CONTRAN CORP
SC 13D/A, EX-8, 2000-07-18
PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                   CONTRAN DEFERRED COMPENSATION TRUST NO. 2


         This Amended and Restated  Agreement is made this 11th day of February,
1999 by and between Contran Corporation,  a Delaware corporation ("Company") and
Boston  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company,   a  Massachusetts   business  trust
("Trustee");

         WHEREAS,  Company and  NationsBank  of Texas,  N.A. ("Former  Trustee")
have  previously  entered into the Contran  Deferred Compensation Trust No. 2
dated October 1, 1995 (hereinafter called "Trust");

         WHEREAS, NationsBank of Texas, N.A. requested to be removed as Trustee
of the Trust effective January 2, 1998;

         WHEREAS, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company accepted the appointment
as trustee of the Trust effective January 2, 1998;

         WHEREAS,  the  Company  and  Trustee  amended  and  restated  the Trust
effective  January 2, 1998 as the  Contran  Deferred  Compensation  Trust No. 2,
Amended and Restated;

         WHEREAS, the restated Trust was amended first on July 16, 1998;

         WHEREAS,  the Company and Trustee  desire to further  amend and restate
the Trust as of January 1, 1999 as the Amended  and  Restated  Contran  Deferred
Compensation Trust No. 2;

         WHEREAS,  Company has adopted the  nonqualified  deferred  compensation
Plan(s) as listed in Appendix A (the "Plans");

         WHEREAS,  Company has incurred or expects to incur  liability under the
terms of such  Plan(s)  with respect to the  individuals  participating  in such
Plan(s);

         WHEREAS,  Company has  established  a Trust and wishes to contribute to
the Trust assets that shall be held therein,  subject to the claims of Company's
creditors in the event of Company's Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to
Plan  participants  and their  beneficiaries in such manner and at such times as
specified in the Plan(s);

         WHEREAS,  it is the  intention  of the  parties  that this Trust  shall
constitute  an  unfunded  arrangement  and shall not  affect  the  status of the
Plan(s) as an unfunded  plan  maintained  for the purpose of providing  deferred
compensation  for a select group of management or highly  compensated  employees
for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;

         WHEREAS,  it is the intention of Company to make  contributions  to the
Trust to provide  itself  with a source of funds to assist it in the  meeting of
its liabilities under the Plan(s); and

         WHEREAS, for purposes of this Trust Agreement, the term "subsidiary" of
Company  shall  mean an  entity  that  is  controlled  by  Company  directly  or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the parties do hereby  establish  the Trust and agree
that the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:

         Section 1.        Establishment of Trust.

         (a) Company deposited with Former Trustee in trust:

                  (i)      260,458 shares of the common stock,  par value $0.01
         per share, of Valhi,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation and subsidiary of
         Company;

                  (ii)     97,065  shares of the  common  stock,  par  value
         $1.00 per  share,  of  Tremont  Corporation,  a  Delaware
         corporation and subsidiary of Company; and

                  (iii)    134, 720 shares of the common stock, par value $1.00
         per share, of Keystone Consolidated  Industries,  Inc.,
         a Delaware corporation and subsidiary of Company;

                  all of which  shares  became the  principal of the Trust to be
         held, administered and disposed of by Trustee as provided in this Trust
         Agreement.

         (b) The Trust hereby established shall be irrevocable.

         (c) The Trust is intended to be grantor trust,  of which Company is the
grantor,  within the  meaning of subpart  E, part I,  subchapter  J,  chapter 1,
subtitle  A of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as  amended,  and shall be
construed accordingly.

         (d) The principal of the Trust,  and any earnings thereon shall be held
separate and apart from other funds of Company and shall be used exclusively for
the uses and purposes of Plan  participants and general  creditors as herein set
forth. Plan participants and their  beneficiaries  shall have no preferred claim
on, or any beneficial  ownership interest in any assets of the Trust. Any rights
created  under the  Plan(s)  and this Trust  Agreement  shall be mere  unsecured
contractual rights of Plan participants and their beneficiaries against Company.
Any assets held by the Trust will be subject to the claims of Company's  general
creditors under federal and state law in the event of Insolvency,  as defined in
Section 3(a) herein.

