Exhibit 10.1

  

   

    

   

    

   

    

  
    
      

      
        	
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    September 22, 2021

     

    Mr. Paul Sternlieb

    

    

    Dear Mr. Sternlieb:

     

    Offer and Position

     

    We are very pleased to extend an offer of employment to you for the position of President and Chief
      Executive Officer of Enerpac Tool Group Corp., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"). You will also be appointed to the Board of
      Directors, effective upon the Start Date (as defined below), to serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting. This offer of employment is conditioned on your satisfactory completion of certain requirements, as more fully explained in this
      letter. Your employment is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this letter.

     

    Duties

     

    In your capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer, you will perform duties and responsibilities
      that are commensurate with your position and such other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time. You will report directly to the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). You agree to devote your full business time, attention, and best efforts to the performance of your duties and to the furtherance of the Company's interests. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, nothing in this letter shall preclude you from devoting reasonable periods of time to charitable and community activities, managing personal investment assets, and, with the prior approval of the Board, serving on other boards of
      directors.

     

    Start Date

     

    Subject to satisfaction of all the conditions described in this letter, your anticipated start date is
      October 8, 2021 ("Start Date").

     

    Base Salary

     

    In consideration of your services, you will be paid a base salary at a rate of $750,000 per year, subject
      to review annually, payable in accordance with the standard payroll practices of the Company and subject to all withholdings and deductions as required by law.

     

    Annual Bonus

     

    You will participate in the bonus program commencing in fiscal 2022 and will have an opportunity to earn an
      annual cash bonus based on the achievement of the performance objectives established by the Board for our senior executive team members for that fiscal year.  For fiscal 2022, your annual target cash bonus will be 100% of your base salary.  For
      fiscal year 2022 only, your bonus will not be less than 75% of target.

     

    Equity Grants (LTI)

     

    On your Start Date or the first open window under the Company’s insider trading policy, you will be granted
      an equity award of Restricted Stock Units with a grant date fair value of $2,900,000. The Restricted Stock Units will vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period subject to continued employment.

     

    

    
      
        


    

    
    For fiscal 2022 your equity award will have an aggregate grant date fair value of $2,100,000 and will take
      the form of 45 percent Restricted Stock Units and 55 percent Performance Shares.  The Performance Shares and Restricted Stock Units will be granted in or around October 2021 and January 2022, respectively, consistent with the Company’s normal
      schedule for equity award grants to senior executive officers.

     

    Each equity grant will be priced based on the closing market price of the Company’s stock on that award’s
      grant date and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Enerpac Tool Group Corp. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended and restated on November 9, 2020) and the specific award agreement for the grant.

     

    Future Compensation Adjustments

     

    For each full fiscal year of employment beginning in fiscal 2023, your salary, target bonus, and grant date
      fair value of any equity award will be determined by the Board in its discretion.

     

    Signing Bonus

     

    You will be paid a signing bonus of $415,000. Should you voluntarily terminate (except for Good Reason as defined in the
      Company’s Senior Officer Severance Plan (the “Senior Officer Severance Plan”), Article 1 – Definitions) your employment with the Company
      prior to the one-year anniversary of your Start Date, you agree to repay the full signing bonus. If you voluntarily terminate (except for Good Reason as defined in the Senior Officer Severance Plan, Article 1 – Definitions) your employment with the
      Company after the first anniversary of the Start Date but prior to the second anniversary of Start Date, then you agree to repay 50% of the signing bonus. If you are obligated to repay the signing bonus, you agree to do so within 30 days following
      your termination. You hereby authorize the Company to immediately offset against and reduce any amounts otherwise due to you upon termination for any amounts in respect of your obligation to repay the signing bonus.

    

    

    Relocation

    

    

    You will be eligible for relocation assistance and benefits in accordance with the Company’s Executive Homeowner Policy (the “Relocation Policy”), but with the following modifications: (i) the temporary housing allowance is extended to 365 days and (ii) you will not be
      required to repay the value of the relocation benefits reimbursed to you or paid by the Company if you terminate your employment for Good Reason as defined in the Senior Officer Severance Plan, Article 1 – Definitions.

