HUBBELL INC
EX-10.KK: SUPPLEMENTAL MANAGEMENT RETIREMENT PLAN
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Exhibit&nbsp;10.kk
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>HUBBELL INCORPORATED</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL MANAGEMENT RETIREMENT PLAN</B></FONT>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Effective as of September&nbsp;12, 2007</B>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE I. PURPOSE</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE III. EFFECTIVE DATE</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE IV. ELIGIBILITY</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE V. RETIREMENT BENEFITS</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE VI. PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE VII. DISABILITY BENEFIT</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE VIII. DEATH BENEFIT</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE IX. FUNDING</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE I.</B><BR>
<U><B>PURPOSE</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>1.1 </B>The purpose of this Supplemental Management Retirement Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) is to provide
monthly supplemental retirement income for a select group of officers and other key employees of
Hubbell Incorporated (the &#147;Employer&#148;). It is intended to provide a retirement benefit, which
supplements the retirement benefit payable under the Hubbell Incorporated Retirement Plan for
Salaried Employees, and other such pension plans of Hubbell Incorporated and its subsidiaries as
deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE II.</B><BR>
<U><B>DEFINITIONS</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.1 </B>&#147;Average Earnings&#148; means the annual average of the Participant&#146;s Earnings for any three
(3)&nbsp;calendar years in his last ten (10)&nbsp;years of Service, which produce the highest such average.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.2 </B>&#147;Board of Directors&#148; means the Board of Directors of Hubbell Incorporated.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.3 </B>&#147;Change of Control of Hubbell&#148; means the first to occur of any one of the following:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Continuing Directors during any 12&nbsp;month period no longer constitute a majority of the
Directors;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Any person or persons acting as a group (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
&#167;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D)), acquires (or has acquired within the 12&nbsp;month period ending on the date of
the last acquisition by such person or persons) directly or indirectly, thirty percent (30%) or
more of the voting power of the then outstanding securities of Hubbell entitled to vote for the
election of Hubbell&#146;s directors; provided that this Section&nbsp;2.3(b) shall not apply with respect to
any acquisition of securities by (i)&nbsp;the trust under a Trust Indenture dated September&nbsp;2, 1957 made
by Louie E. Roche, (ii)&nbsp;the trust under a Trust Indenture dated August&nbsp;23, 1957 made by Harvey
Hubbell, and (iii)&nbsp;any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) maintained by an Employer or any affiliate of
Hubbell;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Any person or persons acting as a group (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
&#167;1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), acquires ownership (including any previously owned securities) of more than
fifty percent (50%) of either (i)&nbsp;the voting power value of the then outstanding securities of
Hubbell entitled to vote for the election of Hubbell&#146;s directors or (ii)&nbsp;the fair market value of
Hubbell; provided that this Section&nbsp;2.3(c) shall not apply with respect to any acquisition of
securities by (i)&nbsp;the trust under a Trust Indenture dated September&nbsp;2, 1957 made by Louie E. Roche,
(ii)&nbsp;the trust under a Trust Indenture dated August&nbsp;23, 1957 made by Harvey Hubbell, and (iii)&nbsp;any
employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended) maintained by an Employer or any affiliate of Hubbell; or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;A sale of substantially all of Hubbell&#146;s assets.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, that the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)
constitutes a &#147;change in control event,&#148; as defined in Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-3(i)(5).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.4 </B>&#147;Change in Control of Employer&#148; shall mean the any one of the following with respect to a
Participant employed by that Employer:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The date that Hubbell no longer owns at least 50% of the outstanding equity securities of
the Employer (other than Hubbell); provided, that on such date, there occurs a &#147;change in control
event&#148; with respect to the Employer under Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-3(i)(5); or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;A sale of substantially all of the assets of the Employer which qualifies as a change in a
substantial portion of the Employer&#146;s assets under Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.5 </B>&#147;Code&#148; shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and any successor statute
thereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.6 </B>&#147;Compensation Committee&#148; means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.7 </B>&#147;Continuing Director&#148; shall mean any individual who is a member of the Employer&#146;s Board of
Directors on December&nbsp;9, 1986 or was designated (before such person&#146;s initial election as a
