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Exhibit 10.2

        

EXHIBIT 10.2
ITT Corporation Annual Incentive Plan For Executive Officers 
(amended and restated as of January 1, 2013)
1.    Purpose
The purpose of this ITT Corporation Annual Incentive Plan for Executive Officers (the “Incentive Plan”) is to provide incentive compensation in the form of a cash award to executive officers of ITT Corporation (the “Company”) for achieving specific pre-established performance objectives and to continue to motivate participating executive officers to achieve their business goals, while tying a portion of their compensation to measures affecting shareholder value. The Incentive Plan seeks to enable the Company to continue to be competitive in its ability to attract and retain executive officers of the highest caliber.
It is intended that compensation payable under the Incentive Plan will qualify as “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and regulations promulgated thereunder, if such qualification is desired.
2.    Plan Administration
The Compensation and Personnel Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, as constituted by the Board from time to time, shall be comprised completely of “outside directors” as defined under Section 162(m) of the Code.
The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer, construe and interpret the provisions of the Incentive Plan and to adopt and amend administrative rules and regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Incentive Plan and for the conduct of its business as the Committee considers appropriate.
Except with respect to matters which under Section 162(m) of the Code are required to be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee, the Committee shall have full power, to the extent permitted by law, to delegate its authority to any officer or employee of the Company to administer and interpret the procedural aspects of the Incentive Plan, subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan, including adopting and enforcing rules to decide procedural and administrative issues.
The Committee may rely on opinions, reports or statements of officers or employees of the Company and of counsel to the Company (inside or retained counsel), public accountants and other professional or expert persons.
The Board reserves the right to amend or terminate the Incentive Plan in whole or in part at any time; provided, however, that except as necessary to maintain an outstanding incentive award’s qualification as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code (“Performance-Based Compensation”), no amendments shall adversely affect or impair the rights of any participant that have previously accrued hereunder, without the written consent of the participant. Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, any amendment required to cause an incentive award to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may be made by the Committee. No amendment to the Incentive Plan may be made to alter the class of individuals who are eligible to participate in the Incentive Plan, the performance criteria specified in Section 4 hereof or the maximum incentive award payable to any participant without shareholder approval unless shareholder approval of the amendment is not required in order for incentive awards paid to participants to constitute Performance-Based Compensation.
No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or for any determination made by him or her in good faith with respect to the Incentive Plan, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any act or omission in connection with the administration or interpretation of the Incentive Plan, unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.
3.    Eligible Executives
Executive officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 3b-7, as that definition may be amended from time to time, shall be eligible to participate in the Incentive Plan. The Committee shall select from all eligible executive officers, those to whom incentive awards shall be granted under the Incentive Plan.
4.    Plan Year, Performance Periods, Performance Measures and Performance Targets
Each fiscal year of the Incentive Plan (the “Plan Year”) shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31. The performance period (the “Performance Period”) with respect to which incentive awards may be payable under the Incentive Plan shall be the Plan Year unless the Committee designates one or more different Performance Periods.
The Committee shall establish the performance measures (the “Performance Measures”) to be used which may include, one or more of the following criteria: (i) consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (ii) net income; (iii) operating income; (iv) earnings per share; (v) book value per share; (vi) return on shareholders’ equity; (vii) expense management; (viii) return on investment; (ix) improvements in capital structure; (x) profitability of an identifiable business unit or product; (xi) profit margins; (xii) stock price; (xiii) market share; (xiv) revenues or sales (including organic revenue); (xv) costs; (xvi) cash flow; (xvii) working capital (xviii) return on assets; (xix) total shareholder return; (xx) return on invested or total capital and (xxi) economic value added.
In addition, to the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, Performance Measures may be based upon other objectives such as negotiating transactions or sales, implementation of Company policy, development of long-term business goals or strategic plans, negotiation of significant corporate transactions, meeting specified market penetration goals, productivity measures, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction or employee satisfaction goals, goals relating to merger synergies, management of employment practices and employee benefits, or supervision of litigation and information technology, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries and/or other affiliates or joint ventures; provided however, that the measurement of any such Performance Measures must be objectively determinable.
All Performance Measures shall be objectively determinable and, to the extent they are expressed in standard accounting terms, shall be according to generally accepted accounting principles as in existence on the date on which the applicable Performance Period is established and without regard to any changes in such principles after such date (unless the modification of a Performance Measure to take into account such a change is pre-established in writing at the time the Performance Measures are established in writing by the Committee and/or the modification would not affect the ability of the incentive award to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, incentive awards that are not intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may be based on the Performance Measures described above or such other measures as the Committee may determine.
The Committee shall establish the performance targets (the “Performance Targets”) to be achieved which shall be based on one or more Performance Measures relating to the Company as a whole or to the specific businesses of the Company, subsidiaries, operating groups, or operating units, as determined by the Committee. Performance Targets may be established on such terms as the Committee may determine, in its discretion, including in absolute terms, as a goal relative to performance in prior periods, or as a goal compared to the performance of one or more comparable companies or an index covering multiple companies. The Committee also shall establish with respect to each incentive award an objective formula to be used in calculating the amount of incentive award each participant shall be eligible to receive. There may be a sliding scale of payment dependent upon the percentage levels of achievement of Performance Targets.
