Exhibit 10.8


 





 


April 22, 2009


 


Mr. Drew T. Ladau


10930 Green Heron Court


Charlotte, NC 28278


 


Dear Drew:


 


SPX Corporation (the “Company”) recognizes that your contribution to
its growth and success will be substantial and desires to assure your continued
employment.  In this regard, the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with
many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change of Control (as
defined in Section 2, below) may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions that it may raise among management, may result in the
departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Company and its shareholders.


 


The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to
reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of
the Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a Change of Control.


 


Further, it is the intent of the Board in adopting this agreement (the “Agreement”)
to assure the Company and its shareholders (i) of continuity of management
in the event of any actual or threatened Change of Control and (ii) that
key executive employees of the Company will be able to evaluate objectively
whether a potential Change of Control is in the best interests of the
shareholders.


 


In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and to
advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing you with
appropriate financial protection, the Board agrees that you shall receive the
severance benefits set forth in this Agreement in the event that you separate
from service due to a Change of Control as specifically provided in the
remainder of this Agreement.  For
purposes of this Agreement, your employment with the Company shall be deemed to
be terminated when you have a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and references to your
termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from
Service.


 


1.             Term of
Agreement.  This
Agreement will become effective on the date first written above (the “Effective
Date”), and shall continue in effect through the second (2nd) anniversary of
the Effective Date (the “Term”); provided, however, that this Agreement shall
remain in effect and the Term shall be extended automatically from year to year
thereafter for one (1) additional year unless, not later than six (6) months
prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date, or any subsequent
anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company gives written notice to you that
it has elected not to extend this Agreement. 
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1 to the contrary, if a
Change of Control occurs during the Term of this Agreement, the Term of this
Agreement shall be extended automatically to the second (2nd) anniversary of
the Change in Control.


 


2.             Change of
Control of the Company.  No
benefits will be payable under the terms of this Agreement unless a Change of
Control of the Company has occurred.  A “Change
of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:


 


(a)           Any “Person” (as defined
below), excluding for this purpose the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the
Company, or any entity organized, appointed or established for or pursuant to
the terms of any such plan that acquires beneficial ownership of common shares
of the Company, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined below) of
twenty percent (20%) or more of the common shares of the Company then
outstanding; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to
have occurred as the result of an acquisition of common shares of the Company
by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases
the proportionate beneficial ownership interest of any Person to twenty percent
(20%) or more of the common shares of the Company then outstanding, but any
subsequent increase in the beneficial ownership interest of such a Person in
common shares of the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided
further that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith
that a Person who has become the Beneficial Owner of common shares of the
Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the common shares of the
Company then outstanding has inadvertently reached that level of ownership
interest, and if such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient
number of shares of the Company so that the Person no longer has a beneficial
ownership interest in twenty percent (20%) or more of the common shares of the
Company then outstanding, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have
occurred.  For purposes of this Section 2(a),
the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:


 


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(i)            “Person” shall mean any
individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and
shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.


 


(ii)           “Affiliate” and “Associate”
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of
the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).


 


(iii)          A Person shall be deemed the
“Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any securities:


 


(A)          that such Person or any of
such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly (determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act);


 


(B)           that such Person or any of
such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (1) the right to acquire
(whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than
customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members
with respect to a bona fide
public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights,
exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however,
that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially
own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on
behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until
such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the
right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding;
provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of,
or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or
understanding to vote such security (a) arises solely from a revocable
proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and
regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then
reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or
successor report); or


 


(C)           that are beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of
such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters
and selling group members with respect to a bona
fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring,
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to Section 2(a)(iii)(B)(2) above)
or disposing of any securities of the Company.


 


Notwithstanding anything in this definition
of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when
used with reference to a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities of the
Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding
together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and
outstanding that such Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.