Director) as a Continuing Director by 2/3 of the then Continuing Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.8 </B>&#147;Director&#148; shall mean any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors on the date
the action in question was taken.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.9 </B>&#147;Disability Retirement Benefit&#148; shall mean the benefit payable under Section&nbsp;7.1 of the
Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.10 </B>&#147;Early Retirement Benefit&#148; means the retirement benefit accrued under Section&nbsp;5.2 of this
Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.11 </B>&#147;Earnings&#148; means, with respect to a particular calendar year, the total of (a)&nbsp;cash
earnings paid to a Participant in the form of base salary, (b)&nbsp;awards in respect of the prior
calendar year (regardless of when paid) under the incentive compensation plan (annual bonus) by his
Employer, and (c)&nbsp;any amount by which an Employee&#146;s base salary and annual bonus awards are reduced
under any 401(k) plan or any flexible benefit plans under the Internal Revenue Code Sections&nbsp;125
and 129 maintained by the Employer or under the Hubbell Incorporated Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan during the respective calendar year.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.12 </B>&#147;Employee&#148; means a person who is employed by the Employer on a regular, full-time basis.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.13 </B>&#147;Employer&#148; means Hubbell Incorporated, and its successor, and any of its subsidiaries so
designated by the Board of Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.14 </B>&#147;Gross Top Hat Benefit&#148; means the amount calculated under Section&nbsp;4.1(a) of the Hubbell
Incorporated Amended and Restated Top Hat Restoration Plan, as amended from time to time,
calculated using the Participant&#146;s service under that plan for the period of Participant&#146;s
employment with the Employer through the date the Participant became eligible to participate in
this Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.15 </B>&#147;Hubbell&#148; means Hubbell Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation, and any successors in
interest.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.16 </B>&#147;Key Executive&#148; means an Employee who is designated by the Compensation Committee on or
after September&nbsp;12, 2007 and as to who the Compensation Committee has not withdrawn such
designation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.17 </B>&#147;Normal Retirement Benefit&#148; means the retirement benefit accrued under Section&nbsp;5.1 of the
Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.18 </B>&#147;Normal Retirement Date&#148; means the first day of the month coincident or next following a
Participant&#146;s 65th birthday.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.19 </B>&#147;Officer&#148; means the individual elected by the Board of Directors as provided in Article
IV of the By-Laws of Hubbell Incorporated to any of the following offices: Chairman of the Board,
President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Group Vice President, Vice President,
Treasurer, Controller, or Secretary of Hubbell Incorporated.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.20 </B>&#147;Participant&#148; means a Key Executive with a benefit accrued under this Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.21 </B>&#147;Plan&#148; means the Hubbell Incorporated Supplemental Management Retirement Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.22 </B>&#147;Postponed Retirement&#148; means the Participant&#146;s Separation from Service after his Normal
Retirement Date.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.23 </B>&#147;Postponed Retirement Benefit&#148; means the retirement benefit accrued under Section&nbsp;5.3 of
the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.24 </B>&#147;Retirement Benefit&#148; means the Participant&#146;s Normal Retirement Benefit, Early Retirement
Benefit, Postponed Retirement Benefit or Accrued Deferred Vested Retirement Benefit, as applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.25 </B>&#147;Separation from Service&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-1(h).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.26 </B>&#147;Service&#148; means a Participant&#146;s period of employment with the Employer commencing on his
first day of employment with the Employer on which he is designated a Key
Executive and ending on the date he is no longer designated as a Key Executive by the
Compensation Committee.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.27 </B>&#147;Social Security Benefit&#148; means the old age or disability insurance benefit which the Key
Employee is entitled under Title IV of the Social Security Act as in effect on the date of his
Separation of Service.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.28 </B>&#147;Spouse&#148; shall mean the person to whom the Participant was lawfully married for at least
one (1)&nbsp;year on the date the Participant&#146;s benefits under this Plan are to commence.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.29 </B>&#147;Total Disability&#148; means that the Participant: (i)&nbsp;is unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or continue for at least 12&nbsp;months; (ii)&nbsp;by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or continue for
at least 12&nbsp;months, the Participant is receiving income replacement benefits under the Employer&#146;s
disability plan; or (iii)&nbsp;the Participant has been determined to be totally disabled by the Social
Security Administration; each of (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;as determined by the Compensation Committee in
its sole discretion, in accordance with the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-3(i)(4).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>2.30 </B>&#147;Vesting Service&#148; means a Participant&#146;s period of employment with the Employer commencing
