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Exhibit
10.14(a)
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO
MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES INC. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
(as
amended and restated effective as of September 14, 2007, with certain other
effective dates)
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section
XXIII of the Minerals Technologies Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, as amended
and restated effective as of September 14, 2007, with certain other effective
dates (the “Plan”), Minerals Technologies Inc. (the “Employer”) reserves the
right to amend the Plan by action of its Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, the Employer desires
to amend the Plan to comply with the final regulations under Section 415 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is
hereby amended effective January 1, 2008, as follows:
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1. Section 1.6 of the Plan
shall be amended by adding the following to the conclusion of such
Section:
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Any
compensation described in this Section 1.6 shall not fail to be
Compensation merely because it is paid after the Participant’s severance
from employment with the Employer, provided the Compensation is paid by
the later of 2½ months after severance from employment with the Employer
or the end of the Plan Year that includes the date of severance from
employment.
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In
addition, payment for unused accrued bona fide vacation shall be included
as Compensation described in this Section 1.6 if (i) the Participant would
have been able to use the leave if employment had continued, (ii) such
amounts are paid by the later of 2½ months after severance from employment
with the Employer or the end of the Plan Year that includes the date of
severance from employment, and (iii) such amounts would have been included
as Compensation if they were paid prior to the Participant’s severance
from employment with the Employer.
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2.Section 11.1(a)(4) of the Plan
shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
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(4)If
the limitations of Code Section 415 are exceeded, such excess amount shall
be corrected in accordance with the requirements of applicable law,
including pursuant to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution
System.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Employer, by its duly authorized officers, has caused this First Amendment to be
executed on this 22nd day of December,
2008.
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MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES
INC.
BY: /s/Kirk
Forrest
Kirk Forrest
General Counsel
BY: /s/ D. Randy
Harrison
D. Randy Harrison
Sr. Vice-President, Organization and
Human Resources