         (e) Company,  in its sole discretion,  may at any time, or from time to
time, make  additional  deposits of cash or other property in trust with Trustee
to augment the principal to be held,  administered and disposed of by Trustee as
provided in this Trust  Agreement.  Neither Trustee nor any Plan  participant or
beneficiary  shall  have any  right to  compel  such  additional  deposits.  The
foregoing shall not modify any obligation of Company under the Plan(s).

         Section 2.    Payments to Plan Participants and Their Beneficiaries.

         (a)  Company   shall  deliver  to  Trustee  a  schedule  (the  "Payment
Schedule")   that  indicates  the  amounts  payable  in  respect  of  each  Plan
participant  (and his or her  beneficiaries),  that  provides a formula or other
instructions  acceptable to Trustee for determining the amounts so payable,  the
form in which such amount is to be paid (as provided for or available  under the
Plan(s)),  and the time of commencement  for payment of such amounts.  Except as
otherwise provided herein,  Trustee shall make payments to the Plan participants
and their  beneficiaries in accordance with such Payment  Schedule.  The Trustee
shall make provision for the reporting and withholding of any federal,  state or
local taxes as Company  shall  direct in writing to be withheld  with respect to
the payment of benefits  pursuant to the terms of the Plan(s) and shall promptly
pay to the Company in cash such  amounts  withheld.  The Company  shall pay such
amounts withheld to the appropriate taxing authorities.

         (b) The entitlement of a Plan  participant or his or her  beneficiaries
to benefits under the Plan(s) shall be determined by Company or such party as it
shall  designate  under the Plan(s),  and any claim for such  benefits  shall be
considered and reviewed under the procedures set out in the Plans(s).

         (c) Company may make payment of benefits  directly to Plan participants
or their  beneficiaries  as they  become  due under  the  terms of the  Plan(s).
Company  shall  notify  Trustee of its  decision  to make  payment  of  benefits
directly  prior  to the  time  amounts  are  payable  to  participants  or their
beneficiaries.  In addition,  if the  principal  of the Trust,  and any earnings
thereon,  are not sufficient to make payments of benefits in accordance with the
terms of the Plan(s),  Company shall make the balance of each such payment as it
falls due.  Trustee shall notify  Company  where  principal and earnings are not
sufficient  but shall not have a duty to require that  supplemental  payments be
made to Plan participants or supplemental contributions be made to the Trust.

         (d) Company  determination  of Payment  Schedules  and a  participant's
entitlement  to benefits  shall be made  annually by Company with respect to the
deferred  compensation  accrued each year and may not  thereafter be modified by
Company without the participant's consent. For purposes of this Section 2(d) all
Company  actions with respect to a  participant  prior to the time of his death,
disability,  retirement or  termination  shall be by the members of its Board of
Directors at such time,  and all Company  actions with respect to a  participant
following  his death,  disability,  retirement  or  termination  shall be by the
members of its Board of Directors  immediately prior to the participant's death,
disability, retirement or termination.

         (e) As soon as possible  after the  occurrence  of a Change of Control,
any  real  estate  held  in a real  estate  subtrust  of  this  Trust  shall  be
distributed to the Plan  participants or beneficiaries  for whom such assets are
held under such subtrust, and within one hundred and eighty (180) days following
such a Change of Control, the Trustee shall distribute any remaining benefits to
which a Plan  participant  or  beneficiary  is entitled by a lump sum payment in
cash.

         Section 3.        Trustee Responsibility Regarding Payments to Trust
Beneficiary When Company Is Insolvent.

         (a) Trustee  shall cease payment of benefits to Plan  participants  and
their  beneficiaries  if the Company is  insolvent.  Company shall be considered
"Insolvent" for purposes of this Trust Agreement if (i) Company is unable to pay
its debts as they become due, or (ii) Company is subject to a pending proceeding
as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

         (b) At all times during the  continuance of this Trust,  as provided in
Section 1(d) hereof,  the  principal and income of the Trust shall be subject to
claims of general  creditors of Company under federal and state law as set forth
below.

                  (1) The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive  Officer of
Company  shall  have the duty to inform the  Trustee  in  writing  of  Company's
Insolvency.  If a person claiming to be a creditor of Company alleges in writing
to Trustee that Company has become  Insolvent,  Trustee shall determine  whether
Company is Insolvent and, pending such determination,  Trustee shall discontinue
payment of benefits to Plan participants or their  beneficiaries.  In all cases,
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the written certification of
the  continuing  Directors of the Company when  determining  whether  Company is
insolvent.

