EXHIBIT 10.5
SECOND AMENDMENT TO
THE PIPER IMPACT 401(K) PLAN
THIS AGREEMENT by Piper Impact, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the
"Sponsor"),
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1998, the Sponsor executed the amendment and
restatement of the plan agreement known as the "Piper Impact 401(k) Plan" (the
"Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Sponsor retained the right in Section 10.01 of the Plan to
amend the Plan from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the directors of the Sponsor have approved resolutions to amend
the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, effective January 1, 2001, Section 3.1 of the Plan is
amended in its entirety to provide as follows:
3.1 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. Each Employee of an Employer shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan beginning on the entry date which
occurs with or next follows the date on which the Employee completes three
months of Active Service and attains the age of 21. However, all Employees
who are included in a unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining
agreement between the Employees' representative and the Employer shall be
excluded, even if they have met the requirements for eligibility, if there
has been good faith bargaining between the Employer and the Employees'
representative pertaining to retirement benefits and the agreement does
not require the Employer to include such Employees in this Plan. In
addition, a Leased Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the
Plan unless the Plan's qualified status is dependent upon coverage of the
Leased Employee. Employees of Quanex Corporation who are not working at
its Piper Impact division are not eligible to participate in the Plan. The
Plan's entry dates will be January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of
each Plan Year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has caused this Agreement to be executed
effective as of the 1ST day of January, 2001.
PIPER IMPACT, INC.
By XXXXX X. XXXXXX
Title: VP FINANCE AND CFO
