UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, ~~D.C.~~DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

~~PURSUANT~~ TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of ~~Report (Date~~ of ~~earliest event reported): August 20, 2009~~ report

December 21, 2009

(Date of earliest event reported)

WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

(Exact ~~name~~Name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in ~~its~~Its ~~charter~~Charter)

Delaware	1-12164	63-0970812
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

DELAWARE

200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite 1000 Huntsville, Alabama	35801
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (256) 353-1310

1-12164	63-0970812
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~Not~~200 ~~Applicable~~Clinton Avenue West, Suite 1000

~~(Former name or former address~~Huntsville, ~~if changed since last report)~~Alabama 35801

(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

(256) 353-1310

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

~~Item~~ o Soliciting material ~~5.02~~pursuant ~~Departure~~to ofRule ~~Directors~~14a-12 orunder ~~Certain~~the ~~Officers;~~Exchange ~~Election~~Act of(17 ~~Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~CFR 240.14a-12)

~~Letter~~ o Pre-commencement ~~Agreement~~communications ~~with~~pursuant ~~Harold~~to M.Rule ~~Karp~~14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

~~On August~~ o Pre-commencement ~~20,~~communications ~~2009,~~pursuant ~~Wolverine~~to ~~Tube,~~Rule ~~Inc.~~ 13e-4(~~the “Company”~~c) ~~entered~~under ~~into~~the aExchange ~~letter~~Act ~~agreement~~ (~~the~~17 ~~“Letter Agreement”) with Harold M. Karp, President and Chief Operating~~CFR ~~Officer, regarding a retention bonus of $100,000 to be provided to Mr~~240. Karp in exchange for his commitment to remain employed by the Company in his current capacity and for his continued performance of his duties in a satisfactory manner through June 30, 2011. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the retention bonus is payable to Mr. Karp in equal installments on August 31, 2009, March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010. In the event that Mr. Karp voluntarily leaves the Company prior to July 1, 2011 or is terminated for cause prior to that date, he is required to repay to the Company the entire retention bonus at the time his active employment ends. The Letter Agreement expires on July 1, 2011.13e-4(c))

~~The foregoing~~ITEM 1.01 ~~summary~~Entry isinto ~~qualified~~a inMaterial ~~its entirety by the full text of the Letter~~Definitive Agreement ~~attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.~~

~~Item~~Toll Manufacturing ~~9.01~~Agreement ~~Financial~~Between ~~Statements~~Wolverine Joining Technologies, LLC and ~~Exhibits~~Exeon Inc.

On December 21, 2009, Wolverine Joining Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wolverine (d“WJT”), entered into a ~~Exhibits~~toll manufacturing agreement (the “Toll Agreement”) with Exeon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Exeon”). Exeon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Alpine Group, Inc. (“Alpine”), a principal shareholder of voting securities of Wolverine. WJT currently also provides toll manufacturing services to other customers.

	Exhibit No.	Description
	10.1	Letter Agreement between Wolverine Tube, Inc. and Harold M. Karp, dated August 20, 2009

Under the Toll Agreement, which became effective as of November 30, 2009, Exeon provides raw materials (principally metals, including silver, copper, tin and zinc) to WJT which WJT uses to manufacture products for Exeon’s sale to customers. WJT will act as sales agent for Exeon and will market and sell Exeon’s finished goods. In addition, WJT will provide certain related administrative services. In consideration of the foregoing, Exeon will pay WJT a monthly toll services fee of $4.45 per copper pound for the products shipped. The toll services fee will be adjusted periodically, if necessary.

~~SIGNATURE~~The Toll Agreement provides for an initial term of three (3) years, which is automatically renewed for successive twelve (12) month periods, unless either party, upon ninety (90) days prior notice, terminates the agreement. Additionally, either party may terminate the Toll Agreement upon thirty (30) days notice. The Toll Agreement also contains other terms and conditions customary for agreements of this type including: confidentiality requirements, limited warranties, and indemnifications between the parties.

~~Pursuant~~To tofacilitate ~~the~~WJT’s ~~requirements~~transition ofto ~~the~~providing ~~Securities~~toll ~~Exchange~~manufacturing ~~Act~~services ofto ~~1934~~Exeon, ~~the registrant has~~ ~~duly~~Exeon ~~caused~~purchased ~~this~~WJT’s ~~report~~raw tomaterials beas ~~signed~~of onNovember ~~its~~30, ~~behalf~~2009 byfor ~~the~~a ~~undersigned~~purchase ~~hereto~~price ~~duly~~of ~~authorized~~approximately $0.9 million.

Dated: August 26, 2009
	WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
	By:	/s/ David A. Owen
		David A. Owen
		Senior Vice President,
		Chief Financial Officer and
		Secretary

During a transition period of approximately 90 to 120 days following the effective date of the Toll Agreement, WJT will continue to manufacture finished goods from its then existing work-in-process and sell such finished goods to customers. Also, during this transition period, all WJT invoices will be collected by Exeon for WJT and Exeon will remit to WJT its portion of such invoiced amounts in accordance with a pre-determined phased payment schedule.

At the conclusion of the transition period, WJT and Exeon anticipate that WJT will have completed its work in process which existed on the Toll Agreement’s effective date, sold its finished goods (both those existing on such effective date and those resulting from the completion of such work-in-process), and collected its accounts receivable from the sale of such goods.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

December 28, 2009	By:	/s/ David A. Owen
		David A. Owen Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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