on his first day of employment with the Employer and ending on the date he is no longer an
Employee.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE III.</B><BR>
<U><B>EFFECTIVE DATE</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>3.1 </B>This Plan as set forth in this document is effective as of September&nbsp;12, 2007.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE IV.</B><BR>
<U><B>ELIGIBILITY</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>4.1 </B>Key Executives shall continue to be Participants until their Separation from Service or
they are no longer entitled to retirement or deferred vested benefits under this Plan, whichever is
later. A Participant who has attained age 55 and been credited with five (5)&nbsp;or more years of
Vesting Service shall be eligible for a benefit pursuant to Article&nbsp;V of this Plan. A Participant
who incurs a Separation from Service prior to age 55 or having five (5)&nbsp;or more years of Vesting
Service shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Plan. If a Participant is no longer a Key
Executive, but remains an Employee, his Service accrued as a Participant shall not be forfeited,
but he shall not accrue any additional Service.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE V.</B><BR>
<U><B>RETIREMENT BENEFITS</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>5.1 </B><I>Normal Retirement Benefit</I>. A Participant&#146;s Normal Retirement Benefit under this Plan,
computed as a straight life annuity, shall equal (a)&nbsp;plus (b)&nbsp;minus (c), where:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Equals &#151;  The product of (i)&nbsp;three (3%) percent multiplied times the number of full years
and months of a Key Executive&#146;s Service, and (ii)&nbsp;the excess of the Participant&#146;s Average Earnings
over the Participant&#146;s Social Security Benefit.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Equals &#151; the Participant&#146;s Gross Top Hat Benefit.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Equals &#151; The benefits, if any, available from the following sources:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) any defined benefit pension plan or defined contribution plan of the
Employer which is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code
(excluding, however: (a)&nbsp;any ancillary benefits such as Medical or Transitional
Supplements in the defined benefit pension plans, and (b)&nbsp;any 401(k) contributions
made to a plan maintained by the Employer);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) any top-hat excess pension plan of the Employer.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However, in no event shall the sum of (a)&nbsp;plus (b)&nbsp;exceed sixty (60%) percent of the
Participant&#146;s Average Earnings.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of determining a Participant&#146;s Social Security Benefit, in the case of a
Participant with an Early Retirement Benefit, the Committee will estimate the Participant&#146;s benefit
based on the Social Security Table in effect on the date of the Participant&#146;s Separation from
Service, with such table computed on the assumption that the Participant will continue to receive
compensation until January 1 coincident with or preceding his attainment of age 65 which would be
treated as wages for purposes of the Social Security Act at the same rate as in effect in the last
full calendar year prior to Separation from Service. In computing any Social Security Benefit no
wage index adjustment or cost of living adjustment shall be assumed with respect to any period
following the Participant&#146;s Separation from Service.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of determining the benefits available from any qualified defined benefit pension
plan of the Employer, it shall be assumed that the Participant commenced receiving his benefits
under such plan on the fifteenth day of the month commencing after his Separation from Service.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The benefits payable under any qualified defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall be
equal to the value of the Participant&#146;s discretionary employer contribution or profit sharing
account as of the Participant&#146;s Separation from Service divided by an annuity factor. The annuity
factor shall be based on the applicable mortality table and interest rate under Section 417(e) that
is currently used by the Hubbell Incorporated Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees. The
annuity factor shall be an annuity factor deferred to the date of such Participant&#146;s Separation
from Service. If the Participant is eligible for an employer discretionary or profit sharing
contribution as of December&nbsp;31 in the year in which the Participant&#146;s Separation from Service
occurs, then for purposes of calculating the benefit payable under any qualified defined
contribution plan, the Participant&#146;s account shall reflect such contribution and the benefit
payable under this Plan shall be adjusted accordingly.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>5.2 </B><I>Early Retirement Benefit</I>. A Participant whose Separation from Service is on or after age
55 but before his Normal Retirement Date shall be entitled to an Early Retirement
Benefit commencing on the date described in Article&nbsp;6.1 hereof. The annual amount of the
Early Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant shall be an amount computed in accordance with
Section&nbsp;5.1 hereof except that the Early Retirement Benefit shall be based upon the Participant&#146;s
full years and months of Service up to his Separation from Service, with the amount reduced by
three-tenths of one percent (3/10%) for each complete month by which the commencement date of his
Early Retirement Benefit precedes his attainment of age 65 and by an additional two-tenths of one
percent (2/10%) for each complete month by which the commencement date of his Early Retirement
