EXHIBIT 10.41 REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY STOCK PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS Effective January 1, 1997 ARTICLE I PURPOSE OF THE PLAN The purposes of the Plan are to promote a greater identity of interests between the Company's Directors and its stockholders through grants of Phantom Stock and to assist the Company in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as Directors by affording them an opportunity to share in the future successes of the Company. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS 2.01 "Beneficiary" shall mean the individual or entity designated by the Director to receive any amounts allocated to the Director that remain in the Plan upon the death of the Director. If no such designation is made, or if the designated individual predeceases the Director or the entity no longer exists, then the Beneficiary shall be the Director's estate. 2.02 "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 2.03 "Company" shall mean Reynolds Metals Company, a Delaware corporation. 2.04 "Company Stock" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, without par value. 2.05 "Director" shall mean a voting member of the Board (a) who is not an employee of the Company or of one of its subsidiaries and (b) who is not entitled, as a result of previous employment by any of them, to receive any retirement benefits from the Company or from any company that is or has been a subsidiary. 2.06 "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 1997. 2.07 "Phantom Stock" shall mean shares of Company Stock credited to a Director in accordance with Article III. 2.08 "Plan" shall mean this Reynolds Metals Company Stock Plan for Outside Directors, as amended from time to time. ARTICLE III GRANTS OF PHANTOM STOCK 3.01 Each Director shall be granted 225 shares of Phantom Stock under the Plan each calendar year. Grants shall be credited to Directors' accounts under the Plan in four equal quarterly installments on the last day of each calendar quarter. A Director who ceases to be a member of the Board during a calendar quarter shall be credited on the last day of that quarter with a proportionate share of the quarterly allocation based on the Director's service during the quarter. 3.02 In addition to the Phantom Stock grants described in Section 3.01 above, the account of each Director who is serving as a Director on January 1, 1997, shall be credited as of such date with an additional initial grant of Phantom Stock. The number of shares of Phantom Stock in this initial grant shall be determined in accordance with the action taken by the Board at its meeting on November 15, 1996. 3.03 As of each date when cash dividends are paid on Company Stock, each Director's account under the Plan shall also be adjusted to reflect dividend equivalents computed in accordance with this Section 3.03. The dollar amount of the dividend equivalent for each Director shall equal the cash dividends that would have been paid on the number of shares of Phantom Stock credited to the Director's account as of the dividend record date if that number of shares of Phantom Stock had actually been issued and outstanding on the record date. This dividend equivalent for each Director shall be converted into a number representing additional shares of Phantom Stock by dividing (a) the total dollar amount of the Director's dividend equivalent by (b) the arithmetic average of the high and low sales prices of Company Stock as reported on New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions on the date when the cash dividends are paid. The Director's account under this Plan shall then be credited with the determined number of shares of Phantom Stock, including fractional shares calculated to three decimal places. 3.04 If any stock dividend is declared upon Company Stock, or if there is any stock split, stock distribution, or other recapitalization of the Company with respect to its Company Stock, resulting in a split-up or combination or exchange of shares, or if any special distribution is made to holders of Company Stock, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Phantom Stock credited to the account of a Director under the Plan shall be proportionately and appropriately adjusted. ARTICLE IV PAYMENT OF PLAN ACCOUNTS 4.01 No Director shall receive any payment under the Plan while serving as a Director. If a Director resigns or retires during a calendar year, the Director's account shall be maintained under the Plan through January 15 of the following year. As of such January 15, the total number of shares of Phantom Stock credited to the Director's account (representing both grants and dividend equivalents) shall be computed and a distribution made to the Director as soon after January 15 as administratively feasible. Distributions shall be in shares of Company Stock, except that any fractional share shall be paid in cash. The cash value of the fractional share shall be based on the arithmetic average of the high and low sales prices of Company Stock as reported on New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions on January 15 (or on the preceding business day if the New York Stock Exchange is not open on January 15). 4.02 Except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 4.03 below, any payment shall be made in a single lump sum. 4.03(a) Payment of Phantom Stock credited to a Director's account from time to time in accordance with Section 3.01, including any dividend equivalents attributable to such Phantom Stock, shall be made in a single lump sum unless the Director elects before December 31 of any year to have the Phantom Stock (including dividend equivalents attributable thereto) credited during the following calendar year paid out in five annual installments. Once made, any such election is irrevocable for the calendar year to which it applies. A new election will be required each December if installments are desired for the following calendar years. If the Director elects payment in the form of five annual installments, the initial installment shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after January 15 of the year following the year of the Director's resignation or retirement and shall equal one-fifth of the number of shares of Phantom Stock subject to installment payments. The subsequent four annual installments shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the next four January 15 dates and shall equal in each case (i) the remaining number of shares of Phantom Stock subject to installment payments divided by (ii) the number of installment payments remaining, including the installment about to be paid. (b) Payment of Phantom Stock credited to a Director's account in accordance with Section 3.02, including any dividend equivalents attributable to such Phantom Stock, shall be made in a single lump sum. 4.04 In the event of a Director's death, the remaining unpaid portion of such Director's Phantom Stock credited under the Plan, including any applicable dividend equivalents, shall be paid in a single lump sum to the Director's Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible after January 15 of the year following the calendar year of the Participant's death. The payment shall be in shares of Company Stock, except that the value of any fractional share shall be computed as described in Section 4.01 and paid in cash. ARTICLE V COMPANY STOCK Shares of Company Stock distributed under the Plan may be shares purchased by the Company on the open market or shares held in the Company's treasury from time to time, or a combination of both, as the Board may from time to time determine. ARTICLE VI AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN The Board may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part; provided, however, that without the Director's consent, no such amendment, suspension or termination shall materially adversely affect the rights of any Director in respect of previous grants to such Director. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS 7.01 Neither the establishment of the Plan nor the payment of any benefits hereunder nor any action of the Company, including the Board, in connection therewith shall be held or construed to confer upon any individual any legal right to remain on the Board. 7.02 No rights or benefits under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any attempt thereat shall be void. No such right or benefit shall, before receipt thereof, be in any manner liable for or subject to the recipient's debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts. 7.03 This Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and each Director, and upon the successors and assigns of the Company and of each Director. 7.04 The Company shall not be required to deliver any fractional share of Common Stock but shall pay, in lieu thereof, the cash value (measured as of the January 15 immediately preceding the distribution) of such fractional share to the Director (or the Director's Beneficiary, if applicable). The cash value of a fractional share shall be computed as described in Section 4.01. 7.05 Except as otherwise required by applicable federal laws, this Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Executed and adopted effective January 1, 1997, pursuant to action taken by the Board of Directors of Reynolds Metals Company at its meeting on November 15, 1996. REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY By F Robert Newman Title: Vice President, Human Resources F:\LJA\DIRCOMP\STOCKPLN\EF-01-01.997