TEREX CORP
10-Q, EX-10, 2000-08-11
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                    CHANGE IN CONTROL AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT  dated as of April 1, 2000, is made by and between Terex
Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation (the "Company"),  and ______________  (the
"Executive").

         WHEREAS the Company considers it essential to the best interests of its
stockholders to foster the continued employment of key management personnel; and

         WHEREAS 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  (as  defined in the  Section 18 below)  exists and that such
possibility, and the uncertainty 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; and

         WHEREAS 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 the Executive,  to their  assigned  duties
without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing  circumstances arising
from the possibility of a Change in Control;

         NOW  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  premises  and  the  mutual
covenants  herein  contained,  the Company  and the  Executive  hereby  agree as
follows:

         1. Defined Terms.  The definitions of capitalized  terms used  in  this
Agreement are provided in Section 18 hereof.


         2. Term of Agreement.

                  2.1. (a) This Agreement  shall be effective  immediately  upon
its  execution  by the  parties  hereto  and shall  remain  in effect  until the
earliest of (i) the termination of the  Executive's  employment with the Company
prior to a Change in Control (other than a termination of Executive's employment
in anticipation of a Change in Control) for any of the following: by the Company
for Cause,  by  Executive  for any reason other than Good Reason or by reason of
Executive's death or Permanent  Disability;  (ii) the termination of Executive's
employment with the Company  following a Change in Control by reason of death or
Permanent  Disability,  by the  Company  for Cause or by the  Executive  for any
reason other than for a Good Reason;  or (iii) three (3) years after the date of
a Change in Control.

                        (b)  Notwithstanding  Section  2.1(a) to the contrary,
this  Agreement  shall  terminate two (2) years after its effective  date if the
Executive  is still in the employ of the Company and a Change in Control has not
occurred and is not reasonably expected to occur within the six (6) month period
thereafter.

         3. Change in Control. If the Executive's employment shall be terminated
within  twenty-four  (24)  months  following  a Change in  Control,  unless such
termination  is (i) by the  Company  for  Cause,  (ii) by  reason  of  death  or
Permanent Disability, or (iii) by the Executive without Good Reason, the Company
shall pay to the Executive an amount equal to the sum of (a) a lump sum equal to
two (2) times Executive's  annual salary in effect at the time written notice of

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termination  is given to  Executive;  (b) two (2)  times  Executive's  last paid
annual bonus for a calendar  year  preceding the calendar year in which the Date
of  Termination  occurs;  and (c) any accrued  vacation pay, in each case to the
extent not  theretofore  paid (the sum of the amounts  described in clauses (a),
(b) and (c) shall be hereinafter  referred to as the  "Severance").  The Company
shall  pay  to  the   Executive  any  Severance  in  a  cash  lump  sum  payment
simultaneously  with the  termination  of Executive's  employment  following any
Change  in  Control.  In  addition,   simultaneously  with  the  termination  of
Executive's  employment  following any Change in Control (x) all unvested  stock
options and stock grants  previously  awarded to Executive shall immediately and
unconditionally  vest and  Executive  shall have the right to exercise any stock
options  held by him in  accordance  with  their  terms  but in no  event  shall
Executive  have less than six (6) months  following the Date of  Termination  to
exercise  said  options;  (y) all units  granted to  Executive  pursuant  to the
Company's  1999 Long Term  Incentive  Compensation  Plan shall  immediately  and
unconditionally vest for their maximum cumulative value and be paid to Executive
simultaneously  with the  termination  of  employment  following  any  Change in
Control;  and (z) the Company shall provide  Executive with continuing  coverage
under the life, disability, accident and health insurance programs for employees
of the Company generally and under any supplemental programs covering executives
of the Company,  as from time to time in effect,  for the twenty four (24) month
period  from  such   termination  or  until  Executive   becomes   eligible  for
substantially  similar  coverage  under  the  employee  welfare  plans  of a new
employer,  whichever occurs earlier,  provided that  Executive's  right to elect
continued medical coverage after termination of employment under Part 6 of Title
I of the Employee  Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,  shall be
deemed  satisfied by the coverage  provided in this clause (z).  Executive shall
also be entitled to a  continuation  of all other benefits in effect at the time
of  termination  (including,  without  limitation,   automobile,  country  club,
vacation and pension  benefits,  if  applicable)  for the twenty four (24) month
period  following  such  termination  or until  Executive  becomes  eligible for
substantially similar benefits from a new employer.