                  (2)  Unless   Trustee  has  actual   knowledge   of  Company's
Insolvency,  or has received  notice from  Company or a person  claiming to be a
creditor  alleging  that  Company is  Insolvent,  Trustee  shall have no duty to
inquire  whether  Company is  Insolvent.  Trustee may in all events rely on such
evidence  concerning  Company's solvency as may be furnished to Trustee and that
provides Trustee with a reasonable  basis for making a determination  concerning
Company's solvency.

                  (3) If at any time  Trustee  has  determined  that  Company is
Insolvent,  Trustee shall  discontinue  payments to Plan  participants  or their
beneficiaries  and  shall  hold the  assets  of the  Trust  for the  benefit  of
Company's  general  creditors.  Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall in any way
diminish any rights of Plan participants or their  beneficiaries to pursue their
rights as general  creditors  of Company  with respect to benefits due under the
Plan(s) or otherwise.

                  (4)  Trustee  shall  resume the  payment of  benefits  to Plan
participants or their  beneficiaries  in accordance with Section 2 of this Trust
Agreement only after Trustee has determined that Company is not Insolvent (or is
no longer Insolvent).

         (c) Provided that there are sufficient assets, if Trustee  discontinues
the  payment of  benefits  from the Trust  pursuant  to Section  3(b) hereof and
subsequently   resumes  such   payments,   the  first  payment   following  such
discontinuance  shall include the  aggregate  amount of all payments due to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries under the terms of the Plan(s) (as certified
by Company) for the period of such discontinuance,  less the aggregate amount of
any payments made to Plan participants or their beneficiaries by Company in lieu
of the payments provided for hereunder during any such period of discontinuance.

         Section 4.        Payments to Company.

         Except as provided in Sections  2(a), 3 or 5(c) hereof,  or as provided
in Section 7 of the Plan, after the Trust has become irrevocable,  Company shall
have no right or power to direct  Trustee  to return to  Company or to divert to
others any of the Trust assets  before all payment of benefits have been made to
Plan participants and their beneficiaries pursuant to the terms of the Plan(s).

         Section 5.        Investment Authority.

         (a)  Except as  limited by Section  5(b),  the  Trustee  shall have the
powers,  rights and  duties in  addition  to those  provided  elsewhere  in this
agreement  or by law to be  exercised  only  pursuant  to the  direction  of the
Company  or an  investment  manager  appointed  by the  Company:  to invest  and
reinvest  part  or all of the  trust  fund  in  any  real  property,  securities
(including stock or rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by Company or
subsidiaries of the Company,  stocks, mutual fund shares (including  proprietary
funds of the Trustee or its affiliates),  partnership interests, venture capital
investments,  bonds,  debentures,  notes,  commercial paper, treasury bills, any
common, commingled or collective trust funds (including proprietary funds of the
Trustee or its affiliates),  or pooled investment funds, any deposit accounts or
funds maintained by a legal reserve life insurance company in accordance with an
agreement  between  the Trustee and such  insurance  company or a group  annuity
contract issued by such insurance company to the Trustee as contractholder,  any
interest-bearing  deposits  held by any bank or  similar  financial  institution
(including  Trustee or its affiliates ), and to diversify such investments so as
to  minimize  the risk of large  losses  unless  under the  circumstances  it is
clearly prudent no to do so. In no event shall the Trust invest directly in real
estate.  Trust  assets  shall be limited to  domestic  United  States  assets or
securities which may be held through the Depository Trust Company.

         (b) Trustee shall not have any  investment  discretion  with respect to
the  assets of the Trust and shall not sell or  otherwise  dispose of any assets
that are  deposited by the Company with the Trust unless it is directed to do so
by Company in writing.  All rights  associated with assets of the Trust shall be
exercised by Company or the person designated by Company,  and shall in no event
be exercisable by or rest with Plan participants.  Voting rights with respect to
Trust assets will be exercised by the Company.

         (c) Company  shall have the right at anytime,  and from time to time in
its sole  discretion,  to  substitute  assets of equal fair market value for any
asset held by the Trust.  This right is exercisable by Company in a nonfiduciary
capacity without the approval or consent of any person in a fiduciary capacity.