    

    

    Benefits and Perquisites

     

    You will be eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans and programs generally available to the
      Company's senior executives, including group medical, dental, vision and life insurance, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs. You will be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from
      time to time. You also will be entitled to the fringe benefits and perquisites available to other senior executive officers of the Company, each in accordance with and subject to the eligibility and other provisions of such plans and programs. The
      Company reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate any of its benefit plans or programs at any time and for any reason.

     

    Change in Control Agreement and Severance Plan

     

    You will be eligible for a Change in Control Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A to be effective on
      commencement of your employment. Additionally, you will be eligible to participate in the Senior Officer Severance Plan, subject to the following modifications:

    
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    (i) if you become eligible for severance under the Senior Officer Severance Plan, then (A) the amount
      payable under Section III.A will be increased to an amount equal to 1.5 times your “Base Salary” (as defined in the Senior Officer Severance Plan), (B) the amount payable under Section III.B will be increased to an amount equal to 1.5 times your
      Annual Incentive Amount (as defined in the Senior Officer Severance Plan) and (C) the payment under Section III.C. will be increased to the equivalent of 18 months of the monthly premium the Company pays for the welfare benefits specified in Section
      III.C;

     

    (ii) the Company will only have 90 days to cure under the definition of “Good Reason” in Section 1 of the
      Senior Officer Severance Plan;

     

    (iii) Subsection (v) of the definition of “Cause” in Section 1 of the Senior Officer Severance Plan is
      amended to “conviction of, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, conduct in conjunction with the Senior Officer’s duties hereunder which could reasonably be expected to, or which does, cause, in the good faith determination of the Board, the Company
      or any of its affiliates public disgrace or disrepute or economic harm”; and

     

    (iv) In addition to the severance benefits set forth in Article III of the Senior Officer Severance Plan,
      the Company will pay or reimburse you for reasonable and necessary legal fees you incur to enforce the terms of the Senior Officer Severance Plan, up to a maximum of $10,000, which payment will be made within 30 days after you provide verification of
      such legal fees as the Company may require.

     

    Withholding

     

    All forms of compensation paid to you as an employee of the Company shall be less all applicable
      withholdings.

     

    Stock Ownership Requirements

     

    As the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, you will be required to comply with the Company's Stock
      Ownership Requirements applicable to executive officers, which require the Chief Executive Officer to maintain stock ownership equal in value to at least five times base salary within five years of the Start Date.

     

    At-will Employment

     

    Your employment with the Company will be for no specific period of time. Rather, your employment will be at-will, meaning that you or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without
        notice and for any reason or no particular reason. Although your compensation and benefits may change from time to time, the at-will nature of your employment may only be changed by an express written agreement signed by an authorized
      officer of the Company.

     

    Clawback

     

    Any amounts payable hereunder are subject to the Enerpac Tool Group Executive Incentive Compensation
      Recoupment Policy (as it may be amended from time to time). The Company will make any determination for clawback or recovery in its sole discretion and in accordance with such policy and any applicable law or regulation.

     

    Governing Law

     

    This offer letter shall be governed by the laws of Wisconsin, without regard to any state’s conflict of law principles.

    
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    Contingent Offer

     

    This offer is contingent upon verification of your right to work in the United States, as demonstrated by
      your completion of an I-9 form upon hire and your submission of acceptable documentation (as noted on the I-9 form) verifying your identity and work authorization within three days of your Start Date.

     

    Representations

     

    By accepting this offer, you represent that you are able to accept this job and carry out the work that it
      would involve without breaching any legal restrictions on your activities, such as non-competition, non-solicitation or other work-related restrictions imposed by a current or former employer. You also represent that you will inform the Company about
      any such restrictions and provide the Company with as much information about them as possible, including any agreements between you and your current or former employer describing such restrictions on your activities. You further confirm that you will
      not remove or take any documents or proprietary data or materials of any kind, electronic or otherwise, with you from your current or former employer to the Company without written authorization from your current or former employer, nor will you use
      or disclose any such confidential information during the course and scope of your employment with the Company. If you have any questions about the ownership of particular documents or other information, you should discuss such questions with your
      former employer before removing or copying the documents or information.

    

    

    If you have any questions about the above details, please call me. If the foregoing is acceptable, please
      sign below and return this letter to me. This offer is open for you to accept until September 27, 2021, at which time it will be deemed to be withdrawn.

