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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10F

                               SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

                  THIS SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
October 8, 2001, is made and entered by and between Brush Engineered Materials
Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), and ____________________ (the
"Executive").

                  WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, the Executive is a senior executive of the Company or
one or more of its Subsidiaries and has made and is expected to continue to make
major contributions to the short- and long-term profitability, growth and
financial strength of the Company;

                  WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that, as is the case for most
companies, the possibility of a Change in Control (as defined below) exists;

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to assure itself of both present
and future continuity of management and desires to establish certain minimum
severance benefits for certain of its senior executives, including the
Executive, applicable in the event of a Change in Control;

                  WHEREAS, the Company wishes to ensure that its senior
executives are not practically disabled from discharging their duties in respect
of a proposed or actual transaction involving a Change in Control; and

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide additional inducement
for the Executive to continue to remain in the employ of the Company.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive agree as
follows:

                  1. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. In addition to terms defined
elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used in
this Agreement with initial capital letters:

                  (a) "Affiliate" means with respect to any Person, any holder
of more than 10% of the outstanding shares or equity interests of such Person or
any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control
another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the "controlled"
Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.

                  (b) "Base Pay" means the Executive's annual base salary rate
as in effect from time to time.

                  (c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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                  (d) "Cause" means that, prior to any termination pursuant to
Section 3(a)(iii), Section 3(b) or Section 3(c), the Executive shall have:

                        (i) been convicted of a criminal violation involving
         fraud, embezzlement, theft or violation of federal antitrust statutes
         or federal securities laws in connection with his duties or in the
         course of his employment with the Company or any Affiliate of the
         Company;

                        (ii) committed intentional wrongful damage to property
         of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company;

                        (iii) committed intentional wrongful disclosure of
         secret processes or confidential information of the Company or
         any Affiliate of the Company; or

                        (iv) intentionally engaged in any activity in violation
         of Section 8;

         and any such act shall have been demonstrably and materially harmful to
         the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, no act or failure to act
         on the part of the Executive shall be deemed "intentional" if it was
         due primarily to an error in judgment or negligence, but shall be
         deemed "intentional" only if done or omitted to be done by the
         Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the
         Executive's action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to
         have been terminated for "Cause" hereunder unless and until there shall
         have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly
         adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three quarters of the
         Board then in office at a meeting of the Board called and held for such
         purpose, after reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity
         for the Executive, together with the Executive's counsel (if the
         Executive chooses to have counsel present at such meeting), to be heard
         before the Board, finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board,
         the Executive had committed an act constituting "Cause" as herein
         defined and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. Nothing
         herein will limit the right of the Executive or his beneficiaries to
         contest the validity or propriety of any such determination.

                  (e) "Change in Control" means

                        (i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or
        group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"))
        (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
        promulgated under the Exchange Act) of voting securities of the Company
        where such acquisition causes such Person to own (X) 20% or more of the
        combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
        Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the
        "Outstanding Company Voting Securities") without the approval of the
        Incumbent Board as defined in (ii) below or (Y) 35% or more of the
        Outstanding Voting Securities of the Company with the approval of the
        Incumbent Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this
        subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not be deemed to
        result in a Change of Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the
        Company that is approved by the Incumbent Board (as defined in

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         subsection (ii), below), (B) any acquisition by the Company or a
         subsidiary of the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit
         plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
         corporation controlled by the Company, (D) any acquisition by any
         Person pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (A), (B) and (C)
         of subsection (iii) below, or (E) any acquisition by, or other Business
         Combination (as defined in (iii) below) with, a person or group of
         which employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company control
         a greater than 25% interest (a "MBO") but only if the Executive is one
         of those employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that
         are participating in the MBO; provided, further, that if any Person's
         beneficial ownership of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities
         reaches or exceeds 20% or 35%, as the case may be, as a result of a
         transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above, and such Person
         subsequently acquires beneficial ownership of additional voting
         securities of the Company, such subsequent acquisition shall be treated
         as an acquisition that causes such Person to own 20% or 35% or more, as
         the case may be, of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; and
         provided, further, that if at least a majority of the members of the
         Incumbent Board determines in good faith that a Person has acquired
         beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
         under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the Outstanding Company
         Voting Securities inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as
         practicable a sufficient number of shares so that such Person
         beneficially owns (within the meanings of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
         the Exchange Act) less than 20% of the Outstanding Company Voting
         Securities, then no Change of Control shall have occurred as a result
         of such Person's acquisition; or

                  (ii) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the
         Board (the "Incumbent Board" (as modified by this clause (ii)) cease
         for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;
         provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent
         to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the
         Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority
         of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a
         specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in
         which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection
         to such nomination) shall be considered as though such individual were
         a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any
         such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result
         of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
         election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened
         solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other
         than the Board; or

                  (iii) The consummation of a reorganization, merger or
         consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
         of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another
         corporation, or other transaction ("Business Combination") excluding,
         however, such a Business Combination pursuant to which (A) the
         individuals and entities who were the ultimate beneficial owners of
         voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such Business
         Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 65% of,
         respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the
         combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case
         may be, of the entity

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         resulting from such Business Combination (including, without
         limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns the
         Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either
         directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B) no Person (excluding
         any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company, the
         Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination)
         beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (X) 20% or more, if such
         Business Combination is approved by the Incumbent Board or (Y) 35% or
         more, if such Business Combination is not approved by the Incumbent
         Board, of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities
         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity
         resulting from such Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of
         the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from
         such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the
         time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the
         Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

                           (iv) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a
         complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company except pursuant to a
         Business Combination described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of
         subsection (iii), above.

                  (f) "Employee Benefits" means the perquisites, benefits and
service credit for benefits as provided under any and all employee retirement
income and welfare benefit policies, plans, programs or arrangements in which
Executive is entitled to participate, including without limitation any stock
option, performance share, performance unit, stock purchase, stock appreciation,
savings, pension, supplemental executive retirement, or other retirement income
or welfare benefit, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, group or
other life, health, medical/hospital or other insurance (whether funded by
actual insurance or self-insured by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company),
disability, salary continuation, expense reimbursement and other employee
benefit policies, plans, programs or arrangements.

                  (g) "Incentive Pay" means the annual bonus, incentive or other
payment of compensation under the Management Performance Compensation Plan or,
if such Management Performance Compensation Plan is no longer in effect, the
annual bonus, incentive or other payment of compensation in addition to Base
Pay, made or to be made in regard to services rendered in any year or other
period pursuant to any bonus, incentive, profit-sharing, performance,
discretionary pay or similar agreement, policy, plan, program or arrangement
(whether or not funded) of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, or any
successor thereto.

                  (h) "Retirement Plans" means the benefit plans of the Company
that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code and the Company's Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan or any other plan
that is a successor thereto if the Executive was a participant in such
Retirement Plan on the date of the occurrence of the Change in Control.