 


(b)           During any period of two (2) consecutive
years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement),
individuals who at the beginning of such two (2)-year period constitute the
Board of Directors of the Company and any new director or directors (except for
any director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the
Company to effect a transaction described in Section 2(a), above, or Section 2(c),
below) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors
then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period
or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or


 


(c)           Approval by the shareholders
of (or if such approval is not required, the consummation of) (i) a plan
of complete liquidation of the Company, (ii) an agreement for the sale or
disposition of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets,
(iii) a plan of merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, or (iv) a similar transaction or series of transactions
involving the Company (any transaction described in parts (i) through (iv) of
this Section 2(c) being referred to as a “Business Combination”), in
each case unless after such a Business Combination the shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to the Business Combination continue to own at least
eighty percent (80%) of the voting securities of the new (or continued) entity
immediately after such Business Combination, in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such Business
Combination.


 


Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, a “Change of Control” shall not include any
transaction described in Section 2(a) or (c), above, where, in
connection with such transaction, you and/or any party acting in concert with
you substantially increase your, his or its, as the case may be, ownership
interest in the Company or a successor to the Company (other than through
conversion of prior ownership interests in the Company and/or through equity
awards received entirely as compensation for past or future personal services).


 


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3.             Definitions.  The following definitions shall be used in
determining whether, under the terms of Section 4 hereof, you are entitled
to receive Accrued Benefits and/or Severance Benefits:


 


(a)           Disability.   For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability”
shall mean, in the written opinion of a qualified physician selected by the
Company, the Executive is by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, (x) unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (y) receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under
a Company disability plan.


 


(b)          Retirement.  “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary
separation from service (other than for Good Reason, as defined below) at a
time after you have reached age sixty-five (65).


 


(c)           Cause.  “Cause” shall mean (i) your willful and
continued failure to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other
than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by
you of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a demand for substantial
performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in
which the Company believes that you have not substantially performed your
duties, and after you have failed to resume substantial performance of your
duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving
such demand, (ii) you willfully engage in conduct that is demonstrably and
materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your
having been convicted of (or pleaded nolo
contendere to) a felony that impairs your ability substantially to
perform your duties with the Company. 
For purposes of this Section 3(c), no act, or failure to act, on
your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you
not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission
was in the best interest of the Company. 
In addition, your employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause
if, after your employment has terminated, facts and circumstances are
discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause.


 


The Company shall make any
decision that Cause exists in good faith. 
For purposes of this Agreement, no act or failure to act on your part
shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by you
in bad faith or without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in
the best interests of the Company or any successor or affiliate.  Any act, or failure to act, on your part,
based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board
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to be done, or omitted to be
done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company or any successor
or affiliate thereof.


 


(d)           Good Reason.  You shall be entitled to terminate your
employment for Good Reason.  For purposes
of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written
consent, the occurrence within two (2) years following a Change of Control
of the Company of any one (1) or more of the following:


 


(i)            A reduction or alteration in your duties and
responsibilities, or the status of your position from those in effect on the
day prior to the Change of Control;


 


(ii)           A reduction by the Company in your base salary or in
your most recent annual target incentive award opportunity as in effect on the
date hereof or as the same shall be increased from time to time;


 


(iii)          The Company’s requiring you to be based at a
location in excess of one  hundred (100)
miles from the location where you are currently based;


 


(iv)          The failure by the Company to continue in effect the
Company’s Individual Account Retirement Plan, Retirement Savings and Stock
Ownership Plan, Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, Supplemental Retirement
Plan for Top Management, applicable executive bonus plan, 2002 Stock
Compensation Plan, any plans substituted for the above adopted prior to the
Change of Control, or any other of the Company’s employee benefit plans,
policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate, unless an
equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan)
to provide similar benefits has been made with respect to such plan(s); or the
failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such
substitute or alternative plan) on substantially the same basis, both in terms
of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative
to other participants, as existed as of the time of the Change of Control;


 


(v)           The failure of the Company to reinstate your
employment in full (in the same capacity that you were employed, or in a
mutually agreeable capacity) in the event that your employment was suspended
due to a Disability and, within three (3) years of the Disability, you
request to be reinstated and are ready, willing, and able to adequately perform
your employment duties;


 


(vi)          The separation from service, replacement, or
reassignment of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the elected officers of
the Company existing as of the day prior to a Change of Control, excluding any
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the Company for Cause, or
who terminates other than for Good Reason (all as herein defined);


 


(vii)         The failure of
the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the
Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5
hereof; and


 


(viii)        Any purported termination by the Company of your
employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying
the requirements of Section 3(f), below, and for purposes of this
Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.


