prrn14a01874088_03262008.htm
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
STEEL PARTNERS II, L.P.
STEEL PARTNERS II GP LLC
STEEL PARTNERS II MASTER FUND L.P.
STEEL PARTNERS LLC
WARREN G. LICHTENSTEIN
JAMES R. HENDERSON
JOHN J. QUICKE
KEVIN C. KING
DON DEFOSSET
DELYLE BLOOMQUIST
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PRELIMINARY COPY - SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 26, 2008
 
STEEL PARTNERS II, L.P.
 
March 26, 2008
 
Dear Fellow Stockholder:
 
Steel Partners II, L.P. (“Steel Partners” or “we”) is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of 2,433,838 shares of Common Stock of EnPro Industries, Inc. (“EnPro” or the “Company”), representing approximately 11.1% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company.  For the reasons set forth in the attached Proxy Statement, we do not believe the Board of Directors of the Company is acting in the best interests of its stockholders.  We are therefore seeking your support at the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) scheduled to be held at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel, 5501 Carnegie Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., local time, for the following:
 
 
1.
To elect Steel Partners’ slate of two director nominees to EnPro’s Board of Directors in opposition to the Company’s incumbent directors.
 
 
2.
To approve an amendment to EnPro’s articles of incorporation to clarify the provision restricting the Company’s repurchase of its shares of Common Stock.
 
 
3.
To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as EnPro’s external auditors for 2008.
 
We are not seeking control of the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting.  Through the attached Proxy Statement, we are soliciting proxies to elect not only our two nominees but also the candidates who have been nominated by EnPro other than J.P. Bolduc and Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr.  This gives stockholders the ability to vote for the total number of directors up for election at the Annual Meeting.  The names, backgrounds and qualifications of EnPro’s nominees, and other information about them, can be found in the Company’s proxy statement.  There is no assurance that any of EnPro’s nominees will serve as directors if our nominees are elected.
 
We urge you to carefully consider the information contained in the attached Proxy Statement and then support our efforts by signing, dating and returning the enclosed GOLD proxy card today.  The attached Proxy Statement and the enclosed GOLD proxy card are first being furnished to the stockholders on or about March 27, 2008.
 
If you have already voted a proxy card furnished by the Company’s management, you have every right to change your vote by signing, dating and returning a later dated proxy.
 
If you have any questions or require any assistance with your vote, please contact Morrow & Co., LLC, which is assisting us, at their address and toll-free numbers listed on the following page.
 
Thank you for your support,
 
/s/ Warren G. Lichtenstein
Warren G. Lichtenstein
Steel Partners II, L.P.
 

 
 
 
 

 
If you have any questions, require assistance in voting your GOLD proxy card,
or need additional copies of our proxy materials, please call
Morrow & Co., LLC at the phone numbers listed below.

MORROW & CO., LLC

470 West Avenue
Stamford, CT 06902
(203) 658-9400

Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (203) 658-9400
Shareholders Call Toll Free: (800) 607-0088
E-mail: npo.info@morrowco.com


 
 

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ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
OF
ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
_________________________
 
 
PROXY STATEMENT
OF
STEEL PARTNERS II, L.P.
 
_________________________
 
 
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD TODAY
 
Steel Partners II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Steel Partners” or “we”), is the largest stockholder of EnPro Industries, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“EnPro” or the “Company”).  We are writing to you in connection with the election of two director nominees to the board of directors of EnPro (the “Board”) at the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel, 5501 Carnegie Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., local time, including any adjournments or postponements thereof and any meeting which may be called in lieu thereof (the “Annual Meeting”).  This proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) and the enclosed GOLD proxy card are first being furnished to stockholders on or about March 27, 2008.
 
This Proxy Statement and the enclosed GOLD proxy card are being furnished to stockholders of EnPro by Steel Partners in connection with the solicitation of proxies from EnPro’s stockholders for the following:
 
 
1.
To elect Steel Partners’ director nominees, Don DeFosset and Delyle Bloomquist (the “Nominees”) to serve as directors of EnPro, in opposition to the Company’s incumbent directors whose terms expire at the Annual Meeting.
 
 
2.
To approve an amendment to EnPro’s articles of incorporation to clarify the provision restricting the Company’s repurchase of its shares of Common Stock (the “Amendment”).
 
 
3.
To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as EnPro’s external auditors for 2008.
 
This Proxy Statement is soliciting proxies to elect not only our two director nominees, but also the candidates who have been nominated by EnPro other than J.P. Bolduc and Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr.  This gives stockholders who wish to vote for our two nominees the ability to vote for eight nominees in total.
 
 

 
Steel Partners, Steel Partners II GP LLC (“Steel GP LLC”), Steel Partners II Master Fund L.P. (“Steel Master”), Steel Partners LLC (“Partners LLC”), Warren G. Lichtenstein, James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist are members of a group formed in connection with this proxy solicitation and are deemed participants in this proxy solicitation.
 
EnPro has set the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting as February 29, 2008 (the “Record Date”).  The mailing address of the principal executive offices of EnPro is 5605 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 500, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209.  Stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  According to EnPro, as of the Record Date, there were 21,834,530 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”) outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  As of the Record Date, Steel Partners, along with all of the participants in this solicitation, were the beneficial owners of an aggregate of 2,433,838 Shares, which represents approximately 11.1% of the voting securities outstanding (based on the Company’s proxy statement).  The participants in this solicitation intend to vote such Shares (i) for the election of the Nominees, (ii) for an amendment to EnPro’s articles of incorporation to clarify the provision restricting the Company’s repurchase of its Shares and (iii) for the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s external auditors for 2008 as described herein.
 
THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING MADE BY STEEL PARTNERS AND NOT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR MANAGEMENT OF ENPRO.  STEEL PARTNERS IS NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MATTERS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING.  SHOULD OTHER MATTERS, WHICH STEEL PARTNERS IS NOT AWARE OF A REASONABLE TIME BEFORE THIS SOLICITATION, BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE PERSONS NAMED AS PROXIES IN THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD WILL VOTE ON SUCH MATTERS IN THEIR DISCRETION.
 
STEEL PARTNERS URGES YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE GOLD PROXY CARD IN FAVOR OF THE ELECTION OF ITS NOMINEES.
 
