ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP /DE/
10-Q, 1998-08-06
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 10-Q


           [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                  For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998

                                       OR

           [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the transition period from _______ to _______



                          Commission File No. 01-11779


                       ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
                             a Delaware corporation

                   IRS Employer Identification No. 75-2548221

                   5400 Legacy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024-3199
                                 (972) 604-6000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ].

As of  July 31, 1998, there  were  outstanding  492,174,511 shares of the regis-
trant's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share.



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              ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                      INDEX

                                                                        Page No.

Part I -- Financial Information (Unaudited)
      Item 1. Financial Statements
              Consolidated Statements of Operations..................       3
              Consolidated Balance Sheets............................       4
              Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows........       5
              Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements...       6

      Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
              Condition and Results of Operations....................       8

Part II -- Other Information
      Item 1. Legal Proceedings......................................      15
      Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders....      15
      Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.......................      15
Signatures...........................................................      16


Exhibit 10(b)  1996 Incentive Plan of Electronic Data Systems Corporation.

Exhibit 10(d)  Electronic Data Systems Corporation Deferred Compensation
               Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

Exhibit 27     Financial Data Schedule (for SEC information only)


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                                     PART I


ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                             ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                           UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                    (in millions, except per share amounts)


                                                       Three Months Ended                  Six Months Ended
                                                            June 30,                            June 30,
                                                       ------------------                  ----------------
                                                    1998              1997               1998             1997
                                                    ----              ----               ----             ----
<S>                                               <C>              <C>                <C>              <C>  
Systems and other contracts revenues              $4,186.1         $3,682.1            $8,128.1         $7,273.7
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------

Costs and expenses
   Cost of revenues                                3,453.2          2,986.2             6,681.4          5,879.8
   Selling, general and administrative               439.5            379.2               850.1            749.9
   Restructuring charge                                --             125.3                 --             125.3
   Acquired in-process research and development        --               --                 42.5              --
   Asset write-downs                                  27.8            139.7                27.8            139.7
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------
       Total costs and expenses                    3,920.5          3,630.4             7,601.8          6,894.7
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------

Operating income                                     265.6             51.7               526.3            379.0
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------

Other income (expense):
   Gain on sale of stock of subsidiary                49.6              --                 49.6              --
   Interest expense and other, net                     3.7            (16.0)               30.7            (40.0)
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------
       Total other income (expense)                   53.3            (16.0)               80.3            (40.0)
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------


Income before income taxes                           318.9             35.7               606.6            339.0
Provision for income taxes                            97.0             12.8               200.5            122.0
                                                  --------         --------            --------         --------
Net income                                        $  221.9         $   22.9            $  406.1         $  217.0
                                                  ========         ========            ========         ========

Earnings per share
   Basic                                          $  0.45          $  0.05             $  0.83          $  0.44
                                                  ========         ========            ========         ========
   Diluted                                        $  0.45          $  0.05             $  0.82          $  0.44
                                                  ========         ========            ========         ========



                        See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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              ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                 UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                (in millions except share and per share amounts)

                                                        June 30,   December 31,
                                                          1998         1997
                                                       ---------    ---------
Assets

Current assets
   Cash and cash equivalents                           $   447.0    $   677.4
   Marketable securities                                   279.1        347.5
   Accounts receivable, net                              3,709.9      3,736.8
   Inventories                                              69.6        100.9
   Prepaids and other                                      396.1        306.8
                                                       ---------    ---------
     Total current assets                                4,901.7      5,169.4
                                                       ---------    ---------

Property and equipment, net                              2,832.0      2,868.4

Operating and other assets
   Land held for development, at cost                       88.4         87.2
   Investments and other assets                          1,697.8      1,501.2
   Software, goodwill, and other intangibles, net        1,607.2      1,547.9
                                                       ---------    ---------
     Total operating and other assets                    3,393.4      3,136.3
                                                       ---------    ---------
Total Assets                                           $11,127.1    $11,174.1
                                                       =========    =========


Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
   Accounts payable                                    $   346.5    $   372.4
   Accrued liabilities                                   2,191.9      2,207.3
   Deferred revenue                                        519.2        430.8
   Income taxes                                            128.3        137.6
   Current portion of long-term debt                        87.7        109.5
                                                       ---------    ---------
       Total current liabilities                         3,273.6      3,257.6
                                                       ---------    ---------
Deferred income taxes                                      426.1        474.8
Long-term debt, less current portion                     1,404.5      1,790.9
Redeemable preferred stock of subsidiaries and
  minority interests                                       398.2        341.4
Stockholders' equity
   Preferred stock, $.01 par value; authorized
      200,000,000 shares, none issued                        --           --
   Common stock, $.01 par value; 2,000,000,000 shares
      authorized; 492,162,014 shares issued and outstanding
      at June 30, 1998, and 491,567,240 shares issued and
      outstanding at December 31, 1997                       4.9          4.9
   Additional paid-in capital                              885.7        855.7
   Retained earnings                                     4,860.2      4,601.6
   Accumulated other comprehensive income                 (117.4)      (152.8)
   Treasury stock, at cost,
      198,230 shares at June 30, 1998                       (8.7)         --
                                                       ---------    ---------
   Total stockholders' equity                            5,624.7      5,309.4
                                                       ---------    ---------
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity             $11,127.1    $11,174.1
                                                       =========    =========

      See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                             ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                           UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                                 (in millions)


                                                                  Three Months Ended        Six Months Ended
                                                                       June 30,                 June 30,
                                                                  ------------------        ----------------
                                                                   1998        1997         1998        1997
                                                                   ----        ----         ----        ----
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>         <C> 


Net cash provided by operating activities                        $  235.6    $  193.3    $  859.2    $  739.4
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
   Proceeds from sale of marketable securities                        --         20.2        39.6        47.4
   Proceeds from investments and other assets                        85.2        54.2       225.8        99.0
   Proceeds from divestiture                                         23.0         --         23.0         --
   Payments for purchases of property and equipment                (257.7)     (174.0)     (447.6)     (371.7)
   Payments for investments and other assets                        (96.5)      (76.0)     (206.6)     (165.8)
   Payments related to acquisitions, net of cash acquired           (12.5)      (66.8)     (102.2)      (73.2)
   Payments for purchases of software and other intangibles         (37.6)      (58.7)      (74.8)      (59.8)
   Payments for purchases of marketable securities                  (24.3)      (15.2)      (61.4)      (30.1)
   Other                                                             16.1        28.2        38.2        45.1
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------
      Net cash used in investing activities                        (304.3)     (288.1)     (566.0)     (509.1)
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
   Proceeds from long-term debt                                   2,889.8     1,976.8     4,167.2     3,977.4
   Payments on long-term debt                                    (3,149.2)   (2,103.3)   (4,573.5)   (4,700.3)
   Proceeds from sale of stock of subsidiaries                       65.1        73.8        66.5       412.8
   Purchase of treasury stock                                         --          --        (77.0)        --
   Employee stock transactions and related tax benefits              14.3        16.8        43.5        49.3
   Dividends paid                                                   (73.8)      (73.5)     (147.6)     (146.6)
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------
     Net cash used in financing activities                         (253.8)     (109.4)     (520.9)     (407.4)
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents          0.5         6.1        (2.7)       (4.1)
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                          (322.0)     (198.1)     (230.4)     (181.2)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                    769.0       896.8       677.4       879.9
                                                                 --------    --------    --------    --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                       $  447.0    $  698.7    $  447.0    $  698.7
                                                                 ========    ========    ========    ========

                              See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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              ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

         NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

        The accompanying  unaudited condensed  consolidated financial statements
of  Electronic  Data  Systems  Corporation  ("EDS" or the  "Company")  have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim
financial information. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting
of only normal recurring items) which are necessary for a fair presentation have
been included. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of
results which may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year.
For further  information,  refer to the  consolidated  financial  statements and
notes thereto included in the Company's 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1997 unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements to conform to the 1998 presentation.

Note 2.  Earnings per Share

        The  Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards  (SFAS) No. 128,  Earnings  Per Share,  in the fourth quarter of 1997.
It requires  companies  to present  both basic and diluted  earnings  per share.
Basic  earnings  per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income by
the weighted-average  number of EDS common shares outstanding during the period.
Diluted  earnings per share is calculated  in the same manner as basic  earnings
per share  except that the  denominator  is  increased  to include the number of
additional common shares that would have been outstanding assuming  the exercise
of all employee  stock  options and the vesting of  restricted  stock units that
would have had a dilutive  effect on earnings  per share.  The  weighted-average
number of shares  outstanding  used to compute  basic and diluted  earnings  per
share for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1998 and 1997 are as follows
(in millions):
                                                      1998              1997
                                                      ----              ----
          For the three months ended June 30:
               Basic earnings per share               491.9            489.8
               Diluted earnings per share             494.1            494.3
          For the six months ended June 30:
               Basic earnings per share               491.7            488.9
               Diluted earnings per share             495.3            493.4


        The Company has  restated its  earnings  per share  calculation  for the
three and six months  ended June 30,  1997 to reflect  the  adoption of SFAS No.
128. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto included in the Company's 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Note 3.  Depreciation and Amortization

        Property and  equipment  is stated net of  accumulated  depreciation  of
$4,144.9  million and  $4,032.8  million at June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997,
respectively. Additionally, software, goodwill, and other intangibles are stated
net of accumulated amortization of $1,256.0 million and $1,246.5 million at June
30, 1998 and December  31, 1997,  respectively.  Depreciation  and  amortization
expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 1998 was $358.4  million and
$679.7 million,  respectively.  Depreciation  and  amortization  expense for the
three and six months ended June 30, 1997 was $294.7 million and $574.4  million,
respectively.

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Note 4.  Restructuring Activities

        The Company recorded restructuring charges and asset writedowns totaling
$329.6 million in 1997 and $27.8 million in the second  quarter of 1998.  During
the  second   quarter  of  1997,   the  Company  began   implementation   of  an
enterprise-wide   business  transformation   initiative  to  reduce  its  costs,
streamline its organizational  structure, and align its strategy,  services, and
delivery with market opportunities.  This initiative involves the elimination of
approximately 8,500 positions through reassignment of personnel,  elimination of
open personnel  requisitions,  normal  attrition,  and termination of employees.
Restructuring  charges and asset writedowns consisted of $111.3 million relating
to the severance costs  associated with the planned  involuntary  termination of
approximately  2,600 employees,  asset writedowns of $99.7 million,  and related
accruals of $14.0  million  relating  to  operations  that the Company  plans to
discontinue.  These operations  primarily consist of several  processing centers
which the  Company  is  consolidating  and  certain  product  lines and  related
services  provided to certain  industries.  Asset  writedowns  relating to these
products lines include investments;  software,  goodwill, and other intangibles;
and buildings and computer  equipment.  In addition,  the Company recorded asset
writedowns of $104.6  million in 1997 and $27.8 million in the second quarter of
1998 primarily relating to operating assets initially identified for sale in the
second  quarter of 1997. As of June 30, 1998, all such assets have been sold. As
of  June  30,  1998,  approximately  1,980  employees  have  been  involuntarily
terminated and approximately $75.1 million has been paid in termination benefits
and other  accruals.  The majority of the remaining  accrual of $50.2 million is
expected to be paid in 1998.


Note 5.  Comprehensive Income

        On  January  1,  1998,  the  Company  adopted  SFAS No.  130,  Reporting
Comprehensive  Income.  SFAS No. 130  establishes  standards  for  reporting and
displaying comprehensive income and its components.  The statement also requires
the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income to be displayed separately
from retained  earnings and additional  paid-in capital in the equity section of
the statement of financial position.

        Comprehensive  income for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1998
was $215.4 million and $441.5 million,  respectively.  Comprehensive  income for
the three and six  months  ended  June 30,  1997 was $34.8  million  and  $157.8
million,  respectively. The primary differences between comprehensive income and
net  income for the three and six months  ended  June 30,  1998 were  related to
foreign  currency  translation  adjustments and net unrealized  holding gains on
certain  of  the  Company's   investments.   The  primary   difference   between
comprehensive  income and net income for the three and six months ended June 30,
1997 was related to foreign currency translation adjustments.

Note 6.  Sale of Stock of Subsidiary

        On June 23, 1998, Unigraphics Solutions Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary
of  the  Company,  sold  five  million  shares  of  its  Class  A  common  stock
representing  13.8% of its total  outstanding  common stock in an initial public
offering.  Net proceeds from the offering were $65.1 million. As a result of the
offering,  the Company recognized a gain on the sale of stock of this subsidiary
of $49.6  million.  Income  taxes  have not been  provided  for this gain as the
Company believes that it will recover its basis in this subsidiary in a tax-free
manner. 

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ITEM 2.

                     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                  FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General

         EDS offers its clients a portfolio of related services worldwide within
the broad  categories  of systems  and  technology  services,  business  process
management, management consulting, and electronic business. Services include the
management of computers,  networks, information systems, information- processing
facilities, business operations, and related personnel.

