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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



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PURPOSE         ...............................................................................................1


ARTICLE 1       DEFINITIONS....................................................................................1


ARTICLE 2       SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY.............................................................6

       2.1      SELECTION BY COMMITTEE.........................................................................6
       2.2      ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS........................................................................6
       2.3      ELIGIBILITY; COMMENCEMENT OF PARTICIPATION.....................................................7
       2.4      TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION AND/OR DEFERRALS..................................................7

ARTICLE 3       DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY CONTRIBUTION/COMPANY MATCHING/CREDITING TAXES.....................7

       3.1      MINIMUM DEFERRALS..............................................................................7
       3.2      MAXIMUM DEFERRALS..............................................................................7
       3.3      ELECTION TO DEFER; EFFECT OF ELECTION FORM.....................................................8
       3.4      WITHHOLDING OF ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS.........................................................8
       3.5       TRANSFER AMOUNT...............................................................................8
       3.6      ANNUAL COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNT.................................................................8
       3.7      VESTING........................................................................................9
       3.8      CREDITING/DEBITING OF ACCOUNT BALANCES........................................................10
       3.9      ANNUAL COMPANY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT............................................................11
       3.10     FICA AND OTHER TAXES..........................................................................11

ARTICLE 4       SHORT-TERM PAYOUT; UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES; WITHDRAWAL ELECTION...................12

       4.1      SHORT-TERM PAYOUT.............................................................................12
       4.2      OTHER BENEFITS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SHORT-TERM................................................12
       4.3      WITHDRAWAL PAYOUT/SUSPENSIONS FOR UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES.........................13
       4.4      WITHDRAWAL ELECTION...........................................................................13

ARTICLE 5       RETIREMENT BENEFIT............................................................................13

       5.1      RETIREMENT BENEFIT............................................................................13
       5.2      PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT.................................................................13
       5.3      DEATH PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT...............................................14

ARTICLE 6       PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT...............................................................14


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       6.1      PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT...............................................................14
       6.2      PAYMENT OF PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT....................................................14

ARTICLE 7       TERMINATION BENEFIT...........................................................................15

       7.1      TERMINATION BENEFIT...........................................................................15
       7.2      PAYMENT OF TERMINATION BENEFIT................................................................15
       7.3      DEATH PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT...............................................15

ARTICLE 8       DISABILITY WAIVER AND BENEFIT.................................................................15

       8.1      DISABILITY WAIVER.............................................................................15
       8.2      CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY; DISABILITY BENEFIT.....................................................16

ARTICLE 9       BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.......................................................................16

       9.1      BENEFICIARY...................................................................................16
       9.2      BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION; CHANGE; SPOUSAL CONSENT..............................................16
       9.3      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...............................................................................16
       9.4      NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION....................................................................17
       9.5      DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY.......................................................................17
       9.6      DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS......................................................................17

ARTICLE 10      LEAVE OF ABSENCE..............................................................................17

       10.1     PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.........................................................................17
       10.2     UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.......................................................................17

ARTICLE 11      TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION........................................................17

       11.1     TERMINATION...................................................................................17
       11.2     AMENDMENT.....................................................................................18
       11.3     PLAN AGREEMENT................................................................................18
       11.4     EFFECT OF PAYMENT.............................................................................18

ARTICLE 12      ADMINISTRATION................................................................................18

       12.1     COMMITTEE DUTIES..............................................................................18
       12.2     AGENTS........................................................................................19
       12.3     BINDING EFFECT OF DECISIONS...................................................................19
       12.4     INDEMNITY OF COMMITTEE........................................................................19
       12.5     EMPLOYER INFORMATION..........................................................................19

ARTICLE 13      OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS.................................................................19

       13.1     COORDINATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS..............................................................19


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ARTICLE 14      CLAIMS PROCEDURES.............................................................................20

       14.1     PRESENTATION OF CLAIM.........................................................................20
       14.2     NOTIFICATION OF DECISION......................................................................20
       14.3     REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM......................................................................20
       14.4     DECISION ON REVIEW............................................................................20
       14.5     LEGAL ACTION..................................................................................21

ARTICLE 15      TRUST.........................................................................................21

       15.1     ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST....................................................................21
       15.2     INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST...................................................21
       15.3     DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST..................................................................21
       15.4     INVESTMENT OF TRUST ASSETS....................................................................21
       15.5     NO CLAIM ON TRUST ASSETS......................................................................21

ARTICLE 16      MISCELLANEOUS.................................................................................22

       16.1     STATUS OF PLAN................................................................................22
       16.2     UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR....................................................................22
       16.3     EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY..........................................................................22
       16.4     NONASSIGNABILITY..............................................................................22
       16.5     NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT..................................................................22
       16.6     FURNISHING INFORMATION........................................................................23
       16.7     TERMS.........................................................................................23
       16.8     CAPTIONS......................................................................................23
       16.9     GOVERNING LAW.................................................................................23
       16.10    NOTICE........................................................................................23
       16.11    SUCCESSORS....................................................................................23
       16.12    SPOUSE'S INTEREST.............................................................................23
       16.13    VALIDITY......................................................................................23
       16.14    INCOMPETENT...................................................................................24
       16.15    COURT ORDER...................................................................................24
       16.16    DISTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF TAXATION.........................................................24
       16.17    LEGAL FEES TO ENFORCE RIGHTS AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL..........................................24



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                                   MGM MIRAGE
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                            Effective January 1, 2001

                                     PURPOSE

     The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group
of management and highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the
continued growth, development and future business success of MGM MIRAGE, a
Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries that sponsor this Plan. This Plan
shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.


                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

     For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the
context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:

1.1  "Account Balance" shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on
     the records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral Account
     balance, (ii) the Company Contribution Account balance, (iii) the Company
     Matching Account balance and (iv) the Transfer Account balance. The Account
     Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a bookkeeping
     entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and
     determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her
     designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

1.2  "Annual Company Contribution Amount" shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the
     amount determined in accordance with Section 3.9.

