Exhibit 10.1
Actuant Corporation
Senior Officer Severance Plan

(Effective July 30, 2019)

Purpose

It is the Company’s policy to provide competitive severance benefits to its
Senior Officers if the Company terminates their employment without Cause.

ARTICLE I
Definitions

Capitalized terms and phrases used in this Plan shall have the meanings set
forth in this Article I:

“Administrator” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, unless the
Company or the Compensation Committee designates another committee or an
individual to serve as Administrator.

“Adverse Benefit Determination” means any of the following: a denial, reduction,
or termination of, or a failure to provide or make payment (in whole or in part)
for, a benefit under this Plan.

“Annual Incentive Amount” means the amount that would have been payable to the
Senior Officer under any annual bonus plan of the Company at the conclusion of
the fiscal year in which the Qualifying Termination occurs had the Senior
Officer remained employed through the end of such fiscal year and based upon
Target Performance Levels for such year (without regard to the Company’s actual
performance).

“Base Salary” means the regular salary paid to the Senior Officer immediately
prior to the Senior Officer’s date of termination, as reflected in the Company’s
payroll records. Base Salary shall not include commissions, bonuses, overtime
pay, incentive compensation, benefits paid under any qualified or nonqualified
plan, any group medical, dental or other welfare benefit plan, noncash
compensation or any other additional compensation or benefits.

“Benefit Continuation” means the continuation of benefits set forth in Article
III.C of this Plan during the Senior Officer’s Benefit Continuation Period.

“Benefit Continuation Period” means the twelve (12) month period following the
Qualifying Termination.

“Board” means the board of directors of the Company from time to time.

“Cause” means any of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Senior
Officer’s conviction, or a plea of guilty or no contest, of a felony; (ii) the
Senior Officer’s conviction, or a plea of guilty or no contest, of a crime
involving dishonesty, disloyalty or fraud; (iii) the Senior Officer reporting to
work under the influence of alcohol; (iv) the Senior Officer’s use of illegal
drugs (whether or not at the workplace); (v) the Senior Officer’s conviction, or
a plea of guilty or no contest, of conduct in conjunction with the Senior
Officer’s duties which could reasonably be expected to, or which does, cause the
Company or any of its affiliates public disgrace or disrepute or economic harm;
(vi) the Senior Officer’s repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably
directed by the Board (or the person to whom the Senior Officer directly
reports); (vii) the Senior Officer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with
respect to the Company; (viii) the Senior Officer obtaining any personal profit
not thoroughly disclosed to and approved in writing by the Board (or the person
to whom the Senior Officer directly reports) in connection with any transaction
entered into by, or on behalf

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of, the Company or its affiliates; (ix) the Senior Officer’s violation of any of
the terms of the Company’s established policies which is not cured to the
Board’s reasonable satisfaction within twenty (20) working days after the Senior
Officer receives written notice thereof; (x) a Senior Officer’s unauthorized use
or disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information of the Company; or
(xi) the willful failure of a Senior Officer to cooperate in a Company
investigation.

“Change in Control” means “Change in Control” as defined in the Senior
Executive’s Actuant Corporation Change in Control Agreement. In the event the
Senior Executive has not previously executed an Actuant Corporation Change in
Control Agreement, “Change in Control” means “Change in Control” as defined in
the Equity Plan.

“Claimant” means a Senior Officer who claims a benefit under this Plan.

“COBRA” means the Consolidated Budget Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the
regulations thereunder.

“Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company.

“Company” means Actuant Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (and any
successors thereto as described in Article VI.G.).

“Disability” means that the Senior Officer is determined to be totally disabled
under the Company’s long-term disability plan.

“Equity Plan” means the Actuant Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan and,
upon the expiration of such plan, any similar plan adopted by the Company for
the purpose of awarding stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units,
or performance stock units, or similar equity-based compensation to the
employees of the Company.

“ERISA” the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following without the Senior
Officer’s consent: (i) a material reduction in the base salary paid to the
Senior Officer; or (ii) a material reduction in Senior Officer’s bonus
opportunity; or (iii) a material diminution in the Senior Officer’s authority,
responsibilities or duties or a material diminution in the authority, duties, or
responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Senior Officer is required to
report (including a requirement that a Senior Officer report to an officer or
employee of the Company instead of reporting directly to the CEO); or (iv) a
change in the location or headquarters where the Senior Officer is normally
expected to provide services to a location of 40 or more miles from the previous
location. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Good Reason” will not be deemed to
have occurred unless the Senior Officer has provided notice to the Company of
the existence of “Good Reason” within forty-five (45) days of the initial
existence of the “Good Reason” condition, upon the notice of which the Company
must be provided a period of at least one hundred eighty (180) days during which
it may remedy the Good Reason condition and not be required to provide the
benefits described in this Plan. If the Company does not remedy the Good Reason
condition, the Senior Officer’s termination will not be considered to be for
Good Reason, unless the termination occurs forty-five (45) days after the
earlier of (i) the Company’s written notice that it will not remedy the Good
Reason condition, or (ii) the end of the one hundred eighty (180) day period
described in the previous sentence.

“Offer of Comparable Employment” means an offer of employment that has each of
the following features:

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1.
Salary. The base salary for the position is not less than the Base Salary in
effect for the Senior Officer on the day before the Senior Officer’s employment
with the Company was terminated;

  
2.
Annual Performance Award. The Senior Officer has the opportunity to earn an
annual performance award that is comparable to the opportunity afforded the
Senior Officer under the Company’s annual bonus plan in effect on the day before
the Senior Officer’s employment with the Company was terminated; and

3.
Employment Location. The position does not require the Senior Officer to
transfer to another employment location that is more than 40 miles farther from
the Senior Officer’s residence than the Senior Officer’s previous employment
location (except for travel reasonably required in performance of the Senior
Officer’s responsibilities).

“Plan” means this Actuant Corporation Senior Officer Severance Plan.

“Qualifying Termination” means the involuntary termination of a Senior Officer’s
employment by the Company without Cause or termination of a Senior Officer’s
employment by the Senior Officer for Good Reason. A “Qualifying Termination”
does not include (i) a termination of employment by the Senior Officer
(including retirement by the Senior Officer), unless the termination is for Good
Reason (where the Good Reason condition occurred prior to any other termination
of employment described in this sentence); (ii) a termination of the Senior
Officer’s employment by the Company with Cause; (iii) a termination of a Senior
Officer’s employment on account of the Senior Officer’s death or Disability;
(iv) the termination by the Company of a Senior Officer’s employment with the
Company, an affiliate or subsidiary of the Company, if the Senior Officer
continues employment with the Company or another affiliate or subsidiary of the
Company; or (v) a termination of employment by the Company following or in
connection with the Sale of a Business Unit in which the Senior Officer receives
an Offer of Comparable Employment.

“Sale of a Business Unit” means the sale of one of the Company’s business units
(whether a subsidiary or unincorporated division) accomplished through a stock
sale, asset sale, outsourcing transaction, joint venture transaction or other
business transaction or combination.

“Senior Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and any
Executive Vice President of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
“Senior Officer” does not include any of the following: (i) contract employees,
(ii) consultants, and (iii) employees of Engineered Components and Systems, LLC
or Engineered Components and Systems II, LLC or their respective subsidiaries
(references to Engineered Components and Systems, LLC or Engineered Components
and Systems II, LLC or their subsidiaries shall also mean any successor entities
thereto).

“Target Performance Levels” means, for a Senior Officer, the financial or other
goals established as the “target” performance goals for a given performance
period under the annual bonus plan of the Company.

“409A Limitations” means the rules and limitations set forth in Article III.J.