Forward Looking Statements

         All  statements  other than  historical  statements  contained  in this
report on Form 10-Q constitute  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning
of the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Without  limitation,
these forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's Year
2000  exposure  and  opportunity,  future  revenues and  operating  margins from
contracts with General Motors Corporation  ("GM") and other clients,  the impact
on EDS' earnings of the recent  United Auto Workers  strike at GM, the Company's
ability to achieve cost reductions,  future selling,  general and administrative
expenses,  and future interest income and expense.  Any Form 10-K, Annual Report
to  Stockholders,  Form  10-Q or Form  8-K of EDS  may  include  forward-looking
statements.  In addition,  other  written or oral  statements  which  constitute
forward-looking  statements  have been made or may be made in the future by EDS,
including  statements  regarding  future  operating   performance,   short-  and
long-term  revenue and  earnings  growth,  backlog and the value of new contract
signings, and industry growth rates and EDS' performance relative thereto. These
forward-looking  statements  rely on a number of assumptions  concerning  future
events, and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors,  many of
which are outside of EDS'  control,  that could cause  actual  results to differ
materially  from  such  statements.  These  include,  but  are not  limited  to:
competition  in the  information  technology  industry  and the  impact  of such
competition  on pricing,  revenues,  and margins;  the market  acceptance of new
product or service offerings that offer higher margins than traditional  product
or service  offerings and costs associated with the development and marketing of
such  offerings;  the  financial  performance  of current  and  future  customer
contracts,  including the financial  performance  of EDS'  contracts with GM and
EDS'  ability  to effect  cost  reductions  for  services  provided  under  such
contracts;   with  respect  to  client   contracts   accounted   for  under  the
percentage-of-completion method of accounting, the performance of such contracts
in  accordance  with EDS' cost  estimates;  the degree to which EDS can  improve
productivity;  the  degree to which  business  entities  continue  to  outsource
information  technology  and  business  processes;  the cost of  attracting  and
retaining highly skilled personnel; and, with respect to EDS' Year 2000 exposure
and opportunity,  EDS' ability to capitalize on new business  opportunities  and
the interpretation of information technology contracts it has with its clients.

         EDS  disclaims  any  intention  or  obligation  to update or revise any
forward-looking  statements  whether  as a  result  of new  information,  future
events, or otherwise.

Restructuring Activities, Asset Writedowns, and Other Related Charges

         The  Company  recorded   restructuring  charges  and  asset  writedowns
totaling $329.6 million in 1997 and $27.8 million in the second quarter of 1998.
During the second  quarter  of 1997,  the  Company  began  implementation  of an
enterprise-wide   business  transformation   initiative  to  reduce  its  costs,
streamline its organizational  structure, and align its strategy,  services, and
delivery with market opportunities.  This initiative involves the elimination of
approximately 8,500 positions through reassignment of personnel,  elimination of
open personnel  requisitions,  normal  attrition,  and termination of employees.
Restructuring  charges and asset writedowns consisted of $111.3 million relating
to the 


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severance costs  associated with the planned  involuntary  termination of
approximately  2,600 employees,  asset writedowns of $99.7 million,  and related
accruals of $14.0  million  relating  to  operations  that the Company  plans to
discontinue.  These operations  primarily consist of several  processing centers
which the  Company  is  consolidating  and  certain  product  lines and  related
services  provided to certain  industries.  Asset  writedowns  relating to these
products lines include investments;  software,  goodwill, and other intangibles;
and buildings and computer  equipment.  In addition,  the Company recorded asset
writedowns of $104.6  million in 1997 and $27.8 million in the second quarter of
1998 primarily relating to operating assets initially identified for sale in the
second  quarter of 1997. As of June 30, 1998, all such assets have been sold. As
of  June  30,  1998,  approximately  1,980  employees  have  been  involuntarily
terminated and approximately $75.1 million has been paid in termination benefits
and other  accruals.  The majority of the remaining  accrual of $50.2 million is
expected to be paid in 1998.

New Accounting Standards

         In June 1998,  Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards (SFAS) No.
133, Accounting for Derivative  Instruments and Hedging Activities,  was issued.
This statement  establishes  accounting  and reporting  standards for derivative
instruments,   including  certain  derivative   instruments  embedded  in  other
contracts,  and for  hedging  activities.  The  provisions  of SFAS No.  133 are
effective for financial statements beginning after June 15, 1999, although early
adoption is allowed.  The Company has not  determined  the  financial  impact of
adopting this SFAS and has not determined if it will adopt its provisions  prior
to its effective date.

         In March 1998,  Statement of Position  (SOP) 98-1,  Accounting  for the
Costs of Computer  Software  Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, was issued.
This SOP requires that certain costs related to the  development  or purchase of
internal-use  software be capitalized  and amortized  over the estimated  useful
life of the  software.  The  provisions  of SOP 98-1 are effective for financial
statements  issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998,  although
early  adoption is allowed.  Initial  application of SOP 98-1 is not expected to
have a material impact on the Company's  financial  statements.  The Company has
not  determined  if it will  adopt  the  provisions  of this  SOP  prior  to its
effective date.

         In April 1998, SOP 98-5, Reporting on the Costs of Start-up Activities,
was issued.  This SOP provides  guidance on the financial  reporting of start-up
and  organization  costs and requires  that these costs be expensed as incurred.
The  provisions of SOP 98-5 are effective  for financial  statements  for fiscal
years  beginning  after  December 15, 1998,  although early adoption is allowed.
Adoption of SOP 98-5 is not expected to have a material  impact on the Company's
financial  statements.  The  Company  will adopt the  provisions  of this SOP on
January 1, 1999.

         In June 1997, SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise
and Related Information,  was issued. This statement  establishes  standards for
reporting  information about operating  segments in annual and interim financial
statements,  although this  statement  need not be applied to interim  financial
statements in the initial year of its  application.  This statement is effective
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997.

Year 2000 Issue

         For EDS,  the Year 2000 issue  encompasses  not only the cost of making
EDS' internal systems Year 2000 compliant but also the cost to EDS of making its
clients'  systems  Year 2000  compliant  where it is obligated to do so. EDS has
developed  processes,  assembled tools,  and created a business  organization to
provide Year 2000 services to its  customers  and to assist in  addressing  EDS'
internal needs.

         With respect to its centralized internal systems, EDS has completed the
assessment  and planning  stages and has commenced the renovation  process.  EDS
anticipates that this process and the subsequent  testing and  implementation of
the modified code will be completed in stages,  from mid-1998 through  mid-1999.
With respect to noncentralized internal systems, which are generally confined to
a particular location 


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or business unit, EDS is inventorying  and assessing such systems and expects to
be completed with the  assessment and planning  stages for the systems which EDS
deems to be significant  during the third quarter of 1998. The total cost to EDS
of making all of its  internal  systems  Year 2000  compliant  is  estimated  at
approximately  $60.0 million,  almost all of which will be incurred  during 1998
and 1999.

         EDS has  completed an assessment  of its  obligations  to make clients'
systems Year 2000  compliant,  including an estimate of the cost and revenues to
EDS for performing  such work, and monitors this assessment on an ongoing basis.
Based on such assessment,  EDS does not believe that its client obligations with
respect to the Year 2000 issue will have a material  adverse  impact on EDS. The
estimated cost associated with making clients' systems Year 2000 compliant where
EDS is obligated to do so has been treated as a contract cost and is included in
the  estimate of total  contract  costs for the  respective  contract  under the
Company's revenue recognition policy.

         Although the failure to complete the Year 2000  conversion  process for
EDS' internal  systems on a timely basis would have a material adverse impact on
the Company, EDS believes that this process will be completed in accordance with
the  current  schedule  and that the Year 2000  issue  will not have a  material
adverse effect on the Company's  business or results of  operations.  Aside from
the cost to EDS discussed above, the Year 2000 issue presents  opportunities for
revenue  growth for the next  several  years for EDS' CIO Services  unit,  which
provides a full range of Year 2000 services.

Recent Announcement

         On July 30,  1998,  the Company  announced  that it expected the recent
United Auto Workers' strike at GM to negatively impact EDS' earnings for 1998 by
$0.04 to $0.08 per share,  with most of the impact falling in the third quarter.
This  estimate  primarily  reflects  EDS'  estimate  of the  strike's  impact on
discretionary  spending by GM over the  remainder of the year and,  accordingly,
this estimate could vary based on the extent of such impact.

Results of Operations

         Revenues.  Total systems and other  contracts  revenues for the quarter
ended June 30, 1998, rose $504.0 million, or 14%, over the corresponding quarter
in 1997 to $4,186.1 million.  Revenues from non-GM clients for the quarter ended
June 30, 1998,  rose $605.2 million,  or 24%, to $3,153.7  million from $2,548.5
million  for the same  period in 1997.  This  increase  in non-GM  revenues  was
primarily the result of new contracts signed in 1997 and was also due in part to
negative  adjustments of $71.8 million in revenues in the second quarter of 1997
as a  result  of a  limited  number  of  contracts  that  had not  performed  as
anticipated or, in some instances,  were terminated.  Revenues from GM decreased
$101.2 million,  or 9%, to $1,032.4  million  compared with $1,133.6 million for
the  corresponding  period in 1997.  The  decline in  revenues  from GM resulted
primarily  from the  recognition  of $90  million of  additional  revenue in the
second quarter of 1997 as a result of productivity  improvements made on certain
contracts  with GM and certain  billing rate and price  reductions  for existing
services during 1998.

         Revenues  from non-GM  clients  for the six months  ended June 30, 1998
rose $979.3 million,  or 19%, to $6,100.4  million from $5,121.1  million in the
corresponding  period of 1997  primarily as a result of new contracts  signed in
1997.  Revenues from GM for the six months ended June 30, 1998  declined  $124.9
million,  or 6%, to $2,027.7  million from  $2,152.6  million in the  comparable
period in 1997.  Revenues from GM decreased due to the reasons  discussed above.
This decline was largely  offset by revenues from new contracts for products and
services,  although the billings  for such  products and services  were at rates
lower than  historical  levels.  The decline in revenues  from GM is expected to
continue  during the  remainder of 1998 when  compared  with 1997 as a result of
both pricing  reductions  and the impact on EDS'  revenues of the recent  United
Auto Workers' strike at GM. See "Recent Announcement" above.

         Revenues from non-GM  clients  comprised 75% and 69% of total  revenues
for the three  months  ended  June 30,  1998 



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and 1997,  and 75% and 70% of total  revenues  for the six months ended June 30,
1998 and 1997,  respectively.  The Company  expects this trend to continue.  See
"Master Services Agreement with GM" below.

         Costs and  Expenses.  Cost of revenues as a  percentage  of systems and
other  contracts  revenues  increased  to 82% for both the  three  and six month
periods  ended June 30, 1998,  compared  with 81% for each of the  corresponding
periods in 1997.  This increase was due primarily to an increase in expenses and
a decrease  in revenues on  contracts  with GM.  During the three and six months
ended June 30, 1998, the Company incurred incremental costs deemed necessary for
the  successful  long-term  support of its contracts  with GM,  including  costs
associated with the Company's  Future by Design  initiative which is intended to
streamline the Company's  processes,  identify and implement other  productivity
improvements,  and position the Company for future growth. In addition,  billing
rates for certain  services  provided to GM  decreased  during the three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1998 while  commensurate cost reductions related to
these  services  were not realized  during these  periods.  Although the Company
anticipates  that cost  reductions on contracts with GM will be achieved  during
1998,  there  can  be no  assurance  that  the  decrease  in  expenses  will  be
proportionate with the decrease in revenues. Cost of revenues for non-GM clients
grew more slowly than non-GM revenues during the three and six months ended June
30, 1998 when compared with the  corresponding  period in 1997,  both before and
after taking into account the revenue  adjustments  made during the three months
ended June 30, 1997 discussed above.

         Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of systems
and other contracts  revenues  remained at approximately  10% for both the three
and six month periods  ended June 30, 1998 when compared with the  corresponding
period  in 1997.  Although  this  percentage  has  remained  constant  for these
periods,  the Company has shifted  spending to areas that have been targeted for
aggressive growth. The Company expects to incur incremental selling, general and
administrative costs during the remainder of 1998 primarily for: the remediation
of the  Company's  internal  systems  to make  them  Year  2000  compliant,  the
continued implementation of an enterprise resource process system, and increased
spending on employee development. This incremental spending is expected to cause
selling,  general and  administrative  expenses as a  percentage  of systems and
other  contracts  revenues to  increase to as much as 11% for the twelve  months
ending December 31, 1998.

         Costs and  expenses  for the three  months  ended June 30, 1998 include
asset writedowns of $27.8 million primarily relating to certain operating assets
initially  identified as being held for sale in the second quarter of 1997 which
were sold during the second  quarter of 1998.  Costs and  expenses for the three
months ended June 30, 1997  include  asset  writedowns  of $139.7  million.  See
"Restructuring  Activities  and  Other  Related  Activities"  above.  Costs  and
expenses for the six months ended June 30, 1998 also include a pre-tax charge of
$42.5 million related to amounts allocated to acquired  in-process  research and
development   activities   associated   with  the   acquisition   of  Intergraph
Corporation's  Mechanical  CAD/CAM business by EDS'  Unigraphics  Solutions Inc.
subsidiary, which was completed in the first quarter.

