance (excluding  amounts  attributable to
deductible  employee   contributions)  on  the  Top-Heavy  Valuation  Date,  all
contributions  due as of the  Determination  Date (that is,  contributions  that
would be  allocated  as of a date not later than the  Determination  Date,  even
though those amounts are not yet required to be contributed),  and--for the Plan
Year that contains the Determination  Date--all amounts actually contributed (or
due to be  contributed)  after  the  Top-Heavy  Valuation  Date but  before  the
expiration of the extended payment period in Code section 412(c)(10).

         (d) An individual's  Interest in a Defined Benefit Plan is equal to the
present  value  (determined  according  to  subsection  (e)) of his Test Accrued
Benefit  for  that  Plan as of the  Determination  Date and (to the  extent  not
already included in determining his Test Accrued Benefit) all distributions from
that plan with respect to that individual  during the five-year period ending on
the Determination Date.

         (e) The  computation  of the  present  value  of an  individual's  Test
Accrued Benefit is governed by this subsection.

               (1) There are no specific prescribed  actuarial  assumptions that
         must be used  for  determining  the  present  value  of a Test  Accrued
         Benefit. The assumptions used must be reasonable and need not relate to
         the  Qualified  Plan's  actual  investment  and other  experience.  The
         assumptions  need  not be the same as those  used for  minimum  funding
         purposes or for purposes of  determining  the actuarial  equivalence of
         optional  benefits  under the Plan.  For  purposes  of this Plan,  if a
         Qualified  Plan does not specify the actuarial  assumptions it uses for
         determining  the  present  value  of  a  Test  Accrued   Benefit,   the
         assumptions  used must be those used in the Qualified Plan for purposes
         of determining the actuarial equivalence of optional benefits under the
         Plan (or, if no optional benefits are available, those used for minimum
         funding  purposes),  except that the  interest  assumption  must be (as
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         interest  rate for  immediate  annuities  in  effect  on the  Top-Heavy
         Valuation  Date as set forth in  Supplement B (as amended) to Part 2619
         of 29 C.F.R. If a Qualified Plan specifies the actuarial assumptions it
         uses for  determining  the present  value of its Test Accrued  Benefit,
         those assumptions govern for purposes of this Plan as to that Qualified
         Plan's Test Accrued Benefits.

               (2)  The  present  value  must be  computed  using  interest  and
         post-retirement   mortality   assumptions   that  are  consistent  with
         paragraph (1).  Pre-retirement  mortality and future increases in costs
         of living  (but not in the  maximum  dollar  amount  permitted  by Code
         section 415(d)) may also be assumed. However,  assumptions as to future
         withdrawal or future salary increases may not be used.

               (3) In the case of a Defined  Benefit Plan that  provides a joint
         and survivor annuity within the meaning of Code sections 401(a)(11) and
         417 as a normal  form of  benefit,  for  purposes  of  determining  the
         present value of the Test Accrued  Benefit,  the Member's spouse may be
         assumed to be the same age as the participant.

               (4) Unless a Defined Benefit Plan provides for a  nonproportional
         subsidy  according to subsection  (f), the present value must reflect a
         benefit payable beginning at the Qualified Plan's normal retirement age
         (or  attained  age, if later).  Benefits  not  relating  to  retirement
         benefits,  such as  pre-retirement  death and  disability  benefits and
         post-retirement  medical  benefits,  must  not be taken  into  account.
         Subsidized  early  retirement  benefits and subsidized  benefit options
         must  not  be  taken  into  account  unless  they  are  nonproportional
         subsidies according to subsection (f).

               (5) If a Defined  Benefit  Plan  provides  for a  nonproportional
         subsidy, the benefit should be assumed to begin at the age at which the
         benefit is most valuable.

