Exhibit 10.5

                     AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
                         EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT



                         Amendment  No. 4,  dated as of March 31,  1999,  to the
          Amended  and  Restated  Executive  Employment  Agreement,  dated as of
          August 1, 1992,  as amended (the "Amended  Agreement")  by and between
          Del  Global  Technologies  Corp.  (formerly  known as Del  Electronics
          Corp.)  (the  "Corporation")  and  Leonard A.  Trugman  ("Executive").
          Capitalized  terms  utilized  herein and not defined herein shall have
          the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Amended Agreement.

                         WHEREAS,  for  good  and  valuable  consideration,  the
          receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,  the parties
          hereto  have  agreed  to  amend a  certain  provision  of the  Amended
          Agreement.

                         NOW  THEREFORE,  the parties  hereto  mutually agree as
          follows:

                         Section 1.  Section  9.1 of the  Amended  Agreement  is
          hereby  amended by adding the  following  sentence  at the end of such
          section:

                         "In the event of a Change in Control, all stock options
          of the Corporation granted to Executive which have not vested shall be
          immediately vested."

                         Section 2. In all other respects the Amended  Agreement
          remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

                         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have executed
          this Amendment no. 4 to the Amended Agreement as of the date set forth
          above.


                                       DEL GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

                                       By:/S/MICHAEL H. TABER
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                                       Michael H. Taber, Chief Financial Officer



                                       /S/LEONARD A. TRUGMAN
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                                       Leonard A. Trugman