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EX-10.11 5 h66367exv10w11.htm EX-10.11 exv10w11
Exhibit 10.11
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
1.01   PREAMBLE
 
    By the execution of this Adoption Agreement the Plan Sponsor hereby [complete (a) or (b)]
  (a) o adopts a new plan as of                      [month, day, year]
 
  (b) þ amends and restates its existing plan as of January 1, 2007 [month, day, year] which is the Amendment Restatement Date.
    Original Effective Date: January 1, 2007 [month, day, year]
 
    Pre-409A Grandfathering: o Yes þ No
1.02   PLAN
 
    Plan Name: The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
 
    Plan Year: January 1 — December 31
 
1.03   PLAN SPONSOR
     
Name:
  The Shaw Group Inc.
Address:
  4171 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone # :
  225 ###-###-####
EIN:
  72-1106167
Fiscal Yr:
  September 1-August 31
    Is stock of the Plan Sponsor, any Employer or any Related Employer publicly traded on an established securities market?
 
    þ Yes o No
1.04   EMPLOYER
 
    The following entities have been authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate in and have adopted the Plan (insert “Not Applicable” if none have been authorized):
         
Entity   Publicly Traded on Est. Securities Market
 
       
 
  Yes   No
See Attachment to Section 1.04
  o   þ
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
         
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1.05   ADMINISTRATOR
 
    The Plan Sponsor has designated the following party or parties to be responsible for the administration of the Plan:
 
    Name: Compensation Committee of Board of Directors, which may delegate its duties
 
    Address: 4171 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
  Note:   The Administrator is the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor to be responsible for the administration of the Plan. Neither Fidelity Employer Services Company nor any other Fidelity affiliate can be the Administrator.
1.06   KEY EMPLOYEE DETERMINATION DATES
 
    The Employer has designated                      as the Identification Date for purposes of determining Key Employees.
 
    In the absence of a designation, the Identification Date is December 31.
 
    The Employer has designated                      as the effective date for purposes of applying the six month delay in distributions to Key Employees.
 
    In the absence of a designation, the effective date is the first day of the fourth month following the Identification Date.
         
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2.01   PARTICIPATION
  (a) þ Employees [complete (i), (ii) or (iii)]
  (i) o Eligible Employees are selected by the Employer.
  (ii) þ Eligible Employees are those employees of the Employer who satisfy the following criteria:
      Are selected by the Administrator or its delegate
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
  (iii) o Employees are not eligible to participate.
  (b) þ Directors [complete (i), (ii) or (iii)]
  (i) o All Directors are eligible to participate.
  (ii) o Only Directors selected by the Employer are eligible to participate.
  (iii) þ Directors are not eligible to participate.
         
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3.01   COMPENSATION
 
    For purposes of determining Participant contributions under Article 4 and Employer contributions under Article 5, Compensation shall be defined in the following manner [complete (a) or (b) and select (c) and/or (d), if applicable]:
  (a) o Compensation is defined as:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (b) o Compensation as defined in ______ [insert name of qualified plan] without regard to the limitation in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for such Plan Year.
 
  (c) o Director Compensation is defined as:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (d) o Compensation shall, for all Plan purposes, be limited to $                    .
 
  (e) þ Not Applicable.
3.02   BONUSES
 
    Compensation, as defined in Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement, includes the following type of bonuses:
         
    Will be treated as Performance
Type   Based Compensation
 
       
 
  Yes   No
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
 
  o   o
    þ Not Applicable.
         
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4.01   PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS
 
    If Participant contributions are permitted, complete (a), (b), and (c). Otherwise complete (d).
  (a)   Amount of Deferrals
 
      Subject to the provisions of Section 4.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may elect within the period described in Article 4 of the Plan to defer the following amounts of remuneration. For each type of remuneration listed, complete “dollar amount” and / or “percentage amount”. The effective date of this Section 4.01(a)(i) of the Adoption Agreement as well as the Participants who are permitted to defer Compensation in accordance with this Section 4.01(a)(i) of the Adoption Agreement are governed by Appendix A.
 
