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                                                                   Exhibit 10.16


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 3, 2002 (this
"Agreement"), is entered into by and between ROHN Industries, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), ROHN, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, and Horace Ward (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS, the Executive has been and is presently employed by ROHN,
Inc. pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement entered into between the
Executive and ROHN, Inc., dated December 12, 2000 (the "Prior Agreement");

          WHEREAS, the Company desires to secure the services and employment of
the Executive on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries in the new position
of Chief Executive Officer and the Executive is willing to render such services
on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire that as of the Effective
Date (as defined herein), the Prior Agreement be superseded by this Agreement
and no longer have any force or effect.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1.   EMPLOYMENT TERM. Subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive
hereby agrees to be employed by the Company, for the period commencing on
November 11, 2002 (the "Effective Date") and ending on December 31, 2004, unless
terminated sooner as hereinafter provided (the "Employment Term").

          2.   DUTIES. During the Employment Term the Executive shall serve as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and shall perform such
duties, services and responsibilities on behalf of the Company and its
subsidiaries as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Board") and shall have the authority commensurate with such
position. In performing his duties hereunder, the Executive will report directly
to the Board. The Executive shall devote his full business time, attention and
skill to the performance of such duties, services and responsibilities, and will
use his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company. The Executive may
engage in any civic or charitable activity or deliver lectures, fulfill speaking
engagements or teach at educational institutions, provided such activities do
not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder.

          3.   COMPENSATION. In full consideration of the performance by the
Executive of the Executive's obligations during the Employment Term (including
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services by the Executive as an officer, director, employee or member of any
committee of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or otherwise on behalf
of Company), the Executive shall be compensated as follows:

               (a)  BASE SALARY. The Executive shall receive a base salary (the
"Base Salary") at a rate of $225,000 per year. The Base Salary shall be payable
in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company then in effect.

               (b)  BONUS. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be
eligible to participate in the Company's annual management incentive bonus plan,
under which the Executive's target bonus will be 50% of the Base Salary in
effect at the time such bonus becomes payable.

               (c)  BENEFITS. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be
entitled to participate in any employee or executive benefit plans, policies or
programs that are provided generally to senior executives of the Company as such
plans, policies or programs may be in effect from time to time.

               (d)  VACATIONS. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall
be entitled to 20 paid vacation days in each vacation year determined by the
Company in accordance with the Company's policies in effect from time to time.

               (e)  TAXES. The Executive shall be solely responsible for taxes
imposed on the Executive by reason of any compensation and benefits provided
under this Agreement and all such compensation and benefits shall be subject to
applicable withholding taxes.

          4.   TERMINATION. The Executive's employment with the Company
hereunder and the Employment Term shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of
the following events (the date of termination, the "Termination Date"):

               (a)  DEATH. The death of the Executive.

               (b)  DISABILITY. The termination of employment by the Company for
Disability upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the Executive, provided the
Executive has not returned to work on a full-time, permanent basis prior to the
end of such thirty (30) day period.

               (c)  CAUSE. The termination of employment by the Company for
Cause. The Executive's termination for Cause shall be effective upon delivery of
written notice specifying the matter or matters the Company deems to constitute
Cause.

               (d)  WITHOUT CAUSE. The termination of employment by the Company
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               (e)  GOOD REASON. The termination of employment by the Executive
for Good Reason; provided, however that (i) the Executive must deliver a notice
of termination within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of the event(s)
constituting Good Reason, and (ii) the Company shall have (30) days following
the receipt of the Executive's notice of termination within which to cure the
event(s) identified by the Executive as constituting Good Reason and, if so
cured, Good Reason shall be deemed not to have occurred.

               (f)  EXPIRATION OF EMPLOYMENT TERM. The expiration of the
Employment Term on December 31, 2004.

          In the event of termination of the Executive's employment, for
whatever reason (other than death), the Executive agrees to cooperate with the
Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates and to be reasonably available to
the Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates with respect to continuing
and/or future matters arising out of the Executive's employment hereunder or any
other relationship with the Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates,
whether such matters are business-related, legal or otherwise.