ARTICLE II
Eligibility

A Senior Officer is eligible to receive severance benefits under this Plan if
the Senior Officer meets both of the following requirements: (i) the Senior
Officer experiences a Qualifying Termination, and (ii) the Senior Officer signs
a release and waiver of all claims and an Agreement Barring Certain Unfair
Activities in the form attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, and the release and
waiver of all claims becomes irrevocable (the

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“Release Requirement”). The Company may revise Exhibits A and B, in the
Company’s discretion, to address changes or variances in the law applicable to
releases, waivers, non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality
agreements. As part of the Release Requirement, the Senior Officer must also
waive any and all rights to any payments or benefits under any Actuant
Corporation Change In Control Agreement and any agreement that provides for
severance benefits related to a termination of employment in connection with
(including before or after) a Change in Control or the Sale of a Business Unit.
If the Senior Officer is covered by any Actuant Corporation Change In Control
Agreement or any agreement that provides for severance benefits related to a
termination of employment in connection with (including before or after) a
Change in Control or the Sale of a Business Unit and such Senior Officer becomes
entitled to payments or benefits thereunder (as a result of a Change in Control
or the Sale of a Business Unit) prior to meeting the Release Requirement, no
benefits shall be payable under this Plan. The Senior Officer has been informed
that the Senior Officer’s employment or continued employment with the Company is
not contingent on participation in this Plan. The Senior Officer’s participation
in this Plan is purely voluntary.
 

ARTICLE III
Severance Benefits Provided By The Plan

An eligible Senior Officer shall be afforded the severance benefits set forth
below.

A.    Base Salary.

An eligible Senior Officer who experiences a Qualifying Termination shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to his or her annual Base Salary in a single
lump sum payment. Subject to the 409A Limitations, such amount shall be paid
within sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination. In the event that the
sixty (60) day period described in the previous sentence begins in one calendar
year and ends in the next calendar year, then, subject to the 409A Limitations,
such amount shall be paid in the calendar year in which such sixty (60) day
period ends. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no payments shall
be due hereunder unless the Senior Officer has also met the Release Requirement
within sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination (meaning, for the
avoidance of doubt, that the waiver and release of all claims must have been
executed and must have become irrevocable prior to the end of the sixty (60) day
period described above).

B.    Bonus.

An eligible Senior Officer who experiences a Qualifying Termination shall be
entitled to receive the Senior Officer’s Annual Incentive Amount in a single
lump sum payment. Subject to the 409A Limitations, such amount shall be paid
within sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination. In the event that the
sixty (60) day period described in the previous sentence begins in one calendar
year and ends in the next calendar year, then, subject to the 409A Limitations,
such amount shall be paid in the calendar year in which such sixty (60) day
period ends. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no payments shall
be due hereunder unless the Senior Officer has also met the Release Requirement
within sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination (meaning, for the
avoidance of doubt, that the waiver and release of all claims must have been
executed and must have become irrevocable prior to the end of the sixty (60) day
period described above).

C.    Medical, Dental and Vision.

An eligible Senior Officer who experiences a Qualifying Termination shall be
entitled to receive a single lump sum payment equivalent to the portion of the
monthly premium that the Company would normally pay for twelve (12) months of
medical, dental and vision coverage at the Senior Officer’s same level for such
benefits immediately prior to the Senior Officer’s Qualifying Termination
(including, as applicable, dependent

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coverage). Subject to the 409A Limitations, such amount shall be paid within
sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination. In the event that the sixty
(60) day period described in the previous sentence begins in one calendar year
and ends in the next calendar year, then, subject to the 409A Limitations, such
amount shall be paid in the calendar year in which such sixty (60) day period
ends. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no payments shall be due
hereunder unless the Senior Officer has also met the Release Requirement within
sixty (60) days after the Qualifying Termination (meaning, for the avoidance of
doubt, that the waiver and release of all claims must have been executed and
must have become irrevocable prior to the end of the sixty (60) day period
described above). To the extent that the Senior Officer wishes to elect COBRA
continuation coverage, the Senior Officer is responsible for the timely election
of such continuation coverage under COBRA.

D.    Stock Options.

To the extent that a Senior Officer has been granted options under an Equity
Plan, all of the eligible Senior Officer’s unvested options shall become vested
as of the Qualifying Termination. In addition, any of the Senior Officer’s
options that were previously vested or that become vested as a result of this
Article III.D., and that have not expired as of the date of the Qualifying
Termination, shall be exercisable until the earlier of: (i) the latest date upon
which the stock option would have expired by its original terms (disregarding
any early termination of the option due to termination of employment), or (ii)
the tenth (10th) anniversary of the original date of grant of the stock option.

E.    Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

To the extent that a Senior Officer has been granted restricted stock units
(“RSUs”) under an Equity Plan, all of the eligible Senior Officer’s unvested
RSUs shall become vested as of the Qualifying Termination. Payment with respect
to such RSUs shall occur no later than two and one-half months after the end of
the calendar year in which the Qualifying Termination occurs.

F.    Performance Shares.

To the extent that an eligible Senior Officer has been granted the opportunity
to earn performance shares (“Performance Shares”) under an Equity Plan, the
requirement to remain employed with the Company (generally referred to as the
“vesting” requirement under the Performance Share award) shall be waived as of
the Qualifying Termination for a prorated portion of the Performance Share
award. The prorated portion described in the previous sentence shall be
determined for each Performance Share award by multiplying the number of
Performance Shares that would have become vested under the original award (had
the Senior Officer remained employed for the entire performance period) by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the applicable
performance period during which the Senior Officer was employed with the Company
and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the applicable
performance period. Notwithstanding the waiver of the continued employment
requirement, the prorated portion of the Performance Share award shall still be
subject to forfeiture (full or partial) if the Performance Shares are not earned
(which would occur if the performance requirements set forth in the original
Performance Share award are not met). Accordingly, the payment (full or partial)
of any vested Performance Shares shall only be made to the extent the
Performance Shares are also earned (because the performance requirements set
forth in the original Performance Share award are met). If the vested
Performance Shares are earned (because the performance requirements under the
Performance Share award are met), payment with respect to such earned and vested
Performance Shares shall occur no later than two and one-half months after the
end of the calendar year in which such performance requirements are met.

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G.    Retirement Plan, 401(k) Plan, Deferred Compensation Plan, and SERP.

The contributions to, vesting status of, and payments from the Actuant
Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”), the Actuant
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, the Actuant Corporation 401(k) Plan, the
Actuant Corporation Retirement Plan, and any other tax-qualified retirement plan
in effect at the Senior Officer’s termination date shall be determined solely in
accordance with the terms of the plan documents applicable to such arrangements.
In no event shall payments under this Plan be considered compensation subject to
deferral under any of the arrangements listed in this Article III.G.

H.     Outplacement Services.

The Company shall provide an eligble Senior Officer with outplacement services
during the Benefit Continuation Period in a form, manner and with a scope and
level of benefits determined in the Administrator’s discretion.

I.    Conditions.

1.
Releases and Waivers of Claims. Any amounts payable under, or benefits provided
pursuant to, this Plan shall be payable or provided only if the Senior Officer
delivers to the Company and does not revoke an executed general release of all
claims of any kind whatsoever that the Senior Officer has or may have against
the Company and its officers, directors and employees, whether known or unknown,
as of the date of the Senior Officer’s termination of employment, in the form
set forth in Exhibit B (which may be revised, in the Company’s discretion, to
address changes or variances in the law applicable to releases and waivers). If
the Senior Officer has received benefits described in Article III.D., III.E.,
III.F., or III.H. of this Plan prior to meeting the Release Requirement and
subsequently fails to meet the Release Requirement, the Senior Officer shall, at
the Administrator’s discretion, be required to repay all such benefits to the
Company.