      (i) Compensation Other than Bonuses [do not complete if you complete (iii)]
                                         
    Dollar Amount     % Amount        
Type of Remuneration   Min     Max     Min     Max     Increment  
(a)
                                       
(b)
                                       
(c)
                                       
Note: The increment is required to determine the permissible deferral amounts. For example, a minimum of 0% and maximum of 20% with a 5% increment would allow an individual to defer 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% or 20%.
(ii) Bonuses [do not complete if you complete (iii)]
                                         
    Dollar Amount     % Amount        
Type of Bonus   Min     Max     Min     Max     Increment  
(a)
                                       
(b)
                                       
(c)
                                       
(iii) Compensation [do not complete if you completed (i) and (ii)]
                                 
Dollar Amount     % Amount        
Min   Max     Min     Max     Increment  
 
                               
(iv) Director Compensation
                     
    Dollar Amount   % Amount    
Type of Compensation   Min   Max   Min   Max   Increment
Annual Retainer
                   
Meeting Fees
                   
Other:
                   
Other:
                   
         
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  (b)   Election Period
  (i)   Performance Based Compensation
 
      A special election period
 
      o   Does          o   Does Not
 
      apply to each eligible type of performance based compensation referenced in Section 3.02 of the Adoption Agreement.
 
      The special election period, if applicable, will be determined by the Employer.
  (ii)   Newly Eligible Participants
 
      An employee who is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year
 
      o   May          o   May Not
 
      elect to defer Compensation earned during the remainder of the Plan Year by completing a deferral agreement within the 30 day period beginning on the date he is eligible to participate in the Plan.
  (c)   Revocation of Deferral Agreement
 
      A Participant’s deferral agreement
 
      o          Will
 
      o          Will Not
 
      be cancelled for the remainder of any Plan Year during which he receives a hardship distribution of elective deferrals from a qualified cash or deferred arrangement maintained by the Employer. If cancellation occurs, the Participant may resume participation in accordance with Article 4 of the Plan.
  (d)   No Participant Contributions
 
      þ          Participant contributions are not permitted under the Plan.
         
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5.01   EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 
    If Employer contributions are permitted, complete (a) and/or (b). Otherwise complete (c).
  (a)   Matching Contributions
  (i)   Amount
 
      For each Plan Year, the Employer shall make a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Participant who defers Compensation for the Plan Year and satisfies the requirements of Section 5.01(a)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement equal to [complete the ones that are applicable]:
  (A) o ______ [insert percentage] of the Compensation the Participant has elected to defer for the Plan Year
 
  (B) o An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion
 
  (C) o Matching Contributions for each Participant shall be limited to $______ and/or ______% of Compensation.
 
  (D) o Other:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (E) þ Not Applicable [Proceed to Section 5.01(b)]
  (ii)   Eligibility for Matching Contribution
 
      A Participant who defers Compensation for the Plan Year shall receive an allocation of Matching Contributions determined in accordance with Section 5.01(a)(i) provided he satisfies the following requirements [complete the ones that are applicable]:
  (A) o Describe requirements:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (B) o Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of Matching Contributions
 
  (C) o No requirements
         
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  (iii)   Time of Allocation
 
      Matching Contributions, if made, shall be treated as allocated [select one]:
  (A) o As of the last day of the Plan Year
 
  (B) o At such times as the Employer shall determine in it sole discretion
 
  (C) o At the time the Compensation on account of which the Matching Contribution is being made would otherwise have been paid to the Participant
 
  (D) o Other:
 
     
 
 
     
 
  (b)   Other Contributions
  (i)   Amount
 
      The Employer shall make a contribution on behalf of each Participant who satisfies the requirements of Section 5.01(b)(ii) equal to [complete the ones that are applicable]:
  (A) o An amount equal to ______ [insert number] % of the Participant’s Compensation
 
  (B) þ An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion
 
  (C) o Contributions for each Participant shall be limited to $_______________
 
  (D) o Other:
 
  (E) o Not Applicable [Proceed to Section 6.01]
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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  (ii)   Eligibility for Other Contributions
 
