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Exhibit
10.10

      

    AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO

    U.S.
CONCRETE, INC.

    2000
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

    

    Effective
as of January 1, 2010

     

    The Board of Directors of U.S.
Concrete, Inc. (the “Company”) by
resolution has duly adopted this Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s 2000 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).  Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
the Plan.

     

    1.           The
Plan is hereby amended by deleting Section 6.1 in its entirety and replacing, in
lieu thereof, a new Section 6.1 reading as follows:

     

    6.1           Offering
Periods. Except as otherwise set forth below, the Plan shall be implemented by
sequential Offerings of approximately six months duration (an “Offering
Period”). The first Offering Period shall commence on July 1, 2000 and end on
December 31, 2000. From January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2009, Offerings
shall commence on the first day of January and July of each year and end on the
last day of the following June and December, respectively. Upon Board approval
of Offering Periods following December 31, 2009, subsequent Offerings shall
commence on the first day of January or July of each year and end on the last
day of the following June and December, respectively. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Board may establish a different duration for one or more future
Offering Periods or different commencing or ending dates for such Offering
Periods; provided, however, that no Offering Period may have a duration
exceeding twenty-seven (27) months. If the first or last day of an Offering
Period is not a day on which the national or regional securities exchange or
market system constituting the primary market for the Stock is open for trading,
the Company shall specify the trading day that will be deemed the first or last
day, as the case may be, of the Offering Period.Unassociated Document

    Exhibit
10.12

    AMENDMENT
TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

    

    Amendment to Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of October 5, 2009 (this “Amendment”), to the Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2007 (the “Agreement”), by and among
General Steel Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at
Room 2315, Kun Tai International Mansion Building, Yi No 12, Chao Yang Men Wai
Ave., Chao Yang District, Beijing 100020, People's Republic of China
(the “Company”),
Zuo Sheng Yu and certain investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached
thereto (the “Buyers”).

    

    WITNESSETH:

    

    WHEREAS, in accordance with Section
9(e) of the Agreement, the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate number of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) (the “Required Holders”), on behalf
of the Buyers, wish to amend the terms of the Agreement as provided in Section I
below; and

    

    WHEREAS, unless otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement.

    

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

    

    SECTION
I

    AMENDMENT

    

    Section 4(o) of the Agreement is hereby
amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:

    

    “Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the requirements of this Agreement
with respect to obtaining the Shareholder Approval may also be satisfied by
written consent in lieu of a meeting obtained in accordance with the constituent
documents of the Company and applicable law and once such consent is obtained,
any and all requirements hereunder to obtain the Shareholder Approval, or hold
meetings with respect thereto, shall be deemed satisfied in full.”

    

    SECTION
II

    MISCELLANEOUS

    

    1. No Other Amendments;
Effectiveness. Except as set forth in this Amendment, the Agreement is
ratified and confirmed in all respects. This Amendment does not need to be
signed by all of the entities listed on the signature pages attached
hereto.  This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof and
shall be effective when executed by the Company and the Required
Holders.  In the event that any Buyer entities listed on the signature
pages hereto do not sign this Amendment, this shall have no impact on, and shall
not diminish in any manner, the effectiveness hereof so long as this Amendment
is executed by the Company and Buyer entities that are the holders of at least a
majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    2. Governing Law. This
Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflict of laws thereof.

    

    3. Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other parties.

    

    4.  Successors and
Assigns.  Subject to any applicable requirements for transfer
set forth in the Agreement, this Amendment shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto.

    

    [signature page
follows]

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused its signature page to this Amendment to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.

     

    
      
        
          
            	
                    COMPANY:

                  
	 
      
	
                    GENERAL
      STEEL HOLDINGS, INC.