1.3  "Annual Company Matching Amount" shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the
     amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6.

1.4  "Annual Deferral Amount" shall mean that portion of a Participant's Base
     Annual Salary and Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is, deferred
     in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a
     Participant's Retirement, Disability (if deferrals cease in accordance with
     Section 8.1), death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a
     Plan Year, such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount
     withheld prior to such event.

1.5  "Base Annual Salary" shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to
     services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such
     calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such
     calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits,
     stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards
     and other fees, automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for
     employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included
     in the Employee's gross income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated
     before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by
     the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any
     Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included
     in the Participant's gross income under Code Section 125, 402(e)(3),
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     provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation
     only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have
     been payable in cash to the Employee.

1.6  "Beneficiary" shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other
     entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to
     receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant or the
     death of a predecessor Beneficiary receiving benefits under the Plan.

1.7  "Beneficiary Designation Form" shall mean the form established from time to
     time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to
     the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

1.8  "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

1.9  "Bonus" shall mean any cash compensation, in addition to Base Annual
     Salary, paid in a Plan Year to a Participant as an Employee under any
     Employer's bonus or cash incentive plans or policies (whether written or
     oral).

1.10 "Change in Control" shall mean the first to occur of any of the following
     events:

     (a)  Any "person" or "group" of persons (as such terms are used in Section
          13 and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
          ("Exchange Act")), other than Tracinda Corporation, Kirk Kerkorian,
          members of the immediate family of Kirk Kerkorian, the heirs and
          legatees of Kirk Kerkorian and trusts or other entities for the
          benefit of such persons or affiliates of such persons (as such term
          "affiliates" is defined in the rules promulgated by the Securities and
          Exchange Commission), becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is
          used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
          fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company's capital stock entitled to
          vote generally in the election of directors. (For the avoidance of
          doubt, as of the date of the adoption of this Plan, Tracinda
          Corporation and its sole shareholder, Kirk Kerkorian, are the
          beneficial owners of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Company's
          capital stock);

     (b)  At any time, individuals who, at the date of the adoption of this
          Plan, constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a
          director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with
          the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (a), (c), (d)
          or (e) of this Section 1.10) whose election by the Board or nomination
          for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by a majority
          vote of either (1) the directors then still in office who either were
          directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or
          nomination for election was previously so approved, or (2) the members
          of the Company's Executive Committee then still in office who either
          were members at the beginning of the period or whose election or
          nomination for election to the Executive Committee was previously so
          approved by the directors or the Executive Committee, cease for any
          reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;

     (c)  Any consolidation or merger of the Company, other than a consolidation
          or merger of the Company in which the holders of the common stock of
          the Company immediately prior to the consolidation or merger hold more
          than fifty percent (50%) of the common stock of the surviving
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     (d)  Any liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

     (e)  The sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
          Company to parties that are not within a "controlled group of
          corporations" (as defined in Code Section 1563) in which the Company
          is a member.

1.11 "Claimant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.

1.12 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended
     from time to time.

1.13 "Committee" shall mean the committee described in Article 12.

1.14 "Company" shall mean MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation, and any successor
     to all or substantially all of the Company's assets or business.

1.15 "Company Contribution Account" shall mean the sum of (a) and (b) less the
     sum of (c), (d) and (e):

     (a)  All of the Participant's Annual Company Contribution Amounts.

     (b)  Amounts credited or debited in accordance with all applicable
          crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's
          Company Contribution Account.

     (c)  Any forfeitures under Section 3.7.

     (d)  Any penalty under Section 4.4.

     (e)  All distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
          pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company
          Contribution Account.

1.16 "Company Matching Account" shall mean the sum of (a) and (b) less the sum
     of (c), (d) and (e):

     (a)  All of the Participant's Annual Company Matching Amounts.

     (b)  Amounts credited or debited in accordance with all applicable
          crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's
          Company Matching Account.

     (c)  Any forfeitures under Section 3.7.

     (d)  Any penalty under Section 4.4.

     (e)  All distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
          pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company
          Matching Account.

1.17 "Deduction Limitation" shall mean the following described limitation on a
     benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions of
     this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied
     to all distributions that are "subject to the Deduction Limitation" under
     this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in
     Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to
     a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by
     the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section 162(m),
     then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the
     entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan
     prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may defer all or
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     amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be
     credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.8,
     even if such amount is being paid out in installments. The amounts so
     deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the
     Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant's
     death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good
     faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the
     Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the
     distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m).

1.18 "Deferral Account" shall mean the sum of (a) and (b) less the sum of (c)
     and (d):

     (a)  The sum of all of a Participant's Annual Deferral Amounts.

     (b)  Amounts credited or debited in accordance with all applicable
          crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's
          Deferral Account.

     (c)  Any penalty under Section 4.4.

     (d)  All distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
          pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account.

1.19 "Disability shall mean incapacity for medical reasons certified by a
     licensed physician that precludes a Participant from performing the
     essential functions of the Participant's duties of employment for a
     substantially consecutive period of six months or more, as such disability
     is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

1.20 "Disability Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.

1.21 "Election Form" shall mean the form established from time to time by the
     Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee
     to make an election under the Plan.

1.22 "Employee" shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

1.23 "Employer(s)" shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in
     existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the
     Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.

1.24 "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
     it may be amended from time to time.

1.25 "401(k) Savings Plan" shall mean, collectively, the MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.
     Employees 401(k) Savings Plan, as amended, and the Mirage Resorts,
     Incorporated Retirement Savings Voluntary Participation Plan, as amended.

1.26 "Participant" shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in
     the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs a
     Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, (iv)
     whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form
     are accepted by the Committee, (v) who commences participation in the Plan,
     and (vi) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated. A spouse or former spouse
     of a Participant, as such, shall not be treated as a Participant in the
     Plan or have an account balance under the Plan, even if he or she has an
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     accordance with Article 5 or 6 of the Plan, or as a result of applicable
     law or property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.