     

    Yours sincerely,

    

    

    ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

    

    

    By: /s/ E. James Ferland                                          

      

    

    

    Its: Chair
          of the Board of Directors

    

    

    

    

    Acceptance of Offer

     

    I have read, understood, and accept all the terms of the offer of employment as set forth in the foregoing
      letter. I have not relied on any agreements or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in the foregoing letter, and this letter supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and
      warranties (including the Senior Officer Severance Plan and the Relocation Policy to the extent inconsistent with this letter), both written and oral, with respect to the subject matter of this letter.

     

    Paul Sternlieb

     

    Signed: /s/ Paul Sternlieb

      

     

    Date: September
          23, 2021

  

  

    

  
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    EXHIBIT A

     

    

    

    

    

    ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

      CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

      FOR

    PAUL STERNLIEB

    

    

    This Agreement is made between Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (the “Corporation”), a Wisconsin corporation and Paul Sternlieb (the “Executive”) effective October 8,
      2021.

    

    

    WHEREAS, the Executive is a valued employee of the Corporation; and

     

    WHEREAS, the Executive wishes to remain an employee of the Corporation; and

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Executive and the Corporation agree as
      follows:

     

    1.            Employment and Duties. The Corporation employs Executive as President and Chief Executive Officer, with
        all powers and authority as are customary to this position, and Executive hereby accepts such employment with the Corporation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein. Executive shall have such executive responsibilities as is
        customary with this position and as the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) shall from time to time assign to Executive. Executive agrees to devote Executive’s full time (excluding annual vacation time), skill, knowledge, and attention
        to the business of the Corporation and the performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement.

     

    2.            Termination, Bonus, and Severance Pay.

     

    (a)            As used in this Agreement, a Change in Control means:

     

    (i)            the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined in paragraph (i)(5)(v)(B) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)), acquires ownership
        of stock of the Corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Corporation, determined in accordance with Treasury
        Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), other than in a public offering; or

     

    (ii)           the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined in paragraph (i)(5)(v)(B) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)), acquires (or has
        acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market
        value of all of the assets of the Corporation immediately before such acquisition (“gross fair market value” for these purposes meaning the value of the assets of the Corporation, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without
        regard to any liabilities associated with such assets); or

     

    (iii)         the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined under paragraph (i)(5)(v)(B) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)), acquires (or
        has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Corporation possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Corporation; or

    
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    (iv)         the election of directors constituting a majority of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) pursuant to a proxy solicitation not recommended by the Board.

     

    (b)            As used in this Agreement, a Triggering Event means:

     

    (i)            (A) a material reduction in the base salary paid to the Executive or (B) a material reduction in Executive’s bonus opportunity or (C) a material reduction in the total aggregate
        value of the fringe benefits received by the Executive from the levels received by the Executive at the time of a Change in Control or during the 180-day period immediately preceding the Change in Control; or

     

    (ii)            a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities, or duties, including a requirement that Executive report other than to the Board, from the levels existing
        at the time of a Change in Control or during the 180-day period immediately preceding the Change in Control; or

     

    (iii)            a change in the location or headquarters where the Executive is normally expected to provide services to a location of 40 or more miles from the previous location existing at
        the time of the Change in Control or during the 180-day period immediately preceding the Change in Control; or

     

    (iv)            the Corporation’s material breach of its obligations under this Agreement.

     

    Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Triggering Event will not be deemed to have occurred until the Executive has provided notice to the
      Corporation of the existence of the Triggering Event within 45 days of the initial existence of the Triggering Event, upon the notice of which the Corporation must be provided a period of at least 90 days during which it may remedy the Triggering
      Event condition and not be required to pay the amount described in subsection 2(c) below (the “Triggering Event Notice Period”).