2.
Cooperation. As a condition to the receipt of any severance benefits hereunder,
the Senior Officer shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this
Article III.I.2. Upon the receipt of reasonable notice from the Company
(including its outside counsel), the Senior Officer agrees that during the
Benefit Continuation Period, the Senior Officer will respond and provide
information with regard to matters concerning which the Senior Officer has
knowledge as a result of the Senior Officer’s employment with the Company, and
will provide reasonable assistance to the Company and its respective
representatives in defense of any claims that may be made against the Company to
the extent that such claims may relate to the period of the Senior Officer’s
employment. The Senior Officer also agrees to inform the Company promptly (to
the extent the Senior Officer is legally permitted to do so) if the Senior
Officer is asked to assist in any investigation of or claim asserted against the
Company. Upon presentation of appropriate documentation, the Company shall pay
or reimburse the Senior Officer for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel,
duplicating or telephonic expenses incurred by the Senior Officer in complying
with this Article III.I.2.

3.
Re-employment. If during the Senior Officer’s Benefit Continuation Period, the
Senior Officer becomes re-employed with the Company, all benefits provided to
the Senior Officer hereunder shall terminate. Upon such termination, the Senior
Officer shall be permitted to retain any lump sum amounts paid to him or her
hereunder before becoming reemployed.

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4.
Agreement Barring Certain Unfair Activities. The Senior Officer signs the
Agreement Barring Certain Unfair Activities in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (which may be revised, in the Company’s discretion, to address changes
in the law applicable to non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality
agreements). It is intended that the Senior Officer’s participation in the Plan
and the severance paid to the Senior Officer shall each separately be deemed
adequate consideration for the Agreement Barring Certain Unfair Activities. If
the Administrator determines that the Senior Officer has breached any duty the
Senior Officer owes to the Company under the Agreement Barring Certain Unfair
Activities (or any other post-employment obligation of the Senior Officer), the
Senior Officer shall forfeit all further benefits payable to the Senior Officer
under this Plan and shall, at the Administrator’s direction, be required to
repay to the Company any benefits the Senior Officer received from the Company
under this Plan. In such case, the Administrator may offset any such repayment
against any other amounts that the Company owes to the Senior Officer (to the
extent such amounts are not deferred compensation subject to the requirements of
Code Section 409A).

J.    409A Limitations.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payments made:

(i) within 2-½ months of the end of the Company’s taxable year containing the
Senior Officer’s severance from employment, or
(ii) within 2-½ months of the Senior Officer’s taxable year containing the
severance from employment,

shall be exempt from Code Section 409A.

Payments subject to subparagraphs (i) or (ii) shall be treated and shall be
deemed to be an entitlement to a separate payment within the meaning of Code
Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.

To the extent payments under this Plan are not exempt from Code Section 409A
under subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above:

(iii)    any payments made in the first 6 months following the Senior Officer’s
termination from employment that are equal to or less than the lesser of the
amounts described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A)(1) and
(2) shall be exempt from Code Section 409A.

Payments subject to this subparagraph (iii) shall be treated and shall be deemed
to be an entitlement to a separate payment within the meaning of Code Section
409A and the regulations thereunder.

To the extent payments under this Plan are not exempt from Code Section 409A
under subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above:

(iv)    any payments made equal to or less than the applicable dollar amount
under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for the year of severance from employment shall
be exempt from Code Section 409A in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D).

Payments subject to this subparagraph (iv) shall be treated and shall be deemed
to be an entitlement to a separate payment within the meaning of Code Section
409A and the regulations thereunder.

To the extent payments under this Plan are not exempt from Code Section 409A
under subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, and to the extent the Senior
Officer is a “specified employee” (as defined below):

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(v)    payments due to the Senior Officer under this Plan shall begin no sooner
than six months after the Senior Officer’s severance from employment (other than
for death); provided, however, that any payments not made during the six (6)
month period described in this subparagraph due to the 6-month delay period
required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2) shall be made in a
single lump sum as soon as administratively practicable after the expiration of
such six (6) month period, and the balance of all other payments required under
the Plan shall be made as otherwise scheduled in this Plan.

For purposes of this Article III.J., any reference to severance from employment
or termination of employment shall mean a “separation from service” as defined
in Treasury Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h). For purposes of this Plan, the term
“specified employee” shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury Reg. Section
1.409A-1(i).

K.    Excise Tax Adjustment.

Subject to the provisions of this Article III.K., in the event it is determined
that all or any part of the severance benefits payable to Senior Officer under
this Plan or any other payments or benefits payable to Senior Officer under any
other agreement with, or plan or policy of, the Company (the “Total Payments”)
will, as determined by Company, be subject to the tax imposed by Code Section
4999 (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed) (the “Excise Tax”), then
such payment shall be either: (i) provided to Senior Officer in full, or (ii)
provided to Senior Officer to such lesser extent as would result in no portion
of such payment being subject to such Excise Tax, whichever of the foregoing
amounts, when taking into account such Excise Tax, results in the receipt by
Senior Officer of the greatest amount of the payment, notwithstanding that all
or some portion of such payment may be taxable under such Excise Tax. To the
extent such payment needs to be reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence,
reductions shall come from taxable amounts before non-taxable amounts and
beginning with the payments otherwise scheduled to occur soonest. Senior Officer
agrees to cooperate fully with Company to determine the benefits applicable
under this Article III.K. For purposes of determining whether any of the Total
Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, and the amounts of such Excise Tax,
the following shall apply:

(i)    Any payments or benefits received or to be received by Senior Officer in
connection with a Change in Control or Senior Officer’s termination of
employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan or any other plan,
policy, arrangement or agreement with Company, or with any person whose actions
result in a Change in Control or any person affiliated with Company or such
persons) shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of Code
Section 280G(b)(2), and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of
Code Section 280G(b)(1) shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in
the opinion of Company such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do
not constitute parachute payments, or unless such excess parachute payments (in
whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually
rendered within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(4) in excess of the base
amount within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(3), or are otherwise not
subject to the Excise Tax.

(ii)    The value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit
shall be determined in accordance with the principles of Code Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4).

ARTICLE IV
Plan Administration

This Plan shall be administered by the Administrator on behalf of the Company
(as plan administrator under Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA). In that regard, the
Administrator shall be empowered and shall have full

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discretion to interpret all provisions of this Plan, make all eligibility
decisions and to perform all of the duties and powers granted to it under the
terms of this Plan. The Administrator may adopt such rules and regulations for
the administration of this Plan as are consistent with the terms hereof and
shall keep adequate records of its proceedings and acts. All interpretations and
decisions made (both as to law and fact) and other action taken by the
Administrator with respect to this Plan shall be conclusive and binding upon all
parties having or claiming to have an interest under this Plan. Not in
limitation of the foregoing, the Administrator shall have full discretionary
authority to decide any factual or interpretative issues that may arise in
connection with its administration of this Plan (including without limitation
any determination as to eligibility and the amount of benefits payable under
this Plan), and the Administrator’s exercise of such discretionary authority
shall be conclusive and binding on all affected parties as long as it is not
determined by a court of law to be arbitrary and capricious. The Administrator
may delegate any of the Administrator’s duties and powers hereunder to the
extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE V
Claims And Appeals Procedure

A.    A Claimant shall have the right to submit a claim for benefits under the
Plan and to appeal any denial of a claim for benefits. Any request for a Plan
benefit or to clarify the Claimant’s rights to future benefits under the terms
of the Plan shall be considered to be a claim. (However, this claims procedure
does not govern casual inquiries about benefits or the circumstances under which
benefits might be paid under the terms of the Plan, nor does it govern a request
for a determination regarding eligibility for coverage except such a
determination as is requested or necessary in connection with a claim for
benefits.) An authorized representative of the Claimant may act on behalf of the
Claimant in pursuing a benefit claim or appeal of an Adverse Benefit
Determination. The individual or individuals responsible for deciding the
benefit claim or appeal, as applicable, may require the representative to
provide reasonable written proof that the representative has in fact been
authorized to act on behalf of the Claimant. The Plan requires no fee or other
cost for the making of a claim or appealing an Adverse Benefit Determination.