 
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IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT A PROXY CARD FURNISHED BY ENPRO’S MANAGEMENT TO THE COMPANY, YOU MAY REVOKE THAT PROXY AND VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF STEEL PARTNERS’ NOMINEES BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD.  THE LATEST DATED PROXY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS.  ANY PROXY MAY BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING BY DELIVERING A WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION OR A LATER DATED PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING TO STEEL PARTNERS, C/O OF MORROW & CO., LLC WHICH IS ASSISTING IN THIS SOLICITATION, OR TO THE SECRETARY OF ENPRO, OR BY VOTING IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
 
 
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IMPORTANT

Your vote is important, no matter how many or how few Shares you own.  We urge you to sign, date, and return the enclosed GOLD proxy card today to vote FOR the election of our Nominees.
 
 
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If your Shares are registered in your own name, please sign and date the enclosed GOLD proxy card and return it to Steel Partners, c/o Morrow & Co., LLC, in the enclosed envelope today.
 
 
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If your Shares are held in a brokerage account or bank, you are considered the beneficial owner of the Shares, and these proxy materials, together with a GOLD voting form, are being forwarded to you by your broker or bank.  As a beneficial owner, you must instruct your broker, trustee or other representative how to vote.  Your broker cannot vote your Shares on your behalf without your instructions.
 
 
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Depending upon your broker or custodian, you may be able to vote either by toll-free telephone or by the Internet.  Please refer to the enclosed voting form for instructions on how to vote electronically.  You may also vote by signing, dating and returning the enclosed voting form.
 
Since only your latest dated proxy card will count, we urge you not to return any proxy card you receive from the Company.  Even if you return the management proxy card marked “withhold” as a protest against the incumbent directors, it will revoke any proxy card you may have previously sent to Steel Partners.  Remember, you can vote for our two independent nominees only on our GOLD proxy card.  So please make certain that the latest dated proxy card you return is the GOLD proxy card.
 
Please call Morrow & Co., LLC if you need assistance in voting your GOLD proxy card.
 
 
 
 
MORROW & CO., LLC

470 West Avenue
Stamford, CT 06902
(203) 658-9400

Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (203) 658-9400
Shareholders Call Toll Free: (800) 607-0088
E-mail: npo.info@morrowco.com

 
 

 
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BACKGROUND TO SOLICITATION
 
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We made our first investment in Shares of EnPro in October 2003.
 
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By September 2005, we had acquired just under 15% of the outstanding Shares, making us the largest stockholder of Enpro.
 
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On October 20, 2005, we sent a letter to EnPro expressing our disappointment with the Company’s announcement of its proposed $150 million Convertible Debt offering to institutional investors.  In the letter, we expressed our belief that the Board was making a tremendous mistake by effectively selling stock at a level below the Company’s intrinsic value.  We suggested that if EnPro needed capital it should have explored a rights offering to existing stockholders or bank financing.
 
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On December 8, 2005, we sent a letter to EnPro recommending that the Company implement an aggressive share repurchase program.  In the letter, we stated that a share repurchase program was a superior alternative to EnPro’s stated strategy of strengthening the mix of its business by strategic acquisitions and that the probability of acquiring a business with attractive margins at a reasonable price was very low in the then current market.  We warned EnPro of the substantial financial risks associated with strategic acquisitions and expressed our view that the least risky and highest potential return would be a major share buyback which would be immediately accretive.
 
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In June 2007, we privately expressed to EnPro our willingness to enter into negotiations to acquire the Company for $47 per Share.  EnPro declined our offer.
 
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On January 30, 2008, we sent a letter to EnPro expressing our disappointment with the precipitous decline in the value of the Shares.  We recommended that EnPro capitalize on its operating momentum and utilize the strength of its balance sheet and substantial excess liquidity to pursue a public recapitalization at $30 per Share for at least $150 million of common stock, or approximately 23% of the outstanding Shares.  We stated that if EnPro is unwilling to pursue a recapitalization, it should hire a nationally recognized investment banking firm to explore all strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value, including a sale of the Company.  We also stated that we remain interested in purchasing EnPro and would expect to participate in any sales process commenced by the Company.  We simultaneously submitted a notification to EnPro nominating James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist for election at the Annual Meeting.
 
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On February 19, 2008, we sent a letter to EnPro expressing our disappointment that the Company had not responded to our proposals set forth in our January 30, 2008 letter other than to publicly state that the Company is evaluating our recommended strategic alternatives and will update the market at the appropriate time.  We emphasized our belief that an election contest should be a last resort and our hope that the Company would agree to appoint James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist to the Board on a voluntary basis.
 
 
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On February 28, 2008, Warren G. Lichtenstein, the managing member of Steel GP LLC and the manager of Partners LLC, met with representatives of EnPro to discuss our concerns regarding the Company, which are set forth in detail below.  We sought, among other things, to obtain representation on the Board in an effort to avoid a proxy contest.  However, the parties were unable to reach a resolution regarding these concerns during this meeting.
 
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Between February 28, 2008 and March 25, 2008, Warren Lichtenstein and William Holland, Chairman of the Board of EnPro, engaged in discussions regarding the potential to resolve our request for Board representation in order to avoid an election contest, as well as the size and composition of the Board.  No agreement or understanding has been reached to date.
 
 
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REASONS FOR OUR SOLICITATION
 
We believe that the value of EnPro has not been maximized by the Board and that the election of the Nominees represents the best means for stockholders to have the ability to maximize the present value of their Shares.  If elected, the Nominees will, subject to their fiduciary duties, concomitantly explore all available alternatives to maximize stockholder value including, but not limited to:
 
 
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A continued review of capital allocation practices;
 
 
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A divestiture of non-core assets of EnPro on a tax efficient basis;
 
 
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A more diligent management of EnPro’s asbestos liabilities with the objective of minimizing cash outflow, irrespective of the amount of remaining insurance receivables; and / or
 
 
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A sale of the entire Company by means of a merger, tender offer or otherwise.
 
If elected, the Nominees will work with the Board to retain a nationally recognized investment banking firm as well as other relevant consulting firms to assist in the review and implementation of the alternatives that the Nominees believe will maximize stockholder value for all of the Company’s stockholders.
 
