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Exhibit 10.64

PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL

September 19,2008

 

, 

	
  
	
Re:
	
Change in Control Agreement as revised to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A

Dear :

Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the "Company") considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the continuous employment of key management personnel.  In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility
of a Change in Control of the Company may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders.

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

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company in your current executive position, the Company agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this letter agreement (the "Agreement") in the event your employment in your current executive position with the Company is terminated under the circumstances described
below subsequent to a "Change in Control of the Company" (as defined in Section 2).

1.            Term of Agreement.  This revision of the Change in Control Agreement previously executed by you and the Company shall commence effective the date hereof, and shall continue in effect through October
31, 2009; provided, however, that commencing on November 1, 2009, and each November 1 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless, not later than April 30 of such year, the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; and provided, further, that if a Change in Control of the Company, as defined in Section 2, shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect
for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control occurred.

  

  

  

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2.             Change in Control.

(i)            Change in Control Defined.   No benefits shall be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a Change in Control of the Company, as set forth below.  For purposes of this Agreement,
a "Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(a)           Change in Share Ownership—any  "Person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company,
any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any Company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or (ii) the combined
voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities;

(b)           Change in Board Membership—during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 2) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;

(c)           Reorganization Changing Share Ownership—the stockholders of the Company approve a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than (i) a reorganization, merger
or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation or (ii) a reorganization, merger or consolidation effected to implement a
recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no "person" (as herein above defined) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities;

(d)           Disposition of Substantially All Company Assets—any Person or Persons acquire all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions; or

  

  

  

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(e)           Shareholders Approve Dissolution etc.—the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of dissolution or complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company
of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.

3.             Termination of Employment In Connection With Change in Control.

(i)            General.  If any of the events described in Section 2 constituting a Change in Control of the Company shall have occurred while this Agreement is in effect, you shall be entitled to the benefits
provided in Section 4(iii) upon termination of your employment within six (6) months preceding or twenty-four (24) months following such a Change in Control unless such termination is (i) because of your death or Disability, (ii) by the Company for Cause, or (iii) by you other than for Good Reason.  In the event your employment with the Company is terminated for any reason more than six months before, or more than twenty-four months after, a Change in Control of the Company, you shall not be entitled
to any benefits hereunder.

(ii)           Disability.  If, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive
months, and within thirty (30) days after written Notice of Termination is given (which may be given at any time after five (5) months of such absence) you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, your employment may be terminated for "Disability."

(iii)          Cause.  Termination by the Company of your employment for "Cause" shall mean termination:

(a) upon the commission by you of a willful serious act, such as embezzlement, against the Company which is intended to enrich you at the expense of the Company or upon your conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude, or

(b) in the event of willful, gross neglect or willful, gross misconduct resulting in either case in material harm to the Company, or a violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct.  For purposes of this Section 3(iii), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

(iv)          Good Reason.  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence
before or after (and reasonably connected to) a Change in Control of the Company of any of the following circumstances provided that you give a Notice of Termination to the Company describing the occurrence of the circumstance within 90 days after the circumstance occurs and the Company fails to substantially correct the circumstance  within 30 days after of such Notice of Termination is given:

  

  

  

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(a)           Material Reduction in Base Pay—a material reduction by the Company in your annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time;

(b)           Required Relocation—the Company's requiring you to be based at a Company office more than 50 miles farther from your principal residence than the Company's offices at which you are principally employed
immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control except for required travel on the Company's business to an extent substantially consistent with your present business travel obligations;

(c)           Failure to Pay Compensation—the failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your current compensation within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due or any portion of your compensation
under any deferred compensation program of the Company within thirty (30) days of the date such compensation is due;

(d)           Failure to Comply with Employment Termination Procedure—any purported termination of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section
3(v) hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section 3(iii) hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for purposes of this Agreement; or

(e)           Diminution of Position etc.—the assignment to you of any duties or responsibilities, or the removal from you of any duties or responsibilities, that constitutes a material diminution of your position,
duties, responsibilities or status as in effect preceding  such Change in Control.

Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this Section 3(iv) shall  not be affected by your incapacity due to physical or mental illness.  Subject to the requirement that you give a Notice of Termination to the Company within 90 days after the occurrence of a circumstance constituting Good Reason, your continued
employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

(v)           Notice of Termination.  Any purported termination of your employment by the Company or by you shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with
Section 6.  "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice that shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so indicated.

(vi)          Date of Termination.  "Date of Termination" shall mean

(a)           Disability—if your employment is terminated for Disability in accordance with Section 3(ii), thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided
that you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties and shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during such 30-day period), and

  

  

  

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(b)           Other than Disability—if your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(iii) (Cause) or Section 3(iv) (Good Reason) hereof  or for any other reason (other than Disability), the date
specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination for Cause shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date such Notice of Termination is given, and in the case of a termination for Good Reason shall not be less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the date such Notice of Termination is given).

4.             Compensation Upon Termination.  Following a Change in Control of the Company, you shall be entitled to the following benefits during a period of Disability, or upon termination of your employment
within six (6) months preceding or twenty-four (24) months following such a Change in Control:

(i)            Disability.  During any period that you are absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company as a result of Disability, you shall receive the normal benefits provided by the
Company to employees in your classification in connection with a Disability.  You shall not receive any additional benefits under this Agreement.   Thereafter, or in the event your employment shall be terminated by reason of your death, your benefits shall be determined under the Company's retirement, insurance and other compensation programs then in effect in accordance with the terms of such programs.

(ii)           Termination By Company For Cause or By You Not for Good Reason.  If your employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by you other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay you
your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any bonus or other compensation plan of the Company at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to you under this Agreement.

(iii)          Termination by Company Other than for Cause or by You for Good Reason. If your employment by the Company should be terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability or if you should terminate your
employment for Good Reason, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided below:

(a)           Salary and Bonus to Date of Termination—the Company shall pay to you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all
bonuses earned by you to the Date of Termination that you would have received if you had remained in the employment of the Company (including any bonus earned in the prior year but not yet paid and a pro rata amount of any bonus earned during the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, which shall be paid at the normal time), plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company, at the time such payments are due;

  

  

  

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(b)           Lump Sum Severance Pay—in lieu of any further salary payments to you for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay as severance pay to you, at the time specified in Section
4(iv), a lump sum severance payment (together with the payments provided in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) below, the "Severance Payments") equal to times the sum of (i) your highest annual rate of base salary in effect at any time before the Date of Termination, and (ii) the greater of (x) the annual target bonus (annualized in the case of any bonus paid with respect to a partial year) under the Company's then current Executive Incentive Plan and
Corporate Incentive Plan or any then current similar plans (the "Management Incentive Plans") in effect on the Date of Termination or (y) the annual target bonus (annualized in the case of any bonus paid with respect to a partial year) under the Management Incentive Plans in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control;

(c)           Payment of Health Insurance Cost—you will receive from the Company a lump sum payment, in cash, equal to  times the monthly cost you would incur if you elected to receive COBRA coverage under  all
Company group health plans under which you are receiving coverage at the time of your termination and you will be permitted (but not required) to elect COBRA coverage under such plan or plans for any period of time up to the maximum permitted under such plan or plans;

(d)           Payment In Lieu of Pension Enhancement—you  will receive from the Company a cash lump sum payment equal to the actuarial equivalent of the excess of:

(1)  the hypothetical pension benefit you would have accrued under the terms of the Company Pension Plan (without regard to any amendment to the Plan made subsequent to a Change in Control of the Company and on or prior to the Date of Termination which amendment adversely affects in any manner the computation of retirement benefits
thereunder) determined as if you were fully vested thereunder and as if you continued to be employed full-time by the Company until the earlier of the  anniversary of your Date of Termination or your attainment of Normal Retirement Age under the Company Pension Plan (the earlier of the said two dates shall be your “Deemed Retirement Date”), over

(2) your actual pension benefit determined under the Company Pension Plan as of your Date of Termination.

For the purpose of determining the excess amount in the preceding sentence: (1) your hypothetical pension benefit and your actual pension benefit shall be calculated as life annuities commencing on your Normal Retirement Date, (2) the compensation used to compute the your hypothetical pension benefit shall be the same as the compensation
used to compute your actual pension benefit, as determined under the Company Pension Plan, and (3) "actuarial equivalent" shall be determined using the same methods and assumptions utilized under the Company Pension Plan immediately prior to the Change in Control except that the lump sum amount determined under this Section 4(iii)(d) shall be assumed to be paid to you on your Deemed Retirement Date rather than the actual date of payment.