                  (i) "Severance Period" means the period of time commencing on
the date of the first occurrence of a Change in Control and continuing until the
earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the occurrence of the Change in Control,
or (ii) the Executive's death; provided, however, that commencing on each
anniversary of the Change in Control, the Severance Period

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will automatically be extended for an additional year unless, not later than 90
calendar days prior to such anniversary date, either the Company or the
Executive shall have given written notice to the other that the Severance Period
is not to be so extended.

         (j) "Subsidiary" means an entity in which the Company directly or
indirectly beneficially owns 50% or more of the Outstanding Company Voting
Securities.

         (k) "Term" means the period commencing as of the date hereof and
expiring on the close of business on December 31, 2004; provided, however, that
(i) commencing on January 1, 2003 and each January 1 thereafter, the term of
this Agreement will automatically be extended for an additional year unless, not
later than September 30 of the immediately preceding year, the Company or the
Executive shall have given notice that it or the Executive, as the case may be,
does not wish to have the Term extended; (ii) if a Change in Control occurs
during the Term, the Term shall expire and this Agreement will terminate at the
expiration of the Severance Period; and (iii) subject to the last sentence of
Section 9, if, prior to a Change in Control, the Executive ceases for any reason
to be an employee of the Company and any Affiliate of the Company, thereupon
without further action the Term shall be deemed to have expired and this
Agreement will immediately terminate and be of no further effect. For purposes
of this Section 1(l), the Executive shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an
employee of the Company and any Affiliate of the Company by reason of the
transfer of Executive's employment between the Company and any Affiliate of the
Company, or among any Affiliates of the Company.

         (l) "Termination Date" means the date on which the Executive's
employment is terminated (the effective date of which shall be the date of
termination, or such other date that may be specified by the Executive if the
termination is pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 3(c)).

         2. OPERATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement will be effective and binding
immediately upon its execution, but, anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, except as provided in Section 9, this Agreement will not be
operative unless and until a Change in Control occurs. Upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control at any time during the Term, without further action, this
Agreement shall become immediately operative.

         3. TERMINATION FOLLOWING A CHANGE IN CONTROL.

         (a) In the event of the occurrence of a Change in Control, the
Executive's employment may be terminated by the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company during the Severance Period and the Executive shall be entitled to the
benefits provided by Section 4 unless such termination is the result of the
occurrence of one or more of the following events:

                  (i) The Executive's death;

                  (ii) If the Executive becomes permanently disabled within the
         meaning of, and begins actually to receive disability benefits pursuant
         to, the long-term disability plan in effect for, or applicable to,
         Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control; or

                  (iii) Cause.

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If, during the Severance Period, the Executive's employment is terminated by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company other than pursuant to Section 3(a)(i),
3(a)(ii) or 3(a)(iii), the Executive will be entitled to the benefits provided
by Section 4 hereof.

            (b) In the event of the occurrence of a Change in Control, if
(but only if) the Board determines that this Section 3(b) shall be operative
following such Change in Control, the Executive may terminate employment with
the Company and any Affiliate of the Company during the Severance Period with
the right to severance compensation as provided in Section 4 upon the occurrence
of one or more of the following events (regardless of whether any other reason,
other than Cause as hereinabove provided, for such termination exists or has
occurred, including without limitation other employment):

                  (i) Failure to elect or reelect or otherwise to maintain the
         Executive in the office or the position, or a substantially equivalent
         or better office or position, of or with the Company and/or an
         Affiliate of the Company (or any successor thereto by operation of law
         or otherwise), as the case may be, which the Executive held immediately
         prior to a Change in Control, or the removal of the Executive as a
         Director of the Company and/or an Affiliate of the Company (or any
         successor thereto) if the Executive shall have been a Director of the
         Company and/or an Affiliate of the Company immediately prior to the
         Change in Control;

                  (ii) (A) A significant adverse change in the nature or scope
         of the authorities, powers, functions, responsibilities or duties
         attached to the position with the Company and any Affiliate of the
         Company which the Executive held immediately prior to the Change in
         Control, (B) a reduction in the aggregate of the Executive's Base Pay
         and Incentive Pay received from the Company and any Affiliate of the
         Company, or (C) the termination or denial of the Executive's rights to
         Employee Benefits or a reduction in the scope or value thereof, any of
         which is not remedied by the Company within 10 calendar days after
         receipt by the Company of written notice from the Executive of such
         change, reduction or termination, as the case may be;

                  (iii) The liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation or
         reorganization of the Company or the transfer of all or substantially
         all of its business and/or assets, unless the successor or successors
         (by liquidation, merger, consolidation, reorganization, transfer or
         otherwise) to which all or substantially all of its business and/or
         assets have been transferred (by operation of law or otherwise) assumed
         all duties and obligations of the Company under this Agreement pursuant
         to Section 11(a);

                  (iv) The Company relocates its principal executive offices (if
         such offices are the principal location of Executive's work), or
         requires the Executive to have his principal location of work changed,
         to any location that, in either case, is in excess of 50 miles from the
         location thereof immediately prior to the Change in Control, or
         requires the Executive to travel away from his office in the course of
         discharging his responsibilities or duties hereunder at least 20% more
         (in terms of aggregate days in any calendar year or in any calendar
         quarter when annualized for purposes of comparison to any prior year)
         than was required of Executive in any of the three full years
         immediately prior to the Change in Control without, in either case, his
         prior written consent; or

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                  (v) Without limiting the generality or effect of the
         foregoing, any material breach of this Agreement by the Company or any
         successor thereto which is not remedied by the Company within 10
         calendar days after receipt by the Company of written notice from the
         Executive of such breach.

         (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, in the event of a Change in Control, the Executive may terminate
employment with the Company and any Affiliate of the Company for any reason, or
without reason, during the 30-day period immediately following the first
anniversary of the first occurrence of a Change in Control with the right to
severance compensation as provided in Section 4.

         (d) A termination by the Company pursuant to Section 3(a) or by the
Executive pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 3(c) will not affect any rights
that the Executive may have pursuant to any agreement, policy, plan, program or
arrangement of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company providing Employee
Benefits, which rights shall be governed by the terms thereof.

         4. SEVERANCE COMPENSATION.

         (a) If, following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company terminates the Executive's employment during the
Severance Period other than pursuant to Section 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii) or 3(a)(iii),
or if the Executive terminates his employment pursuant to Section 3(b) (if
Section 3(b) is operative) or Section 3(c), the Company will pay to the
Executive the amounts described in Annex A within five business days after the
Termination Date and will continue to provide to the Executive the benefits
described in Annex A for the periods described therein.

         (b) Without limiting the rights of the Executive at law or in equity,
if the Company fails to make any payment or provide any benefit required to be
made or provided hereunder on a timely basis, the Company will pay interest on
the amount or value thereof at an annualized rate of interest equal to the
so-called composite "prime rate" as quoted from time to time during the relevant
period in the Midwest Edition of The Wall Street Journal, plus 4%. Such interest
will be payable as it accrues on demand. Any change in such prime rate will be
effective on and as of the date of such change.