     

    (c)            If the Corporation terminates Executive’s employment within the period beginning six months prior to a Change in Control and ending 24 months following a Change in Control, or
        Executive voluntarily terminates Executive’s services following a Triggering Event that occurs within 24 months following the date of a Change in Control:

     

    (i)            the Corporation shall pay to the Executive a lump sum equal to the sum of 2.99 times the amount of the highest per annum base rate of salary in effect with respect to the
        Executive during the two-year period immediately prior to the termination of employment; and

     

    (ii)            the Corporation shall pay to the Executive a lump sum the greater of:

     

    	

          	a.	
            2.99 times the amount of the highest annual bonus or annual incentive compensation earned by the Executive under any annual cash bonus or annual incentive compensation
              plan of the Corporation during the three complete fiscal years of the Corporation immediately preceding the termination of employment; or

          


     

    	

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            2.99 times the amount of the highest annual bonus or annual incentive compensation opportunity, calculated at target, for the Executive under any annual cash bonus or
              annual incentive compensation plan of the Corporation during the three complete fiscal years of the Corporation immediately preceding the termination of employment; and

          


    
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    (iii)            any outstanding equity or long-term incentive awards held by Executive immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment by the Corporation (or in the event of a
        voluntary termination due to a Triggering Event, immediately prior to the expiration of the Triggering Event Notice Period where the Corporation has not remedied the Triggering Event condition in accordance with subsection 2(b) above) shall be
        fully vested (at target level for performance-based awards) and, with respect to any, stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar awards, Executive shall
        have the full duration of the original exercise period to exercise such award (disregarding any early termination of the option due to termination of employment);
        and

     

    (iv)            the Corporation, at the Corporation’s cost, shall continue to provide Executive with the welfare benefits (including, but not limited to, health, life, and disability insurance)
        and other perquisites Executive was receiving at the time of the Change in Control for a period of two years following Executive’s termination of employment or until such earlier date as Executive becomes employed by another employer and becomes
        eligible for welfare benefits. For purposes hereof, perquisites will include the Executive’s right to lease a car or a car allowance, as the case may be.  The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind perquisites provided, during an
        Executive’s taxable year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind perquisites to be provided, in any other taxable year.  Any reimbursement of an eligible expense must be made on or before the last day of the Executive’s
        taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.  The right to reimbursement or in-kind perquisites may not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

     

    

    (v)            The Corporation will pay or reimburse Executive for reasonable and necessary legal fees Executive incurs to enforce the terms of this Agreement, up to a maximum of $10,000. Such
        payment will be made within 30 days after Executive provides verification of such legal fees as the Corporation may require.

     

    For the avoidance of doubt, the amounts described in (ii) above shall not take into account any compensation opportunity under any
      long-term incentive plan of the Corporation.  The lump sums described in (i) and (ii) above shall be paid by the Corporation to the Executive within twenty days after the Executive’s termination of employment, or, in the event of a voluntary
      termination due to a Triggering Event, within twenty days after the expiration of the Triggering Event Notice Period where the Corporation has not remedied the Triggering Event condition in accordance with subsection 2(b) above.

     

    (d)            Notwithstanding any provision herein, no amounts will be due under this Agreement in the event the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Corporation for cause. The term
        “for cause” shall mean solely the following events:

     

    (i)            Conviction of, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony;

     

    (ii)          Conviction of, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, a crime involving dishonesty, disloyalty or fraud;

     

    (iii)        reporting to work under the influence of alcohol;

     

    (iv)        the use of illegal drugs (whether or not at the workplace);

    
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    (v)          conviction of, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, conduct in conjunction with Executive’s duties hereunder which could reasonably be expected to, or which does, cause, in the
        good faith determination of the Board, the Corporation or any of its affiliates public disgrace or disrepute or economic harm;

     

    (vi)        repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Board or CEO (or the person to whom Executive directly reports);

     

    (vii)      gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Corporation;

     

    (viii)    obtaining any personal profit not thoroughly disclosed to and approved in writing by the Board or CEO in connection with any transaction entered into by, or on behalf of, the
        Corporation or its affiliates;

     

    (ix)        violation of any of the terms of the Corporation’s or any of its affiliates’ established policies which is not cured to the Board’s reasonable satisfaction within twenty (20)
        working days after you receive written notice thereof; or

     

    (x)          any other material breach of this Agreement by you which is not cured to the Board’s reasonable satisfaction within twenty (20) working days after you receive written notice
        thereof.

     

    (e)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2 or elsewhere in this Agreement, any payments made:

     

    (i)            within 2-1⁄2 months of the end of the Corporation’s taxable year containing the Executive’s severance from employment, or

     

    (ii)          within 2-1⁄2 months of the Executive’s taxable year containing the severance from employment shall be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
        (the “Code”) and the regulations thereunder.  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 Section 409A of the Code and the regulations
        thereunder.

