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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                             COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.
                 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DEFERRAL PLAN

         WHEREAS, Cooper Industries, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") maintains the Cooper Industries, Inc. Management Incentive
Compensation Deferral Plan, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan");
and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of August 30,
2001, as follows:

         1.       Section 5(f) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:

                  (f)      Change in Control

                           (1)      Deferral. In connection with a Change in
                  Control (as defined in Section 9 of the Plan), the Committee
                  may permit Participants to change a prior deferral election
                  with respect to amounts deferred pursuant to the Plan, under
                  such administrative policies as the Committee may establish
                  under the Plan, which policies shall not be inconsistent with
                  the provisions of the Plan.

                           (2)      Payment. In the absence of a timely
                  redeferral election by a Participant, the Company shall,
                  within 10 days after the occurrence of a Change in Control,
                  make, or cause to be made, a lump sum cash payment to the
                  Participant with respect to all remaining Deferred
                  Compensation then credited to such Participant's Plan Account.

                           (3)      Definitions. For purposes of this Plan, a
                  "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if the
                  event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall
                  have occurred:

                           (i) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
                  directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not
                  including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person
                  any securities acquired directly from the Company or its
                  Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting
                  power of the Company's then outstanding securities, excluding
                  any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection
                  with a transaction described in clause (i) of paragraph (3)
                  below; or

                           (ii) the following individuals cease for any reason
                  to constitute a majority of the number of directors then
                  serving:

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                  individuals who, on August 30, 2001, constitute the Board and
                  any new director (other than a director whose initial
                  assumption of office is in connection with an actual or
                  threatened election contest, including but not limited to a
                  consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of
                  the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or
                  nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was
                  approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3)
                  of the directors then still in office who either were
                  directors on August 30, 2001 or whose appointment, election or
                  nomination for election was previously so approved or
                  recommended; or

                           (iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation
                  of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
                  Company with any other corporation, other than (i) a merger or
                  consolidation which results in the directors of the Company
                  immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing
                  to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of
                  the Company, the surviving entity or any parent thereof, or
                  (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a
                  recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
                  which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly
                  or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in
                  the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any
                  securities acquired directly from the Company or its
                  Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting
                  power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or

                           (iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan
                  of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there
                  is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
                  Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets,
                  other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or
                  substantially all of the Company's assets to an entity, at
                  least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting
                  securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company
                  in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
                  the Company immediately prior to such sale.

                  For purposes of this paragraph (3) "Affiliate" shall have the
                  meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12
                  of the Exchange Act; "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time;
                  "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule
                  13d-3 under the Exchange Act; and "Person" shall have the
                  meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as
                  modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except
                  that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
                  subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding
                  securities under an employee benefit plan of the

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                  Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter
                  temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such
                  securities, (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
                  by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same
                  proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company or (v)
                  any individual, entity or group whose ownership of securities
                  of the Company is reported on Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule
                  13d-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act (but only for so long
                  as such ownership is so reported).

         2.       Section 9 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:

                  9.       Effective Date, Amendment and Termination of the Plan

                           The Plan shall be effective as of January 1, 1980.
         The Committee or the Board of Directors of the Company may amend,
         modify, suspend or terminate (individually or in the aggregate, a
         "Change") this Plan for any purpose except that: (i) neither the
         Committee nor the Board of Directors of the Company shall make any
         Change which would impair the rights of a Participant with respect to
         Deferred Compensation theretofore credited to that Participant's Plan
         Account; and (ii) following a Change in Control (as hereinafter
         defined), the terms and conditions of deferrals under the Plan may not
         be changed to the detriment of any Participant without such
         Participant's written consent. If not sooner terminated under the
         provisions of this Section 9, the Plan shall terminate as of the date
         on which all Deferred Compensation theretofore credited to Plan
         Accounts has been paid.

Executed this 30th day of August, 2001.

