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Publishing
      Agreement 

    

    The
      following is a Publishing Agreement between Terry Ostrowiak (“Author”) and The
      Small Business Company (“The Company”).

    

    Author
      and The Company are entering into this Agreement to publish and market a book
      titled The
      Greatest Book on Coaching for Small Business (hereinafter
      referred to as "the Work").

    

    The
      following sets forth our understanding in regards to respective rights in the
      Work and any royalties or other considerations to which both parties may be
      entitled pursuant to this Agreement.

    

    
      	1.  	
              The
                copyright in the Work shall be secured and held in the name of Terry
                Ostrowiak for the term of the copyright, and for any additional or
                new
                copyright which may hereafter be embodied in any copyright law throughout
                the world.

            

    

     

    
      	2.  	
              The
                authorship of the published Work shall be listed as: Terry
                Ostrowiak.
                The
                Company will ensure that this name appears in marketing materials,
                on the
                jacket, and title page of the Work.

            

    

     

    
      	3.  	
              The
                Company
                shall provide 500,000 shares of common stock (at par value $0.0001)
                to
                Author for the exclusive right to publish the Work for a period of
                five
                (5) years from the date of this
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      	4.  	
              All
                moneys, advances, proceeds and other considerations which may become
                payable to The Company with respect to this Agreement and from the
                sale,
                lease, license or other disposition of any and all rights in and
                to the
                Work now existing or which may hereafter come into existence shall
                first
                be used to reimburse any outstanding expenses incurred printing,
                publishing and marketing the Work; remaining funds (the profits)
                shall be
                apportioned between Author and The Company as
                follows:

            

    

    Author
      - 25%

    The
      Company - 75%

     

    
      	5.  	
              In
                non-sales/marketing applications such as training, samples, or reviews,
                no
                royalties shall be distributed to
                Author.

            

    

     

    
      	6.  	
              The
                Company intends to market the Work through its web site, through
                online
                book sellers, and potential affiliate marketing relationships and
                industry
                associations.

            

    

     

    
      	7.  	
              The
                terms of this Agreement shall be coextensive with the life of the
                Work
                unless amended to in writing and agreed upon by both
                parties.

            

    

     

    
      	8.  	
              Each
                party hereto warrants and represents to the other that any material
                written or provided by them in connection with the Work is not in
                any way
                a violation of a copyright or common law or right of privacy and
                that it
                contains nothing of a libelous, obscene or illegal character, and
                each
                party agrees to indemnify and hold the other party harmless against
                any
                loss or damage arising out of a breach of any of the foregoing warranties
                or the other incorrectness of any of the foregoing
                representations.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	9.  	
              The
                terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding and continue
                to
                the benefit of the executors, administrators and successors of each
                party.
                Respective signatures herein below by Author and The Company
                representatives shall constitute this to be a complete and binding
                agreement between both parties. This Agreement may not be assigned
                by any
                party without prior written consent of the other party, except that
                any
                party may assign his share of the gross proceeds hereunder to a third
                person, subject to the terms and conditions of this
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    Signed
      and agreed to:

    

    _____________________________________________     Date:__________________

    Terry
      Ostrowiak

    

    _____________________________________________     Date:__________________

    David
      Larson,
      COO The Small
      Business Co.

    

    _____________________________________________     Date:__________________

    Stuart
      Schreiber,
      CEO The Small
      Business Co.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        2Commitment
      To Provide Financing

     

    ($48.3
      Million)

     

    Set
      forth
      below are the terms pursuant to which Plainfield Special Situations Master
      Fund
      Limited, having an address at c/o Plainfield Asset Management, LLC of 55
      Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 (“Plainfield”) , and The Alpine
      Group, Inc., having an address at One Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 801, East
      Rutherford, New Jersey 07073 (“Alpine”) , hereby respectively offer and
      irrevocably commit to Wolverine Tube, Inc. (the “Company”), as
      follows:

     

    I. Refinance
      of $38,300,000 in face principal amount of 7 3/8% Senior Notes of the Company
      due 2008 (“Notes”) 

     

    1. Plainfield
      hereby represents to the Company that it owns and holds not less than
      $38,300,000 face principal amount of the Notes (the “Plainfield
      Notes”).

     

    2. Plainfield
      hereby offers and commits to the Company to amend the terms of and refinance
      the
      Plainfield Notes so as to (i) extend the maturity date thereof from August
      1,
      2008 to March
      28,
      2009, and (ii) increase the interest rate accruing thereupon from 7 3/8% per
      annum to 10 1⁄2% per annum. Except as modified pursuant to the preceding sentence,
      the terms and provisions of the Notes shall remain the same. The Company may
      accept Plainfield’s offer by sending written notice of its acceptance to
      Plainfield not later than March 21, 2008, and setting a time and date for the
      consummation of said offer, which shall be not later than July 28, 2008 nor
      earlier than five (5) business days after the date of such notice (the “Notes
      Closing”). The Notes Closing shall take place at the offices of Plainfield or
      such other place as may be agreed to by the parties. At the Notes Closing,
      the
      parties shall enter into a Modification of Notes Agreement providing for the
      foregoing modifications in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
      parties and Plainfield shall deliver the original Notes so that the same may
      be
      endorsed to reflect the aforesaid modifications. Additionally, at such Notes
      Closing, and as a condition thereto, the Company shall deliver or cause to
      be
      delivered to Plainfield a certificate executed by its Chief Financial Officer
      to
      the effect that no “bankruptcy event” has occurred and/or is continuing in
      respect of the Company and an opinion of counsel of the Company as to the due
      authority of the Company to enter into the Modification of Notes Agreement
      and
      as to its validity, binding nature and enforceability.