Review of Capital Allocation
 
We believe that one of the main responsibilities of a board of directors of any public company is to properly allocate capital.  We believe that EnPro’s historical capital allocation strategy and balance sheet management have been inadequate.  The maintenance of large cash balances, particularly given EnPro’s undrawn credit facility and access to liquidity, is in our view an example of poor capital allocation.  Furthermore, we believe EnPro’s decision to issue the 3.9375% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2015 (the “Debentures”) in 2005 was shortsighted.  While the Debentures offer a low fixed interest rate, we believe that the actual cost of capital is considerably higher when taking into account (i) the cost of the associated hedging transactions into which the Company entered to increase the effective conversion price, (ii) the additional cost of the Debentures’ equity component and (iii) the additional shares that would need to be issued upon certain change of control transactions.  As such, we believe that not only is the cost of capital significantly higher than an otherwise unlevered company would merit, but also that the Debentures in certain ways also serve as an anti-takeover measure by increasing the purchase price a potential buyer would have to pay.  Unfortunately, both are at the expense of EnPro’s stockholders.  We also believe that the Company’s recently announced share repurchase, through an agreement with Credit Suisse International (“CSI”), is too little, does not fully address the need to restructure the Company’s balance sheet and may subject the Company to unnecessary risk in the form of a purchase price adjustment that the Company may be required to remit to CSI.
 
 
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Divestiture of Non-Core Assets
 
We believe that a divestiture of EnPro’s Engine Products and Services segment would further enhance stockholder value.  In addressing questions regarding this topic on February 6, 2008, management acknowledged that the segment does not fit with the rest of the business and should therefore be sold.  However, it does not appear that the Board has pursued such a divestiture with the required level of expediency.  If elected, the Nominees would seek to leverage the segment’s recent operating performance and accelerate the sale process so as to afford management the opportunity to focus on EnPro’s core businesses.
 
Diligent Management of Asbestos Liabilities
 
According to disclosure in the Company’s latest Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2008, EnPro has paid approximately $1.3 billion in settlements and judgments and over $400 million in fees and expenses since the first asbestos-related lawsuits were filed against the Garlock Sealing Technologies operation in 1975.  Further, EnPro estimates the remaining liabilities for the next ten years to be approximately $519 million (excluding significant fees and expenses) against approximately $382 million of solvent insurance and trust coverage that will be available to cover future asbestos claims and certain expense payments.  Given (i) EnPro’s significant historical payments, (ii) the magnitude of and the overhang related to the liability which we believe negatively impacts the Company’s valuation and access to the capital markets, (iii) the substantial estimate revisions over the last several years, and (iv) the Company’s historical shifts in strategy, we believe that a thorough analysis of the Company’s current strategy by a third party is critical.  If elected, the Nominees will seek to engage third party experts to assess the Company’s estimates and strategy as well as potential solutions to minimize and contain the potential liability.
 
Potential Sale of the Company
 
In conjunction with the aforementioned initiatives and subject to their fiduciary duties, the Nominees will use their best efforts to maximize stockholder value by lobbying the Board to pursue a potential sale of EnPro.  We would urge the Board to negotiate and consummate a transaction or transactions on the most favorable terms available to the EnPro stockholders.  We believe the Board should work to solicit bids from potential acquirors, including competitors of EnPro.  Steel Partners intends to participate in any sale process initiated by EnPro.  We note that in June 2007, Steel Partners privately expressed to EnPro its willingness to enter into negotiations to acquire the Company.   We believe any bids should be carefully evaluated based on, among other things, the value of the consideration offered, the ability of the bidder to finance the bid, the quality of any non-cash consideration offered (including the financial condition of any bidder offering non-cash consideration), and the timing and likelihood of consummation of the proposed transaction or transactions in light of any required financing or regulatory approvals.  If elected, the Nominees would recuse themselves from any vote taken by the Board on any proposal submitted by Steel Partners to acquire the Company.
 
 
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We wish to provide the stockholders, the true owners of EnPro, with the opportunity to elect directors that are unaffiliated with the existing Board.  We have nominated two highly-qualified nominees who, if elected, will constitute a minority of the Board.  Your vote to elect the Nominees does not constitute a vote in favor of our value enhancing plans including pursuing a sale of EnPro.  Your vote to elect the Nominees will have the legal effect of replacing two incumbent directors with our Nominees.  If the Nominees are elected to the Board and a transaction involving the sale of EnPro is proposed by the Board, stockholders will have an opportunity to vote on such transaction to the extent required by law.
 
There can be no assurance that stockholder value will be maximized as a result of this solicitation or the election of the Nominees.
 
 
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PROPOSAL NO. 1
 
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
We expect that the Board will nominate eight directors for election at the Annual Meeting. For the reasons stated above, we are seeking your support at the Annual Meeting to elect the Nominees in opposition to EnPro’s director nominees.  Your vote to elect the Nominees will have the legal effect of replacing two incumbent directors of EnPro with our Nominees.  If elected, the Nominees will represent a minority of the members of the Board.
 
THE NOMINEES
 
We have nominated a slate of highly qualified nominees who we believe possess the expertise necessary to work with the other members of the Board to restore and enhance stockholder value.  The following information sets forth the name, age, business address, present principal occupation, and employment and material occupations, positions, offices, or employments for the past five years of each of the Nominees.  This information has been furnished to Steel Partners by the Nominees.  The Nominees are citizens of the United States of America.
 
Don DeFosset (Age 59) has been a director of Regions Financial Corporation, a full-service provider of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services, since November 2006 and of AmSouth Bancorporation, which merged with Regions, since 2005.  He is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Walter Industries, Inc., a diversified company with businesses in water infrastructure, flow control, water transmission products, metallurgical coal and natural gas, and homebuilding.  He served as Chairman of Walter Industries from March 2002 to September 2005, and as President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2000 to September 2005.  He is also a director of Terex Corporation, a diversified global manufacturer, and James Hardie Industries, N.V., a building materials manufacturer.  The business address of Mr. DeFosset is 4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida 33607.  Mr. DeFosset does not directly own, and has not purchased or sold during the past two years, any securities of EnPro.
 