                                    COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                    By /s/ David R. Sheil
                                       --------------------------------
                                    Title: Senior Vice President,
                                           Human Resources

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                                FOURTH AMENDMENT
                         TO THE COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.
                 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DEFERRAL PLAN

         WHEREAS, Cooper Industries, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") maintains the Cooper Industries, Inc. Management Incentive
Compensation Deferral Plan, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan");
and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of November 3,
2003, as follows:

         1.       The first sentence of Section 3(d) is hereby amended to read
as follows:

                  "Subject to Paragraph 5(j), payment of the Deferred
                  Compensation for an Award Year shall be made or shall commence
                  on March 1 of the calendar year next following the Award Year
                  (the "Designated Date") or on an anniversary of the Designated
                  Date (the Designated Date and any anniversary thereof is
                  sometimes referred to as a "Designated Date Anniversary")."

         2.       Section 5(h) of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "(h)     No Forfeiture of Deferred Compensation. Subject to
                  Paragraph 5(j), Deferred Compensation credited to a
                  Participant's Plan Account shall, in all cases, be
                  nonforfeitable."

         3.       Section 5(j) of the Plan shall be added as follows:

                  "(j)     Early Distribution. A Participant may at any time
                  request early distribution of all of the Participant's Plan
                  Account by writing to the Company.

                           (1)      Distribution Amount. Early distribution is
                  available only with respect to a Participant's entire Plan
                  Account balance, and not with respect to any fraction thereof.
                  The amount of such distribution (the "Distribution Amount")
                  shall be equal to 90% of the Participant's Plan Account
                  balance on the date of the request, including interest accrued
                  from the most recent Designated Date Anniversary to the last
                  day of the month preceding the request. Such interest shall be
                  calculated at an interest rate equal to the average quarterly
                  J. P. Morgan Chase prime rate for the four (4) quarters
                  preceding the request.

                           (2)      Procedure. The procedure for early
                  distribution is as follows:

                           (i) The Participant submits to the Committee's
                  designated representative a written request for early
                  distribution in which the Participant acknowledges and

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                  agrees that as a result of such early distribution request the
                  Participant forfeits 10% of such Participant's Plan Account
                  balance on the date of such request.

                           (ii) Upon receipt of such request, the Committee's
                  designated representative will within ten (10) business days
                  notify the Participant in writing of the Distribution Amount
                  and the amount forfeited by the Participant as a result of the
                  early distribution, and instruct the Participant to submit a
                  final written request for the Distribution Amount.

                           (iii) The early distribution of the Distribution
                  Amount, less any applicable taxes, shall be made within ten
                  (10) days of receipt of such final request by the Committee's
                  designated representative"

Executed this 3rd day of November, 2003.

                                    COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                     /s/ David R. Sheil
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                                    David R. Sheil
                                    Senior Vice President, Human Resources

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                              CROUSE-HINDS COMPANY
                      OFFICERS' DISABILITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL
                                  PENSION PLAN
                        (SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 RESTATEMENT)

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                               ARTICLE I
                              DEFINITIONS

1.1    Definitions ..............................................        2
1.2    Construction .............................................        5

                                 ARTICLE II
                    ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAN PARTICIPATION                   5

                                 ARTICLE III
                          ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS

3.1    Eligibility for Normal Retirement Benefits ...............        5
3.2    Eligibility for Early Retirement Benefits ................        5
3.3    Eligibility for Deferred Vested Benefits .................        6
3.4    Eligibility for Disability Benefits ......................        6

                                 ARTICLE IV
                           AMOUNT OF PLAN BENEFITS

4.1    Normal Retirement Benefits ...............................        6
4.2    Early Retirement Benefits ................................        6
4.3    Deferred Vested Benefits .................................        7
4.4    Disability Benefits ......................................        7

                                  ARTICLE V
                               DEATH BENEFITS

5.1    Pre-Retirement Death Benefits ............................        8
5.2    Post-Retirement Death Benefits ...........................        9
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                                 ARTICLE VI
                        COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS                       9