The Performance Measures and Performance Targets, which may be different with respect to each participant and each Performance Period, must be set forth in writing by the Committee within the first ninety (90) days of the applicable Performance Period or, if sooner, prior to the time when 25 percent of the relevant Performance Period has elapsed.
5.    Certification of Performance Targets and Calculation of Incentive Awards
After the end of each Performance Period, and prior to the payment for such Performance Period, the Committee must certify in writing the degree to which the Performance Targets for the Performance Period were achieved, including the specific target objective or objectives and the satisfaction of any other material terms of the incentive award. The Committee shall calculate the amount of each participant’s incentive award for such Performance Period based upon the Performance Measures and Performance Targets for such participant. In establishing Performance Targets and Performance Measures and in calculating the degree of achievement thereof, the Committee may ignore extraordinary items, property transactions, changes in accounting standards and losses or gains arising from discontinued operations. The Committee shall have no authority or discretion to increase the amount of any participant’s incentive award as so determined to the extent such incentive award is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, but it may reduce the amount or totally eliminate any such incentive award if it determines in its absolute and sole discretion that such action is appropriate in order to reflect the participant’s performance or unanticipated factors during the Performance Period. The Committee shall have the authority to increase or decrease the amount of an incentive award to the extent the incentive award is not intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation.
The maximum payment that may be made with respect to incentive awards under the Plan to any participant in any one calendar year shall be $8,000,000.
6.    Payment of Awards
Approved incentive awards shall be payable by the Company in cash to each participant, or to the participant’s estate in the event of the participant’s death, as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than 2-1/2 months) after the end of each Performance Period. No incentive award that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may be paid under the Incentive Plan until the Committee has certified in writing that the relevant Performance Targets were achieved. If a participant is not an employee on the last day of the Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to determine what portion, if any, the participant shall be entitled to receive with respect to any award for the Performance Period. The Committee shall have the authority to adopt appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the Incentive Plan in such termination cases.
The Company retains the right to deduct from any incentive awards paid under the Incentive Plan any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payment.
Notwithstanding the above, no incentive awards shall be paid under the Incentive Plan unless the Incentive Plan is approved by the requisite shareholders of the Company.
7.    Other Terms and Conditions
Any award made under this Incentive Plan shall be subject to the discretion of the Committee. No person shall have any legal claim to be granted an award under the Incentive Plan and the Committee shall have no obligation to treat participants uniformly. Except as may be otherwise required by law, incentive awards under the Incentive Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, garnishment, execution, or levy of any kind, either voluntary or involuntary. Incentive awards granted under the Incentive Plan shall be payable from the general assets of the Company, and no participant shall have any claim with respect to any specific assets of the Company.
Nothing contained in the Incentive Plan shall give any participant the right to continue in the employment of the Company or affect the right of the Company to terminate the employment of a participant.
8.    Acceleration Event.
An “Acceleration Event” shall occur if (i) a report on Schedule 13D shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) disclosing that any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act), other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, is the beneficial owner directly or indirectly of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock $1 par value, of the Company (the “Stock”); (ii) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act), other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, shall purchase shares pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any Stock (or securities convertible into Stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration, provided that after consummation of the offer, the person in question is the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Stock (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the Act in the case of rights to acquire Stock); (iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation, business combination or merger involving the Company, other than a consolidation, business combination or merger involving the Company in which holders of Stock immediately prior to the consolidation, business combination or merger (x) hold fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company (or the corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation or the parent of such corporation) after the merger and (y) have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the Company (or the corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation or the parent of such corporation), relative to other holders of Stock immediately prior to the merger, business combination or consolidation, immediately after the merger as immediately before, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, (iv) there shall have been a change in a majority of the members of the Board within a 12-month period unless the election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders of each new director during such 12-month period was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still in office who (x) were directors at the beginning of such 12-month period or (y) whose nomination for election or election as directors was recommended or approved by a majority of the directors who were directors at the beginning of such 12-month period or (v) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act) (other than the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Stock.
Upon the occurrence of such Acceleration Event, the Performance Measures for each Performance Period with respect to which incentive awards may be payable under the Incentive Plan shall be deemed to be achieved at the greater of (i) the Performance Target established for such Performance Measures or (ii) the Company’s actual achievement of such Performance Measures as of the Acceleration Event. Payment of the incentive awards, for the full year, will be made to each participant, in cash, within five (5) business days following such Acceleration Event.
9.    Miscellaneous.
The Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, shall be effective as of January 1, 2013 subject to the approval of the requisite shareholders of the Company. Once approved, the Incentive Plan shall remain in effect unless/until terminated by the Board; provided, however, that if an Acceleration Event has occurred no amendment or termination shall impair the rights of any participant with respect to any prior award.
This Incentive Plan shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.Exhibit 10.3

