UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2013

 


 

SPX CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

1-6948

 

38-1016240

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 752-4400

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.02.                                         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

The Compensation Committee of SPX Corporation (“SPX”) annually reviews the compensatory arrangements of SPX’s executive officers.  That review includes, among other things, consideration of evolving compensatory arrangement practices.  As a result of this year’s review, SPX and its executive officers have agreed to effect the changes to existing agreements described below.

 

On December 2, 2013, SPX and each of its executive officers (each, an “Officer”) amended and restated the existing change of control agreements (each, a “Prior Agreement”) between each such Officer and SPX.  Each amended and restated agreement is attached hereto (each, a “New Agreement”).

 

Each New Agreement:

 

·                   Revises the definition of a “change of control” to increase the ownership threshold at which a change of control will be deemed to take place and requires consummation of a business combination (rather than only shareholder approval) to trigger a change of control;

·                   Eliminates the right of the Officer to terminate his employment “for any reason” and triggers change of control payments following a change of control;

·                   Provides that in the event of a change of control no tax gross up payments will be made; and

·                   Effects other minor changes.

 

Each New Agreement will become effective March 10, 2014.

 

The preceding description of the New Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Agreements, each filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

On December 2, 2013, each Officer executed a waiver in the form attached as exhibits hereto pursuant to which each Officer agreed to waive his right to receive a car allowance and reimbursement for certain club dues and fees.

 

The preceding description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form Waiver of Certain Employment Agreement Provisions, filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

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Item 8.01.                                         Other Events.

 

The Compensation Committee of SPX’s Board of Directors approved the forms of Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, for future stock awards to SPX officers.  The Forms are attached hereto as exhibits hereto.  The Company anticipates first using these Forms in connection with 2014 grants.

 

Each Restricted Stock Agreement is substantially similar to earlier agreements, except that each revises the definition of a “change of control” to increase the ownership threshold at which a change of control will be deemed to take place and require consummation of a business combination (rather than only shareholder approval) to trigger a change of control.

 

The preceding description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the forms of Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

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Item 9.01.                                         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Change of Control Agreement between Christopher J. Kearney and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.2

 

Change of Control Agreement between Jeremy W. Smeltser and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.3

 

Change of Control Agreement between Robert B. Foreman and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.4

 

Change of Control Agreement between David A. Kowalski and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.5

 

Change of Control Agreement between Kevin L. Lilly and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.6

 

Change of Control Agreement between J. Michael Whitted and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.7

 

Form of Waiver of Certain Employment Agreement Provisions by each of Christopher J. Kearney, Jeremy W. Smeltser, Robert B. Foreman, David A. Kowalski, Kevin L. Lilly, and J. Michael Whitted, dated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.8

 

Form of Internal Performance-based Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, approved in 2013

 

 

 

10.9

 

Form of External Performance-Based Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, approved in 2013

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: December 5, 2013

By:

/s/ Kevin L. Lilly

 

 

Kevin L. Lilly

 

 

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Change of Control Agreement between Christopher J. Kearney and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.2

 

Change of Control Agreement between Jeremy W. Smeltser and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.3

 

Change of Control Agreement between Robert B. Foreman and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.4

 

Change of Control Agreement between David A. Kowalski and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.5

 

Change of Control Agreement between Kevin L. Lilly and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.6

 

Change of Control Agreement between J. Michael Whitted and SPX Corporation, as amended and restated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.7

 

Form of Waiver of Certain Employment Agreement Provisions by each of Christopher J. Kearney, Jeremy W. Smeltser, Robert B. Foreman, David A. Kowalski, Kevin L. Lilly, and J. Michael Whitted, dated December 2, 2013

 

 

 

10.8

 

Form of Internal Performance-based Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, approved in 2013

 

 

 

10.9

 

Form of External Performance-Based Restricted Stock Agreement under the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, approved in 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. Christopher J. Kearney

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

Dear Chris:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment. In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction, in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to March 10, 1999, amended, restated and renewed as of November 20, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”) to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that your employment is terminated due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 

1.                                       Term of Agreement . This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Date of Expiration”). However, on that initial Date of Expiration, and on each extended Date of Expiration thereafter, the term of this Agreement will be extended automatically for one additional year unless, not later than six (6) months prior to such Date of Expiration, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement. However, if a Change of Control occurs during the term of this

 



 

Agreement, this Agreement will continue in effect for thirty-six (36) months beyond the end of the month in which the Change of Control occurred.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2008 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2008 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2.                                       Change of Control of the Company . No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred. A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred. For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                                A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

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(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by

 

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the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                              The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3.                                       Definitions . The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability . “Disability” shall mean that, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental injury or illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for at least six (6) consecutive  months and, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice of suspension is given, you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

 

(b)                                  Retirement . “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of your employment (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause . “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engaging in conduct which is demonstrably and

 

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materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of a felony which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company. For purposes of this paragraph (c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason . You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within three (3) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)             The assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your duties, responsibilities, and the status of your position as of the day prior to the Change of Control of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

(ii)            A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)           The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Pension Plan, Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan, Executive Bonus Plan, Stock Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three years, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)                               The termination, replacement, or reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, unless the officer is terminated due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or by the Company for Cause, or by the officer other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

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(vii)                            The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

(viii)                         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of paragraph (f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability. Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination . Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(f)                                    Date of Termination . “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision. In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined. In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount . For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that year. For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

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4.                                       Compensation Upon Termination Following a Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits . In the event that your employment is terminated for any reason during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2 herein), you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination. For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)                                   A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Any and all other cash earned through the Date of Termination and deferred at your election or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect;

 

(vi)                               Credited service in the Company’s Pension Plan (or its successor) through the Date of Termination for purposes of computing your accrued pension benefit;

 

(vii)                            All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination; and

 

(viii)                         Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided for in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment. If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2 ½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

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(b)                                  Severance Benefits . In the event that your employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as described in Section 2 herein), unless your termination is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) by the Company for Cause; or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits. For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)             Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by three (3);

 

(ii)            An amount equal to three (3) times the greatest of (I) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (II) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the Year of Termination or (III) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)           For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same health care coverage you had prior to your termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages. For purposes of the Retirement Plan health care coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service, for computing your benefit, as normally computed under the terms of the Plan. Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the three (3) year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company. To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(iv)                               For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the three (3) year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination, provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

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(v)            Under the Company’s Pension Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your Date of Termination and receive three (3) additional full years of service credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further, in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, three (3) years will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay” (base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) year average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at your Date of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (B)(I), (II), and (III) of subparagraph (ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the extent not payable under the Pension Plan, to be paid as an additional benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;

 

(vi)           Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vii)          Each stock option which you have been granted by the Company and which is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(viii)         Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity-based compensation awards which you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination.

 

(ix)                               In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax

 

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value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)           In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(ix).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.

 

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Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(ix) on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(x)                                  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including

 

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attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained by the Company from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or director) of the Company. Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(xi)           You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you. Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of the termination of your employment. If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of the termination of your employment.

 

(xii)          The Company also shall pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in paragraph (ix) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (xii) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xiii)         Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the payments provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) if a lump sum has been elected previously in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, and (vi) and (xii) above, shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment. If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if your employment with the Company is terminated

 

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within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if you reasonably demonstrate that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred or would be less likely to have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination of your employment shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii).

 

(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)             None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your termination or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six Month Delay Rule”). Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your termination (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan). Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date that is six (6) months after your termination shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

(ii)            During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

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(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A- 1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

provided that the amount paid under this paragraph will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a release in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of employment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your termination of employment. If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of the termination of your employment.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5.                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

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(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.

 

If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6.                                       No Funding of Benefits . Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder. Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company. However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.

 

7.                                       Withholding of Taxes . The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.