               (6) If two or more Defined  Benefit  Plans are being tested under
         Supplement  A section  3.03,  the  actuarial  assumptions  used for all
         Qualified  Plans  within an  Aggregation  Group  must be the  same.  If
         paragraph (1) of this  subsection  would  otherwise cause the preceding
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         assumptions and use them as adjusted  according to the other paragraphs
         in this subsection.

         (f) For purposes of subsection (e), a subsidy is nonproportional unless
the subsidy applies to a group of employees that would independently satisfy the
requirements of Code section 410(b).

3.05.    TREATMENT OF ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS

         (a) The provisions of this section govern the treatment of rollovers or
plan-to-plan transfers for purposes of Supplement A sections 3.02 through 3.04.

         (b) For purposes of this section,  the Company and its Controlled Group
Members are treated as the same employer.

         (c) For a rollover or  plan-to-plan  transfer that is both initiated by
the  employee  and made from a Qualified  Plan  maintained  by one employer to a
Qualified Plan maintained by another employer,

               (1) the Qualified Plan providing the  distribution  always counts
         the distribution as a distribution  under Supplement A sections 3.04(a)
         and (d), and

               (2) the  Qualified  Plan  accepting the rollover or transfer does
         not  consider it part of an Interest  if the  rollover or transfer  was
         accepted after December 31, 1983, but it must be considered  part of an
         Interest if the rollover or transfer was accepted  before  December 31,
         1983.

         (d)  For a  rollover  or  plan-to-plan  transfer  that  either  is  not
initiated by the employee or is not made to a Qualified  Plan  maintained by the
same  employer,  the Qualified  Plan providing the rollover or transfer does not
count the  rollover or transfer as a  distribution  under  Supplement A sections
3.04(a) and (d), and the Qualified  Plan accepting the rollover or transfer must
count it as part of an Interest, regardless of when the acceptance occurs.

3.06.    MINIMUM BENEFITS FOR TOP-HEAVY PLANS

         (a) For any Plan  Year in which  this  Plan is a  Top-Heavy  Plan,  the
provisions  of this section  supersede  conflicting  Plan  provisions  regarding
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         (b) For purposes of this section,  all Defined  Contribution Plans that
are part of an  Aggregation  Group  with this Plan are  treated  as one  Defined
Contribution Plan, and all Defined Benefit Plans that are part of an Aggregation
Group with this Plan are treated as one Defined  Benefit Plan.  According to the
other provisions of this article,  the Company may elect to cause the Company to
satisfy the minimum benefit  requirements  of this section in this Plan,  within
any one or more of the other Qualified Plans in this Plan's  Aggregation  Group,
or by  aggregating  amounts  from  this  Plan  and one or more  of  those  other
Qualified Plans.

         (c) This  subsection  applies  only  when  this  Plan is not part of an
Aggregation  Group.  Each  Non-Key  Employee  with  regard  to this  Plan who is
eligible  according to Plan article VI for an allocation from contributions that
the Company might make must receive the minimum contribution allocation required
by Code  section  416(c)(2),  as  described  in  subsection  (d),  if he has not
separated  from service at the end of the Plan Year.  In addition,  each Non-Key
Employee with regard to this Plan who has not separated  from service at the end
of  the  Plan  Year  and  who  has  otherwise  failed  to  satisfy  this  Plan's
requirements  according  to  Plan  article  VI  to be  eligible  to  receive  an
allocation (in full or in part) from  contributions  that the Company might make
(whether the ineligibility relates to insufficient service during the Plan Year,
absence of required  contributions,  or insufficient Earnings) must also receive
the  Code  section  416(c)(2)  minimum  contribution  allocation  if he  must be
considered  for this Plan to satisfy the coverage  requirements  of Code section
410(b) in accordance with Code section 401(a)(5).