     

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

     

    (iii)        any payments made in the first 6 months following the Executive’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 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 Section 409A
        of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

     

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

     

    (iv)        any payments made equal to or less than the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code for the year of severance from employment shall be exempt from
        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 Section 409A of the
        Code and the regulations thereunder.

    
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    To the extent payments under this Agreement are not exempt from Section 409A under subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, and to the
      extent the Executive is a "specified employee" (as defined below):

     

    (v)          payments due to the Executive under Section 2 shall begin no sooner than six months after the Executive's severance from employment (other than for Death); provided, however,
        that any payments not made during the six (6) month period described in this subsection 2(e) 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 no later than the second
        payroll after the expiration of such six (6) month period, and the balance of all other payments required under this Agreement shall be made as otherwise scheduled in this Agreement.

     

    (f)            For purposes of this Section 2, any reference to severance of 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 Agreement, the term "specified employee" shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i).

     

    3.            Excise Tax Adjustment.

     

    (a)            Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, in the event it is determined that all or any part of the severance benefits payable to Executive under this Agreement or any other
        payments or benefits payable to Executive under any other agreement with, or plan or policy of, Corporation (the “Total Payments”) will, as determined by Corporation, be subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Code Section 4999 (or any
        similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), then such payment shall be either: (i) provided to Executive in full, or (ii) provided to Executive 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 Executive 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.  Executive agrees to
        cooperate fully with Corporation to determine the benefits applicable under this Section 3.

     

    (b)            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 Executive in connection with a Change in Control or Executive’s termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, policy, arrangement or agreement with Corporation, or with any person whose actions result in a
        Change in Control or any person affiliated with Corporation 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 Corporation 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).

     

    
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    4.            Confidential Information. As a supplement to any other confidentiality provisions applicable to the
        Executive, Executive acknowledges that all Confidential Information is and shall continue to be the exclusive proprietary property of the Corporation, whether or not disclosed to or entrusted to the custody of Executive. Executive will not, either
        during the term hereof or at any time thereafter, disclose any Confidential Information, in whole or in part, to any person or entity other than to employees or affiliates of the Corporation, for any reason or purpose, unless the Corporation gives
        its prior written consent to such disclosure. Executive also will not, either during the term hereof or at any time thereafter, use in any manner any Confidential Information for Executive’s own purposes or for the benefit of any person or entity
        except the Corporation and its affiliates whether such use consists of duplication, removal, oral communication, disclosure, transfer or other unauthorized use thereof, unless the Corporation gives its prior written consent to such use. As used
        herein, the term “Confidential Information” refers to all information and materials not in the public domain belonging to, used by or in the business of the Corporation (the “Business”) relating to its business strategies, products, pricing,
        customers, technology, programs, costs, employee compensation, marketing plans, developmental plans, computer programs, computer systems, inventions, developments, formulae, processes, designs, drawings, trade secrets of every kind and character
        and competitive information. “Confidential Information” also includes confidential information belonging to other companies and disclosed to the Executive by the Corporation.

     

    5.            Non-competition and Inventions.

     

    (a)            During the period of employment of Executive and for a period of one year after Executive’s termination of employment for any reason, Executive shall not directly or indirectly
        as a principal, agent, owner, employee, consultant, advisor, trustee, beneficiary, distributor, partner, co-venturer, officer, director, stockholder or in any other capacity, nor will any entity owned by Executive:

     

    (i)            divert or attempt to divert any business from the Corporation or engage in any act likely to cause any customer or supplier of the Corporation to discontinue or curtail its
        business with the Corporation or to do business with another entity, firm, business, activity or enterprise directly or indirectly competitive with the Corporation; or

     

    (ii)         contact, sell or solicit to sell or attempt to contact, sell or solicit to sell products competitive to those sold by the Corporation to any customer of the Corporation with
        which Executive had contact while performing services for the Corporation; or

     

    (iii)       solicit or attempt to solicit any employee of the Corporation for employment or retention.

     

    Notwithstanding the provisions above, Executive may acquire securities of any entity the securities of which are publicly traded, provided
      that the value of the securities of such entity held directly or indirectly by Executive immediately following such acquisition is less than 5% of the total value of the then outstanding class or type of securities acquired.