 


(ix)           At any time during the thirty (30)-day period
beginning one (1) year following a Change of Control, you shall be
entitled to separate from service for any reason, and such separation from
service shall be deemed to be for Good Reason for all purposes of this
Agreement.


 


Your right to separate from service pursuant
to this Section 3(d) shall not be affected by your suspension due to
Disability.  Your continued employment
shall not constitute a waiver of your rights with respect to any circumstance
constituting Good Reason hereunder,
except that you must provide notice to the Company of the existence of the
condition described in above within a period not to exceed ninety (90) days of
the initial existence of the condition, and the Company will have a period of
at least thirty (30) days following the notice during which it may remedy the
condition.


 


(e)           Notice of Termination.  Any termination by the Company for Cause or
by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the
other party hereto.  For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice that shall
indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and
shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so
indicated.


 


(f)            Date of Termination.  “Date of Termination” shall mean the date
specified in the Notice of Termination where required (but not less than thirty
(30) calendar days following delivery of the Notice of Termination, except that
termination for Cause may be effective immediately) or in any other case upon
ceasing to perform services to the Company; provided that if within twenty (20)
calendar days after any Notice of Termination one party notifies the other
party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination
shall be the date finally determined to be the Date of Termination, either by
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final arbitration
decision.  In the event that a dispute
exists concerning the Date of Termination, you shall continue to receive your
full compensation (including participation in all benefit and insurance plans
in which you were participating) in effect when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given, until the Date of Termination is finally determined.  In such event, you will be required to
reimburse the Company for all compensation received beyond the finally
determined Date of Termination either by direct cash reimbursement within
thirty (30) calendar days of resolving the conflict or by appropriately
reducing your remaining benefits to be received under the terms of this
Agreement.


 


(g)           Earned Bonus Amount.  For any year prior to the year during which a
Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your actual bonus
for that year.  For the year during which
a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus Amount” means your total
potential bonus for the year as determined under the 2005 Executive Bonus Plan
or applicable successor bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), according to the business
performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length of service
during the Bonus Plan year.  For any year
following the year during which a Change of Control occurs, your “Earned Bonus
Amount” means the greater of (i) your actual bonus for the year prior to
the year during which the Change of Control occurs and (ii) your total
potential bonus for the year as determined under the Bonus Plan, according to
the business performance metric achieved, and prorated to reflect your length
of service during the Bonus Plan year.


 


4.             Compensation Upon Separation from Service
Following a Change of Control.


 


(a)           Accrued Benefits.  In the event that you separate from service
for any reason during the Term of this Agreement following a Change of Control
of the Company, you shall receive your Accrued Benefits through the Date of
Termination to the extent unpaid.  For
purposes of this Agreement, your “Accrued Benefits” shall include the
following:


 


(i)            All base salary for the time period ending with your
Date of Termination, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is
given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is required;


 


(ii)           A bonus payment equal to one hundred percent (100%)
of the greater of (A) your target bonus for the year in which the Date of
Termination occurs, prorated based upon the ratio of the number of months (full
credit for a partial month) you were employed during that bonus year to the
total months in that bonus year, and (B) your Earned Bonus Amount for the
year in which the Date of Termination occurs, calculated as if the Date of
Termination were the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;


 


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(iii)          A cash equivalent of all unused vacation to which
you were entitled through your Date of Termination;


 


(iv)          Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in
connection with your employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred
by you on behalf of the Company for the time period ending with your Date of
Termination;


 


(v)           Your accrued benefit under the SPX Corporation
Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management; and


 


(vi)          All other amounts to which
you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan, program, practice or
policy of the Company in effect as of the Date of Termination.


 


(vii)         Subject to Section 4(e), the payments provided
for in Section 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above shall be made in
a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively practicable (but in no
event more than ten (10) days) following your Date of Termination.  If the total amount of annual bonus is not
determinable on that date, the Company shall pay the amount of bonus that is
determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment at the
time such bonuses are paid generally and in all events within the two and
one-half (21⁄2) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus
is earned.


