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Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Kevin Lilly

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Title: Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Kevin Lilly
Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Sector: Capital Goods

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Kevin Lilly, Parties: spx corporation
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EXHIBIT 10.37

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Kevin Lilly

 

This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective as of November 20, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by and between SPX Corporation (the “Company”), and Kevin Lilly (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive previously entered into an employment agreement, effective as of January 6, 2006, as amended (the “Previous Employment Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive as its Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend and restate the Previous Employment Agreement as set forth below; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have reached agreement concerning the terms and conditions of his continued employment and wish to formalize that agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms, covenants and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                        Employment.   The Company employs the Executive and the Executive hereby accepts continued employment with the Company and appointment as its Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel.  During the Employment Term (as hereinafter defined), the Executive will have the title, status and duties of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel and will report directly to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.  The Executive’s principal business office shall be at the Company’s principal business office located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Executive’s principal family residence shall be located within 50 miles of the Company’s principal business office for the duration of the Employment Term.

 

2.                                        Term of Employment.   The term of employment (“Employment Term”) will commence on the Effective Date, and will continue thereafter until one (1) year from the Effective Date and will be automatically extended for subsequent one (1) day periods for each day of the Employment Term that passes after the Effective Date, unless sooner terminated by either party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  The intent of the foregoing provision is that the Agreement becomes “evergreen” on the Effective Date so that on each passing day after the Effective Date the Employment Term automatically extends to a full one-year period.

 

3.                                        Duties.   During the Employment Term:

 


 

(a)                                   The Executive will perform duties assigned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), from time to time; provided that the Executive shall not be assigned tasks inconsistent with those of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel.

 

(b)                                  The Executive will devote his full time and best efforts, talents, knowledge and experience to serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel.  However, the Executive may devote reasonable time to activities such as supervision of personal investments and activities involving professional, charitable, educational, religious and similar types of activities, speaking engagements and membership on other boards of directors, provided such activities do not interfere in any material way with the business of the Company; provided that, the Executive cannot serve on the board of directors of more than one publicly-traded company without the Board’s written consent.  The time involved in such activities shall not be treated as vacation time.  The Executive shall be entitled to keep any amounts paid to him in connection with such activities ( e.g. , director fees and honoraria).

 

(c)                                   The Executive will perform his duties diligently and competently and shall act in conformity with the Company’s written and oral policies and within the limits, budgets and business plans set by the Company.  The Executive will at all times during the Employment Term strictly adhere to and obey all of the rules and regulations in effect from time to time relating to the conduct of executives of the Company.  Except as provided in (b) above, the Executive shall not engage in consulting work or any trade or business for his own account or for or on behalf of any other person, firm or company that competes, conflicts or interferes with the performance of his duties hereunder in any material way.

 

4.                                        Compensation and Benefits.   During the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Company shall provide to the Executive, and the Executive shall accept from the Company as full compensation for the Executive’s services hereunder, compensation and benefits as follows:

 

(a)                                   Base Salary .  The Company shall pay the Executive at an annual base salary (“Base Salary”) of four hundred, twenty five thousand dollars ($425,000).  The Board, or such committee of the Board as is responsible for setting the compensation of officers, shall review the Executive’s performance and Base Salary annually in January of each year, and determine whether to adjust the Executive’s Base Salary on a prospective basis.  Such adjusted annual salary then shall become the Executive’s “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.  The Executive’s annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any increase, without the Executive’s consent.  The Company shall pay the Executive’s Base Salary according to payroll practices in effect for all officers of the Company.

 

(b)                                  Incentive Compensation .  The Executive shall be eligible to participate in any annual performance bonus plans, long-term incentive plans, and/or equity-based compensation plans established or maintained by the Company for its officers, including, but not limited to the SPX Corporation Stock Compensation Plan, all as the Board (or appropriate Board committee) may determine from time to time in its discretion.  For the

 

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2008 bonus plan year, the Executive shall be eligible for a target bonus under the Company’s bonus plan equal to eighty percent (80%) of his Base Salary provided that all performance goals set by the Company are met.  The Board (or appropriate Board committee) will determine and communicate to the Executive his annual bonus plan participation for subsequent bonus plan years, no later than March 31 of such bonus plan year.  The Company will pay the Executive’s annual performance bonus at the same time as annual performance bonus payments for such year (if any) are made to other participants with respect to such fiscal year, and in all events within the two and one-half (2½) months following the end of the calendar year in which the bonus is earned.  Annual performance bonuses are intended to qualify for the short-term deferral exception to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

(c)                                   Executive Benefit Plans .  The Executive will be eligible to participate in any executive benefit plans offered by the Company including, without limitation, medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability, life, pension, profit sharing and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, as the Board may determine in its discretion.  The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue any and all of the plans, practices, policies and programs at any time without recourse by the Executive, so long as the Company takes such action generally with respect to other similarly situated officers.

