EX-10 4 a4846542ex10n.txt EXHIBIT 10N Exhibit 10n ROGERS CORPORATION EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT AGREEMENT First Amendment Pursuant to Section 9.5 of the Rogers Corporation Executive Supplemental Retirement Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 5, 2002, by and between Rogers Corporation (the "Company") and Walter E. Boomer (the "Executive"), the Company and the Executive each desire to amend the Agreement, as follows: 1. Effective as of January 1, 2004, Article One of the Agreement is amended by a Section 1.6 immediately following Section 1.5 thereof, as follows: "1.6 Employment Taxes. In addition to any other benefit payable pursuant to this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment for each year, beginning after December 31, 2003, equal to the amount of the Executive's net out-of-pocket expenses related to any employment or similar tax which results from benefits accrued under this Agreement and any payment made under this Section 1.6." 2. Except as so amended, the Agreement in all other respects is hereby confirmed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this First Amendment to the Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, each on this 29th day of April, 2004. ROGERS CORPORATION /s/ Walter E. Boomer By: /s/ Robert M. Soffer --------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Walter E. Boomer, in his Robert M. Soffer individual capacity Vice President and Secretary