          5.   TERMINATION PAYMENTS.

               (a)  DEATH OR DISABILITY. If the Executive's employment with the
Company is terminated by reason of the Executive's death, or by the Company for
Disability, the Company's sole obligation hereunder shall be to pay the
Executive or his estate, as the case may be, the Accrued Compensation and the
Pro Rata Bonus Amount in a lump sum within 30 days following the Termination
Date.

               (b)  BY COMPANY FOR CAUSE; BY EXECUTIVE WITHOUT GOOD REASON. If
the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for
Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason, or the Executive's employment
hereunder terminates pursuant to SECTION 4(f) of this Agreement, the Company's
sole obligation hereunder shall be to pay the Executive the Accrued Compensation
in a lump sum within 30 days following the Termination Date.

               (c)  BY COMPANY WITHOUT CAUSE. If the Executive's employment with
the Company is terminated by the Company for any reason other than Cause or
Disability, the Company's sole obligation hereunder shall be to pay the
Executive (i) the Accrued Compensation and the Pro Rata Bonus Amount in a lump
sum within 30 days following the Termination Date and (ii) so long as the
Executive is not in violation of the covenants contained in SECTION 6 hereof,
severance equal to the Executive's Base Salary (at the rate in effect on the
Termination Date), payable in equal installments in accordance with the normal
payroll practices of the Company over the twelve (12) month period following the
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               (d)  GOOD REASON. If the Executive's employment with the Company
is terminated by the Executive for Good Reason, the Company's sole obligation
hereunder shall be to pay the Executive (i) the Accrued Compensation and the Pro
Rata Bonus Amount in a lump sum within 30 days following the Termination Date
and (ii) so long as the Executive is not in violation of the covenants contained
in SECTION 6 hereof, severance equal to the Executive's Base Salary (at the rate
in effect on the Termination Date), payable in equal installments in accordance
with the normal payroll practices of the Company over the twelve (12) month
period following the Termination Date.

               (e)  TRANSACTION BONUS OFFSET. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
cash severance otherwise payable hereunder shall be reduced by 50% of the amount
of any transaction bonus that, prior to the date the severance amount is
determined, has been paid pursuant to the Transaction Bonus Agreement entered
into between the Executive and the Company on the date hereof. Any transaction
bonus (or portion thereof) paid or payable after that date shall be reduced, if
at all, pursuant to Section 2 of the Transaction Bonus Agreement.

               (f)  NO MITIGATION. In no event shall the Executive be obligated
to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the
amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement,
nor shall such amounts be reduced by any earnings or benefits that the Executive
may receive from any other source.

               (g)  INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 280G. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any payment or
distribution of any type to or for the benefit of the Executive by the Company,
any affiliate of the Company, any person who acquires ownership or effective
control of the Company or ownership of a substantial portion of the Company's
assets (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code (the
"Code"), and the regulations thereunder), or any affiliate of such person,
whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement or otherwise (the "Total Payments") is or will be subject to the
excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the
Total Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent that a
reduction in the Total Payments would result in the Executive retaining a larger
amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and local
income taxes and the Excise Tax), than if the Executive received the entire
amount of such Total Payments. Unless the Executive shall have given prior
written notice specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the
foregoing, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Total Payments, by first
reducing or eliminating the portion of the Total Payments which are not payable
in cash (other than Total Payments attributable to stock options or other equity
awards ("Equity Awards")) and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in
each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which


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are to be paid the latest in time, and then by reducing Equity Awards in the
manner which will maximize the after-tax benefit to the Executive. Any notice
given by the Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence
over the provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the
Executive's rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation. The
determination of whether the Total Payments shall be reduced pursuant to the
foregoing and the amount of such reduction shall be made, at the Company's
expense, by an accounting firm selected by the Company which is one of the five
largest accounting firms in the United States (other than the Company's regular
independent auditor).

               (h)  For purposes of this SECTION 5, the Executive's employment
shall not be treated as terminated for so long as he is an employee of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.

