WOLVERINE TUBE INC
SUMMARY OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.51 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SUMMARY OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Current Annual Base Salaries.</I></B> The Compensation
Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors of Wolverine Tube, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has approved the following for 2009 annual base salaries for the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Senior
Vice President, Sales and Customer Relations: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:64pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name and Position</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Current&nbsp;Annual<BR>Base Salary</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Harold M. Karp<BR>President and Chief Operating Officer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>335,000</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">David A. Owen<BR>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>280,000</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Garry K. Johnson<BR>Senior Vice President, Sales and Customer Relations</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>232,000</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Other</I></B><B>.</B> The above listed executive officers also participate in the Company&#146;s executive
and regular benefit plans, programs and arrangements, including retirement and 401(k) plans, equity incentive plans and other plans, programs and arrangements as disclosed in the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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