 

8.                                       Notice . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9.                                       Miscellaneous . No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board. The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

10.                                Employment Rights . This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause.

 

11.                                No Vested Interest . Neither you nor your beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

12.                               Prior Agreements . This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you. If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

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13.                                Validity . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14.                                Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15.                                Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

16.                                409A Compliance . To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions). This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Section 409A. The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christopher J. Kearney

 

By:

/s/ Kevin L. Lilly

Christopher J. Kearney

 

Kevin L. Lilly

 

 

 

 

Its:

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. Jeremy  W. Smeltser

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

Dear Jeremy:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success  have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment.  In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions that it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to April 22, 2009 (the “2009 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”), to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that you separate from service due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 

1 .                                       Term of Agreement .  This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Term”); provided, however, that this Agreement shall remain in effect and the Term shall be extended automatically from year to year thereafter for one (1) additional year unless, not later than six (6) months

 



 

prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date, or any subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1 to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs during the Term of this Agreement, the Term of this Agreement shall be extended automatically to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Change of Control. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2009 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2009 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2 .                                       Change of Control of the Company .  No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan that acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this Section 2(a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

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(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)           A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section 2(a)(iii)(B)(2) above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such

 

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securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding that such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two (2)-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Section 2(a), above, or Section 2(c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this Section 2(c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in Section 2(a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3 .                                       Definitions .  The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability .  For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean, in the written opinion of a qualified physician selected by the Company, the Executive is by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that

 

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can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, (x) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (y) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under a Company disability plan.

 

(b)                              Retirement .  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary separation from service (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause .  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engage in conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of (or pleaded nolo contendere to) a felony that impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company.  For purposes of this Section 3(c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.  In addition, your employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after your employment has terminated, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause.

 

The Company shall make any decision that Cause exists in good faith.  For purposes of this Agreement, no act or failure to act on your part shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith or without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interests of the Company or any successor or affiliate.  Any act, or failure to act, on your part, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company or any successor or affiliate shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company or any successor or affiliate thereof.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason .  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within two (2) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one (1) or more of the following:

 

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(i)                                      A reduction or alteration in your duties and responsibilities, or the status of your position from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

(ii)                                   A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)           The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Individual Account Retirement Plan, Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, applicable executive bonus plan, 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three (3) years of the Disability, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)           The separation from service, replacement, or reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, excluding any officer who separates from service due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or who is terminated by the Company for Cause, or who terminates other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

(vii)                            The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

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(viii)         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 3(f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

Your right to separate from service pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability.  Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder, except that you must provide notice to the Company of the existence of the condition described in above within a period not to exceed ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the condition, and the Company will have a period of at least thirty (30) days following the notice during which it may remedy the condition.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination .  Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice that shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(f)                                    Date of Termination .  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision.  In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined.  In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount .  For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that

 

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year.  For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.  For any year following the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means the greater of (i) your actual bonus for the year prior to the year during which the Change of Control occurs and (ii) your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the Bonus Plan, according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

4 .                                       Compensation Upon Separation from Service Following a Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits .  In the event that you separate from service for any reason during the Term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company, you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination to the extent unpaid.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)                                   A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Your accrued benefit under the SPX Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management; and

 

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(vi)                               All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination.

 

(vii)                            Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided for in Section 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your Date of Termination.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(b)                                  Severance Benefits .  In the event that you separate from service during the Term of this Agreement following a Change of Control, unless your separation from service is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) a termination by the Company for Cause; or (iii) a termination by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by two (2);

 

(ii)                                   An amount equal to two (2) times the greatest of (A) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (B) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the Year of Termination or (C) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)           For a two (2) -year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same group health care coverage you had prior to your Date of Termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages.  For purposes of the retiree medical coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service for computing your benefit as normally computed under the terms of the retiree medical plan.  Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you

 

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pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the two (2) -year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company.  To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(iv)                               For a two (2) -year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the two (2) -year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions;

 

(v)                                  Under the Company’s Individual Account Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your Date of Termination and receive two (2) additional full years of service credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further, in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, two (2) years will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay” (base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) -year average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at your Date of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (A), (B) and (C) of Section 4(b)(ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the extent not payable under the Individual Account Retirement Plan, to be paid as an additional benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;

 

(vi)                               Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vii)                            Each stock option that you have been granted by the Company and that is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally

 

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designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(viii)                         Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity-based compensation awards that you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s 2002 Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;

 

(ix)                               In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)                                In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the

 

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provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(ix).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.  Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is

 

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not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(ix) on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(x)                              To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained by the Company from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or director) of the Company.  Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this

 

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Section 4(b)(x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(xi)           You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you.  Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of your separation from service.  If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of your separation from service.

 

(xii)          To the extent that you prevail in any contest or dispute with respect to any interpretation, enforcement or defense of your rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise, the Company shall pay to you or reimburse you for all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such contest or dispute (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any separation from service or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Code Section 4999 to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in Section 4(b)(ix) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 4(b)(xii) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xiii)         Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the  payments provided in Sections 4(b)(i), (ii), (v) (if a lump sum  has been elected previously in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan), and (vi) and (xii) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your separation from service.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs and you separate from service other than for Cause within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs and you assert in

 

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writing to the Board within thirty (30) days following the Change of Control that such separation from service (i) was at the request of a third party who had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement your separation from service shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control and any payments owed to you hereunder as a result of such Change of Control shall be paid to you within sixty (60) days following the Change of Control, unless the Board determines in good faith that your separation from service (i) was not at the request of a third party who had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) did not otherwise arise in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, and (iii) would have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii), and as provided in Section 13.

 

(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under  Code Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)                                      None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Code Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your separation from service or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six -Month Delay Rule”). Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six -Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your separation from service (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date that is six (6) months after your separation from service shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

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(ii)            During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

provided that the amount paid under this Section 4(e)(ii) will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a form general release and waiver of claims in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your separation from service.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your separation from service.  If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of your separation from service.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a

 

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different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5 .                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6 .                                       No Funding of Benefits .  Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder.  Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company.  However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.  The Company also may deposit additional amounts to cover any administrative fees and expenses associated with the trust.

 

7 .                                       Withholding of Taxes .  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.  The Company may, at its option (a) require you to pay to the Company in cash such amount

 

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as may be required to satisfy such withholding obligations or (b) make other satisfactory arrangements with you to satisfy such withholding obligations.

 

8 .                                       Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9 .                                       Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.  The Company and you agree that the jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce, or otherwise relating to, this Agreement shall be exclusively in the courts in the State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, including the Federal Courts located therein or responsible therefor (should Federal jurisdiction exist), and the Company and you hereby submit and consent to said jurisdiction and venue.

 

10 .                                Employment Rights .  This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without Cause.

 

11 .                                No Vested Interest .  Neither you nor your estate shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

12 .                                Prior Agreements .  This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you.  If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

13.                                Coordination with Employment Agreement .  Payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be in lieu of or reduced by any severance payments or benefits provided to the Executive under an Employment Agreement or any other severance pay plan, policy or arrangement of the Company.

 

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14.                                Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

15.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

16 .                                Dispute Resolution .  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect, in Charlotte, North Carolina in accordance with the AAA’s National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction.  However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.  You acknowledge that by accepting this arbitration provision you are waiving any right to a jury trial in the event of a covered dispute.  The arbitrator may, but is not required to, order that the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party its attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in any arbitration arising out of this Agreement.  The arbitrator will have the right only to interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement and may not change any of its provisions.  The arbitrator will permit reasonable pre-hearing discovery of facts, to the extent necessary to establish a claim or a defense to a claim, subject to supervision by the arbitrator.  The determination of the arbitrator will be conclusive and binding upon the parties and judgment upon the same may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The arbitrator will give written notice to the parties stating the arbitrator’s determination, and will furnish to each party a signed copy of such determination.  Any arbitration or action pursuant to this Section 16 will be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware and, where applicable, federal law, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of Delaware.  The Company will not be required to seek or participate in arbitration regarding any actual or threatened breach of any applicable non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality or similar restrictive covenants applicable to you, but may pursue its remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

17.                                Code Section 409A Compliance .  To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Code Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Code Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such

 

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intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions). This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Code Section 409A. The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

18.                                Payments to Estate .  The executor of your estate shall be entitled to receive all amounts owing to you at the time of death under this Agreement in full settlement and satisfaction of all claims and demands on your behalf.  Such payments shall be in addition to any other death benefits of the Company and in full settlement and satisfaction of all severance benefit payments provided for in this Agreement.  In the event of your death or a judicial determination of your incompetence, reference in this Agreement to “you” will be deemed to refer, where appropriate, to your estate or other legal representative.