Delyle Bloomquist (Age 48) has served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Chemical Industrial Products, Inc. (“General Industrial”) (formerly General Chemical Corporation), a producer of soda ash, mica and attapulgite products, since April 2004.  He served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of General Chemical Group, Inc., a subsidiary of General Industrial, from April 1999 until March 2004. General Industrial filed a “pre-packaged” Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan in December 2003 and emerged from bankruptcy on March 30, 2004.  The business address of Mr. Bloomquist is 120 Eagle Rock Avenue, East Hanover, New Jersey 07936.  Mr. Bloomquist does not directly own, and has not purchased or sold during the past two years, any securities of EnPro.
 
 
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The Nominees will not receive any compensation from Steel Partners for their services as directors of EnPro. Other than as stated herein, there are no arrangements or understandings between Steel Partners and any of the Nominees or any other person or persons pursuant to which the nomination described herein is to be made, other than the consent by each of the Nominees to be named in this Proxy Statement and to serve as a director of EnPro if elected as such at the Annual Meeting.  None of the Nominees is a party adverse to EnPro or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to EnPro or any of its subsidiaries in any material pending legal proceedings.
 
Steel Partners does not expect that the Nominees will be unable to stand for election, but, in the event that such persons are unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the Shares represented by the enclosed GOLD proxy card will be voted for substitute nominees.  In addition, Steel Partners reserves the right to nominate substitute persons if EnPro makes or announces any changes to the Bylaws or takes or announces any other action that has, or if consummated would have, the effect of disqualifying the Nominees.  In any such case, Shares represented by the enclosed GOLD proxy card will be voted for such substitute nominees.  Steel Partners reserves the right to nominate additional persons.
 
YOU ARE URGED TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES ON THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD.
 
 
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PROPOSAL NO. 2
 
COMPANY PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO CLARIFY THE PROVISION RESTRICTING THE REPURCHASE OF SHARES
 
As discussed in further detail in EnPro’s proxy statement, the Company is proposing to amend Article 9(a) of its articles of incorporation to clarify the provision restricting the repurchase of its Shares.
 
WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.
 
 
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PROPOSAL NO. 3
 
COMPANY PROPOSAL TO RATIFY SELECTION OF EXTERNAL AUDITORS
 
As discussed in further detail in EnPro’s proxy statement, the Company’s Audit Committee has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s external auditors for 2008. EnPro has submitted a proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s external auditors for 2008 for approval at the Annual Meeting.
 
WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS ENPRO’S EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR 2008.
 
 
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VOTING AND PROXY PROCEDURES
 
Only stockholders of record on the Record Date will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.  Each Share is entitled to one vote.  Stockholders who sell Shares before the Record Date (or acquire them without voting rights after the Record Date) may not vote such Shares.  Stockholders of record on the Record Date will retain their voting rights in connection with the Annual Meeting even if they sell such Shares after the Record Date.  Based on publicly available information, we believe that the only outstanding class of securities of EnPro entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting are the Shares.
 
Shares represented by properly executed GOLD proxy cards will be voted at the Annual Meeting as marked and, in the absence of specific instructions, will be voted FOR the election of the Nominees, FOR the election of the candidates who have been nominated by the Company other than J.P. Bolduc and Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr., FOR the approval of the Amendment, FOR the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s external auditors for 2008 and in the discretion of the persons named as proxies on all other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
 
According to EnPro’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, the Board intends to nominate eight candidates for election as directors at the Annual Meeting.  This Proxy Statement is soliciting proxies to elect not only our Nominees, but also the candidates who have been nominated by the Company other than J.P. Bolduc and Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr.  This gives stockholders who wish to vote for our Nominees and such other persons the ability to do so.  Under applicable proxy rules, we are required either to solicit proxies only for our Nominees, which could result in limiting the ability of stockholders to fully exercise their voting rights with respect to EnPro’s nominees, or to solicit for our Nominees and for fewer than all of the Company’s nominees, which enables a stockholder who desires to vote for our Nominees to also vote for those of the Company’s nominees for whom we are soliciting proxies.  The names, backgrounds and qualifications of the Company’s nominees, and other information about them, can be found in the Company’s proxy statement.  There is no assurance that any of the Company’s nominees will serve as directors if our Nominees are elected.
 
QUORUM
 
In order to conduct any business at the Annual Meeting, a quorum must be present in person or represented by valid proxies.  The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum.  Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting.
 
 
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VOTES REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL
 
Election of Directors.  Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.  The director nominees who receive the largest number of votes cast will be elected, up to the maximum number of directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting.  A vote to “withhold authority” for any director nominee will have no impact on the election of directors.
 
Approval of the Amendment.  The affirmative vote of a majority of the Shares outstanding is necessary to approve the amendment to EnPro’s articles of incorporation to clarify the provision restricting the Company’s repurchase of Shares.  Abstentions will have the same effect as votes against the approval of the Amendment.
 
Ratification of Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.  The affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is necessary to approve the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s external auditors for 2008. Abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for the approval of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
 
DISCRETIONARY VOTING
 
Shares held in “street name” and held of record by banks, brokers or nominees may not be voted by such banks, brokers or nominees unless the beneficial owners of such Shares provide them with instructions on how to vote.
 
REVOCATION OF PROXIES
 
Stockholders of EnPro may revoke their proxies at any time prior to exercise by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person (although attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself constitute revocation of a proxy) or by delivering a written notice of revocation.  The delivery of a subsequently dated proxy which is properly completed will constitute a revocation of any earlier proxy.  The revocation may be delivered either to Steel Partners in care of Morrow & Co., LLC at the address set forth on the back cover of this Proxy Statement or to EnPro at 5605 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 500, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209, or any other address provided by EnPro.  Although a revocation is effective if delivered to EnPro, Steel Partners requests that either the original or photostatic copies of all revocations be mailed to Steel Partners in care of Morrow & Co., LLC at the address set forth on the back cover of this Proxy Statement so that Steel Partners will be aware of all revocations and can more accurately determine if and when proxies have been received from the holders of record on the Record Date of a majority of the outstanding Shares.  Additionally, Morrow & Co., LLC may use this information to contact stockholders who have revoked their proxies in order to solicit later dated proxies for the election of the Nominees.
 