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EXHIBIT 10.3
ITT Corporation
Special Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan
(amended and restated as of October 31, 2011)

		
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	Purpose

The purpose of this ITT Corporation Special Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan (“Plan”) is to assist in occupational transition by providing Severance Benefits, as defined herein, for employees covered by this Plan whose employment is terminated under conditions set forth in this Plan.
		
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	Covered Employees

Covered employees under this Plan (“Special Severance Executives”) are active full-time, regular salaried employees of ITT Corporation, (“ITT”) and of any subsidiary company (“ITT Subsidiary”) (collectively or individually as the context requires “Company”) (including Special Severance Executives who are short term disabled as of a Potential Acceleration Event within the meaning of the Company’s short term disability plans) (other than Special Severance Executives on periodic severance as of a Potential Acceleration Event) who are in Band A or B or were in Band A or B at any time within the two year period immediately preceding an Acceleration Event and such other employees of the Company who shall be designated as covered employees in Band A or B under the Plan by the Compensation and Personnel Committee of ITT’s Board of Directors.
“Bands A and B” shall have the meaning given such terms under the executive classification system of the ITT Human Resources Department as in effect immediately preceding an Acceleration Event.  After the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, the terms “ITT”, “ITT Subsidiary” and “Company” as used herein shall also include, respectively and as the context requires, any successor company to ITT or any successor company to any ITT Subsidiary and any affiliate of any such successor company.
		
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	Definitions

An “Acceleration Event” shall occur if (i) a report on Schedule 13D shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) disclosing that any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act), other than ITT or a subsidiary of ITT or any employee benefit plan sponsored by ITT or a subsidiary of ITT, is the beneficial owner directly or indirectly of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock $1 par value, of ITT (the “Stock”); (ii) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act), other than ITT or a subsidiary of ITT, or any employee benefit plan sponsored by ITT or a subsidiary of ITT, shall purchase shares pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any Stock of ITT (or securities convertible into Stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration, provided that after consummation of the offer, the person in question is the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Stock of ITT (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the Act in the case of rights to acquire Stock); (iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation, business combination or merger involving ITT, other than a consolidation, business combination or merger involving ITT in which holders of Stock immediately prior to the consolidation, business combination or merger (x) hold fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of ITT (or the corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation or the parent of such corporation) after the merger and (y) have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of ITT (or the corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation or the parent of such corporation), relative to other holders of Stock immediately prior to the merger, business combination or consolidation, immediately after the merger as immediately before, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of ITT, (iv) there shall have been a change in a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of ITT within a 12-month period unless the election or nomination for election by ITT’ stockholders of each new director during such 12-month period was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still in office who (x) were directors at the beginning of such 12-month period or (y) whose nomination for election or election as directors was recommended or approved by a majority of the directors who were directors at the beginning of such 12-month period or (v) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act) (other than ITT or any subsidiary of ITT or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored by ITT or a subsidiary of ITT) becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Stock.
“Cause” shall mean action by the Special Severance Executive involving willful malfeasance or gross negligence or the Special Severance Executive’s failure to act involving material nonfeasance that would tend to have a materially adverse effect on the Company.  No act or omission on the part of the Special Severance Executive shall be considered “willful” unless 