         Other Income (Expense) Other income  (expense)  increased $69.3 million
in the second quarter of 1998 to $53.3 million, compared with $(16.0) million in
the  corresponding  period in 1997.  The primary reason for the increase was the
recognition  of a  $49.6  million  gain  on the  sale of  stock  by  Unigraphics
Solutions  Inc.  (USI),  previously a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of EDS, that was
completed in the second  quarter of 1998.  Interest and other income  (expense),
net,  increased  $19.7 million,  to $3.7 million,  in the second quarter of 1998
when compared to $(16.0)  million in the same period in 1997.  This increase was
due principally to the write-down of an investment in the second quarter of 1997
and an increase in gains on the sale of certain of the  Company's  assets in the
second quarter of 1998. The Company  anticipates  recording  future gains,  from
time to time, on sales of Company  assets;  the timing of which may be driven by
then existing  market  conditions.  Interest  expense for the three months ended
June 30, 1998 and 1997 was $34.5 million and $35.3 million, respectively.

         For  the six  months  ended  June  30,  1998,  other  income  (expense)
increased  $120.3 million to $80.3 million  compared with $(40.0) million in the
corresponding  period in the previous year. This increase was due to the factors
discussed above and an increase of approximately $40 million resulting

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from the  realization  of gains on certain of the Company's  assets in the first
quarter of 1998.  Interest  expense  for the six months  ended June 30, 1998 and
1997 was  $68.9  million  and  $77.6  million,  respectively.  As a result  of a
decreased level of debt, the Company  anticipates  that annual interest  expense
for 1998 will decrease from 1997.

         Net  Income.  For the three  month  period  ended  June 30,  1998,  the
Company's net income  increased  $199.0  million to $221.9 million when compared
with $22.9  million  during the  corresponding  period of the prior  year.  This
increase was primarily  due to the expenses  associated  with the  restructuring
activities and other related charges that were recorded in the second quarter of
1997. See  "Restructuring  Activities and Other Related  Charges" above. For the
six months ended June 30, 1998,  net income  increased  $189.1 million to $406.1
million from $217.0 million in the corresponding  period in 1997. Both basic and
diluted  earnings  per share of common  stock  increased  to $0.45 for the three
months ended June 30, 1998 from $0.05 in the comparable  period of 1997. For the
six months ended June 30, 1998,  basic and diluted  earnings per share of common
stock  increased to $0.83 and $0.82,  respectively,  compared  with $0.44 in the
corresponding period of 1997.

         Excluding  the  charges  related  to  restructuring  activities,  asset
writedowns,  and acquired in-process  research and development  discussed above,
net income  for the three  months  ended June 30,  1998 and 1997 would have been
$239.7 million and $192.4 million,  respectively.  Net income for the six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 would have been $451.1 million and $386.6  million,
respectively.  Both basic and  diluted  earning  per share for the three  months
ended June 30,  1998 and 1997  would  have been  $0.49 and $0.39,  respectively.
Basic and  diluted  earnings  per share for the six months  ended June 30,  1998
would have been $0.92 and $0.91,  respectively.  Basic and diluted  earnings per
share for the six months  ended  June 30,  1997 would have been $0.79 and $0.78,
respectively.

         Return on assets was 8.5% for the  twelve-month  period  ended June 30,
1998,  compared  with 7.2% for the  corresponding  period  ended June 30,  1997.
Return on stockholders'  equity was 17.5% for the twelve-month period ended June
30, 1998,  compared to 16.5% for the comparable  period ended June 30, 1997. The
Company's effective tax rate decreased to 30% during the three months ended June
30, 1998, from 36% in the corresponding period of 1997, due to the effect of the
sale of stock of USI during  the second  quarter of 1998 for which no taxes were
provided, as the  Company  believes  that it will  recover its basis in USI in a
tax-free  manner.  The Company  expects the  effective tax rate to return to 36%
for the remaining six months of the year.

         Excluding  the  charges  related  to  restructuring  activities,  asset
writedowns,  and acquired in-process  research and development  discussed above,
return on assets would have been 9.3% for the twelve-month period ended June 30,
1998,  compared  with 8.9% for the  corresponding  period  ended June 30,  1997.
Return on stockholders' equity would have been 19.0% for the twelve-month period
ended June 30, 1998 compared to 19.8% for the  comparable  period ended June 30,
1997.

         The  Company  and its  clients  may,  from time to time,  modify  their
contractual   arrangements.   For  client  contracts  accounted  for  under  the
percentage-of-completion  method,  such changes would be reflected in results of
operations  as a  cumulative  change in  accounting  estimate  in the period the
revisions are determined.

         Master Services  Agreement with GM. The Master Services  Agreement with
GM entered  into at the time of EDS'  split-off  from GM (the "MSA") and certain
related sector agreements  (collectively,  the "IT Service Agreements") provided
for  certain  significant  changes  to the  pricing  and terms  under  which EDS
provides  information  technology ("IT") services to GM. Among other things, the
IT  Services  Agreements  reduced  the rates  charged  by EDS to GM for  certain
information processing activities and communications  services. GM has the right
to competitively bid and, subject to certain  restrictions,  outsource a limited
portion of its IT service  requirements to third-party  providers.  In addition,
the MSA established  specified structural cost reduction targets of $100 million
for each of the years from 1996  through  1998 and $50 million  for 1999.  These
targets are not  performance  guarantees  but represent firm 


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good faith  business  commitments  on the part of GM and EDS. These targets were
achieved  in 1996 and 1997,  and EDS  anticipates  that they will be achieved in
1998.

         The terms of the MSA and the  related IT Services  Agreements  have had
and may  continue  to have an  adverse  effect  on the  Company's  revenues  and
operating   margins  unless,   among  other  things,   EDS  is  able  to  effect
cost-reduction  measures in the services  provided to GM,  retain a  significant
portion of the operating income from business subject to the competitive bidding
provisions  of  the  IT  Services  Agreements,  and  reach  mutually  acceptable
agreements with GM with respect to new or replacement services  thereunder.  Due
to these factors,  EDS expects its revenues and operating  income generated from
its  contracts  with GM and its  affiliates to decline in 1998 compared to 1997.
EDS  anticipates  that this  decline in  revenues  will be offset by  additional
revenues from non-GM  clients in 1998.  However,  there can be no assurance that
the operating income attributable to any such additional non-GM revenues will be
equivalent to the operating income attributable to the revenues from GM.

         Seasonality and Inflation.  The Company's  revenues and net income vary
over the calendar year, with the fourth quarter generally reflecting the highest
revenues and net income for the year due to certain  services that are purchased
more  heavily in the  fourth  quarter as a result of the  spending  patterns  of
several clients.  Due to the factors  identified above, the Company expects that
the  fourth  quarter  of 1998 will be the  strongest  quarter  of the year.  The
Company  believes that  inflation  generally had little effect on its results of
operations for the periods presented.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

         At June 30, 1998, the Company held cash and cash  equivalents of $447.0
million,  had  working  capital  of  $1,628.1  million,  and a current  ratio of
1.5-to-1. This compares to cash equivalents of $677.4 million,  $1,911.8 million
in working capital and a current ratio of 1.6-to-1 at December 31, 1997.

         The Company's  capitalization  at June 30, 1998,  consisted of $1,404.5
million in  long-term  debt,  less  current  portion,  and  $5,624.7  million in
stockholders'  equity.  Total debt (which includes redeemable preferred stock of
subsidiaries) was $1,667.2 million at June 30, 1998, compared with total debt of
$2,075.3  million at December 31, 1997. The total  debt-to-capital  ratio (which
includes  current  portion of long-term debt and redeemable  preferred  stock of
subsidiaries  as components  of debt and capital) was 23% at June 30, 1998,  and
28% at December 31, 1997. The ratio of long-term debt to capital was 22% at June
30, 1998 and 26% at December 31, 1997.  At both June 30, 1998,  and December 31,
1997,  the  Company  had  committed  lines of credit of  approximately  $2,500.0
million,  all unused,  which serves as a backup  facility for  commercial  paper
borrowings.  The balance of  commercial  paper  borrowings  at June 30, 1998 was
approximately $510.0 million.

         Cash flows provided by operating  activities  increased  $119.8 million
during the first six months of 1998 to $859.2 million from $739.4 million in the
comparable  period  in the  prior  year.  This  increase  was  primarily  due to
increased  income prior to non-cash  items such as  depreciation,  amortization,
asset  writedowns,  and gains on sales of assets,  partially offset by increased
payments  for  current  liabilities,   including  estimated  tax  payments,  and
increased receivable balances.  Cash used in investing activities during the six
months ended June 30, 1998 increased $56.9 million to $566.0 million compared to
$509.1  million in the  comparable  period in the prior year,  primarily  due to
increased  payments for  property and  equipment,  acquisitions  and  marketable
securities, partially offset by increased proceeds from sales of investments and
other assets. Cash flows used in financing  activities  increased $113.5 million
to $520.9 million in the second quarter of 1998 as compared to $407.4 million in
the second  quarter  of 1997 due to  reductions  in  long-term  debt,  including
redeemable  preferred  stock of  subsidiaries,  as well as purchases of treasury
stock.

         For the three month periods  ended June 30, 1998 and 1997,  the Company
paid cash dividends totaling $73.8 million and $73.5 million,  respectively. For
the six month  periods  ended  June 30,  1998 and 1997,  the  Company  paid cash
dividends totaling $147.6 million and $146.6 million, respectively.


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         The IT  services  agreements  existing  between GM and EDS prior to the
Split-Off  provided  for GM to pay EDS on the  15th  day of the  month  in which
services are provided with respect to a substantial  portion of services.  Under
the IT services agreements signed at the time of the Split-Off,  there will be a
transition over a two-year  period,  which began in 1997, to payment on the 20th
day of the month  following  service for all agreements that do not already have
payment  terms at least that  favorable to GM. These  revised  payment terms are
expected to result in an increase in EDS' working capital requirements. EDS will
obtain the funds for this working  capital impact through  borrowings  under its
existing commercial paper or bank credit facilities.

         The Company  expects that its  principal  uses of funds for the next 12
months will be for capital  expenditures,  debt repayment,  and working capital.
Capital  expenditures  are  expected to consist of  purchases  of  computer  and
telecommunications  equipment,  buildings and facilities, land, and software, as
well  as  acquisitions.  Capital  expenditures  for  1998  are  expected  to  be
approximately  $1,200.0  million to $1,700.0  million.  However,  actual capital
expenditures are somewhat dependent on acquisition and joint venture activities,
as well as capital  requirements for new business.  The Company anticipates that
cash flows from  operations  and unused  borrowing  capacity  under its existing
lines of credit will provide sufficient funds to meet its needs for at least the
next year.


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                                     PART II

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

         Reference is made to EDS' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997 for  information  regarding  certain  litigation in connection
with the split-off of EDS from GM.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     EDS' 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 20, 1998 in Plano,
Texas. A total of 434,173,561 shares (approximately 88.3% of all shares entitled
to vote at the meeting) were represented by proxy or ballot at the meeting.  The
matters  voted upon at the  meeting,  and the votes  cast with  respect to each,
were:

     (i)  Election of four Class II  directors  for a term  expiring at the 2001
Annual Meeting of Stockholders:  Richard B. Cheney - 399,548,449 shares cast for
election and 35,065,156 shares withheld;  Gary J. Fernandes - 399,020,165 shares
cast for election and 35,593,440 shares withheld; C. Robert Kidder - 399,672,626
shares cast for election and 34,940,979  shares withheld;  and Enrique J. Sosa -
399,653,635 shares cast for election and 34,959,970 shares withheld.

     (ii)  Ratification  of the appointment of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as auditors
to  audit  the  accounts  for EDS for  1998:  431,986,281  shares  cast  for the
ratification,  1,670,190 shares cast against the ratification and 957,134 shares
abstained.

     (iii) Stockholder proposal regarding  appointment of independent  chairman:
83,760,820  shares cast for the  proposal,  305,576,560  shares cast against the
proposal and 4,935,804 shares abstained. There were 40,340,421 broker non-votes.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)      Exhibits

         Exhibit
         Number                             Description
         ----------------------------------------------------------------------

          10(b)  1996 Incentive Plan of Electronic Data Systems Corporation.

          10(d)  Electronic  Data Systems Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
                 for Non-Employee Directors.