 

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If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

/s/ Jeremy W. Smeltser

 

By:

/s/ Christopher J. Kearney

Jeremy W. Smeltser

 

Christopher J. Kearney

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:

December 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. Robert B. Foreman

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

Dear Bob:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment. In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction, in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to May 10, 1999, amended, restated and renewed as of November 20, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”) to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that your employment is terminated due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 



 

1.                                       Term of Agreement .  This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Date of Expiration”). However, on that initial Date of Expiration, and on each extended Date of Expiration thereafter, the term of this Agreement will be extended automatically for one additional year unless, not later than six (6) months prior to such Date of Expiration, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement. However, if a Change of Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement will continue in effect for thirty-six (36) months beyond the end of the month in which the Change of Control occurred.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2008 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2008 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2.                                       Change of Control of the Company .  No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred. A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred. For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

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(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                                A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide  public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide  public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3.                                       Definitions .  The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability .  “Disability” shall mean that, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental injury or illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time

 

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performance of your duties with the Company for at least six (6) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice of suspension is given, you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

 

(b)                                  Retirement .  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of your employment (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause .  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engaging in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of a felony which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company. For purposes of this paragraph (c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason .  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within three (3) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)             The assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your duties, responsibilities, and the status of your position as of the day prior to the Change of Control of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

(ii)                                   A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)           The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Pension Plan, Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan, Executive Bonus Plan, Stock

 

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Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three years, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)                               The termination, replacement, or reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, unless the officer is terminated due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or by the Company for Cause, or by the officer other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

(vii)          The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

(viii)         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of paragraph (f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability. Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination .    Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

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(f)                                    Date of Termination .  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision. In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined. In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount .  For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that year.  For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

4.                                       Compensation Upon Termination Following a Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated for any reason during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2 herein), you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination. For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)             All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)            A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the

 

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year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Any and all other cash earned through the Date of Termination and deferred at your election or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect;

 

(vi)                               Credited service in the Company’s Pension Plan (or its successor) through the Date of Termination for purposes of computing your accrued pension benefit;

 

(vii)                            All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination; and

 

(viii)         Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided for in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(b)                                  Severance Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as described in Section 2 herein), unless your termination is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) by the Company for Cause; or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits. For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)             Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by three (3);

 

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(ii)                                   An amount equal to three (3) times the greatest of (I) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (II) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the Year of Termination or (III) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same health care coverage you had prior to your termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages. For purposes of the Retirement Plan health care coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service, for computing your benefit, as normally computed under the terms of the Plan. Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the three (3) year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company.  To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(iv)                               For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the three (3) year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination, provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(v)                                  Under the Company’s Pension Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your Date of Termination and receive three (3) additional full years of service credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further, in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, three (3) years will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay” (base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) year average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at

 

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your Date of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (B)(I), (II), and (III) of subparagraph (ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the extent not payable under the Pension Plan, to be paid as an additional benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;

 

(vi)                               Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vii)                            Each stock option which you have been granted by the Company and which is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(viii)                         Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity-based compensation awards which you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;

 

(ix)                               In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any

 

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portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)                                In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(ix).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.  Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund

 

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or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(ix) on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(x)                                  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained

 

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by the Company from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or director) of the Company. Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(xi)           You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you. Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of the termination of your employment.  If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of the termination of your employment.

 

(xii)          The Company also shall pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in paragraph (ix) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (xii) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xiii)         Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the payments provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) if a lump sum has been elected previously in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, and (vi) and (xii) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if your employment with the Company is terminated within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if you reasonably demonstrate that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the

 

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Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred or would be less likely to have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination of your employment shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii).

 

(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)                                      None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your termination or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six Month Delay Rule”). Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your termination (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date that is six (6) months after your termination shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

(ii)                                   During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

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(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

provided that the amount paid under this paragraph will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a release in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of employment.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your termination of employment.  If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of the termination of your employment.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5.                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such

 

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assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.

 

If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6.                                       No Funding of Benefits .   Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder. Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company. However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.

 

7.                                       Withholding of Taxes .  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.

 

8.                                       Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9.                                       Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board. The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

10.                                Employment Rights .  This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the

 

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Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause.

 

11.                                No Vested Interest .  Neither you nor your beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

12.                                Prior Agreements .  This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you. If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

13.                                Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15.                                Arbitration .  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

16.                                409A Compliance .  To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions). This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Section 409A. The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

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If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert B. Foreman

 

By:

/s/ Christopher J. Kearney

Robert B. Foreman

 

Christopher J. Kearney

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. David A. Kowalski

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

Dear David:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment.  In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction, in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to December 21, 2005, amended, restated and renewed as of November 20, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”) to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that your employment is terminated due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 



 

1 .                                       Term of Agreement .  This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Date of Expiration”).  However, on that initial Date of Expiration, and on each extended Date of Expiration thereafter, the term of this Agreement will be extended automatically for one additional year unless, not later than six (6) months prior to such Date of Expiration, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement.  However, if a Change of Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement will continue in effect for thirty-six (36) months beyond the end of the month in which the Change of Control occurred.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2008 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2008 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2 .                                       Change of Control of the Company .  No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

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(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                                A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other

 

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than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in

 

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the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3 .                                       Definitions .  The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability .  “Disability” shall mean that, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental injury or illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for at least six (6) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice of suspension is given, you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

 

(b)                                  Retirement .  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of your employment (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause .  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engage in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of a felony which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company.  For purposes of this paragraph (c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason .  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason.  For purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within three (3) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                      The assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your duties, responsibilities, and the status of your position as of the day prior to the Change of Control of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

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(ii)                                   A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)           The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Pension Plan, Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan, Executive Bonus Plan, Stock Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three years, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)                               The termination, replacement, or reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, unless the officer is terminated due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or by the Company for Cause, or by the officer other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

(vii)                            The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

(viii)                         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of paragraph (f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

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Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability.  Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination .  Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(f)                                    Date of Termination .  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision.  In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined.  In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount .  For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that year.  For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

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4 .                                       Compensation Upon Termination Following a Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated for any reason during the term of this Agreement, following a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2 herein), you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)                                   A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Any and all other cash earned through the Date of Termination and deferred at your election or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect;

 

(vi)                               An accrued benefit under the SPX Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management (the “SERP”);

 

(vii)                            All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination; and

 

(viii)         Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided for in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of

 

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bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(b)                                  Severance Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as described in Section 2 herein), unless your termination is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) by the Company for Cause; or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)             Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by two (2);

 

(ii)                                   An amount equal to two (2) times the greatest of (I) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (II) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the Year of Termination or (III) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)           For a two (2) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same health care coverage you had prior to your termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages.  For purposes of the Retirement Plan health care coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service, for computing your benefit, as normally computed under the terms of the Plan.  Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the two (2) year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance with the

 

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requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(iv)                               For a two (2) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the two (2) year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(v)                                  Under the Company’s Pension Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your Date of Termination and receive two (2) additional full years of service credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further, in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, two (2) years will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay” (base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) year average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at your Date of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (B)(I), (II), and (III) of subparagraph (ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the extent not payable under the Pension Plan, to be paid as an additional benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;

 

(vi)                               Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vii)                            Each stock option which you have been granted by the Company and which is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(viii)         Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity-based compensation awards which you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;

 

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(ix)                               In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)                                In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(ix).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You

 

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shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.  Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and

 

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expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(ix) on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(x)                                  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained by the Company from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or director) of the Company.  Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(xi)                               You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you.  Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of the termination of your employment.  If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later

 

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than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of the termination of your employment.

 

(xii)                            The Company also shall pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in paragraph (ix) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (xii) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xiii)                         Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the payments provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) if a lump sum has been elected previously in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, and (vi) and (xii) above shall be made. in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if your employment with the Company is terminated within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if you reasonably demonstrate that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred or would be less likely to have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination of your employment shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by

 

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you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii).

 

(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)                                      None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your termination or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six Month Delay Rule”). Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your termination (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date that is six (6) months after your termination shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

(ii)                                   During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

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(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

provided that the amount paid under this paragraph will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a release in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of employment.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your termination of employment.  If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of the termination of your employment.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5 .                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement

 

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and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6 .                                       No Funding of Benefits .  Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder.  Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company.  However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.

 

7 .                                       Withholding of Taxes .  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.

 

8 .                                       Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9 .                                       Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

10 .                                Employment Rights .  This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause.