 


(b)           Severance Benefits.  In the event that you separate from service
during the Term of this Agreement following a Change of Control, unless your
separation from service is (i) because of your death, Disability, or
Retirement; (ii) a termination by the Company for Cause; or (iii) a
termination by you other than for Good Reason, you shall receive, in addition
to your Accrued Benefits, the Severance Benefits.  For purposes of this Agreement, your “Severance
Benefits” shall include the following:


 


(i)            Your annual
base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control of
the Company or, if greater, at the rate in effect at the time Notice of
Termination is given, or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination
is required, multiplied by two (2);


 


(ii)           An amount equal to two (2) times the greatest
of (A) the highest of your Earned Bonus Amounts for the three (3) years
immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the “Year
of Termination”) or (B) your target bonus under the Bonus Plan for the
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the Date of Termination were
the end of that year for purposes of the Bonus Plan;


 


(iii)          For a two (2) -year period after your Date of
Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you the same group health
care coverage you had prior to your Date of Termination, at the Company’s
expense, which includes, but is not limited to, hospital, surgical, medical,
dental, and dependent coverages.  For
purposes of the retiree medical coverage, you will receive the same number of
additional years of credited service for computing your benefit as normally
computed under the terms of the retiree medical plan.  Health care benefits otherwise receivable by
you pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iii) shall be reduced to the extent
comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer
during the two (2) -year period following your Date of Termination, and
any such benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the
Company.  To the extent the provision of
health care benefits receivable by you pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iii) extends
beyond the COBRA continuation period, such benefits will be provided in
accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury
Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions);


 


(iv)          For a two (2) -year period after your Date of
Termination, the Company will arrange to provide to you, at the Company’s
expense, life insurance coverage in the amount of two (2) times your base
salary in effect at your Date of Termination and, at the end of the two (2) -year
period, for the remainder of your life the Company will provide to you life
insurance coverage in the amount of your base salary in effect at your Date of
Termination provided that such coverage will be provided in accordance with the
requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or
any similar or successor provisions;


 


(v)           Under the Company’s Individual Account Retirement
Plan  and Supplemental Retirement
Plan for Top Management, you will receive immediate full vesting as of your
Date of Termination and receive two (2) additional full years of service
credit for computing your accrued retirement benefit under both plans. Further,
in computing the accrued retirement benefits under both plans, two (2) years
will be added to your actual age, and the definition of “Final Average Pay”
(base and bonus) shall be the greater of (A) your highest three (3) -year
average or (B) the sum of your actual base salary in effect at your Date
of Termination plus the greatest of the bonus amounts described in parts (A), (B) and
(C) of Section 4(b)(ii), above, with the additional benefits, to the
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paid as an additional
benefit under the Supplemental Retirement Plan for Top Management;


 


(vi)          Under the
Company’s Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the “SRSP”), you will receive a
cash lump sum payment of the full balance (vested and unvested) of your
Pre-2005 Account (as defined in the SRSP);


 


(vii)         Each stock
option that you have been granted by the Company and that is not yet vested
shall become immediately vested and exercisable and shall continue to be
exercisable for the lesser of (A) two (2) years following your Date
of Termination or (B) the time remaining until the originally designated
expiration date, unless a longer exercise period is provided for in the
applicable plan or award agreement;


 


(viii)        Any contractual
restrictions placed on shares of restricted stock or other equity-based
compensation awards that you have been awarded pursuant to the Company’s 2002
Stock Compensation Plan shall lapse as of your Date of Termination;


 


(ix)           (A)                              Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to you or for your
benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any
additional payments required under this Section 4(b)(ix)) (the “Total
Payments”), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999
or any interest or penalties are incurred by you with respect to such excise
tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then either:


 


(I)                                    the Severance
Benefits payable to you under this Section 4(b) shall be reduced to
the minimum extent necessary so that no amount of the Total Payments is subject
to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999, or


 


(II)                                the Total
Payment will be made to you in full,