           27    Financial Data Schedule (for SEC information only)

(b)      Reports on Form 8-K

         none


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                        ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
                                        ----------------------------------- 
                                                    (Registrant)


Date:  August 5, 1998                   By:   /s/ Gary J. Fernandes
                                           ------------------------------- 
                                           (Gary J. Fernandes, Vice Chairman)



Date:  August 5, 1998                   By:   /s/ H. Paulett Eberhart
                                           ------------------------------- 
                                           (H. Paulett Eberhart, Vice President
                                            and Controller)





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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(b)

                               1996 Incentive Plan
                                       of
                       Electronic Data Systems Corporation
                         [7/21/98 amended and restated]


1.   Plan. This 1996 Incentive Plan of Electronic Data Systems  Corporation (the
     "Plan") is a continuation of the 1984  Electronic Data Systems  Corporation
     Stock  Incentive Plan (the "Existing  Plan"),  which was adopted by General
     Motors Corporation,  a Delaware corporation  ("General Motors"),  to reward
     certain  corporate  officers  and  key  employees  of  the  predecessor  of
     Electronic Data Systems Holding Corporation (to be renamed "Electronic Data
     Systems  Corporation"  upon the  consummation  of the  Reincorporation  (as
     hereinafter  defined)),  a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  and its
     subsidiaries  by enabling  them to acquire  shares of Class E Common Stock,
     par value $.10 per share ("GM Class E Common  Stock"),  of General  Motors.
     Upon the Amendment  Effective Date (as hereinafter  defined),  the Existing
     Plan shall be amended and  restated in its entirety as set forth herein and
     shall  be  assumed  by the  Company  and  neither  General  Motors  nor the
     committee  appointed by General Motors to administer the Existing Plan (the
     "Predecessor  Committee") shall have any further rights or responsibilities
     hereunder.

2.   Objectives.  This Plan is designed to attract and retain key  employees  of
     the Company and its Subsidiaries (as hereinafter  defined),  to attract and
     retain  qualified  directors  of the  Company,  to  encourage  the sense of
     proprietorship of such employees and Directors, and to stimulate the active
     interest of such persons in the  development  and financial  success of the
     Company and its  Subsidiaries.  These  objectives are to be accomplished by
     making  Awards  (as  hereinafter  defined)  under  this  Plan  and  thereby
     providing Participants (as hereinafter defined) with a proprietary interest
     in the growth and performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

3.   Definitions.  As used  herein,  the terms set forth  below  shall  have the
     following respective meanings:

          "Amendment  Effective  Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 19
     hereof.

          "Annual  Director  Award Date"  means,  for each year  beginning on or
     after the Amendment  Effective  Date,  the first  business day of the month
     next  succeeding the date upon which the annual meeting of  stockholders of
     the Company is held in such year.

          "Authorized  Officer"  means  the  Chairman  of the Board or the Chief
     Executive  Officer  of the  Company  (or any other  senior  officer  of the
     Company to whom either of them shall  delegate the authority to execute any
     Award Agreement).

          "Award" means an Employee Award or a Director Award.

          "Award Agreement" means any Employee Award Agreement or Director Award
     Agreement.


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          "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          "Cash Award" means an award denominated in cash.

          "Code" means the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended from time
     to time.

          "Committee" means the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the
      Board or such other  committee of the Board as is  designated by the Board
      to administer the Plan.

          "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
      the Company.

          "Director" means an individual serving as a member of the Board.

          "Director  Award"  means the grant of a  Director  Option or  Director
     Restricted Stock.

          "Director Award Agreement" means a written agreement between the
      Company and a Participant who is a Nonemployee  Director setting forth the
      terms, conditions and limitations applicable to a Director Award.

          "Director Options" means Nonqualified Options granted to Nonemployee
      Directors  pursuant to the applicable  terms,  conditions and  limitations
      specified in paragraph 9(a) hereof.

          "Director  Restricted Stock" means Common Stock granted to Nonemployee
     Directors  pursuant to the applicable  terms,  conditions  and  limitations
     specified in paragraph 9(b) hereof.

          "Disability"  means,  with  respect  to a  Nonemployee  Director,  the
     inability to perform the duties of a Director  for a  continuous  period of
     more than three months by reason of any medically  determinable physical or
     mental impairment.

          "Dividend  Equivalents"  means,  with respect to shares of  Restricted
     Stock that are to be issued at the end of the Restriction Period, an amount
     equal to all dividends and other  distributions (or the economic equivalent
     thereof) which are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction
     Period on a like number of shares of Common Stock.

          "Employee"  means  an  employee  of the  Company  or  any of its  Sub-
     sidiaries.

          "Employee Award" means the grant of any Option, SAR, Stock Award, Cash
     Award or Performance  Award,  whether granted singly,  in combination or in
     tandem,  to a Participant  who is an Employee  pursuant to such  applicable
     terms,  conditions and  limitations as the Committee may establish in order
     to fulfill the objectives of the Plan.

          "Employee  Award  Agreement"  means a written  agreement  between  the
     Company  and a  Participant  who is an  Employee  setting  forth the terms,
     conditions and limitations applicable to an Employee Award.


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          "Exchange Act" means the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
     from time to time.

          "Fair  Market  Value"  of a  share  of  Common  Stock  means,  as of a
     particular  date,  (i) if shares of Common  Stock are  listed on a national
     securities  exchange,  the mean  between the highest and lowest sales price
     per share of Common Stock on the consolidated  transaction reporting system
     for the principal  national  securities  exchange on which shares of Common
     Stock are listed on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so
     reported on that date, on the last  preceding date on which such a sale was
     so  reported,  (ii) if  shares of  Common  Stock are not so listed  but are
     quoted on the Nasdaq  National  Market,  the mean  between  the highest and
     lowest  sales  price per  share of  Common  Stock  reported  by the  Nasdaq
     National  Market on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so
     reported on that date, on the last  preceding date on which such a sale was
     so reported or (iii) if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted but are
     traded in the over-the-counter market, the mean between the closing bid and
     asked price on that date, or, if there are no quotations available for such
     date,  on the  last  preceding  date on  which  such  quotations  shall  be
     available,  as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market,  or, if not reported by
     the Nasdaq Stock Market,  by the National  Quotation  Bureau  Incorporated;
     provided,  however,  that,  in the  case of  Awards  made on the  Amendment
     Effective  Date, if as of such date trading in shares of Common Stock shall
     not have commenced on the New York Stock Exchange,  the "Fair Market Value"
     of a share of Common  Stock for  purposes of such Awards shall be deemed to
     be equal to the  average  of the  closing  prices  of a share of GM Class E
     Common  Stock on the  Amendment  Effective  Date  and the four  consecutive
     trading days  immediately  preceding such date, in each case as reported on
     the  consolidated  transaction  reporting  system  for the New  York  Stock
     Exchange on such date.

          "Incentive Option" means an Option that is intended to comply with the
     requirements set forth in Section 422 of the Code.

          "Noncompetition Provisions" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
      8(c) hereof.

          "Nonemployee Director" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(b)
       hereof.

          "Nonqualified  Stock  Option" means an Option that is not an Incentive
     Option.

          "Option"  means a right to  purchase a  specified  number of shares of
     Common Stock at a specified price.

          "Participant"  means an Employee or Director to whom an Award has been
     made under this Plan.

          "Performance  Award"  means an award made  pursuant  to this Plan to a
     Participant  who is an Employee that is subject to the attainment of one or
     more Performance Goals.

          "Performance Goal" means a standard  established by the Committee,  to
     determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.


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          "Reincorporation"  means (i) the  merger of  Electronic  Data  Systems
     Intermediate  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation and direct wholly owned
     subsidiary of the Company, with and into the Company and (ii) the merger of
     Electronic  Data  Systems  Corporation,  a Texas  corporation  and indirect
     wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with and into the Company.

          "Restricted Stock" means any Common  Stock that is  restricted or sub-
     ject to forfeiture provisions.

          "Restriction  Period" means a period of time  beginning as of the date
     upon which an Award of  Restricted  Stock is made pursuant to this Plan and
     ending as of the date upon which the Common Stock  subject to such Award is
     no longer restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions.

          "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or
      any successor rule.

          "SAR"  means a right to  receive a payment,  in cash or Common  Stock,
     equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value or other  specified  valuation
     of a  specified  number of shares of Common  Stock on the date the right is
     exercised over a specified strike price (in each case, as determined by the
     Committee).

          "Split-Off"  means the  issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock
     upon conversion of all of the outstanding shares of GM Class E Common Stock
     as a result of the merger of GM Mergeco Corporation, a Delaware corporation
     and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,  with and into General
     Motors in accordance  with the terms of the Merger  Agreement to be entered
     into between General Motors and GM Mergeco Corporation.

          "Stock  Award" means an award in the form of shares of Common Stock or
     units denominated in shares of Common Stock.

          "Subsidiary"  means (i) in the case of a corporation,  any corporation
     of which the Company directly or indirectly owns shares  representing  more
     than 50% of the  combined  voting  power of the  shares of all  classes  or
     series of capital  stock of such  corporation  which have the right to vote
     generally  on  matters  submitted  to a vote  of the  stockholders  of such
     corporation  and (ii) in the case of a partnership or other business entity
     not  organized  as a  corporation,  any such  business  entity of which the
     Company directly or indirectly owns more than 50% of the voting, capital or
     profits interests (whether in the form of partnership interests, membership
     interests or otherwise).

          "Transactions" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 19 hereof.

4.   Eligibility.

     (a)  Employees.  Key Employees eligible for Employee Awards under this Plan
          are those who hold positions of responsibility  and whose performance,
          in the judgment of the


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          Committee, can have a significant effect on the success of the Company
          and its Subsidiaries.

     (b)  Directors.  Directors eligible for Director Awards under this Plan are
          those who are not employees of the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries
          ("Nonemployee Directors").

5.   Common Stock  Available for Awards.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph
     15 hereof,  there shall be  available  for Awards  under this Plan  granted
     wholly or partly in Common Stock (including  rights or options which may be
     exercised for or settled in Common Stock) an aggregate of 60,000,000 shares
     of Common  Stock (in  addition to any shares that are the subject of Awards
     outstanding as of the Amendment  Effective  Date), of which an aggregate of
     not more than 400,000 shares shall be available for Director Awards and the
     remainder shall be available for Employee  Awards.  The number of shares of
     Common  Stock  that are the  subject of Awards  under  this Plan,  that are
     forfeited or terminated, expire unexercised, are settled in cash in lieu of
     Common Stock or in a manner such that all or some of the shares  covered by
     an Award are not issued to a  Participant  or are exchanged for Awards that
     do not involve Common Stock,  shall again immediately  become available for
     Awards hereunder;  provided,  however, that in the case of shares of Common
     Stock that are the subject of Awards made under the Existing  Plan prior to
     the  Amendment  Effective  Date,  such  shares  shall  in no  event  become
     available for Awards  hereunder at any time after such date.  The Committee
     may from time to time adopt and  observe  such  procedures  concerning  the
     counting of shares against the Plan maximum as it may deem appropriate. The
     Board and the  appropriate  officers of the Company shall from time to time
     take  whatever  actions are necessary to file any required  documents  with
     governmental authorities, stock exchanges and transaction reporting systems
     to ensure that shares of Common Stock are available  for issuance  pursuant
     to Awards.

6.   Administration.

     (a)  This Plan,  as it applies to  Participants  who are  Employees but not
          with respect to Participants who are Nonemployee  Directors,  shall be
          administered  by the  Committee.  To the extent  required in order for
          Employee  Awards to be exempt from  Section 16 of the  Exchange Act by
          virtue of the provisions of Rule 16b-3, the Committee shall consist of
          at least two  members  of the Board who meet the  requirements  of the
          definition of "disinterested  person" set forth in Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i)
          promulgated under the Exchange Act.

     (b)  Subject to the provisions hereof,  insofar as this Plan relates to the
          Employee Awards, the Committee shall have full and exclusive power and
          authority to  administer  this Plan and to take all actions  which are
          specifically  contemplated  hereby or are necessary or  appropriate in
          connection  with  the  administration  hereof.  Insofar  as this  Plan
          relates to Employee  Awards,  the  Committee  shall also have full and
          exclusive  power to  interpret  this  Plan and to  adopt  such  rules,
          regulations  and  guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem
          necessary  or proper,  all of which  powers  shall be exercised in the
          best  interests of the Company and in keeping with the  objectives  of
          this Plan.  The  Committee  may,  in its  discretion,  provide for the
          extension of the  exercisability of an Employee Award,  accelerate the
          vesting or exercisability of an Employee Award, 


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          eliminate or make less  restrictive any  restrictions  contained in an
          Employee Award,  waive any restriction or other provision of this Plan
          or an Employee Award or otherwise amend or modify an Employee Award in
          any manner that is either (i) not adverse to the  Participant  to whom
          such  Employee  Award  was  granted  or  (ii)  consented  to  by  such
          Participant.  The  Committee  may  correct  any  defect or supply  any
          omission  or  reconcile  any  inconsistency  in  this  Plan  or in any
          Employee  Award in the manner and to the  extent the  Committee  deems
          necessary or  desirable  to carry it into effect.  Any decision of the
          Committee in the  interpretation and administration of this Plan shall
          lie  within  its sole and  absolute  discretion  and  shall be  final,
          conclusive and binding on all parties concerned.

     (c)  No member of the  Committee  or  officer  of the  Company  to whom the
          Committee has delegated authority in accordance with the provisions of
          paragraph 7 of this Plan shall be liable for anything  done or omitted
          to be done by him or her,  by any  member of the  Committee  or by any
          officer  of the  Company in  connection  with the  performance  of any
          duties under this Plan,  except for his or her own willful  misconduct
          or as expressly provided by statute.