1.27 "Plan" shall mean the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be
     evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as they may be
     amended from time to time.

1.28 "Plan Agreement" shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from
     time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a
     Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the
     Participant's Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such
     Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan
     Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the
     Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and
     shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be
     different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide
     additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits
     otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such
     additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the
     Employer and the Participant.

1.29 "Plan Year" shall mean, for the first Plan Year, a period beginning on the
     effective date of this Plan and ending on December 31 of the calendar year.
     For each subsequent Plan Year, a Plan Year shall mean a period beginning on
     January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such
     calendar year.

1.30 "Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in
     Article 6.

1.31 "Quarterly Installment Method" shall mean quarterly installment payments
     over the number of quarters selected by the Participant in accordance with
     this Plan, calculated as follows: the vested Account Balance of the
     Participant shall be calculated as of the close of business on the last
     business day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant becomes
     entitled to a quarterly installment payment under this Plan. The quarterly
     installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction,
     the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the
     remaining number of quarterly payments due the Participant. By way of
     example, if the Participant elects 40 quarters, the first payment shall be
     1/40 of the vested Account Balance, calculated as described in this
     definition. For the following calendar quarter, the payment shall be 1/39
     of the vested Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition.

1.32 "Retirement", "Retire(s)" or "Retired" shall mean, with respect to an
     Employee, severance from employment from all Employers for any reason other
     than an authorized leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the
     earlier of the attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) age fifty-five
     (55) with ten (10) Years of Service.

1.33 "Retirement Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5.

1.34 "Short-Term Payout" shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.

1.35 "Termination Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.


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1.36 "Termination of Employment" shall mean the severing of employment with all
     Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than
     Retirement, Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence.

1.37 "Transfer Account" shall mean the sum of (a) and (b) less the sum of (c)
     and (d):

     (a)  The amount credited to this Plan pursuant to Section 3.5.

     (b)  Amounts credited or debited in accordance with all applicable
          crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's
          Transfer Account.

     (c)  Any penalty under Section 4.4.

     (d)  All distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
          pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Transfer Account.

1.38 "Trust" shall mean one or more trusts established in accordance with
     Section 15.1.

1.39 "Unforeseeable Financial Emergency" shall mean an unanticipated emergency
     that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant that would
     result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) a
     sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a dependent
     of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant's property due to
     casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances
     arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as
     determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

1.40 "Years of Service" shall mean the total number of full years of employment
     in which a Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For
     purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period
     (or 366 day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of
     employment, commences on the Employee's date of hiring and that, for any
     subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. Any
     partial year of employment shall not be counted.

1.41 "Year of Vesting Service" shall mean a full year of employment in which a
     Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For purposes of
     this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period (or 366 day
     period in the case of a leap year).


                                    ARTICLE 2
                       SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY

2.1  SELECTION BY COMMITTEE. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a
     select group of management and highly compensated Employees, as determined
     by the Committee in its sole discretion. From that group, the Committee
     shall select, in its sole discretion, Employees to participate in the Plan.
     Despite the foregoing, any selected Employee hired after December 31, 2000
     shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until he or she has been
     employed with an Employer for at least 90 days.

2.2  ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS. As a condition to participation, each selected
     Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a Plan
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     Beneficiary Designation Form, all within 30 days after he or she is
     selected to participate in the Plan. In addition, the Committee shall
     establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it
     determines in its sole discretion are necessary.

2.3  ELIGIBILITY; COMMENCEMENT OF PARTICIPATION. Provided an Employee selected
     to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in
     this Plan and required by the Committee, including returning all required
     documents to the Committee within the specified time period, that Employee
     shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the month
     following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment
     requirements. If an Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the
     period required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Employee shall not be
     eligible to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year
     following the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee of the required
     documents (which may occur prior to the effective date of this Plan).

2.4  TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION AND/OR DEFERRALS. If the Committee determines
     in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a
     select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership
     in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
     and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole
     discretion, to (i) terminate any deferral election the Participant has made
     for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the Participant's membership
     status changes, (ii) prevent the Participant from making future deferral
     elections and/or (iii) immediately distribute the Participant's then vested
     Account Balance as a Termination Benefit and terminate the Participant's
     participation in the Plan. The payment of any amount under this Section 2.4
     shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.


                                    ARTICLE 3
   DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY CONTRIBUTION/COMPANY MATCHING/CREDITING/TAXES

3.1  MINIMUM DEFERRALS. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as
     his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary and/or Bonus in the
     following minimum percentages for each deferral elected:



                        DEFERRAL                     MINIMUM AMOUNT
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                Base Annual Salary                        2.5%
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                Bonus                                     2.5%
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         If an election is made for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if
         no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.

3.2      MAXIMUM DEFERRALS. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to
         defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary and/or
         Bonus up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral
         elected:



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                        DEFERRAL                     MAXIMUM AMOUNT
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                Base Annual Salary                        50%
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                Bonus                                     75%
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          Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a
          Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the maximum Annual
          Deferral Amount, with respect to Base Annual Salary and Bonus, shall
          be limited to the amount of such compensation not yet earned by the
          Participant as of the date the Participant submits a Plan Agreement
          and Election Form to the Committee for acceptance.

3.3  ELECTION TO DEFER; EFFECT OF ELECTION FORM.


     (a)  FIRST PLAN YEAR. In connection with a Participant's commencement of
          participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable
          deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant commences
          participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the
          Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these
          elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed
          by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance
          with Section 2.2) and accepted by the Committee.

     (b)  SUBSEQUENT PLAN YEARS. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable
          deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as the
          Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, shall be made
          by timely delivering to the Committee, in accordance with its rules
          and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan
          Year for which the election is made (or such earlier time as the
          Committee may establish, in its sole discretion), a new Election Form.
          If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the
          Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year.