         (d) The minimum allocation required by Code section 416(c)(2) from this
Plan for a Plan Year is equal to a percentage of the  individual's  Earnings for
the Plan Year. That percentage is not more than three. That percentage otherwise
is equal to the percentage equivalent to the highest ratio for the Plan Year for
a Key Employee of this Plan of the sum of the Key  Employee's  allocations  from
contributions  (other than deductible employee  contributions) made (or required
to be made without regard to waivers  granted  pursuant to Code section  412(d))
and  forfeitures  for the Plan Year divided by that Key Employee's  Earnings for
the Plan Year.

         (e)  This  subsection  applies  only  when  this  Plan  is  part  of an
Aggregation  Group that includes only Defined  Contribution  Plans. Each Non-Key
Employee with regard to a Qualified Plan that is part of this Plan's Aggregation
Group who is eligible  under the  Qualified  Plan's  provisions  (other than the
provisions that require Code section 416(c)(2)  benefits) for an allocation from


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contributions that his employer might make must receive the minimum contribution
allocation required by Code section 416(c)(2), as described in subsection (f) if
he has not separated from service at the end of the Qualified  Plan's Plan Year.
In addition,  each Non-Key Employee with regard to a Qualified Plan that is part
of this Plan's  Aggregation  Group who has not separated  from service as of the
end of the Qualified  Plan's Plan Year and who has  otherwise  failed to satisfy
the Qualified Plan's  requirements  (other than the provisions that require Code
section  416(c)(2)  benefits)  for an  allocation  (in  full  or in  part)  from
contributions that the employer might make (whether the ineligibility relates to
insufficient service during the Plan Year, absence of required contributions, or
insufficient  compensation) must also receive the Code section 416(c)(2) minimum
contribution  allocation  if he must be  considered  for the  Qualified  Plan to
satisfy the coverage requirements of Code section 410(b) in accordance with Code
section 401(a)(5).

         (f) For purposes of subsection (e), the minimum allocation  required by
Code  section  416(c)(2)  for a  Plan  Year  is  equal  to a  percentage  of the
individual's Earnings for the Plan Year. That percentage is not more than three.
That percentage  otherwise is equal to the percentage  equivalent to the highest
ratio for the Plan Year for a Key  Employee  of any  Qualified  Plan within this
Plan's  Aggregation  Group  of the sum of the Key  Employee's  allocations  from
contributions  (other than deductible employee  contributions) made (or required
to be made without regard to waivers  granted  pursuant to Code section  412(d))
and  forfeitures for the Plan Year divided by that Key Employee's  Earnings.  An
individual's  minimum benefit described in this subsection that is required from
this  Plan  for a Plan  Year is  equal to the  full  benefit  described  in this
subsection  reduced by the total of all  allocations  received for the Plan Year
from  Company   contributions   or  from  forfeitures  from  the  other  Defined
Contribution Plans in this Plan's Aggregation Group.

         (g)  This  subsection  applies  only  when  this  Plan  is  part  of an
Aggregation Group that includes a Defined Benefit Plan.

               (1) Each Non-Key  Employee with regard to a Defined  Contribution
         Plan that is part of this  Plan's  Aggregation  Group  who is  eligible
         under  the  Defined  Contribution  Plan's  provisions  (other  than the
         provisions  that  require  any Code  section  416(c)  benefits)  for an
         allocation  from  contributions  that his employer might make qualifies
         under this paragraph if he has not separated from service at the end of
         the Defined  Contribution  Plan's Plan Year. In addition,  each Non-Key
         Employee  with  regard to a Defined  Contribution  Plan that is part of
         this
         

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         Plan's  Aggregation Group who has not separated from service at the end
         of the  Defined  Contribution  Plan's  Plan Year and who has  otherwise
         failed to satisfy the Defined  Contribution  Plan's requirements (other
         than the provisions that require any Code section 416(c)  benefits) for
         an allocation (in full or in part) from contributions that his employer
         might make (whether the ineligibility  relates to insufficient  service
         during  the  Plan  Year,   absence  of   required   contributions,   or
         insufficient  compensation)  also qualifies  under this paragraph if he
         must be  considered  for the Defined  Contribution  Plan to satisfy the
         coverage  requirements  of Code section 410(b) in accordance  with Code
         section 401(a)(5).