         (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
the parties' respective rights and obligations under this Section 4 and under
Sections 5, 7, 8 and 9 will survive any termination or expiration of this
Agreement or the termination of the Executive's employment following a Change in
Control for any reason whatsoever.

         (d) Unless otherwise expressly provided by the applicable plan, program
or agreement, after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall pay
in cash to the Executive a lump sum amount equal to the value of any annual
bonus (including, without limitation, incentive-based annual cash bonuses and
performance units, but not including any equity-based compensation or
compensation provided under a qualified plan) earned or accrued with respect to
the Executive's service during the performance period or periods that includes
the date on which the Change in Control occurred, disregarding any applicable
vesting requirements;

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provided that (i) such amount shall be calculated at the plan target or payout
rate, but prorated to base payment only on the portion of the Executive's
service that had elapsed during the applicable performance period; and (ii) such
amount shall be reduced by any amount actually paid to the Executive under the
terms of such Plan. Such payment shall take into account service rendered
through the payment date and shall be made at the earlier of (i) the date
prescribed for payment pursuant to the applicable plan, program or agreement, or
(ii) within five business days after the Termination Date.

         (e) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any applicable
plan, program or agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, all
equity incentive awards held by the Executive shall become fully vested and all
stock options held by the Executive shall become fully exercisable.

         5. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS. Notwithstanding any provision
of this Agreement to the contrary, if any amount or benefit to be paid or
provided under this Agreement would be an "Excess Parachute Payment," within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), or any successor provision thereto, but for the application of this
sentence, then the payments and benefits to be paid or provided under this
Agreement shall be reduced to the minimum extent necessary (but in no event to
less than zero) so that no portion of any such payment or benefit, as so
reduced, constitutes an Excess Parachute Payment; provided, however, that the
foregoing reduction shall be made only if and to the extent that such reduction
would result in an increase in the aggregate payments and benefits to be
provided, determined on an after-tax basis (taking into account the excise tax
imposed pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code, or any successor provision
thereto, any tax imposed by any comparable provision of state law, and any
applicable federal, state and local income taxes). The determination of whether
any reduction in such payments or benefits to be provided under this Agreement
or otherwise is required pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made at the
expense of the Company, if requested by the Executive or the Company, by the
Company's independent accountants. The fact that the Executive's right to
payments or benefits may be reduced by reason of the limitations contained in
this Section 5 shall not of itself limit or otherwise affect any other rights of
the Executive other than pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that any
payment or benefit intended to be provided under this Agreement or otherwise is
required to be reduced pursuant to this Section 5, the Executive shall be
entitled to designate the payments and/or benefits to be so reduced in order to
give effect to this Section 5. The Company shall provide the Executive with all
information reasonably requested by the Executive to permit the Executive to
make such designation. In the event that the Executive fails to make such
designation within 10 business days of the Termination Date, the Company may
effect such reduction in any manner it deems appropriate.

         6. NO MITIGATION OBLIGATION. The Company hereby acknowledges that it
will be difficult and may be impossible for the Executive to find reasonably
comparable employment following the Termination Date. Accordingly, the payment
of the severance compensation by the Company to the Executive in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement is hereby acknowledged by the Company to be
reasonable, and the Executive will not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise,
nor will any profits, income, earnings or other benefits from any source
whatsoever create any mitigation, offset, reduction or any other obligation on
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the Executive hereunder or otherwise, except as expressly provided in the last
sentence of Paragraph 3 set forth on Annex A.

         7. LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES.

         (a) It is the intent of the Company that the Executive not be required
to incur legal fees and the related expenses associated with the interpretation,
enforcement or defense of Executive's rights under this Agreement by litigation
or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract
from the benefits intended to be extended to the Executive hereunder.
Accordingly, if it should appear to the Executive that the Company has failed to
comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the
Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare
this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other
action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Executive the
benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Executive hereunder, the
Company irrevocably authorizes the Executive from time to time to retain counsel
of Executive's choice, at the expense of the Company as hereafter provided, to
advise and represent the Executive in connection with any such interpretation,
enforcement or defense, including without limitation the initiation or defense
of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or
any Director, officer, stockholder or other person affiliated with the Company,
in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any existing or prior attorney-client
relationship between the Company and such counsel, the Company irrevocably
consents to the Executive's entering into an attorney-client relationship with
such counsel, and in that connection the Company and the Executive agree that a
confidential relationship shall exist between the Executive and such counsel.
Without respect to whether the Executive prevails, in whole or in part, in
connection with any of the foregoing, the Company will pay and be solely
financially responsible for any and all attorneys' and related fees and expenses
incurred by the Executive in connection with any of the foregoing.

         (b) Without limiting the obligations of the Company pursuant to Section
7(a) hereof, in the event a Change in Control occurs, the performance of the
Company's obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, this
Section 7 and Annex A, shall be secured by amounts deposited or to be deposited
in trust pursuant to certain trust agreements to which the Company shall be a
party providing that the benefits to be provided hereunder and the fees and
expenses of counsel selected from time to time by the Executive pursuant to
Section 7(a) shall be paid, or reimbursed to the Executive if paid by the
Executive, either in accordance with the terms of such trust agreements, or, if
not so provided, on a regular, periodic basis upon presentation by the Executive
to the trustee of a statement or statements prepared by such counsel in
accordance with its customary practices. Any failure by the Company to satisfy
any of its obligations under this Section 7(b) shall not limit the rights of the
Executive hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, the Executive shall have the
status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company and shall have no right
to, or security interest in, any assets of the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company.

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         8. COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; NONSOLICITATION.

         (a) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. The Executive hereby acknowledges
and agrees that in the performance of the Executive's duties to the Company
during the Term, the Executive will be brought into frequent contact, either in
person, by telephone or through the mails, with existing and potential customers
of the Company throughout the United States. The Executive also agrees that
trade secrets and confidential information of the Company, more fully described
in Section 8(j) of this Agreement, gained by the Executive during the
Executive's association with the Company, have been developed by the Company
through substantial expenditures of time, effort and money and constitute
valuable and unique property of the Company. The Executive further understands
and agrees that the foregoing makes it necessary for the protection of the
business of the Company that the Executive not compete with the Company during
the Term and not compete with the Company for a reasonable period thereafter, as
further provided in the following subsections.

         (b) COVENANTS DURING THE TERM. During the Term and prior to the
Termination Date, the Executive will not compete with the Company anywhere
within the United States. In accordance with this restriction, but without
limiting its terms, during the term of the Executive's employment, the Executive
will not:

                  (i) enter into or engage in any business which competes with
         the business of the Company;

                  (ii) solicit customers, business, patronage or orders for, or
         sell, any products and services in competition with, or for any
         business that competes with, the business of the Company;

                  (iii) divert, entice or otherwise take away any customers,
         business, patronage or orders of the Company or attempt to do so; or

                  (iv) promote or assist, financially or otherwise, any person,
         firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in
         any business which competes with the business of the Company.