                                 ARTICLE VII
                              CHANGE IN CONTROL

7.1    Vesting for Supplemental Retirement Benefits .............       10
7.2    Payment of Benefits Upon a Change in Control .............       11

                                ARTICLE VIII
                          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8.1    Administration ...........................................       12
8.2    Powers and Authorities of the Committee ..................       12
8.3    Indemnification ..........................................       12

                                 ARTICLE IX
                        AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION                       13

                                  ARTICLE X
                                MISCELLANEOUS

10.1   Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits ..........       13
10.2   Payment of Benefits to Others ............................       13
10.3   Plan Non-Contractual .....................................       14
10.4   Actuarial Factors ........................................       14
10.5   Funding ..................................................       15
10.6   Controlling Status .......................................       15
10.7   Claims of Other Persons ..................................       15
10.8   Severability .............................................       15
10.9   Governing Law ............................................       16
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                              CROUSE-HINDS COMPANY
                      OFFICERS' DISABILITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL
                                  PENSION PLAN
                        (SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 RESTATEMENT)

         WHEREAS, Crouse-Hinds Company (hereinafter referred to as "C-H")
established the Crouse-Hinds Company Officers' Disability and Supplemental
Pension Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") to provide key officers
with disability benefits as well as pension benefits to supplement their
benefits under the C-H tax-qualified defined benefit plan which were not
commensurate with their earnings or responsibilities due to insufficient tenure
or governmental restrictions; and

         WHEREAS, C-H was acquired by Cooper Industries, Inc. (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company") in 1981; and

         WHEREAS, the Plan has been subsequently interpreted and amended on two
occasions; and

         WHEREAS, unlike C-H, the Company maintains a tax-qualified cash balance
pension plan and a tax-qualified defined contribution pension plan as well as a
non-qualified excess plan in conjunction with each such tax-qualified plans; and

         WHEREAS, in view of the current more restrictive provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the
"Code") with respect to tax-qualified pension benefits and the current Company
qualified/non-qualified pension program which differ greatly from the prior Code
limitations and the C-H

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pension program, respectively, the Company desires to amend the Plan to take
into consideration such differences and to resolve any inconsistencies with such
Cooper pension program;

         NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of September 10, 1999, the Plan is hereby
amended and restated as hereinafter set forth.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         1.1      DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise required by the context, the
terms used in the Plan shall have the meaning hereinafter set forth.

                  (1)      The term "ACCRUED PORTION" of a Participant's monthly
         supplemental normal retirement benefit determined as of any given date
         occurring prior to his Normal Retirement Date shall mean the amount of
         such Participant's monthly supplemental normal retirement benefit
         determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1, based upon his
         Final Average Monthly Compensation on such date.

                  (2)      The term "AFFILIATE" shall have the meaning set forth
         in Rule 12b-2 under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

                  (3)      The term "BENEFICIAL OWNER" shall have the meaning
         set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person
         shall not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which
         are properly filed on a Form 13-G.

                  (4)      The term "BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT DATE" shall mean the
         first date on which a benefit under the Plan is paid to a Participant.

                  (5)      The term "CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean the
         occurrence of one of the following events:

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                           (a)      Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial
                  Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
                  (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such
                  Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or
                  its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of the combined
                  voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities,
                  excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in
                  connection with a transaction described in clause (i) of
                  paragraph (c) below; or

                           (b)      The following individuals cease for any
                  reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors
                  then serving: individuals who on the date hereof, constitute
                  the Board and any new director (other than a director whose
                  initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual
                  or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to,
                  a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors
                  of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or
                  nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was
                  approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3)
                  of the directors then still in office who either were
                  directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or
                  nomination for election was previously so approved or
                  recommended; or

                           (c)      The consummation of a merger or
                  consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect
                  subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other
                  than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the
                  voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
                  to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent
                  (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into
                  voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent
                  thereof), at least 60% of the combined voting power of the
                  securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any
                  parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or
                  consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to
                  implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar
                  transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial
                  Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
                  (not including in the securities

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                  beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired
                  directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 20%
                  or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
                  outstanding securities; or

                           (d)      The shareholders of the Company approve a
                  plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or
                  there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition
                  by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's
                  assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all
                  or substantially all of the Company's assets to an entity, at
                  least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting
                  securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company
                  in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
                  the Company immediately prior to such sale.