         (d) To settle,  compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debt or
damages due or owing to or from the Trust;  to commence or defend suits or legal
proceedings to protect any interest of the Trust;  and to represent the Trust in
all  suits  or legal  proceedings  in any  court or  before  any  other  body or
tribunal;

         (e) To take all action  necessary to pay for  authorized  transactions,
including borrowing or raising monies from any lender, including Trustee, in its
corporate  capacity in conjunction with its duties under this Agreement and upon
such terms and  conditions  as Trustee  may deem  advisable  to settle  security
purchases  and/or  foreign  exchange  or  contracts  for foreign  exchange,  and
securing  the  repayments  thereof  by  pledging  all or any part of the  Trust.
Trustee  shall be  entitled  to  collect  from  the  Trust  sufficient  cash for
reimbursement,  and if such cash is  insufficient,  dispose of the assets of the
Trust to the extent necessary to obtain reimbursement.

         (f) To  appoint  with prior  written  approval  of Company  custodians,
subcustodians  or  subtrustees,  domestic or foreign  (including  affiliates  of
Trustee), as to part or all of the Trust; provided,  however, that Trustee shall
not be liable for the acts or omissions of any subcustodian appointed under this
Section 5.

         (g) To hold  property in nominee name, in bearer form, or in book entry
form, in a clearinghouse  corporation or in a depository (including an affiliate
of Trustee),  so long as Trustee's records clearly indicate that the assets held
are a  part  of  the  Trust;  provided,  however,  that  Trustee  shall  not  be
responsible  for any  losses  resulting  from  the  deposit  or  maintenance  of
securities or other property (in accordance  with market  practice,  custom,  or
regulation)  with  any  recognized   foreign  or  domestic  clearing   facility,
book-entry system,  centralized custodial  depository,  or similar organization;
and

         (h) To settle  indirect  investments in Real Estate (the "Real Estate")
and exercise such other powers as may be required in connection  with the Fund's
investments  in  Real  Estate.  The  Trustee  shall  have no  responsibility  or
discretion with respect to the ownership, management, administration,  operation
or control of any Real Estate. To the extent permitted by law, the Trustee shall
be  indemnified  by the  Company,  to the extent not paid by the Fund,  from all
claims,  liabilities,   losses,  damages  and  expenses,   including  reasonable
attorneys'  fees and  expenses,  arising from or in  connection  with any matter
relating  to any Real  Estate  held in the Trust and which give rise to: (i) any
violation of any applicable  environmental  or health or safety law,  ordinance,
regualtion or ruling; or (ii) the presence, use, generation,  storage,  release,
threatened  release,  or  containment,  treatment or disposal of any  petroleum,
including crude oil or any fraction thereof, hazardous substances, pollutants or
contaminants as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation
and  Liability  Act,  as  amended  (CERCLA)  or  hazardous,  toxic or  dangerous
substances  or materials as many of these terms may be defined under any federal
or state law in the broadest sense from time to time. This indemnification shall
survive the sale or other  disposition of any Real Estate investment of the Fund
or the termination of this Agreement.

         (i) Generally to do all acts, whether or not expressly authorized,
which the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable for the protection of the
Trust.

         Notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary  contained  in  this  Trust
Agreement,  in the event of a Change in Control as defined in Section 14(d), the
Trustee shall have and exercise investment discretion with respect to all assets
of the Trust.

         Section 6.        Disposition of Income.

         During the term of this Trust, all income received by the Trust, net of
expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated and reinvested.

         Section 7.        Accounting by Trustee.

         Trustee  shall keep accurate and detailed  records of all  investments,
receipts,  disbursements,  and  all  other  transactions  required  to be  made,
including  such  specific  records as shall be agreed  upon in  writing  between
Company and Trustee.  Within 30 days  following  the close of each calendar year
and within 30 days after the removal or  resignation  of Trustee,  Trustee shall
deliver to Company a written account of its  administration  of the Trust during
such year or during the period from the close of the last  preceding year to the
date of such removal or resignation,  setting forth all  investments,  receipts,
disbursements and other transactions  effected by it, including a description of
all securities and investments  purchased and sold with the cost or net proceeds
of such  purchases or sales  (accrued  interest paid or  receivable  being shown
separately),  and showing all cash,  securities  and other  property held in the
Trust at the end of such year or as of the date of such removal or  resignation,
as the case may be.

         Section 8.        Responsibility of Trustee.