         (c) COVENANTS FOLLOWING TERMINATION. For a period of one (1) year
following the Termination Date, if the Executive has received or is receiving
benefits under this Agreement, the Executive will not:

                  (i) enter into or engage in any business which competes with
         the Company's business within the Restricted Territory (as defined in
         Section 8(g));

                  (ii) solicit customers, business, patronage or orders for, or
         sell, any products and services in competition with, or for any
         business, wherever located, that competes with, the Company's business
         within the Restricted Territory;

                  (iii) divert, entice or otherwise take away any customers,
         business, patronage or orders of the Company within the Restricted
         Territory, or attempt to do so; or

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                   (iv) promote or assist, financially or otherwise, any person,
         firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in
         any business which competes with the Company's business within the
         Restricted Territory.

         (d) INDIRECT COMPETITION. For the purposes of Sections 8(b) and 8(c),
inclusive, but without limitation thereof, the Executive will be in violation
thereof if the Executive engages in any or all of the activities set forth
therein directly as an individual on the Executive's own account, or indirectly
as a partner, joint venturer, employee, agent, salesperson, consultant, officer
and/or director of any firm, association, partnership, corporation or other
entity, or as a stockholder of any corporation in which the Executive or the
Executive's spouse, child or parent owns, directly or indirectly, individually
or in the aggregate, more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock.

         (e) THE COMPANY. For the purposes of this Section 8, the Company shall
include any and all direct and indirect subsidiary, parent, affiliated, or
related companies of the Company for which the Executive worked or had
responsibility at the time of termination of the Executive's employment and at
any time during the two (2) year period prior to such termination.

         (f) THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS. For the purposes of Sections 8(b), 8(c),
8(k) and 8(l), inclusive, the Company's business is defined to be the
manufacture, marketing and sale of high performance engineered materials serving
global telecommunications, computer, automotive electronics, industrial
components and optical media markets, as further described in any and all
manufacturing, marketing and sales manuals and materials of the Company as the
same may be altered, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed from time to
time, or of any other products or services substantially similar to or readily
substitutable for any such described products and services.

         (g) RESTRICTED TERRITORY. For the purposes of Section 8(c), the
Restricted Territory shall be defined as and limited to:

                  (i) the geographic area(s) within a one hundred (100) mile
         radius of any and all Company location(s) in, to, or for which the
         Executive worked, to which the Executive was assigned or had any
         responsibility (either direct or supervisory) at the time of
         termination of the Executive's employment and at any time during the
         two (2) year period prior to such termination; and

                  (ii) all of the specific customer accounts, whether within or
         outside of the geographic area described in (i) above, with which the
         Executive had any contact or for which the Executive had any
         responsibility (either direct or supervisory) at the time of
         termination of the Executive's employment and at any time during the
         two (2) year period prior to such termination.

         (h) EXTENSION. If it shall be judicially determined that the Executive
has violated any of the Executive's obligations under Section 8(c), then the
period applicable to each obligation that the Executive shall have been
determined to have violated shall automatically be extended by a period of time
equal in length to the period during which such violation(s) occurred.

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         (i) NON-SOLICITATION. The Executive will not directly or indirectly at
any time solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce any employee(s),
sales representative(s), agent(s) or consultant(s) of the Company and/or of its
parent, or its other subsidiary, affiliated or related companies to terminate
their employment, representation or other association with the Company and/or
its parent or its other subsidiary, affiliated or related companies.

         (j) FURTHER COVENANTS.

                  (i) The Executive will keep in strict confidence, and will
         not, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the
         Executive's employment with the Company, disclose, furnish,
         disseminate, make available or, except in the course of performing the
         Executive's duties of employment, use any trade secrets or confidential
         business and technical information of the Company or its customers or
         vendors, including without limitation as to when or how the Executive
         may have acquired such information. Such confidential information shall
         include, without limitation, the Company's unique selling,
         manufacturing and servicing methods and business techniques, training,
         service and business manuals, promotional materials, training courses
         and other training and instructional materials, vendor and product
         information, customer and prospective customer lists, other customer
         and prospective customer information and other business information.
         The Executive specifically acknowledges that all such confidential
         information, whether reduced to writing, maintained on any form of
         electronic media, or maintained in the Executive's mind or memory and
         whether compiled by the Company, and/or the Executive, derives
         independent economic value from not being readily known to or
         ascertainable by proper means by others who can obtain economic value
         from its disclosure or use, that reasonable efforts have been made by
         the Company to maintain the secrecy of such information, that such
         information is the sole property of the Company and that any retention
         and use of such information by the Executive during the Executive's
         employment with the Company (except in the course of performing the
         Executive's duties and obligations to the Company) or after the
         termination of the Executive's employment shall constitute a
         misappropriation of the Company's trade secrets.

                  (ii) The Executive agrees that upon termination of the
         Executive's employment with the Company, for any reason, the Executive
         shall return to the Company, in good condition, all property of the
         Company, including without limitation, the originals and all copies of
         any materials which contain, reflect, summarize, describe, analyze or
         refer or relate to any items of information listed in Section 8(j)(i)
         of this Agreement. In the event that such items are not so returned,
         the Company will have the right to charge the Executive for all
         reasonable damages, costs, attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred
         in searching for, taking, removing and/or recovering such property.

         (k) DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS; WORK MADE FOR HIRE.

                  (i) The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the
         Company, its successors, assigns or nominees, all of the Executive's
         rights to any discoveries, inventions and improvements, whether
         patentable or not, made, conceived or suggested, either solely or
         jointly with others, by the Executive while in the Company's

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         employ, whether in the course of the Executive's employment with the
         use of the Company's time, material or facilities or that is in any way
         within or related to the existing or contemplated scope of the
         Company's business. Any discovery, invention or improvement relating to
         any subject matter with which the Company was concerned during the
         Executive's employment and made, conceived or suggested by the
         Executive, either solely or jointly with others, within one (1) year
         following termination of the Executive's employment under this
         Agreement or any successor agreements shall be irrebuttably presumed to
         have been so made, conceived or suggested in the course of such
         employment with the use of the Company's time, materials or facilities.
         Upon request by the Company with respect to any such discoveries,
         inventions or improvements, the Executive will execute and deliver to
         the Company, at any time during or after the Executive's employment,
         all appropriate documents for use in applying for, obtaining and
         maintaining such domestic and foreign patents as the Company may
         desire, and all proper assignments therefor, when so requested, at the
         expense of the Company, but without further or additional
         consideration.

                  (ii) The Executive acknowledges that, to the extent permitted
         by law, all work papers, reports, documentation, drawings, photographs,
         negatives, tapes and masters therefor, prototypes and other materials
         (hereinafter, "items"), including without limitation, any and all such
         items generated and maintained on any form of electronic media,
         generated by the Executive during the Executive's employment with the
         Company shall be considered a "work made for hire" and that ownership
         of any and all copyrights in any and all such items shall belong to the
         Company. The item will recognize the Company as the copyright owner,
         will contain all proper copyright notices , e.g., "(creation date)
         [Company Name], All Rights Reserved," and will be in condition to be
         registered or otherwise placed in compliance with registration or other
         statutory requirements throughout the world.