 


whichever of the foregoing
amounts, taking into account Excise Tax, results in your receipt, on an
after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of Total Payments, notwithstanding that
all or some portion of the Total Payments may be subject to the Excise
Tax.  In the event that then the
Severance Benefits payable to you under this Section 4(b) shall be
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following order (but, in
each case, only the portion thereof, if any, which has been determined by the
Company’s independent accountants to be an “Excess Parachute Payment” within
the meaning of Code Section 280G):  (i) the
payment described in Section 4(b)(i) of this Agreement, (ii) the
payment described in Section 4(b)(ii); and (iii) the payment
described in Section 4(b)(v).  The fact
that your right to Severance Benefits may be reduced by reason of the
limitations contained in this Section 4(b)(ix) will not of itself
limit or otherwise affect any of your other rights other than pursuant to this
Agreement.


 


(x)           To the full
extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify you (including the
advancement of expenses) for any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by you in
connection with the defense of any lawsuit or other claim to which you are made
a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director or employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 
In addition, you will be covered by director and officer liability
insurance to the maximum extent that such insurance maintained by the Company
from time to time covers any officer or director (or former officer or
director) of the Company.  Any costs and
expenses that are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions
of this Section 4(b)(x) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the
requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or
any similar or successor provisions).


 


(xi)          You will be
entitled to receive outplacement services, at the expense of the Company, from
a provider reasonably selected by you. 
Such outplacement services must be incurred by you no later than the end
of the calendar year that includes the second anniversary of your separation
from service.  If applicable,
reimbursement of such expenses shall be made to you no later than the end of
the calendar year that includes the third anniversary of your separation from
service.


 


(xii)         To the extent
that you prevail in any contest or dispute with respect to any interpretation,
enforcement or defense of your rights under this Agreement by litigation or
otherwise, the Company shall pay to you or reimburse you for all legal fees and
expenses incurred by you as a result of such contest or dispute (including all
such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any
separation from service or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit
provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to
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such fees and expenses that
are to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 4(b)(xii)
shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A
and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor
provisions); and


 


(xiii)        Subject to Section 4(e) and
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the  payments provided in Sections 4(b)(i), (ii), (v) (if
a lump sum  has been elected previously
in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan), (vi) and (xii) above
shall be made in a lump sum cash payment as soon as administratively
practicable (but in no event more than ten (10) days) following your
separation from service.  If the total
amount of annual bonus is not determinable on that date, the Company shall pay
the amount of bonus that is determinable and the remainder shall be paid in a
lump sum cash payment at the time such bonuses are paid generally and in all
events within the two and one-half (21⁄2) months following the end of the
calendar year in which the bonus is earned. 
As all of the payments referenced in the first sentence of this Section 4(b)(xiii)
are included for purposes of determining the Gross-Up Payment, the thirty
(30)-day period identified above shall not preempt or otherwise eliminate your
right to receive any other payments to which you are entitled under the terms
of this Agreement and to receive additional Gross-Up Payments based on such
additional payments.


 


(c)                                  Notwithstanding any
provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs and
you separate from service other than for Cause within six (6) months prior
to the date on which the Change of Control occurs and you assert in writing to
the Board within thirty (30) days following the Change of Control that such
separation from service (i) was at the request of a third party who had
taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control, (ii) otherwise
arose in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control, or (iii) would
not have occurred if the Change of Control were not anticipated, then for all
purposes of this Agreement your separation from service shall be deemed to have
occurred following the Change of Control and any payments owed to you hereunder
as a result of such Change of Control shall be paid to you within sixty (60)
days following the Change of Control, unless the Board determines in good faith
that your separation from service (i) was not at the request of a third
party who had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of
Control, (ii) did not otherwise arise in connection with or anticipation
of the Change of Control, and (iii) would have occurred if the Change of
Control were not anticipated.


 


(d)                                 You shall not be required to
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payment provided for in this
Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of
employment by another employer after your Date of Termination, or otherwise,
with the exception of a reduction in your insurance benefits as provided in Section 4(b)(iii),
and as provided in Section 13.


 


(e)                                  If, at the time
you become entitled to your Accrued Benefits and your Severance Benefits under
this Section 4, you are a “specified employee” (as defined under  Code Section 409A), then,
notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following
provisions shall apply.