3.4  WITHHOLDING OF ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. For each Plan Year, the Base Annual
     Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each
     regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in the percentage elected by
     the Participant. The Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be
     withheld at the time the Bonus is paid to the Participant.

3.5  TRANSFER ACCOUNT. If at the time of a Participant's commencement of
     Participation in this Plan, he or she had an "Account" under that certain
     MGM Grand Hotel, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Retirement Plan, restated
     effective January 1, 1999 (the "NDRP"), the Participant's balance in that
     Account shall automatically be transferred to this Plan and shall be
     credited to the Participant's Transfer Account as of the first day of his
     or her participation in this Plan. Upon such transfer, this Plan, rather
     than the NDRP, shall govern the amount so transferred.

3.6  ANNUAL COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNT. A Participant's Annual Company Matching
     Amount for any Plan Year shall be equal to 100% of the sum of (i) the
     Participant's Annual Deferral Amount for such Plan Year and (ii) the
     Participant's deferrals under the 401(k) Savings Plan for such Plan Year,
     up to a combined amount that does not exceed 4% of the Participant's Base
     Annual Salary, reduced by the amount of any matching contributions made to
     the 401(k) Savings Plan on his or her behalf for the plan year of the
     401(k) Savings Plan that corresponds to the Plan Year. This amount shall be
     credited to the Participant's Company Matching Account as of the last day
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     other than by reason of his or her Retirement, Disability or death, the
     Annual Company Matching Amount for such Plan Year shall be zero. In the
     event of Retirement, Disability or death, a Participant shall be credited
     with the Annual Company Matching Amount for the Plan Year in which he or
     she Retires, suffers a Disability or dies at the time of his or her
     Retirement, Disability or death.

3.7  VESTING.

     (a)  A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral
          Account and Transfer Account.

     (b)  A Participant shall vest in each Annual Company Matching Amount, plus
          earnings thereon, over the applicable vesting period. The applicable
          vesting periods are as follows:

          (i)  For the Participant's first Plan Year of participation in the
               Plan, the applicable vesting period for the Annual Company
               Matching Amount for that Plan Year shall start on the
               Participant's Plan Entry Date and shall continue for three (3)
               consecutive Years of Vesting Service, with the Participant
               vesting 33 1/3% at the completion of each Year of Vesting
               Service.

          (ii) For any other Plan Year of the Participant's participation in the
               Plan, the applicable vesting period for the Annual Company
               Matching Amount for that Plan Year shall start on the first day
               of the Plan Year and shall continue for three (3) consecutive
               Years of Vesting Service, with the Participant vesting 33 1/3% at
               the completion of each Year of Vesting Service.

     (c)  If applicable, a Participant shall be vested in his or her Annual
          Bonus Contribution in accordance with the vesting rules under the
          401(k) Savings Plan.

     (d)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
          3.7, in the event of a Change in Control or a Participant's death,
          Disability or Retirement, a Participant's Company Contribution Account
          and Company Matching Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if
          it is not already vested in accordance with the above vesting
          schedules).

     (e)  Notwithstanding subsection (d), the vesting schedule for a
          Participant's Company Contribution Account and Company Matching
          Account shall not be accelerated to the extent that the Committee
          determines that such acceleration would cause the deduction
          limitations of Section 280G of the Code to become effective. In the
          event that all of a Participant's Company Contribution Account and/or
          Company Matching Account are not vested pursuant to such a
          determination, the Participant may request independent verification of
          the Committee's calculations with respect to the application of
          Section 280G. In such case, the Committee must provide to the
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          days of such a request an opinion from a nationally recognized
          accounting firm selected by the Participant (the "Accounting Firm").
          The opinion shall state the Accounting Firm's opinion that any
          limitation on the vested percentage hereunder is necessary to avoid
          the limits of Section 280G and contain supporting calculations. The
          reasonable cost of such opinion shall be paid for by the Company.

     (f)  Any amount not vested under this Section 3.7 when a Participant first
          becomes entitled to the payment of a benefit under this Plan shall be
          forfeited and debited against the applicable Account Balance.

3.8  CREDITING/DEBITING OF ACCOUNT BALANCES. In accordance with, and subject to,
     the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the
     Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to
     a Participant's Account Balance in accordance with the following rules:

     (a)  ELECTION OF MEASUREMENT FUNDS. A Participant, in connection with his
          or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.3(a),
          shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as
          described in Section 3.8(c)) to be used to determine the additional
          amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account Balance. A
          Participant may (but is not required to) elect to add or delete one or
          more available Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the
          additional amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Account
          Balance, or to change the portion of his or her Account Balance
          allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund. A
          Participant may elect to make such a change by submitting an Election
          Form, whether written or electronic (as determined by the Committee
          from time to time and in its sole discretion), to the Committee. Any
          election so made and accepted by the Committee shall apply no later
          than the third business day following the Committee's acceptance of
          the election. Any such election shall continue to apply, unless
          subsequently changed in accordance with this Section 3.3(a).

     (b)  PROPORTIONATE ALLOCATION. In making any election described in Section
          3.8(a), the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in
          increments of five percentage points (5%), the percentage of his or
          her Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the
          Participant were making an investment in that Measurement Fund with
          that portion of his or her Account Balance).

     (c)  MEASUREMENT FUNDS. A Participant may elect one or more measurement
          funds (the "Measurement Funds") from among those selected by the
          Committee for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts
          to his or her Account Balance. As necessary, the Committee may, in its
          sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add Measurement Funds.
          Each such action will take effect as of the first day of the calendar
          quarter that follows by thirty (30) days or more the day on which the
          Committee gives Participants advance written notice of such change. In
          selecting the Measurement Funds that are available from time to time,
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          Participant for such selection or adding, deleting or continuing any
          available Measurement Fund.

     (d)  CREDITING OR DEBITING METHOD. The performance of each elected
          Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be reasonably
          determined by the Committee. A Participant's Account Balance shall be
          credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each
          Measurement Fund selected by the Participant.