          6.   EXECUTIVE COVENANTS.

               (a)  UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE. The Executive agrees and
understands that in the Executive's position with the Company, the Executive has
been and will be exposed to and has received and will receive information
relating to the confidential affairs of the Company, its subsidiaries and its
affiliates, including but not limited to technical information, intellectual
property, business and marketing plans, strategies, customer information, other
information concerning the products, promotions, development, financing,
expansion plans, business policies and practices of the Company, its
subsidiaries and its affiliates, and other forms of information considered by
the Company to be confidential and in the nature of trade secrets ("Confidential
Information"). The Executive agrees that during the Employment Term and
thereafter, the Executive will not disclose such Confidential Information,
either directly or indirectly, to any third person or entity without the prior
written consent of the Company. This confidentiality covenant has no temporal,
geographical or territorial restriction. Upon termination of the Employment
Term, the Executive will promptly supply to the Company all property, keys,
notes, memoranda, writings, lists, files, reports, customer lists,
correspondence, tapes, disks, cards, surveys, maps, logs, machines, technical
data or any other tangible product or document which has been produced by,
received by or otherwise submitted to the Executive during or prior to the
Employment Term. Any material breach of the terms of this paragraph shall be
considered Cause.

               (b)  NON-COMPETITION. By and in consideration of the Company's
entering into this Agreement and the payments to be made and benefits to be
provided by the Company hereunder, and further in consideration of the
Executive's exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the
Executive agrees that the Executive will not, during the Employment Term, and
thereafter during the Non-competition Term (as defined below), directly or
indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, control, be employed by, or participate
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in any manner with, including but not limited to holding any position as a
shareholder, director, officer, consultant, independent contractor, employee,
partner, or investor in, any Restricted Enterprise (as defined below); PROVIDED,
that in no event shall the ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding equity
securities of any issuer whose securities are registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), standing alone, be
prohibited by this SECTION 6(b). For purposes of this SECTION 6(b), the term
"Restricted Enterprise" shall mean any person, corporation, partnership or other
entity that competes, directly or indirectly, with any business or activity
conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates as of the date of the Executive's termination of employment.
Following termination of the Employment Term, upon request of the Company, the
Executive shall notify the Company of the Executive's then current employment
status. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Non-competition Term" shall
mean the period beginning on the Termination Date and ending on the second
anniversary of such date. Any material breach of the terms of this SECTION 6(b)
shall be considered Cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the
Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without
Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason following a Change in Control, the
Executive shall not be subject to this SECTION 6(b), and this SECTION 6(b) shall
have no force or effect.

               (c)  NON-SOLICITATION. During the Non-competition Term, the
Executive shall not, and shall not cause any other person to, interfere with or
harm, or attempt to interfere with or harm, the relationship of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates with, or endeavor to entice away from the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or hire, any person who at any
time during the Employment Term was an employee or customer of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by the Company
without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason following a Change in Control,
the Executive shall not be subject to this SECTION 6(c), and this SECTION 6(c)
shall have no force or effect.

               (d)  REMEDIES. The Executive agrees that any breach of the terms
of this SECTION 6 would result in irreparable injury and damage to the Company,
its subsidiaries and/or its affiliates for which the Company, its subsidiaries
and/or its affiliates would have no adequate remedy at law; the Executive
therefore also agrees that in the event of said breach or any threat of breach,
the Company, its subsidiaries and/or its affiliates, as applicable, shall be
entitled to an immediate injunction and restraining order to prevent such breach
and/or threatened breach and/or continued breach by the Executive and/or any and
all persons and/or entities acting for and/or with the Executive, without having
to prove damages, in addition to any other remedies to which the Company, its
subsidiaries and/or its affiliates may be entitled at law or in equity. The
terms of this SECTION 6(d) shall not prevent the Company, its subsidiaries
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pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach
hereof, including but not limited to the recovery of damages from the Executive.
The Executive and the Company further agree that the provisions of the covenants
contained in this SECTION 6 are reasonable and necessary to protect the
businesses of the Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates because of the
Executive's access to Confidential Information and his material participation in
the operation of such businesses. The Executive hereby acknowledges that due to
the global aspects of the Company's, its subsidiaries' and its affiliates'
businesses and competitors it would not be appropriate to impose any geographic
limitation on this SECTION 6. Should a court or arbitrator determine, however,
that any provision of the covenants contained in this SECTION 6 are not
reasonable or valid, either in period of time, geographical area, or otherwise,
the parties hereto agree that such covenants should be interpreted and enforced
to the maximum extent which such court or arbitrator deems reasonable or valid.