         4. Excise Tax Gross-Up.

                  4.1.   Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Agreement  to  the
contrary and except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that
any  payment or  distribution  by the  Company or its  affiliates  to or for the
benefit  of  the  Executive   (whether  paid  or  payable  or   distributed   or
distributable  pursuant  to the  terms  of  this  Agreement  or  otherwise,  but
determined without regard to any additional payments required under this Section
4) (a  "Payment")  would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of
the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the "Code") or any interest or
penalties  are incurred by the  Executive  with respect to such excise tax (such
excise tax,  together  with any such  interest and  penalties,  are  hereinafter
collectively  referred  to as the "Excise  Tax"),  then the  Executive  shall be
entitled to receive an  additional  payment (a "Gross-Up  Payment") in an amount
such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or
penalties imposed with respect to such taxes),  including,  without  limitation,
any income taxes (and any interest and penalties  imposed with respect  thereto)
and Excise Tax imposed  upon the  Gross-Up  Payment,  the  Executive  retains an
amount  of the  Gross-Up  Payment  equal  to the  Excise  Tax  imposed  upon the
Payments.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if it shall be determined  that the
Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed
105% of the greatest  amount (the  "Reduced  Amount")  that could be paid to the
Executive  such that the receipt of  Payments  would not give rise to any Excise

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Tax,  then no Gross-Up  Payment shall be made to the Executive and the Payments,
in the aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount.

                  4.2.   Subject  to  the   provisions   of  Section   4.3,  all
determinations  required to be made under this Section 4, including  whether and
when a Gross-Up  Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and
the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination,  shall be made
by  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP or such other  nationally  recognized  certified
public  accounting  firm as may be designated by the Executive (the  "Accounting
Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting  calculations both to the Company
and the  Executive  simultaneously  with any  event  giving  rise to a  Gross-Up
Payment.  All fees and expenses of the Accounting  Firm shall be borne solely by
the Company.  Any Gross-Up  Payment,  as determined  pursuant to this Section 4,
shall be paid by the  Company  to the  Executive  simultaneously  with any event
giving rise to a Gross-Up  Payment.  Any  determination  by the Accounting  Firm
shall be  binding  upon  the  Company  and the  Executive.  As a  result  of the
uncertainty  in the  application  of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the
initial  determination  by the Accounting  Firm  hereunder,  it is possible that
Gross-Up  Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been
made  ("Underpayment"),  consistent  with the  calculations  required to be made
hereunder.  In the event that the  Company  exhausts  its  remedies  pursuant to
Section 4.3 and the  Executive  thereafter  is required to make a payment of any
Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall  determine the amount of the  Underpayment
that has  occurred  and any such  Underpayment  shall  be  promptly  paid by the
Company to or for the benefit of the Executive.

                  4.3. The Executive  shall notify the Company in writing of any
claim by the Internal  Revenue  Service that, if  successful,  would require the
payment  by the  Company  of the  Gross-Up  Payment  or the  Underpayment.  Such
notification  shall be given as soon as  practicable  but no later than ten (10)
business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim and shall
apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim
is requested  to be paid.  The  Executive  shall not pay such claim prior to the
expiration  of the thirty (30) day period  following  the date on which it gives
such notice to the Company (or such shorter  period  ending on the date that any
payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the
Executive in writing  prior to the  expiration of such period that it desires to
contest such claim, the Executive shall:

                  (1)      provide  the  Company  any  information  reasonably
requested by the Company relating to such claim,

                  (2) take such action in connection  with contesting such claim
as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including,
without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by
an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,

                  (3)  cooperate  with  the  Company  in  good  faith  in  order
effectively to contest such claim, and

                  (4)      permit the Company to participate in  any proceedings
relating to such claim;
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provided,  however,  that the Company  shall bear and pay directly all costs and
expenses  (including  additional  interest and penalties) incurred in connection
with such contest and shall  indemnify  and hold the Executive  harmless,  on an
after-tax  basis,  for any  Excise  Tax or income tax  (including  interest  and
penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such  representation  and
payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of
this Section 4.3, the Company shall control all proceedings  taken in connection
with such  contest  and,  at its sole  option,  may  pursue or forgo any and all
administrative  appeals,  proceedings,  hearings and conferences with the taxing
authority  in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option,  either  direct
the  Executive  to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim
in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to
a  determination  before  any  administrative  tribunal,  in a court of  initial
jurisdiction  and  in  one or  more  appellate  courts,  as  the  Company  shall
determine;  provided,  however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay
such  claim  and sue for a refund,  the  Company  shall  pay the  amount of such
payment to the Executive,  along with an additional Gross-Up Payment,  and shall
indemnify  and hold the  Executive  harmless,  on an after-tax  basis,  from any
Excise Tax or income tax (including  interest or penalties with respect thereto)
imposed with respect to such payment or with respect to any imputed  income with
respect to such payment;  and further provided that any extension of the statute
of  limitations  relating  to  payment  of  taxes  for the  taxable  year of the
Executive  with respect to which such  contested  amount is claimed to be due is
limited solely to such contested amount.  Furthermore,  the Company's control of
the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up  Payment
would be payable  hereunder  and the  Executive  shall be  entitled to settle or
contest,  as the case may be, any other  issue  raised by the  Internal  Revenue
Service or any other taxing authority.