     (e)  NO ACTUAL INVESTMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan
          that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to
          be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant's election of
          any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her Account
          Balance thereof, the calculation of additional amounts and the
          crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant's Account
          Balance SHALL NOT be considered or construed in any manner as an
          actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such
          Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as
          that term is defined in the Trust), in its sole discretion, decides to
          invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant
          shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without
          limiting the foregoing, a Participant's Account Balance shall at all
          times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any
          investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust; and
          the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the
          Company.

     (f)  EMPLOYER DISCRETION. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
          Section 3.8, the Committee shall retain the overriding discretion
          regarding the Participant's designation of Measurement Funds under
          this Section 3.8. If a Participant fails to designate any Measurement
          Fund under this Section 3.8, the Participant shall be deemed to have
          elected the money market fund, or such other fund as determined from
          time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion.

     (g)  SELECTION RESULTS. The Participant shall bear full responsibility for
          all results associated with his or her selection of Measurement Funds
          under this Section 3.8, and the Employers shall have no responsibility
          or liability with respect to the Participant's selection of such
          Measurement Funds.

3.9  ANNUAL COMPANY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT. For a Participant who is an employee of
     any Employer, at the time in which the "Annual Bonus Contribution" (if
     applicable to such Participant) is made to the 401(k) Savings Plan, the
     Committee shall credit the Participant's Company Contribution Account with
     an amount equal to the Annual Company Contribution Amount. For any one Plan
     Year, the Annual Company Contribution Amount shall be equal to the amount
     of the "Annual Bonus Contribution", as defined under the 401(k) Savings
     Plan, that would have been allocated to a Participant under the 401(k)
     Savings Plan if not for the application of the nondiscrimination rules of
     Sections 410(b) and 401(a)(4) of the Code. If a Participant is not entitled
     to an Annual Bonus Contribution under the 401(k) Savings Plan, he or she
     shall not be entitled to an Annual Company Contribution Amount under this
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3.10 FICA AND OTHER TAXES.

     (a)  ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. For each Plan Year in which an Annual
          Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the
          Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the
          Participant's Base Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred,
          in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant's share of
          FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If
          necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in
          order to comply with this Section 3.10.

     (b)  COMPANY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS AND COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNTS. When a
          Participant becomes vested in any Annual Company Contribution Amount
          and/or Annual Company Matching Amount, plus earnings thereon, the
          Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant's Base
          Annual Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner
          determined by the Employer(s), the Participant's share of FICA and
          other employment taxes. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the
          vested portion of the Participant's Company Contribution Account
          and/or Company Matching Account in order to comply with this Section
          3.10.

     (c)  DISTRIBUTIONS. The Participant's Employer(s), or the Trustee of the
          Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under
          this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other
          taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the Trustee of
          the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a
          manner to be determined in good faith in the sole discretion of the
          Employer(s) and the Trustee of the Trust.


                                    ARTICLE 4
             SHORT-TERM PAYOUT; UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES;
                               WITHDRAWAL ELECTION

4.1  SHORT-TERM PAYOUT. In connection with each election to defer an Annual
     Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future
     "Short-Term Payout" from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral
     Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Short-Term Payout shall be
     a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral Amount
     plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.8
     above on that amount, determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout
     becomes payable. Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the other terms
     and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be paid
     out during a 60 day period commencing immediately after the last day of any
     Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least five Plan Years
     after the Plan Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually
     deferred. By way of example, if a five-year Short-Term Payout is elected
     for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing
     January 1, 2002, the five-year Short-Term Payout would become payable
     during a 60 day period commencing January 1, 2008.

4.2  OTHER BENEFITS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SHORT-TERM. Should an event occur that
     triggers a benefit under Article 5, 6, 7 or 8, any Annual Deferral Amount,
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     thereon, that is subject to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 4.1
     shall not be paid in accordance with Section 4.1 but shall be paid in
     accordance with the other applicable Article.

4.3  WITHDRAWAL PAYOUT/SUSPENSIONS FOR UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES. If
     the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the
     Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals
     required to be made by a Participant during the remaining portion of the
     Plan Year and/or (ii) receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The
     payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant's vested Account
     Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination
     Benefit, or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable
     Financial Emergency. If, in the sole discretion of the Committee, the
     petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take
     effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60
     days of the date of approval. The payment of any amount under this Section
     4.3 shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

4.4  WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. A Participant (or, after a Participant's death, his or
     her Beneficiary) may elect, at any time, to withdraw all or any portion of
     his or her vested Account Balance less a withdrawal penalty equal to 10% of
     the amount elected to be withdrawn (the net amount shall be referred to as
     the "Withdrawal Amount"). This election can be made at any time, before or
     after Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and
     whether or not the Participant (or Beneficiary) is in the process of being
     paid pursuant to an installment payment schedule. If made before
     Retirement, Disability or death, a Participant's Withdrawal Amount shall
     not exceed his or her vested Account Balance calculated as if there had
     occurred a Termination of Employment as of the day of the election. The
     Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall make this election by giving
     the Committee advance written notice of the election in a form determined
     from time to time by the Committee. The Participant (or his or her
     Beneficiary) shall be paid the Withdrawal Amount within 60 days of his or
     her election. Once the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participant shall not
     (i) have additional deferrals withheld pursuant to a current deferral
     election (ii) be eligible to elect new deferrals, or (iii) have credited to
     his or her a Account Balance any contributions under Section 3.6 or 3.9,
     all for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the Withdrawal
     Amount is paid and for the next two Plan Years. The payment of this
     Withdrawal Amount shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.


                                    ARTICLE 5
                               RETIREMENT BENEFIT

5.1  RETIREMENT BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who
     Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her vested Account
     Balance.