               (2) Each Non-Key  Employee with regard to a Defined  Benefit Plan
         that is part of this  Plan's  Aggregation  Group who has at least 1,000
         hours of service  credited  during the Defined Benefit Plan's Plan Year
         (or  the  plan's  specified  accrual  computation  period  if  that  is
         different)  or who is  credited  with  equivalent  service  under Labor
         Regulation  section  2530.2006-3  qualifies under this paragraph.  If a
         Defined Benefit Plan that is part of this Plan's Aggregation Group does
         not base accruals on accrual computation periods, its Non-Key Employees
         qualify under this paragraph for all periods of service  required to be
         credited for benefit accrual  pursuant to Treasury  Regulation  section
         1.410(a)-7.  A Non-Key  Employee with regard to a Defined  Benefit Plan
         that is part of this Plan's  Aggregation Group does not fail to qualify
         under this paragraph  merely because he was not employed on a specified
         date;  he  does  not  fail  to  qualify  because  he is  excluded  from
         participation  (or  because he accrued no benefit)  merely  because his
         Earnings are less than a stated amount; and he does not fail to qualify
         because he is  excluded  from the  Defined  Benefit  Plan  because of a
         failure to make mandatory employee contributions.

               (3) An  individual  who qualifies  only under  paragraph (1) must
         receive the minimum  contribution  allocation  required by Code section
         416(c)(2), as described in subsection (h).

               (4) An  individual  who qualifies  only under  paragraph (2) must
         receive the minimum benefit required by Code section 416(c)(1) from the
         Defined  Benefit  Plan,  from one or more other  Defined  Benefit Plans
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         Group's Defined Benefit Plans by applying the  authorization  described
         in subsection (b).

               (5) An individual who qualifies under both paragraphs (1) and (2)
         must receive the minimum benefit  required by Code section  416(c),  as
         described in subsection (i).

         (h) For purposes of subsection (g), the minimum allocation  required by
Code  section  416(c)(2)  for a  Plan  Year  is  equal  to a  percentage  of the
individual's Earnings for the Plan Year.

               (1) The percentage is three,  unless paragraph (3) or (4) applies
         to the Defined Contribution Plan and yields a lower percentage.

               (2) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a Defined  Contribution  Plan
         included  in this  Plan's  Aggregation  Group if that  plan  enables  a
         Defined Benefit Plan included in this Plan's  Aggregation Group to meet
         the requirements of Code section 401(a)(4) or Code section 410.

               (3) The  percentage  is equal to the  percentage  (if lower  than
         three)  equivalent  to the  highest  ratio  for the Plan Year for a Key
         Employee   of  any  Defined   Contribution   Plan  within  this  Plan's
         Aggregation  Group of the sum of the Key  Employee's  allocations  from
         contributions  (other than deductible employee  contributions) made (or
         required to be made without regard to waivers granted  pursuant to Code
         section  412(d)) and  forfeitures for the Plan Year divided by that Key
         Employee's Earnings.

               (4) The alternative  lower percentage for a Defined  Contribution
         Plan  described  in  paragraph  (2) is  computed  in the same manner as
         described in paragraph  (3) except that the dependent  Defined  Benefit
         Plan's benefits for Key Employees are included in the computation after
         having  been  converted  to  equivalent  contributions  pursuant to the
         procedure prescribed in Revenue Ruling 81-202, 1981-2 C.B.
         93.

         (i) Any employer  contributions  attributable  to salary  reductions or
similar   arrangements  for  Key  Employees  shall  be  taken  into  account  in
determining an individual's minimum-benefit entitlement.  Qualified non-elective
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shall be taken into account in determining whether that entitlement of a Non-Key
Employee has been satisfied.