7.   Delegation of Authority.  The Committee may delegate to the Chief Executive
     Officer and to other  senior  officers of the Company its duties under this
     Plan  pursuant to such  conditions  or  limitations  as the  Committee  may
     establish,  except that the  Committee  may not  delegate to any person the
     authority  to grant  Awards  to, or take  other  action  with  respect  to,
     Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

8.   Employee Awards.

     (a)  The Committee  shall determine the type or types of Employee Awards to
          be made  under  this  Plan and shall  designate  from time to time the
          Employees who are to be the  recipients of such Awards.  Each Employee
          Award may be  embodied  in an Employee  Award  Agreement,  which shall
          contain such terms,  conditions and limitations as shall be determined
          by the  Committee  in its sole  discretion  and shall be signed by the
          Participant  to whom the Employee  Award is made and by an  Authorized
          Officer for and on behalf of the Company.  Employee Awards may consist
          of those  listed in this  paragraph  8(a)  hereof  and may be  granted
          singly, in combination or in tandem.  Employee Awards may also be made
          in  combination   or  in  tandem  with,  in  replacement   of,  or  as
          alternatives  to,  grants  or  rights  under  this  Plan or any  other
          employee plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the
          plan of any acquired entity;  provided that no Option may be issued in
          exchange  for the  cancellation  of an  Option  with a lower  exercise
          price.  An  Employee  Award may  provide  for the grant or issuance of
          additional,  replacement  or  alternative  Employee  Awards  upon  the
          occurrence of specified events, including the exercise of the original
          Employee  Award granted to a  Participant.  All or part of an Employee
          Award may be subject to conditions established by the Committee, which
          may  include,  but are not limited  to,  continuous  service  with the
          Company  and  its  Subsidiaries,   achievement  of  specific  business
          objectives,  increases in specified  indices,  attainment of specified
          growth rates and other  comparable  measurements of performance.  Upon
          the termination of employment by a Participant who is an Employee, any
          unexercised,  deferred,  unvested or unpaid 


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          Employee  Awards  shall be  treated  as set  forth  in the  applicable
          Employee Award Agreement.

          (i)  Stock Option.  An Employee Award may be in the form of an Option.
               An  Option  awarded  pursuant  to this  Plan  may  consist  of an
               Incentive  Option or a  Nonqualified  Option.  The price at which
               shares of Common Stock may be  purchased  upon the exercise of an
               Incentive  Option shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of
               the Common Stock on the date of grant.  The price at which shares
               of  Common  Stock  may  be  purchased  upon  the  exercise  of  a
               Nonqualified  Option shall be not less than, but may exceed,  the
               Fair  Market  Value of the  Common  Stock  on the date of  grant.
               Subject to the foregoing  provisions,  the terms,  conditions and
               limitations  applicable to any Options  awarded  pursuant to this
               Plan,  including  the term of any  Options  and the date or dates
               upon which they become  exercisable,  shall be  determined by the
               Committee.

          (ii) Stock Appreciation Right. An Employee Award may be in the form of
               an SAR. The terms,  conditions and limitations  applicable to any
               SARs  awarded  pursuant to this Plan,  including  the term of any
               SARs and the date or dates upon which  they  become  exercisable,
               shall be determined by the Committee.

         (iii) Stock  Award.  An  Employee  Award  may be in the form of a Stock
               Award.  The terms,  conditions and limitations  applicable to any
               StockAwards  granted pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by
               the Committee.

          (iv) Cash Award. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Cash Award.
               The terms,  conditions  and  limitations  applicable  to any Cash
               Awards  granted  pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the
               Committee.

          (v)  Performance  Award.  Without  limiting  the  type  or  number  of
               Employee  Awards that may be made under the other  provisions  of
               this Plan, an Employee  Award may be in the form of a Performance
               Award.  A  Performance  Award shall be paid,  vested or otherwise
               deliverable  solely on account of the  attainment  of one or more
               pre-established,  objective  Performance Goals established by the
               Committee  prior to the earlier to occur of (x) 90 days after the
               commencement  of the period of  service to which the  Performance
               Goal  relates  and (y) the elapse of 25% of the period of service
               (as scheduled in good faith at the time the goal is established),
               and in any event while the outcome is substantially  uncertain. A
               Performance  Goal is objective if a third party having  knowledge
               of the relevant  facts could  determine  whether the goal is met.
               Such a  Performance  Goal may be based on one or more of business
               criteria that apply to the individual, one or more business units
               of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and may include one or
               more of the  following:  increased  revenue,  net  income,  stock
               price, market share, earnings per share, return on equity, return
               on assets or decrease in costs.  Unless otherwise stated,  such a
               Performance  Goal need not be based upon an  increase or positive
               result under a particular  business  criterion and could include,
               for  example,  maintaining  the status quo or  limiting  economic
               losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business
               criteria).   In  interpreting   Plan  provisions   applicable  


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               to Performance Goals and Performance  Awards, it is the intent of
               the Plan to conform with the  standards of Section  162(m) of the
               Code and Treasury Regulations (beta)  1.162-27(e)(2)(i),  and the
               Committee in establishing  such goals and  interpreting  the Plan
               shall be guided by such  provisions.  Prior to the payment of any
               compensation  based on the achievement of Performance  Goals, the
               Committee  must  certify in writing that  applicable  Performance
               Goals  and any of the  material  terms  thereof  were,  in  fact,
               satisfied.  Subject  to  the  foregoing  provisions,  the  terms,
               conditions and limitations  applicable to any Performance  Awards
               made pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee.

     (b)  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary  contained in this Plan, the
          following   limitations  shall  apply  to  any  Employee  Awards  made
          hereunder:

           (i) no  Participant  may be  granted,  during  any  one-year  period,
               Employee   Awards   consisting   of  Options  or  SARs  that  are
               exercisable for more than 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock;

          (ii) no  Participant  may be  granted,  during  any  one-year  period,
               Employee  Awards  consisting  of shares of Common  Stock or units
               denominated  in such  shares  (other  than  any  Employee  Awards
               consisting of Options or SARs)  covering or relating to more than
               300,000 shares of Common Stock (the  limitation set forth in this
               clause (ii), together with the limitation set forth in clause (i)
               above, being hereinafter  collectively  referred to as the "Stock
               Based Awards Limitations"); and

         (iii) no Participant may be granted Employee Awards  consisting of cash
               or in any  other  form  permitted  under  this Plan  (other  than
               Employee  Awards  consisting  of  Options  or SARs  or  otherwise
               consisting of shares of Common Stock or units denominated in such
               shares)  in  respect  of  any  one-year  period  having  a  value
               determined on the date of grant in excess of $5,000,000.

     (c)  Prior to the Amendment  Effective Date,  certain awards  consisting of
          shares of GM Class E Common Stock or units  denominated in such shares
          (the "Existing  Stock  Awards") have been made to Employees  under the
          Existing  Plan as in  effect  from time to time.  As of the  Amendment
          Effective  Date,  each Existing  Stock Award shall be adjusted so that
          such award shall  consist of or relate to a number of shares of Common
          Stock  equal to the  number of shares of GM Class E Common  Stock that
          are the subject of such Existing Stock Award immediately prior to such
          date,  without  any  alteration  or  enlargement  of the rights of the
          holders thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
          this  Plan,  all  Existing  Stock  Awards  that  are  subject  to  the
          restrictions   and  other   provisions   relating  to  competition  by
          participants  and related  matters that are set forth in Section 10 of
          the Existing Plan (the "Noncompetition  Provisions") shall continue to
          be  subject  to the  Noncompetition  Provisions  after  the  Amendment
          Effective  Date,  as fully and to the same  extent as if Section 10 of
          the  Existing  Plan  were  set  forth  herein  in  its  entirety.  The
          Noncompetition  Provisions  shall apply to all  Existing  Awards,  but
          shall not apply to any Awards made after the Amendment  Effective Date
          unless otherwise determined by the Committee.



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9.   Director Awards. Each Nonemployee  Director of the Company shall be granted
     Director  Awards in  accordance  with this  paragraph  9 and subject to the
     applicable terms, conditions and limitations set forth in this Plan and the
     applicable  Director  Award  Agreement.  Notwithstanding  anything  to  the
     contrary contained herein, Director Awards shall not be made in any year in
     which a sufficient  number of shares of Common  Stock are not  available to
     make such Awards under this Plan.

     (a)  Director  Options.  On the Amendment  Effective Date, each Nonemployee
          Director  shall  be  automatically  awarded  a  Director  Option  that
          provides  for the  purchase  of  1,500  shares  of  Common  Stock.  In
          addition,  on  each  Annual  Director  Award  Date,  each  Nonemployee
          Director  shall  automatically  be  granted  a  Director  Option  that
          provides  for the  purchase of 1,500  shares of Common  Stock.  In the
          event  that a  Nonemployee  Director  is elected  after the  Amendment
          Effective  Date  otherwise  than by election  at an annual  meeting of
          stockholders of the Company, on the date of his or her election,  such
          Nonemployee  Director shall automatically be granted a Director Option
          that  provides  for the purchase of a number of shares of Common Stock
          (rounded up to the nearest  whole  number) equal to the product of (i)
          1,500 and (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days
          between  the  election  of such  Nonemployee  Director  and  the  next
          scheduled  Annual  Director  Award Date (or,  if no such date has been
          scheduled,  the first anniversary of the immediately  preceding Annual
          Director  Award  Date)  and the  denominator  of  which  is 365.  Each
          Director Option shall have a term of ten years from the date of grant,
          notwithstanding any earlier termination of the status of the holder as
          a  Nonemployee  Director.  The purchase  price of each share of Common
          Stock  subject to a Director  Option shall be equal to the Fair Market
          Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant.  All Director  Options
          shall vest and become  exercisable  in  increments of one-third of the
          total  number  of  shares of Common  Stock  that are  subject  thereto
          (rounded  up to the  nearest  whole  number)  on the first and  second
          anniversaries  of the date of grant  and of all  remaining  shares  of
          Common Stock that are subject thereto on the third  anniversary of the
          date of grant. All unvested Director Options shall be forfeited if the
          Nonemployee  Director  resigns as a Director  without the consent of a
          majority of the other Directors.

          In addition to the Director Options  automatically awarded pursuant to
          the immediately  preceding paragraph,  a Nonemployee Director may make
          an annual  election to  receive,  in lieu of all or any portion of the
          Director's  fees he would  otherwise  be  entitled  to receive in cash
          during the next year  (including  both  annual  retainer  and  meeting
          fees),  Director  Options that provide for the purchase of a number of
          shares of Common Stock  (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal
          to the  product of (x) three  times (y) a fraction  the  numerator  of
          which is equal to the dollar amount of fees the  Nonemployee  Director
          elects to forego in the next year in exchange for Director Options and
          the  denominator  of which is  equal to the Fair  Market  Value of the
          Common  Stock  on the  effective  date of the  election.  Each  annual
          election made by a  Nonemployee  Director  pursuant to this  paragraph
          9(a)(i)  shall  take the form of a  written  document  signed  by such
          Nonemployee Director and filed with the Secretary of the Company, (ii)
          shall designate the dollar amount of the fees the Nonemployee Director
          elects to forego in the next year in exchange for Director Options and
          (iii) to the extent  provided by the Committee in order to ensure that
          the Award of the Director  Options is exempt from 


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          Section 16 by virtue of Rule 16b-3,  shall be irrevocable and shall be
          made prior to the date as of which such Award of  Director  Options is
          to be  effective.  An Award of Director  Options at the  election of a
          Nonemployee  Director  shall be effective on the next Annual  Director
          Award Date.

          Any Award of Director  Options  shall be embodied in a Director  Award
          Agreement,  which shall contain the terms,  conditions and limitations
          set forth  above and  shall be signed by the  Participant  to whom the
          Director  Options are granted and by an Authorized  Officer for and on
          behalf of the Company.

     (b)  Director  Restricted  Stock.  On the Amendment  Effective  Date,  each
          Nonemployee  Director  shall  automatically  be awarded  500 shares of
          Director Restricted Stock. In addition,  on each Annual Director Award
          Date, each  Nonemployee  Director shall  automatically  be granted 500
          shares of Director  Restricted  Stock. In the event that a Nonemployee
          Director is elected after the Amendment  Effective Date otherwise than
          by election at an annual meeting of  stockholders  of the Company,  on
          the  date of his or her  election,  such  Nonemployee  Director  shall
          automatically  be  granted a number of shares of  Director  Restricted
          Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to the product of
          (i) 500 and (ii) a fraction  the  numerator  of which is the number of
          days  between the election of such  Nonemployee  Director and the next
          scheduled  Annual  Director  Award Date (or,  if no such date has been
          scheduled,  the first anniversary of the immediately  preceding Annual
          Director Award Date) and the  denominator  of which is 365.  Shares of
          Director Restricted Stock awarded to a Nonemployee  Director (i) shall
          vest in  increments  of  one-third  of the  total  number of shares of
          Director  Restricted  Stock  (rounded up to the nearest  whole number)
          that  are  the   subject  of  such  Award  on  the  first  and  second
          anniversaries  of the  date of  grant  and  all  remaining  shares  of
          Director  Restricted  Stock that are the  subject of such Award on the
          third  anniversary  of the date of grant and (ii) shall fully vest (to
          the extent not previously  vested pursuant to clause (i) above) upon a
          failure to reelect the Nonemployee Director as Director,  the death of
          the  Director  or  the  resignation  of  the  Director  by  reason  of
          Disability or at the request of a majority of the other Directors. All
          unvested shares of Director  Restricted Stock granted to a Nonemployee
          Director shall be forfeited if the Nonemployee  Director  resigns as a
          Director  without the  consent of a majority  of the other  Directors.
          Effective  May 29,  1998,  under such terms and  conditions  as may be
          established  by the  Committee,  in lieu  of  Restricted  Stock  to be
          automatically  awarded  as of an  Annual  Award  Date,  a  Nonemployee
          Director  may  irrevocably  elect to receive an  equivalent  amount of
          Phantom Stock Units under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for
          Nonemployee  Directors  in which  event no  Restricted  Stock shall be
          automatically awarded to Nonemployee Director on such date.

