Exhibit 10.3 ------------ SIXTH AMENDMENT UAL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (Effective as of July 12, 1994) By virtue and in exercise of the amending power reserved to UAL Corporation (the "Company") under Section 13.1(a) of the UAL Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan (effective as of July 12, 1994) (the "Plan"), which amending power thereunder is subject to the approval of the Air Line Pilots Association International ("ALPA") and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (the "IAM"), the Company hereby amends the Plan, subject to the approval of ALPA and the IAM, as follows, effective December 31, 1996. 1. Section 3.1(b) (ii) is amended by replacing the reference to "Section 5.4 (c) (vii)" with "Sections 5.4 (c) (vii) and 5.4 (g)". 2. The following new subsection (g) is added to Section 5.4: "Follow-up Allocations. After the performance of the allocations described in the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4 for a Plan Year, but prior to the time prescribed for filing of the Employer's federal income tax return (including any extensions of time) for that Plan Year, it may be determined that Convertible Shares and/or Voting Shares which were allocated for such Plan Year to a Participant under the Supplemental Plan could have been allocated to Part B for such Plan Year without violating the limitations imposed by Code Sections 415, 401(a) (17) and (with respect to members of the Management and Salaried Employee Group) 401(a) (4). If such a circumstance exists, the Company shall, to the extent provided below, make a contribution of shares on behalf of such Participant to Part B, or, as applicable, direct the trustee of the Supplemental Trust to transfer shares from the Supplemental Trust to Part B. Such shares shall be allocated to the account of such Participant under Part B. The contribution and allocation referred to in this subsection (g) shall be for the limited purpose of crediting (in the same Plan Year) shares under Part B to Participants who were initially allocated such shares under the Supplemental Plan. The contribution and allocation of such shares to such a Participant shall not increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares allocated to the Participant under this Plan and the Supplemental Plan. No contribution or allocation shall be made under this subsection (g) after the time prescribed for filing the Employer's federal income tax return (including any extensions of time) for the Plan Year in which the shares were initially allocated to the Participant under the Supplemental Plan. Transfers of shares following the deadline set forth in the preceding sentence from the Supplemental Plan to this Plan (if any) shall be governed by Section 5.4 (c)(vi) of this Plan and Section 2.7 (a) of the Supplemental Plan." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Sixth Amendment to be executed on August 11, 1997. ---------- UAL CORPORATION /s/ Douglas A. Hacker --------------------- APPROVED BY: AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL /s/ Michael H. Glawe -------------------- /s/ J.R. Babbitt ---------------- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS /s/ Kenneth W. Thiede ---------------------