IF YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES TO THE BOARD, FOR THE AMENDMENT OR FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED.
 
 
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SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
 
The solicitation of proxies pursuant to this Proxy Statement is being made by Steel Partners.  Proxies may be solicited by mail, facsimile, telephone, telegraph, Internet, in person and by advertisements.
 
Steel Partners has entered into an agreement with Morrow & Co., LLC for solicitation and advisory services in connection with this solicitation, for which Morrow & Co., LLC will receive a fee not to exceed $125,000, together with reimbursement for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, and will be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.  Morrow & Co., LLC will solicit proxies from individuals, brokers, banks, bank nominees and other institutional holders.  Steel Partners has requested banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward all solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of the Shares they hold of record.  Steel Partners will reimburse these record holders for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in so doing.  It is anticipated that Morrow & Co., LLC will employ approximately 30 persons to solicit EnPro’s stockholders for the Annual Meeting.
 
The entire expense of soliciting proxies is being borne by Steel Partners pursuant to the terms of the Joint Filing and Solicitation Agreement (as defined below).  Costs of this solicitation of proxies are currently estimated to be approximately $375,000.  Steel Partners estimates that through the date hereof, its expenses in connection with this solicitation are approximately $80,000.  Steel Partners intends to seek reimbursement from EnPro of all expenses it incurs in connection with the Solicitation.  Steel Partners does not intend to submit the question of such reimbursement to a vote of security holders of the Company.
 
OTHER PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
 
Other than the Nominees, the participants in this solicitation are James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Kevin C. King, Steel Partners, a Delaware limited partnership, Steel Master, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, Steel GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Warren G. Lichtenstein.  The principal occupation of James R. Henderson is Managing Director and operating partner of Partners LLC.  The principal occupation of John J. Quicke is Managing Director and operating partner of Partners LLC.  The principal occupation of Kevin C. King is Senior Partner of Capstone Funding, Ltd., a private investment company.  Mr. King’s principal business address is P. O. Box 79099, Houston, Texas 77279-9099.  Steel Master is the sole limited partner of Steel Partners.  Steel GP LLC is the general partner of Steel Partners and Steel Master.  Partners LLC is the investment manager of Steel Partners and Steel Master.  Mr. Lichtenstein is the managing member of Steel GP LLC and the manager of Partners LLC.  The principal business address of Steel Partners, Steel GP LLC, Partners LLC, Mr. Lichtenstein, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Quicke is 590 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10022.  The principal business address of Steel Master is c/o Morgan Stanley Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd., Cricket Square, 2nd Floor, Boundary Hall, Hutchins Drive, P.O. Box 2681, Grand Cayman KY1-1111, Cayman Islands.  As of the date hereof, Steel Partners owns 2,433,838 Shares.  By virtue of the relationships described above, each of Steel GP LLC, Steel Master, Partners LLC and Mr. Lichtenstein may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Steel Partners.
 
 
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Currently, none of James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist directly owns any Shares.  As a member of a “group” for the purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of Messrs. Henderson, Quicke, DeFosset, King and Bloomquist may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all 2,433,838 Shares owned by Steel Partners. Each of Messrs. Henderson, Quicke, DeFosset, King and Bloomquist disclaims beneficial ownership of Shares that he does not directly own.  For information regarding purchases and sales of securities of EnPro during the past two years by Steel Partners, see Schedule I.
 
On January 30, 2008, the participants in this solicitation entered into a Joint Filing and Solicitation Agreement in which, among other things, (i) the parties agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of EnPro, (ii) the parties agreed to solicit proxies or written consents for the election of the Nominees, or any other person(s) nominated by Steel Partners, to the Board at the Annual Meeting (the “Solicitation”), and (iii) Steel Partners agreed to bear all expenses incurred in connection with the parties’ activities, including approved expenses incurred by any of the parties in connection with the Solicitation, subject to certain limitations.  Steel Partners has agreed to indemnify each of James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist against claims arising from the Solicitation.
 
Except as set forth in this Proxy Statement (including the Schedules hereto), (i) during the past 10 years, no participant in this solicitation has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors); (ii) no participant in this solicitation directly or indirectly beneficially owns any securities of EnPro; (iii) no participant in this solicitation owns any securities of EnPro which are owned of record but not beneficially; (iv) no participant in this solicitation has purchased or sold any securities of EnPro during the past two years; (v) no part of the purchase price or market value of the securities of EnPro owned by any participant in this solicitation is represented by funds borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring or holding such securities; (vi) no participant in this solicitation is, or within the past year was, a party to any contract, arrangements or understandings with any person with respect to any securities of EnPro, including, but not limited to, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profit, division of losses or profits, or the giving or withholding of proxies; (vii) no associate of any participant in this solicitation owns beneficially, directly or indirectly, any securities of EnPro; (viii) no participant in this solicitation owns beneficially, directly or indirectly, any securities of any parent or subsidiary of EnPro; (ix) no participant in this solicitation or any of his/its associates was a party to any transaction, or series of similar transactions, since the beginning of EnPro’s last fiscal year, or is a party to any currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions, to which EnPro or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000; (x) no participant in this solicitation or any of his/its associates has any arrangement or understanding with any person with respect to any future employment by EnPro or its affiliates, or with respect to any future transactions to which EnPro or any of its affiliates will or may be a party; and (xi) no person, including the participants in this solicitation, who is a party to an arrangement or understanding pursuant to which the Nominees are proposed to be elected has a substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be acted on at the Annual Meeting.
 
 
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OTHER MATTERS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
Other Matters
 
Other than those discussed above, Steel Partners is unaware of any other matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting.  However, should other matters, which Steel Partners is not aware of a reasonable time before this solicitation, be brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies on the enclosed GOLD proxy card will vote on such matters in their discretion.
 
Stockholder Proposals
 
Under EnPro’s Bylaws, any stockholder entitled to vote at its annual stockholders’ meeting may nominate a person for election to the Board or bring other business before the meeting if the stockholder provides written notice to, and such notice is received by, the Company’s corporate Secretary generally not less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting.  If the date of the meeting is moved up by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from the anniversary date, however, notice is timely provided if it is delivered not earlier than the 120th day prior to the date of the meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the meeting, or the tenth day after the day on which the meeting is first publicly announced, whichever is later.
 