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it is done or omitted in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interests of the Company.
“Good Reason” shall mean (i) without the Special Severance Executive’s express written consent and excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company or its affiliates within 30 days after receipt of notice thereof given by the Special Severance Executive, (A) a reduction in the Special Severance Executive’s annual base compensation (whether or not deferred), (B) the assignment to the Special Severance Executive of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Special Severance Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities, or (C) any other action by the Company or its affiliates which results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities; (ii) without the Special Severance Executive’s express written consent, the Company’s requiring the Special Severance Executive’s work location to be other than within twenty-five (25) miles of the location where such Special Severance Executive was principally working immediately prior to the Acceleration Event; or (iii) any failure by the Company to obtain the express written assumption of this Plan from any successor to the Company; provided that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an event on the 90th day following the later of its occurrence or the Special Severance Executive’s knowledge thereof, unless the Special Severance Executive has given the Company notice thereof prior to such date.
“Potential Acceleration Event” shall mean any execution of an agreement, the commencement of a tender offer or any other transaction or event that if consummated would result in an Acceleration Event.
		
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	Severance Benefits Upon Termination of Employment

If, a Special Severance Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated due to a Qualifying Termination, he or she shall receive the severance benefits set forth in Section 5 hereof (“Severance Benefits”).  For purposes hereof, (i) a “Qualifying Termination” shall mean a termination of a Special Severance Executive’s employment with the Company either (x) by the Company without Cause (A) within the two (2) year period commencing on the date of the occurrence of an Acceleration Event or (B) prior to the occurrence of an Acceleration Event and either (1) following the public announcement of the transaction or event which ultimately results in such Acceleration Event or (2) at the request of a party to, or participant in, the transaction or event which ultimately results in an Acceleration Event; or (y) by a Special Severance Executive for Good Reason within the two (2) year period commencing with the date of the occurrence of an Acceleration Event and (ii) a determination by a Special Severance Executive that he or she has “Good Reason” hereunder shall be final and binding on the parties hereto unless the Company can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that “Good Reason” does not exist.
		
	5.
	Severance Benefits 

Band A Benefits
Severance Benefits for Special Severance Executives (i) in Band A at the time of a Qualifying Termination or at any time during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Acceleration Event or (ii) designated as a covered employee in Band A in accordance with Section 2 hereof:
•    Accrued Rights − The Special Severance Executive’s base salary through the date of termination of employment, any annual bonus earned but unpaid as of the date of termination for any previously completed fiscal year, reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the Special Severance Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to the date of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment and such employee benefits, if any, as to which the Special Severance Executive may be entitled under the employee benefit plans of the Company, including without limitation, the payment of any accrued or unused vacation under the Company’s vacation policy.
•    Severance Pay − The sum of (x) three (3) times the current annual base salary rate paid (whether or not deferred) to the Special Severance Executive at the time of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment, and (y) three (3) times the current annual bonus paid or awarded (whether or not deferred) to the Special Severance Executive in respect of either (i) an Acceleration Event or (ii) the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.
•    Benefits and Perquisites
> Continued health and life insurance benefits for a three (3) year period following the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment at the same cost to the Special Severance Executive, and at the same coverage levels, as provided to the Special Severance Executive (and the Special Severance Executive’s eligible dependents) immediately prior to his or her termination of employment.

