Instrument of Consent Approving Termination of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan

Summary

This document records the approval by the Chair of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. to terminate the company's Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2002. The approval is given under authority delegated by the Board of Directors, allowing any elected officer to make non-substantive changes. The consent was executed on December 22, 2005.

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EXHIBIT 10.1
INSTRUMENT OF CONSENT
     The undersigned, Chair of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), by authority delegated to me by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held on November 30, 2005, hereby approves the Instrument of Termination of the Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2002), as amended, substantially in the form attached hereto, with such changes not contrary to the general tenor thereof as may be approved by any elected officer of the Company, such officer’s signature to be conclusive evidence of such approval.
December 22, 2005
     
 
 
 
   
 
  Hellene S. Runtagh