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Exhibit 10.59

Resolutions of the Board of Directors of
SPX Corporation

Amendment of SPX Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan

        WHEREAS, this Corporation maintains the SPX Corporation 2002 Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan"); and

        WHEREAS, it is now deemed desirable to amend the Plan to clarify that
the Board did not intend to limit the number of shares of restricted stock that
may be awarded under the Plan when adopting the 2002 restatement of the Plan;

        RESOLVED, that pursuant to the amending authority reserved to the
Corporation under Section 14, of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective
as of January 1, 2002, by deleting the second sentence of Subsection 5.1 of the
Plan in its entirety.

        RESOLVED, that the proper officers and employees of the Corporation be,
and each of them hereby are, authorized to take any and all actions which any of
them deem necessary or desirable to implement the foregoing resolution, and any
and all actions taken prior to the adoption of the foregoing resolution that are
consistent with the intents and purposes of such resolution are hereby ratified,
confirmed and approved in all respects.

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