                  (6)      The term "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
         of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the
         Code shall include such section and any comparable section or sections
         of any future legislation that amends, supplements, or supersedes such
         section.

                  (7)      The term "COMPANY" shall mean Cooper Industries,
         Inc., an Ohio corporation, its corporate successors, and the surviving
         corporation resulting from any merger of Cooper Industries, Inc. with
         any other corporation or corporations.

                  (8)      The term "COOPER SALARIED PLAN" shall mean the
         Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of Cooper Industries, Inc., as
         amended from time to time, and the Cooper Industries, Inc. Supplemental
         Excess Defined Benefit Plan, as amended from time to time.

                  (9)      The term "CPI" shall mean the U. S. City Average All
         Items Consumer Price Index -- All Urban Consumers (1967 - 100%), as
         determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

                  (10)     The term "DISABILITY" shall mean the total incapacity
         of a Participant to perform his duties with the Company due to any
         medically demonstrable physical or mental condition.

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                  (11)     The term "EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

                  (12)     The term "FINAL AVERAGE MONTHLY COMPENSATION" shall
         mean the average of a Participant's base salary, bonuses, and incentive
         compensation (including any deferred compensation, tax deferred
         contributions to any plan with a cash or deferred arrangement, and
         amounts contributed under a salary reduction agreement pursuant to
         Section 125 or 129 of the Code, but excluding any long-term management
         incentive compensation awards) paid with respect to the last 60 months
         of the Participant's employment with the Company and its Affiliates.

                  (13)     The term "MONTHLY EARNINGS" shall mean the sum of a
         Participant's annual base salary rate in effect on a particular date
         plus any bonus or incentive compensation (including any deferred
         compensation, tax-deferred contributions to any plan with a cash or
         deferred arrangement, and amounts contributed under a salary reduction
         agreement pursuant to Section 125 or 129 of the Code , but excluding
         any long-term management incentive compensation awards), received by
         the Participant within the most recent 12 months divided by 12.

                  (14)     The term `NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE" shall mean the date
         on which a Participant attains, or would have attained, age 65.

                  (15)     The term "OFFICER" shall mean an elected officer of
         the Company or a former elected officer of C-H.

                  (16)     The term "PARTICIPANT" shall mean any employee of the
         Company who is eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Article
         II of the Plan.

                  (17)     The term "PERSON" shall have the meaning given in
         Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Section
         13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i)
         the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary
         holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or
         any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding
         securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a
         corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the
         Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
         stock of the Company.

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                  (18)     The term "PLAN" shall mean the Crouse-Hinds Company
         Officers' Disability and Supplemental Pension Plan as set forth herein
         and as amended hereafter from time to time.

                  (19)     The term "PLANS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE" shall mean
         the administrative committee established pursuant to the Cooper
         Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated Plans Management Procedure
         adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company to oversee the
         administration of the employee benefit plans of the Company and its
         Affiliates.

                  (20)     The term "PRIMARY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT" shall mean
         a Participant's monthly primary insurance amount under the federal
         Social Security Act as in effect on his Normal Retirement Date.

         1.2      CONSTRUCTION. Where necessary or appropriate to the meaning
hereof, the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, the plural to
include the singular, the masculine to include the feminine, and the feminine to
include the masculine.

                                   ARTICLE II

                       ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAN PARTICIPATION

         Each Officer who was a Participant in the Plan on September 10, 1999,
shall continue his participation in the Plan. On and after September 10, 1999,
no other Officer or employee of the Company shall become a Participant.