Benefit precedes his 60th birthday and, for purposes of determining the benefits available from any
qualified defined benefit pension plan, qualified defined contribution plan or top hat excess
pension plan of the Employer, it shall be assumed that the Participant commenced receiving his
benefits under such plan on his Separation from Service.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>5.3 </B><I>Postponed Retirement</I>. A Participant&#146;s Postponed Retirement Benefit under this Plan shall
be the same amount that would have been payable had the Participant retired on his Normal
Retirement Date. For purposes of determining the benefits available from any qualified defined
benefit pension plan, qualified defined contribution plan or top hat excess pension plan of the
Employer, it shall be assumed that the Participant commenced receiving his benefits under such plan
on the fifteenth day of the month commencing after his Separation from Service.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE VI.</B><BR>
<U><B>PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>6.1 </B><I>Payment of Benefits</I>. Except as set forth herein and in Section&nbsp;6.3 or Article&nbsp;13 below,
all Retirement Benefits hereunder shall be payable in monthly installments (on the fifteenth day of
the month) equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the annual amounts determined under this Plan;
provided, however, that the first monthly payment shall be increased by an amount equal to one-half
of the annual amount determined under this Plan. A Participant&#146;s Retirement Benefit, if any,
hereunder shall be payable for the life of the Participant, commencing on the fifteenth day of the
seventh month following his Separation from Service. The Participant&#146;s last payment of Retirement
Benefits hereunder shall be made on the fifteenth day of the month in which he dies unless the
Participant has an eligible surviving Spouse at his date of death, in which case survivor benefit
payments shall be made to said Spouse in accordance with Article&nbsp;VIII hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>6.2 </B><I>Payments Rounded to Next Higher Full Dollar</I>. Each monthly payment which is computed in
accordance with this Plan will, if not in whole dollars, be increased to the next whole dollar.
Such rounding shall be made after applying any applicable reduction factors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>6.3 </B><I>Permissible Acceleration</I>. Notwithstanding Article&nbsp;VI, a Participant&#146;s Retirement Benefit
may be paid in the discretion of Hubbell as follows upon the following events:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;As necessary to comply with a domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section
414(p)(1)(B));
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;If the Internal Revenue Service, makes a determination that a Participant is required to
include in gross income the value of his Retirement Benefit, as soon as practicable
following such determination, Hubbell shall pay to the Participant, the amount required to be
included in the Participant&#146;s gross income.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;If a Participant&#146;s Retirement Benefit, or any remaining installments thereof is less than
an amount applicable under Code Section 402(g) for the year in question, then the balance of such
Retirement Benefit may be distributed in a lump sum.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;Upon the termination and liquidation of the Plan, the Retirement Benefit shall be
distributed in a lump sum twelve months following such termination and liquidation; provided that
such termination or liquidation is not in connection with a downturn in the financial health of
Hubbell and shall conform to the requirements of Treas. Reg. &#167;1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE VII.</B><BR>
<U><B>DISABILITY BENEFIT</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>7.1 </B><I>Disability Benefit</I>. If a Participant is deemed by the Compensation Committee to have
incurred a Total Disability, he shall receive a Disability Retirement Benefit hereunder commencing
on the fifteenth day of the month commencing after the date he is deemed by the Compensation
Committee to be so disabled. The annual amount of the Participant&#146;s Disability Retirement Benefit
hereunder shall be computed as in Article&nbsp;5.1 hereof, but assuming that the Participant has been
employed with the Employer until his Normal Retirement Date at the last rate of his Earnings in
effect at the time he was deemed by the Compensation Committee to incurred the Total Disability.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>7.2 </B><I>Medical Examination</I>. Any Participant retired for Total Disability may be required by the
Compensation Committee to submit to a medical examination at any time prior to his 65th birthday,
but not more than once each year, to determine whether the Participant is eligible for continuance
of the Disability Retirement Benefit provided hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE VIII.</B><BR>
<U><B>DEATH BENEFIT</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>8.1 </B><I>Pre-Retirement Death Benefit</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;If a Participant who is at least age 55 and has five (5)&nbsp;or more years of Service and
whose benefit has not yet commenced under Section&nbsp;6.1 dies, and he is survived by a Spouse to whom
he was married throughout the one-year period ending on the date of his death, such Spouse shall be
entitled to receive a death benefit described herein, payable in the amount and manner prescribed
in subsections (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;8.1.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The death benefit is an annuity for the life of the Spouse in an amount which is equal to
the benefit the Spouse would have received under a joint and survivor annuity that provided the