 

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11 .                                No Vested Interest .  Neither you nor your beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

12 .                                Prior Agreements .  This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you.  If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

13 .                                Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14 .                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15 .                                Arbitration .  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction.  However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

16.                                409A Compliance .  To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions). This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance

 

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with Section 409A. The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

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If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

 

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David A. Kowalski

 

By:

/s/ Christopher J. Kearney

David A. Kowalski

 

 

Christopher J. Kearney

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. Kevin L. Lilly

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

 

Dear Kevin:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment.  In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction, in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to January 6, 2006, amended, restated and renewed as of November 20, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”) to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that your employment is terminated due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 



 

1 .                                       Term of Agreement .  This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Date of Expiration”).  However, on that initial Date of Expiration, and on each extended Date of Expiration thereafter, the term of this Agreement will be extended automatically for one additional year unless, not later than six (6) months prior to such Date of Expiration, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement.  However, if a Change of Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement will continue in effect for thirty-six (36) months beyond the end of the month in which the Change of Control occurred.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2008 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2008 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2 .                                       Change of Control of the Company .  No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

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(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                                A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other

 

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than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in

 

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the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3 .                                       Definitions .  The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability .  “Disability” shall mean that, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental injury or illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for at least six (6) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice of suspension is given, you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

 

(b)                                  Retirement .  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of your employment (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause .  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engage in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of a felony which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company.  For purposes of this paragraph (c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason .  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within three (3) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                      The assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your duties, responsibilities, and the status of your position as of the day prior to the Change of Control of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

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(ii)                                   A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)                                The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Pension Plan, Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan, Executive Bonus Plan, Stock Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three years, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)                               The termination, replacement, or reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, unless the officer is terminated due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or by the Company for Cause, or by the officer other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

(vii)                            The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

(viii)                         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of paragraph (f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

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Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability.  Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination .  Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(f)                                    Date of Termination .  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision.  In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined.  In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount .  For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that year. For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

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4 .                                       Compensation Upon Termination Following a Change of Control

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated for any reason during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2 herein), you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)                                   A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Any and all other cash earned through the Date of Termination and deferred at your election or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect;

 

(vi)                               An accrued benefit under the SPX Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management (the “SERP”);

 

(vii)                            All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination; and

 

(viii)                         Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided for in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), above, shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of

 

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bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(b)                                  Severance Benefits.  In the event that your employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as described in Section 2 herein), unless your termination is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) by the Company for Cause; or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by two (2);

 

(ii)                                   An amount equal to two (2) times the greatest of (I) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (II) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the Year of Termination or (III) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                For a two (2) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same health care coverage you had prior to your termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages.  For purposes of the Retirement Plan health care coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service, for computing your benefit, as normally computed under the terms of the Plan.  Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the two (2) year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company.  To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance

 

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with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(iv)                               For a two (2) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the two (2) year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination, provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(v)                                  Under the Company’s Pension Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your Date of Termination and receive two (2) additional full years of service credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further, in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, two (2) years will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay” (base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) year average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at your Date of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (B)(I), (II), and (III) of subparagraph (ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the extent not payable under the Pension Plan, to be paid as an additional  benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;

 

(vi)                               Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vii)                            Each stock option which you have been granted by the Company and which is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(viii)                         Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity based compensation awards which you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;

 

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(ix)                               In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)                                In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(ix).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day

 

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period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.  Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(ix) on or before the last

 

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day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(x)                                  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained by the Company from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or director) of the Company.  Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(xi)                               You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you.  Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of the termination of your employment.  If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of the termination of your employment.

 

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(xii)                            The Company also shall pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in paragraph (ix) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (xii) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xiii)                         Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the payments provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) if a lump sum has been elected previously in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, and (vi) and (xii) above, shall be made  in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if your employment with the Company is terminated within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if you reasonably demonstrate that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred or would be less likely to have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination of your employment shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii).

 

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(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)                                      None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your termination or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six Month Delay Rule”).  Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your termination (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date that is six (6) months after your termination shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

(ii)                                   During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

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you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a release in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of employment.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your termination of employment.  If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of the termination of your employment.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5 .                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

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(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6 .                                       No Funding of Benefits .  Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder.  Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company.  However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.

 

7 .                                       Withholding of Taxes .  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.

 

8 .                                       Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9 .                                       Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

10 .                                Employment Rights .  This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause.

 

11 .                                No Vested Interest .  Neither you nor your beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

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12 .                                Prior Agreements .  This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you.  If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

13 .                                Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14 .                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15 .                                Arbitration .  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction.  However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

16.                                409A Compliance .  To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions).  This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Section 409A.  The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

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If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

 

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/S/ Kevin L. Lilly

 

By:

/S/ Christopher J. Kearney

Kevin L. Lilly

 

 

Christopher J. Kearney

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

J. Michael Whitted

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

Dear Mike:

 

SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to its growth and success have been and will continue to be substantial and desires to assure your continued employment.  In this regard, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

 

The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction, in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change of Control.

 

Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement, originally agreed to October 8, 2004, amended, restated and renewed as of November 20, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”), and as amended and restated herein (the “Agreement”) to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the shareholders.

 

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that your employment is terminated due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the remainder of the Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 



 

1 .                                       Term of Agreement .  This Agreement, as amended and restated herein, will become effective on March 10, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), and shall continue in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Date of Expiration”).  However, on that initial Date of Expiration, and on each extended Date of Expiration thereafter, the term of this Agreement will be extended automatically for one additional year unless, not later than six (6) months prior to such Date of Expiration, the Company gives written notice to you that it has elected not to extend this Agreement.  However, if a Change of Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement will continue in effect for thirty-six (36) months beyond the end of the month in which the Change of Control occurred.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Change of Control (as defined in the 2008 Agreement) occurs before March 10, 2014, the terms and provisions of the 2008 Agreement would continue to apply.

 

2 .                                       Change of Control of the Company .  No benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of Control of the Company has occurred.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan which acquires beneficial ownership of common shares of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

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(i)                                      “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                   “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                                A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other

 

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than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in

 

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the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).

 

3 .                                       Definitions .  The following definitions shall be used in determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Disability .  “Disability” shall mean that, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental injury or illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for at least six (6) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice of suspension is given, you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

 

(b)                                  Retirement .  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of your employment (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).

 

(c)                                   Cause .  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving such demand, (ii) you willfully engage in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your having been convicted of a felony which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Company.  For purposes of this paragraph (c), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

(d)                                  Good Reason .  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence within three (3) years following a Change of Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                      The assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your duties, responsibilities, and the status of your position as of the day prior to the Change of Control of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect on the day prior to the Change of Control;

 

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(ii)                                   A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

 

(iii)                                The Company’s requiring you to be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are currently based;

 

(iv)                               The failure by the Company to continue in effect the Company’s Pension Plan, Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan, Executive Bonus Plan, Stock Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;

 

(v)                                  The failure of the Company to reinstate your employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended due to a Disability and, within three years, you request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform your employment duties;

 

(vi)                               The termination, replacement, or reassignment of  twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, unless the officer is terminated due to death, Disability, or Retirement, or by the Company for Cause, or by the officer other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);

 

(vii)                            The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5 hereof; and

 

(viii)                         Any purported termination by the Company of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of paragraph (f), below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

 

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Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to Disability.  Your continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Notice of Termination .  Any termination by the Company for Cause or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(f)                                    Date of Termination .  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20) calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by written agreement of the parties or by a binding and final arbitration decision.  In the event that a dispute exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined.  In such event, you will be required to reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Earned Bonus Amount .  For any year prior to the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus for that year. For the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service during the Bonus Plan year.

