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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.41



                            PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

                                 March 14, 2006

Mr.
Wolverine Tube, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
200 Clinton Avenue
Huntsville, AL  35801

         RE:   AMENDMENT TO SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT DATED MAY 1, 1999

Dear :

         On July 30, 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act became effective and now
prohibits a public company from extending credit in the form of a personal loan
to a director or executive officer. While the Securities and Exchange Commission
has not provided any official guidance, our Company's interpretation and that of
most public companies is that additional premium payments under life insurance
policies subject to split dollar arrangements are likely to be characterized as
new loans and thus prohibited by Sarbanes-Oxley. In view of this legal
prohibition, we have not made additional premium payments under your Split
Dollar Agreement since the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley. Initially we were
hopeful there would be a grandfathering of existing arrangements by the SEC but
this now is considered very unlikely.

         Because of the Sarbanes-Oxley loan prohibitions, it is necessary that
we modify the terms of your existing Split Dollar Agreement. We propose amending
your Agreement as follows:

          o    The Company's interest in your policy will continue and will be
               limited to the amount of premiums previously paid by the Company
               which, in your case, is $_____________. The Company's right to
               recover this amount and the timing of such recovery remains
               subject to the terms of your Agreement.

          o    The Company will be responsible for the payment of all future
               annual premiums for your Sun Life of Canada policy on your behalf
               commencing _______________, 2004, and the provision in paragraph
               2 of your Agreement regarding premium payments by the Company and
               yourself no longer will be applicable. The annual premium payment
               initially will be $____________ and it will be treated as
               additional compensation to you for federal and state income and
               payroll tax purposes and will be reported in the Company's proxy
               disclosures, if applicable. You will not be required to reimburse
               the Company for these future premium payments. The Company
               reserves the right to modify the amount of the premium payment
               and the period over which premiums will be paid to take into
               account the investment return on the policy.


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          o    The death benefit coverage under the new arrangement initially
               will be $_____________. An illustration of the projected death
               benefit and cash surrender value is attached. The illustration is
               only an estimate based upon an assumed investment return. Your
               policy is a variable universal life insurance policy and the
               actual investment results will necessarily vary from the
               projection. The Company retains the right to make the investment
               selections from the options available under the policy. The death
               benefit formula under your Agreement (i.e., function of your
               salary less an offset) remains applicable to determine the amount
               of your death benefit coverage.

          o    The Company will provide you with a bonus amount that will
               substantially cover the tax costs to you of the Company's making
               future premium payments. The bonus payment will be calculated
               with an assumed marginal federal and state income tax rate of 35%
               and will be subject to required federal and state tax
               withholding. Following the end of each year, the Company will
               supplement the gross-up payment if you can demonstrate that your
               marginal tax rate for the preceding tax year was more than 2%
               higher than the assumed marginal tax rate of 35%.

         If you agree to amend the terms of your Split Dollar Agreement as
described above, please sign below and return a copy of this amendment to me at
your earliest convenience. Your current Split Dollar Agreement, including but
not limited to the allocation of rights, termination and the collateral
assignment provisions, will remain applicable except to the extent the Agreement
is modified by the preceding provisions.

                                        Yours very truly,



                                        Jim Neill
                                        Director, Corporate Human Resources


                             AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED



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