          The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive against
the Company, its subsidiaries and/or its affiliates, whether predicated on this
Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the
Company of the covenants contained in this SECTION 6.

          7.   NON-WAIVER OF RIGHTS. The failure by any party to enforce at any
time the provisions of this Agreement or to require at any time performance by
any other party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no way be construed to
be a waiver of such provisions or to affect either the validity of this
Agreement and any part hereof or the right of any party to enforce each and
every provision in accordance with its terms.

          8.   NOTICES. Every notice relating to this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be given by personal delivery, by a reputable same-day or
overnight courier service (charges prepaid), by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested or by facsimile to the recipient with
a confirmation copy to follow the next day to be delivered by personal delivery
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               If to the Company:  ROHN Industries, Inc.
                                   6718 West Plank Road
                                   Peoria, Illinois 61604
                                   Attention: Michael Levine

               If to the Employee: Horace Ward
                                   At the address the Company has
                                   on file for the Executive.

          Either of the parties hereto may change their address for purposes of
notice by given notice in writing to the other party pursuant to this SECTION 8.
The date of service of such notice shall be the date such notice is personally
delivered, three business days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or
registered mail, two business days after the date of delivery to the courier if
sent by courier, or the next business day after the date of transmittal if sent
by facsimile.

          9.   BINDING EFFECT/ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
executors, personal representatives, estates, successors (including, without
limitation, by way of merger) and assigns. Notwithstanding the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence, the Executive shall not assign all or any
portion of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.

          10.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between them as to such
subject matter, including, but not limited to, the Prior Agreement. This
Agreement may not be amended, nor may any provision hereof be modified or
waived, except by an instrument in writing duly signed by the party to be
charged. As of the Effective Date the Prior Agreement shall no longer have any
force or effect.

          11.  SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement, or any
application thereof to any circumstances, is invalid, in whole or in part, such
provision or application shall to that extent be severable and shall not affect
other provisions or applications of this Agreement.

          12.  GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without reference
to the principles of conflict of laws.

          13.  HEADINGS. The headings contained herein are solely for the
purposes of reference, are not part of this Agreement and shall not in any way
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          14.  COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

          15.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

          "Accrued Compensation" shall mean any accrued and unpaid Base Salary
as of the Termination Date, all benefits accrued under any benefit plans,
programs or arrangements in which the Executive shall have been a participant as
of the date of such termination, in accordance with the applicable terms and
conditions of such plans, programs or arrangements, and an amount equal to such
reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by the Executive in
connection with the Executive's employment on behalf of the Company on or prior
to the Termination Date but not previously paid to the Executive.

          "Cause" shall mean: (i) the Executive's material breach of this
Agreement, (ii) conduct by the Executive that is fraudulent or unlawful, (iii)
gross negligence of or willful misconduct by the Executive in the performance of
his duties, or (iv) repeated failure of the Executive to perform his duties
hereunder.

          "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any one of the
following events:

               (a)  An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any
common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") or other
voting securities of the Company by any "Person" (as the term person is used for
purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which
such Person has "Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of either (i)
the then outstanding Common Stock or (ii) the combined voting power of the
Company's then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote for the election
of directors (the "Voting Securities"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in determining
whether a Change in Control has occurred, Common Stock or Voting Securities
which are acquired in a "Non-Control Acquisition" (as hereinafter defined) shall
not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A
"Non-Control Acquisition" shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit
plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B)
any corporation or other Person the majority of the voting power, voting equity
securities or equity interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company (for purposes of this definition, a "Related Entity"), (ii) the Company
or any Related Entity, (iii) any Person in connection with a "Non-Control
Transaction" (as hereinafter defined), or (iv) the UNR Asbestos-Disease Claims
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               (b)  The individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement are
members of the Board (the "Incumbent Board"), cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority of the members of the Board; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the
election, or nomination for election by the Company's common stockholders, of
any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent
Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be considered a
member of the Incumbent Board; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that no individual
shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially
assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened Election Contest
(as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual
or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person
other than the Board (a "Proxy Contest"), including by reason of any agreement
intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest; or