         (l) COMMUNICATION OF CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT. During the Executive's
employment and for one (1) year thereafter, the Executive will communicate the
contents of this Agreement to any person, firm, association, partnership,
corporation or other entity which the Executive intends to be employed by,
associated with, or represent and which is engaged in a business that is
competitive to the business of the Company.

         (m) RELIEF. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at
law available to the Company for breach of any of the Executive's obligations
under this Agreement would be inadequate. The Executive therefore agrees that,
in addition to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have at law or
in equity, temporary and permanent injunctive relief may be granted in any
proceeding which may be brought to enforce any provision contained in Sections
8(b), 8(c), 8(i), 8(j), 8(k) and 8(l), inclusive, of this Agreement, without the
necessity of proof of actual damage.

         (n) REASONABLENESS. The Executive acknowledges that the Executive's
obligations under this Section 8 are reasonable in the context of the nature of
the Company's business and the competitive injuries likely to be sustained by
the Company if the Executive was to violate such obligations. The Executive
further acknowledges that this Agreement is made in consideration of, and is
adequately supported by the agreement of the Company to perform its

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obligations under this Agreement and by other consideration, which the Executive
acknowledges constitutes good, valuable and sufficient consideration.

         9. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement
will create any right or duty on the part of the Company or the Executive to
have the Executive remain in the employment of the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company prior to or following any Change in Control. Any termination of
employment of the Executive or the removal of the Executive from the office or
position in the Company or any Affiliate of the Company that occurs following
the commencement of any discussion with a third person that ultimately results
in a Change in Control, shall be deemed to be a termination or removal of the
Executive after a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.

         10. WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. The Company may withhold from any amounts
payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as the
Company is required to withhold pursuant to any applicable law, regulation or
ruling.

         11. SUCCESSORS AND BINDING AGREEMENT.

         (a) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect,
by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to assume and
agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the
Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This
Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any
successor to the Company, including without limitation any persons acquiring
directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the business or assets of the
Company whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise
(and such successor shall thereafter be deemed the "Company" for the purposes of
this Agreement), but will not otherwise be assignable, transferable or delegable
by the Company.

         (b) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees and legatees.

         (c) This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties
hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign, transfer or delegate
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly
provided in Sections 11(a) and 11(b). Without limiting the generality or effect
of the foregoing, the Executive's right to receive payments hereunder will not
be assignable, transferable or delegable, whether by pledge, creation of a
security interest, or otherwise, other than by a transfer by Executive's will or
by the laws of descent and distribution and, in the event of any attempted
assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 11(c), the Company shall have no
liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned, transferred or
delegated.

         12. NOTICES. For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications,
including without limitation notices, consents, requests or approvals, required
or permitted to be given hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have
been duly given when hand

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delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt
thereof orally confirmed), or five business days after having been mailed by
United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or three business days after having been sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service such as FedEx, UPS, or Purolator, addressed
to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) at its
principal executive office and to the Executive at his principal residence, or
to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing
and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.

         13. GOVERNING LAW. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the substantive laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to the
principles of conflict of laws of such State.

         14. VALIDITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of
any provision hereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the
application of such provision to any other person or circumstance will not be
affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise
illegal will be reformed to the extent (and only to the extent) necessary to
make it enforceable, valid or legal.

         15. MISCELLANEOUS. No provision of this Agreement may be modified,
waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to
in writing signed by the Executive and the Company. No waiver by either party
hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with
any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party
will be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the
same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral
or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof
have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this
Agreement. References to Sections are to Sections of this Agreement.

         16. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
together will constitute one and the same agreement.

         17. PRIOR AGREEMENT. This Agreement supersedes, as of the date first
above written, the Agreement, dated as of March 2, 1999 (the "Prior Agreement"),
between Brush Wellman Inc. and the Executive, as amended for the purpose of
substituting Brush Engineered Materials Inc. for Brush Wellman Inc. as a party
to the Prior Agreement. Executive agrees that he or she has no further rights
under the Prior Agreement, and that Brush Wellman Inc. shall be a third party
beneficiary of this Section 17.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                      BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC.

                                      By: ______________________________________
                                           Gordon D. Harnett
                                           Chairman of the Board, President and
                                           Chief Executive Officer

                                      __________________________________________

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                                                                         ANNEX A

                             SEVERANCE COMPENSATION

         (1) A lump sum payment in an amount equal to three times the sum of (A)
Base Pay (at the highest rate in effect for any period prior to the Termination
Date), plus (B) Incentive Pay (in an amount equal to not less than the higher of
(1) the highest aggregate Incentive Pay earned in any fiscal year ending after
the Change in Control or in any of the three fiscal years immediately preceding
the year in which the Change in Control occurred or (2) the plan target for the
year in which the Change in Control occurred).

         (2) A lump sum payment in an amount equal to the present value of the
bonuses the Executive would have received under any Long Term Cash Incentive
Plan of the Company for performance periods in effect at the time of the
termination of the Executive's employment had he continued to be employed
through the period covered by any such plan, assuming payout under such plans at
the plan target rate, reduced by any amounts actually paid to the Executive
under the terms of any such plan. In determining present value for this purpose,
there shall be applied a discount factor equal to the coupon rate on general
full-faith-and-credit obligations of the U.S. Treasury having a maturity of five
years and issued on the date of the termination of the Executive's employment.

         (3) For a period of 36 months following the Termination Date (the
"Continuation Period"), the Company will arrange to provide the Executive with
Employee Benefits that are welfare benefits including, without limitation,
retiree medical and life insurance (but not perquisites, stock option,
performance share, performance unit, stock purchase, stock appreciation or
similar compensatory benefits or benefits covered by (4) below) substantially
similar to those that the Executive was receiving or entitled to receive
immediately prior to the Termination Date (or, if greater, immediately prior to
the reduction, termination, or denial described in Section 3(b)(ii)). If and to
the extent that any benefit described in this Paragraph 3 is not or cannot be
paid or provided under any policy, plan, program or arrangement of the Company
or any Affiliate of the Company, as the case may be, then the Company will
itself pay or provide for the payment to the Executive, his dependents and
beneficiaries, of such Employee Benefits along with, in the case of any benefit
described in this Paragraph 3 which is subject to tax because it is not or
cannot be paid or provided under any such policy, plan, program or arrangement
of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, an additional amount such that
after payment by the Executive, or his dependents or beneficiaries, as the case
may be, of all taxes so imposed, the recipient retains an amount equal to such
taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of the Agreement,
for purposes of determining the period of continuation coverage to which the
Executive or any of his dependents is entitled pursuant to Section 4980B of the
Code (or any successor provision thereto) under the Company's medical, dental
and other group health plans, or successor plans, the Executive's "qualifying
event" shall be the termination of the Continuation Period. Further, for
purposes of the immediately preceding sentence and for any other purpose
including, without limitation, the calculation of service or age to determine
Executive's eligibility for benefits under any retiree medical benefits

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or life insurance plan or policy, the Executive shall be considered to have
remained actively employed on a full-time basis through the termination of the
Continuation Period. Without otherwise limiting the purposes or effect of
Section 6, Employee Benefits otherwise receivable by the Executive pursuant to
this Paragraph 3 will be reduced to the extent comparable welfare benefits are
actually received by the Executive from another employer during the Continuation
Period following the Executive's Termination Date, and any such benefits
actually received by the Executive shall be reported by the Executive to the
Company.

