PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
$415,000,000
SPX CORPORATION
LIQUID YIELD OPTION(TM) NOTES DUE 2021
(ZERO COUPON-SENIOR)
AND
COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION AND/OR PURCHASE OF THE LYONS
This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated December 3, 2001 of SPX Corporation, as supplemented
December 13, 2001, December 27, 2001 and January 11, 2002, relating to the sale by certain of our securityholders (including
their pledgees, donees, assignees, transferees, successors and others who later hold any of our securityholders' interests) of
up to $415,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of LYONs and the common shares issuable upon conversion, and/or
purchase by us, of the LYONs. You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the prospectus, and this
prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the extent that the information in this prospectus
supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this prospectus supplement and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the prospectus.
The table of selling securityholders contained on page 44 of the prospectus is hereby amended to add the entities who
are named below as selling securityholders.
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF
AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF LYONS COMMON SHARES COMMON SHARES
NAME LYONS THAT MAY OUTSTANDING THAT MAY BE OUTSTANDING(3)
BE SOLD(1) SOLD(2)
JP Morgan Securities Inc. $ 50,000,000 12.05% 221,470 *
Lehman Brothers Inc. $ 7,000,000 1.69% 31,005 *
Quattro Fund Ltd $ 2,000,000 * 8,858 *
Zurich Institutional Benchmarks Management $ 1,500,000 * 6,644 *
Additionally, the following represents updated information regarding the selling securityholders listed in the
selling securityholders table in the prospectus:
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF
AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF LYONS COMMON SHARES COMMON SHARES
NAME LYONS THAT MAY OUTSTANDING THAT MAY BE OUTSTANDING(3)
BE SOLD(1) SOLD(2)
Royal Bank of Canada $ 20,000,000(**) 4.82 88,588 *
* Less than one percent (1%).
** Reflects revised total position of the selling securityholder.
(1) Amounts indicated may be in excess of the total amount registered due to sales or transfers exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act since the date upon which the selling securityholders provided to us the information
regarding their LYONs.
(2) Assumes conversion of all of the holder's LYONs at a conversion rate of 4.4294 common shares per $1,000 principal amount
at maturity of the LYONs. This conversion rate is subject to adjustment, however, as described under "Description of the
LYONs--Conversion Rights." As a result, the number of common shares issuable upon conversion of the LYONs may increase or
decrease in the future. Does not include common shares that may be issued by us upon purchase of LYONs by us at the option
of the holder.
(3) Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) of the Exchange Act, using 40,814,820 common shares outstanding as of March 15, 2002.
In calculating this amount for each holder, we treated as outstanding the number of common shares issuable upon conversion
of all of that holder's LYONs, but we did not assume conversion of any other holder's LYONs. Does not include common
shares that may be issued by us upon purchase of LYONs by us at the option of the holder.
Investing in the LYONs involves risks that are described in the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 11 of the prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or
disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is
a criminal offense.
(TM)TRADEMARK OF MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
The date of this prospectus supplement is March 27, 2002.