  

  

  

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(e)           Outplacement Services—the Company shall pay directly or reimburse you for the cost of outplacement services with an outplacement firm selected by you for a period of up to six months and for an amount
not to exceed $25,000 provided that such outplacement services must be received by you, and any reimbursable expenses incurred by you submitted to the Company, within twenty-four (24) months following your Date of Termination; and

(f)           Stock Option Vesting—unless otherwise provided in an equity award agreement, you shall be fully vested as of the date of the Change in Control in any and all equity awards (including but not limited
to stock options and restricted stock) held by you immediately prior to such Change in Control.

(iv)           Time of Payment.

(a)  Direct Payment or Reimbursement.  Amounts payable under Section 4(iii)(e) (Outplacement Services) shall be paid directly by the  Company when invoiced by the provider of outplacement services,
or reimbursed within 10 days after Company receives reasonable proof of payment of such services by you.

(b)  Lump Sum Payments.  Subject to Section 14, the payments provided for in Section 4(iii)(b) (Lump Sum Severance Pay), Section 4(iii)(c) (Payment of Health Insurance Cost) and 4(iii)(d) (Payment In Lieu of Pension Enhancement) shall be made not later
than the fifth (5th) day following the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to you on such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth
(30th) day after the Date of Termination.  In the event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to you payable on the fifth day after demand therefor by the Company (together with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code).

(v)           No Requirement to Mitigate Payments.  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount
of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by you to the Company, or otherwise.

(vi)           Cut-Back to Avoid Excess Parachute Payment.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the aggregate present value of all "payments in the nature of compensation" (within
the meaning of Section 28OG of the Code) provided to you in connection with a Change in Control of the Company or the termination of your employment shall be one dollar less than the amount that is fully deductible by the Company under Section 28OG of the Code and, to the extent necessary, payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be reduced in order that this limitation not be exceeded.  Such reduction shall be taken from the lump sum severance pay otherwise payable to you under Section 4(iii)(b).  It
is the intention of this Section 4(vi) to avoid excise taxes on you under Section 4999 of the Code and the disallowance of a deduction to the Company pursuant to Section 28OG of the Code.

  

  

  

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5.             Successors, Binding Agreement.

(i)            Company To Require Successor To Assume Obligations.  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially
all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled
hereunder if you had terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change in Control of the Company regardless of whether such succession constitutes a “Change in Control” under section 2(i).  In order to receive compensation under this Section 5, you must terminate your employment in accordance with Section 3(iv) (including providing the Company or its successor with a Notice of Termination within 90 days following the Company’s failure and providing the Company with 30 days
in which to correct its failure), however, the failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of the succession shall be deemed the “Good Cause” that justifies your termination of employment.  As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(ii)           Agreement To Benefit Your Successors.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by you and your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors,
heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder had you continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

(iii)          Waiver of Defenses, Presumption.  The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that you shall have a contractual right to the benefits provided hereunder, and the Company expressly waives any ability,
if possible, to deny liability for any breach of its contractual commitment hereunder upon the grounds of lack of consideration, accord and satisfaction or any other defense.  In any dispute arising after a Change in Control of the Company as to whether you are entitled to benefits under this Agreement, there shall be a presumption that you are entitled to such benefits and the burden of proving otherwise shall be on the Company.

  

  

  

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(iv)          Payments Do Not Offset Other Amounts Due from Company.  All benefits to be paid hereunder shall be in addition to any Disability, workers' compensation, or other Company benefit plan distribution, unpaid
vacation or other unpaid benefits that you have at the Date of Termination.

(v)           Termination of Agreement by Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that the scope or extent of your employment duties or responsibilities with
the Company are reduced as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall have no further obligations to you hereunder.  The Company shall deliver to you a written notice (the "Termination Notice") of such determination and this Agreement shall terminate effective upon your receipt of the Termination Notice; provided, however, that no Termination Notice shall be effective if delivered within six (6) months prior to a Change in Control of the Company.