         (a) Trustee  shall act with the care,  skill,  prudence  and  diligence
under the  circumstances  then  prevailing  that a prudent person acting in like
capacity  and  familiar  with  such  matters  would  use  in the  conduct  of an
enterprise  of a like  character  and with like aims,  provided,  however,  that
Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken  pursuant to
a direction,  request or approval given by Company which is contemplated by, and
in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) (as certified to the Trustee by the
Company)  or this Trust and is given in writing  by  Company.  In the event of a
dispute between  Company and a party,  Trustee may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. Company agrees to indemnify Trustee against
Trustee's  costs,  expenses  and  liabilities   (including  without  limitation,
reasonable  attorney's  fees and  expenses)  arising  out of or  relating to any
action or  inaction  taken by Trustee in  reliance  upon  direction,  request or
approval given by the Company.

         (b)  If  Trustee  undertakes  or  defends  any  litigation  arising  in
connection  with  this  Trust,  Company  agrees  to  indemnify  Trustee  against
Trustee's  costs,  expenses  and  liabilities  (including,  without  limitation,
attorneys' fees and expenses)  relating  thereto and to be primarily  liable for
such payments. If Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a
reasonably timely manner, Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust.

         (c) Trustee may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for
Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.

         (d)  Trustee  may  hire  agents,  accountants,   actuaries,  investment
advisors,   financial  consultants  or  other  professionals  to  assist  it  in
performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.

         (e) Trustee  shall have,  without  exclusion,  all powers  conferred on
Trustees  by  applicable  law,  unless  expressly   provided  otherwise  herein,
provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust,
Trustee shall have no power to name a  beneficiary  of the policy other than the
Trust,  to assign the policy (as  distinct  from  conversion  of the policy to a
different form) other than to a successor Trustee,  or to loan to any person the
proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.

         (f)  Notwithstanding  any powers  granted to Trustee  pursuant  to this
Trust  Agreement or to  applicable  law,  Trustee  shall not have any power that
could give this Trust the  objective  of carrying on a business and dividing the
gains therefrom,  within the meaning of section  301.7701-2 of the Procedure and
Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.

         (g)  Notwithstanding  anything in this  Agreement to the contrary,  the
Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any losses to the Trust resulting
from any event  beyond the  reasonable  control of the Trustee,  its agents,  or
subcustodians,   including   but  not  limited  to   nationalization,   strikes,
expropriation,  devaluation,  seizure,  or  similar  action by any  governmental
authority,  de facto,  or de jure;  or  enactment,  promulgation,  imposition or
enforcement  by  any  such  governmental  authority  of  currency  restrictions,
exchange  controls,  levies or other charges affecting the Trust's property;  or
the breakdown,  failure or  malfunction  of any utilities or  telecommunications
systems;  or any order or  regulation  of any  banking  or  securities  industry
including changes in market rules and market conditions  affecting the execution
or  settlement  of  transactions;  or acts or war,  terrorism,  insurrection  or
revolution;  or acts of God; or any other  similar or  third-party  event.  This
Section shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

         Section 9.        Contractual Income and Settlement.

         (a)  Trustee  shall  credit  the Trust Fund with  income  and  maturity
proceeds on  securities  on  contractual  payment  date net of any taxes or upon
actual receipt as agreed between Trustee and Company.  To the extent Company and
Trustee have agreed to credit income on  contractual  payment date,  Trustee may
reverse such accounting entries with back value to the contractual  payment date
if Trustee  reasonable  believes  that such  amount  will not be  received by it
within a  reasonable  time  but in no  event  later  than  two  weeks  following
contractual payment date.

         (b) Trustee will attend to the settlement of securities transactions on
the basis of either  contractual  settlement day accounting or actual settlement
day accounting as agreed between Company and Trustee.  To the extent Company and
Trustee have agreed to settle certain  securities  transactions  on the basis of
contractual  settlement date accounting,  Trustee may reverse with back value to
the contractual  settlement day an entry relating to such contractual settlement
where the related  transactions  remain unsettled but in no event later than two
weeks following contractual settlement date.

         (c)  Settlements  of  transactions  may  be  effected  in  trading  and
processing   practices  customary  in  the  jurisdiction  or  market  where  the
transaction  occurs.  The  Company   acknowledges  that  this  may,  in  certain
circumstances,  require the delivery of cash or securities  (or other  property)
without the concurrent  receipt of securities (or other property) or cash and in
such circumstances, the Company shall have sole responsibility for nonreceipt of
payment (or late payment) by the counterparty.