         (4) In addition to the retirement income and other benefits to which
Executive is entitled under the Company's Retirement Plans with respect to
Executive's employment through the Termination Date, a lump sum payment in an
amount equal to the present value of the excess of (x) the retirement income and
other benefits that would be payable to the Executive under the Retirement Plans
if Executive had continued to be employed as an active participant in the
Company's Retirement Plans through the Continuation Period given the Executive's
Base Pay and Incentive Pay (as determined in Paragraph 1) (without regard to any
amendment to the Retirement Plans made subsequent to a Change in Control which
reduces the retirement income or other benefits thereunder), over (y) the
retirement income and other benefits that the Executive is entitled to receive
(either immediately or on a deferred basis) under the Retirement Plans. For
purposes of this Paragraph 4, present value shall be determined by applying a
discount factor equal to the annual rate of interest on 30-year U.S. Treasury
securities issued on the date of the termination of the Executive's employment
(or, if no such securities are issued on such date, on the most recent date
preceding the date of the termination of the Executive's employment on which
such securities are issued), and by using the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table
(50% male/50% female).

         (5) If the Executive is entitled to receive or has received, during the
year in which the Termination Date occurs, cash payments from the Company in
connection with which the Executive agreed to receive current cash payments in
lieu of benefits under the Company's Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan
(SERP), a lump sum payment in an amount equal to three times the aggregate
amount paid or payable to the Executive by the Company in lieu of benefits under
the SERP.

         (6) If the Executive is receiving or has been granted cash payments
from the Company which have been designated by the Board as special awards, a
lump sum payment equal to three times the aggregate award designated by the
Board of Directors for the year in which the Termination Date occurs.

         (7) A lump sum payment equal to the cash value of the club dues and
financial counseling benefits that the Executive would have been entitled to
receive during the Continuation Period based on the annual value of such club
dues and financial counseling benefits immediately before the Termination Date
or, if greater, immediately before the Change in Control; provided that the
Executive must have been receiving such benefits immediately prior to either the
Termination Date or the date of the Change in Control.

         (8) Reasonable fees for outplacement services, by a firm selected by
the Executive, at the expense of the Company in an amount not in excess of
$20,000.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10G

                                    EXECUTIVE
                               INSURANCE AGREEMENT

                  THIS AGREEMENT made as of January 2, 2002, by and between
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (the "Corporation") and ________________(the
"Executive").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

                  WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of the Corporation
and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliated companies of the Corporation; and

                  WHEREAS, the Executive wishes to maintain life insurance
protection in the event of his death, under a policy or policies of life
insurance insuring his life (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy"), which is
described in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof,
and which is issued by the insurance company described in Exhibit A (the
"Insurer"); and

                  WHEREAS, in recognition of the management service that
Executive has and is expected to render to the Corporation and/or one or more
subsidiaries or affiliated companies of the Corporation, the Corporation is
willing to assist the Executive in maintaining the life insurance protection by
paying a portion of the premiums due on the Policy, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth; and

                  WHEREAS, the Executive has purchased or will contemporaneously
purchase the Policy from the Insurer in an amount sufficient to pay the death
benefit stated in Article 3; and

                  WHEREAS, the Corporation requires that the Executive
collaterally assign the Policy to the Corporation, in order to secure the
repayment of the premiums which the Corporation will pay on the Policy as
described in this Agreement;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the Parties agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1
                             OWNERSHIP OF THE POLICY

                  1.1 EXECUTIVE AS OWNER. The Executive shall be the sole and
absolute owner of the Policy including all supplemental riders and endorsements
thereto and may exercise all ownership rights granted to the owner thereof by
the terms of the Policy, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

                  1.2 FUTURE ACTIONS. (a) The Executive and the Corporation
agree that they will take all necessary action to cause the Insurer to issue the
Policy, and shall take any further action which may be necessary to cause the
Policy to conform to the provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree
that the Policy shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and of the collateral assignment filed with the Insurer relating to the Policy.

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                  (b) The Executive and the Corporation agree to treat the
Policy as a "life insurance contract" within the meaning of section 7702 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Any reference to a
section of the Code in this Agreement shall be read to refer also to any
amendment from time to time to that section (including any successor
provision(s)) and to regulations promulgated under such section (or any
successor provision(s)). The Executive and the Corporation shall take no action
to treat the Policy as or cause the Policy to be other than a life insurance
contract within the meaning of section 7702 of the Code and shall take no action
to cause the Policy to be or become a "modified endowment contract" within the
meaning of section 7702A of the Code.

                  (c) The Executive and the Corporation agree to characterize
Policy premiums paid by the Corporation as loans for tax purposes, including for
purposes of (i) Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") Notice 2001-10 and any
subsequent guidance supplementing or modifying IRS Notice 2001-10, (ii) section
7872 of the Code regarding loans with below-market interest rates, and (iii)
wage withholding and reporting, and agree to treat the loans as "demand loans"
for purposes of section 7872 of the Code. Neither the Executive nor the
Corporation shall take any action that is not consistent with the
characterization and treatment described in the immediately foregoing sentence.
The Corporation shall annually furnish the Executive a statement of the amount
of income reportable by the Executive for income tax purposes as a result of
this Agreement.

                  1.3 ASSIGNMENT. The Executive agrees to execute an assignment
(hereinafter the "Assignment") to the Corporation to secure the Corporation's
rights under this Agreement, in the form of or similar to the form of Exhibit B.
The Assignment shall set forth the rights of the Corporation in and with respect
to the Policy pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The
Executive and the Corporation agree to be bound by the terms of the Assignment,
and the Assignment shall not be terminated, altered or amended by the Executive
prior to the Corporation receiving the "Corporate Interest" as defined in
Section 4.3, without the express written consent of the Corporation.

                  1.4 THE CORPORATION'S RIGHTS. The Corporation's rights with
respect to the Policy shall be limited to:

                  (a) The right to receive from the cash value in the Policy the
         Corporate Interest as defined in Section 4.3 on a "Termination Event,"
         as defined in Section 4.1;

                  (b) The right to receive the proceeds of the Policy as set
         forth in Section 3.2 (the "Corporation's Death Benefit Portion") on the
         death of the Executive; and

                  (c) The right to release the Assignment upon receipt of the
         Corporate Interest, as defined in Section 4.3.