 

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4 .                                       Compensation Upon Termination Following a Change of Control

 

(a)                                  Accrued Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated for any reason during the term of this Agreement, following a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2 herein), you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of Termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      All base salary for the time period ending with your Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;

 

(ii)                                   A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which you were entitled through your Date of Termination;

 

(iv)                               Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of Termination;

 

(v)                                  Any and all other cash earned through the Date of Termination and deferred at your election or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect;

 

(vi)                               All other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination; and

 

(vii)                            Subject to Section 4(e), the  payments provided for in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events

 

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within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(b)                                  Severance Benefits .  In the event that your employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement following a Change of Control of the Company (as described in Section 2 herein), unless your termination is (i) because of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (ii) by the Company for Cause; or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance Benefits” shall include the following:

 

(i)                                      Your annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required, multiplied by three (3);

 

(ii)                                   An amount equal to three (3) times the greatest of (I) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year of Termination”) or (II) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan (or any successor plan) for the Year of Termination or (III) your Earned Bonus Amount for the Year of Termination, calculated as if the Date of Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;

 

(iii)                                For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same health care coverage you had prior to your termination, at the Company’s expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical, dental, and dependent coverages.  For purposes of the Retirement Plan health care coverage, you will receive the same number of additional years of credited service, for computing your benefit, as normally computed under the terms of the Plan.  Health care benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the three (3) year period following your Date of Termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company.  To the extent the provision of health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) extends beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

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(iv)                               For a three (3) year period after your Date of Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the three (3) year period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of Termination provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);

 

(v)                                  Under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);

 

(vi)                               Each stock option which you have been granted by the Company and which is not yet vested shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the applicable plan or award agreement;

 

(vii)                            Any contractual restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity based compensation awards  which you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;

 

(viii)                         In the event that a Change of Control occurs and payments are made under this Section 4(b), and a final determination is made by legislation, regulation, ruling, or court decision directed to you or the Company that the aggregate amount of any payments made to you under this Agreement and any other agreement, plan, program, or policy of the Company in connection with, on account of, or as a result of, such Change of Control (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax under the provisions of Code Section 4999, or any successor section thereof (“Excise Tax”), the Total Payments shall be reduced (beginning with those amounts that are exempt from Code Section 409A and then from amounts that are subject to Code Section 409A, beginning with the amounts scheduled to be paid furthest from the first date of the Total Payments) so that the maximum amount of the Total Payments (after reduction) shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount that would cause the Total Payments to be subject to the Excise Tax; provided, however, that the Total Payments shall only be reduced to the extent that the after-tax

 

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value of amounts received by you after application of the above reduction would exceed the after-tax value of the Total Payments received without application of such reduction.  For this purpose, the after-tax value of an amount shall be determined taking into account all federal, state, and local income, employment, and excise taxes applicable to such amount.  In making any determination as to whether the Total Payments would be subject to an Excise Tax, consideration shall be given to whether any portion of the Total Payments could reasonably be considered, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, to be reasonable compensation for services rendered (whether before or after the consummation of the applicable Change of Control).

 

(A)                                In the event that upon any audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a state or local taxing authority, of the Total Payments, a change is formally determined to be required in the amount of taxes paid by, or Total Payments made to, you, appropriate adjustments will be made under this Agreement such that the net amount that is payable to you after taking into account the provisions of Code Section 4999 will reflect the intent of the parties as expressed in this Section 4(b)(viii).  You shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require payment of an Excise Tax or an additional Excise Tax on the Total Payments (a “Claim”).  Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such Claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such Claim and the date on which such Claim is requested to be paid.  You shall not pay such Claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30)-day period following the date on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such Claim is due).  If the Company notifies you in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such Claim, you shall: (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such Claim, (2) take such action in connection with contesting such Claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such Claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to contest effectively such Claim, and (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such Claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such

 

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contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.  Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such Claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the Claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one (1) or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine, provided, however, that if the Company directs you to pay such Claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free basis or, if such an advance is not permissible under applicable law, pay the amount of such payment to you as additional compensation, and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax, additional Excise Tax, or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or additional compensation; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of you with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.  The Company shall reimburse any fees and expenses provided for under this Section 4(b)(viii) on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the fee or expense was incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(B)                                If, after your receipt of an amount advanced or paid by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, you become entitled to receive any refund with respect to such Claim, you shall (subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraph) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such Claim and the Company

 

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does not notify you in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid.

 

(ix)                               To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability insurance to the maximum extent required under Delaware law.  Any costs and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).

 

(x)                                  You will be entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from a provider reasonably selected by you.  Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of the termination of your employment.  If applicable, reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of the termination of your employment.

 

(xi)                               The Company also shall pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, as described in paragraph (viii) above), provided that such fees and expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (xi) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions); and

 

(xii)                            Subject to Section 4(e) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the payments provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) and (xi) above shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no

 

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event more than ten (10) days) following your termination of employment.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

 

(c)                                   Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if your employment with the Company is terminated within six (6) months prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if you reasonably demonstrate that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would not have occurred or would be less likely to have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination of your employment shall be deemed to have occurred following the Change of Control.

 

(d)                                  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise, with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii).

 

(e)                                   If, at the time you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(i)                                      None of your Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your termination or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six Month Delay Rule”).  Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six Month Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months after your termination (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4

 

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after the date that is six (6) months after your termination shall be paid to you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.

 

(ii)                                   During the Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the Six-Month Delay Rule apply:

 

(A)                                the short-term deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

(B)                                payments permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), and

 

(C)                                payments permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions),

 

provided that the amount paid under this paragraph will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall deliver to you a release in favor of the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of employment.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your termination of employment.  If you do not deliver an original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) 

 

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the Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any other monies on account of the termination of your employment.  Notwithstanding any language in this Agreement to the contrary, if the seventy-fourth (74th) day following the date of your termination occurs in a different calendar year than the calendar year of your date of termination, then the payment of any Severance Benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall be made no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which your date of termination occurred.

 

5 .                                       Successors; Binding Agreements .

 

(a)                                  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your Date of Termination.

 

(b)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6 .                                       No Funding of Benefits .  Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide for any payments to be made hereunder.  Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general creditor of the Company.  However, in the event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Company.

 

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7 .                                       Withholding of Taxes .  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as legally shall be required.

 

8 .                                       Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

9 .                                       Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

10 .                                Employment Rights .  This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4, above, shall not in any way affect the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to dismiss or otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause.

 

11 .                                No Vested Interest .  Neither you nor your beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.

 

12 .                                Prior Agreements .  This Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of the Company) and you.  If there is any discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this Agreement shall govern.

 

13 .                                Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14 .                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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15 .                                Arbitration .  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction.  However, you shall be entitled to seek in court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above, to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

16.                                409A Compliance .  To the extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions).  This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Section 409A.  The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for your compensation and benefits.

 

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If this letter properly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

 

 

EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

 

SPX CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Michael Whitted

 

By:

/s/ Christopher J. Kearney

J. Michael Whitted

 

 

Christopher J. Kearney

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

DECEMBER 2, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

Form Waiver of Certain Employment Agreement Provisions by each of Christopher J. Kearney, Jeremy W. Smeltser, Robert B. Foreman, David A. Kowalski, Kevin L. Lilly, and J. Michael Whitted

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

Mr. [name]

[title]

SPX Corporation

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

 

RE:       Waiver of Certain Perquisites

 

Dear [        ]:

 

This letter constitutes my waiver of the right to receive the following perquisites, effective for all costs incurred after December 31, 2013, notwithstanding any contrary language contained in my employment agreement, change of control agreement or any other agreement with SPX Corporation:  (i) my automobile allowance and (ii) my reimbursement for club dues and membership fees.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

[name]

 

 

Agreed and accepted on behalf of SPX Corporation:

 

 

 

 

 

[           ]

 

 

 

 

 

December 2, 2013

 

 


Exhibit 10.8

 

SPX Corporation

 

2002 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

 

INTERNAL PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

[  ] AWARD

 

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made between SPX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Recipient pursuant to the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended, and related plan documents (the “Plan”) in combination with an SPX Restricted Stock Summary (the “Award Summary”) to be displayed at the Fidelity website.  The Award Summary, which identifies the person to whom the Restricted Stock is granted (the “Recipient”) and specifies the date (the “Award Date”) and other details of this grant of Restricted Stock, and the electronic acceptance of this Agreement (which also is to be displayed at the Fidelity website), are incorporated herein by reference.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.  The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Grant of Restricted Stock .  The Company hereby grants to the Recipient the number of shares of Restricted Stock specified in the Award Summary (the “Award”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.  The Restricted Stock is divided into three separate tranches, for purposes of determining when the Period of Restriction ends with respect to the Restricted Stock.  The Recipient must accept the Award within ninety (90) days after notification that the Award is available for acceptance and in accordance with the instructions provided by the Company.  The Award automatically will be rescinded upon the action of the Company, in its discretion, if the Award is not accepted within ninety (90) days after notification is sent to the Recipient indicating availability for acceptance.

 

2.                                       Restrictions .  The Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law, until the termination of the Period of Restriction specified in Section 4 below or as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement.  Except for such restrictions, and the provisions relating to dividends paid during the Period of Restriction as described in Section 9, the Recipient will be treated as the owner of the shares of Restricted Stock and shall have all of the rights of a shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote such shares.