Spouse on the date of death of the Participant an annual benefit equal to 50&nbsp;percent of the
Participant&#146;s annual Retirement Benefit if:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the Participant had a Separation from Service on the day before his death,
in the case of a Participant who dies after he has attained age 55, or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the Participant had a Separation from Service on the date of his death,
survived to age 55, retired on such date, and died on the day after such date, in
the case of a Participant who dies before he is age 55.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Payments of the death benefit shall commence as of the later of (i)&nbsp;the first day of the
month, following the Participant&#146;s death; or (ii)&nbsp;the month following the date the Participant
would have attained age 55, provided the spouse survives to that date.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;For purposes of computing the death benefit, actuarial factors shall be used as are then
applicable under the Hubbell Incorporated Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>8.2 </B><I>Post-Retirement Death Benefit</I>. If a Participant dies while receiving Retirement Benefits
under this Plan, a death benefit equal to fifty (50%) percent of the Retirement Benefit which the
Participant was receiving under this Plan immediately prior to his death shall be paid to his
eligible surviving Spouse, if any. If, as of the date of the Participant&#146;s death, his eligible
surviving Spouse, if any, is ten (or more) years younger than the Participant, then the death
benefit payable to said eligible surviving Spouse shall be actuarially reduced pursuant to the
actuarial factors then applicable under the Hubbell Incorporated Retirement Plan for Salaried
Employees. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall an
eligible surviving Spouse receive in any year under this Plan more than the excess (if any) of
thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Participant&#146;s Average Earnings over the
aggregate value (as determined by the Compensation Committee) of benefits receivable in such year
under the Hubbell Incorporated Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees and any defined benefit
pension plan or defined contribution plan of the Employer which is qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code (excluding, however: (a)&nbsp;any ancillary benefits such as Medical or
Transitional Supplements in the defined benefit pension plans, and (b)&nbsp;any 401(k) plan maintained
by the Employer). Payments of said death benefit to the surviving Spouse shall commence to be paid
on the fifteenth day of the month coinciding with or next following the Participant&#146;s death and
shall continue until the Spouse dies.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE IX.</B><BR>
<U><B>FUNDING</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>9.1 </B>The Employer may enter into a trust agreement creating an irrevocable grantor trust for
the holding of cash and/or annuity contracts for pension benefits accrued by the Participants under
the Plan. Any assets of such trust shall be subject to the claims of creditors of the Employer to
the extent set forth in the trust and Participants&#146; interests in benefits under this Plan shall
only be those of unsecured creditors of the Employer. In the event of a Change of Control of
Hubbell, the Employer shall enter into a trust agreement creating an irrevocable grantor trust for
the holding of cash and/or annuity contracts in respect of the pension benefits accrued by the
Participants (whether current or former) and in respect of the pension benefits provided to certain
Employees who shall be deemed to be Participants pursuant to agreements with the Employer;
provided, further, that upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of Hubbell, the Employer shall
transfer to the trustee of the foregoing trust the maximum amount of assets estimated to be
necessary to satisfy the Employer&#146;s obligations hereunder, as in effect immediately prior to the
Change of Control of Hubbell
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE X.</B><BR>
<U><B>PLAN ADMINISTRATION</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>10.1 </B>The general administration of this Plan and the responsibility for carrying out the
provisions hereof shall be vested in the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may
adopt, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, such rules and regulations as it may deem
necessary for the proper administration of this Plan, and its decision in all matters shall be
final, conclusive, and binding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>10.2 </B>The Compensation Committee may adopt, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors,
such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper administration of this Plan, and
its decision in all matters shall be final, conclusive, and binding. The Compensation Committee
shall also have the discretion and authority to (a)&nbsp;make, amend, interpret, and enforce all
appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan, and (b)&nbsp;decide or resolve
any and all questions, including benefit entitlement determinations and interpretations of this
Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>10.3 </B>To the extent applicable, this Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with Code Section
409A and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder. If
the Company determines that any benefits payable under this Plan do not comply with Code Section
409A and related Department of Treasury guidance, the Company may amend this Plan or adopt other
policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or
take such other actions as the Company deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the
requirements of Code Section&nbsp;409A and related Department of Treasury guidance; provided that no