 

(d)                                  Business Expenses .  The Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred in the performance of services with the Company, according to the Company’s policies and upon Executive’s presentation of an itemized written statement and such verification as the Company may require, provided that such expenses shall be reimbursed no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expenses were incurred.

 

(e)                                   Perquisites .  The Company will provide the Executive with all perquisites it provides to other similarly situated officers.  Such perquisites shall not be less than those provided to the Executive on the Effective Date.  The Company will also reimburse the Executive for annual income tax return preparation and financial planning up to $20,000 per year.  The Company will make such reimbursements in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement practices, and in all events no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred.

 

(f)                                     Vacation . The Executive will be entitled to vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy for officers, but in no event less than 5 weeks per calendar year.  The maximum vacation accrual allowed from year to year and at any given time will equal Executive’s annual entitlement.  Once the maximum accrual is reached, Executive will no longer accrue vacation until the unused amount accrued is below the maximum level allowed.

 

(g)                                  Retiree Medical .  The Executive shall be entitled to receive retiree medical benefits during his lifetime in accordance with the eligibility requirements and plan offerings for access to retiree medical benefits provided generally to full-time employees of the Company.  The Executive may cover his spouse or dependents eligible at the time

 

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of retirement.  The cost of such benefits for the Executive, his spouse and eligible dependents, will be 100% of the premiums and shall be reimbursed by the Company on an annual basis up to the date the Executive reaches Medicare eligibility due to age, at which point such reimbursement shall cease.  Such reimbursement shall be made in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement practices, and in all events no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the premiums were incurred, and in accordance with the other requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions).  Depending on the plan, all or a portion of the reimbursement may be taxable.  Such benefits shall include prescription drug coverage, but not dental or vision benefits unless included in the medical plan.  Upon reaching Medicare eligibility due to age, Medicare shall become the primary payor of medical/prescription benefits for the Executive, his spouse or eligible dependents as applicable, and the reimbursement of premiums for such coverage by the Company shall cease.  In the event that the Company terminates retiree access to medical and/or prescription benefits generally for retirees, the Executive shall be entitled to an annual reimbursement from the Company upon proof of continued coverage for comparable medical and/or prescription coverage under an individual policy or other group policy, subject to a maximum total reimbursement of one and one-half times the applicable premium of the plan in effect at the time retiree access is terminated at the appropriate coverage level, and subject to maximum annual inflation adjustment thereafter of five (5) percent.  Upon the death of the Executive, a surviving spouse will continue eligibility and reimbursement as described above.  Surviving dependent children will not receive premium reimbursement beyond the COBRA continuation period.  For all other COBRA qualifying events other than the death of the Executive, reimbursement will cease upon commencement of the COBRA continuation period.

 

5.                                        Payments on Termination of Employment.

 

(a)                                   Definition of Termination of Employment .  For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when the Executive has a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and references to termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.

 

(b)                                  Termination of Employment for any Reason .  The following payments will be made upon the Executive’s termination of employment for any reason:

 

(i)                                      Earned but unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination;

 

(ii)                                   Any annual incentive plan bonus, for which the performance measurement period has ended, but which is unpaid at the time of termination;

 

(iii)                                Any accrued but unpaid vacation;

 

(iv)                               Any amounts payable under any of the Company’s benefit plans in accordance with the terms of those plans, except as may be required under Code Section 401(a)(13); and

 

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(v)                                  Unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive on the Company’s behalf.

 

 (c)                                Termination of Employment for Death or Disability .  In addition to the amounts determined under (b) above, if the Executive’s termination of employment occurs by reason of death or disability, the Executive (or his estate) will receive a pro rata portion of any bonus payable under the Company’s annual incentive plan for the year in which such termination occurs determined based on the highest of (i) the actual annual bonus paid for the bonus plan year immediately preceding such termination, or (ii) the target bonus for the bonus plan year in which such termination occurs.  The Executive will be deemed to be disabled upon the earlier of (i) the end of a six (6) consecutive month period during which, by reason of physical or mental injury or disease, the Executive has been unable to perform substantially all of his usual and customary duties under this Agreement or (ii) the date that a reputable physician selected by the Board, and as to whom the Executive has no reasonable objection, determines in writing that the Executive will, by reason of physical or mental injury or disease, be unable to perform substantially all of the Executive’s usual and customary duties under this Agreement for a period of at least six (6) consecutive months.  If any question arises as to whether the Executive is disabled, upon reasonable request therefore by the Board, the Exec


 
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