                  
	 
      	 
      
	
                    By:

                  	
                    /s/
      Zuosheng Yu

                  
	 
      	
                    Name:
      Zuosheng Yu

                  
	 
      	
                    Title:
      Chief Executive
Officer

                  

          

        

      

    

     

    Signature
Page of the Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each
entity signing below has caused its respective signature page to this Amendment
to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

     

    
      
        
          
            
              	
                      CAPITAL
      VENTURES INTERNATIONAL

                    
	 
      	 
      
	
                      By:

                    	
                      /s/
      Martin Kobinger

                    
	
                      Name:

                    	
                      Martin
      Kobinger

                    
	
                      Title:

                    	
                      Investment
      Manager

                    

            

          

        

      

    

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        	
                                HUDSON
      BAY FUND, LP

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                By:

                              	
                                /s/
      Yoav Roth

                              
	
                                Name:

                              	
                                Yoav
      Roth

                              
	
                                Title:

                              	
                                Authorized
      Signatory

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                HUDSON
      BAY OVERSEAS FUND, LTD.

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                By:

                              	
                                /s/
      Yoav Roth

                              
	
                                Name:

                              	
                                Yoav
      Roth

                              
	
                                Title:

                              	
                                Authorized
      Signatory

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                WHITEBOX
      INTERMARKET

                              
	
                                PARTNERS,
      LP

                              
	
                                By:

                              	
                                Whitebox
      Intermarket Advisors LLC

                              
	
                                By:

                              	
                                Whitebox
      Advisors LLC

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                By:

                              	
                                /s/
      Jonathan Wood

                              
	
                                Name:

                              	
                                Jonathan
      Wood

                              
	
                                Title:

                              	
                                Chief
      Operating Officer/Director

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                WHITEBOX
      HIGH YIELD

                              
	
                                PARTNERS,
      LP

                              
	
                                By:

                              	
                                Whitebox
      High Yield Advisors LLC

                              
	
                                By:

                              	
                                Whitebox
      Advisors LLC

                              
	 
      	 
      
	
                                By:

                              	
                                /s/
      Jonathan Wood

                              
	
                                Name:

                              	
                                Jonathan
      Wood

                              
	
                                Title:

                              	
                                Chief
      Operating
Officer/Director

                              

                      

                    

                  

                

              

            

          

        

      

    

    

    Signature
Page of the Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement

    

    [continued
on following page]

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each
entity signing below has caused its respective signature page to this Amendment
to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

    

    
      
        
          
            
              	
                      WHITEBOX
      CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE PARTNERS, LP

                    
	
                      By:

                    	
                      Whitebox
      Convertible Arbitrage

                      Advisors
      LLC

                    
	
                      By:

                    	
                      Whitebox
      Advisors LLC

                    
	 
      	 
      
	
                      By:

                    	
                       /s/
      Jonathan Wood

                    
	
                      Name:

                    	
                      Jonathan
      Wood

                    
	
                      Title:

                    	
                      Chief
      Operating
Officer/Director

                    

            

          

        

      

    

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                	
                        DRE PARTNERS,
      L.P.

                      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        Whitebox
      Hedged High Yield Advisors LLC

                      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        Whitebox
      Advisors LLC

                      
	 
      	 
      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        /s/
      Jonathan Wood

                      
	
                        Name:

                      	
                        Jonathan
      Wood

                      
	
                        Title:

                      	
                        Chief
      Operating Officer/Director

                      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        Whitebox
      Convertible Arbitrage

                        Advisors
      LLC

                      
	 
      	 
      
	
                        F
      CUBED PARTNERS, L.P.

                      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        Whitebox
      Combined Advisors LLC

                      
	
                        By:

                      	
                        Whitebox
      Advisors LLC

                      
	 
      	 
      
	
                        By:

                      	
                         /s/
      Jonathan Wood

                      
	
                        Name:

                      	
                        Jonathan
      Wood

                      
	
                        Title:

                      	
                        Chief
      Operating
Officer/Director

                      

              

            

          

        

      

    

    

    Signature
Page of the Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement

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