such amendment shall be effective without the Participant&#146;s consent unless it preserves the
Participant&#146;s economic benefit prior to such amendment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE XI.</B><BR>
<U><B>AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>11.1 </B>The Board of Directors of the Employer reserves in its sole and exclusive discretion the
right at any time and from time to time to amend this Plan in any respect or terminate this Plan
without restriction and without the consent of any Participant or Spouse, <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that no amendment or termination of this Plan shall impair the right of any
Participant or Spouse to receive benefits earned and accrued hereunder prior to such amendment or
termination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>11.2 </B>Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary following a Change of
Control of Hubbell:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the accrued benefit hereunder of any Participant as of the date of a Change of Control of
Hubbell may not be reduced;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;any Service accrued by a Participant as of the date of a Change of Control of Hubbell
cannot be reduced;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;no amendment or action of the Compensation Committee which affects any Participant is
valid and enforceable without the prior written consent of such Participant; and
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;no termination of the Plan shall have the effect of reducing any benefits accrued under
the Plan prior to such termination.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE XII.</B><BR>
<U><B>MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.1 </B><I>No Guarantee of Employment</I>. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to give any
individual the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the rights
of the Employer to discharge any individual at any time, with or without cause.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.2 </B><I>Non-Alienation of Benefits</I>. No retirement benefit payable hereunder may be assigned,
pledged, mortgaged or hypothecated and, to the extent permitted by law, no such retirement benefit
shall be subject to legal process or attachment for the payment of any claims against any person
entitled to receive the same. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Employer
may, as the Compensation Committee in its sole and absolute discretion shall determine, offset any
amount to be paid to a Participant or Spouse hereunder in order to recoup amounts that have been
misappropriated by such Participant against any amounts which such Participant may owe to the
Employer or a subsidiary of the Employer.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.3 </B><I>Payment to Incompetents</I>. If a Participant entitled to receive any retirement benefit
payments hereunder is deemed by the Compensation Committee or is adjudged by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be legally incapable of giving valid receipt and discharge for such retirement
benefit, such payments shall be paid to such person or persons as the Compensation Committee shall
designate or to the duly appointed guardian. Such payments shall, to the extent made, be deemed a
complete discharge for such payments under this Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.4 </B><I>Loss of Benefits</I>. At the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, and after
written notice to the Participant or his Spouse as beneficiary, rights to receive any retirement
benefit under this Plan may be forfeited, suspended, reduced or terminated in cases of gross
misconduct by the Participant which is reasonably deemed to be prejudicial to the interests of the
Employer or a subsidiary of the Employer, including but not limited to the utilization or
disclosure of confidential information for gain or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.5 </B><I>Noncompetition</I>. A Participant shall forfeit for himself and his Spouse any and all
retirement benefits pursuant to this Plan if said Participant violates the notice provision of the
next paragraph hereof or anywhere in the United States or outside of the United States, directly or
indirectly, owns, manages, operates, joins or controls, or participates in the ownership,
management, operation or control of, or becomes a director or an employee of, or a consultant to,
any person, firm, or corporation which competes with the Employer; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Article&nbsp;12.5 shall not apply to investments by the Participant in shares of
stock traded on a national securities exchange or on the national over-the-counter market which
shall have an aggregate market value, at the time of acquisition, of less than two (2%) percent of
the outstanding shares of such stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Participant shall be obligated to give the Employer at least sixty (60)&nbsp;days&#146; prior written
notice, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Secretary, Hubbell
Incorporated, 584 Derby Milford Road, Orange, Connecticut, 06477, of his intention, directly or
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indirectly, to own, manage, operate, join or control, or participate in the ownership,
management, operation or control of, or become a director or an employee of, or a consultant to,
any person, firm, or corporation, following which, within a period of sixty (60)&nbsp;days from its
receipt of such notice, the Employer will mail to the Participant by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, a statement of its opinion as to whether said intention of the Participant
violates this Article&nbsp;12.5.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.6 </B><I>Withholding</I>. Payments made by the Employer under this Plan to any Participant or Spouse
