Exhibit 10.12(k)
CYTEC SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN
(As amended April 13, 2000, effective as of January 1, 2000)
Effective as of January 1, 1994, Cytec Industries Inc. (the "Company'") hereby establishes the Cytec
Supplemental Employees' Retirement Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded pension
plan maintained primarily for a select group of management or highly compensated employees which is exempt
from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. The Plan
makes up the amount of the accrued benefits which cannot be provided under the Cytec Past Service Retirement
Plan and the Cytec Salaried and Nonbargaining Employees' Retirement Plan as a result of the limitation on the
amount of compensation which can be taken into account under Section 401(a) (17) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and includes in the calculation of compensation all such income in the
year in which it would have otherwise been credited for purposes of determining benefits, even if receipt is
deferred until a subsequent year. The Plan is not a qualified plan under the Code and benefits are paid by or on
behalf of the Employer.
The Plan is intended to replace that portion of the American Cyanamid Company and Subsidiaries ERISA
Excess Retirement Plan (the "Cyanamid Excess P1an") which provided benefits in excess of the limits imposed by
Section 401(a)
(17) of the Code. Pursuant to the Transfer and Distribution Agreement dated December 17,
1993 between American Cyanamid Company and Cytec Industries Inc., the Plan assumes such excess liabilities
attributable to employees of the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company covered by the Cyanamid
Excess Plan on December 31, 1993 who became employees of an Employer on January 1, 1994.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1 "Actuarial Equivalent" means an amount or benefit of equal value based on the interest rate used by the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporati