AK Steel Holding (AKS)

ARTICLE X—INTERPRETATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

10.1 Interpretation of the Plan. This document contains the terms of the Plan. However, the Administrator shall have, and the Board expressly reserves to itself and its delegates, the broadest possible power to exercise its discretion to interpret the terms of this Plan and to resolve any question regarding any person’s rights under the Plan. Any such interpretation shall be final and binding upon a Participant, his spouse and his heirs and subject to review only in accordance with Section 9.2.

10.2 Claims Procedure. Any Participant or other person claiming a right under this Plan shall submit such claim in writing to the Administrator, or its delegate, for resolution. No person shall have any claim or cause of action for any benefit under this Plan until the Administrator, or its delegate, has responded to such written claim, which response shall not be unreasonably delayed. It is the intent of the Company, and each Participant agrees as a condition of participation, that any judicial review of any decision hereunder shall be limited to a determination of whether the Administrator, or its delegate, acted arbitrarily or capriciously, and that any decision of the Administrator or its delegate shall be enforced unless the action taken is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been arbitrary or capricious.

10.3 Amendment or Termination of Plan. The Board of Directors may, at any time, with or without notice to any person, amend or terminate this Plan; provided, however, that neither the amendment nor the termination of the Plan may reduce a Participant’s Supplemental Thrift Account or adversely affect the rights of any Participant to the benefits accrued by the Participant prior to the date of the action accomplishing the amendment or termination.

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