      A Participant shall receive an allocation of other Employer contributions determined in accordance with Section 5.01(b)(i) for the Plan Year if he satisfies the following requirements [complete the one that is applicable]:
  (A) o Describe requirements:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (B) þ Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of other Employer contributions
 
  (C) o No requirements
  (iii)   Time of Allocation
 
      Employer contributions, if made, shall be treated as allocated [select one]:
  (A) o As of the last day of the Plan Year
 
  (B) þ At such time or times as the Employer shall determine in its sole discretion
 
  (C) o Other:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
  (c)   No Employer Contributions
 
      o          Employer contributions are not permitted under the Plan.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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6.01   DISTRIBUTIONS
 
    The timing and form of payment of distributions made from the Participant’s vested Account shall be made in accordance with the elections made in this Section 6.01 of the Adoption Agreement except when Section 9.6 of the Plan requires a six month delay for certain distributions to Key Employees of publicly traded companies.
  (a)   Timing of Distributions
  (i)   All distributions shall commence in accordance with the following [choose one]:
  (A)   þ     As soon as administratively feasible following the distribution event
 
  (B)   o     Monthly on specified day            [insert day]
 
  (C)   o     Annually on specified month and day            [insert month and day]
 
  (D)  
o     Calendar quarter on specified month and day [           month of quarter (insert 1,2 or 3);            day (insert day)]
  (ii)   The timing of distributions as determined in Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be modified by the adoption of:
  (A)  
o     Event Delay — Distribution events other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age will be treated as not having occurred for 30 days.
 
  (B)  
o     Hold Until Next Year — Distribution events other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age will be treated as not having occurred for twelve months from the date of the event if payment pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i) will thereby occur in the next calendar year or on the first payment date in the next calendar year in all other cases.
 
  (C)  
o     Immediate Processing — The timing method selected by the Plan Sponsor under Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be overridden for the following distribution events [insert events]:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (D)   þ     Not applicable.
         
 
       
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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  (b)   Distribution Events
      If a Participant selects multiple events, the earliest to occur will trigger payment. If the Participant chose either a lump sum or installment payments on or after a Specific Date with respect to a contribution and a Section 6.01(b)(iii), (xi), (xii), or 11.02 event occurs before all amounts attributable to that contribution have been paid, payment will be accelerated as follows. If the Participant chose either a lump sum or installment payments on or after a Specific Date and if a Section 6.01(b)(iii), (xi), (xii), or 11.02 event occurs:
  (1)   before that Specific Date, then payment will made to the Participant or his Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible after the Section 6.01(b)(iii), (xi), (xii), or 11.02 event (as applicable). Payment will be in a lump sum, unless the event is Separation from Service and the Participant expressly chose installment payments for that event.
 
  (2)   after that Specific Date but before the Participant has been paid all installments, then the remaining installments will be paid to the Participant or his Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible after the Section 6.01(b)(iii), (xi), (xii), or 11.02 event (as applicable) in a lump sum. However, if the event is Separation from Service and if the Participant affirmatively elected installments on Separation from Service, then the remaining installments will be paid on the original schedule following the Specific Date.
  For installments, insert the range of available periods (e.g., 5-15) or insert the periods available (e.g., 5,7,9).
                 
            Lump Sum   Installments
(i)
  þ   Specified Date   x   5 years
 
               
(ii)
  o   Specified Age   ___   ___ years
 
               
(iii)
  þ   Separation from Service   x   5 years
 
               
(iv)
  o   Separation from Service plus 6 months       ___ years
 
               
(v)
  o   Separation from Service plus            months [not to exceed            months]   ___   ___ years
 
               
(vi)
  o   Retirement   ___   ___ years
 
               
(vii)
  o   Retirement plus 6 months   ___   ___ years
 
               
(viii)
  o   Retirement plus            months [not to exceed            months]   ___   ___ years
 
               
(ix)
  o   Later of Separation from Service or Specified Age   ___   ___ years
 
               
(x)
  o   Later of Separation from Service or Specified Date   ___   ___ years
 
               
(xi)
  þ   Disability   x   ___ years
 
               
(xii)
  þ   Death   x   ___ years
 
               
(xiii)
  o   Change in Control   ___   ___ years
         
 
       
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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      The minimum deferral period for Specified Date or Specified Age event shall be Not Applicable for amounts deferred in accordance with Section 4.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. The minimum deferral period for amounts deferred in accordance with Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement shall be the period over which the contribution vests.
 