B.    A claim for benefits will be considered as having been made when submitted
in writing by the Claimant to the Administrator, in care of:

Actuant Corporation
Attn: Vice President - Human Resources
N86 W12500 Westbrook Crossing
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
 
Any claim should include the following:

Claimant’s name, address, and telephone number.

Claimant’s dates of employment with the Company.

Claimant’s job title and position with Company.

The reasons for Claimant’s termination of employment; and

A statement of the reasons why Claimant is entitled to severance benefits under
the Plan.    

C.    The Administrator will determine whether, or to what extent, the claim may
be allowed or denied under the terms of the Plan. If the claim is wholly or
partially denied, the Administrator shall notify the

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Claimant of the Plan’s Adverse Benefit Determination within a reasonable period
of time, but not later than 90 days after the Administrator receives the claim,
unless the Administrator determines that special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim.

If such an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the
extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the
initial 90-day period. Such extension may not exceed an additional 90 days from
the end of the initial 90-day period. The extension notice shall indicate the
special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the
Administrator expects to render the final decision.

For the purposes of this Article V.C, the period of time within which a benefit
determination is required to be made shall begin at the time a claim is filed in
accordance with the Plan’s filing requirements, without regard to whether all
the information necessary to make a benefit determination accompanies the
filing.

D.    The Administrator shall provide the Claimant with written or electronic
notification of any Adverse Benefit Determination. Any electronic notification
shall comply with the standards imposed by 29 CFR § 2520.104b-1(c)(i), (iii) and
(iv). The notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood
by the Claimant:

1.
The specific reason(s) for the Adverse Benefit Determination;

2.
Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based;

3.
A description of any additional material or information necessary for the
Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary; and

4.
A description of the Plan’s appeal (review) procedures and the time limits
applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to
bring a civil action under ERISA § 502(a) following an Adverse Benefit
Determination on appeal.

E.    The Claimant may appeal an Adverse Benefit Determination to the
Administrator. The Administrator shall conduct a full and fair review of each
appealed claim and its denial. The Claimant shall have at least 60 days
following receipt of a notification of an Adverse Benefit Determination within
which to appeal the determination.

F.    The appeal of an Adverse Benefit Determination must be made in writing. In
connection with making such request, the Claimant may submit written comments,
documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits.
Upon written request, the Claimant shall be provided, free of charge, reasonable
access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant
(as defined in Article V.J below) to the Claimant’s claim for benefits. In
considering the appeal the Administrator shall take into account all comments,
documents, records, and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to
the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or
considered in connection with the initial benefit determination.

1.
General procedure. The Administrator shall notify a Claimant of the
Administrator’s benefit determination upon appeal within a reasonable period of
time, but not later than 60 days after receipt of the Claimant’s appeal.
However, the Administrator may determine that special circumstances (such as the
need to hold a hearing) require an extension of time for processing the claim.
If the Administrator determines that an extension of time, not to exceed 60
days, for processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be
furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial 60-day period.
The extension notice shall indicate the

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special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the
Administrator expects to render the determination on appeal.

2.
Calculating time periods. For the purposes of this Article V.F, the period of
time within which a benefit determination on appeal is required to be made shall
begin at the time an appeal is filed in accordance with the Plan’s appeal filing
requirements, without regard to whether all the information necessary to make a
benefit determination on appeal accompanies the filing. In the event that a
period of time is extended as provided above for the determination of a claim on
appeal due to a Claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide an
appeal of an Adverse Benefit Determination, the period for making the benefit
determination on appeal shall be tolled from the date on which the notification
of the extension is sent to the Claimant until the date on which the Claimant
responds to the request for additional information.

3.
Furnishing documents. In the case of an Adverse Benefit Determination on appeal,
the Administrator shall provide such access to, and copies of, documents,
records, and other information described in subparagraphs G(3) and (4) below as
is appropriate.

G.    The Administrator shall provide a Claimant with written or electronic
notification of the benefit determination on appeal. Any electronic notification
shall comply with the standards imposed by 29 CFR § 2520.104b-1(c)(i), (iii) and
(iv). In the case of an Adverse Benefit Determination on appeal, the
notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the
Claimant:

1.The specific reason(s) for the Adverse Benefit Determination;

2.
Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the benefit determination is
based;

3.
A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of
charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other
information relevant (as defined in Article V.J below) to the Claimant’s claim
for benefits; and

4.
A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
§ 502(a).

H.    A Claimant must exhaust his or her rights to file a claim and to appeal an
Adverse Benefit Determination before bringing any civil action to recover
benefits due to him under the terms of the Plan, to enforce his or her rights
under the terms of the Plan, or to clarify his or her rights to future benefits
under the terms of the Plan.

I.    Benefit claim determinations and decisions on appeals shall be made in
accordance with governing Plan documents. The Plan’s provisions shall be applied
consistently with respect to similarly situated claimants. The Administrator
shall maintain complete records of its proceedings in deciding claims and
appeals. The Administrator shall maintain its records in a manner that permits
it to refer, and it shall so refer, to prior decisions to ensure that the Plan’s
provisions are applied consistently with respect to similarly situated
claimants.

J.    For the purposes of this Claims and Appeal Procedure, a document, record,
or other information shall be considered “relevant” to a Claimant’s claim if
such document, record, or other information (i) was relied upon in making the
benefit determination; (ii) was submitted, considered, or generated in the
course of making the benefit determination, without regard to whether such
document, record, or other information was relied upon in making the benefit
determination; or (iii) demonstrates compliance with the administrative
processes and safeguards required pursuant to Article V.I above in making the
benefit determination.

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K.    If the Company breaches any payment obligation hereunder and the Claimant
prevails in enforcing the Claimant’s claim, the Company will pay all reasonable
attorney fees and costs incurred by the Claimant in enforcing the Claimant’s
rights under the Plan.

ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous

A.    Benefits Unfunded.

This Plan shall at all times be entirely unfunded and no provision shall at any
time be made with respect to segregating assets, accounts or funds of the
Company for payment of any benefits under this Plan. No Senior Officer shall
have any interest in any particular asset, account or fund of the Company by
reason of the right to receive benefits under this Plan and any such Senior
Officer shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the
Company with respect to any rights under this Plan. This Plan constitutes an
unfunded compensation arrangement for members of a select group of the Company’s
management, and any exemptions under ERISA, as applicable to such arrangement,
shall be applicable to the Plan.

B.    Exclusion of Payments from Plan Compensation.

No payments or benefits provided under this Plan shall be considered
compensation or earnings under any pension, savings or retirement plan sponsored
by the Company, and shall not be eligible for any matching contribution,
deferral or the like provided by any benefit plan sponsored by the Company.

C.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

This Plan shall not prevent or limit the right of a Senior Officer to receive
any base salary, pension or welfare benefit, bonus or other payment provided by
the Company to the Senior Officer, except for such rights as the Senior Officer
may have specifically waived in writing or as otherwise expressly set forth in
this Plan. Amounts that are vested benefits or which the Senior Officer is
otherwise entitled to receive under any other employee benefit plan or program
provided by the Company shall be payable in accordance with the terms of such
plan or program. Any award that becomes vested in connection with a Change in
Control that occurs prior to a Qualifying Termination shall be payable in
accordance with the written agreement pursuant to which such award was granted.