5.2  PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A Participant, in connection with his or her
     commencement of participation in the Plan, may elect on an Election Form to
     receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60
     quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method. The Participant may
     annually change his or her election to an allowable alternative payout
     period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that
     any such Election Form is submitted at least 1 year prior to the
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     its sole discretion. Subject to the prior sentence, the Election Form most
     recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of the
     Retirement Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with
     respect to the payment of the Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall
     be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or
     installment payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the last
     day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant Retires. Any payment
     made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

5.3  DEATH PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT. If a Participant dies
     after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the
     Participant's unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall
     be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary (a) over the remaining number of
     quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to
     the Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a lump sum, if
     requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole discretion of the
     Committee, that is equal to the Participant's unpaid remaining vested
     Account Balance.


                                    ARTICLE 6
                         PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT

6.1  PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the
     Participant's Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
     equal to the Participant's vested Account Balance if the Participant dies
     before he or she Retires, experiences a Termination of Employment or
     suffers a Disability.

6.2  PAYMENT OF PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT. A Participant, in connection
     with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, may elect on an
     Election Form whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall be received
     by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60
     quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method. The Participant may
     annually change this election to an allowable alternative payout period by
     submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, which form may be accepted
     or rejected by the Committee in its sole discretion. Subject to the prior
     sentence, the Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior
     to the Participant's death shall govern the payout of the Participant's
     Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any
     election with respect to the payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor
     Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. Despite the
     foregoing, if the Participant's vested Account Balance at the time of his
     or her death is less than $25,000, payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor
     Benefit may be made, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in a lump sum
     or in installments of up to 20 quarters pursuant to the Quarterly
     Installment Method. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment
     payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the last day of the
     calendar quarter in which the Committee is provided with proof that is
     satisfactory to the Committee of the Participant's death. Any payment made
     shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.


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                                    ARTICLE 7
                               TERMINATION BENEFIT

7.1  TERMINATION BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant
     shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the
     Participant's vested Account Balance if a Participant experiences a
     Termination of Employment prior to his or her Retirement, death or
     Disability.

7.2  PAYMENT OF TERMINATION BENEFIT. A Participant, in connection with his or
     her commencement of participation in the Plan, may elect on an Election
     Form to receive the Termination Benefit in a lump sum or in installments of
     up to 20 quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method. The
     Participant may annually change his or her election to an allowable
     alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the
     Committee, provided that any such Election Form is submitted at least 1
     year prior to the Participant's Termination of Employment and is accepted
     by the Committee in its sole discretion. Subject to the prior sentence, the
     Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the
     payout of the Termination Benefit. If a Participant does not make any
     election with respect to the payment of the Termination Benefit, then such
     benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made,
     or installment payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the
     last day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant experiences a
     Termination of Employment. Any payment made shall be subject to the
     Deduction Limitation.

7.3  DEATH PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF TERMINATION BENEFIT. If a Participant dies
     after Termination of Employment but before the Termination Benefit is paid
     in full, the Participant's unpaid Termination Benefit payments shall
     continue and shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary (a) over the
     remaining number of quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit would
     have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a
     lump sum, if requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole
     discretion of the Committee, that is equal to the Participant's unpaid
     remaining vested Account Balance.


                                    ARTICLE 8
                          DISABILITY WAIVER AND BENEFIT

8.1  DISABILITY WAIVER.

     (a)  WAIVER OF DEFERRAL. A Participant who is determined by the Committee
          to be suffering from a Disability shall be excused from fulfilling
          that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount commitment that would
          otherwise have been withheld from a Participant's Base Annual Salary
          and/or Bonus for the Plan Year during which the Participant first
          suffers a Disability. During the period of Disability, the Participant
          shall not be allowed to make any additional deferral elections, but
          will continue to be considered a Participant for all other purposes of
          this Plan.

     (b)  RETURN TO WORK. If a Participant returns to employment with an
          Employer after a Disability ceases, the Participant may elect to defer
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          Plan Year following his or her return to employment or service and for
          every Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan; provided
          such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and an Election Form is
          delivered to and accepted by the Committee for each such election in
          accordance with Section 3.3.

8.2  CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY; DISABILITY BENEFIT. A Participant suffering a
     Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, continue to be
     considered to be employed and shall be eligible for the benefits provided
     for in Article 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the provisions of those
     Articles. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee shall have the right to,
     in its sole and absolute discretion and for purposes of this Plan only, and
     must in the case of a Participant who is otherwise eligible to Retire, deem
     the Participant to have experienced a Termination of Employment, or in the
     case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, to have Retired, at any
     time (or in the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, as soon as
     practicable) after such Participant is determined to be suffering a
     Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a Disability
     Benefit equal to his or her vested Account Balance at the time of the
     Committee's determination; provided, however, that should the Participant
     otherwise have been eligible to Retire, he or she shall be paid in
     accordance with Article 5. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump
     sum within 60 days of the Committee's exercise of such right. Any payment
     made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.


                                    ARTICLE 9
                             BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

9.1  BENEFICIARY. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to
     designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent)
     to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the
     death of a Participant or the death of a predecessor Beneficiary receiving
     benefits under the Plan. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be
     the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other
     plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.

9.2  BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION; CHANGE; SPOUSAL CONSENT. A Participant shall
     designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary
     Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated
     agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by
     completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the
     Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee's rules and procedures, as
     in effect from time to time. If a married Participant names someone other
     than his or her spouse as a primary Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the
     form designated by the Committee, must be signed by that Participant's
     spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by the Committee
     of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations
     previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely
     on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and
     accepted by the Committee prior to his or her death.

9.3  ACKNOWLEDGMENT. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary
     shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the
     Committee or its designated agent.


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9.4  NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. If a Participant fails to designate a
     Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 or, if all designated
     Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete
     distribution of the Participant's benefits, then the Participant's
     designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse.
     If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under
     the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or
     personal representative of the Participant's estate.

9.5  DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY. If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper
     Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall
     have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant's
     Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the
     Committee's satisfaction.

9.6  DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
     Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the
     Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the
     Participant, and that Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate upon
     such full payment of benefits.