      Installments may be paid [select each that applies]
 
      o Monthly
 
      o Quarterly
 
      þ Annually
  (c)   Specified Date and Specified Age elections may not extend beyond age Not Applicable [insert age or “Not Applicable” if no maximum age applies].
         
 
       
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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  (d)   Payment Election Override
 
      Payment of the remaining vested balance of the Participant’s Account will automatically occur at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in the form indicated upon the earliest to occur of the following events [check each event that applies and for each event include only a single form of payment]:
             
    EVENTS   FORM OF PAYMENT
o  
Separation from Service
  ___ Lump sum   ___ Installments
o  
Separation from
Service before Retirement
  ___ Lump sum   ___ Installments
o  
Death
  ___ Lump sum   ___ Installments
o  
Disability
  ___ Lump sum   ___ Installments
þ  
Not Applicable
       
  (e)   Involuntary Cashouts
 
     
þ     If the Participant’s vested Account at the time of his Separation from Service does not exceed $10,000 distribution of the vested Account shall automatically be made in the form of a single lump sum in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Plan.
 
     
o     There are no involuntary cashouts.
  (f)   Retirement
 
     
o     Retirement shall be defined as a Separation from Service that occurs on or after the Participant [insert description of requirements]:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
þ     No special definition of Retirement applies.
         
 
       
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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  (g)   Distribution Election Change
 
      A Participant
 
      o Shall
 
      þ Shall Not
 
      be permitted to modify a scheduled distribution date and/or payment option in accordance with Section 9.2 of the Plan.
 
      A Participant shall generally be permitted to elect such modification            number of times.
 
      Administratively, allowable distribution events will be modified to reflect all options necessary to fulfill the distribution change election provision.
  (h)   Frequency of Elections
 
      The Plan Sponsor
 
      þ Has
 
      o Has Not
 
      Elected to permit annual elections of a time and form of payment for amounts deferred under the Plan.
         
 
       
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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7.01   VESTING
  (a)   Matching Contributions
 
      The Participant’s vested interest in the amount credited to his Account attributable to Matching Contributions shall be based on the following schedule:
                     
 
  o   Years of Service   Vesting %    
 
        0                            (insert ‘100’ if there is immediate vesting)
 
        1                             
 
        2                             
 
        3                             
 
        4                             
 
        5                             
 
        6                             
 
        7                             
 
        8                             
 
        9                             
             
 
  o   Other:    
 
           
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
           
 
  o   Class year vesting applies.    
 
           
 
           
 
           
 
  þ   Not applicable.    
         
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  (b)   Other Employer Contributions
 
      The Participant’s vested interest in the amount credited to his Account attributable to Employer contributions other than Matching Contributions shall be based on the following schedule:
                     
 
  o   Years of Service   Vesting %    
 
        0                            (insert ‘100’ if there is immediate vesting)
 
        1                             
 
        2                             
 
        3                             
 
        4                             
 
        5                             
 
        6                             
 
        7                             
 
        8                             
 
        9                             
             
 
  þ   Other:    
 
 
      The rate at which Employer contributions credited to a Participant’s Account vest shall be determined by the Employer in its sole discretion. The Employer shall apprise each Participant of the rate and manner of vesting that shall apply to each contribution credited to his Account.    
 
           
 
  þ   Class year vesting applies.    
 
           
 
                                                                      
 
           
 
  o   Not applicable.    
         
