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SPX CORPORATION 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION PLAN

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: SPX CORPORATION 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION PLAN
Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Sector: Capital Goods

SPX CORPORATION 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: spx corp
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EXHIBIT 10.31

 

SPX CORPORATION
2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’
COMPENSATION PLAN

 

Table of Contents

 

SECTION 1.

ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN

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1.1

Establishment

1

1.2

Purpose

1

1.3

Restatement Effective Date

1

 

 

 

SECTION 2.

DEFINITIONS

2

 

 

 

SECTION 3.

ELIGIBILITY

5

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

PERFORMANCE SHARES

6

4.1

Grant & Vesting Schedule

6

4.2

Forfeiture

8

4.3

Payout

8

4.4

Adjustment in Capitalization

8

4.5

Dividends

9

4.6

Conversion of EVA Bank Balances

9

 

 

 

SECTION 5.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

10

 

 

 

SECTION 6.

MISCELLANEOUS

11

6.1

Administration

11

6.2

Delegation

11

6.3

Rights of Directors

11

6.4

Funding Not Required

11

6.5

Non-Alienation

12

6.6

Tax Withholding

12

6.7

Indemnification

12

6.8

Requirements of Law

12

6.9

Governing Law

12

6.10

Construction

13

 

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SECTION 1.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN

 

1.1                                  Establishment .  SPX Corporation, a Delaware corporation, established the “SPX CORPORATION 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION PLAN” (the “Plan”) effective as of February 28, 2005.

 

1.2                                  Purpose .  In conjunction with the SPX Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation Plan, the purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing a compensation program for Non-Employee Directors.  Such program utilizes, in part, Performance Shares where the vesting of such Performance Shares depends on certain performance thresholds, thereby presenting a strong incentive to enhance shareholder value.  By thus compensating Non-Employee Directors, the Company seeks to attract, retain, compensate and motivate those highly competent individuals whose judgment, initiative, leadership, and efforts are important to the continued success of the Company.

 

1.3                                  Restatement Effective Date .  The Plan is hereby amended and restated effective as of December 17, 2008.

 


 

SECTION 2.  DEFINITIONS

 

As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

 

(a)                                   “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

(b)                                  “Change of Control” means the occurrence of one of the following:

 

(i)                                      any person, entity or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding, for this purpose, the Company or any subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries which acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities 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 fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an acquisition of securities of the Company by the Company which, by reducing the number of voting securities outstanding, increases the direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest of any person to fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, but any subsequent increase in the direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest of such a person in the Company shall be deemed a Change of Control; and provided further that if the Board determines in good faith that a person who has become the beneficial owner directly or indirectly of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities has inadvertently reached that level of ownership interest, and if such person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient amount of securities of the Company so that the person no longer has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest in fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, then no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred; or

 

(ii)                                   during any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the Effective Date), individuals who at the beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board and any new director (except for a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement to effect a transaction described elsewhere in this subsection (b)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders 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 of election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or

 

(iii)                                the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, an agreement for the sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or a plan of

 

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reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, except for a reorganization, merger or consolidation in which the security owners of the Company immediately prior to the reorganization, merger or consolidation continue to own at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the voting securities of the new (or continuing) entity immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation.

 

(c)                                   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to any Section of the Code shall include any successor provision thereto and applicable regulations or guidance thereunder.

 

(d)                                  “Company” means SPX Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

(e)                                   “Establishment Date” means February 28, 2005.

 

(f)                                     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  References to any Section of the Exchange Act shall include any successor provision thereto and applicable regulations or guidance thereunder.

 

(g)                                  “Fair Market Value” means, as to any date, the closing price of a share of SPX Common Stock as reported in the “NYSE-Composite Transactions” Section of the Midwest Edition of The Wall Street Journal for such date or, if no prices are quoted for such date, on the next preceding date on which such prices of SPX Common Stock are so quoted.

 

(h)                                  “Non-Employee Director” means any person who is a member of the Board and who is not, as of the date of an award under the Plan, an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(i)                                      “Performance Share” means the expression on the Company’s books which is equivalent to one SPX Share.

 

(j)                                      “Return Condition” means, for the applicable measurement period, that the Total Shareholder Return exceeds the S&P Return.

 

(k)                                   “S&P Return” means the percentage return of the S&P 500 Composite Index (using total shareholder return of the S&P 500 Composite Index as reported by Interactive Data Corporation (or any applicable successor entity thereto)) during the applicable measurement period.

 

(l)                                      “SPX Common Stock” or “SPX Share” means the common stock, par value $10.00 per share, of the Company.

 

(m)                                “Total Shareholder Return” means the percentage change in the Fair Market Value of one SPX Share (using total shareholder return of the SPX Common Stock as reported by Interactive Data Corporation (or any applicable successor entity thereto)) during the applicable measurement period.

 

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(n)                                  “409A Change in Control” shall have the same meaning as under the SPX Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation Plan.

 

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SECTION 3.  ELIGIBILITY

 

Each Non-Employee Director as of the Establishment Date and each person who becomes a Non-Employee Director after the Establishment Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.  Upon the date on which any such person ceases to be a Non-Employee Director, such person shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan thereafter.

 

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SECTION 4.  PERFORMANCE SHARES

 

4.1                                  Grant & Vesting Schedule .  With respect to service during each calendar year after December 31, 2004, and to the extent determined by the Board in its sole discretion, each Non-Employee Director serving as such on the applicable grant date shall receive a grant of 2,500 Performance Shares on January 1 of the applicable calendar year (or such other date as the Board may provide).

 

With respect to Performance Shares granted to Non-Employee Directors in 2005, such Performance Shares shall vest (provided the Non-Employee Director is still a member of the Board as of the applicable date) as follows:

 

(a)                                   One-third (1/3) of the Performance Shares granted shall vest on:

 

(i)                                      the first anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the grant date to the day immediately preceding such first anniversary date; or, if such Return Condition is not met,

 

(ii)                                   the second anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the grant date to the day immediately preceding such second anniversary date; or, if such Return Condition is not met,

 

(iii)                                the third anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the grant date to the day immediately preceding such third anniversary date.

 

(b)                                  One-third (1/3) of the Performance Shares granted shall vest on:

 

(i)                                      the second anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the first anniversary of the grant date to the day immediately preceding such second anniversary date; or, if such Return Condition is not met,

 

(ii)                                   the third anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the first anniversary of the grant date to the day immediately preceding such third anniversary date.

 

(c)                                   One-third (1/3) of the Performance Shares granted shall vest on the third anniversary of the grant date if the Return Condition is met for the measurement period dating from the seco


 
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