         (j) To the extent the minimum allocation  otherwise required to be made
under this Plan section and Code section 416(c)(2) to Non-Key Employees for such
Plan Year cannot be made based on employer  contributions  attributable  to such
Plan Year, employer contributions otherwise allocable to Key Employees under the
Plan shall be reduced pro-rata based on each such Key Employee's Compensation to
the total  Compensation  of all Key Employees for such Plan Year and such amount
shall be allocated to Non-Key  Employees  entitled to share in such contribution
on a pro-rata basis based on each such Non-Key Employee's  Compensation for such
Plan Year to the total  Compensation of all such Non-Key Employees for such Plan
Year.

         (k) In  determining  a  Member's  minimum  benefit  entitlement  and in
determining   whether  that   entitlement  has  been   satisfied,   any  Company
contribution attributable to a matching contribution, salary reduction agreement
or similar  arrangement is not taken into account except to the extent expressly
required by Code section 416(c)(2)(C).

3.07.    AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT LIMITATIONS

         (a) For any Plan  Years in which  this Plan is a  Top-Heavy  Plan,  the
provisions  of this section  supersede  conflicting  Plan  provisions  regarding
limitations on contribution and benefits under this Plan.

         (b) Effective for Limitation  Years that began after December 31, 1982,
if an  individual  is or  was  a  participant  in  both  a  Defined-Benefit-Plan
Qualified Plan and a Defined-Contribution-Plan  Qualified Plan maintained by the
Company or a Related Entity,  the sum of the fraction described in paragraph (1)
and the  fraction  described in paragraph  (2) for any  Limitation  Year may not
exceed 1.0.

               (1) For each Member the  fraction's  numerator  is the  projected
         annual benefit under such Defined  Benefit Plans  (determined as of the
         close of the Limitation  Year),  and the fraction's  denominator is the
         lesser of the denominators in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

                     (A) For any Limitation Year beginning with or within a Plan
               Year for  which the Plan is a Super  Top-Heavy  Plan or for which
               the Plan is a  Top-Heavy  Plan and does not  provide  any minimum
               benefit required by Code section 416(h)(2), the denominator as to
               any Key Employee is the product of 1.0  multiplied  by the dollar
               limitation  in effect  under Code section  415(b)(1)(A)  for that
               year (or the current accrued benefit, if larger).

                     (B) The denominator is the product of 1.4 multiplied by the
               amount  that  may  be  taken  into  account  under  Code  section
               415(b)(1)(B) for that Member for that year.

               (2) For each Member,  the fraction's  numerator is the sum of the
         Annual Additions under such Defined  Contribution Plans as of the close
         of the Limitation Year for that and all prior Limitation Years, and the
         fraction's  denominator  is the sum of the  lesser of the  denominators
         described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), determined  separately for that
         Limitation Year and for each prior  Limitation Year of his service with
         the Company or a Related Entity.

                     (A) For any Limitation Year beginning with or within a Plan
               Year for  which the Plan is a Super  Top-Heavy  Plan or for

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               which  the Plan is a  Top-Heavy  Plan and  does not  provide  any
               minimum  benefit   required  by  Code  section   416(h)(2),   the
               denominator  as to any  Key  Employee  is  the  product  of  1.25
               multiplied by the dollar  limitation in effect under Code section
               415(b)(1)(A) for that year.

                     (B) The denominator is the product of 1.4 multiplied by the
               amount  that  may  be  taken  into  account  under  Code  section
               415(c)(1)(B) for that Member under such plans for that year.

         (c)  Subsection  (b) will not apply  with  respect  to this Plan if the
requirements  of  subparagraphs  (1) and (2) below are met with  respect  to the
Plan.

               (1) The requirements of this subparagraph are met with respect to
         the Plan (and any plan in this Plan's  Required  Aggregation  Group) if
         this Plan  meets  the  minimum-benefit  requirements  of  Supplement  A
         section  3.06  applied  by  substituting   "four  percent"  for  "three
         percent."