                  1.5 EXECUTIVE'S RIGHTS. The Executive shall, as owner of the
Policy, retain all other rights in the Policy not held by the Corporation
pursuant to Section 1.4, including, but not limited to, the following:

                  (a) The right to cause the full or partial surrender of the
         Policy and to borrow against the cash values of the Policy following a
         Termination Event, as defined in

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         Section 4.1, and to succeed to full ownership of the Policy cash
         values after satisfaction of the Corporate Interest; provided, however,
         that the Executive shall give the Corporation thirty (30) days advance
         written notice of the exercise of such right; and

                  (b) The right to exercise all non-forfeiture or lapse option
         rights permitted by the terms of the Policy; and

                  (c) The right to designate and change the beneficiary or
         beneficiaries of the portion of the proceeds of the Policy payable,
         upon the death of the Executive, pursuant to Section 3.1 (the
         "Executive's Death Benefit Portion"); and

                  (d) The right to assign the Executive's rights in and with
         respect to the Policy.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately foregoing provisions
of this Section 1.5, prior to the Corporation receiving the Corporate Interest,
as defined in Section 4.3, the Executive shall not borrow against, surrender,
cancel, assign, or transfer the Policy, nor terminate the dividend election
thereof, if applicable, without the prior written consent of the Corporation
(which consent the Corporation has the right to withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion and/or to make such consent subject to such terms and
conditions as the Corporation determines in its sole or absolute discretion).

                                    ARTICLE 2
                      INSURANCE AMOUNT; PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS
                          AND APPLICATION OF DIVIDENDS

                  2.1 INSURANCE AMOUNT. The Executive shall purchase a Policy
sufficient to provide the death benefits as stated in Article 3 and to provide
the Corporation with the Corporate Interest as stated in Section 4.3.

                  2.2 PREMIUM PAYMENT; TIMING. (a) The premiums (including all
costs associated with all supplemental riders and endorsements to the Policy)
(the "Premium") shall be paid by the Executive and the Corporation, with the
amount or portion of a Premium payment to be paid by the Corporation to be
determined from time to time by the Corporation in its sole and absolute
discretion. The Corporation shall notify the Executive of any change in the
amount or portion of a Premium payment that it will pay at least 30 days prior
to the due date of the Premium payment. The Executive and the Corporation shall
pay their respective portions of a Premium payment on the Policy to the Insurer
on or before the due date of each Premium payment, and in any event, not later
than the expiration of the grace period under the Policy for such Premium
payment. Within 30 days following the Corporation's payment of its portion of a
Premium payment, the Corporation shall furnish the Executive with written notice
of such payment.

                  (b) The face amount of the Policy shall at all times be
maintained by the Executive in an amount not less than the Corporate Interest,
as defined in Section 4.3. If the face amount of the Policy falls below the
amount of the Corporate Interest, as defined in Section 4.3, the Executive shall
immediately either (i) make additional premium payments to increase the face
amount of the Policy to an amount equal to or greater than the Corporate
Interest, as defined

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in Section 4.3, or (ii) make payments to the Corporation to decrease the amount
of the Corporate Interest, as defined in Section 4.3, to an amount equal to or
less than the face amount of the Policy.

                  (c) The cash surrender value of the Policy shall at all times
be maintained by the Executive in an amount not less than the Corporate
Interest, as defined in Section 4.3. If the cash surrender value falls below the
amount of the Corporate Interest, the Executive shall immediately either (i)
make additional premium payments to increase the cash surrender value of the
Policy to an amount equal to or greater than the Corporate Interest, as defined
in Section 4.3, or (ii) make payments to the Corporation to decrease the amount
of the Corporate Interest, as defined in Section 4.3, to an amount equal to or
less than the cash surrender value of the Policy.

                  2.3 DIVIDEND. Any dividends declared on the Policy shall
accumulate in the Policy and cannot be withdrawn prior to the Corporation
receiving the Corporate Interest, as defined in Section 4.3. The parties agree
that any dividend election provision of the Policy shall be consistent with this
provision.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         RIGHTS UPON DEATH OF EXECUTIVE

                  3.1 EXECUTIVE'S DEATH BENEFIT PORTION. If Executive dies prior
to the Corporation receiving the Corporate Interest as defined in Section 4.3,
the Executive's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries as set forth in the
Policy shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the net death benefit
remaining after satisfaction of the Corporation's Death Benefit Portion under
Section 3.2. The initial total death benefit shall be as stated in Exhibit A.

                  3.2 THE CORPORATION'S DEATH BENEFIT PORTION. If the Executive
dies prior to the Corporation receiving the Corporate Interest as defined in
Section 4.3, the Corporation shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the
Corporate Interest as defined in Section 4.3 and shall be designated a
beneficiary under the Policy to such extent.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                      RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
                             OR SURRENDER OF POLICY

                  4.1 TERMINATION EVENT DEFINED. A "Termination Event" means
(and shall automatically occur upon) any of the following events:

                  (a) the bankruptcy, receivership or dissolution of the
         Corporation;

                  (b) the Executive's termination of employment with the
         Corporation and all subsidiaries and affiliated companies of the
         Corporation other than as a result of becoming permanently and totally
         disabled as determined under the Corporation's long-term disability
         policy, except that Article 3 shall apply if Executive's termination of
         employment is caused by death;

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                  (c) following the Executive's termination of employment with
         the Corporation and all subsidiaries and affiliated companies of the
         Corporation as a result of becoming permanently and totally disabled as
         determined under the Corporation's long-term disability policy, upon 30
         days advance written notice to the Executive by the Corporation;

                  (d) upon 30 days advance written notice to the Corporation by
         the Executive; or

                  (e) the written agreement of the Executive and the
         Corporation.

                  4.2 RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION EVENT. Upon a Termination Event as
defined in Section 4.1, the Executive (or the Insurer on behalf of the
Executive) shall pay to the Corporation the amount determined pursuant to
Section 4.3. Upon receipt of such amount from the Executive (or the Insurer on
behalf of the Executive), the Corporation shall take all steps necessary to
release the Assignment so that the Executive shall own the Policy free of all
encumbrances thereon in favor of the Corporation required by this Agreement.

                  4.3 CORPORATE INTEREST. Upon a Termination Event as defined in
Section 4.1, the Corporation shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to (i)
the cumulative Premiums paid by the Corporation, (ii) plus any unpaid Interest
Amount, and (iii) less any payments made by the Executive to the Corporation in
accordance with this Agreement (collectively the "Corporate Interest") from the
Executive. If the Executive does not pay the Corporate Interest to the
Corporation within 30 days from the date of a Termination Event as defined in
Section 4.1, the Corporation shall be entitled to access and receive the
Corporate Interest from the cash surrender value of the Policy. If the cash
surrender value of the Policy received by the Corporation is not sufficient to
pay the Corporate Interest, the Corporation shall be entitled to the difference
between the amount it received and the Corporate Interest from the Executive and
such amount shall be immediately paid by the Executive to the Corporation.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                            ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                  5.1 INSURER'S RESPONSIBILITY. The Insurer shall not be
considered a party to this Agreement and shall not be bound hereby. No provision
of this Agreement, or any amendment hereof, shall in any way enlarge, change,
vary or affect the obligations of the Insurer as expressly provided in the
Policy, except to the extent that this Agreement becomes a part of the Policy by
acceptance of the Assignment by the Insurer.

