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  Exhibit 10.4    
    




  


7140
Office Circle

P.O. Box 15600

Evansville, IN 47716-0600

Phone: (812) 962-5000

Fax: (812) 962-5400 


May 17,
2010 


Mr. James
H. Woodward, Jr. 


Dear
Jim: 


        This
letter will set forth the terms of your employment as Senior Vice President/Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Accuride Corporation
("Accuride" or the "Company"), and shall supersede and replace all other agreements regarding your
employment with Accuride. 

 






  



			
	Position:	 	 Senior Vice President/Finance & Chief Financial Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
	

Base Salary:	
 	
 Your base salary will be $400,000/year.
	

Annual Incentive:	
 	
 You will be eligible to participate in the Company's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan ("AICP"), including full participation in the 2010 plan year. The Annual Incentive is payable as a percent of
base salary and will be determined based on actual performance of the Company for the 2010 fiscal year compared against the established AICP performance metrics. For your position, the target payout is 60% of base salary. For the 2010 plan year, your
threshold and maximum bonus opportunities will be 18% and 108%, respectively, of your base salary. Except as specified herein your right to the AICP incentive will be subject to the terms of the applicable Accuride Corporation Annual Incentive
Compensation Plan—Plan Year Eligibility, Target Opportunity and Administrative Guidelines
	

Long Term Incentive:	
 	
 You will be eligible for a long-term incentive grant of restricted stock units with a value equal to $250,000 (determined based on the price of the Company's common stock on April 29, 2010 of $X
per share), which will vest on a pro rata basis over three years (i.e., 1/3 vests on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date). The grant will be made at the same time and on the same terms as the 2010 long term incentive grants
to be made to other members of Accuride's senior management.
	

Relocation Assistance:	
 	
 You will be eligible for Accuride's Tier I Relocation program, which, if you are not moving your primary residence to the Company's headquarters in Evansville, Indiana, will provide one month
salary allowance (subject to standard withholdings) and a one-time temporary living allowance of $6,000 grossed up for taxes. All reimbursable relocation expenses must be incurred within one year from the date of your signed acknowledgement of this
letter.




 

 




 
 






  



			
	Severance & Retention Agreement:	 	 You and the Company will enter into the Company's standard Tier II Severance and Retention Agreement, with an initial term of August 26, 2011, with automatic renewal through December 31,
2011 and each January 1 through December 31 thereafter unless six months prior notice of non-renewal is given.
	

Benefits:	
 	
 As an employee of Accuride you will continue to receive benefits and perquisites at the level and under terms which are provided from time to time to the Company's senior executive officers generally,
including:
	 
	 	  •       Medical/Dental/Vision/ Life/AD&D/LTD
insurance

	 
	 	  •       Mayo Clinic Executive Health
Program

	 
	 	  •       401(k) Plan

	 
	 	  •       Financial Planning Stipend of $10,400
(with gross up for taxes)

	 
	 	  •       Executive Retirement Allowance Policy
(with gross up for taxes)

	 
	 	  •       Executive Life (with gross up for
taxes)

	 
	 	  •       Personal Excess Insurance (grossed up for
taxes)

	 
	 	  •       4 weeks vacation

	

 	
 	
 All benefit plans and programs are subject to change or termination at any time at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
	

Restrictive Covenants:	
 	
 You agree to abide by and continue to be bound by the Agreement to Assign Inventions and Maintain Secrecy and the Policy on Confidential & Trade Secret Information you previously signed. You
also agree to execute and be bound by the Company's standard Confidentiality, Non-solicitation, and Non-competition Agreement.
	

Other:	
 	
 As a condition of your continued employment with Accuride, you will be bound by all company policies to the extent that they apply to senior executives of the Company.




 

         Please
note that your employment at Accuride is "at will." This means that you may resign from Accuride at any time with or without cause, and Accuride has the right to terminate your
employment with or without cause. Neither this letter nor any other communication, either written or oral, should be construed as a contract of employment for any particular duration. This letter
supersedes and replaces all prior written and oral communication on employment related subjects. 


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        Please
sign and date this letter agreement in the space indicated and return it to my attention to evidence your understanding and agreement to the terms set forth herein. 

 






 



			
	Sincerely,	 	 
	
 /s/ WILLIAM M. LASKY






  William M. Lasky

Chairman and Interim President & Chief Executive Officer

Accuride Corporation	
 	

 
	


 Acknowledged and Agreed:	 	 
	



/s/ JAMES H. WOODWARD, JR.






  James H. Woodward, Jr.	 	 
	

Date: May 17, 2010	 	 




 

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