         Section 10.       Compensation and Expense of Trustee.

         (a)      Company shall pay all  administrative and Trustee's fees and
expenses.  If not so paid, the fees and expenses shall be paid from the Trust.

         (b) If Trustee  advances cash or securities for any purpose,  including
the purchase or sale of foreign  exchange or of contracts for foreign  exchange,
or in the  event  that  Trustee  shall  incur or be  assessed  taxes,  interest,
charges,  expenses,  assessments,  or other  liabilities in connection  with the
performance of this  Agreement,  except such as may arise from its own negligent
action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any property at any time
held for the Trust Fund under this  agreement  shall be  security  therefor  and
Trustee  shall be entitled to collect  from the Trust Fund  sufficient  cash for
reimbursement,  and if such cash is  insufficient,  dispose of the assets of the
Trust  Fund  held  under  this  Agreement  to the  extent  necessary  to  obtain
reimbursement.   To  the  extent  Trustee   advances  funds  to  the  Trust  for
disbursement or to effect the settlement of purchase transactions, Trustee shall
be entitled to collect  from the Trust Fund any amount  equal to what would have
been earned on the sums advanced (an amount  approximating  the "federal  funds"
interest rate) and with respect to foreign  assets,  the rate  applicable to the
appropriate foreign market.

         Section 11.       Resignation and Removal of Trustee.

         (a) Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to Company,  which
shall be effective  thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice unless Company
and Trustee agree otherwise.

         (b) Prior to a Change of Control,  Trustee may be removed by Company on
thirty (30) days notice or upon shorter notice accepted by Trustee.

         (c) Upon Change of Control, as defined herein, Trustee may not be
removed by Company for one year.

         (d) If  Trustee  resigns  within  one year of a Change of  Control,  as
defined herein,  Trustee shall select a successor trustee in accordance with the
provisions  of Section  12(b)  hereof prior to the  effective  date of Trustee's
resignation or removal.

         Section 12.       Appointment of Successor.

         (a) If Trustee  resigns or is removed in accordance  with Section 11(a)
or (b)  hereof,  Company  may  appoint  any third  party,  such as a bank  trust
department  or other party that may be granted  corporate  trustee  powers under
state law, as a successor to replace  Trustee upon  resignation or removal.  The
appointment shall be effective when accepted in writing by the new Trustee,  who
shall  have all of the  rights  and  powers  of the  former  Trustee,  including
ownership  rights in the Trust  assets.  The former  Trustee  shall  execute any
instrument necessary or reasonably requested by Company or the successor Trustee
to evidence the transfer.

         (b) If Trustee  resigns or is removed  pursuant  to the  provisions  of
Section  11(d) hereof and selects a successor  trustee,  Trustee may appoint any
third party such as a bank trust  department  or other party that may be granted
corporate trustee powers under state law. The appointment of a successor trustee
shall be effective when accepted in writing by the new trustee.  The new trustee
shall have all the rights and powers of the former Trustee,  including ownership
rights  in Trust  assets.  The  former  Trustee  shall  execute  any  instrument
necessary  or  reasonably  requested  by the  successor  trustee to evidence the
transfer.

         (c) The successor  Trustee need not examine the records and acts of any
prior  Trustee and may retain or dispose of existing  Trust  assets,  subject to
Sections 6 and 7 hereof.  The successor Trustee shall not be responsible for and
Company  shall  indemnify  and defend the  successor  Trustee  from any claim or
liability resulting from any action or inaction of any prior Trustee or from any
other past event,  or any  condition  existing at the time it becomes  successor
Trustee.

         Section 13.       Amendment or Termination.

         (a)  This  Trust  Agreement  may be  amended  by a  written  instrument
executed  by  Trustee  and  Company.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no  such
amendment  shall  conflict with the terms of the Plan(s) or shall make the Trust
revocable  after it has become  irrevocable  in  accordance  with  Section  1(b)
hereof.

         (b) The  Trust  shall  not  terminate  until  the  date on  which  Plan
participants and their beneficiaries are no longer entitled to benefits pursuant
to the terms of the Plan(s).  Upon termination of the Trust any assets remaining
in the Trust shall be returned to Company.

         (c) Upon written approval of participants or beneficiaries  entitled to
payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan(s),  Company may terminate
this Trust prior to the time all benefit  payments  under the Plan(s)  have been
made. All assets in the Trust at termination shall be returned to Company.