                                   ARTICLE 10
                                LEAVE OF ABSENCE

10.1 PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE. If a Participant is authorized by the Participant's
     Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the employment
     of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed
     by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be
     withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.
     10.2 UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE. If a Participant is authorized by the
     Participant's Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence
     from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be
     considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused
     from making deferrals until the Participant returns to a paid employment
     status. Upon such return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion
     of the Plan Year in which the return occurs, based on the deferral
     election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was made for that
     Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.


                                   ARTICLE 11
                     TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION

11.1 TERMINATION. Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the
     Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any
     Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time
     in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right, in its sole
     discretion, to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate
     the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating
     Employees by action of its board of directors. Upon the termination of the
     Plan with respect to any Employer, the Plan Agreements of the affected
     Participants who are employed by that Employer shall terminate and their
     vested Account Balances, determined as if they had experienced a
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     Plan termination or, if Plan termination occurs after the date upon
     which a Participant was eligible to Retire, then with respect to that
     Participant as if he or she had Retired on the date of Plan termination,
     shall be paid to the Participants as follows: Prior to a Change in
     Control, if the Plan is terminated with respect to all of its
     Participants, an Employer shall have the right, in its sole discretion,
     and notwithstanding any elections made by the Participant, to pay such
     benefits in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60 quarters pursuant
     to the Quarterly Installment Method, with amounts credited and debited
     during the installment period as provided herein. If the Plan is
     terminated with respect to less than all of its Participants, an
     Employer shall be required to pay such benefits in a lump sum. After a
     Change in Control, the Employer shall be required to pay such benefits
     in a lump sum. The termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect
     any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of
     any benefits under the Plan as of the date of termination; provided
     however, that the Employer shall have the right to accelerate
     installment payments without a premium or prepayment penalty by paying
     the vested Account Balance in a lump sum or in installments using fewer
     quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method.

11.2 AMENDMENT. Any Employer may, at any time in its sole discretion, amend or
     modify the Plan in whole or in part with respect to that Employer by the
     action of its board of directors; provided, however, that: (i) no amendment
     or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a
     Participant's vested Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment
     or modification is made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced a
     Termination of Employment as of the effective date of the amendment or
     modification or, if the amendment or modification occurs after the date
     upon which the Participant was eligible to Retire, the Participant had
     Retired as of the effective date of the amendment or modification, and (ii)
     no amendment or modification of this Section 11.2 shall be effective. The
     amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or
     Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the
     Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification; provided, however,
     that the Employer shall have the right to accelerate installment payments
     by paying the vested Account Balance in a lump sum or in installments using
     fewer quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method.

11.3 PLAN AGREEMENT. Despite the provisions of Section 11.1 and 11.2, if a
     Participant's Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not
     in this Plan document, the Employer may only amend or terminate such
     provisions with the consent of the Participant.

11.4 EFFECT OF PAYMENT. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Article
     4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a
     Participant and his or her designated Beneficiary under this Plan and the
     Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate.


                                   ARTICLE 12
                                 ADMINISTRATION

12.1 COMMITTEE DUTIES. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 12, this
     Plan shall be administered by a Committee which shall consist of the Board,
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     shall appoint from time to time. Members of the Committee may be
     Participants under this Plan and need not be members of the Board. The
     Committee shall also have the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend,
     interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the
     administration of this Plan and the governance of the Committee and (ii)
     decide or resolve any and all questions, including interpretations of this
     Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on
     the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter
     relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or
     calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information
     furnished by a Participant or the Company.

12.2 AGENTS. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to
     time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it
     sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may
     from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer.
     The Company shall pay all expenses of such agents.

12.3 BINDING EFFECT OF DECISIONS. The decision or action of the Committee with
     respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the
     administration, interpretation or application of the Plan and the rules and
     regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding
     upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

12.4 INDEMNITY OF COMMITTEE. All Employers shall indemnify, defend and hold
     harmless each member of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties
     of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses,
     damages, expenses or liabilities, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
     court costs, arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this
     Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by such member of the
     Committee or such Employee.

12.5 EMPLOYER INFORMATION. To enable the Committee to perform its functions, the
     Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the
     Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants,
     the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or
     Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent
     information as the Committee may reasonably require.


                                   ARTICLE 13
                          OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

13.1 COORDINATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS. The benefits provided for a Participant
     and Participant's Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other
     benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for
     employees of the Participant's Employer. The Plan shall supplement and
     shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except
     as may otherwise be expressly provided.


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                                   ARTICLE 14
                                CLAIMS PROCEDURES

14.1 PRESENTATION OF CLAIM. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
     Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a
     "Claimant") may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a
     determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant
     from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received
     by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice
     was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days
     of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The
     claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the
     Claimant.

14.2 NOTIFICATION OF DECISION. The Committee shall consider a Claimant's claim
     within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

     (a)  that the Claimant's requested determination has been made, and that
          the claim has been allowed in full; or

     (b)  that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in
          part, to the Claimant's requested determination, and such notice must
          set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

          (i)  the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part
               of it;

          (ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon
               which such denial was based;

          (iii) a description of any additional material or information
               necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an
               explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

          (iv) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section
               14.3.

14.3 REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the
     Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or
     the Claimant's duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee
     a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but
     not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or
     the Claimant's duly authorized representative):

     (a)  may review pertinent documents;

     (b)  may submit written comments or other documents; and/or

     (c)  may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole discretion,
          may grant.

14.4 DECISION ON REVIEW. The Committee shall render its decision on review
     promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request
     for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special
     circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee's
     decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision
     must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant,
     and it must contain:

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     (b)  specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the
          decision was based; and

     (c)  such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.

14.5 LEGAL ACTION. A Claimant's compliance with the foregoing provisions of this
     Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant's right to commence
     any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.