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               (2) The requirements of this subparagraph are met with respect to
         the Plan if this Plan would not be a Top-Heavy Plan as determined under
         Supplement  A section  3.03 if "90 percent"  were  substituted  for "60
         percent" each place it appear.

         (d)  Paragraph  6(B)(i)  of Code  section  415(e)  will be  applied  by
substituting  "$41,500" for "$51,875" if the  transition  rule described in Code
section 415(e) is available.

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                                  SUPPLEMENT B



                           SPECIAL RESTORATION PAYMENT


B-1.     AMOUNT OF SPECIAL RESTORATION PAYMENT

         Subject to the  limitations of the Plan, the Company may make a payment
to the Trustee such amount, if any, as shall be determined by the Company, to an
Investment  Fund to restore  the  earnings  that would  have been  realized  and
credited  to such  fund  pursuant  to the  terms  and  conditions  of such  fund
established to provide a stated rate of earnings  ("restoration  payment").  The
Company  shall  designate  the Plan Year on  account  of which  the  restoration
payment is made.

B-2.     ALLOCATION OF SPECIAL RESTORATION PAYMENT

         Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the restoration payment made in
accordance  with this  Supplement B, shall be allocated and credited to Members'
Accounts  that were invested in the  Investment  Fund with respect to which such
restoration  payment  is made in a  nondiscriminatory  manner  specified  by the
Company.


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                                  SUPPLEMENT C

                       LIMITATIONS ON INVESTMENT TRANSFERS


         Direct  transfers  between the Benham Stable Value  Government Fund (an
Investment  Fund  offered  under the Plan) and any other  Investment  Fund which
provides  for a fixed  income  with book  value  accounting,  or with a targeted
average maturity of 3 years or less, is prohibited.


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            High Power Mountain (Beth Steel) (RR91-14)

AGREEMENTS

       Blair Electric Service Company--Construction Agreements (RR 89-1)
       Commonwealth Equipment/Credit Alliance Corporation (RR 89-1)
       Island Creek--Addington Trade Agreement (RR 96-27)
       Island Creek--Hobet 07 Exchange Agreement (RR 96-27)
       Martin County Coal Corporation/Mountaineer Land Company--Exchange
               of Reserves (RR 96-27)
        McDonnell Douglas Electronics Company--Purchase Agreement-Display
               & Information Gathering System (RR 96-27--Resent after 90-2
               was destroyed)
       McGinnis, Inc. (RR 96-27)
       Mountaineer Land Company--Exploration of Coal Agreement (RR 96-27)
       Office and Building Services Agreements--General (RR 96-27)
       R. J. F. Techs, Inc./Ashland Coal, Inc.--Material Load Testing
               Services Contract (8/6/90 - 3/1/91) (RR 96-27)
       Settlement--Green Construction, Crums & Smith (RR 89-1)
       Smith, T. & Son (Mid-Stream Transfer Agreement) (RR 89-1)
       Tri-State Terminals--South Point Lease (RR 89-1)
       Trucks & Parts of Ohio/Mingo Logan Coal Company (RR 96-27)

ASHLAND COAL, INC.

       No-Action Letter (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--A.B. & H. Processing, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Allegheny Land Company No. 2 (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Ashland Coal International Ltd. (Delaware)
             (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Cavalier Coal Terminal Company (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Dal-Tex Coal Corporation (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Drennen Tipple Corporation (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Filbeth Enterprises, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Gosling Branch Coal Co., Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Mountain Gem Land No. 2, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Mountaineer Land Company No. 2 (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Old Hickory Coal Company (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Pike-Floyd Coal Company, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--River Cities Leasing, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Saarcar Coal, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Servco, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Sharples Coal Corporation (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Swan Fork Land Company, Inc. (RR 97-08)
       Services Agreement--Tri-State Testing Co., Inc. (RR 97-08)