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SPX Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 2/24/17, at 8:29am ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  88205-17-8   ·   File #:  1-06948

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/24/17  SPX Corp                          10-K       12/31/16   93:21M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.53M 
 3: EX-10.36    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 2: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 4: EX-10.49    Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     35K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     26K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
16: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
17: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    141K 
18: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     53K 
                (Loss)                                                           
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     30K 
                (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                           
20: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    153K 
21: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     31K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     79K 
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical)   HTML     32K 
24: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    162K 
25: R10         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
26: R11         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     78K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
27: R12         Use of Estimates                                    HTML     86K 
28: R13         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     43K 
29: R14         Discontinued Operations and Other Dispositions      HTML    190K 
30: R15         Information on Reportable Segments                  HTML    148K 
31: R16         Special Charges, Net                                HTML    137K 
32: R17         Inventories, Net                                    HTML     40K 
33: R18         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML    169K 
34: R19         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    459K 
35: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    152K 
36: R21         Indebtedness                                        HTML    124K 
37: R22         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     48K 
38: R23         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML     66K 
                Matters                                                          
39: R24         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML    262K 
                Compensation                                                     
40: R25         Fair Value                                          HTML     43K 
41: R26         Quarterly Results (Unaudited)                       HTML    141K 
42: R27         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML    237K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
43: R28         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     47K 
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
44: R29         Use of Estimates (Tables)                           HTML     73K 
45: R30         Discontinued Operations and Other Dispositions      HTML    181K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R31         Information on Reportable Segments (Tables)         HTML    139K 
47: R32         Special Charges, Net (Tables)                       HTML    130K 
48: R33         Inventories, Net (Tables)                           HTML     39K 
49: R34         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    160K 
50: R35         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    462K 
51: R36         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    139K 
52: R37         Indebtedness (Tables)                               HTML     97K 
53: R38         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML     32K 
                Matters (Tables)                                                 
54: R39         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML    256K 
                Compensation (Tables)                                            
55: R40         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Tables)              HTML    140K 
56: R41         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML    153K 
                Accounting Policies (Detail)                                     
57: R42         Use of Estimates (Details)                          HTML     89K 
58: R43         Discontinued Operations and Other Dispositions      HTML    467K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R44         Information on Reportable Segments (Details)        HTML    205K 
60: R45         Special Charges, Net (Details)                      HTML     86K 
61: R46         Inventories, Net (Details)                          HTML     51K 
62: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     81K 
63: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML    109K 
64: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 3)    HTML     62K 
65: R50         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     80K 
66: R51         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2)                  HTML    148K 
67: R52         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 3)                  HTML     57K 
68: R53         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 4)                  HTML     64K 
69: R54         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 5)                  HTML    161K 
70: R55         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 6)                  HTML    142K 
71: R56         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 7)                  HTML     38K 
72: R57         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    152K 
73: R58         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML    127K 
74: R59         Indebtedness (Details)                              HTML    105K 
75: R60         Indebtedness (Details 2)                            HTML    146K 
76: R61         Indebtedness (Details 3)                            HTML     82K 
77: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     65K 
78: R63         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML     46K 
                Matters (Details)                                                
79: R64         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML    149K 
                Matters (Details 2)                                              
80: R65         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML     31K 
                Matters (Details 3)                                              
81: R66         Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other       HTML     28K 
                Matters (Details 4)                                              
82: R67         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML     95K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
83: R68         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML     60K 
                Compensation (Details 2)                                         
84: R69         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML    123K 
                Compensation (Details 3)                                         
85: R70         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML    149K 
                Compensation (Details 4)                                         
86: R71         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML     83K 
                Compensation (Details 5)                                         
87: R72         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML    116K 
                Compensation (Details 6)                                         
88: R73         Shareholders' Equity and Long-Term Incentive        HTML     61K 
                Compensation (Details 7)                                         
89: R74         Fair Value (Details)                                HTML     87K 
90: R75         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Details)             HTML    191K 
92: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    164K 
91: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    195K 
10: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- spxc-20161231                       XML   7.37M 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spxc-20161231_cal               XML    434K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spxc-20161231_def                XML   1.64M 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spxc-20161231_lab                     XML   3.38M 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spxc-20161231_pre              XML   2.20M 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- spxc-20161231                         XSD    264K 
93: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000088205-17-000008-xbrl      Zip    597K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — spxc-20161231_pre

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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