Any stockholder who intends to present a proposal for consideration at EnPro’s 2009 annual stockholders’ meeting must ensure that the Company’s Secretary receives the proposal between December 31, 2008 and January 30, 2009 (unless the Company moves the meeting up by more than 30 days or delays it by more than 60 days from April 30, 2009).
 
In addition, EnPro must receive any stockholder proposal intended to be included in its proxy statement for the 2009 annual stockholders’ meeting at its offices at 5605 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 500, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209, Attention: Secretary, on or before November 24, 2008.  Applicable rules of the SEC govern the submission of stockholder proposals and EnPro’s consideration of them for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2009 annual stockholders’ meeting.
 
The information set forth above regarding the procedures for submitting stockholder nominations and proposals for consideration at EnPro’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders is based on information contained in the Company’s proxy statement.  The incorporation of this information in this Proxy Statement should not be construed as an admission by us that such procedures are legal, valid or binding.
 
 
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Incorporation by Reference
 
Steel Partners has omitted from this Proxy Statement certain disclosure required by applicable law that is expected to be included in the Company’s proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting.  This disclosure is expected to include, among other things, current biographical information on EnPro’s current directors, information concerning executive compensation, and other important information.  Although we do not have any knowledge indicating that any statement made by Steel Partners herein is untrue, we do not take any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of statements taken from public documents and records that were not prepared by or on our behalf, or for any failure by EnPro to disclose events that may affect the significance or accuracy of such information.  See Schedule II for information regarding persons who beneficially own more than 5% of the Shares and the ownership of the Shares by the directors and management of EnPro.
 
The information concerning EnPro contained in this Proxy Statement and the Schedules attached hereto has been taken from, or is based upon, publicly available information.
 

STEEL PARTNERS II, L.P.
 
March 26, 2008
 
 
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SCHEDULE I
 
TRANSACTIONS IN SECURITIES OF ENPRO
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS
 
Class
of Security
Quantity
Purchased / (Sold)
Price Per
Share ($)
Date of
Purchase / Sale
 
Steel Partners II, L.P.
 
Common Stock
3,200
  
32.5706
03/28/06
Common Stock
38,175
  
34.5652
06/07/06
Common Stock
(28,200)
  
40.5307
02/20/07
Common Stock
(21,300)
  
40.5193
02/21/07
Common Stock
(15,800)
  
40.3654
02/22/07
Common Stock
(21,000)
  
40.3269
02/23/07
Common Stock
(1,400)
  
40.3000
02/26/07
Common Stock
(8,000)
  
37.7550
03/12/07
Common Stock
(5,300)
  
37.6000
03/13/07
Common Stock
(22,338)
  
36.7244
03/14/07
Common Stock
(59,712)
  
36.8404
03/15/07
Common Stock
(60,147)
  
36.7635
03/16/07
Common Stock
(132,200)
  
36.8392
03/19/07
Common Stock
(87,533)
  
36.8367
03/20/07
Common Stock
(35,465)
  
36.8787
03/21/07
Common Stock
(32,322)
  
36.8024
03/22/07
Common Stock
(8,683)
  
42.1599
08/21/07
Common Stock
(53,693)
  
42.0109
08/22/07
Common Stock
(9,000)
  
42.0000
08/23/07
Common Stock
(13,200)
  
42.1943
08/27/07
Common Stock
(1,300)
  
42.0000
08/29/07
Common Stock
(7,700)
  
42.0091
08/30/07
Common Stock
(39,021)
  
42.0442
08/31/07
Common Stock
(39,038)
  
42.0512
09/04/07
Common Stock
(1,900)
  
42.1974
09/04/07
Common Stock
(19,712)
  
42.1203
09/05/07
Common Stock
(123,876)
  
42.0035
09/06/07
Common Stock
(60,350)
  
42.1545
09/12/07
Common Stock
(3,500)
  
42.0663
09/13/07
Common Stock
(25,400)
  
42.0396
09/13/07
Common Stock
(3,600)
  
42.0000
09/14/07
Common Stock
(76,800)
  
42.0049
09/18/07
Common Stock
(11,800)
  
43.2834
09/19/07
Common Stock
(7,900)
  
43.1184
09/19/07
Common Stock
(7,900)
  
42.0584
09/20/07
Common Stock
(25,000)
  
42.2030
09/20/07
 
 
I-1
 
Class
of Security
Quantity
Purchased / (Sold)
Price Per
Share ($)
Date of
Purchase / Sale
 
Common Stock
(27,436)
  
42.0771
09/21/07
Common Stock
(2,000)
  
42.0000
09/21/07
Common Stock
(94,900)
  
42.0000
09/24/07
Common Stock
(45,766)
  
42.0701
09/24/07
Common Stock
(3,500)
  
42.0000
09/25/07
Common Stock
(32,012)
  
42.0072
09/26/07
Common Stock
(6,400)
  
42.0162
09/26/07
Common Stock
(61,240)
  
42.0040
09/27/07
Common Stock
(3,564)
  
42.2386
09/28/07
Common Stock
(1,000)
  
42.0065
10/01/07
Common Stock
(8,100)
  
42.0101
10/09/07
Common Stock
(14,418)
  
42.0065
10/09/07
Common Stock
(25,200)
  
42.0143
10/10/07
Common Stock
(3,200)
  
42.7184
10/16/07
Common Stock
(100)
  
43.3000
10/17/07
Common Stock
(100)
  
43.0000
10/18/07
Common Stock
(4,120)
  
43.0051
10/18/07
Common Stock
140,100
  
34.1316
11/08/07
Common Stock
25,000
  
34.1594
11/08/07
Common Stock
48,600
  
33.6892
11/09/07
Common Stock
100,000
  
33.7112
11/12/07
Common Stock
21,300
  
33.4500
11/13/07
Common Stock
30,509
  
33.2807
11/14/07
Common Stock
24,491
  
33.2607
11/15/07
Common Stock
293,581
  
26.5000
01/25/08
 
 
I-2
 
SCHEDULE II
 
The following tables are reprinted from the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2008
 
The following table sets forth information about the individuals and entities who held more than 5% of EnPro’s Shares as of February 29, 2008. This information is based solely on SEC filings made by the individuals and entities by that date.
 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
Percent of Class (1)
 
Steel Partners II, L.P.(2)
590 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
2,433,838
 
11.1%
 
         
Keeley Asset Management Corp.(3)
401 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60605
1,927,163
 
8.8%
 
         
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc.(4)
1299 Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
1,463,847
 
6.7%
 
         
Bank of America Corporation(5)
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center
Charlotte, NC 28255
1,370,015
 
6.2%
 
         
Barclays Global Investors, N.A. et al.(6)
45 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
1,104,753
 
5.1%
 

(1)
Applicable percentage ownership is based on 21,834,530 Shares outstanding at February 29, 2008.
 