 


(i)                                     None of your
Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits considered deferred compensation under
Code Section 409A and not subject to an exception or exemption thereunder
shall be paid to you until the date that is six (6) months after your
separation from service or, if earlier, the date of your death (the “Six -Month
Delay Rule”). Any such Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits that would
otherwise have been paid to you during this six-month period (the “Six -Month
Delay”) shall instead be aggregated and paid to you no later than ten (10) days
following the date that is six (6) months after your separation from
service (together with interest at the interest credit rate provided in the SPX
Corporation Individual Account Retirement Plan).  Any Accrued Benefits and Severance Benefits
to which you are entitled to be paid under this Section 4 after the date
that is six (6) months after your separation from service shall be paid to
you in accordance with the applicable terms of Section 4.


 


(ii)                                  During the
Six-Month Delay, the Company will pay to you the applicable payments set forth
in this Section 4, to the extent any of the following exceptions to the
Six-Month Delay Rule apply:


 


(A)                              the short-term
deferral rule of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation
§1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions) (including with
the treatment of each payment as one of a series of separate payments for
purposes of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation
§1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)) (or any similar or successor provisions),


 


(B)                                payments
permitted under the separation pay exception of Code Section 409A and
Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor
provisions), and


 


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(C)                                payments
permitted under the limited payments exception of Code Section 409A and
Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor
provisions),


 


provided that the amount paid under this Section 4(e)(ii) will
count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required
to be made to you by the Company under this Section 4 on account of your
separation from service and any applicable Company benefit plan.


 


(f)                                    The Company
shall deliver to you a form general release and waiver of claims in favor of
the Company that is acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) as soon as
administratively feasible following your separation from service.  Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, no payments pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or
Section 4(b) shall be made prior to the date that both (i) you
have delivered an original, signed Release to the Company and (ii) the revocability
period (if any) has elapsed; provided, however, that any payments that would
otherwise have been made prior to such date but for the fact that you had not
yet delivered an original, signed Release (or the revocability period had not
yet elapsed) shall be made as soon as administratively practicable but not
later than the seventy-fourth (74th) day following your separation from
service.  If you do not deliver an
original, signed Release to the Company within ten (10) business days (or
longer if required by applicable law) after receipt of the same from the
Company, (i) your rights shall be limited to those made available to you
under Section 4(a) above (excluding Section 4(a)(ii)), and (ii) the
Company shall have no obligation to pay or provide to you any amount or
benefits described in Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b), or any
other monies on account of your separation from service.


 


5.                                       Successors; Binding
Agreements.


 


(a)                                  The Company will require any
successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession
had taken place.  Failure of the Company
to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to
compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which
you would be entitled hereunder if you terminated your employment for Good
Reason following a Change of Control, except that for purposes of implementing
the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be
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(b)                                 This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal and legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
devisees, and legatees.  If you should
die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had
continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be
paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to your devisee, legatee
or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.


 


6.                                       No Funding of
Benefits.  Nothing
herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the Company to
segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets to provide
for any payments to be made hereunder. 
Your rights under this Agreement shall be solely those of a general
creditor of the Company.  However, in the
event of a Change of Control, the Company may deposit cash or property, or
both, equal in value to all or a portion of the benefits anticipated to be
payable hereunder into a trust, the assets of which are to be distributed at
such times as are otherwise provided for in this Agreement and are subject to
the rights of the general creditors of the Company.  The Company also may deposit additional
amounts to cover any administrative fees and expenses associated with the
trust.


 


7.                                       Withholding of
Taxes.  The Company may withhold from
any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other
taxes as legally shall be required.  The
Company may, at its option (a) require you to pay to the Company in cash
such amount as may be required to satisfy such withholding obligations or (b) make
other satisfactory arrangements with you to satisfy such withholding
obligations.


 


8.                                       Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices
and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United
States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to
the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement.


 


9.                                       Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be
modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is
agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically
designated by the Board.  The validity,
interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. 
The Company and you agree that the jurisdiction and venue for any
disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce, or otherwise relating
to, this Agreement shall be exclusively in the courts in the State of North
Carolina, Mecklenburg County, including the Federal Courts located therein or
responsible therefor (should Federal jurisdiction exist), and the Company and
you hereby submit and consent to said jurisdiction and venue.