          In addition to the Director  Restricted  Stock  automatically  awarded
          pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding  paragraph,   a  Nonemployee
          Director may make an annual election to receive, in lieu of all or any
          portion of the  Director's  fees he would  otherwise  be  entitled  to
          receive in cash during the next year  (including  both annual retainer
          and meeting  fees),  a number of shares of Director  Restricted  Stock
          (rounded up to the nearest  whole  number)  having a Fair Market Value
          equal to 110% of a  fraction  the  numerator  of which is equal to the
          dollar amount of fees the Nonemployee Director 


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          elects to forego in the next year in exchange for Director  Restricted
          Stock and the  denominator  of which is equal to the Fair Market Value
          of the Common Stock on the effective date of the election. Each annual
          election made by a  Nonemployee  Director  pursuant to this  paragraph
          9(b)(i)  shall  take the form of a  written  document  signed  by such
          Nonemployee Director and filed with the Secretary of the Company, (ii)
          shall designate the dollar amount of the fees the Nonemployee Director
          elects to forego in the next year in exchange for Director  Restricted
          Stock and (iii) to the extent  provided by the  Committee  in order to
          ensure that the Award of the Director  Restricted Stock is exempt from
          Section 16 by virtue of Rule 16b-3,  shall be irrevocable and shall be
          made prior to the date as of which such Award of  Director  Restricted
          Stock is to be effective. An Award of Director Restricted Stock at the
          election of a  Nonemployee  Director  shall be  effective  on the next
          Annual Director Award Date.

          Any Award of Director Restricted Stock shall be embodied in a Director
          Award  Agreement,  which  shall  contain  the  terms,  conditions  and
          limitations  set forth above and shall be signed by the Participant to
          whom the  Director  Restricted  Stock is granted and by an  Authorized
          Officer for and on behalf of the Company.

10.  Payment of Awards.

     (a)  General. Payment of Employee Awards may be made in the form of cash or
          Common  Stock,  or  a  combination   thereof,  and  may  include  such
          restrictions as the Committee shall determine,  including, in the case
          of Common Stock,  restrictions on transfer and forfeiture  provisions.
          If  payment  of an  Employee  Award is made in the form of  Restricted
          Stock,  the  Employee  Award  Agreement  relating to such shares shall
          specify  whether they are to be issued at the  beginning or end of the
          Restriction  Period.  In the event that shares of Restricted Stock are
          to  be  issued  at  the  beginning  of  the  Restriction  Period,  the
          certificates  evidencing  such  shares (to the extent that such shares
          are so evidenced) shall contain  appropriate  legends and restrictions
          that describe the terms and conditions of the restrictions  applicable
          thereto. In the event that shares of Restricted Stock are to be issued
          at the end of the Restricted  Period, the right to receive such shares
          shall be evidenced by book entry  registration or in such other manner
          as the Committee may determine.

     (b)  Deferral.  With the approval of the Committee,  payments in respect of
          Employee Awards may be deferred, either in the form of installments or
          a  future  lump  sum  payment.   The  Committee  may  permit  selected
          Participants  to  elect  to  defer  payments  of some or all  types of
          Employee  Awards in  accordance  with  procedures  established  by the
          Committee.  Any deferred payment of an Employee Award, whether elected
          by the  Participant or specified by the Employee Award Agreement or by
          the Committee, may be forfeited if and to the extent that the Employee
          Award Agreement so provides.

     (c)  Dividends  and Interest.  Rights to dividends or Dividend  Equivalents
          may be extended to and made part of any Employee  Award  consisting of
          shares of Common Stock or units denominated in shares of Common Stock,
          subject to such terms,  conditions and  restrictions  as the Committee
          may establish.  The Committee may also establish  rules and procedures
          for the  crediting of interest on deferred  cash payments and Dividend


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          Equivalents for Employee  Awards  consisting of shares of Common Stock
          or units denominated in shares of Common Stock.

     (d)  Substitution  of  Awards.  At  the  discretion  of  the  Committee,  a
          Participant  who  is  an  Employee  may  be  offered  an  election  to
          substitute an Employee  Award for another  Employee  Award or Employee
          Awards of the same or different type.

11.  Stock  Option  Exercise.  The price at which  shares of Common Stock may be
     purchased  under an Option shall be paid in full at the time of exercise in
     cash or, if elected by the optionee,  the optionee may purchase such shares
     by means of tendering Common Stock or surrendering another Award, including
     Restricted Stock or Director  Restricted Stock, valued at Fair Market Value
     on the date of exercise,  or any combination  thereof.  The Committee shall
     determine  acceptable  methods for Participants who are Employees to tender
     Common Stock or other Employee Awards;  provided that any Common Stock that
     is or was the  subject of an Employee  Award may be so tendered  only if it
     has been held by the Participant for six months.  The Committee may provide
     for  procedures to permit the exercise or purchase of such Awards by use of
     the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock issuable pursuant
     to an Employee Award.  Unless  otherwise  provided in the applicable  Award
     Agreement,  in the  event  shares  of  Restricted  Stock  are  tendered  as
     consideration  for the exercise of an Option, a number of the shares issued
     upon  the  exercise  of the  Option,  equal  to the  number  of  shares  of
     Restricted  Stock  or  Director  Restricted  Stock  used  as  consideration
     therefor, shall be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock
     or  Director  Restricted  Stock  so  submitted  as well  as any  additional
     restrictions that may be imposed by the Committee.

12.  Tax  Withholding.  The  Company  shall have the right to deduct  applicable
     taxes from any Employee Award payment and withhold, at the time of delivery
     or  vesting  of  cash or  shares  of  Common  Stock  under  this  Plan,  an
     appropriate  amount  of cash or  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock or a
     combination  thereof  for payment of  taxesrequired  by law or to take such
     other  action as may be  necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy
     all  obligations  for  withholding  of such taxes.  The  Committee may also
     permit withholding to be satisfied by the transfer to the Company of shares
     of Common Stock  theretofore owned by the holder of the Employee Award with
     respect to which  withholding  is  required.  If shares of Common Stock are
     used to satisfy tax  withholding,  such shares shall be valued based on the
     Fair Market  Value when the tax  withholding  is  required to be made.  The
     Committee  may provide for loans,  on either a short term or demand  basis,
     from the Company to a Participant  who is an Employee to permit the payment
     of taxes required by law.

13.  Amendment,  Modification,  Suspension or Termination.  The Board may amend,
     modify,  suspend  or  terminate  this Plan for the  purpose  of  meeting or
     addressing  any  changes  in legal  requirements  or for any other  purpose
     permitted by law,  except that (i) no amendment  or  alteration  that would
     adversely  affect the rights of any Participant  under any Award previously
     granted  to such  Participant  shall be made  without  the  consent of such
     Participant,  (ii) no amendment or alteration  shall be effective  prior to
     approval by the  stockholders of the Company to the extent such approval is
     then required pursuant to Rule 16b-3 in order to preserve the applicability
     of any  exemption  provided  by such  rule to any  Award  then 



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     outstanding  (unless  the holder of such Award  consents)  or to the extent
     stockholder approval is otherwise required by applicable legal requirements
     and (iii) the Plan shall not be amended  more than once every six months to
     the extent such  limitation  is required  by Rule  16b-3(c)(2)(ii)  (or any
     successor provision) under the Exchange Act as then in effect.

14.  Assignability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in
     the  Award  Agreement,  no Award  or any  other  benefit  under  this  Plan
     constituting  a  derivative  security  within the meaning of Rule  16a-1(c)
     under the Exchange Act shall be assignable or otherwise transferable except
     by will or the laws of descent and  distribution or pursuant to a qualified
     domestic  relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee
     Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder.  The Committee may
     prescribe and include in applicable Award Agreements other  restrictions on
     transfer.  Any attempted  assignment of an Award or any other benefit under
     this Plan in violation of this paragraph 14 shall be null and void.

15.  Adjustments.

     (a)  The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any manner the
          right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize
          any or all adjustments,  recapitalizations,  reorganizations  or other
          changes in the  capital  stock of the  Company or its  business or any
          merger  or  consolidation  of the  Company,  or any  issue  of  bonds,
          debentures,  preferred or prior  preference stock (whether or not such
          issue is prior to, on a parity with or junior to the Common  Stock) or
          the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer
          of all or any part of its assets or business,  or any other  corporate
          act or proceeding of any kind,  whether or not of a character  similar
          to that of the acts or proceedings enumerated above.

     (b)  In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding shares
          of Common Stock, declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common
          Stock or other  stock  split,  then (i) the number of shares of Common
          Stock  reserved  under this Plan,  (ii) the number of shares of Common
          Stock  covered by  outstanding  Awards in the form of Common  Stock or
          units  denominated in Common Stock,  (iii) the exercise or other price
          in respect of such Awards,  (iv) the appropriate Fair Market Value and
          other price  determinations  for such Awards, (v) the number of shares
          of Common  Stock  covered by Director  Options  automatically  granted
          pursuant  to  paragraph  9(a)  hereof,  (vi) the  number  of shares of
          Director Restricted Stock automatically  granted pursuant to paragraph
          9(b) hereof and (vii) the Stock Based Awards Limitations shall each be
          proportionately adjusted by the Board to reflect such transaction.  In
          the event of any other  recapitalization or capital  reorganization of
          the Company,  any  consolidation or merger of the Company with another
          corporation  or entity,  the  adoption  by the  Company of any plan of
          exchange  affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to holders of
          Common  Stock of  securities  or  property  (other  than  normal  cash
          dividends or dividends payable in Common Stock),  the Board shall make
          appropriate  adjustments  to (i) the number of shares of Common  Stock
          covered by Awards in the form of Common Stock or units  denominated in
          Common  Stock,  (ii) the  exercise  or other  price in respect of such
          Awards,  (iii) the  appropriate  Fair  Market  Value  and other  price
          determinations  for such  Awards,  (iv) the number of shares of Common
          Stock covered 


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          by Director Options  automatically  granted pursuant to paragraph 9(a)
          hereof,  (v)  the  number  of  shares  of  Director  Restricted  Stock
          automatically  granted  pursuant to paragraph 9(b) hereof and (vi) the
          Stock Based  Awards  Limitations  to give  effect to such  transaction
          shall each be  proportionately  adjusted by the Board to reflect  such
          transaction;  provided that such adjustments shall only be such as are
          necessary to maintain the proportionate interest of the holders of the
          Awards and preserve,  without exceeding,  the value of such Awards. In
          the  event  of  a  corporate  merger,  consolidation,  acquisition  of
          property or stock,  separation,  reorganization  or  liquidation,  the
          Board  shall  be  authorized  to issue or  assume  Awards  by means of
          substitution  of new Awards,  as  appropriate,  for previously  issued
          Awards or an assumption  of  previously  issued Awards as part of such
          adjustment.

16.  Restrictions. No Common Stock or other form of payment shall be issued with
     respect to any Award  unless the Company  shall be  satisfied  based on the
     advice  of its  counsel  that  such  issuance  will be in  compliance  with
     applicable  federal  and state  securities  laws.  It is the  intent of the
     Company  that this Plan  comply  with Rule  16b-3  with  respect to persons
     subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act unless otherwise  provided herein
     or in an Award Agreement,  that any ambiguities or  inconsistencies  in the
     construction  of this Plan be interpreted to give effect to such intention,
     and that if any  provision  of this Plan is found  not to be in  compliance
     with  Rule  16b-3,  such  provision  shall be null  and void to the  extent
     required  to  permit  this Plan to comply  with  Rule  16b-3.  Certificates
     evidencing  shares of Common Stock  certificates  delivered under this Plan
     (to the extent  that such shares are so  evidenced)  may be subject to such
     stop  transfer  orders and other  restrictions  as the  Committee  may deem
     advisable  under  the  rules,  regulations  and other  requirements  of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission,  any securities exchange or transaction
     reporting  system upon which the Common Stock is then listed or to which it
     is admitted for quotation and any  applicable  federal or state  securities
     law.  The  Committee  may cause a legend or legends to be placed  upon such
     certificates (if any) to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

17.  Unfunded Plan.  Insofar as it provides for Awards of cash,  Common Stock or
     rights thereto, this Plan shall be unfunded.  Although bookkeeping accounts
     may be established  with respect to Participants  who are entitled to cash,
     Common Stock or rights  thereto under this Plan, any such accounts shall be
     used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required
     to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by cash, Common
     Stock or rights thereto,  nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for
     such  segregation,  nor shall the  Company,  the Board or the  Committee be
     deemed to be a trustee of any cash,  Common  Stock or rights  thereto to be
     granted under this Plan.  Any liability or obligation of the Company to any
     Participant  with  respect  to an  Award of cash,  Common  Stock or  rights
     thereto  under  this  Plan  shall be  based  solely  upon  any  contractual
     obligations that may be created by this Plan and any Award  Agreement,  and
     no such  liability  or  obligation  of the  Company  shall be  deemed to be
     secured by any pledge or other  encumbrance on any property of the Company.
     Neither the Company  nor the Board nor the  Committee  shall be required to
     give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be
     created by this Plan.


