EX-10.4



 





Exhibit 10.4 




AGREEMENT




     This Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of the 16th day of March, 2007, by and between
The Lamson & Sessions Co., an Ohio corporation with its principal offices at Cleveland, Ohio (the
“Company”), and John B. Schulze (“Executive”);



WITNESSETH:




     WHEREAS, Executive and Company entered into an Amended and Restated Supplemental Retirement
Agreement as of March 20, 1990, which agreement was further amended as of January 1, 2000 (which
agreement together with the amendment is referred to hereafter as the “SERP Agreement”) in order to
supplement Executive’s retirement and disability benefits; and



     WHEREAS, Section 3 of the SERP Agreement provides for the payment of benefits to the Executive
in the Spouse’s Annuity Form, described in Article VII of The Lamson & Sessions Co. Salaried
Employees’ Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”), if he is married on the date that benefits under
the SERP Agreement commence ; and



     WHEREAS, the Spouse’s Annuity Form under the Retirement Plan is defined in Section 7.3 of the
Retirement Plan as a 50% joint and spousal survivor annuity; and



     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Retirement Plan, the Executive is entitled to receive
his qualified retirement plan benefit under the Retirement Plan in the form of a Subsidized
Spouse’s Annuity Form, which is a subsidized 100% joint and spousal survivor annuity; and



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to permit the Executive to receive the actuarial equivalent of
payment of his benefits under the SERP Agreement in the Subsidized Spouse’s Annuity Form if
Executive elects to receive payment of his qualified retirement plan benefit under the Retirement
Plan in the Subsidized Spouse’s Annuity Form;



     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive hereby agree to augment the SERP Agreement as
follows:



     1.(a) If Executive elects to receive his qualified retirement plan benefits under the
Retirement Plan in the Subsidized Spouse’s Annuity Form (described in Section 7.3 of the Retirement
Plan as Form 5), then Executive shall be entitled to a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the
difference between (i) the Actuarial Equivalent of the amounts payable to the Executive and his
spouse under the SERP Agreement pursuant to the Spouse’s Annuity Form (described in Section 7.3 of
the Retirement Plan as Form 2) and (ii) the Actuarial Equivalent of the amounts that would be
payable to the Executive and his spouse if the Executive’s benefit under the SERP Agreement was
paid pursuant to the Subsidized Spouse’s Annuity Form (described in Section 7.3 of the Retirement
Plan as Form 5). Payment of such lump sum amount shall be made within 30 days following
Executive’s Termination of Employment, provided, however, that if on the date of such Termination
of Employment Executive is a Key Employee (as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Section 416(i) of the Code (without regard to paragraph 5
thereof)) and if the payment to be made to Executive hereunder is subject to Section 409A of the
Code, the Company shall pay such amount on the first day of the seventh month following Executive’s
Termination of Employment.



 









 





       (b) For this purpose, the following terms shall have the following meanings:



             (i) Termination of Employment shall mean a separation from service as defined under
Section 409A of the Code.



             (ii) Actuarial Equivalent shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Retirement
Plan.



     2. The SERP Agreement remains unchanged and continues in full
force and effect.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael J. Merriman
 	 
	 	 	Name: Michael J. Merriman	 
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                                     /s/ John B. Schulze
 	 
	 	          John B. Schulze 	 
	 	 	 
	 




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