                                   ARTICLE III

                            ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS

         3.1      ELIGIBILITY FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. Each Participant
who terminates employment with the Company and its Affiliates on or after his
Normal

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Retirement Date shall be eligible to receive a monthly supplemental normal
retirement benefit determined under the provisions of Section 4.1.

         3.2      ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. Each Participant
who terminates employment with the Company and its Affiliates after attainment
of age 55 but prior to his Normal Retirement Date and who is eligible to receive
an early retirement benefit under the Cooper Salaried Plan shall be eligible to
receive on his Normal Retirement Date a monthly supplemental early retirement
benefit determined under the provisions of Section 4.2.

         3.3      ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFERRED VESTED BENEFITS. Each Participant who
terminates employment with the Company and its Affiliates after being an officer
of C-H and/or the Company for at least ten years and for a reason other than
voluntary termination, death, Disability, or involuntary termination due to
malfeasance in the performance of his duties, shall be eligible to receive on
his Normal Retirement Date a monthly supplemental deferred vested benefit
determined under the provisions of Section 4.3.

         3.4      ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. Each Participant who
terminates employment with the Company and its Affiliates due to Disability
shall be eligible to receive until his Normal Retirement Date a monthly
supplemental disability benefit determined under the provisions of Section 4.4.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                             AMOUNT OF PLAN BENEFITS

         4.1      NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The monthly supplemental normal
retirement benefit payable to an eligible Participant shall be equal to 50% of
such Participant's Final Average Monthly Compensation minus the sum of (i) the
amount of the normal retirement benefit (expressed as a monthly straight life
annuity) which the Participant is entitled to receive under the Cooper Salaried
Plan as of his Benefit Commencement Date, and (ii) the amount of the Primary
Social Security Benefit payable to the Participant as of his Normal Retirement
Date.

         4.2      EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The monthly supplemental early
retirement benefit payable to an eligible Participant on his Normal Retirement
Date shall be equal to (a) the product of 50% of such Participant's Final
Average Monthly Compensation multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of years that the Participant was an Officer and denominator of which
is the number of years from the date on which the Participant became an Officer
to his Normal Retirement Date minus (b) the sum of (i) the amount of the benefit
(expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) which the Participant is entitled
to receive under the Cooper Salaried Plan as of his Benefit Commencement Date
and (ii) the amount of his Primary Social Security Benefit payable to the
Participant as of his Normal Retirement Date.

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         4.3      DEFERRED VESTED BENEFITS. The monthly supplemental deferred
vested benefit payable to an eligible Participant on his Normal Retirement Date
shall be equal to (a) the product of 50% of such Participant's Final Average
Monthly Compensation multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of years that the Participant was an Officer and denominator of which is
the number of years from the date the Participant became an Officer to his
Normal Retirement Date minus (b) the sum of (i) the amount of the benefit
(expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) which the Participant is entitled
to receive under the Cooper Salaried Plan as of his Benefit Commencement Date
and (ii) the amount of the Primary Social Security Benefit payable to the
Participant as of his Normal Retirement Date.

         4.4      DISABILITY BENEFITS. The monthly supplemental disability
benefit payable to an eligible Participant shall be equal to (a) 100% of such
Participant's base salary as in effect on the date of his Disability for a
period of six months and then (b) 70% of such Participant's Monthly Earnings in
effect on the date of his Disability reduced by the sum of (i) any disability
benefits payable under the Cooper Salaried Plan or Cooper disability plan, (ii)
any Workers' Compensation benefits, (iii) any Social Security benefits to which
the Participant is eligible and (iv) any state disability benefits. Any such
monthly supplemental disability benefit shall cease upon the earliest of the
death of the Participant, his Normal Retirement Date, or a determination that
the Participant no longer has a Disability. Any Participant who is receiving a
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supplemental disability benefit under this Section 4.4 and who reaches his
Normal Retirement Date shall then in lieu of any additional supplemental
disability benefits under the Plan receive a monthly supplemental normal
retirement benefit which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
of Section 4.1 and Article VI, based upon his Final Average Monthly Compensation
as of the time of the onset of his Disability and which shall be payable
pursuant to the Plan provisions relating to supplemental normal retirement
benefits. Any Participant whose monthly supplemental disability benefits under
this Section 4.4 cease due to his recovery from his Disability prior to his
Normal Retirement Date shall be eligible to receive a supplemental deferred
vested benefit on his Normal Retirement Date determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.3 and Article VI, based upon his Final Average Monthly
Compensation as of the time of the onset of his Disability.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                 DEATH BENEFITS