                  4.4.  If,  after the  receipt  by the  Executive  of an amount
advanced by the Company  pursuant to Section  4.3,  the  Executive  receives any
refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company's
complying with the  requirements of Section 4.3) promptly pay to the Company the
amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after
taxes applicable thereto).

         5.  Termination  without  Cause or For Good  Reason.  In the  event the
Executive's  employment  with the Company is terminated  by the Company  without
Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason,  at any time, and, provided no Change
in Control shall have occurred,  the Company shall pay the  Executive,  in cash,
aggregate  severance  payments equal to the Severance.  The Company shall pay to
the  Executive  any such  severance  payments due  hereunder in twenty four (24)
equal  monthly   payments  on  the  first  day  of  each  month  following  such
termination.  In addition,  Executive shall have the right to exercise any stock
options,  long-term  incentive  awards or other  similar  awards  held by him in
accordance with the relevant plan documents or grant letter; provided,  however,
in no event shall Executive have less than six (6) months  following the Date of
Termination  to  exercise  such  options or awards;  and (b) the  Company  shall
provide Executive with continuing coverage under the life, disability,  accident
and health insurance  programs for employees of the Company  generally and under
any supplemental programs covering executives of the Company (including, without
limitation, participation in the Company's 401(K) retirement plan), as from time
to time in effect,  for the twenty four (24) month period from such  termination
or until Executive becomes eligible for substantially similar coverage under the
employee  plans of a new  employer,  whichever  occurs  earlier,  provided  that

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Executive's  right to elect  continued  medical  coverage  after  termination of
employment  under Part 6 of Title I of the Employee  Retirement  Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended,  shall be deemed satisfied by the coverage  provided in
this clause (b). Executive shall also be entitled to a continuation of all other
benefits in effect at the time of termination  (including,  without  limitation,
automobile,  country club, vacation and pension benefits, if applicable) for the
twenty four (24) month period  following  such  termination  or until  Executive
becomes  eligible  for  substantially  similar  benefits  from  a new  employer.
Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary,  the Company agrees that for purposes
of the Company's 1994, 1996 and 2000 Incentive  Plans,  Executive's  termination
date shall be twenty-four (24) months following the Date of Termination.

         6. Payment for Past Service.  Notwithstanding  any other  provisions of
this  Agreement,  if the  Executive's  employment is terminated at any time, the
Company shall pay the Executive,  in cash, an aggregate amount not less than the
sum of (a) Executive's  annual bonus for the most recently completed fiscal year
to the extent such bonus has not been paid to  Executive,  which bonus shall not
be less than the annual bonus paid to Executive  during the  preceding  year, if
any; (b) the product of (i) a fraction,  the numerator of which is the number of
days in the  current  fiscal  year  through  the  Date of  Termination,  and the
denominator  of which is 365 and (ii) the  annual  bonus for the  calendar  year
preceding  the  Date of  Termination  that has most  recently  been  paid to the
Executive;  (c) any accrued  vacation pay, to the extent not theretofore paid to
Executive;  and (d) any other amounts  earned by Executive  prior to the Date of
Termination but not previously paid.

         7. Confidentiality.

                  7.1. In  consideration  of the  agreements and payments of the
Company herein,  the Executive shall keep  confidential  and not disclose to any
person any information relating to the Company's business and/or finances, which
information  was obtained during and/or as incident to or in connection with the
Executive's  employment  with the  company  and which  otherwise  is not  public
information.  The  Executive  agrees he will conduct  himself in a  professional
manner and not make any disparaging,  negative or other statements regarding the
Company,  its  affiliates or any of the officers,  directors or employees of the
Company or its  affiliates  which could in any way have an adverse affect on the
business or affairs of the Company or its  affiliates  or otherwise be injurious
to or not be in the best  interests of the Company,  its  affiliates or any such
other persons.