6.             Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered
or mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided that all notice to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with a copy to the Secretary of the Company, 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.

7.             Miscellaneous.

(i)  Amendment of Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.

(ii)  Waivers Do Not Apply To Subsequent Breaches.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

(iii)  Governing Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

  

  

  

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(iv)  References to Statutes.  All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections.

(v)  Section Headings.  Section, subsection and paragraph headings are for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in the construal of this Agreement.

(vi)  Survival of Company’s Obligations.  In the event of a Change in Control of the Company during the term of this Agreement, the obligations of the Company under Section 4 shall survive the expiration of the term of this Agreement consistent with
the periods referenced in Section 4.

(vii)  Application of Code Section 409A.  This Agreement is intended to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and shall be construed in such manner as to avoid a violation of said Code section.

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

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

10.           Resolution of Disputes

(i)            Arbitration.  Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in the State
of New York, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction.

(ii)            Notification of a Dispute, Procedure.  In the event that either party to this Agreement seeks to dispute an action or inaction of the other party (including but not limited to a claim of termination
of your employment for a specified reason, a claim that termination or Change in Control occurred on a specified date, or a determination concerning an amount payable under Section 4), the party wishing to dispute the action or inaction shall give notice to the other party that a dispute exists.  In the case of a dispute regarding termination of your employment, such notice shall be given within 15 days after any Notice of Termination is given or, if the Notice of Termination is not properly given,
prior to the Date of Termination.  In the case of any other dispute, such notice shall be given reasonably promptly after the disputing party becomes aware (or would have become aware upon the exercise of reasonable diligence) of the facts giving rise to the dispute.  Thereafter, you shall pursue the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence including commencing an arbitration proceeding in accordance with Section 10(i) within 180 days after the notice of dispute is given and pursuing
resolution of the dispute through the arbitration proceeding with reasonable diligence.  The Company shall pay to you all reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by you in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement provided that the Court or arbitrators do not find that you acted in bad faith.

 

  

  

  

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(iii)           Date of Termination.  The Date of Termination provided under Section 3(vi) shall not be changed as a result of a dispute concerning the termination of your employment.

(iv)           Delay in Payment of Amount Due.  If the Company fails to pay any amount due under Section 4 in connection with the termination of your employment and you dispute such failure, payment of such
amount shall be made no later than the end of your first taxable year in which the you and the Company enter into a legally binding settlement of such dispute, the Company concedes that the amount is payable, or the Company is required to make such payment pursuant to a final and nonappealable judgment or other binding decision.

11.           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and during the term of the Agreement supersedes the provisions
of all prior Change in Control agreements entered into between you and the Company and all other prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

12.           Payments Net of Withholding.  Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law.

13.           No Other Severance Payments.  The benefits provided under this Agreement in the event of a Change in Control are your exclusive severance benefit.  Accordingly, you agree that you will
not receive benefits under any broad-based severance plan of the Company if you receive any severance benefits under this Agreement.

14.           Delayed Payment to Specified Employee.  In the event that you are a “Specified Employee” on your Date of Termination hereunder, no payment shall be made to you under this Agreement until
the day following the 6-month anniversary of your Date of Termination.  The preceding sentence shall not apply to:

(i) payment  of  reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by you in connection with a dispute, in accordance with Section 3(vi)(c);

(ii) payment of severance pay as provided in Section 4(iii)(b) but only to the extent that such pay is paid on account of involuntary separation from service, such pay does not exceed two times the lesser of your annualized compensation or the amount that can be taken into account under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) in the calendar
year in which occurs your Date of Termination, and such pay is paid on or before the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which occurs your Date of Termination, all within the meaning of within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii);

  

  

  

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(iii) payment for outplacement services in accordance with Section 4(iii)(e); or

(v) the acceleration of vesting of any equity award (that does not constitute a deferral of compensation under the Code Section 409A regulations) in accordance with Section 4(iii)(f).

You are a “Specified Employee” if your Date of Termination occurs on or after July 1 of a calendar year and you were a “key employee” within the meaning of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Code Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during
the 12-consecutive month period ending on the preceding March 31.  If your Date of Termination occurs in a given calendar year before July 1 of that year, you are a Specified Employee” if you were a “key employee” (within the meaning of the preceding sentence) on any day during the second preceding 12-consecutive month period ending on the preceding March 31.