shall be subject to withholding as shall, at the time for such payment, be required under any
income tax or other laws, whether of the United States or any other jurisdiction.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.7 </B><I>Expenses</I>. All expenses and costs in connection with the operation of this Plan shall be
borne by the Employer.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.8 </B><I>Governing Law</I>. The provisions of this Plan will be construed according to the laws of
the State of Connecticut, excluding the provisions of any such laws that would require the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.9 </B><I>Gender and Number</I>. The masculine pronoun wherever used herein shall include the feminine
gender and the feminine the masculine and the singular number as used herein shall include the
plural and the plural the singular unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.10 </B><I>Titles and Heading</I>. The titles to articles and headings of sections of this Plan are
for convenience of reference only and in case of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than
such titles and headings, shall control.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.11 </B><I>Non-Qualified Plan</I>. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the
meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that &#147;is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for
the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees&#148; within the meaning of ERISA Sections&nbsp;201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>12.12 </B><I>Unsecured Creditors</I>. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns
shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the
Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of the Employer&#146;s
assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer. The
Employer&#146;s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to
pay money in the future.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE XIII.</B><BR>
<U><B>CHANGE OF CONTROL</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>13.1 </B>The provisions of Section&nbsp;13.2 shall become effective immediately upon and apply to any
Participant who was a Participant on the date of a Change of Control of Hubbell. The provisions of
Section&nbsp;13.3 shall apply to any Participant who is employed by the Employer who is involved in a
Change in Control of Employer.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>13.2 </B>Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary after a Change of Control
of Hubbell the following provisions shall apply to each Participant in the Plan as of the date of
the Change of Control of Hubbell:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;No actuarial reductions for early payment shall apply under Section&nbsp;5.2.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Each Participant on the date of the Change in Control of Hubbell shall have their
Retirement Benefit paid out in one lump sum on the later of (i)&nbsp;the tenth day of the seventh month
following a Participant&#146;s Separation from Service, or (ii)&nbsp;ten days after a Change of Control of
Hubbell. The amounts to be paid out in such lump sum shall be calculated using the actuarial
assumptions set forth on Exhibit&nbsp;A, attached hereto.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;A Participant who has a Total Disability shall not have to submit to a medical examination
under Section&nbsp;7.2.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;Notwithstanding Section&nbsp;10.1 the Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee,
which shall have full authority to interpret the Plan, to establish rules and regulations relating
to the Plan, to determine the criteria for eligibility to participate in the Plan, to select
Participants in the Plan, and to make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary
or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan. No member of the Compensation Committee
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;The Compensation Committee may not offset any Retirement Benefits under the provisions of
Section&nbsp;12.2.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;In Section&nbsp;12.3, all references to &#147;Compensation Committee&#148; are deleted and in lieu
thereof is inserted the term &#147;Trustee.&#148;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;Section&nbsp;12.4 and 12.5 shall no longer apply.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>13.3 </B>Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this
Section&nbsp;13.3 shall apply solely with respect to any Participant who is employed by an Employer
involved in a Change in Control of Employer:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Each such Participant shall be fully vested in their accrued benefit as of the date of the
Change of Control of Employer; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Such Employer (or successor in interest thereto) may in its sole discretion either:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Assume the responsibility for payment of all Retirement Benefits applicable
to such Participants under this Plan, in which case Hubbell will transfer such
liabilities with respect to such Participants to the Employer, or successor in
interest thereto and Hubbell and this Plan shall have no further liability with
respect to any such Participants; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Terminate the Plan with respect to such Participants, in which case, the
Participant&#146;s shall receive their Retirement Benefits paid in a lump sum within
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">thirty (30)&nbsp;days of the date of the Change in Control of Employer. The amounts
to be paid out in such lump sum shall be calculated using the actuarial assumptions
set forth on Exhibit&nbsp;A, attached hereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARTICLE XIV.</B><BR>
