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Exhibit 10.2

Exhibit 10.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements: 

i.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7830) for Alcatel Alstom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite, S.A. (now Alcatel-Lucent), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 23, 1997;

ii.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form F-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-59985) for Alcatel Alstom Generale d'Electricite, S.A. (now Alcatel-Lucent), filed with the SEC on September 8, 1998;

iii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-9730), filed with the SEC on December 11, 1998;

iv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-10192), filed with the SEC on April 1, 1999;

v.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-10326), filed with the SEC on May 7, 1999;

vi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-10578), filed with the SEC on July 13, 1999;

vii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-11092), filed with the SEC on November 4, 1999;

viii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-11388), filed with the SEC on January 24, 2000;

ix.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form F-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-93127), filed with the SEC on January 24, 2000;

x.

Form F-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-11784), filed with the SEC on April 4, 2000;

xi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-11986), filed with the SEC on May 19, 2000;

xii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-11996), filed with the SEC on May 23, 2000;

xiii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-12516), filed with the SEC on September 12, 2000;

xiv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-12864), filed with the SEC on November 15, 2000;

xv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-13410), filed with the SEC on April 27, 2001;

xvi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-13554), filed with the SEC on May 24, 2001;

xvii.

Form F-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-13966), filed with the SEC on September 28, 2001;

xviii.

Form F-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-14004), filed with the SEC on October 12, 2001;

xix.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-14016), filed with the SEC on October 17, 2001;

xx.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form F-4 Registration Statement, as amended (File No. 333-82930), initially filed with the SEC on February 15, 2002;

xxi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-89466), filed with the SEC on May 31, 2002;

xxii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-98075), filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002;

xxiii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-105009), filed with the SEC on May 5, 2003;

xxiv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-107161), filed with the SEC on July 18, 2003;

xxv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-107271), filed with the SEC on July 23, 2003;

xxvi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-108755), filed with the SEC on September 12, 2003;

xxvii.

Form F-3 Registration Statement, as amended (File No. 333-119301), initially filed with the SEC on September 27, 2004;

xxviii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-119746), filed with the SEC on October 14, 2004;

xxix.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-121813), filed with the SEC on January 3, 2005;

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xxx.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-129288), filed with the SEC on October 28, 2005;

xxxi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 139009), filed with the SEC on November 29, 2006;

xxxii.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-8 to Form F-4 Registration Statement, as amended (File No. 333-133919), initially filed with the SEC on May 9, 2006;

xxxiii.

Form F-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-139029), filed with the SEC on November 30, 2006;

xxxiv.

Form F-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-139030), filed with the SEC on November 30, 2006;

xxxv.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-143972), filed with the SEC on June 22, 2007;

xxxvi.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-151348), filed with the SEC on June 2, 2008;

xxxvii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-160149), filed with the SEC on June 22, 2009;

xxxviii.

Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-160148), filed with the SEC on June 22, 2009.

of
  our reports dated March 22, 2010 with respect to the consolidated financial
  statements of Alcatel-Lucent and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal
  control over financial reporting of Alcatel-Lucent and subsidiaries, included
  in this Annual Report on Form 20-F of Alcatel-Lucent for the year ended December
  31, 2009.

/s/ Ernst & Young et Autres

represented by Jean-Yves Jégourel

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

March
  22, 2010

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EXHIBIT 10.21

 

 

A. M. CASTLE & CO.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

A. M. CASTLE & CO.

2008 RESTRICTED STOCK, STOCK OPTION

AND EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

GRANTEE: ______________________ 

ADDRESS:  ______________________

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:  ________________________

NUMBER OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS: _______________                                                                                                        

DATE OF GRANT: _______________

This is an award agreement (the "Award Agreement") between A. M. Castle & Co., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), and the individual named above (the "Grantee"). Subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Corporation hereby grants to the Grantee, as of the Grant Date specified above, the above-stated number of Restricted Stock Units, which may be earned in accordance with Section 2, on the terms and conditions contained herein and in the Corporation’s 2008 Restricted Stock, Stock Option and Equity Compensation Plan approved by the shareholders April 24, 2008, as may be amended from time to time (the "Plan"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

1. Vesting.  Subject to Sections 2, 3 and 4, the Corporation shall deliver to the Grantee one share of Common Stock for each whole Restricted Stock Unit that vests in accordance with the terms of this Award Agreement.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and the Plan, 100% of the Restricted Stock Units shall vest at the end of the Performance Period.