(2)
This information is based on a Form 13D amendment dated January 30, 2008 filed with the SEC by Steel Partners II, L.P., Steel Partners II GP LLC, Steel Partners II Master Fund L.P., Steel Partners LLC, Warren G. Lichtenstein, James R. Henderson, John J. Quicke, Don DeFosset, Kevin C. King and Delyle Bloomquist reporting beneficial ownership as of January 30, 2008. Each of Steel Partners II, L.P., Steel Partners II GP LLC, Steel Partners II Master Fund L.P., Steel Partners LLC and Warren G. Lichtenstein reports sole voting power over 2,433,838 shares and sole dispositive power over 2,433,838 Shares.
 

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(3)
This information is based on a Schedule 13G amendment dated January 31, 2008 filed with the SEC by Keeley Asset Management Corp. reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2007. Keeley Asset Management Corp. reports sole voting power over 1,806,298 Shares and sole dispositive power over 1,927,163 Shares.
 
(4)
This information is based on a Schedule 13G amendment dated February 6, 2008 filed with the SEC by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP with the SEC reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2007. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reports sole voting and dispositive power over all of these Shares in its role as investment advisor to certain investment companies or as investment manager to certain group trusts and other accounts.
 
(5)
This information is based on a Schedule 13G amendment dated February 5, 2008 filed with the SEC by Bank of America Corporation, NB Holdings Corporation, Bank of America, National Association, Banc of America Securities Holdings Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, Banc of America Investment Advisors, Inc., Columbia Management Group, LLC, Columbia Management Advisors, LLC, NMS Services Inc., NMS Services (Cayman) Inc., and United States Trust Company, N.A. reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2007. Bank of America Corporation reports shared voting power over 1,370,015 Shares and shared dispositive power over 1,315,730 Shares, NB Holdings Corporation reports shared voting power over 1,320,815 Shares and shared dispositive power over 1,266,530 Shares, Bank of America, National Association reports sole voting power over 349,166 Shares, shared voting power over 460,584 Shares, sole dispositive power over 340,766 Shares and shared dispositive power over 439,399 Shares, Banc of America Securities Holdings Corporation reports shared voting power over 510,781 Shares and shared dispositive power over 510,781 Shares, Banc of America Securities LLC reports sole voting power over 510,781 Shares and sole dispositive power over 510,781 Shares, Banc of America Investment Advisors, Inc. reports shared voting power over 54,785 Shares, Columbia Management Group, LLC reports shared voting power over 400,199 Shares and shared dispositive power over 400,199 Shares, Columbia Management Advisors, LLC reports sole voting power over 400,199 Shares, sole dispositive power over 397,399 Shares and shared dispositive power over 2,800 Shares, NMS Services Inc. reports shared voting power over 49,200 Shares and shared dispositive power over 49,200 Shares, NMS Services (Cayman) Inc. reports sole voting power over 49,200 Shares and sole dispositive power over 49,200 Shares, and United States Trust Company, N.A. reports sole voting power over 284 Shares and sole dispositive power over 784 Shares.
 
(6)
This information is based on a Schedule 13G dated January 10, 2008 filed with the SEC by Barclays Global Investors, N.A., Barclays Global Fund Advisors, Barclays Global Investors, Ltd., Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Company Limited and Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2007. Barclays Global Investors, N.A. reports sole voting power over 1,027,908 Shares and sole dispositive power over 1,104,753 Shares, Barclays Global Fund Advisors reports sole voting power over 463,030 Shares and sole dispositive power over 642,708 Shares, and Barclays Global Investors, Ltd. reports sole dispositive power over 22,123 Shares.
 
 
II-2
 
Securities Ownership of Officers and Directors
 
The following table sets forth information as of February 29, 2008 about the Shares that the following individuals beneficially own:
 
 
·
EnPro’s directors;

 
·
EnPro’s director nominees; and

 
·
EnPro’s executive officers and former executive officers listed in the summary compensation table that begins on page 32 of the Company’s proxy statement.

It also includes information about the Shares that EnPro’s directors and executive officers own as a group.
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership (1)
Directors’
Phantom Shares (2)
Directors’
Stock Units (3)
Percent of
Class (4)
 
William R. Holland
38,165
 
16,348
 
--
 
*
 
Ernest F. Schaub
491,419
 
--
 
--
 
2.2%
 
Stephen E. Macadam
--
 
--
 
--
 
--
 
J. P. Bolduc
1,000
 
16,348
 
1,520
 
*
 
Peter C. Browning
4,340
 
16,348
 
7,599
 
*
 
Joe T. Ford
10,000
 
16,348
 
8,473
 
*
 
Gordon D. Harnett
2,060
 
16,348
 
6,483
 
*
 
David L. Hauser
800
 
3,341
 
--
 
*
 
Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr.
--
 
4,312
 
4,300
 
*
 
William Dries
154,681
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
Richard L. Magee
128,333
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
J. Milton Childress II
9,576
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
Donald G. Pomeroy II
26,167
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
14 directors and executive officers as a group
891,094
 
89,393
 
28,375
 
4.0%
 
Former Executive Officers:
 
John R. Smith
--
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
Wayne T. Byrne
3,998
 
--
 
--
 
*
 
* Less than 1%
 
 
II-3

 
(1)
These numbers include the following Shares that the officers may acquire within 60 days after February 29, 2008 through the exercise of stock options: Mr. Schaub, 284,624 shares; Mr. Dries, 103,100 shares; Mr. Magee, 90,000 shares; Mr. Pomeroy, 18,100 shares; and all directors and executive officers as a group, 513,924 shares. The numbers also include Shares held in EnPro’s Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, allocated as follows: Mr. Dries, 728 Shares and Mr. Magee, 14 Shares. In addition, these numbers include restricted Shares as follows: Mr. Dries, 11,220 Shares; Mr. Magee, 10,209 Shares; and Mr. Childress, 7,926 Shares. All other ownership is direct, except that Mr. Schaub and Mr. Dries indirectly own 6,000 Shares and 200 Shares, respectively, which are owned by family members.
 