                  5.2 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended through written
action of the Corporation with the written consent of the Executive.

                  5.3 NOTICE AND PAYMENTS. Any and all notices required to be
given under the terms of this Agreement shall be given in writing and signed by
the appropriate party, and shall be sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, to
the appropriate address set forth below:

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                  (a)      to the Executive at:

                  (b)      to the Corporation at:

                           Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
                           17876 St. Clair Avenue
                           Cleveland, OH 44110
                           ATTN:  Corporate Secretary

Any payment to be made by the Executive to the Corporation shall be made by
check made payable to Brush Engineered Materials Inc. and sent by certified
mail, postage prepaid to the address set forth above for the Corporation.

                  5.4 HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Executive, his or her
successors, heirs and the executors or administrators of the estate of the
Executive, and to the Corporation and its successors. The Executive and the
Corporation agree that either party may assign its interest under this
Agreement, and any assignee shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as if an original party hereto.

                  5.5 INTERPRETATION. This Agreement and the interests of the
Executive and the Corporation hereunder shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.

                  5.6 SEPARATE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the interests of
the Executive and the Corporation hereunder shall be interpreted and construed
as a separate agreement that is independent of any plan, agreement, program or
policy of either the Corporation or subsidiaries or affiliated companies of the
Corporation. The benefits under this Agreement shall be independent of any
benefits payable under any plan, agreement, program or policy of either the
Corporation or subsidiaries or affiliated companies of the Corporation. The
benefits paid under or in connection with this Agreement, including any death
benefit and/or any bonus amount or tax gross-up payment in connection with this
Agreement, shall not be counted in determining any benefit under any plan,
agreement, program or policy of the Corporation or subsidiaries or affiliated
companies of the Corporation.

                  5.7 TERMS. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date
first above written, and shall continue until terminated as herein provided or
until all covenants herein activated by the death of the Executive are fully
carried out.

                  5.8 HEADINGS. Any headings or captions in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only, and shall not expand, limit, change or affect the
meaning of any provision of this Agreement.

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                  5.9 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

                  5.10 ERISA. The Executive and the Corporation agree that the
Agreement is not subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). If and to the extent that this
Agreement is subject to the requirements of ERISA, the Corporation shall have
authority to control and manage the operation and administration of this
Agreement and shall establish policies and procedures, including a claims
procedure, as necessary to comply with the provisions of ERISA.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this
document as of the day and year first above written.

                                BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC.

                                By
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                Title:

                                And
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                Title:

                                EXECUTIVE

                                _______________________________________________
                                Name:

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10G

                                    EXHIBIT A

                  The following life insurance policy or policies is subject to
the attached Agreement:

Insurer:

Owner:

Insured:

Policy Number:

Face Amount:

Dividend Option-

Date of Issue: January 2, 2002

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                                    EXHIBIT B
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                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  This Assignment made and entered into effective as of January
2, 2002, by ______________ as Owner of Life Insurance Policy Number(s) ______ to
be issued by ____________________(the "Insurer") of 197 Clarendon St., Boston,
MA 02117 and any supplementary contracts issued in connection therewith (said
policy and contracts being herein called the "Policy"), upon the life of the
Owner, to Brush Engineered Materials Inc., its successors and assigns (the
"Assignee"), subject to all the terms and conditions of the Policy and to all
superior liens, if any, which the Insurer may have against the Policy.

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, said Assignee has entered into an Executive Insurance
Agreement (the "Agreement") with the Owner dated January 2, 2002, to assist the
owner with the purchase of the Policy, by paying in its discretion a portion of
the premiums (including costs associated with all supplemental riders and
endorsements to the Policy) (the "Premium") due on the Policy; and

                  WHEREAS, upon the Assignee making said Premiums, the Assignee
will have specific interests in said Policy, in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement (referred to as the "Corporation's Death Benefit Portion" and the
"Corporate Interest");

                  NOW, THEREFORE, for value received, the undersigned hereby
assigns, transfers, and sets over specific policy rights to the Assignee,
subject to the Agreement, and to the following terms and conditions:

                  1. The Assignee shall have the following rights:

                  (a) the right to receive the Corporate Interest, as defined in
         the Agreement, upon a Termination Event as defined in the Agreement;

                  (b) the right to receive the Corporation's Death Benefit
         Portion, as defined in the Agreement, on the death of the Owner; and

                  (c) the right to possession of the Policy.

                  2. Except as specifically granted hereto to the Assignee, the
Owner will retain all incidents of ownership of the Policy; including, but not
limited to the following:

                  (a) the right to cause the full or partial surrender of the
         Policy and to borrow against the cash values of the Policy provided
         that prior to the Corporation receiving the Corporate Interest as
         defined in Section 4.3, the Owner can exercise such right only with the
         consent of the Assignee;

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                  (b) the right to change the dividend election provision of the
         Policy, provided that, prior to the Corporation receiving the Corporate
         Interest, as defined in the Agreement, the Owner can exercise such
         right only with the consent of the Assignee;

                  (c) the right to designate and change the beneficiary or
         beneficiaries of the Executive's Death Benefit Portion, as defined in
         the Agreement, of the Policy payable upon the death of the Owner; and

                  (d) the right to assign the rights, title and interest in and
         with respect to the Policy, subject to this collateral assignment
         agreement with the Assignee.

                  3. The Assignee will, upon request, forward the Policy without
unreasonable delay to the Insurer for endorsement of any designation or change
of beneficiary or election of a payment plan for Policy proceeds.

                  4. The Insurer is hereby authorized to recognize the
Assignee's claim to rights hereunder without investigating the reason for such
action by the Assignee, or the validity or the amount of the liabilities
hereunder. The Assignee may exercise any of its rights on its sole signature,
and the Insurer shall be fully discharged and such action shall be binding on
all persons having an ownership or beneficial interest in the Policy.

                  5. Upon the full payment to the Assignee of the Corporate
Interest, or in the event of the death of the Owner and the payment to the
Assignee of the Corporation's Death Benefit Portion (as defined in the
Agreement), this Assignment will terminate. The Insurer is deemed to have
knowledge that this Assignment has terminated only upon receiving written notice
of such event that is signed by the Assignee and Owner.

                  6. The Insurer shall not be responsible for the sufficiency or
validity of this Assignment and is not a party to any split dollar agreement (or
any other similar agreement) between the Assignee and the Owner. In the event of
a conflict between the terms of the Agreement and this Assignment, the terms of
this Assignment will control.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Owner has executed this
Assignment effective as of the date and year first described above.

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Witness                                   Owner

                  Received and duplicate filed by the Insurer at __________,
__________, assuming no responsibility, however, as to its validity, and also
reserving the right to require proof satisfactory to the Insurer of the
respective interests of the Owner and the Assignee.

Date:                                     By:
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