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> Payment of a lump sum amount (“Pension Lump Sum Amount”) equal to the difference between (i) the total lump sum value of the Special Severance Executive’s pension benefit under the ITT Salaried Retirement Plan and, as applicable, Excess Pension Plan IA, Excess Pension Plan IB and/or Excess Pension Plan II of the Company or any successor plan; provided that the benefits under such successor plan is no less favorable than the benefits under the plans set forth herein (or corresponding pension arrangements outside the United States) (“Pension Plans”) as of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment and (ii) the total lump sum value of the Special Severance Executive’s pension benefit under the Pension Plans after crediting an additional three (3) years of age and three (3) years of eligibility and benefit service to the Special Severance Executive and applying the highest annual base salary rate and highest bonus determined above under “Severance Pay” with respect to each of the additional three (3) years of service so credited for purposes of determining Final Average Compensation under the Pension Plans.  The above total lump sum values shall be determined in the manner provided in the Excess Pension Plans of the Company for determination of lump sum benefits upon the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, as defined in said Plans. This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executive having a pension benefit under any of the Pension Plans as of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.  An example of the calculation of benefits set forth in this paragraph is set forth on Schedule A.
> Crediting of an additional three (3) years of age and three (3) years of eligibility service for purposes of the Company’s retiree health and retiree life insurance benefits.  This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executives covered under such benefits any time during the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.
> Payment of a lump sum amount (“Savings Plan Lump Sum Amount”) equal to three (3) times the following amount: the highest annual base salary rate determined above under “Severance Pay” times the highest percentage rate of Company Contributions (not to exceed three and one-half percent (3 1/2%) with respect to the Special Severance Executive under the ITT Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ITT Excess Savings Plan (or corresponding savings plan arrangements outside the United States) (“Savings Plans”) (including matching contributions and floor contributions) at any time during the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment or the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Acceleration Event.  This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executive who is a member of any of the Savings Plans at any time during such three (3) year period.
•    Outplacement — Outplacement services for one (1) year. 
Band B Benefits
Severance Benefits for Special Severance Executives (i) in Band B at the time of a Qualifying Termination or at any time during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Acceleration Event or (ii) designated as a covered employee in Band B in accordance with Section 2 hereof; provided, that a Special Severance Executive who is in Band B at the time of a Qualifying Termination but was in Band A anytime during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Acceleration Event shall be entitled to Severance Benefits as a Special Severance Executive in Band A and shall not be entitled to the Severance Benefits set forth below:
•    Accrued Rights - The Special Severance Executive’s base salary through the date of termination of employment, any annual bonus earned but unpaid as of the date of termination for any previously completed fiscal year, reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the Special Severance Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to the date of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment and such employee benefits, if any, as to which the Special Severance Executive may be entitled under the employee benefit plans of the Company, including without limitation, the payment of any accrued or unused vacation under the Company’s vacation policy.
•    Severance Pay — The sum of (x) two (2) times the current annual base salary rate paid (whether or not deferred) to the Special Severance Executive at the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment, and (y) two (2) times the current annual bonus paid or awarded (whether or not deferred) to the Special Severance Executive in respect of either (i) an Acceleration Event or (ii) the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.
•    Benefits and Perquisites
> Continued health and life insurance benefits for a two year period following the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment at the same cost to the Special Severance Executive, and at the same coverage levels, as provided to the Special Severance Executive (and the Special Severance Executive’s eligible dependents) immediately prior to his or her termination of employment.

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> Payment of a lump sum amount (“Pension Lump Sum Amount”) equal to the difference between (i) the total lump sum value of the Special Severance Executive’s pension benefit under the ITT Salaried Retirement Plan and, as applicable, Excess Pension Plan IA, Excess Pension Plan IB and/or Excess Pension Plan II of the Company or any successor plan; provided that the benefits under such successor plan is no less favorable than the benefits under the plans set forth herein (or corresponding pension arrangements outside the United States) (“Pension Plans”) as of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment and (ii) the total lump sum value of the Special Severance Executive’s pension benefit under the Pension Plans after crediting an additional two (2) years of age and two (2) years of eligibility and benefit service to the Special Severance Executive and applying the highest annual base salary rate and highest bonus determined above under “Severance Pay” with respect to each of the additional two (2) years of service so credited for purposes of determining Final Average Compensation under the Pension Plans. The above total lump sum values shall be determined in the manner provided in the Excess Pension Plans of the Company for determination of lump sum benefits upon the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, as defined in said Plans. This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executive having a pension benefit under any of the Pension Plans as of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.  An example of the calculation of benefits set forth in this paragraph is set forth on Schedule A.
> Crediting of an additional two (2) years of age and two (2) years of eligibility service for purposes of the Company’s retiree health and retiree life insurance benefits. This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executives covered under such benefits any time during the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment.
> Payment of a lump sum amount (“Savings Plan Lump Sum Amount”) equal to two (2) times the following amount: the highest annual base salary rate determined above under “Severance Pay” times the highest percentage rate of Company Contributions (not to exceed three and one-half percent (3 1/2%)) with respect to the Special Severance Executive under the ITT Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ITT Excess Savings Plan (or corresponding savings plan arrangements outside the United States) (“Savings Plans”) (including matching contributions and floor contributions) at any time during either the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment or the three (3) year period immediately preceding the Acceleration Event.  This provision shall apply to any Special Severance Executive who is a member of any of the Savings Plans at any time during such three (3) year period.
•    Outplacement – Outplacement services for one year. 
General
With respect to the provision of benefits described above during the above described respective three and two year periods, if, for any reason at any time the Company is unable to treat the Special Severance Executive as being eligible for ongoing participation in any Company employee benefit plans or perquisites in existence immediately prior to the termination of employment of the Special Severance Executive, and if, as a result thereof, the Special Severance Executive does not receive a benefit or perquisite or receives a reduced benefit or perquisite, the Company shall provide such benefits or perquisites by making available equivalent benefits or perquisites from other sources in a manner consistent with Section 15 below.
		