D.    Taxation.

All benefits provided under this Plan shall be subject to applicable federal,
state and local payroll and withholding taxes. The Company shall have the right
to make such provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any
obligations it may have to withhold federal, state or local income or other
taxes incurred by reason of payments pursuant to this Plan.

E.    Non-Alienation.

No interest of the Senior Officer, or right to receive any payment under this
Plan, shall be subject in any manner to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
attachment, garnishment, or other alienation or encumbrance of any kind, nor may
such interest or right be taken, voluntarily or involuntarily, for the
satisfaction of the obligations or debts of, or other claims against, the Senior
Officer or the Senior Officer’s spouse or beneficiary, including claims for
alimony, support, separate maintenance, and claims in bankruptcy proceedings.

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F.    No Employment Contract.

Nothing contained in this Plan shall confer upon any Senior Officer the right to
be retained in the service of the Company nor limit the right of the Company to
discharge or otherwise discipline any Senior Officer or modify the terms and
conditions of his or her employment.

G.    Successors.

For purposes of this Plan, the “Company” shall include any and all successors
and assignees, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise, to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company
and such successors and assignees shall perform the Company’s obligations under
this Plan, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be
required to perform if no such succession or assignment had taken place.

H.    Severability.

In the event any provision of this Plan is held illegal or invalid, the
remaining provisions of this Plan shall not be affected thereby, unless such
determination shall render impossible or impracticable the functioning of this
Plan and in such case, an appropriate provision or provisions shall be adopted,
in the discretion of the Administrator, so that this Plan may continue to
function properly.

I.    Modification or Rescission of Plan.

The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, any
or all of the provisions of the Plan at any time. Any such amendment shall be
effective only if contained in a written instrument adopted by resolution of the
Administrator or the Board. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the
contrary, if the Company becomes obligated to make any payment to any Senior
Officer hereunder, then this Plan shall remain in effect for such purposes until
all of the Company’s obligations to such Senior Officer hereunder shall be
fulfilled.

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if there is a Change in
Control, then for a period of two (2) years following the Change in Control,
this Plan may not be modified or rescinded in any way that adversely affects the
rights of persons who are eligible Senior Officers on the day before the Change
in Control.

J.    Clawback Policy.

All benefits under this Plan are subject to the Actuant Corporation Executive
Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy, or such other clawback policy of the
Company as may subsequently be in effect.

K.    Entire Agreement.

Except as specified herein, and in any management continuity agreement or
change-in-control agreement, this Plan sets forth the entire obligations of the
Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all existing
severance plans, agreements and understandings (whether oral or written) between
the Company and Senior Officers with respect to the subject matter herein.

L.    Applicable Law.

This Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with,
ERISA or, if not preempted, the substantive laws of the State of Wisconsin
(without giving effect to choice-of-law provisions). The forum

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for the resolution of any dispute involving the Plan shall be the Circuit Court
of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, or the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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Exhibit A

AGREEMENT BARRING CERTAIN UNFAIR ACTIVITIES

This Agreement Barring Certain Unfair Activities (“Agreement”) is entered into
by and among Actuant Corporation (i.e. the “Company” as defined below) and the
undersigned employee (“Senior Officer”) (together, the “Parties”).

RECITALS

Senior Officer has voluntarily elected to participate in the Actuant Corporation
Senior Officer Severance Plan (the “Plan”) of which this Agreement is Exhibit A.
Pursuant to Article II and Article III.I.4. of the Plan, Senior Officer must
agree to the terms of this Agreement as a condition of participation in the Plan
and as a condition of receiving the severance benefits provided by the Plan.

Senior Officer has been informed that Senior Officer is not required to
participate in the Plan and enter into this Agreement as a condition of Senior
Officer’s employment or continued with the Company. Senior Officer may continue
his/her employment with the Company without participating in the Plan and
executing this Agreement.

Through the course of employment or continued employment with the Company,
Senior Officer will be provided, learn and/or develop confidential information
regarding the Company’s customers, or will establish, maintain and improve
knowledge of and/or relationships and/or goodwill with the Company’s customers,
and/or will learn the Company’s Trade Secrets and/or Confidential Information
(as such terms are defined below).

THE SENIOR OFFICER HAS REVIEWED THE MATTERS RECITED IN THE PARAGRAPHS ABOVE AND
CONFIRMS THAT HE/SHE AGREES WITH THE ABOVE RECITALS.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the promises and covenants set
forth herein, and in exchange for Senior Officer’s participation in the Plan,
Senior Officer’s receipt of any benefits, rights or payments pursuant to the
Plan, Senior Officer’s access or continued access to the Company’s customer
relationships, good will, Confidential Information or Trade Secrets; and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1.
Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms have the
definitions set forth in Paragraph 25 of this Agreement.

2.
Duty of Loyalty. During employment with the Company, Senior Officer shall owe
the Company an undivided duty of loyalty and shall take no action adverse to
that duty of loyalty. Senior Officer’s duty of loyalty to the Company includes a
duty to promptly disclose to the Company any information that might cause the
Company to take or refrain from taking any action or which otherwise might cause
the Company to alter its behavior. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Senior Officer shall promptly notify the Company at any time that
Senior Officer decides to (1) terminate employment with the Company or (2) enter
into competition with the Company, as the Company may decide at such time to
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employment or access to the Company’s Confidential Information, Trade Secrets or
customer relationships.

3.
Nondisclosure of Third Party Confidential Information. During Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company and after termination of employment with the
Company, Senior Officer shall not use or disclose Third Party Confidential
Information for as long as the relevant third party has required the Company to
maintain its confidentiality, or for so long as required by applicable law,
whichever period is longer. This prohibition does not prohibit Senior Officer’s
use of general skills and know-how acquired during and prior to employment by
the Company, as long as such use does not involve the use or disclosure of Third
Party Confidential Information. This prohibition also does not prohibit the
description by Senior Officer of Senior Officer’s employment history and duties,
for work search or other purposes, as long as such use does not involve the use
or disclosure of Third Party Confidential Information.

4.
Non-disclosure of Trade Secrets. During and after termination of employment with
the Company, Senior Officer shall not use or disclose the Company’s Trade
Secrets so long as they remain Trade Secrets. Nothing in this Agreement shall
limit either (a) Senior Officer’s statutory and other duties not to use or
disclose the Company’s Trade Secrets, or (b) Company’s remedies in the event
Senior Officer uses or discloses the Company’s Trade Secrets.

5.
Obligations Not to Disclose or Use Confidential Information. Except as set forth
herein or as expressly authorized in writing on behalf of the Company, Senior
Officer agrees that while Senior Officer is employed by the Company and during
the two-year period commencing on the Termination Date, Senior Officer will not
use or disclose (except in discharging Senior Officer’s job duties at the
Company) any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information is
in Senior Officer’s memory or it is set forth electronically, in writing or
other form. This prohibition does not prohibit Senior Officer’s disclosure of
information after it ceases to meet the definition (Paragraph 25) of
“Confidential Information,” or Senior Officer’s use of general skills and
know-how acquired during and prior to employment by the Company, as long as such
use does not involve the use or disclosure of Confidential Information; nor does
this prohibition restrict Senior Officer from providing prospective employers
with an employment history or description of Senior Officer’s duties with the
Company, so long as Senior Officer does not use or disclose Confidential
Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Senior Officer learns information
in the course of employment with the Company which is subject to a law governing
confidentiality or non-disclosure, Senior Officer shall keep such information
confidential for so long as required by law. This Paragraph shall not preclude
employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act from exercising
Section 7 rights they may have to communicate about working conditions. This
Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer from making disclosures to government
entities to the extent required by applicable law or disclosures made in good
faith pursuant to applicable “whistleblower” laws or regulations.