If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter thereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

	  	  	
Sincerely,

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	
COLUMBUS McKINNON CORPORATION

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	
By:
	  
	  	  	
Name:
	
Timothy T. Tevens

	  	  	
Title:
	
President and Chief Executive Officer

	  	  	  	  
	
Agreed as of the ______
	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	
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Exhibit 10.65

Omnibus Code Section 409A Compliance Policy

COLUMBUS McKINNON CORPORATION and its Affiliates (the “Company”) hereby adopts this Code Section 409A Compliance Policy (“Policy”) to be effective January 1, 2009.

WHEREAS the Company has adopted and will in the future adopt various compensation agreements, policies and plans (“Arrangements”) that are or may constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation plans” within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder, and

WHEREAS Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder require that all Arrangements be in writing and compliant with Code Section 409A and the Regulations no later than December 31, 2008, and

WHEREAS the Company intends for this Policy to supplement the terms of each of its Arrangements, whether or not the Arrangement is otherwise in written form,

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with its authority to amend each Arrangement and/or its authority to impose unilaterally rules governing how it will administer each arrangement, the Company hereby declares that each Arrangement in existence on December 31, 2008 shall be deemed amended effective December 31, 2008, and each Arrangement not
in existence on December 31, 2008 shall be deemed amended when such Arrangement comes into existence, as follows:

1. Definitions.

 

1.1  “Affiliate” means any entity that, with the Company, forms part of a controlled group of corporations or group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Code Section 414(b) or (c).  Accordingly, an Affiliate may be any corporation
or other entity that is 80 percent or more owned directly or indirectly by Columbus McKinnon Corporation

1.2  “Arrangement” means any plan, agreement, policy or other arrangement that provides for the payment of Compensation.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Arrangement may include a generally applicable Compensation plan or policy, an individual
employment agreement, a change in control agreement or an equity compensation plan.

1.3  “Compensation” means “compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 61(a)(1) payable to an Employee who is a United States (“US”) citizen or US resident alien subject to US income tax with respect to the Compensation.

1.4  “Deferred Compensation” means Compensation that is payable at a time and in a manner that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(1) or another section of the Regulations

 

  

  

  

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1.5  “Employee” means an employee or former employee of the Company.

1.6  “Company” means Columbus McKinnon Corporation and its Affiliates.

1.7 “Regulation” or “Regulations” means the final Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 409A as amended.

1.8  “Separation from Service” has the meaning provided at Regulation §1.409A-1(h).

1.9  “Specified Employee”  means an Employee who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(2)(B)(i) and Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) as determined by the Company in a uniform manner for all nonqualified deferred compensation
plans maintained by the Company under written rules adopted by the Company for the identification of Specified Employees as may be in effect and compliant with Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) on the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service.  If there are no written rules adopted by the Company for the identification of Specified Employees in effect and compliant with Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) on the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service, then the default rules
of Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) shall apply.  For purposes of determining “Specified Employees”, the specified employee identification date shall be March 31 and the specified employee effective date shall be July 1.

1.10  “Substantial Risk of Forfeiture” has the meaning provided at Regulation §1.409A-1(d).

2. Application of Short-term Deferral Rule.  In the case of an Arrangement that does not otherwise provide in its governing document when Compensation will be paid, such Compensation
shall be paid as soon as practicable following the lapse of any Substantial Risk of Forfeiture with respect to such Compensation, within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4)(i)(C), and in all events shall be paid on or before the last day of the “applicable 2-1/2 month period”, within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4)(i).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any bonus or other incentive pay that is payable in a Company taxable year following the Company
taxable year in which it is earned shall be paid on or before the last day of the “applicable 2-1/2 month period”, within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4)(i), unless the Arrangement provides for payment at another time.

 

3. Application of 6-Month Delay Rule.  In the case of an Arrangement that provides for payment of Deferred Compensation to a Specified Employee, which payment is triggered by the
Specified Employee’s Separation from Service, unless the payment is a separate “payment” within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2) that is clearly intended to be paid within the short-term deferral period provided under Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4), or the payment is clearly intended to constitute separation pay due to involuntary separation from service within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii), payment of the Deferred Compensation shall not occur sooner than
the day following the date that is the 6-month anniversary of the date of the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service (“Delayed Payment Date”).