         5.1      PRE-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS. In the event of the death of a
Participant prior to his termination of employment with the Company and its
Affiliates or while receiving disability benefits under the Plan, such
Participant's spouse shall receive a supplemental death benefit equal to 37-1/2%
of the Participant's Final Average Monthly Compensation minus the sum of (i) the
benefit (expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) payable with respect to
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Salaried Plan and (ii) any Social Security Benefit payable to such spouse due to
the death of the Participant; provided, however, that if such Participant's
spouse was not married to the Participant on August 1, 1978, and is more than 10
years younger than the Participant, the death benefit under this Section 5.1
shall be actuarially reduced in accordance with Schedule A attached hereto.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, benefits
payable to a deceased Participant's spouse under this Section 5.1 shall cease
upon the remarriage or death of such spouse, whichever occurs first.

         5.2      POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS. In the event of the death of a
Participant after his termination of employment with the Company and its
Affiliates, such Participant's spouse shall receive a supplemental death benefit
equal to 75% of the Plan sum of the benefit and the benefit under the Cooper
Salaried Plan (expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) which such
Participant was receiving prior to his death or would have been eligible to
receive at his Normal Retirement Date, as the case may be. Such benefit shall
commence to be paid monthly beginning with the month after the deceased
Participant's Normal Retirement Date would have occurred or the month after his
death, whichever is later; provided, however, that if such Participant's spouse
was not married to such Participant on August 1, 1978, and is more than 10 years
younger than the Participant, the death benefit under this Section 5.2 shall be
reduced actuarially in accordance with Schedule A attached hereto.
Notwithstanding any other provision of

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the Plan to the contrary, benefits payable to the spouse of a deceased
Participant under this Section 5.2 shall cease upon the remarriage or death of
such spouse, whichever occurs first.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                           COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS

         The amount of monthly normal supplemental retirement, early retirement,
deferred vested, and death benefits under the Plan and the amount of a
Participant's benefit under the Cooper Salaried Plan (expressed as a straight
life annuity) shall be increased by a cost-of-living adjustment as hereinafter
set forth. Monthly supplemental normal retirement, early retirement, deferred
vested, and post-retirement death benefits payable to or with respect to a
Participant under Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 5.2, respectively, and benefits
payable with respect to such Participant under the Cooper Salaried Plan
(expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) shall be adjusted on the second
anniversary of such Participant's Normal Retirement Date and then adjusted
subsequently at each two-year anniversary thereafter. Monthly pre-retirement
death benefits payable with respect to a Participant under Section 5.1 and death
benefits payable with respect to such Participant under the Cooper Salaried Plan
(expressed as a monthly straight life annuity) shall be adjusted on the second
anniversary of such Participant's death and then adjusted subsequently at each
two-year anniversary thereafter. The amount of each such adjustment shall be
determined by the amount that

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the increase in the CPI in effect on the applicable two-year anniversary date
exceeds 3% per annum in each year since the earlier of the Participant's death
or Normal Retirement Date by multiplying such benefits by the following
fraction:

                                       C
                                 --------------
                                 A + (.03A x B)

         A    =   the CPI in effect on the earlier of the Participant's death
                  or Normal Retirement Date.

         B    =   the number of years since the earlier of the Participant's
                  death or Normal Retirement Date.