     

    (b)            Executive acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions set forth in this Section 5 are founded on valuable consideration and are reasonable in duration and geographic area in
        view of the circumstances under which this Agreement is executed and that such restrictions are necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Corporation. If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any separate covenant
        set forth herein, then such unenforceable covenant shall be deemed eliminated from this Section 5 for the purpose of that proceeding to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced.

    
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    (c)            The Executive hereby sells, transfers and assigns to the Corporation the entire right, title and interest of the Executive in and to all inventions, ideas, disclosures and
        improvements, whether patented or unpatented, and copyrightable materials, made or conceived by the Executive, solely or jointly, or in whole or in part, during the period Executive is bound by this Agreement which (i) relate to methods, apparatus,
        designs, products, processes or devices sold, leased, used or under construction or development by the Corporation or any subsidiary or (ii) otherwise relate to or pertain to the business, functions or operations of the Corporation or any
        subsidiary, or (iii) arise (wholly or partly) from the efforts of the Executive during the Term hereof in connection with Executive’s performance of Executive’s duties hereunder. The Executive shall communicate promptly and disclose to the
        Corporation, in such form as the Corporation requests, all information, details and data pertaining to the aforementioned inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements; and, whether during the term hereof or thereafter, the Executive shall
        execute and deliver to the Corporation such formal transfers and assignments and such other papers and documents as may be required of the Executive to permit the Corporation to file and prosecute the patent applications and, as to copyrightable
        material, to obtain copyright thereon. This provision does not relate to any invention (i) for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information of the Corporation was used and which was developed entirely on the Executive’s own
        time and which does not relate (A) directly to the business of the Corporation, or (B) to the Corporation’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development; or (ii) which does not result from any work performed by the Executive for the
        Corporation.

     

    (d)            The provisions in this Section are a supplement to any other confidentiality and non-compete provisions applicable to the Executive in any other agreements.

     

    6.            Miscellaneous.

     

    (a)            This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Wisconsin, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The
        captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors
        and legal representatives.

     

    (b)            All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
        requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

     

    If to the Executive, to Executive’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation.

     

    If to the Corporation:

     

    Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

      N86 W12500 Westbrook Crossing

    Menomonee Falls, WI  53051

     

    Attention: Chairman of the Audit Committee

     

    

    

    With a copy to:

     

    Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

    790 N. Water Street

    Milwaukee, WI  5320260606

     

    Attention: Martin P. Tierney

    
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    or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications
      shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

     

    (c)            The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

     

    (d)            The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any
        applicable law or regulation.

     

    (e)            The Executive’s or the Corporation’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provisions of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the
        Corporation may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for cause pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or of any other provision or right
        of this Agreement.

     

    (f)            The Executive and the Corporation acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided herein or under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Corporation,
        the employment of the Executive by the Corporation is “at will” and the Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Corporation at any time.

     

    (g)            The Corporation agrees that if it breaches any payment obligation hereunder, the Corporation will pay all reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by Executive in enforcing
        Executive’s rights hereunder.

     

    (h)            This Agreement may be executed in one 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.

     

    (i)            If the Corporation sells, leases, exchanges or otherwise disposes of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its property and
        assets, or if the Corporation ceases to exist as a separate entity as a result of a merger, spin-off, reorganization or otherwise, then the Corporation will, as a condition precedent to any such transaction, cause effective provision to be made so
        that the person or entity acquiring such property and assets or succeeding to the business of the Corporation as the surviving entity of a merger, spin-off, reorganization or otherwise, as applicable, becomes bound by, and replaces the Corporation
        under, this Agreement.

     

    7.            Injunctive Relief.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that irreparable injury will result to the
        Corporation in the event Executive breaches any covenant contained in this Agreement and that the remedy at law for such breach will be inadequate. Therefore, if Executive engages in any act in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, the
        Corporation shall be entitled, in addition to such other remedies and damages as may be available to it by law or under this Agreement, to injunctive or other equitable relief to enforce the provisions hereof.

    
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on October 8, 2021.

     

    

  

  

  
  	EXECUTIVE:	 	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.:
	
           

        	 	
           

        	
           

        
	
           

        	 	
           

        	
           

        
	

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	PAUL STERNLIEB	 	
           

        	
           

        
	
           

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