6.
Proprietary Creations. All Proprietary Creations are the sole and exclusive
property of the Company whether patentable or registrable or not, and Senior
Officer assigns all rights, title and interest in same to the Company.

All Proprietary Creations which are copyrightable shall be considered “work(s)
made for hire” as that term is defined by U.S. Copyright Law. If for any reason
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jurisdiction determines such Proprietary Creations not to be works made for
hire, Senior Officer will assign all rights, title and interest in such works to
the Company and, to the extent permitted by law, Senior Officer hereby assigns
such rights, title and interest in such Proprietary Creations to the Company.
Senior Officer will promptly disclose all Proprietary Creations to the Company
and, if requested to do so, provide the Company a written description or copy
thereof.
No provision in this Agreement requires Senior Officer to assign any of his or
her rights to an invention if that invention qualifies for exclusion under the
applicable law of the state in which the Senior Officer is a resident, which may
be amended from time to time. Senior Officer is not required to assign rights to
any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility, or trade secret
information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on Senior
Officer’s own time, unless (a) the invention relates (i) to the business of the
Company or (ii) to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development, or (b) the invention results from any work performed by Senior
Officer for the Company.
In the event Proprietary Creations should be assigned or transferred to a
parent, subsidiary or related entity of the Company, or an entity owned (in
whole or in part) by the Company, the Company shall make this determination and
shall make the appropriate assignment or transfer or shall direct Senior Officer
to make such assignment of transfer, and Senior Officer shall cooperate with the
Company in making such assignment or transfer.
7.
Return of Property; No Copying or Transfer of Documents. All equipment and all
books, records, papers, notes, catalogs, compilations of information, data
bases, correspondence, recordings, stored data (including data or files that
exist on any personal computer or other electronic storage device), software,
and any physical items, including copies and duplicates, that Senior Officer
generates or develops or which come into Senior Officer’s possession or control,
which relate directly or indirectly to, or are a part of the Company’s (or its
customers’) business matters, whether of a public nature or not, shall be and
remain the property of the Company (collectively “Company Information”). Senior
Officer shall deliver all equipment and Company Information, and any and all
copies thereof, to the Company upon termination of employment.

During employment or after termination of employment with the Company, Senior
Officer will not copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce, or permit copying,
duplicating, or reproduction of any Company Information owned or originated by
the Company and relating to the Company’s business which may have come into
Senior Officer’s possession, custody, or control during Senior Officer’s
employment with Company without the express written consent of the Company, or,
as a part of Senior Officer’s duties performed under this Agreement for the
benefit of the Company.
Senior Officer expressly covenants and warrants, upon termination of employment
for any reason (or no reason), that Senior Officer shall promptly deliver to the
Company any and all originals and copies in Senior Officer’s possession,
custody, or control of any and all Company Information, and Senior Officer shall
not make, retain, or transfer to any third party any copies of Company
Information. In the event any Company Information is stored or otherwise kept in
or on a computer hard drive or other storage device owned by or otherwise in the
possession or control of Senior Officer (collectively, “Senior Officer Storage
Device”), upon termination of employment Senior Officer will present to the
Company for inspection and removal of all Company Information (including
Confidential Information or Trade Secrets) stored on any Senior Officer Storage
Devices.

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8.
Limited Restriction on Misuse of Goodwill. For twelve months following the
Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not sell or solicit the sale of a
Competing Product to a Restricted Customer. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior
Officer from performing clerical, menial or manual labor.

9.
Limited Restriction on Assisting Misuse of Goodwill. For twelve months following
the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not manage, direct or assist another
person or entity in selling or soliciting the sale of a Competing Product to a
Restricted Customer. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer from performing
clerical, menial or manual labor.

10.
Limited Restriction on Misuse of Information. For twelve months following the
Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not sell or solicit the sale of a
Competing Product to a Strategic Customer. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior
Officer from performing clerical, menial or manual labor.

11.
Limited Restriction on Assisting Misuse of Information. For twelve months
following the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not manage, direct or
assist another person or entity in selling or soliciting the sale of a Competing
Product to a Strategic Customer. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer
from performing clerical, menial or manual labor.

12.
Limited Territorial Restriction - Executive and Management Activities. For
twelve months following the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not perform
services of the type Senior Officer performed for the Company during the
twenty-four -month period immediately preceding the end of Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company as part of the business of selling, soliciting the
sale of or providing Competing Products in the Restricted Territory This
Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer from performing clerical, menial or
manual labor.

13.
Limited Territorial Restriction - Marketing Activities. For twelve months
following the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not perform services of the
type Senior Officer performed for the Company during the twenty-four -month
period immediately preceding the end of Senior Officer’s employment with the
Company as part of the business of marketing Competing Products for sale in the
Restricted Territory. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer from
performing clerical, menial or manual labor.

14.
Limited Territorial Restriction - Design, Development, Production and Testing
Activities. For twelve months following the Termination Date, Senior Officer
shall not perform services of the type Senior Officer performed for the Company
during the twenty-four -month period immediately preceding the end of Senior
Officer’s employment with the Company as part of the business of designing,
testing, developing or producing Competing Products for sale in the Restricted
Territory. This Paragraph shall not bar Senior Officer from performing clerical,
menial or manual labor.

15.
Non-solicitation of Employees.

a.
Non-solicitation of Company Management Employees. For twelve months following
the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, encourage, cause, or solicit, or assist others in
encouraging, causing, or soliciting, a Management Employee to terminate such
Management Employee’s employment with the Company to provide Key Services in
competition with the Company, unless such Management Employee has already ceased
employment with the Company.

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b.
Non-solicitation of Company Key Employees. For twelve months following the
Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Company, encourage, cause, or solicit, or assist others in encouraging,
causing, or soliciting, a Key Employee to terminate such Key Employee’s
employment with the Company to provide Key Services in competition with the
Company, unless such Key Employee has already ceased employment with the
Company.

c.
Non-solicitation of Company Supervised Employees. For twelve months following
the Termination Date, Senior Officer shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, encourage, cause, or solicit, or assist others in
encouraging, causing, or soliciting, a Supervised Employee to terminate such
Supervised Employee’s employment with the Company to provide Key Services in
competition with the Company, unless such Supervised Employee has already ceased
employment with the Company.

16.
Remedies. In addition to other remedies provided by law or equity, upon a breach
by the Senior Officer of this Agreement, Senior Officer shall pay the Company’s
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs arising out of such breach. The Parties
agree that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement,
the Company may obtain interim or other injunctive relief, in addition to any
other remedies available, without the need to post a bond.

17.
Assignment. The Company’s rights under this agreement will automatically be
assigned to any parent, subsidiary or related entity of the Company if the
Senior Officer commences employment with such parent, subsidiary or related
entity of the Company. The Company may also assign its rights under the
Agreement to any successor entity or purchaser of related assets. In the event
of assignment of this Agreement, the entity to which this Agreement is assigned
shall be included in the definition of the term “Company” as used in this
Agreement. This Agreement and the respective rights, duties, and obligations of
the Senior Officer hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Senior
Officer.

18.
Coordination with Other Agreements. This Agreement is in addition to any
employment, non-competition, non-solicitation or confidentiality agreements
previously entered into by Senior Officer in connection with Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company, or any stock, equity or other similar agreement
with the Company. This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by the
Parties.

19.
Waiver. The waiver by any Party of the breach of any covenant or provision in
this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent
breach by any Party.