(2)
These numbers reflect the phantom shares awarded under EnPro’s Outside Directors’ Phantom Share Plan and the phantom shares awarded to non-employee directors under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Compensation Plan. When they leave the Board, these directors will receive cash in an amount equal to the value of the phantom shares awarded under the Outside Directors’ Phantom Share Plan and Shares for phantom shares awarded under the Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Compensation Plan. See the section titled “Corporate Governance Policies and Practices — Director Compensation” in EnPro’s proxy statement. Because the phantom shares are not actual Shares, these directors have neither voting nor investment authority in the Shares arising from their ownership of these phantom shares.
 
(3)
These numbers reflect the number of stock units credited to those non-employee directors who have elected to defer all or a part of the cash portion of their annual retainer and meeting fees pursuant to EnPro’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. See the section titled “Corporate Governance Policies and Practices — Director Compensation” in EnPro’s proxy statement.  Because the stock units are not actual Shares, the directors have neither voting nor investment authority in the Shares arising from their ownership of these stock units.
 
(4)
These percentages do not include the directors’ phantom shares or stock units described in Notes 2 and 3. Applicable percentage ownership is based on 21,834,530 Shares outstanding at February 29, 2008.
 
 
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IMPORTANT

Tell your Board what you think!  Your vote is important.  No matter how many Shares you own, please give Steel Partners your proxy FOR the election of Steel Partners’ Nominees by taking three steps:
 
 
·
SIGNING the enclosed GOLD proxy card,
 
 
·
DATING the enclosed GOLD proxy card, and
 
 
·
MAILING the enclosed GOLD proxy card TODAY in the envelope provided (no postage is required if mailed in the United States).
 
If any of your Shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, bank nominee or other institution, only it can vote such Shares and only upon receipt of your specific instructions.  Depending upon your broker or custodian, you may be able to vote either by toll-free telephone or by the Internet.  Please refer to the enclosed voting form for instructions on how to vote electronically.  You may also vote by signing, dating and returning the enclosed GOLD voting form.
 
If you have any questions or require any additional information concerning this Proxy Statement, please contact Morrow & Co., LLC at the address set forth below.
 


 
 

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PRELIMINARY COPY - SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 26, 2008
 
GOLD PROXY CARD
 
ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
2008 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF STEEL PARTNERS II, L.P.
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
IS NOT SOLICITING THIS PROXY
P     R     O     X     Y
The undersigned appoints Warren Lichtenstein and Don DeFosset, and each of them, attorneys and agents with full power of substitution to vote all shares of Common Stock of EnPro Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company scheduled to be held at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel, 5501 Carnegie Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., local time, and including at any adjournments or postponements thereof and at any meeting called in lieu thereof (the “Annual Meeting”).
 
The undersigned hereby revokes any other proxy or proxies heretofore given to vote or act with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Company held by the undersigned, and hereby ratifies and confirms all action the herein named attorneys and proxies, their substitutes, or any of them may lawfully take by virtue hereof.  If properly executed, this Proxy will be voted as directed on the reverse and in the discretion of the herein named attorneys and proxies or their substitutes with respect to any other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting that are unknown to Steel Partners II, L.P. (“Steel”) a reasonable time before this solicitation.
 
IF NO DIRECTION IS INDICATED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSALS ON THE REVERSE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” SUCH PROPOSALS.
 
This Proxy will be valid until the sooner of one year from the date indicated on the reverse side and the completion of the Annual Meeting.
 
IMPORTANT: PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY!
 
CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE
 
 
 
GOLD PROXY CARD
 
STEEL RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF ITS NOMINEES LISTED BELOW IN PROPOSAL NO. 1, “FOR” PROPOSAL NO. 2 AND “FOR” PROPOSAL NO. 3.

[X] Please mark vote as in this example
 
1.           STEEL’S PROPOSAL TO ELECT DIRECTORS:
 
   
FOR ALL
NOMINEES
WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY TO
VOTE FOR ALL
NOMINEES
FOR ALL
NOMINEES
EXCEPT
         
Nominees:
Don DeFosset
Delyle Bloomquist
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Steel intends to use this proxy to vote (i) “FOR” Messrs. DeFosset and Bloomquist and (ii) “FOR” the candidates who have been nominated by the Company to serve as directors other than J.P. Bolduc and Wilbur J. Prezzano, Jr. for whom Steel is NOT seeking authority to vote for and WILL NOT exercise any such authority.  The names, backgrounds and qualifications of the candidates who have been nominated by the Company, and other information about them, can be found in the Company’s proxy statement.

There is no assurance that any of the candidates who have been nominated by the Company will serve as directors if Steel’s nominees are elected.

NOTE: If you do not wish for your shares to be voted “FOR” a particular Steel nominee, mark the “FOR ALL NOMINEES EXCEPT” box and write the name of the nominee you do not support on the line below.  Your shares will be voted for the remaining Steel nominee.  You may also withhold authority to vote for one or more additional candidates who have been nominated by the Company by writing the name of the nominee(s) below.


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2.  THE COMPANY’S PROPOSAL TO AMEND ITS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO CLARIFY THE PROVISION RESTRICTING THE REPURCHASE OF SHARES.
 
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
 
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3.  THE COMPANY’S PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR 2008.
 
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
 
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DATED:  ____________________________

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(Signature)

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(Signature, if held jointly)

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(Title)

WHEN SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN.  EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, ETC., SHOULD INDICATE THE CAPACITY IN WHICH SIGNING.  PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY.