Exhibit 10.52
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THE THOMAS & BETTS
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE INVESTMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2007)
     WHEREAS, Thomas and Betts Corporation maintains the Thomas & Betts
Supplemental Executive Investment Plan; and
     WHEREAS, it is desired to amend the Plan to provide for a nonelective
employer contribution and to reflect participation of certain affiliated
companies;
     NOW, THEREFORE, effective January 1, 2008, except as otherwise provided
herein, the Thomas & Betts Supplemental Executive Investment Plan is hereby
amended as follows:
     1. Section 1.16 is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof
to read as follows:
Subsidiaries of the Company which are participating employers are listed on
Appendix A to the Plan.
     2. Section 1.17A is hereby added following Section 1.17 to read as follows:
     §1.17A Employer Nonelective Amount: The employer contribution amount
credited to the Account of a Participant as provided in Article IVA.
     3. Section 1.22 is hereby amended to read as follows:
     §1.22 Participant: An Eligible Employee who has elected to participate in
the Plan and for whom Deferral Amounts are being credited and an Eligible
Employee who is eligible for the nonelective integrated employer contribution
under the 401(k) Plan and who has Excess Compensation.
     4. Section 1.27A is hereby added following Section 1.27 to read as follows:
     §1.27A Taxable Wage Base: The contribution and benefit base in effect under
§230 of the Social Security Act at the beginning of a Plan Year.
     5. Article IVA is added following Article IV to read as follows:
ARTICLE IVA
EMPLOYER NONELECTIVE AMOUNTS
     §4A.1 Entitlement to Credit. For each Plan Year beginning after
December 31, 2007, the Committee shall credit Employer Nonelective Amounts to
the Account of each

 

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Participant who has elected under Article III to defer Compensation for such
Year or who has Excess Compensation. Such Employer Nonelective Amounts shall be
determined in accordance with §4A.2.
     §4A.2 Employer Nonelective Formula. The Employer Nonelective Amount
credited to the Account of a Participant for any Payroll Period shall be
determined in the following manner for each Payroll Period:
     (a) a nonelective contribution equal to three percent (3%) of total
Compensation plus two percent of total Compensation above the Taxable Wage Base
minus;
     (b) a nonelective contribution equal to three percent (3%) of compensation
taken into account under the 401(k) plan plus two percent (2%) of compensation
over the Taxable Wage Base taken into account under the 401(k) plan.
     6. The first sentence of Section 5.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Committee shall establish and maintain, or cause to be maintained, the
following individual record Accounts with respect to each Participant to which
items shall be credited and charged pursuant to the provisions of the Plan:

  (a)   A Deferral Account;     (b)   An Employer Matching Account; and     (c)
  An Employer Nonelective Account.

     7. Section 6.1 is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof to
read as follows:
A Participant shall be vested in his Employer Nonelective Account to the same
extent he is vested in employer nonelective contributions under the 401(k) Plan.
     8. The Plan is hereby amended by adding Appendix A at the end thereof to
read as attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Thomas & Betts Corporation has caused these presents to
be duly executed this                      day of                     , 2007.

              Attest:   THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
   

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APPENDIX A
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

      Name   Date of Participation
Thomas & Betts Power Solutions, LLC
  January 1, 2008
 
   
Josylyn Hi-Voltage Co., LLC
  January 1, 2008
 
   
Jennings Technology Co., LLC
  January 1, 2008

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