20.
Invalidity of any Provision. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, it
being the intention of the Parties that should any provision hereof be invalid
or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the remaining provisions hereof, but the same shall remain in full force
and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law as if such invalid or
unenforceable provision were omitted. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, Company and Senior Officer agree that such
provision is to be reformed to the extent necessary for the provision to be
valid and enforceable to the fullest and broadest extent permitted by applicable
law, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

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21.
Applicable Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the state of Wisconsin. Any dispute between
the Parties arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be heard only by
the Circuit Court of -----Waukesha County, Wisconsin, or by the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; and the Parties hereby
consent to these courts as the exclusive venues for resolving any such disputes.

22.
Immunity from Liability for Confidential Disclosure of a Trade Secret to the
Government or in a Court Filing.

(a)
Immunity. An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any
Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (i)
is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official,
either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (b) solely for the purpose
of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a
complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such
filing is made under seal.

(b)
Use Of Trade Secret Information In Anti-Retaliation Lawsuit. An individual who
files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected
violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual
and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual
(i) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (ii) does not
disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

23.
Interpretation and Construction. As used in this Agreement, (a) the words
“include,” “including” and variations thereof will not be deemed to be terms of
limitation, (b) “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive, (c) paragraph
headings are for convenience only and will have no interpretive value and (d)
“$” means U.S. Dollars or their equivalent in the local currency at the exchange
rate in effect at the time the currency amount is to be determined under the
terms of this Agreement.

24.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

25.
Definitions. When used in this Agreement the following terms have the definition
set forth below:

(a)
“Company” means Actuant Corporation and any parent, subsidiary or affiliated
entity of Actuant Corporation.

(b)
“Competing Product” means any product or service which is sold or provided in
competition with a product or service that is, as of the Termination Date,
either (a) sold or provided by the Company or (b) is in the process of
development for sale by the Company within twelve months after the end of Senior
Officer’s employment with Company; provided, however, the term Competing Product
is limited to products or services sold or provided in competition with products
or services which:

(i) Senior Officer sold or provided on behalf of the Company;

(ii) one or more Company employees or business units managed or directed by
Senior Officer sold or provided on behalf of the Company;

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(iii) were designed, developed, tested, distributed, marketed, provided or
produced by Senior Officer (individually or in collaboration with other Company
employees) or one or more Company employees or business units managed or
directed by Senior Officer; or

(iv) which were designed, tested, developed, distributed, marketed, produced,
sold or provided by the Company with management or executive support from Senior
Officer,

at any time during the twenty-four months immediately preceding the Termination
Date.

(c)
“Confidential Information” means information (to the extent it is not a Trade
Secret), whether oral, written, recorded, magnetically or electronically or
otherwise stored, and whether originated by the Senior Officer or otherwise
coming into the possession or knowledge of the Senior Officer, which is
possessed by or developed for the Company and which relates to the Company’s
existing or potential business, which information is not reasonably
ascertainable by the Company’s competitors or by the general public through
lawful means, and which information the Company treats as confidential,
including information regarding the Company’s business affairs, plans,
strategies, products, designs, finances, computer programs, research, customers,
purchasing, marketing, and other information.

(d)
“Key Employee” means any person who at the Termination Date is employed or
engaged by Company, and with whom Senior Officer has had material
business-related contact in the course of employment during the twelve months
immediately preceding the Termination Date, and such person is in possession of
Confidential Information and/or Trade Secrets.

(e)
“Key Services” means services of the type performed by a Key Employee,
Management Employee, or Supervised Employee for the Company during the final
twelve months preceding the Termination Date, but shall not include clerical,
menial, or manual labor.

(f)
“Management Employee” means any person who at the Termination Date is employed
or engaged by Company, and with whom Senior Officer has had material
business-related contact in the course of employment during the twelve months
immediately preceding the Termination Date and such person is a manager,
officer, director, or executive of Company.

(g)
“Proprietary Creations” means inventions, discoveries, designs, improvements,
creations, and works conceived, authored, or developed by Senior Officer, either
individually or with others, any time during Senior Officer’s employment with
the Company that: (a) relate to the Company’s current or contemplated business
or activities; (b) relate to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated
research or development; (c) result from any work performed by Senior Officer
for the Company; (d) involve the use of the Company’s equipment, supplies,
facilities, Confidential Information or Trade Secrets; (e) result from or are
suggested by any work done by the Company or at the Company’s request, or any
projects specifically assigned to Senior Officer; or (f) result from Senior
Officer’s access to any of the Company’s memoranda, notes, records, drawings,
sketches, models, maps, customer lists, research results, data, formulae,
specifications, inventions, processes, equipment or other materials.

(h)
“Restricted Customer” means a customer of the Company to which Senior Officer,
or one or more individuals or Company business units supervised, managed, or
directed by Senior Officer, sold or provided products or services on behalf of
or as part of Senior Officer’s

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employment with the Company during the twenty-four -month period immediately
preceding the Termination Date.

(i)
“Restricted Territory” means states, provinces or territories within the United
States or other countries in which Senior Officer, or one or more other Company
employees or Company business units managed or directed by Senior Officer, or
receiving executive support from Senior Officer:

(i) provided products or services on behalf of the Company;
(ii) sold or solicited the sale of products or services on behalf of the
Company;
(iii) provided products or services designed, developed, tested or produced by
Senior Officer (either individually or in collaboration with other Company
employees) or by one or more other Company employees or business units managed
or directed by Senior Officer;
during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the end of Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Restricted Territory” is limited to
states, provinces or territories within the United States or other countries in
which the Company sold or provided in excess of $750,000 worth of products or
services in the twenty-four month period immediately preceding the Termination
Date.    
(j)
“Strategic Customer” means a customer of Company that purchased a product or
service from the Company during the twelve-month period immediately preceding
the last date of Senior Officer’s employment with the Company, but is limited to
individuals and entities concerning which Senior Officer learned, created or
reviewed Confidential Information or Trade Secrets on behalf of the Company
during the twenty-four -month period immediately preceding the Termination
Date. 

(k)
“Supervised Employee” means any person who at the Termination Date is employed
or engaged by Company, and with whom Senior Officer has had material
business-related contact in the course of employment during the twelve months
immediately preceding the Termination Date, and such person was directly managed
by or reported to Senior Officer during the last 12 months prior to the
Termination Date.

(l)
“Termination Date” means the date of the Senior Officer’s termination of
employment with the Company, for any reason, without continuation of employment
with any parent, subsidiary or related entity of the Company. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Senior Officer’s termination of employment with the Company
shall not be a “Termination Date” for purposes of this agreement, if the Company
has assigned this Agreement and the Senior Officer is employed after such
assignment by the successor to this Agreement.

(m)
“Third Party Confidential Information” means information received by the Company
from others that Company has an obligation to treat as confidential.

(n)
“Trade Secret” means a Trade Secret as that term is defined under applicable
state or federal law.