               (c)  The consummation of:

                    (i)     A merger, consolidation or reorganization with or
into the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued (a "Merger"),
unless the Merger is a Non-Control Transaction. A "Non-Control Transaction"
shall mean a Merger if:

                            (A)  the stockholders of the Company immediately
before such Merger own directly or indirectly immediately following the Merger
at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding common stock and the combined
voting power of the outstanding voting securities of (x) the corporation
resulting from such Merger (the "Surviving Corporation"), if fifty percent (50%)
or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
of the Surviving Corporation is not Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly
by another corporation (a "Parent Corporation"), or (y) the Parent Corporation,
if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Surviving
Corporation's then outstanding voting securities is Beneficially Owned, directly
or indirectly, by a Parent Corporation;

                            (B)  the individuals who were members of the
Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing
for the Merger constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of (x) the Surviving Corporation, if fifty percent (50%) or more of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
Surviving Corporation is not Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly by a
Parent Corporation, or (y) the Parent Corporation, if fifty percent (50%) or
more of the combined voting power of the Surviving Corporation's then
outstanding voting securities is Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by
a Parent Corporation; and

                            (C)  no Person other than (1) the Company or another
corporation that is a party to the agreement of Merger, (2) any Related Entity,
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(3) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that,
immediately prior to the Merger, was maintained by the Company or any Related
Entity, or (4) any Person who, immediately prior to the Merger had Beneficial
Ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the then outstanding Common Stock or
Voting Securities, has Beneficial Ownership immediately following the Merger,
directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities or common stock of (x) the Surviving
Corporation, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of the Surviving Corporation is not
Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly by a Parent Corporation, or (y) the
Parent Corporation, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power
of the Surviving Corporation's then outstanding voting securities is
Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by a Parent Corporation;

                    (ii)    A complete liquidation or dissolution of the
Company; or

                    (iii)   The sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a
transfer to a Related Entity or under conditions that would constitute a
Non-Control Transaction with the disposition of assets being regarded as a
Merger for this purpose or the distribution to the Company's stockholders of the
stock of a Related Entity or any other assets).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur
solely because any Person (the "Subject Person") acquired Beneficial Ownership
of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding Common Stock or Voting
Securities as a result of the acquisition of Common Stock or Voting Securities
by the Company which, by reducing the number of Common Stock or Voting
Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares
Beneficially Owned by the Subject Persons, provided that if a Change in Control
would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the
acquisition of Common Stock or Voting Securities by the Company, and after such
share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial
Owner of any additional Common Stock or Voting Securities which increases the
percentage of the then outstanding Common Stock or Voting Securities
Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur.

          "Disability" shall mean the inability of the Executive to perform his
duties, services and responsibilities hereunder by reason of a physical or
mental infirmity, as reasonably determined by the Board, for a total of 180
calendar days in any twelve-month period during the Employment Term.

          "Good Reason" shall mean the occurrence after a Change in Control of
any of the following events: (i) a material diminution in the Executive's
position, duties or responsibilities; (ii) a reduction in the Executive's Base
Salary; or (iii) a relocation without the consent of the Executive of the
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location that is more than 50 miles from the location of the corporate
headquarters immediately before the Change in Control.

          "Pro Rata Bonus Amount" shall mean an amount equal to the annual bonus
paid to the Executive for the year prior to the year in which the Executive's
employment is terminated, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of days elapsed from the beginning of the bonus period through and
including the Termination Date, and the denominator of which is 365.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed and delivered on the date first above written.


                                       ROHN INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Michael E. Levine
                                          -----------------------------------
                                       Name: Michael E. Levine
                                       Title: Chairman of the Board


                                       ROHN, INC.
                                       (for purposes of Section 10 only)


                                       By: /s/ Brian B. Pemberton
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                                       Name: Brian B. Pemberton
                                       Title: Chief Executive Officer


                                       HORACE WARD

                                       /s/ Horace Ward
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