2. Delivery of Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock that the Grantee earns under Section 1 will be delivered to the Grantee as soon as administratively practicable after the end of the Performance Period; provided, however, that in lieu of shares of Common Stock, the payment may be made in cash or other equity based property or any combination thereof, as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.  No fractional shares will be delivered pursuant to this Award and fractional shares shall be rounded down.

 

3. Employment Termination.  If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation and its subsidiaries terminates before the end of the Performance Period, this Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be forfeited on the date of such termination, unless covered by a specific change-in-control or severance agreement entered into between the Grantee and the Company.

 

4.  Transferability.  The Restricted Stock Units shall not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner, whether by the operation of law or otherwise.  Any attempted transfer of the Restricted Stock Units prohibited by this Section 4 shall be null and void.

 

5.  Adjustments.  The Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to adjustment or substitution in accordance with paragraph 10 of Section I of the Plan.

 

6.   Withholding.  The Grantee is responsible for all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes (including taxes of any foreign jurisdiction) which the Corporation is required to withhold at any time with respect to the Restricted Stock Units to satisfy its minimum statutory withholding requirements.  Such payment shall be made in full at the Grantee’s election, in cash or check, by withholding from the Grantee’s next normal payroll check, or by the tender of shares of Common Stock payable under this Award.  Shares of Common Stock tendered as payment of required withholding shall be valued at the closing price per share of Common Stock on the date such withholding obligation arises.

 

  

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7. Miscellaneous

 

(a)           Disclaimer of Rights.  Nothing contained herein shall constitute an obligation for continued employment.

 

(b)           Rights Unsecured.  The Grantee shall have only the Corporation’s unfunded, unsecured promise to pay pursuant to the terms of this Award.  The Grantee’s rights shall be that of an unsecured general creditor of the Corporation and the Grantee shall not have any security interest in any assets of the Corporation.

 

(c)           No Adjustment for Dividends.   The number of Restricted Stock Units shall not be adjusted for the payment of any cash dividend on shares of common stock of the Corporation before the issuance of a stock certificate representing the earned Award.

 

(d)           Offset.   The Corporation may deduct from amounts otherwise payable under this Award all amounts owed by the Grantee to the Corporation and its affiliates to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

(e)           Terms of Plan.  The Award is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, which are incorporated into and shall be deemed to be a part of this Award, without regard to whether such terms and conditions (including, for example, provisions relating to certain changes in capitalization of the Corporation) are otherwise set forth in this Award. In the event that there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Award and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

 

(f)            Amendment. This Award Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by the Corporation and the Grantee that specifically states that it is amending this Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Award Agreement may be amended solely by the Committee by a writing which specifically states that it is amending this Award Agreement, so long as a copy of such amendment is delivered to the Grantee, and provided that no such amendment adversely affecting the rights of the Grantee hereunder may be made without the Grantee’s written consent. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee reserves the right to change, by written notice to the Grantee, the provisions of the Restricted Stock Units or this Award Agreement in any way it may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the grant as a result of any change in applicable laws or regulations or any future law, regulation, ruling or judicial decisions, provided that any such change shall be applicable only to the Restricted Stock Units which are than subject to restrictions as provided herein.

 (g)           Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained herein is held by a court or a federal regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect, and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

 

(h)            Controlling Law.  The Award shall be construed, interpreted and applied in accordance with the law of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions thereof.  The Grantee agrees to irrevocably submit any dispute arising out of or relating to this Award to the exclusive concurrent jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Illinois.  The Grantee also irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection the Grantee may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute, and the Grantee agree to accept service of legal process from the courts of Illinois.

 

(i)           Code Section 409A Compliance.  To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Award and the Plan not be subject to or otherwise comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A, so that the income inclusion provisions of Code Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply. This Award and the Plan shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Award or the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Code Section 409A (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A and may be made by the Corporation without the Grantee’s consent).

 

  

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8.  Definitions.   As used herein, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

(a)           “Award” means the Restricted Stock Unit Award to the Grantee as set forth herein, and as may be amended as provided herein.

 

(b)           “Board” means the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

(d)           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

(e)           “Committee” means the Human Resources Committee of the Board.

 

 

(f)            “Common Stock” means the Corporation’s $.01 par value common stock.

 

 

 (g)            “Grant Date” means the date this Award is made to the Grantee, as set forth on the first page of the Award.

 

 

(h)              “Performance Period” means the Corporation’s three (3) consecutive fiscal years commencing with the fiscal year beginning [_________].

 

 

(i)            “Restricted Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one share of Common Stock.

 

The Corporation and the Grantee hereby agree to the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and have executed it as of the Date of Grant set forth above.

A. M. CASTLE & CO.

 

 

By: ______________________________

Its:  ______________________________

 

_________________________________

Grantee

  

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