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[ECHLIN LOGO]
Dear Fellow Shareowner:
As you may know, SPX Corporation is soliciting Demands to call a special
meeting of Echlin shareholders to gain control of your Company. Your Board of
Directors unanimously opposes this attempt by SPX, and unanimously recommends
that you do not deliver any Demands (including any Gold demand cards) to SPX.
Whether or not you have executed a Demand, your Board urges you to sign and
deliver the enclosed GREEN revocation card today.
The enclosed Revocation Solicitation Statement contains information as to
why you should, and how to, revoke any previously signed and delivered Demand.
Thank you for your continued support.
Very truly yours,
Larry McCurdy
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
March 16, 1998
