Payment of a participating Director’s Deferred Compensation Account shall be made or commence to be made in cash prior to January 31 in each year in which a payment is to be made in accordance with the Director’s deferral election. Payment of a Director’s Stock Units attributable to a deferral of Director’s Fees shall also be made at such time except that, if the applicable January 31 occurs within the six (6)-month period beginning on the last date on which Director’s Fees have been converted into Stock Units on behalf of the Director and to the extent the Committee reasonably determines that earlier payment would result in a violation of Federal securities laws, then payment of the Director’s Stock Units shall be made on the last day of the month in which such six (6)-month period expires. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Stock Unit payments shall be made following the Director’s death, Disability or the date the Director Separates from Service, without regard to whether such six (6)-month period has expired. A Director shall continue to be credited with Dividend Equivalents during any such delay in payment. For the purpose of payment, Stock Units shall be paid in whole shares of the Company’s common stock corresponding to the Value on the applicable Valuation Date, with any fractional shares payable in cash; provided, however, that any payment based on a Separation from Service prior to May 8, 2014 is subject to the terms of the Plan then in effect.

Deferred Compensation Account. Interest shall be credited on the balance of each participating Director’s Deferred Compensation Account commencing with the date as of which any amount is credited to the Deferred Compensation Account and continuing up to the last day of the quarter preceding the month in which payment of the amounts deferred pursuant to the Plan is made. Such interest shall become a part of the Deferred Compensation Account and shall be paid at the same time or times as the balance of the Deferred Compensation Account. For periods prior to July 1, 2008, such interest for each calendar quarter during the deferral period shall be computed at seventy percent (70%) of the higher of the following averages: # the prime rate charged by the major commercial banks as of the first business day of each calendar month (as reported in an official publication of the Federal Reserve System), or # the average monthly long-term rate of A rated corporate bonds (as published in Moody’s Bond Record). For periods on and after July 1, 2008, interest shall be credited at one-hundred twenty percent (120%) of the long-term applicable federal rate, with quarterly compounding, as published under Section 1274(d) of the Code for the first month of the calendar quarter.

Deferred Compensation Account. Except with respect to Deferred Amounts which a Monthly Deferral Participant elects to have credited in Shares in accordance with [subsection 5.2] hereof, the Deferred Amount shall be denominated in U.S. dollars and credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account pursuant to [subsection 7.1] hereof.

Form of Payment. On the Closing Date (as defined below), # the Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the Securities be issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the “Purchase Price”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Securities, and # the Company shall deliver such duly executed Note on behalf of the Company against delivery of such Purchase Price.

FORM OF PAYMENT. Payment of Restricted Stock Units shall be made in the form of one (1) share of ​ common stock for each Restricted Stock Unit that is payable.

A Participant's Pre-2005 Benefit shall be paid in the form elected by the Participant in accordance with the terms of the First Bancorp Employees' Pension Plan, and his Post-2004 Benefit shall be paid in the form elected by the Participant pursuant to [Section 9.l(b)]. In either case, a benefit payable in any form other than a straight life annuity shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of such benefit payable as a straight life annuity.

Form of Payment. The vested value of a Participant's Account shall be paid in a single lump sum by the Employer in cash, less applicable payroll and withholding taxes.

Form of Payment. Each Actual Award will generally be paid in cash (or its equivalent) in a single lump sum. The Committee reserves the right to settle an Actual Award with a grant of an equity award under the Company’s then-current equity compensation plan.

Upon the death of a Participant prior to commencement of payment under Article VIII, the amounts represented by the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, increased by any amounts due to be credited but not yet credited under Article II, Article III or Article IV shall be payable to the Participant’s Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible following the date of the Participant’s death but in all events within 90 days following such date in the form of distribution elected by the Participant pursuant to Paragraph 8.2(a). If the Participant has already commenced receiving the amounts represented by the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account in the installment payment form, the installment payments shall continue to be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary. The Beneficiary shall receive any benefit payments in the form of whole shares of LSI Common Shares.

If a payment option described in paragraphs (i) or (ii), above, has been elected, the amount of the lump sum with respect to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account shall be equal to the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account as of the December 31 immediately preceding the date of the payment, and the amount of the lump sum with respect to the Participant's Share Account shall be equal to the number of Shares credited to the Share Account as of the December 31 immediately preceding the date of payment. If a payment option described in paragraphs (iii) or (iv), above, has been elected, the amount of each installment with respect to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account shall be equal to the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of a monthly installment payment, or the December 31 immediately preceding the date of an annual installment payment, divided by the number of installment payments that have not yet been made. The amount of each installment with respect to the Participant's Share Account shall be equal to the number of Shares credited to the Participant's Share Account as of the December 31 immediately preceding the date of an annual installment payment, divided by the number of installment payments that have not yet been made.

“If the Director elected to receive annual installments with respect to any portion of the Director’s Deferred Compensation Accounts, the first such installment shall be equal to the portion of the balance in the Director’s Deferred Compensation Account to which such installment election applies on the date of payment divided by the number of annual installment payments. Each subsequent annual payment shall be an amount equal to the portion of the balance in the Director’s Deferred Compensation Account to which such installment election applies on the date of payment divided by the number of the then-remaining annual payments and shall be paid on the respective anniversary of the preceding date of payment.” 4.

The Company maintains the Plan as a supplement to the Nucor Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to provide incentive compensation to senior officers of the Company. The Company desires to amend the Plan to (i) allow participants to elect a form of payment for performance awards deferred in ​ and later years that is different from the form of payment elected for performance awards deferred prior to ​ and (ii) meet other current needs.

Section # No Guarantees. No employer guarantees that any Reference Investment Fund will not result in a reduction of, or loss to, any Deferred Amount or Deferred Compensation or any Account. Neither the Company, nor any Participating Employer nor the Trustee guarantees the amount or payment of any Deferred Compensation or other amount payable to any Participant under the Plan.