 


10.                                 Employment
Rights.  This Agreement shall not
confer upon you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or its
subsidiaries and, except to the extent that benefits may become payable under Section 4,
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subsidiaries to dismiss or
otherwise terminate your employment at any time and for any reason with or
without Cause.


 


11.                                 No Vested
Interest.  Neither you
nor your estate shall have any right, title or interest in any benefit under
this Agreement prior to the occurrence of all of the events specified herein as
necessary conditions to such right, title or interest.


 


12.                                 Prior
Agreements.  This
Agreement contains the understanding between the parties hereto with respect to
severance benefits in connection with a Change of Control of the Company and
supersedes any prior such agreement between the Company (or any predecessor of
the Company) and you.  If there is any
discrepancy or conflict between this Agreement and any plan, policy and program
of the Company regarding any term or condition of severance benefits in
connection with a Change of Control of the Company, the language of this
Agreement shall govern.


 


13.                                 Coordination
with Employment Agreement. 
Payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be in lieu of or
reduced by any severance payments or benefits provided to the Executive under
an Employment Agreement or any other severance pay plan, policy or arrangement
of the Company.


 


14.                                 Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and
effect.


 


15.                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


 


16.                                 Dispute
Resolution.  Any dispute
or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be
settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the
American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect, in Charlotte, North
Carolina in accordance with the AAA’s National Rules for the Resolution of
Employment Disputes.  Judgment may be
entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction.  However, you shall be entitled to seek in
court specific performance of your right, pursuant to Section 3(f), above,
to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.  You acknowledge that by accepting this
arbitration provision you are waiving any right to a jury trial in the event of
a covered dispute.  The arbitrator may,
but is not required to, order that the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover from the losing party its attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in any
arbitration arising out of this Agreement. 
The arbitrator will have the right only to interpret and apply the
provisions of this Agreement and may not change any of its provisions.  The arbitrator will permit reasonable
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extent necessary to
establish a claim or a defense to a claim, subject to supervision by the
arbitrator.  The determination of the
arbitrator will be conclusive and binding upon the parties and judgment upon
the same may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The arbitrator will give written notice to
the parties stating the arbitrator’s determination, and will furnish to each
party a signed copy of such determination. 
Any arbitration or action pursuant to this Section 16 will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State
of Delaware and, where applicable, federal law, without giving effect to the
principles of conflict of laws of Delaware. 
The Company will not be required to seek or participate in arbitration
regarding any actual or threatened breach of any applicable non-compete,
non-solicitation, confidentiality or similar restrictive covenants applicable
to you, but may pursue its remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.


 


17.                                 Code Section 409A
Compliance.  To the
extent any provision of this Agreement or action by the Company would subject
you to liability for interest or additional taxes under Code Section 409A,
it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed
advisable by the Company. It is intended that this Agreement will comply with
Code Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals,
separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and
this Agreement shall be administered accordingly, and interpreted and construed
on a basis consistent with such intent. Each payment under Section 4 of
this Agreement or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of
a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A and
Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any similar or successor
provisions). This Agreement may be amended to the extent necessary (including
retroactively) by the Company in order to preserve compliance with Code Section 409A.
The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax
effect for your compensation and benefits.


 


18.                                 Payments to
Estate.  The executor of your estate
shall be entitled to receive all amounts owing to you at the time of death
under this Agreement in full settlement and satisfaction of all claims and
demands on your behalf.  Such payments
shall be in addition to any other death benefits of the Company and in full
settlement and satisfaction of all severance benefit payments provided for in
this Agreement.  In the event of your
death or a judicial determination of your incompetence, reference in this
Agreement to “you” will be deemed to refer, where appropriate, to your estate
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If this letter properly sets forth our
agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly date, sign and return to the
Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our
agreement on this subject.


 


	
  EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE

  	
   

  	
  SPX CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Drew T. Ladau

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/Christopher J. Kearney

  
	
  Drew T. Ladau

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Christopher J. Kearney

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Its:

  	
  Chairman, President and Chief

  Executive Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Date:

  	
  April 22, 2009

  
							



 


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