     

    3. The
      Company shall pay Plainfield a fee in cash equal to three (3%) percent of the
      face principal amount of the Plainfield Notes, payable (i) two-thirds
      concurrently with and deemed fully earned upon the Company’s acceptance of this
      commitment and (ii) one-third at the Notes Closing.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    II. Offer
      to Purchase up to $10,000,000 in Shares of Series B Convertible Stock to be
      issued by the Company (“Series B Preferred Stock”)

     

    1. Alpine
      hereby offers and commits to purchase from the Company up to 10,000 shares
      of
      Series B Preferred Stock for a purchase price of $1,000 per share (each a
“Share”). The Company may accept Alpine’s offer by giving written notice of its
      acceptance not later than March 21, 2008. Such notice shall (i) include a form
      Certificate of Designations of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the
      terms and conditions of which shall be substantially identical (including
      without limitation the $1.10 conversion price) to the terms and conditions
      of
      the Company’s existing Certificate of Designations for its Series A Convertible
      Preferred Stock, except that (a) the initial cumulative dividend rate payable
      upon the Series B Preferred Stock shall be equal to 8.50% per annum and all
      adjustments thereto contemplated under the Series B Certificate of Designations
      shall be calculated from and off of such rate, and (b) the rights and seniority
      of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be ratable and parri passu with those
      of
      the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) state the number of Shares of Series B
      Preferred Stock, up to 10,000, which the Company desires to sell to Alpine
      and
      (iii) set a time and date for the consummation of said offer, which shall be
      not
      later than July 28, 2008 nor earlier than five (5) business days from the date
      of such notice (the “Preferred Stock Closing”) .

     

    2. At
      the
      Preferred Stock Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
      to
      Alpine: (i) a certificate representing the number of Shares being purchased
      by
      Alpine as set out in aforesaid notice of the Company, (ii) evidence that the
      Series B Certificate of Designations has been filed with the Secretary of State
      of the State of Delaware and become effective on or prior to such date; (iii)
      a
      registration rights agreement executed by the Company substantially in the
      form
      of the registration rights agreement dated February 16, 2007 in respect of
      the
      outstanding and issued Series A Preferred Stock; (iv) a certificate of the
      Company’s Chief Financial Officer to the effect that no “bankruptcy event “has
      occurred and/or is continuing in effect in respect of the Company; and (v)
      a
      legal opinion of the Company’s counsel in respect of the Shares substantially to
      the effect of the matters opined by the Company’s counsel as of February 11,
      2007 in respect of the Shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased by Alpine
      as
      of such date . Additionally, at the Preferred Stock Closing, Alpine shall (i)
      pay the purchase price for the Shares calculated at $1,000 per Share in
      immediately available funds wired to such bank account(s) as may be designated
      by the Company, and (ii) deliver an executed voting agreement in form and
      substance reasonably acceptable to the Company limiting Alpine’s voting rights
      in respect of the purchased Shares to such extent and for such period of time
      so
      as not to violate the change of control covenants applicable to the Company
      in
      accordance with the terms of the Indenture dated March 27, 2002 relating to
      the
      Company’s 10 1⁄2% Senior Notes due 2009.

     

    3. The
      Company shall pay Alpine a fee in cash equal to three (3%) percent of the
      aggregate purchase price of the Shares of Series B Preferred Stock, payable
      (i)
      two-thirds concurrently with and deemed fully earned upon the Company’s
      acceptance of this commitment and (ii) one-third at the Preferred Stock
      Closing.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    III. 
      GENERAL

     

    1. As
      used
      herein, the term “bankruptcy event” means any of the following events: (a) the
      Company or a subsidiary of the Company commences a case or other proceeding
      under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief
      of
      debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any
      jurisdiction relating to the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (b) there is
      commenced against the Company or subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding
      that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Company or
      any
      subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief
      or other order approving any such cash or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company
      or any subsidiary thereof suffers an appointment of any custodian or the like
      for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed
      within 60 days; (e) the Company or any subsidiary thereof makes a general
      assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Company or any subsidiary
      fails
      to pay, or states that it is unable to pay or is unable to pay its debts
      generally as they become due; (g) the Company or any subsidiary thereof calls
      a
      meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment
      or
      restructuring of its debts; or (h) the Company or any subsidiary therof, by
      any
      act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or
      acquiescence in any of the foregoing, or takes any corporate or other action
      for
      the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.  

     

    2. All
      reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, of Plainfield and
      Alpine in negotiating, documenting and consummating the transactions provided
      for in this instrument shall be paid for by the Company.

     

     

    
      	 	 	PLAINFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS MASTER
              FUND
              LIMITED
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              
                /s/
                  Thomas Fritsch

              

            
	 	 	Name: Thomas
              Fritsch
	 	 	Title:   General
              Counsel

    

     

    
       

      
        	 	 	THE ALPINE GROUP, INC
	 	 	 
	 	
                By:

              	
                /s/
                  Steven S. Elbaum

              
	 	 	Name: Steven S. Elbaum
	 	 	Title:   Chairman
                and CEO

      

       

    

    Accepted:

    
 

    WOLVERINE
      TUBE, INC.

     

    By: 
      David
      A.
      Owen                                                                             

    Name:
      David
      A.
      Owen

    Title:  
      CFO

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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