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| | | <rptOwnerName> Nurkin John Webster </rptOwnerName> |
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| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 13320-A BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE </rptOwnerStreet2> |
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| <value> 2023-02-20 </value> |
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| <value> 2030-02-20 </value> |
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| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Includes unvested restricted stock units. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on December 5, 2019. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $43.38 to $45.93, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to SPX Corporation, any security holder of SPX Corporation, or the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> Vests as to 100% of the shares on the third anniversary of the grant date. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F5"> Vests in three equal installments beginning on March 2, 2017 </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F6"> Vests in three equal installments beginning on March 1, 2018. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F7"> Vests in three equal installments beginning on February 22, 2019. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F8"> Vests in three equal installments beginning on February 21, 2020. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F9"> Vests in three equal installments beginning on February 20, 2021. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ John Webster Nurkin </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-03-05 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
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