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                        HOUSE BILL 5695 IS BAD FOR
                                CONNECTICUT

At the instigation of Echlin Inc., some well-intentioned state legislators
are proposing modifications to Connecticut business law that would entrench
the Boards of Connecticut-incorporated companies and strip shareholders of
their voting rights. No other state has ever enacted such an extreme "dead
hand" provision into law--promising Connecticut lasting national notoriety
for abusive corporate governance.

Echlin is trying to stop shareholders from voting on SPX Corporation's full
and fair offer to acquire Echlin--while hiding behind the fiction that this
unprecedented law is needed to save Connecticut jobs. Here are the facts:

1.   CONNECTICUT JOBS ARE NOT AT RISK
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     .    Only 3% of Echlin's 30,000 employees are in Connecticut.

     .    SPX will continue operating Echlin's Branford manufacturing
          facility where the vast majority of Echlin's Connecticut jobs
          are.

     .    Workers would be better off with SPX--a strong company with
          tremendous growth opportunities whose stock price has more than
          quadrupled in the last two years under new management.

     .    The Connecticut jobs at issue are the approximately 115 corporate
          staff positions in Echlin's Branford headquarters, which SPX
          plans to evaluate and make decisions upon based on merit.

     .    SPX has a strong history of community involvement and is
          committed to match or exceed Echlin's community support in
          Connecticut.

2.   THE VALUE OF CONNECTICUT COMPANIES IS AT RISK
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     .    More than $200 million of value has been destroyed for Echlin
          shareholders since news of this potential legislation surfaced
          last week.

     .    Under House Bill 5695, even if 100% of a company's shareholders
          vote to remove directors, they could not be removed for a year
          after a company received an acquisition offer.

     .    After a year, even if a new Board were elected, the new Board
          would not be allowed to approve a business combination--even one
          that all shareholders wanted.


     .    Under this bill, only the old Board -- the directors voted out by
          shareholders -- would be able to approve a business combination
          for five years.


     .    Investors won't pay as much for shares in companies in which the
          Board is no longer accountable to the shareholders--likely
          reducing the value of all Connecticut companies.

                     DON'T KILL SHAREHOLDER DEMOCRACY
                              IN CONNECTICUT

 CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 5695

    ATTEND TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING STARTING AT 1PM BEFORE THE JUDICIARY
    COMMITTEE IN ROOM 2C OF THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING IN HARTFORD

                                                  SPX CORPORATION