                  7.2.  The  Executive  agrees  that  this  non-competition  and
non-solicitation  covenant  is  reasonable  under  the  circumstances,  and  the
Executive  further agrees that his services for and on behalf of the Company are
unique and  irreplaceable.  The Executive  further agrees that any breach of the
covenants  contained in Section 7.1 above would  irreparably  injure the Company
and/or its affiliates or  subsidiaries.  Accordingly,  the Executive agrees that
the Company may, in addition to pursuing  any other  remedies it may have at law
or in equity,  obtain an injunction  against the Executive from any court having
jurisdiction over the matter  restraining any further violation of the covenants
contained in Section 7.1 above.

         8.  Outplacement  Services.  In the  event  of the  termination  of the
Executive's  employment  after a Change in  Control or  without  Good  Reason as
provided for in Sections 3 or 5 hereof, the Company agrees, at its sole cost and

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expense, to provide the Executive with outplacement  services for a period of at
least twelve (12) months following the Date of Termination.  The Company and the
Executive shall use their good faith efforts to locate a provider, and determine
the scope of,  outplacement  services  which is  reasonably  acceptable  to both
parties  taking into account the status of the  Executive as a senior  executive
officer.

         9. Legal  Expenses.  The Company  agrees to pay the  reasonable  out-of
pocket legal expenses  actually incurred by the Executive in connection with the
negotiation  and  execution  of this  Agreement.  The Company  agrees to pay all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including all reasonable attorneys'
fees and  disbursements,  actually  incurred by the  Executive in  collecting or
enforcing payments to which he is ultimately  determined to be entitled (whether
by  agreement  among the  parties,  court order or  otherwise)  pursuant to this
Agreement in accordance with its terms.

         10. Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of the Executive's
employment  (other  than by reason of death)  shall be  communicated  by written
notice  from one party  hereto  to the other  party  hereto in  accordance  with
Section 13 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a notice of termination shall
set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances  claimed to provide a
basis for termination of the Executive's employment.

         11. No Other  Compensation;  Employee  at Will.  Except as  provided in
Sections  3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 hereof,  no amount or benefit  shall be payable to
the Executive under this Agreement or otherwise  except as required by law. This
Agreement  shall not be construed as creating an express or implied  contract of
employment and, except as otherwise  agreed in writing between the Executive and
the Company,  the  Executive is and shall remain "an employee at will" and shall
not have any right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

         12. Successors; Binding Agreement.

                  12.1 In  addition to any  obligations  imposed by law upon any
successor to the Company, 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 the  Executive to  compensation  from the Company in
the same  amount and on the same terms as the  Executive  would be  entitled  to
hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive's employment for Good
Reason after a Change in Control,  except that, for purposes of implementing the
foregoing,  the date on which any such  succession  becomes  effective  shall be
deemed the Date of Termination.

                  12.2  This  Agreement  shall  inure to the  benefit  of and be
enforceable by the  Executive's  personal or legal  representatives,  executors,
administrators,  successors, heirs, distributees,  devisees and legatees. If the
Executive  shall die while any amount  would  still be payable to the  Executive
hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of
the Executive) if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts,  unless

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otherwise  provided  herein,  shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement to the executors,  personal  representatives  or administrators of the
Executive's estate.

         13. Notices.  For the purpose of this Agreement,  notices and all other
communications  provided for in the  Agreement  shall be in writing and shall be
deemed  to have been  duly  given  when  delivered  or  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 actual receipt:

         To the Company:            Terex Corporation
                                    500 Post Road East
                                    Westport, Connecticut 06880
                                    Attention:  General Counsel

                                    To the Executive:


         14.  Miscellaneous.  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 the Executive  and such officer as may be  specifically
designated  by the Board.  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. No agreements or  representations,  oral or otherwise,
express or implied,  with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by
either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.  The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of  Connecticut.  All  references  to  sections  of the
Exchange  Act or the  Code  shall  be  deemed  also to  refer  to any  successor
provisions to such sections.  Any payments  provided for hereunder shall be paid
net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law and
any  additional  withholding  to which the Executive has agreed.  In that either
party hereto shall institute  proceedings for the enforcement of this Agreement,
the  succeeding  party  shall be entitled  to recover  the  reasonable  fees and
expenses  incurred  such  succeeding  party in connection  therewith,  including
reasonable attorneys fees.