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  (c)   Acceleration of Vesting
 
      A Participant’s vested interest in his Account will automatically be 100% upon the occurrence of the following events: [select the ones that are applicable]:
  (i)   þ   Death
 
  (ii)   þ   Disability
 
  (iii)   þ   Change in Control
 
  (iv)   o   Eligibility for Retirement
 
  (v)   o   Other:                                         
 
                                                                
 
  (vi)   o   Not applicable.
  (d)   Years of Service
  (i)   A Participant’s Years of Service shall include all service performed for the Employer and
      þ   Shall
 
      o   Shall Not
      include service performed for any Employer identified in Section 1.04 and for any Related Employer.
 
  (ii)   Years of Service shall also include service performed for the following entities:
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
  (iii)   Years of Service shall be determined in accordance with (select one)
  (A)   þ   The elapsed time method in Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.410(a)-7
 
  (B)   o   The general method in DOL Reg. Sec. 2530.200b-1 through b-4
 
  (C)   o   The Participant’s Years of Service credited under [insert name of plan]                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
  (D)   o   Other:                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                
  (iv)   o Not applicable.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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8.01   UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY
  (a)   A withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency as defined in Section 2.24:
      þ   Will
 
      o   Will Not [if Unforeseeable Emergency withdrawals are not permitted, proceed to Section 9.01]
 
      be allowed.
  (b)   Upon a withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant’s deferral election for the remainder of the Plan Year:
      o   Will
 
      o   Will Not
 
      be cancelled. If cancellation occurs, the Participant may resume participation in accordance with Article 4 of the Plan.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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9.01   INVESTMENT DECISIONS
      Investment decisions regarding the hypothetical amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be made by [select one]:
  (a)   þ The Participant or his Beneficiary
 
  (b)   o The Employer
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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10.01   GRANTOR TRUST
 
    The Employer [select one]:
    þ   Does
 
    o   Does Not
 
    intend to establish a grantor trust in connection with the Plan.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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11.01   TERMINATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
 
    The Plan Sponsor
  o Reserves
 
  þ Does Not Reserve
    the right to terminate the Plan and distribute all vested amounts credited to Participant Accounts upon a Change in Control as described in Section 9.7.
11.02   AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
 
    Distribution of the remaining vested balance of each Participant’s Account
  þ Shall
 
  o Shall Not
    automatically be paid as a lump sum payment upon the occurrence of a Change in Control as provided in Section 9.7.
11.03   CHANGE IN CONTROL
    A Change in Control for Plan purposes includes the following [select each definition that applies]:
  (a) þ A change in the ownership of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(c) of the Plan.
 
  (b) þ A change in the effective control of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(d) of the Plan.
 
  (c) þ A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(e) of the Plan.
 
  (d) o Not Applicable.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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12.01   GOVERNING STATE LAW
 
    The laws of Louisiana shall apply in the administration of the Plan to the extent not preempted by ERISA.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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EXECUTION PAGE
The Plan Sponsor has caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed this ____________ day of _________, 20______.
         
     
PLAN SPONSOR:   The Shaw Group Inc.   
 
  By:      
    Title:     
       
 
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
Restated Effective January 1, 2007
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APPENDIX A
SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATES
The provisions of the Plan as amended and restated shall apply retroactively to amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2007, the effective date of the current amendment and restatement of the Plan.
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
Restated Effective January 1, 2007
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ATTACHMENT TO SECTION 1.04
All domestic subsidiaries of the Plan Sponsor that employ any person designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as eligible to participate in the Plan, including but not limited to, the following entities:
         
Participating Employer   EIN #
The Shaw Group Inc.
    72-1106167  
Shaw Global Energy Services, Inc.
    72-0962273  
Shaw Global Offshore Services, Inc.
    26-0838055  
Shaw Services, L.L.C.
    72-1515466  
Shaw Management Services One, Inc.
    41 ###-###-####  
Stone & Webster Construction Services, L.L.C.
    72-1515465  
Stone & Webster Services, L.L.C.
    72-1515448  
Stone & Webster Asia, Inc.
    72-1481348  
Field Services, Inc.
    72-1482550  
Shaw Environmental, Inc.
    77-0589932  
         
The Shaw Group Deferred Compensation Plan
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