         (d) Notwithstanding  any other provision in this Trust Agreement,  this
Trust Agreement may not be amended within one year of the occurrence of a Change
of Control.

         Section 14.       Miscellaneous.

         (a) Any  provision of this Trust  Agreement  prohibited by law shall be
ineffective  to the extent of any such  prohibition,  without  invalidating  the
remaining provisions hereof.

         (b) Benefits payable to Plan participants and their beneficiaries under
this  Trust  Agreement  may not be  anticipated,  assigned  (either at law or in
equity), alienated, pledged, encumbered or subjected to attachment, garnishment,
levy, execution or other legal or equitable process.

         (c) This Trust Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Texas.

         (d) For  purposes of this Trust,  Change of Control  shall mean either
(1) the purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity or group of persons,
within the meaning of section 13(d) or 14(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act"), or any comparable  successor  provisions,  of beneficial ownership
(within  the meaning of Rule 13d-3  promulgated  under the Act) of 30 percent or
more of either the  outstanding  shares of common stock or the  combined  voting
power  of  Company's  then  outstanding  voting  securities   entitled  to  vote
generally,  or the approval by the stockholders of Company of a  reorganization,
merger, or  consolidation,  in each case, with respect to which persons who were
stockholders  of Company  immediately  prior to such  reorganization,  merger or
consolidation do not,  immediately  thereafter,  own more than 50 percent of the
combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of
the reorganized,  merged or consolidated Company's then outstanding  securities,
or  a  liquidation  or  dissolution  of  Company  or  of  the  sale  of  all  or
substantially  all of Company's  assets;  or (2) the  cessation to serve for any
reason of Harold C. Simmons as Trustee of the Harold C. Simmons Family Trust No.
1, u/a  January  1, 1964  and/or the Harold C.  Simmons  Family  Trust No. 2 u/a
January 1, 1964.

               The Trustee shall have no independent duty of inquiry with
respect to the  occurrence  of a Change in Control.  Company  shall  furnish the
Trustee with written  notice of the  occurrence  of a Change in Control.  Absent
such  notice,  if any Plan  participant  shall  provide the Trustee with written
notice of a possible Change of Control, the Trustee may request that the Company
furnish  evidence  to  determine  whether a Change of Control has  occurred.  In
performing any of its obligations or taking any discretionary  action under this
Trust Agreement which is dependent upon a Change of Control having occurred, the
Trustee may rely on its determination, including any determination based upon an
opinion of counsel  (who may be counsel to the  Company or the  Trustee) or upon
information  provided by the  continuing  Directors  of the Company or otherwise
available  to the  Trustee,  that a Change of  Control  has  occurred.  For this
purpose,  the  continuing  Directors of the Company as of the time of a possible
change of control or insolvency are the persons who were  directors  immediately
prior to such possible change of control or insolvency.

         (e) Under no  circumstances  shall  Trustee be liable for any indirect,
consequential, or special damages with respect to its role as Trustee.

         (f)  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary  contained  elsewhere in
this Trust Agreement, any reference to the Plan or Plan provisions which require
knowledge or  interpretation of the Plan shall impose a duty upon the Company to
communicate such knowledge or interpretation  to the Trustee.  The Trustee shall
have no  obligation to know or interpret any portion of the Plan and shall in no
way be liable for any proper action taken contrary to the Plan.

         (g) Company and Trustee  hereby each represent and warrant to the other
that it has full  authority  to enter  into  this  Agreement  upon the terms and
conditions  hereof and that the  individual  executing  this  Agreement on their
behalf has the requisite authority to bind Company or Trustee to this Agreement.

         Section 15.       Effective Date.

         The effective date of this Amended and Restated Contran Deferred
Compensation Trust No. 2 Agreement shall be January 1, 1999.














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CONTRAN CORPORATION                       BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY



By: /s/ Steven L. Watson                  By: /s/ John F. McCarrick
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    Steven L. Watson                          Printed Name: John F. McCarrick
    President                                 Title:  Vice President






                                   APPENDIX A

               List of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan(s)

1. Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation  Agreement,  As Of January 1, 1999
(Originally  Established  October  31,  1984)  between  Contran  Corporation,  a
Delaware corporation, and Harold C. Simmons, a resident of Dallas, Texas.


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