 

3.                                       Restricted Stock Certificates .  The Restricted Stock Award may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine.  The stock certificate(s) representing the Restricted Stock may be issued or held in book entry form promptly following the acceptance of this Agreement.  If a stock certificate is issued, it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company or such other custodian as may be designated by the Company, to be held until the end of the Period of Restriction or until the Restricted Stock is forfeited.  The certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement, if issued, shall bear a legend in substantially the form set forth below:

 



 

The sale or other transfer of the shares of stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth in the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective May 3, 2012, rules and administration adopted pursuant to such Plan, and a Restricted Stock award agreement with an Award Date as specified in the Recipient’s Award Summary.  A copy of the Plan, such rules and such Restricted Stock award agreement may be obtained from the Secretary of SPX Corporation.

 

4.                                       Period of Restriction .  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, unless vested or forfeited earlier as described in Section 6, 7, or 8 of this Agreement, as applicable, each tranche of Restricted Stock awarded hereunder shall become vested and freely transferable if, as of the applicable Measurement Date for such tranche, the Company has achieved the performance targets established by the Committee pursuant to the applicable section of the SPX Corporation Executive Annual Bonus Plan (the “Annual Incentive Plan”), so that each individual who is an executive officer of the Company is eligible for incentive payments under the Annual Incentive Plan for the fiscal year ending on the Measurement Date.  Such vesting shall occur upon certification by the Board (or appropriate Board committee) that the applicable performance targets have been met. The following schedule sets forth the Measurement Date(s) and associated Measurement Periods for each tranche.

 

 

Measurement Date

Measurement Period

 

 

 

Tranche 1:

[   ]

[   ]

 

 

 

Tranche 2:

[   ]

[   ]

 

 

 

Tranche 3:

[   ]

[   ]

 

Upon vesting, all vested shares shall cease to be considered Restricted Stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, and the Recipient shall be entitled to have the legend removed from his or her Common Stock certificate(s), if applicable.

 

5.                                       Vesting upon Termination due to Retirement, Disability or Death .

 

(a)                                  If, while the Restricted Stock is subject to a Period of Restriction, the Recipient experiences a termination of Service by reason of Disability (as defined below) or death, then the portion of the Restricted Stock subject to a Period of Restriction shall become fully vested as of the date of such termination of Service without regard to the Period of Restriction set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.  “Disability” means, in the written opinion of a qualified physician selected by the Company, the Recipient is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s disability plan.

 

(b)                                  If, while the Restricted Stock is subject to a Period of Restriction, the Recipient experiences a termination of Service by reason of Retirement (as defined below), such Restricted Stock shall vest only if (and at the time that) the specified

 

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performance goals are achieved and vesting occurs for Recipients who remain actively employed.  A Recipient will be eligible for “Retirement” treatment for purposes of this Agreement if, at the time of termination of Service, the Recipient is age 55 or older, the Recipient has completed five years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary (provided that the Subsidiary has been directly or indirectly owned by the Company for at least three years), has been an employee of the Company for at least ninety (90) days following the Award Date and the Recipient voluntarily elects to retire.

 

6.                                       Forfeiture upon Termination due to Reason other than Retirement, Disability or Death .  If, prior to the end of the applicable Measurement Period(s) for any unvested tranche,  the Recipient’s Service terminates for any reason other than the Recipient’s Retirement, Disability or death, then the Recipient shall forfeit any such unvested tranche on the date of such Service termination.

 

7.                                       Vesting upon Change of Control .  In the event of a “Change of Control” of the Company as defined in this Section, the Restricted Stock shall cease to be subject to the Period of Restriction set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan that acquires beneficial ownership of Common Stock, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of Common Stock by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in Common Stock shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of Common Stock representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(i)                                     “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                 “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

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(iii)                             A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this “Beneficial Ownership” definition to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the acceptance of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a

 

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transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, the Recipient and/or any party acting in concert with the Recipient substantially increases his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).  Further, notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction under active consideration by the Company’s Board of Directors within the 30-day period prior to the Award Date shall not constitute a Change of Control under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Settlement Following Change of Control .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in connection with or after the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in Section 7 of this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, fulfill its obligation with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock that ceases to be subject to a Period of Restriction in conjunction with the Change of Control by:

 

(a)                                  delivery of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that have ceased to be subject to the Period of Restriction or (ii) such other ownership interest as such shares of Common Stock may be converted into by virtue of the Change of Control transaction;

 

(b)                                  payment of cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at that time; or

 

(c)                                   delivery of any combination of shares of Common Stock (or other converted ownership interest) and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at that time.

 

9.                                       Dividends Paid During Period of Restriction .  If cash dividends are paid with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, such dividends shall be deposited in the Recipient’s name in an escrow or similar account maintained by the Company for this purpose.  Such

 

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dividends shall be subject to the same Period of Restriction as the shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate.  The dividends shall be paid to the Recipient in cash (subject to all applicable tax withholding), without adjustment for interest, as soon as administratively practicable after the date the related shares of Restricted Stock vest.  If the related shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, then any dividends related to such shares shall also be forfeited on the same date.  If any dividends on Restricted Stock are paid in shares of Common Stock, the dividend shares shall be subject to the same restrictions as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, and shall vest or be forfeited in the same manner as the underlying Restricted Stock.

 

10.                                Adjustment in Capitalization .  In the event of any change in the Common Stock through stock dividends or stock splits, a corporate split-off or split-up, or recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, or a similar event, the number of shares of Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee.

 

11.                                Delivery of Stock Certificates .  Subject to the requirements of Sections 12 and 13 below, as promptly as practicable after shares of Restricted Stock cease to be subject to the Period of Restriction in accordance with this Agreement, the Company may, if applicable, cause to be issued and delivered to the Recipient, the Recipient’s legal representative, or a brokerage account for the benefit of the Recipient, as the case may be, certificates for the vested shares of Common Stock.

 

12.                                Tax Withholding .  Whenever a Period of Restriction applicable to the Recipient’s rights to some or all of the Restricted Stock lapses as provided in this Agreement, the Company or its agent shall notify the Recipient of the related amount of tax that must be withheld under applicable tax laws. Regardless of any action the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or the Recipient’s employer takes with respect to any or all income tax, social security, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax”) that the Recipient is required to bear pursuant to all applicable laws, the Recipient hereby acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for all Tax is and remains the responsibility of the Recipient.

 

Prior to receipt of any shares of Common Stock that correspond to Restricted Stock that vests in accordance with this Agreement, the Recipient shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to satisfy all withholding and payment on account obligations of the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company.  In this regard, the Recipient authorizes the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to withhold all applicable Tax legally payable by the Recipient from the Recipient’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the Recipient by the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company or from the proceeds of the sale of shares of Common Stock.  Alternatively, or in addition, the Company may sell or arrange for the sale of Common Stock that the Recipient is due to acquire to satisfy the minimum withholding obligation for Tax and/or withhold any Common Stock.  Finally, the Recipient agrees to pay the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company any amount of any Tax that the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may be required to withhold as a result of the Recipient’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described.  The Company may refuse to deliver Common Stock if the Recipient fails to comply with its obligations in connection with the tax as described in this section.

 

The Company advises the Recipient to consult his or her lawyer or accountant with respect to the tax consequences for the Recipient under the Plan.

 

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The Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company: (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the tax treatment in connection with the Plan; and (b) do not commit to structure the Plan to reduce or eliminate the Recipient’s liability for Tax.

 

13.                                Securities Laws .  This Award is a private offer that may be accepted only by a Recipient who is an employee or director of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and who satisfies the eligibility requirements outlined in the Plan and the Committee’s administrative procedures.  If a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Recipient hereby represents that he or she is acquiring the shares of Common Stock for investment and with no present intention of selling or transferring them and that he or she will not sell or otherwise transfer the shares except in compliance with all applicable securities laws and requirements of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed.

 

14.                                Compliance with Code Section 409A .  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, the Award is intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Code Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals.  The Plan and the Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  References in the Plan and this Agreement to “termination of Service” and similar terms shall mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A.  Any payment or distribution that is to be made to a Recipient who is a “specified employee” of the Company within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A and as determined by the Committee, on account of a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A, may not be made before the date which is six months after the date of such “separation from service,” unless the payment or distribution is exempt from the application of Code Section 409A by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise.

