Exhibit 10.1 (an)
AMENDMENT NUMBER 9
TO THE
SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’
SAVINGS PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1997)
By virtue and in exercise of the amending power reserved to Sauer-Danfoss (US) Company (the
“Company”) by Section 14.1 of Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan as amended and restated effective
January 1, 1997 (the “Plan”) and pursuant to the authority delegated to the undersigned officer of the Company
by the Employee Benefits Committee of the Company, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of January 1,
2003, as follows:
1. The Plan is amended by deleting the last two sentences in Section 12.8(b) of the Plan, which
begin “All distribution” and “Any Plan provisions.”
2. The Plan is amended by deleting Section 12.8(f) in its entirety and substituting the following 12.8
(f) in its place:
“(f) If a Participant dies before distribution of his interest has begun, distribution of his entire
interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary
of his death. However, if a portion of the Participant’s interest is to be paid to a Beneficiary
designated by him, that portion may, if the other provisions of this Plan so provide, be distributed
over the life or life expectancy of the Beneficiary. In that case, distribution must begin not later
than December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Participant’s death. If
the Beneficiary is the Participant’s surviving spouse, and other provisions of the Plan so provide,
distribution need not begin until December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would
have attained age 70 l /2. If the surviving Spouse dies before distribution to her begins, then for
purposes of the requirements of this and the preceding subsections (concerning the latest date a
distribution may begin and the longest period of time over which