<U><B>CLAIMS PROCEDURES</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>14.1 </B><I>Presentation of Claim</I>. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such
Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a &#147;Claimant&#148;) may deliver to the Compensation
Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such
Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the
Claimant, the claim must be made within 60&nbsp;days after such notice was received by the Claimant.
All other claims must be made within 180&nbsp;days of the date on which the event that caused the claim
to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the
Claimant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>14.2 </B><I>Notification of Decision. </I>The Compensation Committee shall consider a Claimant&#146;s claim
within a reasonable time, but no later than 90&nbsp;days after receiving the claim. If the Compensation
Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the
claim, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination
of the initial 90&nbsp;day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90&nbsp;days from the
end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring
an extension of time and the date by which the Compensation Committee expects to render the benefit
determination. The Compensation Committee shall notify the Claimant in writing:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;that the Claimant&#146;s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been
allowed in full; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;that the Compensation Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to
the Claimant&#146;s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such
denial was based;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the
Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section&nbsp;14.3
below; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) a statement of the Claimant&#146;s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>14.3 </B><I>Review of a Denied Claim. </I>On or before 60&nbsp;days after receiving a notice from the
Compensation Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the
Claimant&#146;s duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a
review of the denial of the claim. The Claimant (or the Claimant&#146;s duly authorized
representative):
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;may, upon request and free of charge, have reasonable access to, and copies of, all
documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to
the claim for benefits;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;may request a hearing, which the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may
grant.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>14.4 </B>The Compensation Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and no later
than 60&nbsp;days after the Compensation Committee receives the Claimant&#146;s written request for a review
of the denial of the claim. If the Compensation Committee determines that special circumstances
require an extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the extension shall be
furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial 60&nbsp;day period. In no event shall
such extension exceed a period of 60&nbsp;days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice
shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the
Compensation Committee expects to render the benefit determination. In rendering its decision, the
Compensation Committee shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other
information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such
information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The decision must be
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;specific reasons for the decision;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge,
reasonable access to and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as
defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the Claimant&#146;s claim for benefits; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;a statement of the Claimant&#146;s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section&nbsp;502(a).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>14.5 </B>A Claimant&#146;s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article&nbsp;14 is a mandatory
prerequisite to a Claimant&#146;s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for
benefits under this Plan.<U> </U>
</DIV>


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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>ASSUMPTIONS</B></FONT>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The assumptions to be used are those specified under Section 417(e) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, which assumptions are the minimum lump sum factors permitted to be used
for calculating pension benefits under the Company&#146;s qualified defined benefit plans.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benefit:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lump sum payment of unreduced benefit deferred to
age 55, increased to reflect the 50% joint and
survivor form.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mortality Rates:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Applicable mortality table under Section&nbsp;417(e)
that is currently used by the Hubbell Incorporated
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Interest Rate:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10-year treasury rate on the first day of the
fourth quarter of the calendar year immediately
prior Separation from Service.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Qualified Plan Offset:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amount actually payable at age 55 (or, if higher,
the participants actual age at Separation from
Service).</TD>
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