 

15.                                No Employment or Compensation Rights .  Participation in the Plan is permitted only on the basis that the Recipient accepts all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, as well as the administrative rules established by the Committee.  This Agreement shall not confer upon the Recipient any right to continue to provide Services, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ right to terminate Recipient’s Service at any time.  Neither the Plan nor this Agreement forms any part of any contract of employment between the Company or any Subsidiary and the Recipient, and neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers on the Recipient any legal or equitable rights (other than those related to the Restricted Stock award) against the Company or any Subsidiary or directly or indirectly gives rise to any cause of action in law or in equity against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

The Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement does not constitute part of the Recipient’s wages or remuneration or count as pay or remuneration for pension or other purposes.  If the Recipient experiences a termination of Service, in no circumstances will the Recipient be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit or any prospective right or benefit under the Plan or this Agreement that he or she might otherwise have enjoyed had such Service continued, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful dismissal, breach of contract or otherwise.

 

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16 .                                No Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered under this Agreement.  The Committee shall determine whether cash or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock or whether such fractional shares of Common Stock or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

17.                                Plan Terms and Committee Authority .  This Agreement and the rights of the Recipient hereunder are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan.  It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon Recipient.  Any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan.  The Recipient hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

18 .                                Amendment .  The Board may at any time amend, modify or terminate the Plan and this Agreement; provided, however, that no such action of the Board shall adversely affect the Recipient’s rights under this Agreement without the consent of the Recipient.  The Board or the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify this Agreement so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Code Section 409A; provided, however, that the Board, the Committee and the Company make no representations that the Award shall be exempt from or comply with Code Section 409A and make no undertaking to preclude Code Section 409A from applying to the Award.

 

19 .                                Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or the Agreement under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Board’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Agreement, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction or person, and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

20.                                Governing Law and Jurisdiction .  The Plan and this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.  The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce (or otherwise relating to), the Plan will be exclusively in the courts in the State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist).  As consideration for and by accepting the Award, the Recipient agrees that the Governing Law and Jurisdiction provisions of this Section 20 shall supersede any Governing Law or similar provisions contained or referenced in any prior equity awards made by the Company to the Recipient, and, accordingly, such prior equity awards shall become subject to the terms and conditions of the Governing Law and Jurisdiction provisions of this Section 20.

 

21 .                                Successors .  All obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of the successor results from a direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company or both, or a merger, consolidation or otherwise.

 

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22 .                                Erroneously Awarded Compensation .  This Award shall be subject to any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Company to comply with applicable law,  including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or to comport with good corporate governances practices, as such policy may be amended from time to time.  As consideration for and by accepting the Award, the Recipient agrees that all prior equity awards made by the Company to the Recipient shall become subject to the terms and conditions of the Erroneously Awarded Compensation provisions of this Section 22.

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

SPX Corporation

 

2002 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

 

EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

[  ] AWARD

 

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made between SPX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Recipient pursuant to the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended, and related plan documents (the “Plan”) in combination with an SPX Restricted Stock Summary (the “Award Summary”) to be displayed at the Fidelity website.  The Award Summary, which identifies the person to whom the Restricted Stock is granted (the “Recipient”) and specifies the date (the “Award Date”) and other details of this grant of Restricted Stock, and the electronic acceptance of this Agreement (which also is to be displayed at the Fidelity website), are incorporated herein by reference.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.  The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Grant of Restricted Stock .  The Company hereby grants to the Recipient the target number of shares of Restricted Stock specified in the Award Summary (the “Award”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.  The Restricted Stock shall vest based on the Recipient’s performance during the Period of Restriction, as specified in Section 4 and pursuant to the terms of the Award Summary.  The Recipient must accept the Restricted Stock Award within ninety (90) days after notification that the Award is available for acceptance and in accordance with the instructions provided by the Company.  The Award automatically will be rescinded upon the action of the Company, in its discretion, if the Award is not accepted within ninety (90) days after notification is sent to the Recipient indicating availability for acceptance.

 

2.                                       Restrictions .  The Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law, until the termination of the Period of Restriction specified in Section 4 below or as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement.  Except for such restrictions, and the provisions relating to dividends paid during the Period of Restriction as described in Section 9, the Recipient will be treated as the owner of the shares of Restricted Stock and shall have all of the rights of a shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote such shares.

 

3.                                       Restricted Stock Certificates .  The Restricted Stock Award may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine.  The stock certificate(s) representing the Restricted Stock may be issued or held in book entry form promptly following the acceptance of this Agreement.  If a stock certificate is issued, it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company or such other custodian as may be designated by the Company, to be held until the end of the Period of Restriction or until the Restricted Stock is forfeited.  The certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement, if issued, shall bear a legend in substantially the form set forth below:

 



 

The sale or other transfer of the shares of stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth in the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective May 3, 2012, rules and administration adopted pursuant to such Plan, and a Restricted Stock award agreement with an Award Date as specified in the Recipient’s Award Summary.  A copy of the Plan, such rules and such Restricted Stock award agreement may be obtained from the Secretary of SPX Corporation.

 

4.                                       Period of Restriction .  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, unless vested or forfeited earlier as described in Section 5, 6, or 7 of this Agreement, as applicable, the number of shares of Restricted Stock that shall become vested and freely transferable shall be calculated in accordance with the chart below, based on the relationship between Total Shareholder Return (as defined below) and S&P Return (as defined below) for the Measurement Period (as defined below), calculated as of the Measurement Date (as defined below).  If Total Shareholder Return  falls between Threshold and Target or between Target and Maximum levels of performance, the number of shares of Restricted Stock that vest shall be calculated using straight-line interpolation.  Such vesting shall occur upon certification by the Board (or appropriate Board committee) that the applicable performance criteria have been met.

 

Total Shareholder Return Performance
During the Measurement Period

 

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock
Vesting

Below Threshold:
More than 9% below S&P Return

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

Threshold:
9% below S&P Return

 

 

0.25x

 

 

 

 

Target:
Equal to S&P Return

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Maximum:
6% above S&P Return

 

 

1.25x

 


x = Target amount of shares of Restricted Stock, as specified in the Award Summary

 

“Total Shareholder Return” shall mean the average annual percentage change in the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock (using total shareholder return of the Common Stock as reported by Interactive Data Corporation) during the Measurement Period.   Average values of the Common Stock ( i.e. , average values for the first calendar month and the final calendar month of the Measurement Period) shall be used to value the Common Stock at the beginning and end of the Measurement Period.

 

“S&P Return” shall mean the average annual percentage return of the S&P Composite 1500 Industrials Index (using total shareholder return of the S&P Composite 1500 Industrials Index as reported by Interactive Data Corporation) during the Measurement Period.  Average

 

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values of the Common Stock shall be used to value the S&P Composite 1500 Industrials Index at the beginning and end of the Measurement Period.

 

“Measurement Period” shall mean the three (3) year period commencing on [  ] and ending on [  ].

 

“Measurement Date” shall mean [  ].

 

Upon vesting, all vested shares shall cease to be considered Restricted Stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, and the Recipient shall be entitled to have the legend removed from the Recipient’s Common Stock certificate(s), if applicable.

 

5.                                       Vesting upon Termination due to Retirement, Disability or Death .

 

(a)                                  If, while the Restricted Stock is subject to the Period of Restriction, the Recipient experiences a termination of Service by reason of Disability (as defined below) or death, then the Restricted Stock subject to the Period of Restriction shall become fully vested at the Target level of performance (as specified in the Award Summary) as of the date of such termination of Service without regard to the Period of Restriction set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.  “Disability” means, in the written opinion of a qualified physician selected by the Company, the Recipient is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s disability plan.

 

(b)                                  If, while the Restricted Stock is subject to the Period of Restriction, the Recipient experiences a termination of Service by reason of Retirement (as defined below), such Restricted Stock shall vest only if (and at the time that) the specified performance goals are achieved and vesting occurs for Recipients who remain actively employed.  A Recipient will be eligible for “Retirement” treatment for purposes of this Agreement if, at the time of the Recipient’s termination of Service, the Recipient is age 55 or older, has completed five years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary (provided that the Subsidiary has been directly or indirectly owned by the Company for at least three years), and voluntarily elects to retire.

 

6.                                       Forfeiture upon Termination due to Reason other than Retirement, Disability or Death .  If, prior to the end of the Measurement Period,  the Recipient experiences a termination of Service for any reason other than the Recipient’s Retirement, Disability or death, then the Recipient shall forfeit any such unvested tranche on the date of such termination of Service.