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	Form of Payment of Severance Pay and Lump Sum Payments

Severance Pay shall be paid in cash, in non-discounted equal periodic installment payments corresponding to the frequency and duration of the severance payments that the Special Severance Executive would have been entitled to receive from the Company as a normal severance benefit in the absence of the occurrence of an Acceleration Event.  The Pension Lump Sum Amount and the Savings Plan Lump Sum Amount shall be paid in cash within thirty (30) calendar days after the date the employment of the Special Severance Executive terminates.
		
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	Termination of Employment — Other

The Severance Benefits shall only be payable upon a Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment due to a Qualifying Termination; provided, that if, following the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, a Special Severance Executive is terminated due to the Special Severance Executive’s death or disability (as defined in the long-term disability plan in which the Special Severance Executive is entitled to participate (whether or not the Special Severance Executive voluntarily participates in such plan)) and, at the time of such termination, the Special Severance Executive had grounds to resign with Good Reason, such termination of employment shall be deemed to be a Qualifying Termination.
		
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	Administration of Plan

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This Plan shall be administered by ITT, who shall have the exclusive right to interpret this Plan, adopt any rules and regulations for carrying out this Plan as may be appropriate and decide any and all matters arising under this Plan, including but not limited to the right to determine appeals.  Subject to applicable Federal and state law, all interpretations and decisions by ITT shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties affected thereby.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, following an Acceleration Event, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Plan, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and the entire cost thereof shall be borne by the Company.  The location of the arbitration proceedings shall be reasonably acceptable to the Special Severance Executive. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The Company shall pay all legal fees, costs of litigation, prejudgment interest, and other expenses which are incurred in good faith by the Special Severance Executive as a result of the Company’s refusal to provide any of the Severance Benefits to which the Special Severance Executive becomes entitled under this Plan, or as a result of the Company’s (or any third party’s) contesting the validity, enforceability, or interpretation of this Plan, or as a result of any conflict between the Special Severance Executive and the Company pertaining to this Plan.  The Company shall pay such fees and expenses from the general assets of the Company.
		
	9.
	Termination or Amendment

ITT may terminate or amend this Plan (“Plan Change”) at any time except, that following the occurrence of (i) an Acceleration Event or (ii) a Potential Acceleration Event, no Plan Change that would adversely affect any Special Severance Executive may be made without the prior written consent of such Special Severance Executive affected thereby; provided, however, that (ii) above shall cease to apply if such Potential Acceleration Event does not result in the occurrence of an Acceleration Event.
		
	10.
	Offset

Any Severance Benefits provided to a Special Severance Executive under this Plan shall be offset in a manner consistent with Section 15 by reducing (x) any Severance Pay hereunder by any severance pay, salary continuation pay, termination pay or similar pay or allowance and (y) any other Severance Benefits hereunder by corresponding employee benefits, perquisites or outplacement services, which the Special Severance Executive receives or is entitled to receive, (i) under the ITT Corporation Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan; (ii) pursuant to any other Company policy, practice, program or arrangement; (iii) pursuant to any Company employment agreement or other agreement with the Company; or (iv) by virtue of any law, custom or practice excluding, however, any unemployment compensation in the United States, unless the Special Severance Executive voluntarily expressly waives (which the Special Severance Executive shall have the exclusive right to do) in writing any such respective entitlement.
		