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26.
Reasonableness of Restrictions. SENIOR OFFICER HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND
AGREES THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON SENIOR OFFICER’S ACTIVITIES OUTLINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT ARE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY TO PROTECT COMPANY’S LEGITIMATE BUSINESS
INTERESTS, THAT THE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY COMPANY IS FAIR AND REASONABLE,
AND FURTHER AGREES THAT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE TO COMPANY OF ITS CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION, TRADE SECRETS AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS, THE POST-EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS ON SENIOR OFFICER’S ACTIVITIES ARE LIKEWISE FAIR AND REASONABLE.
SENIOR OFFICER AGREES THAT THE GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS ON SENIOR OFFICER’S
POST-EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY ARE REASONABLE. SENIOR OFFICER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS
THAT SENIOR OFFICER WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT IN SENIOR OFFICER’S FIELD
OF EXPERIENCE WITHOUT VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

The Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth next to
the Senior Officer’s name and signature below
FOR ACTUANT CORPORATION:
 
 
By: _________________________________
 
_______________________________
 
 
Date
Name: ______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
Title: _______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
BY SENIOR OFFICER:
 
 
 
 
 
________________________________________
 
_______________________________
Senior Officer Signature
 
Date
 
 
 
Name: ______________________________
 
 

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Exhibit B

RELEASE AND WAIVER OF ALL CLAIMS
THIS RELEASE AND WAIVER OF ALL CLAIMS (this “Release”) is made by and between
the below-signed Senior Officer and the Company (as that term is defined in
Actuant Senior Officer Severance Plan).
WHEREAS, Senior Officer’s employment with the Company has terminated; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Actuant Corporation Senior Officer Severance Plan (the
“Plan”), Company has agreed in Article II and III of the Plan to provide Senior
Officer certain severance rights and benefits, subject to the execution of this
Release as set forth in the Plan.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual promises
contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as
follows:
1.Consideration. Senior Officer acknowledges that: (i) the payments, rights and
benefits set forth in Article III of the Plan constitute full settlement of all
Senior Officer’s rights under the Plan and in connection with Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company, and (ii) except as otherwise provided specifically
in this Release, Company does not and will not have any other liability or
obligation to Senior Officer under the Plan or pursuant to Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company. Senior Officer acknowledges that Senior Officer is
not entitled to any payments or benefits under any other severance, retention or
change-in-control plan or agreement with the Company. Senior Officer further
acknowledges that, in the absence of Senior Officer’s execution of this Release,
the benefits and payments specified in Article III of the Plan would not
otherwise be due to Senior Officer.\

2.Release and Covenant Not to Sue.

2.1     Senior Officer hereby fully and forever releases and discharges Company,
and all of its respective predecessors and successors, assigns, stockholders,
subsidiaries, parents, affiliates, officers, directors, trustees, employees,
agents and attorneys, past and present and in their respective capacities as
such (the Company and each such respective person or entity is each referred to
as a “Released Person”) from any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements,
contracts, covenants, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations,
controversies, debts, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and
liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, direct or indirect, in law, equity or
otherwise, whether known or unknown, arising through the date of this Release,
out of Senior Officer’s employment by Company or the termination thereof,
including, without limitation, any rights, payments or benefits under the Senior
Officer’s Change in Control Agreement with the Company, or any other severance,
retention or change-in-control plan or agreement with the Company (collectively
the “Claims”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Release
specifically applies to:

2.1.1. Any and all Claims for wrongful discharge, misrepresentation, defamation,
fraudulent concealment, negligent supervision, negligent or intentional
infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contractual
relations, restitution, payment of monies such as wages, vacation pay, notice
pay, and other paid time, payment of attorneys’ fees or costs, outrageous
behavior, breach of express or implied contract, promissory estoppel, breach of
fiduciary duty, violation of statute, breach of the implied duty of good faith,
or under any other theory of recovery; and

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2.1.2. Any and all Claims under or pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities
Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (which protects persons 40 and
over against age discrimination), the Older Worker’s Benefits Protection Act,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay
Act, the Reconstruction Era Civil Rights Acts, United States Executive Orders
11246 and 11375, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as amended, § 1985, the Occupational Safety
and Health Act, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Fair Labor Standards Act,
the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, or
any other federal, state or local statute, ordinance or regulation regarding
discrimination in employment and any claims, demands or actions based upon
alleged wrongful or retaliatory discharge or breach of contract under any state
or federal law.

2.2    Senior Officer expressly represents that Senior Officer has not filed a
lawsuit or initiated any other administrative proceeding against a Released
Person and has not assigned any claim against a Released Person. Senior Officer
further promises not to initiate a lawsuit or to bring any other claim against a
Released Person arising out of or in any way related to Senior Officer’s
employment by Company or the termination of that employment. This Release will
not prevent Senior Officer from filing a charge with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (or similar state agency) or participating in any
investigation conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (or
similar state agency); provided, however, that any claims by Senior Officer for
personal relief in connection with such a charge or investigation (such as
reinstatement or monetary damages) would be barred. This Release shall not
affect Senior Officer’s rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or
the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act to have a judicial determination of the
validity of this release and waiver.

2.3    The foregoing will not be deemed to release the Company from (a) claims
solely to enforce this Release, or (b) claims for indemnification under the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws. The foregoing will not be
deemed to release any person from claims arising after the date of this Release.

2.4    The Senior Officer agrees that Senior Officer’s Change in Control
Agreement with the Company is hereby revoked and terminated in its entirety.

3.Cooperation. Senior Officer further agrees that, subject to reimbursement of
Senior Officer’s reasonable expenses, Senior Officer will cooperate fully with
Company and its counsel with respect to any matter (including litigation,
investigations, or governmental proceedings) in which Senior Officer was in
anyway involved during Senior Officer’s employment with Company. Senior Officer
shall render such cooperation in a timely manner on reasonable notice from
Company.

4.Rescission Right. Senior Officer expressly acknowledges and recites that (a)
Senior Officer has read and understands the terms of this Release in its
entirety, (b) Senior Officer has entered into this Release knowingly and
voluntarily, without any duress or coercion; (c) Senior Officer has been advised
orally and is hereby advised in writing to consult with an attorney with respect
to this Release before signing it; (d) Senior Officer was provided twenty-one
(21) calendar days after receipt of the Release to consider its terms before
signing it; and (e) Senior Officer is provided seven (7) calendar days from the
date of signing to terminate and revoke this Release, in which case this Release
shall be unenforceable, null and void. Senior Officer may revoke this

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Release during those seven (7) days by providing written notice of revocation to
the Company, addressed to General Counsel, Actuant Corporation, N86 W12500
Westbrook Crossing, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.

5.Miscellaneous.

5.1    No Admission of Liability. This Release is not to be construed as an
admission of any violation of any federal, state or local statute, ordinance or
regulation or of any duty owed by Company to Senior Officer. There have been no
such violations, and Company specifically denies any such violations.

5.2    No Reinstatement. Senior Officer agrees that Senior Officer will not
without the consent of the Company apply for reinstatement with Company or seek
in any way to be reinstated, re-employed or hired by Company in the future.

5.3    Successors and Assigns. This Release shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon Company and Senior Officer and their respective successors,
permitted assigns, executors, administrators and heirs. Senior Officer shall not
may make any assignment of this Release or any interest herein, by operation of
law or otherwise. Company may assign this Release to any successor to all or
substantially all of its assets and business by means of liquidation,
dissolution, merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise.

5.4    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Release will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law.
However, if any provision of this Release is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
will not affect any other provision, and this Release will be reformed,
construed and enforced as though the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been herein contained.

5.5    Entire Agreement: Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein, this
Release contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous discussions, agreements and understandings of every nature
relating to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Agreement shall not extinguish any post-employment obligations/restrictions on
non-competition, non-solicitation or confidentiality entered into between
Company and Senior Officer in connection with the Plan, Senior Officer’s
employment with the Company, Senior Officer’s Restricted Stock Units and/or
other equity or equity-based arrangements with the Company containing
post-employment restrictions. This Release may not be changed or modified,
except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

5.6    Governing Law. This Release shall be governed by, and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to the
application of the principles of conflicts of laws.

5.7    Counterparts and Facsimiles. This Release may be executed, including
execution by facsimile signature, in multiple counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and
the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly
authorized officer, and Senior Officer has executed this Agreement.
FOR ACTUANT CORPORATION:
 
 
By: _________________________________
 
______________________________
 
 
Date
Name: ______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
Title: _______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
BY SENIOR OFFICER:
 
 
 
 
 
________________________________________
 
______________________________
Senior Officer Signature
 
Date
 
 
 
Name: ______________________________