Exhibit 10.42 Amendment to Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors At a meeting held on November 21, 1997, the board of directors of Reynolds Metals Company adopted the following resolution: RESOLVED, that Section 4.04(b) of the Reynolds Metals Company 1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan is hereby amended effective December 1, 1997, by deleting the reference to "the Rights Agreement dated November 23, 1987" and inserting in its place a reference to "the Rights Agreement dated December 1, 1997."