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18.  Governing  Law.  This Plan and all  determinations  made and actions  taken
     pursuant  hereto,  to  the  extent  not  otherwise  governed  by  mandatory
     provisions of the Code or the securities  laws of the United States,  shall
     be governed by and  construed in  accordance  with the laws of the State of
     Delaware.

19.  Effectiveness.  The  Existing  Plan shall be amended  and  restated  in its
     entirety  as set forth  herein  as of the  earliest  date  (the  "Amendment
     Effective  Date")  upon which both the  Reincorporation  and the  Split-Off
     (collectively,   the  "Transactions")  have  been  consummated;   provided,
     however,  that (i) the amendment and  restatement  of the Existing Plan and
     the assumption of the Existing Plan by the Company as  contemplated  hereby
     are  expressly  conditioned  upon the approval of this Plan by the Board of
     Directors and the Executive  Compensation  Committee of General  Motors and
     the  ratification  and  approval of this Plan by the Board (the  "Corporate
     Approvals  Condition")  and (ii)  insofar as this Plan relates to Employees
     and Employee Awards, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Plan and
     the assumption of the Existing Plan by the Company as  contemplated  hereby
     are expressly  conditioned  upon the ratification and approval of this Plan
     by (a) a majority  of the voting  power of the  holders of common  stock of
     General  Motors  of all  classes,  voting  together  as a  single  class in
     accordance  with their  respective  voting rights and (b) a majority of the
     holders of Class E Common Stock,  voting  together as a separate class (the
     "Stockholder Approval Condition").  If the Transactions are not consummated
     prior to December  31,  1996 or if at the date upon which the  Transactions
     are  consummated  the  Corporate  Approvals  Condition  shall not have been
     satisfied, the Existing Plan shall not be amended and restated as set forth
     herein and the awards  granted  under the  Existing  Plan as then in effect
     shall  not be  affected  and shall  continue  in full  force and  effect in
     accordance  with  the  Existing  Plan  as  then in  effect  and  any  award
     agreements hereunder. If the Transactions are consummated prior to December
     31, 1996 but at the date upon which the  Transactions  are  consummated the
     Stockholder  Approval  Condition  shall  not have been  satisfied,  (a) the
     Existing Plan shall not be amended and restated as set forth herein and all
     awards  granted  under the  Existing  Plan as then in  effect  shall not be
     affected and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the
     Existing Plan as then in effect (or as the same may be amended from time to
     time) and any award agreements  hereunder and (b) a new plan (the "Separate
     Director Stock Incentive Plan") shall be deemed to have been adopted by the
     Company  and  approved  by General  Motors as the sole  stockholder  of the
     Company,  which plan shall be referred to as the "1996 Nonemployee Director
     Stock Incentive Plan" and shall include all of the terms and conditions set
     forth herein that relate to Directors and Director Awards but not the terms
     and  conditions  that relate to  Employees  and  Employee  Awards (it being
     understood  that the  Board  shall be  authorized  to  cause  the  Separate
     Director  Stock  Incentive  Plan to be embodied  in a separate  document by
     eliminating  all  references  to Employees  and Employee  Awards  contained
     herein and making other  appropriate  changes to the text  hereof,  none of
     which shall result in any  alteration or  enlargement of the rights granted
     to Directors hereunder).


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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10(d)


                       ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION

                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                           FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

                (As Amended and Restated Effective May 29, 1998)


                                    ARTICLE I
                        PURPOSES OF PLAN AND DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Purpose.  Electronic Data Systems  Corporation,  a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"),  previously established the Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Deferred  Compensation  Plan for Non-Employee  Directors (the "Plan"),  which is
herein  amended and restated  effective  as of May 29, 1998,  for the purpose of
providing non-employee directors ("Directors") of the Company the opportunity to
defer a portion of their  compensation  and to provide  greater  incentives  for
those Directors to attain and maintain the highest standards of performance,  to
attract and retain Directors of outstanding competence and ability, to stimulate
the active interest of such persons in the development and financial  success of
the Company,  to further the identity of interests of such  Directors with those
of the  Company's  stockholders  generally,  and to reward  such  Directors  for
outstanding performance.

     1.2. Definitions.

          (a)  "Applicable  Annual  Rate"  will  initially  be 7.45% and will be
     adjusted  as of  January 1 of each year to that rate which is equal to 120%
     of the applicable  federal  long-term rate for the month of January of such
     year as  published  by the  Internal  Revenue  Service  pursuant to Section
     1274(d) of The Code.

          (b)  "Beneficiary"  means the  person  or  persons  designated  by the
     Participant,  as provided in Section 4.5, to receive any payments otherwise
     due the  Participant  under  this  Plan in the  event of the  Participant's
     death.

          (c) "Board of  Directors"  or "Board" means the Board of the Directors
     of the Company.

          (d) "Cash Compensation" means all of the cash compensation  payable to
     a Participant, including annual, meeting and other fees.

          (e) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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          (f) "Committee"  means such committee of the Board as is designated by
     the Board to administer  the Plan in accordance  with Article II, but which
     shall initially be the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board.

          (g) "Common  Stock" means the Common Stock,  par value $.01 per share,
     of the Company.

          (h) "Company" means Electronic Data Systems Corporation.

          (i) "Deferred  Compensation  Period" means such period of 365 days (or
     such longer or shorter  period) as shall from time to time be prescribed by
     the Committee for which  Participants shall be entitled to defer receipt of
     all or any part of their Cash Compensation and/or not to receive Restricted
     Stock.

          (j) "Deferred Interest Bearing Account" means the bookkeeping  account
     maintained for each  Participant to record certain amounts  deferred by the
     Participant in accordance with Article III hereof.

          (k)  "Determination  Date"  means  the  date  on  which  payment  of a
     Participant's deferred compensation is made or commences,  as determined in
     accordance with Section 4. 1.

          (l) "Effective Date" means June 7, 1996.

          (m)   "Election   Effective   Date"   means  the  date  upon  which  a
     Participant's  deferred  compensation is credited to his Deferred  Interest
     Bearing  Account or his Phantom  Stock  Account  pursuant to Section 3.3 of
     this Plan.

          (n) "Eligible  Director" means each director of the Company who is not
     a  full-time  employee of the Company  but who  receives  compensation  for
     services as a director.

          (o)  "Exchange  Act" means the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
     amended from time to time.

          (p) "Fair  Market  Value" of a share of Common  Stock  means,  as of a
     particular  date,  (i) if shares of Common  Stock are  listed on a national
     securities  exchange,  the mean  between the highest and lowest sales price
     per share of common Stock on the consolidated  transaction reporting system
     for the principal  national  securities  exchange on which shares of Common
     Stock are listed on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so
     reported on that date, on the last  preceding date on which such a sale was
     so  reported,  (ii) if  shares of  Common  Stock are not so listed  but are
     quoted on the Nasdaq  National  Market,  the mean  between  the highest and
     lowest  
 
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     sales  price per share of Common  Stock  reported  by the  Nasdaq  National
     Market on that date,  or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported
     on that  date,  on the  last  preceding  date on  which  such a sale was so
     reported or (iii) if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted,  the mean
     between the  closing bid and asked price on that date,  or, if there are no
     quotations  available  for such date, on the last  preceding  date on which
     such quotations shall be available, as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market,
     or, if not reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market,  by the National  Quotation
     Bureau Incorporated.  "Fair Market Value" of a Phantom Stock Unit means, as
     of a particular  date,  the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on
     such date.

          (q) "1996  Incentive Plan" means the 1996 Incentive Plan of Electronic
     Data Systems Corporation, as amended from time to time.

          (r) "Participant" means an Eligible Director of the Company who elects
     to participate in the Plan.

          (s) "Phantom Stock Account" means the bookkeeping  account  maintained
     for each  Participant to record certain amounts deferred by the Participant
     in accordance with Article III hereof.

          (t)  "Phantom  Stock  Unit"  means a unit equal to one share of Common
     Stock issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date (as adjusted pursuant
     to Section 3.6), utilized for the purpose of measuring the benefits payable
     under Section 4.3.

          (u) "Restricted Stock" means awards automatically made periodically to
     Eligible Directors under paragraph 9(b) of the 1996 Incentive Plan.

          (v)  "Valuation  Date" means the  Effective  Date and the first day of
     each month thereafter, or in the event the Common Stock is traded or quoted
     on a national securities exchange or in the  over-the-counter  market, each
     day on which a sale or sales of the Common Stock is reported or a quotation
     for the Common Stock is available (as the case may be).


                                   ARTICLE II
                           ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     2.1  Committee.  This Plan  shall be  administered  by the  Committee.  The
Committee shall consist of at least two members of the Board.

     2.2  Committee's  Power.  Subject to the provisions  hereof,  the Committee
shall have full and exclusive power and authority to administer this Plan and

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to take all actions which are specifically  contemplated hereby or are necessary
or appropriate in connection  with  administration  hereof.  The Committee shall
also have full and  exclusive  power to  interpret  this Plan and to adopt  such
rules,  regulations  and  guidelines  for  carrying out this Plan as it may deem
necessary  or  proper,  all of  which  powers  shall  be  exercised  in the best
interests of the Company and in keeping with the  objectives  of this Plan.  The
Committee may, in its  discretion,  determine the  eligibility of individuals to
participate  herein,  determine the amount of Cash  Compensation  and Restricted
Stock a  Participant  may  elect  to  defer  or not to  receive,  or  waive  any
restriction  or other  provision  of this Plan.  The  Committee  may correct any
defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan in the
manner and to the extent the Committee  deems necessary or desirable to carry it
into effect.

     2.3  Committee Determinations Conclusive.  Any decision of the Committee in
the interpretation and administration of this Plan shall lie within its sole and
absolute  discretion  and shall be final,  conclusive and binding on all parties
concerned.

     2.4  Committee  Liability.  No member of the  Committee  or  officer of the
Company to whom the  Committee has  delegated  authority in accordance  with the
provisions  of Section  2.5 of this Plan shall be liable  for  anything  done or
omitted  to be done by him or  her,  by any  member  of the  Committee  or by an
officer of the Company in connection  with the  performance  of any duties under
this Plan, except for his or her own willful misconduct or as expressly provided
by statute.

     2.5  Delegation  of  Authority.  The  Committee  may  delegate to the Chief
Executive  Officer and to other senior  officers of the Company its duties under
this Plan  pursuant to such  conditions  or  limitations  as the  Committee  may
establish.


                                   ARTICLE III
                                    ACCOUNTS

     3.1  Establishment  of Accounts.  The Company  shall set up an  appropriate
record  (hereinafter  called the "Deferred Interest Bearing Account") which will
from time to time reflect the name of each  Participant and the amounts deferred
by such  Participant to an interest bearing account pursuant to Section 3.2. The
Company shall also set up an appropriate record (hereinafter called the "Phantom
Stock  Account")  which  will  from  time  to  time  reflect  the  name  of each
Participant,  the number of Phantom  Stock Units  credited  to such  Participant
pursuant to Section  3.2.  and the Fair  Market  Value of that number of Phantom
Stock Units credited to the Participant.

     3.2 Deferral.

          (a) A Participant may elect to defer receipt of all or any part of the
     Cash  Compensation  payable to the Participant for serving on the Company's
     Board of 

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     Directors  for any  Deferred  Compensation  Period.  At the election of the
     Participant,  the amount  deferred  shall be: (i)  credited to his Deferred
     Interest  Bearing Account;  (ii) credited to his Phantom Stock Account;  or
     (iii) a combination  of both. If a Participant  chooses to receive a credit
     to his Phantom Stock  Account,  a number of Phantom Stock Units (rounded up
     to the nearest  whole  number)  having a Fair Market  Value on the Election
     Effective Date equal to the dollar amount of fees the Participant elects to
     forego in the  applicable  Deferred  Compensation  Period in  exchange  for
     Phantom  Stock Units shall be credited to such account.  A Participant  may
     only elect to defer Cash  Compensation  which is otherwise payable after an
     election to defer compensation is made pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof.