 

  

  

  

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Unless the Arrangement provides otherwise, payment of the Deferred Compensation shall occur (in the case of a single payment) or commence (in the case of multiple payments) on or before the 90th day following the Delayed Payment Date.  If the Arrangement provides for installment or annuity payments commencing prior to the Delayed
Payment Date, all installments or annuity payments that would have been paid before the Delayed Payment Date but for this 6-month delay rule, shall be paid on or before the 90th day following the Delayed Payment Date.

Unless otherwise specified by an Arrangement, no interest or other earnings shall be paid between the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service and the Delayed Payment Date.

For purposes of this Section 3, a payment is clearly intended to constitute separation pay due to involuntary separation from service within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) if the payment will be made solely in the event of an involuntary separation from service and the amount paid before the Delayed Payment Date does
not exceed the limiting amount described in Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A) and such amount must be paid no later than the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the Separation from Service occurs.

4. Payment Period Overlapping Two Taxable Years.  In the case of an Arrangement that provides for payment of Deferred Compensation during a period of two or more days that overlap
two taxable years of the Employee or other payee, the Employee or other payee to whom the amount is payable shall have no right to determine the taxable year in which payment occurs.

 

5. No Acceleration of Payments.  Any existing provision or subsequent amendment of any Arrangement that has the effect of accelerating the payment of Deferred Compensation shall be
null and void except insofar as the acceleration is permitted under Regulation §1.409A-3(j).

 

6. Application of the Toggle Rule under Regulation §1.409A-3(c).  Except as otherwise provided in the Regulations, each deferral of compensation provision of an Arrangement that
constitutes a separate “plan” under Regulation §1.409A-1(c)(2) (including any other deferral of compensation provision under the first Arrangement and/or any other Arrangement that must be aggregated with the such provision under the first Arrangement as a single “plan” under Regulation §1.409A-1(c)(2)) may designate only one time and form of payment upon the occurrence of each payment event within the meaning of Regulation §1.409A-3(a)(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6).  In
the event that any such provision in violation of the Regulations designates more than one time and form of payment upon the occurrence of a payment event, the provision shall be deemed to designate as the time and form of payment for any occurrence of such payment event, the time and form of payment in effect under the provision for the earliest possible occurrence of the payment event, and with the fewest payment triggers, notwithstanding any contrary language in the first or any other Arrangement.  This
Section 6 is intended to comply with Regulation §1.409A-3(c) while preserving to the extent practicable the terms of the first and any other Arrangement and shall be so construed.

 

  

  

  

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7. Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred During Employment.  The Company’s reimbursement of an expense incurred by an Employee, if such reimbursement is includable in the Employee’s
gross income, shall occur no later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred.  The amount of expense eligible for reimbursement with respect to any calendar year shall not effect the amount of such expense eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year unless otherwise permitted under the Regulations.  An Employee’s eligibility for reimbursement of an expense may not be exchanged for another benefit.

 

8. Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred After Employment.  The Company shall not reimburse any expense incurred after employment by an Employee, if such reimbursement is includable
in the Employee’s gross income, unless such reimbursement is made pursuant to an Arrangement that provides: (1) an objectively determinable nondiscretionary definition of the expense eligible for reimbursement, and (2) only for reimbursement of expenses incurred during an objectively and specifically prescribed period (which may be the lifetime of the former Employee).  In addition, any such Arrangement shall be deemed to provide that: (1) the amount of expense eligible for reimbursement with
respect to any calendar year shall not effect the amount of such expense eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year unless otherwise permitted under the Regulations, (2) the reimbursement shall occur no later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, and (3) the Employee’s eligibility for reimbursement of the expense may not be liquidated or exchanged for another benefit.

 

9. Provision of in-kind Benefits After Employment.  The Company shall not provide any in-kind benefit to an Employee after the individual has ceased to be employed by the Company
unless the in-kind benefit is provided pursuant to an Arrangement that provides: (1) an objectively determinable nondiscretionary definition of the in-kind benefit to be provided, and (2) only for the provision of the in-kind benefit during an objectively and specifically prescribed period (which may be the lifetime of the  Employee).  In addition, any such Arrangement shall be deemed to provide that: (1) the amount of the in-kind benefit provided in any calendar year shall not effect the
amount of such in-kind benefit provided in any other calendar year unless otherwise permitted under the Regulations, and (2) the Employee’s eligibility for the in-kind benefit may not be liquidated or exchanged for another benefit.  This Section 9 is limited to in-kind benefits that are includable in the Employee’s gross income.