                                   ARTICLE 15
                                      TRUST

15.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST. The Company shall establish the Trust, with
     sub-trusts for each Employer. Each Employer shall at least annually
     transfer over to the Trust such assets as the Employer determines, in its
     sole discretion, are necessary to provide, on a present value basis, for
     its respective future liabilities created with respect to the Annual
     Deferral Amounts, Annual Company Contribution Amounts and Annual Company
     Matching Amounts for such Employer's Participants for all periods prior to
     the transfer, as well as any debits and credits to the Participants'
     Account Balances for all periods prior to the transfer, taking into
     consideration the value of the assets in the trust at the time of the
     transfer. Such assets shall be allocated to the respective sub-trust of
     each contributing Employer.

15.2 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST. The provisions of the Plan and
     the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive
     distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall
     govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the
     Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at
     all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan with
     respect to its Participants. In this regard, if a Participant has been
     employed by only one Employer, such Employer shall be responsible for the
     total amounts credited to such Participant's Account Balance under this
     Plan. If a Participant has been employed by more than one Employer, each
     Employer shall be responsible only for the amounts credited to the
     Participant's Account Balance by such Employer.

15.3 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST. Each Employer's obligations under the Plan
     may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the
     Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer's obligations
     under this Plan.

15.4 INVESTMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized,
     upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment manager
     appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust
     in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement.

15.5 NO CLAIM ON TRUST ASSETS. A Participant shall have no preferred claim on,
     or any beneficial interest in, any assets of the Trust. Any assets held by
     the Trust shall be subject to the claims of general creditors of each
     Employer that is the grantor of the Trust under federal and state law in
     the event of the Employer's "insolvency" (i.e., the Employer is unable to
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     become due or is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the
     United States Bankruptcy Code), but only with respect to the assets of the
     Trust held for the benefit of Participants employed or formerly employed by
     such Employer.


                                   ARTICLE 16
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

16.1 STATUS OF PLAN. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified
     within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that "is unfunded and is
     maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
     compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
     employees" within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
     401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent
     possible in a manner consistent with that intent.

16.2 UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs,
     successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests
     or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes of the
     payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer's assets
     shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the
     Employer. An Employer's obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of
     an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

16.3 EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY. An Employer's liability for the payment of benefits
     shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into
     between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall have no
     obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in
     the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement.

16.4 NONASSIGNABILITY. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any
     right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or
     otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of
     actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part
     thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be,
     unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall,
     prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or
     sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate
     maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by
     operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any other person's
     bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a
     property settlement or otherwise.

16.5 NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall
     not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer
     and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an "at
     will" employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any
     reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice,
     unless otherwise expressly provided in a written employment agreement.
     Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be
     retained in the service of any Employer or to interfere with the right of
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16.6 FURNISHING INFORMATION. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will
     cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information
     requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested
     in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of
     benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical
     examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

16.7 TERMS. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be
     construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would
     so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the
     plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or
     the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.

16.8 CAPTIONS. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this
     Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning
     or construction of any of its provisions.

16.9 GOVERNING LAW. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be
     construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of
     Nevada, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

16.10 NOTICE. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the
      Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and
      hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address
      below:

                  Secretary of the MGM MIRAGE Deferred Compensation Plan
                  Committee 3600 Las Vegas Blvd So.
                  Las Vegas, NV  89109

      Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if
      delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the
      receipt for registration or certification.

      Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant
      under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or
      sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

16.11 SUCCESSORS. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the
      benefit of the Participant's Employer and its successors and assigns and
      the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiaries. No other
      person shall be a third-party beneficiary or acquire any rights under this
      Plan.

16.12 SPOUSE'S INTEREST. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a
      Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass
      to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any
      manner, including but not limited to such spouse's will, nor shall such
      interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

16.13 VALIDITY. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid
      for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
      remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as
      if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.


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16.14 INCOMPETENT. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit
      under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent
      or a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person's
      property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the
      guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of
      such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require
      proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may
      deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a
      benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the
      Participant's Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete
      discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

16.15 COURT ORDER. The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by
      court order in any action in which the Plan or the Committee has been
      named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a spouse or
      former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant's
      benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or
      otherwise, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right,
      notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to immediately
      distribute the spouse's or former spouse's interest in the
      Participant's benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former spouse.

16.16 DISTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF TAXATION.

     (a)  IN GENERAL. If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participant's
          benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to
          receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change in
          Control, or the Trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a
          distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become
          taxable. Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be
          unreasonably withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be
          granted), a Participant's Employer shall distribute to the Participant
          immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable portion
          of his or her benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant's
          unpaid vested Account Balance under the Plan). If the petition is
          granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days
          of the date when the Participant's petition is granted. Such a
          distribution shall affect and reduce the benefits to be paid under
          this Plan.

     (b)  TRUST. If the Trust terminates in accordance with its terms and
          benefits are distributed from the Trust to a Participant in accordance
          therewith, the Participant's benefits under this Plan shall be reduced
          to the extent of such distributions.

16.17 LEGAL FEES TO ENFORCE RIGHTS AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL. The Company and each
      Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the
      Board or the board of directors of a Participant's Employer (which
      might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company
      or the Participant's Employer, or of any successor corporation, might
      cause or attempt to cause, the Company, the Participant's Employer or
      such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan
      and might cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant's
      Employer to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny
      Participants the benefits intended under the Plan. In these
      circumstances, the purpose of the Plan could be frustrated.
      Accordingly, if, following a Change in Control, it should appear to any
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     Company, the Participant's Employer or any successor corporation has failed
     to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement
     thereunder or, if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any
     action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any
     litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover
     from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided (collectively,
     the "Dispute"), then the Company and the Participant's Employer shall pay,
     if the Participant prevails in the Dispute, the Participant's reasonable
     legal fees and court costs actually incurred by the Participant in the
     initiation or defense of the Dispute, whether by or against the Company or
     the Participant's Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or other
     person affiliated with the Company, the Participant's Employer or any
     successor thereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document effective as of
January 1, 2001.


                                    "Company"
                                    MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation



                                    By:  /s/  SCOTT LANGSNER
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                                    Title:  Sr VP, Secretary and Treasurer
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