 

7.                                       Vesting upon Change of Control .  In the event of a “Change of Control” of the Company as defined in this Section, the Restricted Stock subject to the Period of Restriction shall become fully vested at the Target level of performance (as specified in the Award Summary) as of the date of the occurrence of such Change of Control, without regard to the Period of Restriction set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.  A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

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(a)                                  Any “Person” (as defined below), excluding for this purpose (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan that acquires beneficial ownership of Common Stock, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of Common Stock by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, but any subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in Common Stock shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board determines in good faith that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of Common Stock representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial ownership interest in twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred.  For purposes of this paragraph (a), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(i)                                     “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

 

(ii)                                 “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii)                             A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:

 

(A)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);

 

(B)                                which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for

 

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purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(C)                                which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to subparagraph (a)(iii)(B)(2), above) or disposing of any securities of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this “Beneficial Ownership” definition to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.

 

(b)                                  During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the acceptance of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board and any new director or directors (except for any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), above, or paragraph (c), below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(c)                                   The consummation of: (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, a “Change of Control” shall not include any transaction described in paragraph (a) or (c), above, where, in connection with such transaction, the Recipient and/or any party acting in concert with the Recipient substantially increases his or its, as the case may be, ownership interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal Services).  Further, notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction under active consideration by the Company’s Board of Directors within the 30-day period prior to the Award Date shall not constitute a Change of Control under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Settlement Following Change of Control .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in connection with or after the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in Section 7 of this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, fulfill its obligation with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock that ceases to be subject to the Period of Restriction in conjunction with the Change of Control by:

 

(a)                                  delivery of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that have ceased to be subject to the Period of Restriction or (ii) such other ownership interest as such shares of Common Stock may be converted into by virtue of the Change of Control transaction;

 

(b)                                  payment of cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at that time; or

 

(c)                                   delivery of any combination of shares of Common Stock (or other converted ownership interest) and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at that time.

 

9.                                       Dividends Paid During Period of Restriction .  If cash dividends are paid with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, such dividends shall be deposited in the Recipient’s name in an escrow or similar account maintained by the Company for this purpose.  Such dividends shall be subject to the same Period of Restriction as the shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate.  The dividends shall be paid to the Recipient in cash (subject to all applicable tax withholding), without adjustment for interest, as soon as administratively practicable after the date the related shares of Restricted Stock vest.  If the related shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, then any dividends related to such shares shall also be forfeited on the same date.  If any dividends on Restricted Stock are paid in shares of Common Stock, the dividend shares shall be subject to the same restrictions as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, and shall vest or be forfeited in the same manner as the underlying Restricted Stock.

 

10.                                Adjustment in Capitalization .  In the event of any change in the Common Stock through stock dividends or stock splits, a corporate split-off or split-up, or recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, or a similar event, the number of shares of Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee.

 

11.                                Delivery of Stock Certificates .  Subject to the requirements of Sections 12 and 13 below, as promptly as practicable after shares of Restricted Stock cease to be subject to the Period of Restriction in accordance with this Agreement, the Company may, if applicable, cause to be issued and delivered to the Recipient, the Recipient’s legal representative, or a brokerage

 

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account for the benefit of the Recipient, as the case may be, certificates for the vested shares of Common Stock.

 

12.                                Tax Withholding .  When the Period of Restriction applicable to the Recipient’s rights to some or all of the Restricted Stock lapses as provided in this Agreement, the Company or its agent shall notify the Recipient of the related amount of tax that must be withheld under applicable tax laws. Regardless of any action the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or the Recipient’s employer takes with respect to any or all income tax, social security, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax”) that the Recipient is required to bear pursuant to all applicable laws, the Recipient hereby acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for all Tax is and remains the responsibility of the Recipient.

 

Prior to receipt of any shares of Common Stock that correspond to Restricted Stock that vests in accordance with this Agreement, the Recipient shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to satisfy all withholding and payment on account obligations of the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company.  In this regard, the Recipient authorizes the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to withhold all applicable Tax legally payable by the Recipient from the Recipient’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the Recipient by the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company or from the proceeds of the sale of shares of Common Stock.  Alternatively, or in addition, the Company may sell or arrange for the sale of Common Stock that the Recipient is due to acquire to satisfy the minimum withholding obligation for Tax and/or withhold any Common Stock.  Finally, the Recipient agrees to pay the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company any amount of any Tax that the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may be required to withhold as a result of the Recipient’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described.  The Company may refuse to deliver Common Stock if the Recipient fails to comply with its obligations in connection with the tax as described in this section.

 

The Company advises the Recipient to consult a  lawyer or accountant with respect to the tax consequences for the Recipient under the Plan.

 

The Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company: (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the tax treatment in connection with the Plan; and (b) do not commit to structure the Plan to reduce or eliminate the Recipient’s liability for Tax.

 

13.                                Securities Laws .  This Award is a private offer that may be accepted only by a Recipient who is an employee or director of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and who satisfies the eligibility requirements outlined in the Plan and the Committee’s administrative procedures.  If a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Recipient hereby represents that the Recipient is acquiring the shares of Common Stock for investment and with no present intention of selling or transferring them and that the Recipient will not sell or otherwise transfer the shares except in compliance with all applicable securities laws and requirements of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed.

 

14.                                Compliance with Code Section 409A .  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, the Award is intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative,

 

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comply with Code Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals.  The Plan and the Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  References in the Plan and this Agreement to “termination of Service” and similar terms shall mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A.  Any payment or distribution that is to be made to a Recipient who is a “specified employee” of the Company within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A and as determined by the Committee, on account of a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A, may not be made before the date which is six months after the date of such “separation from service,” unless the payment or distribution is exempt from the application of Code Section 409A by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise.

 

15.                                No Employment or Compensation Rights .  Participation in the Plan is permitted only on the basis that the Recipient accepts all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, as well as the administrative rules established by the Committee.  This Agreement shall not confer upon the Recipient any right to continue to provide Services, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ right to terminate Recipient’s Service at any time.  Neither the Plan nor this Agreement forms any part of any contract of employment between the Company or any Subsidiary and the Recipient, and neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers on the Recipient any legal or equitable rights (other than those related to the Restricted Stock Award) against the Company or any Subsidiary or directly or indirectly gives rise to any cause of action in law or in equity against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

The Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement does not constitute part of the Recipient’s wages or remuneration or count as pay or remuneration for pension or other purposes.  If the Recipient experiences a termination of Service, in no circumstances will the Recipient be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit or any prospective right or benefit under the Plan or this Agreement that the Recipient might otherwise have enjoyed had such Service continued, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful dismissal, breach of contract or otherwise.

 

16.                                No Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered under this Agreement.  The Committee shall determine whether cash or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock or whether such fractional shares of Common Stock or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

17.                                Plan Terms and Committee Authority .  This Agreement and the rights of the Recipient hereunder are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan.  It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon Recipient.  Any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan.  The Recipient hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

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18.                                Amendment .  The Board may at any time amend, modify or terminate the Plan and this Agreement; provided, however, that no such action of the Board shall adversely affect the Recipient’s rights under this Agreement without the consent of the Recipient.  The Board or the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify this Agreement so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Code Section 409A; provided, however, that the Board, the Committee and the Company make no representations that the Award shall be exempt from or comply with Code Section 409A and make no undertaking to preclude Code Section 409A from applying to the Award.

 

19.                                Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or the Agreement under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Board’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Agreement, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction or person, and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

20.                                Governing Law and Jurisdiction .  The Plan and this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.  The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce (or otherwise relating to), the Plan will be exclusively in the courts in the State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist).  As consideration for and by accepting the Award, the Recipient agrees that the Governing Law and Jurisdiction provisions of this Section 20 shall supersede any Governing Law or similar provisions contained or referenced in any prior equity awards made by the Company to the Recipient, and, accordingly, such prior equity awards shall become subject to the terms and conditions of the Governing Law and Jurisdiction provisions of this Section 20.

 

21.                                Successors .  All obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of the successor results from a direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company or both, or a merger, consolidation or otherwise.

 

22.                                Erroneously Awarded Compensation .  This Award shall be subject to any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Company to comply with applicable law,  including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or to comport with good corporate governances practices, as such policy may be amended from time to time.  As consideration for and by accepting the Award, the Recipient agrees that all prior equity awards made by the Company to the Recipient shall become subject to the terms and conditions of the Erroneously Awarded Compensation provisions of this Section 22.

 

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