 

  

  

  

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10. Tax Gross-up Payments.  Any Arrangement that provides for tax gross-up payments to be paid to or on behalf of an Employee shall be deemed to provide that payment will be made
by the end of the Employee’s taxable year next following the Employee’s taxable year in which the Employee remits the related taxes.  For purposes of this section, the term “tax gross-up payment” refers to a payment to reimburse the Employee in an amount equal to all or a designated portion of the Federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed upon the Employee as a result of Compensation paid or made available to the Employee by the Company, including the amount of additional
taxes imposed upon the Employee due to the Company's payment of the initial taxes on such Compensation.  In addition, any Arrangement that provides a right to the reimbursement of expenses incurred due to a tax audit or litigation addressing the existence or amount of a tax liability, whether Federal, state, local, or foreign, shall be deemed to provide that payment of the reimbursement will be made by the end of the Employee's taxable year following the Employee's taxable year in which the taxes that
are the subject of the audit or litigation are remitted to the taxing authority, or where as a result of such audit or litigation no taxes are remitted, the end of the Employee's taxable year following the Employee's taxable year in which the audit is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the litigation.

 

11. Deferral of Compensation Paid for Final Payroll Period.  Unless an Arrangement provides otherwise, Compensation payable after the last day of the Employee's taxable year solely
for services performed during the final payroll period described in Code Section 3401(b) containing the last day of the Employee's taxable year, where such amount is payable pursuant to the timing arrangement under which the Company normally compensates Employees for services performed during a payroll period described in Code Section 3401(b), is treated as compensation for services performed in the subsequent taxable year in which the payment is made.  Any amendment of an Arrangement to add a provision
providing for a differing treatment of such compensation may not be effective for 12 months from the date the amendment is executed and enacted.

 

12. Disputed payments and refusals to pay.  If the Company fails to make a payment  of Deferred Compensation
in whole or in part as of the date specified under an Arrangement, either intentionally or unintentionally, other than with the express or implied consent of the Employee, the payment will be treated as made upon the date specified under the Arrangement if the Employee accepts the portion (if any) of the payment that the Company is willing to make (unless such acceptance will result in a relinquishment of the claim to all or part of the remaining amount), makes prompt and reasonable, good faith efforts to collect
the remaining portion of the payment, and any further payment (including payment of a lesser amount that satisfies the obligation to make the payment) is made no later than the end of the first taxable year of the Employee in which the Company and the Employee enter into a legally binding settlement of such dispute, the Company concedes that the amount is payable, or the Company is required to make such payment pursuant to a final and nonappealable judgment or other binding decision.  For purposes of
this Section, efforts to collect the payment will be presumed not to be prompt, reasonable, good faith efforts, unless the Employee provides notice to the Company within 90 days of the latest date upon which the payment could have been timely made in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement and the Regulations, and unless, if not paid, the Employee takes further enforcement measures within 180 days after such latest date.  This Section 12 does not apply indemnification payments which are not subject
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13. Compliance with Section 409A.  This Policy is intended avoid the imposition of  additional taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, whether by reason of the
form or the operation of any Arrangement.  The Policy shall at all times be interpreted, construed, and administered with respect to Arrangements so as to avoid insofar as possible the imposition of additional taxes and other penalties under Section 409A of the Code.  This Policy is adopted with the intent to cause Arrangements to achieve compliance with Code Section 409A and the Regulations and shall be construed accordingly.  Any provision in this Policy that is found to conflict
with the Regulations shall be deemed inoperative

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Policy has been executed by a duly authorized officer of Columbus McKinnon Corporation on the date indicated below the signature.

	  	
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The undersigned employee of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”) agrees that the foregoing Omnibus Code Section 409A Compliance Policy shall be applicable to any agreements between the Company and the undersigned concerning the payment of deferred compensation by the Company to the Undersigned.

	  	
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