         C    =   the CPI on the applicable two-year anniversary date,
                  subsequent to the Participant's death or Normal Retirement
                  Date.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                CHANGE IN CONTROL

         7.1      VESTING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. In the event of
a Change of Control, regardless of age or service, each Participant who is
employed by the Company or an Affiliate or who has incurred a Disability shall
be fully vested in the Accrued Portion of his supplemental normal retirement
benefit under the Plan determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.1.

         7.2      PAYMENT OF BENEFITS UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event
such a Participant's employment with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated
within two years of a Change in Control, the Accrued Portion of his supplemental
normal

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retirement benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum determined using the
actuarial factors, interest rate, and assumed CPI set forth in Section 10.4 in
lieu of any other benefit under the Plan, unless such Participant elects at
least ten days prior to a Change in Control to receive the Accrued Portion of
his supplemental normal retirement benefit in a straight life annuity form after
his termination of employment with the Company. Moreover, in the event of a
Change in Control, each Participant and each surviving spouse of a deceased
participant who is receiving monthly supplemental retirement benefits under the
Plan shall receive the actuarial present value of future payments of such
monthly benefits in a lump sum determined pursuant to the provisions of Section
10.4, unless such Participant or surviving spouse elects at least ten days prior
to a Change in Control to receive his or her supplemental retirement benefit or
death benefit, as the case may be, in a straight life annuity form.. Any such
lump sum payment payable under this Section 7.2 shall be made to an eligible
Participant or eligible surviving spouse as soon as reasonably practicable but
in no event later than 60 days of such Change in Control or termination of
employment, whichever is later.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

         8.1      ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered as an unfunded
plan not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401 of the
Code by the Plans Administration Committee.

         8.2      POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OF THE COMMITTEE. The Plans
Administration Committee shall have full power and authority to interpret,
construe and administer the Plan and its interpretations and construction
hereof, and actions hereunder, including the timing, form, amount or recipient
of any payment to be made hereunder, shall be binding and conclusive on all
persons for all purposes. The Plans Administration Committee may delegate any of
its powers, authorities, or responsibilities for the operation and
administration of the Plan to any person or committee so designated in writing
by it and may employ such attorneys, agents, and accountants as it may deem
necessary or advisable to assist it in carrying out its duties hereunder. No
member of the Plans Administration Committee shall be liable to any person for
any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and
administration of the Plan unless attributable to his own willful misconduct or
lack of good faith. Members of the Plans

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Administration Committee shall not participate in any action or determination
regarding their own benefits, if any, payable under the Plan.

         8.3      INDEMNIFICATION. In addition to whatever rights of
indemnification a member of the Plans Administration Committee or any other
person or persons to whom any power, authority, or responsibility is delegated
pursuant to Section 8.2, may be entitled under the articles of incorporation,
regulations, or by-laws of the Company, under any provision of law, or under any
other agreement, the Company shall satisfy any liability actually and reasonably
incurred by any such member or such other person or persons, including expenses,
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, in connection
with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding which is
related to the exercise or failure to exercise by such member or such other
person or persons of any of the powers, authority, responsibilities, or
discretion provided under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                            AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any
time by action of the Plans Administration Committee; provided, however, that no
such action shall adversely affect any Participant who is receiving supplemental
benefits under the Plan or who has accrued a supplemental benefit under the
Plan, unless an equivalent benefit is otherwise provided under another plan or
program sponsored by the Company.

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                                    ARTICLE X

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         10.1     NON-ALIENATION OF RETIREMENT RIGHTS OR BENEFITS. No benefit
under the Plan shall at any time be subject in any manner to alienation or
encumbrance. If any Participant or surviving spouse shall attempt to, or shall,
alienate or in any way encumber his rights or benefits under the Plan, or any
part thereof, or if by reason of his bankruptcy or other event happening at any
time any such benefits would otherwise be received by anyone else or would not
be enjoyed by him, his interest in all such benefits shall automatically
terminate and the same shall be held or applied to or for the benefit of such
person, his spouse, children, or other dependents as the Plans Administration
Committee may select.

