AGREEMENT

                                       for

                   SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS



                  AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MARCH 26, 2001



This Agreement is made as of the twenty-sixth day of March 2001, between

Wolverine Tube, Inc. (the "Company") and Dennis Horowitz (the "Executive").



                                    RECITALS



WHEREAS, Company desires to employ and retain the unique experience, ability,

and services of Executive as Company's President and Chief Executive Officer;

and



WHEREAS, Company and the Executive as of June 1, 1999, entered into an agreement

(the "Agreement") to provide a nonqualified retirement benefit to supplement the

retirement income benefit provided to Executive under the Wolverine Tube, Inc.

Retirement Plan as Amended and Restated (the "Retirement Plan"), and the

Wolverine Tube, Inc. Supplemental Benefit Restoration Plan (the "Supplemental

Plan"); and



WHEREAS, the parties reserved the right to amend the Agreement in writing

through action taken by the Board of Directors and the Executive; and



WHEREAS, the parties amended the Agreement on November 16, 1999 to make

clarifying and corrective changes; and



WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee desires to amend the Agreement to revise the

compensation multiplier in the benefit formula and the method for crediting

service in the event of a Change of Control; and



WHEREAS, the terms and conditions of this Agreement as Amended and Restated as

of March 26, 2001 have been duly approved and authorized by the Compensation

Committee of the Company's Board of Directors;



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this

Agreement, and of other good and valuable consideration which Company and

Executive have received and accept as sufficient, Company and Executive agree

that the Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:



1.       AGREEMENT TERM



         The term of this Agreement begins on June 1, 1999 and continues until

all payments provided for hereunder have been made by the Company. No

termination of this Agreement shall have the effect of reducing benefits accrued

by Executive prior to the date of such termination.



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2.       DEFINITIONS:



         All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meanings

contained in the Retirement Plan, as it shall be amended from time to time,

except that the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:



         2.1      ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT



         "Actuarial Equivalent" means a benefit having the same value as the

benefit which it replaces, computed on the bases of the corresponding actuarial

equivalence assumptions in effect under the Retirement Plan.



         2.2      ADMINISTRATOR



         "Administrator" means the Retirement Committee under the Retirement

Plan, and any successor to the Retirement Committee.



         2.3      AFFILIATE



         "Affiliate" means --



         (a)      any corporation while it is a member of the same "controlled

                  group" of any corporations (within the meaning of Code section

                  414(b)) as the Company;



         (b)      any other trade or business (whether or not incorporated)

                  while it is under "common control" (within the meaning of Code

                  section 414(c)) with the Company;



         (c)      any organization during any period in which it (along with the

                  Company) is a member of an "affiliated service group" (within

                  the meaning of Code section 414(m)); or



         (d)      any other entity during any period in which it is required to

                  be aggregated with the Company under Code section 414(o)).



         2.4      AGREEMENT



         "Agreement" means this Agreement for Supplemental Executive Retirement

Benefits, which is effective June 1, 1999.



         2.5      BENEFICIARY



         "Beneficiary" means the individual designated by the Executive to

receive any death benefits payable on the Executive's behalf under the

Retirement Plan.





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         2.6      BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT DATE



         "Benefit Commencement Date" means the date on which the Executive's

benefits shall commence under Article IV. The Executive's Benefit Commencement

Date shall be --



         (a)      the first day of the month coincident with or next following

                  the later of --



                  (1)      the Executive's Termination of Service; or



                  (2)      the date on which the Executive attains his or her

                           Earliest Retirement Age; or



                  (3)      the date selected by the Administrator, in its sole

                           and absolute discretion, for the commencement of

                           benefit payments under the Supplemental Plan;

                           provided, however, that this date shall not precede

                           the Executive's Termination of Service.



         2.7      BOARD

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