         15.  Partial  Validity.  The  invalidity  or  unenforceability  or  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.

         16.   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.

         17. Mitigation.  The Company agrees that if Executive's employment with
the Company terminates  Executive is not required to seek other employment or to
attempt  in any  way to  reduce  any  amounts  payable  to him  due  under  this
Agreement.  Further,  the  amount of any  payment  shall not be  reduced  by any

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compensation  earned  by  Executive  as the  result  of  employment  by  another
employer,  by retirement  benefits,  by offset  against any amount claimed to be
owed by Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

         18.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement,  the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated below:

               (A)  "Beneficial  Owner"  shall have the meaning  defined in Rule
          13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

               (B) "Cause"  for  termination  by the Company of the  Executive's
          employment  shall  mean (i) the  willful,  substantial  and  continued
          failure by the  Executive  to  substantially  perform the  Executive's
          duties with the Company  (other than any such failure  resulting  from
          the  Executive's  incapacity  due to physical or mental  illness) in a
          manner  reasonably  satisfactory to the Chief Executive Officer of the
          Company after written  notice  detailing the reasons for such failure,
          (ii)  the  willful  engaging  by the  Executive  in  conduct  which is
          demonstrably   and   materially   injurious  to  the  Company  or  its
          subsidiaries,  monetarily or otherwise,  or (iii) the entry by a court
          of competent  jurisdiction  of an order,  or the entering  into by the
          Executive of a consent  decree,  barring the Executive from serving as
          an officer or director of a public  company.  For  purposes of clauses
          (i) and (ii) of this  definition,  no act,  or failure to act,  on the
          Executive's  part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to
          be done,  by the  Executive  not in good faith and without  reasonable
          belief that the  Executive's  act, or failure to act,  was in the best
          interest of the Company.

               (C) A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if the
          conditions set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have
          been satisfied:

                           (i) any person is or becomes  the  Beneficial  Owner,
                  directly or  indirectly,  of  securities  of the Company  (not
                  including in the securities  beneficially owned by such person
                  any   securities   acquired   directly   from   the   Company)
                  representing  35% or more of the combined  voting power of the
                  Company's then  outstanding  securities,  excluding any person
                  who  becomes  such  a  Beneficial  Owner  in  connection  with
                  transactions described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of paragraph
                  (iii) below; or

                           (ii)  there is a  change  in the  composition  of the
                  Board of Directors of the Company  occurring  within a rolling
                  two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of
                  the directors are Incumbent Directors  ("Incumbent  Directors"
                  shall mean  directors  who either (x) are members of the Board
                  as of the  date  of this  Agreement  or (y)  are  elected,  or
                  nominated  for  election,  to the Board  with the  affirmative
                  votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the
                  time of such election or nomination,  but shall not include an
                  individual not otherwise an Incumbent  Director whose election
                  or nomination  is in  connection  with an actual or threatened
                  proxy  contest,   including  but  not  limited  to  a  consent
                  solicitation,  relating to the  election of  directors  to the
                  Board); or
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                           (iii) there is  consummated,  in any  transaction  or
                  series  of   transactions,   of  a  complete   liquidation  or
                  dissolution of the Company or a merger,  consolidation or sale
                  of  all  or   substantially   all  of  the  Company's   assets
                  (collectively, a "Business Combination") other than a Business
                  Combination  after which (x) the  stockholders  of the Company
                  own more  than 50  percent  of the  common  stock or  combined
                  voting power of the voting securities of the company resulting
                  from the Business Combination,  (y) at least a majority of the
                  board of directors of the resulting corporation were Incumbent
                  Directors and (z) no  individual,  entity or group  (excluding
                  any corporation resulting from the Business Combination or any
                  employee  benefit plan of such  corporation or of the Company)
                  becomes  the  Beneficial  Owner of 35  percent  or more of the
                  combined  voting  power  of the  securities  of the  resulting
                  corporation,  who  did  not own  such  securities  immediately
                  before the Business Combination; or

                           (iv) the  stockholders  of the Company approve a plan
                  of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there
                  is  consummated a sale or disposition by the Company of all or
                  substantially all the Company's assets.

               (D)  "Date  of  Termination,"   with  respect  to  any  purported
          termination of the Executive's  employment shall mean the later of (i)
          date specified in the notice or (ii) thirty (30) days from the date of
          the notice  unless such notice is for a  termination  of Executive for
          Cause.

               (E)  "Exchange  Act" shall mean the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
          1934, as amended from time to time.

               (F)  "Good  Reason"  for  termination  by  the  Executive  of the
          Executive's   employment  shall  mean  the  occurrence   (without  the
          Executive's  express written consent) of any one of the following acts
          by the Company, or failures by the Company to act, unless, in the case
          of any act or failure to act as described  below,  such act or failure
          to act is corrected prior to the Date of Termination  specified in the
          notice of termination given in respect thereof:

                           (i) the  assignment  to the  Executive  of any duties
                  inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive
                  officer of the Company or a substantial  adverse alteration in
                  the    nature   of    Executive's    authority,    duties   or
                  responsibilities,  or any other  action by the  Company  which
                  results in a diminution in such status,  authority,  duties or
                  responsibilities  (it being  understood  that a mere change in
                  authority, duties or responsibilities,  or any other action by
                  the Company will not  constitute  Good Reason in and of itself
                  unless it  results  in a  substantial  adverse  alteration  or
                  diminution    of    Executive's    authority,     duties    or
                  responsibilities),  excluding  for this  purpose an  isolated,
                  insubstantial  and  inadvertent  action not taken in bad faith
                  and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of
                  notice thereof given by the Executive;

                           (ii) a reduction by the Company in  Executive's  base
                  salary  and/or annual bonus as in effect on the date hereof or
                  as the same may be  increased  from time to time,  except  for

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                  across-the-board  reductions  similarly  affecting  all senior
                  executives  of  the  Company,  provided,  however,  that  such
                  across-the-board reductions are not made as a result of, or in
                  contemplation of, a Change in Control;

                           (iii) the failure by the Company to pay to  Executive
                  any  portion  of  Executive's   current   compensation  except
                  pursuant   to  an   across-the-board   compensation   deferral
                  similarly  affecting  all senior  executives  of the  Company,
                  provided,  however,  that such  across-the-board  compensation
                  deferrals are not made as a result of, or in contemplation of,
                  a Change in Control;

                           (iv) the failure by the Company to continue in effect
                  any  compensation  plan or other  benefit  in which  Executive
                  participates   which  is   material   to   Executive's   total
                  compensation,   except   pursuant   to   an   across-the-board
                  compensation  or  benefit  deferral  or  reduction   similarly
                  affecting  all senior  executives  of the  Company,  provided,
                  however,  that such  across-the-board  compensation or benefit
                  deferrals are not made as a result of, or in contemplation of,
                  a Change in Control;

                           (v) the failure by the Company to continue to provide
                  Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed
                  by the  Executive  under any of the  Company's  pension,  life
                  insurance,  medical, health and accident,  disability plans or
                  other benefits  (including,  without  limitation,  automobile,
                  country  club,  vacation,   and  pension  benefits)  in  which
                  Executive  was  participating  at the time,  the taking of any
                  action by the  Company  which  would  directly  or  indirectly
                  materially   reduce  any  of  such  benefits  or  deprive  the
                  Executive of any material  fringe benefit enjoyed by Executive
                  at  the  time,  (including,  without  limitation,  automobile,
                  country club,  vacation and pension benefits),  or the failure
                  by the  Company to provide  Executive  with the number of paid
                  vacation days to which Executive he is then entitled; or

                           (vi)  the  relocation  of  the  Company's   principal
                  executive  offices to a  location  more than 50 miles from the
                  location of such  offices on the date of this  Agreement  or a
                  requirement that the Executive be based anywhere other than at
                  the Company's principal executive offices except for necessary
                  travel on the  Company's  business to an extent  substantially
                  consistent with the Executive's business travel obligations on
                  the date of this Agreement.

                  (G) "Permanent  Disability" shall be deemed the reason for the
         termination  by the  Company  of the  Executive's  employment  if, as a
         result of the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness,
         the Executive shall have been absent from the full-time  performance of
         the  Executive's  duties  with  the  Company  for a  period  of six (6)
         consecutive  months or nine (9)  months  out of any  twelve  (12) month
         period,  the  Company  shall  have  given  the  Executive  a notice  of
         termination  for  Disability,  and,  within thirty (30) days after such
         notice of termination is given,  the Executive  shall not have returned
         to the full-time performance of the Executive's duties.
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                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  executed  this
Agreement as of the date first above written.

                          TEREX CORPORATION


                          By:__________________________
                              Name: Ronald M. DeFeo
                          Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
                                 President and Chief Operating Officer


                             __________________________
                                    Executive



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