         10.2     PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO OTHERS. If any Participant or surviving
spouse to whom a retirement benefit is payable is unable to care for his affairs
because of illness or accident, any payment due (unless prior claim therefor
shall have been made by a duly qualified guardian or other legal representative)
may be paid to the spouse, parent, brother, or sister, or any other individual
deemed by the Plans Administration Committee to be maintaining or responsible
for the maintenance of such person. Any payment made in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 10.2 shall be a complete discharge of any liability
of the Plan with respect to the benefit so paid.

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         10.3     PLAN NON-CONTRACTUAL. Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as a commitment or agreement on the part of any person employed by the
Company to continue his employment with the Company, and nothing herein
contained shall be construed as a commitment on the part of the Company to
continue the employment or the annual rate of compensation of any such person
for any period, and all Participants shall remain subject to discharge to the
same extent as if the Plan had never been established.

         10.4     ACTUARIAL FACTORS. Supplemental retirement and death benefits
of a Participant that are payable in a single sum form pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII shall be determined by using the interest rate on
30-year U.S. Treasury bonds for the January of the calendar year in which the
supplemental retirement or death benefit of a Participant or surviving spouse
under the Plan is to be paid in a lump sum form, the 1983 Group Annuity
Mortality Table (without projection and a fixed blend of 50 percent of the male
mortality and 50 percent of the female mortality rates), and an assumed increase
in the CPI equal to the greater of 4 percent or the increase in the CPI for the
year immediately preceding the year in which a supplemental retirement or death
benefit of a Participant or a surviving spouse under the Plan is to be paid in a
lump sum form.

         10.5     FUNDING. In order to provide a source of payment for its
obligations under the Plan, the Company may establish a trust fund. Subject to
the provisions of the

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trust agreement governing such trust fund, the obligation of the Company under
the Plan to provide a Participant or a surviving spouse with a benefit
constitutes the unsecured promise of the Company to make payments as provided
herein, and no person shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim upon,
any property of the Company.

         10.6     CONTROLLING STATUS. No Participant shall be eligible for a
supplemental retirement benefit under the Plan unless such Participant is a
Participant on the date of his retirement, death, or other termination of
employment.

         10.7     CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS. The provisions of the Plan shall in
no event be construed as giving any person, firm or corporation any legal or
equitable right as against the Company, its officers, employees, or directors,
except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or are
hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

         10.8     SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
particular provision of the Plan shall not affect any other provision hereof,
and the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or
unenforceable provision were omitted herefrom.

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         10.9     GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.

                           Adopted on September 10, 1999 and executed at
Houston, Texas, this ___________ day of ___________, 1999.

                                           COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                           By: David R. Sheil
                                              ---------------------------------
                                           Title: Senior Vice President
                                                  Human Resources

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                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              CROUSE-HINDS COMPANY
                      OFFICERS' DISABILITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL
                                  PENSION PLAN

         WHEREAS, Cooper Industries, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") maintains the Crouse-Hinds Company Officers' Disability and
Supplemental Pension Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of August 30,
2001, as follows:

         1.       Section 1.1(5)(a) of the Plan is hereby amended to change
"20%" to "25%".

         2.       Section 1.1(5)(c) of the Plan is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:

                  (c) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the
         Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any
         other corporation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which
         results in the directors of the Company immediately prior to such
         merger or consolidation continuing to constitute at least a majority of
         the board of directors of the Company, the surviving entity or any
         parent thereof, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement
         a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no
         Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of
         securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially
         Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company
         or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting
         power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or

         3.       Section 1.1(17) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:

                  (17) The term "PERSON" shall have the meaning given in Section
         3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections

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         13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i)
         the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other
         fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
         Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily
         holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (iv) a
         corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the
         Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
         stock of the Company or (v) any individual, entity or group whose
         ownership of securities of the Company is reported on Schedule 13G
         pursuant to Rule 13d-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act (but only for
         so long as such ownership is so reported).

Executed this 30th day of August, 2001.

                                             COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                             By: /s/ David R. Sheil
                                                -------------------------------
                                             Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                    Human Resources

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