          (b) A Participant  may elect not to receive the Restricted  Stock that
     would  otherwise have been  automatically  awarded to the  Participant  for
     serving on the Company's  Board of Directors for any Deferred  Compensation
     Period.  At the election of the Participant (i) such Restricted  Stock will
     not be issued and (ii) a number of Phantom  Stock Units equal to the number
     of shares of  Restricted  Stock  that  would  have  been  awarded  shall be
     credited to his Phantom Stock Account.  A Participant may only elect not to
     receive  Restricted  Stock which would otherwise be  automatically  awarded
     after an  election  not to receive  Restricted  Stock is made  pursuant  to
     Section 5.1 hereof.

     3.3  Crediting of Deferred Amounts.

          (a)  Any  Cash  Compensation  credited  to  a  Participant's  Deferred
     Interest Bearing Account or Phantom Stock Account shall be credited to such
     account  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  in  which  the  deferred  Cash
     Compensation  would  otherwise  have been paid  (the  "'Election  Effective
     Date").  For example,  if a  Participant  effectively  elects to defer Cash
     Compensation  to his  Deferred  Interest  Bearing  Account  for a  Deferred
     Compensation  Period  of 365 days  beginning  January  1 by  notifying  the
     Company in the manner provided in Section 5.1, the Cash Compensation  which
     accrues for the month of January  shall be  credited to such  Participant's
     Deferred Interest Bearing Account on January 31.

          (b) Any amounts in respect of Restricted Stock which a Participant has
     elected  not to receive  shall be credited  to the  Participant'  s Phantom
     Stock Account as of the date such  Restricted  Stock would  otherwise  have
     been awarded.

     3.4 Interest on Deferred Interest Bearing Accounts.  The amount of deferred
compensation credited to a Participant's  Deferred Interest Bearing Account will
bear  interest  from but  excluding  the date so credited,  to and including the
Determination  Date, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable  Annual Rate in
effect  from  time to  time,  compounded  monthly,  and such  interest  shall be
credited to the  Deferred  Interest  Bearing  Account as of the last day of each
calendar month during the applicable  Deferred  Compensation Period and the last
day of the  calendar  month in which such period ends (or,  if  applicable,  the
Determination  Date).  

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Thereafter,  interest  so  credited  shall  similarly  bear  interest  from  but
excluding the date so credited,  to and including the  Determination  Date, at a
rate per annum equal to the Applicable  Annual Rate in effect from time to time,
compounded monthly and credited as of the last day of each calendar month during
the  applicable  Deferred  Compensation  Period and the last day of the calendar
month in which such period ends (or, if applicable, the Determination Date).

     3.5  Dividends.  As of each date that  dividends  are paid with  respect to
Common Stock, a Participant who has any outstanding Phantom Stock Units credited
to his Phantom Stock Account shall have a number of Phantom Stock Units credited
to his Phantom Stock Account with respect to such  dividends.  The Phantom Stock
Units (rounded up to the nearest whole number)  credited in respect of dividends
shall have a Fair Market  Value equal to the dollar  amount of the  dividend per
share of Common Stock  multiplied by the number of Phantom Stock Units  credited
to the Participant's Phantom Stock Account immediately prior to the payment date
of such dividend.

     3.6 Adjustments.

          (a) Exercise of Corporate  Powers.  The existence of this Plan and any
     outstanding  Phantom Stock Units credited hereunder shall not affect in any
     manner  the right or power of the  Company or its  stockholders  to make or
     authorize any or all  adjustments,  recapitalizations,  reorganizations  or
     other  changes in the capital  stock of the Company or its  business or any
     merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds.  debentures,
     preferred or prior preference stock (whether or not such issue is prior to,
     on a parity  with or junior to the  Common  Stock)  or the  dissolution  or
     liquidation  of the Company,  or any sale or transfer of all or any part of
     its assets or business,  or any other  corporate  act or  proceeding of any
     kind,  whether  or not of a  character  similar  to  that  of the  acts  or
     proceedings enumerated- above.

          (b)  Recapitalizations,  Reorganizations and Other Activities.  In the
     event of any subdivision or consolidation  of outstanding  shares of Common
     Stock, declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or other
     stock  split,  then (i) the  number  of  Phantom  Stock  Units and (ii) the
     appropriate  Fair  Market  Value and other  price  determinations  for such
     Phantom Stock Units shall each be proportionately  adjusted by the Board to
     reflect such  transaction.  In the event of any other  recapitalization  or
     capital  reorganization of the Company,  any consolidation or merger of the
     Company with another  corporation or entity, the adoption by the Company of
     any plan of exchange  affecting  the Common  Stock or any  distribution  to
     holders of Common Stock of securities  or property  (other than normal cash
     dividends  or  dividends  payable in Common  Stock),  the Board  shall make
     appropriate  adjustments  to (i) the number of Phantom Stock Units and (ii)
     the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price  determinations  for such
     Phantom Stock Units to give effect to such transaction;  provided that such
     adjustments  shall  only be  such as are  necessary  to  preserve,  without
     increasing,  the value of such units.  In the event of a corporate  merger,
     consolidation, 

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     acquisition   of  property   or  stock,   separation,   reorganization   or
     liquidation,  the Board  shall be  authorized  to issue or assume  units by
     means of substitution of new units, as appropriate,  for previously  issued
     units  or an  assumption  of  previously  issued  units  as  part  of  such
     adjustment.


                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    PAYMENTS

     4.1  Period of  Deferral.  A  Participant  may elect  that  payment  of the
compensation  deferred  under the Plan be made or commence at (a) a date that is
five years following the date of the termination of the Participant's  status as
a  Director  of  the  Company,  or  (b)  the  date  of  the  termination  of the
Participant's  status as a Director of the Company (either of such dates elected
by the Participant to be known as the "Determination  Date"). If alternative (a)
is elected by the  Participant,  payment  will be made or will  commence  within
sixty  (60) days  after the date that is five  years  after  termination  of the
Participant's status as a Director of the Company. If alternative (b) is elected
by the Participant, payment will be made or will commence within sixty (60) days
after termination of the Participant's status as a Director of the Company.

     4.2  Payment of Amounts in Deferred  Interest  Bearing  Account.  As of the
Determination  Date,  the  sum  of  the  amounts   theretofore   credited  to  a
Participant's  Deferred Interest Bearing Account for each Deferred  Compensation
Period plus all interest  accrued thereon to, and including,  the  Determination
Date  (the  "Total  Deferred  Compensation  Amount")  shall  be  calculated.   A
Participant shall receive payment of his Total Deferred Compensation Amount with
respect  to each  Deferred  Compensation  Period  in the form he has  previously
elected under Section 4.4.

     4.3 Payment of Amounts in Phantom Stock  Account.  As of the  Determination
Date, the aggregate Fair Market Value on the Valuation Date  coinciding  with or
immediately  preceding  the  Determination  Date of that number of Phantom Stock
Units then  credited to a  Participant's  Phantom  Stock Account with respect to
each Deferred Compensation Period shall be calculated.  The result is the "Total
Deferred Unit Amount." A Participant shall receive payment of his Total Deferred
Unit Amount with respect to each Deferred Compensation Period in the form he has
previously elected under Section 4.4.

     4.4 Form of Payment.  Payment to a  Participant  of amounts in his Deferred
Interest  Bearing  Account and his Phantom  Stock Account shall be made in cash.
Payment to a Participant of amounts in both accounts shall be made by one of the
following  methods:  (a) a lump sum, (b) three  substantially  equal consecutive
annual  installments,   or  (c)  five  substantially  equal  consecutive  annual
installments. The Total Deferred Compensation Amount and the Total Deferred Unit
Amount shall then bear interest from, but excluding,  the Determination Date to,
and  including,  the date paid at the  Applicable  Annual Rate as in effect from
time to 

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time,  compounded  monthly,  and the payment of each annual installment shall be
accompanied by payment of the amount of interest accrued thereon.

     4.5 Death Prior to Payment.  In the event that a Participant  dies prior to
payment  of all of the  amounts  payable  pursuant  to the Plan,  any  remaining
amounts  together  with  all  interest  accrued  thereon,  shall  be paid to the
Participant's  designated  Beneficiary  in a lump sum  within  sixty  (60)  days
following  the  Company's   notification  of  the  Participant's  death.  If  no
Beneficiary has been designated, such payment shall be made to the Participant's
estate.  A  beneficiary  designation,  or  revocation  of  a  prior  beneficiary
designation, shall be effective only if it is made in writing on a form provided
by the Company,  signed by the Participant and received by the Committee. In the
event that a  Participant  dies prior to payment of all of the  amounts  payable
pursuant to the Plan,  and the designated  Beneficiary  dies prior to payment of
all the  amounts  payable  pursuant  to the Plan,  payment  shall be made to the
Participant's estate in a lump sum within sixty (60) days of notification of the
Beneficiary's death.

     4.6  Payments to Minors and  Incompetents.  Should the  Participant  become
incompetent or should the Participant  designate a Beneficiary who is a minor or
incompetent,  the Company  shall be  authorized to pay such funds to a parent or
guardian of such minor or incompetent, or directly to such minor or incompetent,
whichever manner the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.


                                    ARTICLE V
                               ELECTING DEFERRALS

     5.1 Manner of Electing  Deferral.  Each election  made by a Participant  to
defer  compensation under the Plan (i) shall take the form of a written document
(provided  by the  Company)  signed  by  the  Participant  and  filed  with  the
Committee,  (ii) shall  designate  the  Deferred  Compensation  Period for which
deferral is elected,  the account to which such  deferral  shall be credited (in
the case of Cash  Compensation),  the period of deferral and the form and manner
of payment,  (iii) shall only apply to Cash  Compensation  payable or Restricted
Stock  otherwise to be awarded  after the date of such election and (iv) may not
be revoked or modified  without the prior  written  approval of the Committee if
the proposed revocation or modification applies to amounts deferred with respect
to a Deferred  Compensation  Period which has already commenced at the time such
revocation or  modification  is proposed to be effected.  The Committee shall be
authorized  to adopt  such  rules  and  limitations  as it shall  determine  are
necessary  or  appropriate  with  respect  to the timing of  elections  to defer
compensation under the Plan.


                                   ARTICLE VI
                                  MISCELLANEOUS


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     6.1 Unfunded  Plan.  Nothing  contained  herein shall be deemed to create a
trust of any kind or create any fiduciary  relationship.  Insofar as it provides
for rights to cash or Common Stock, this Plan shall be unfunded.  Funds invested
hereunder shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general funds of the
Company.  To the extent that a Participant  acquires a right to receive payments
from the Company under the Plan,  such right shall not be greater than the night
of any  unsecured  general  creditor  of the  Company and such right shall be an
unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company.  Although bookkeeping
accounts may be  established  with respect to  Participants  who are entitled to
cash or rights  thereto under this Plan,  any such accounts shall be used merely
as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to segregate any
assets that may at my time be represented by cash or rights  thereto,  nor shall
this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company,
the Board or the  Committee  be  deemed  to be a  trustee  of any cash or rights
thereto  to be granted  under this Plan.  Any  liability  or  obligation  of the
Company to any  Participant  with respect to cash or rights  thereto  under this
Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual  obligations that may be created
by this Plan, and no such liability or obligation of the Company shall be deemed
to be secured by any pledge or other  encumbrance  on any  property  of the Comp
any.  Neither the Company nor the Board nor the  Committee  shall be required to
give any  security or bond for the  performance  of any  obligation  that may be
created by this Plan.

     6.2  Title  to  Funds  Remains  with  Company.  Amounts  credited  to  each
Participant's  Deferred Interest Bearing Account and Phantom Stock Account shall
not be specifically set aside or otherwise segregated, but will be combined with
corporate  assets.  Title to such funds will  remain  with the  Company  and the
Company's only  obligation  will be to make timely  payments to  Participants in
accordance with the Plan.

     6.3 Statement of Account. A statement will be furnished to each Participant
annually on such date as may be determined by the Committee  stating the balance
of the Participants  Deferred Interest Bearing Account and Phantom Stock Account
and accrued interest thereon as of a recent date designated by the Committee.

     6.4  Assignability.  Except as provided in Section 4.5, no right to receive
payment hereunder shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant except by
will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations  order as  defined by the Code or Title I of the  Employee  Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules thereunder.  Any attempted
assignment of any benefit under this Plan in violation of this Section 6.4 shall
be null and void.

     6.5  Amendment,  Modification.  Suspension  or  Termination.  The Board may
amend,  modify,  suspend or  terminate  this Plan for the  purpose of meeting or
addressing any changes in legal  requirements or for any other purpose permitted
by law, except that no amendment, modification or termination shall, without the
consent of the Participant,  impair the 

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rights of any Participant to the balance in such Participant's Deferred Interest
Bearing  Account or Phantom  Stock  Account  or the amount of  interest  accrued
thereon as of the date of such amendment, modification or termination. The Board
may at any time and from time to time  delegate to the  Committee  any or all of
this authority under this Section 6.5.

     6.6 Governing Law. This Plan and all determinations  made and actions taken
pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of
the Code or the securities  laws of the United States,  shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.


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