	11.
	Excise Tax

In the event that it shall be determined that any Payment would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, then the aggregate of all Payments shall be reduced so that the Present Value of the aggregate of all Payments does not exceed the Safe Harbor Amount; provided, however, that no such reduction shall be effected, if the Net After-tax Benefit to Special Severance Executive of receiving all of the Payments exceeds the Net After-tax Benefit to Special Severance Executive resulting from having such Payments so reduced.  In the event a reduction is required pursuant hereto, the order of reduction shall be first all cash payments on a pro rata basis, then any equity compensation on a pro rata basis, and lastly medical and dental coverage.
For purposes of this Section 11, the following terms have the following meanings:
(i)  “Net After-tax Benefit” shall mean the Present Value of a Payment net of all federal state and local income, employment and excise taxes imposed on Special Severance Executive with respect thereto, determined by applying the highest marginal rate(s) applicable to an individual for Special Severance Executive’s taxable year in which the Change in Control occurs.
(ii)  “Payment” means any payment or distribution or provision of benefits by the Company to or for the benefit of Special Severance Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any reductions required by this Section 11.
(iii)  “Present Value” shall mean such value determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.

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(iv)  “Safe Harbor Amount” shall be an amount expressed in Present Value which maximizes the aggregate Present Value of Payments without causing any Payment to be subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code or the deduction limitation of Section 280G of the Code.
All determinations required to be made under this Section 11, including whether and when a reduction is required and the amount of such reduction and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually agreed to by the Special Severance Executive and the Company (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Special Severance Executive within ten (10) business days of the receipt of notice from the Special Severance Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company; provided that for purposes of determining the amount of any reduction, the Special Severance Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income tax at the highest marginal rates applicable to individuals in the calendar year in which any such determination of the amount of the reduction is to be made and deemed to pay state and local income taxes at the highest effective rates applicable to individuals in the state or locality of the Special Severance Executive’s residence or place of employment, whichever is higher, in the calendar year in which such determination is to be made.
All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.  If the Accounting Firm determines that no excise tax is payable by the Special Severance Executive, it shall so indicate to the Special Severance Executive in writing.  Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Special Severance Executive.
		
	12.
	Miscellaneous

The Special Severance Executive shall not be entitled to any notice of termination or pay in lieu thereof.
Severance Benefits under this Plan are paid entirely by the Company from its general assets.
This Plan is not a contract of employment, does not guarantee the Special Severance Executive employment for any specified period and does not limit the right of the Company to terminate the employment of the Special Severance Executive at any time.
If a Special Severance Executive should die while any amount is still payable to the Special Severance Executive hereunder had the Special Severance Executive continued to live, all such amounts shall be paid in accordance with this Plan to the Special Severance Executive’s designated heirs or, in the absence of such designation, to the Special Severance Executive’s estate.
The numbered section headings contained in this Plan are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not in any way affect the meaning of any provision of this Plan.
If, for any reason, any one or more of the provisions or part of a provision contained in this Plan shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of this Plan not held so invalid, illegal or unenforceable, and each other provision or part of a provision shall to the full extent consistent with law remain in full force and effect.
The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
The Plan shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the ITT and a Special Severance Executive. 
		
	13.
	Notices

Any notice and all other communication provided for in this Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three (3) days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
If to the Company:

ITT Corporation
1133 Westchester Avenue

7

White Plains, New York 10604 Attention: General Counsel

If to Special Severance Executive:

To the most recent address of Special Severance Executive set forth in the personnel records of ITT.
		
	14.
	Adoption Date

This Plan was initially adopted by ITT on March 10, 1997 (“Adoption Date”) and does not apply to any termination of employment which occurred or which was communicated to the Special Severance Executive prior to the Adoption Date.
		
	15.
	Section 409A

This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if at the time of the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment with the Company the Special Severance Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (and any related regulations or other pronouncements thereunder) and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Special Severance Executive) until the date that is six months following the Special Severance Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), at which point all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 15 shall be paid to the Special Severance Executive in a lump sum and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax.  To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due under this Plan constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv).  Each payment made under this Plan shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.  The Company shall consult with Special Severance Executives in good faith regarding the implementation of the provisions of this section; provided that neither the Company nor any of its employees or representatives shall have any liability to Special Severance Executives with respect thereto.

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