Document:

Exhibit 4.4

 

ACCURIDE
CORPORATION

2010
INITIAL GRANT

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD

 

The
following sets forth the terms of your Accuride Corporation 2010 Initial Grant
Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) Award.

 

RSU
AWARD:

 

	
  Name:  

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Address:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Taxpayer Identification Number:

  	
   

  

 

VESTING
SCHEDULE:

 

	
  Grant:

  	
   

  	
  36,232
  Restricted Stock Units

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Grant Date:

  	
   

  	
  August 3,
  2010

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting Schedule and Payment Date:

  	
   

  	
  Subject
  to acceleration in certain circumstances, the RSUs will vest and be paid on
  March 1, 2014 (the “Payment Date”).

  

 

This
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”) sets
forth the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Award”).  By electronically acknowledging and accepting
this Award, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein, and all
other conditions as may be established by the Company in connection with the
administration of this Award.

 

 

The
following terms and conditions apply to the RSUs granted pursuant to this Award
Agreement.

 

	
  Defined Terms:

  	
   

  	
  To
  the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings
  ascribed to them in Appendix A hereto.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Type of Award:

  	
   

  	
  Restricted
  Stock Units, or RSUs, which entitle you to receive an equal number of whole
  shares of Common Stock on the Payment Date, as described below. 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting and Settlement:

  	
   

  	
  The
  RSUs subject to this Award shall vest and become payable according to the
  schedule set forth above; provided, however, that the RSUs will vest and be
  paid on such dates only if you have not had a Termination of Service prior to
  the applicable Payment Date.  All
  unvested RSUs will be forfeited upon Termination of Service.  Vested RSUs shall be settled on the Payment
  Date through the issuance to you of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the
  number of RSUs to be settled and paid. 
  If the vesting schedule set forth above would result in the delivery
  of fractional shares, then the vesting of such fractional share shall be
  delayed until the next Payment Date. 
  The issuance of shares of Common Stock will be subject to tax
  withholding, as provided below.

   

  Any
  unvested RSUs will vest upon a Change in Control.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Transferability of RSUs:

  	
   

  	
  This
  Award and the RSUs may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or
  otherwise alienated or hypothecated, provided that in the event of your
  death, shares deliverable or amounts payable with respect to the RSUs shall
  be delivered or paid, as applicable, to your designated beneficiary.  You will be advised by the Company’s Human
  Resources Department with respect to the procedures for naming and changing
  designated beneficiaries.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tax Withholding:

  	
   

  	
  Unless
  paid in cash by you at the time of settlement, the Company, in its sole
  discretion, may satisfy any withholding obligations by (i) withholding a
  number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the
  amount sufficient to satisfy the minimum statutory federal, state, foreign
  and local taxes and any employment, disability, social welfare or other
  legally required withholdings from shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable
  to you upon settlement of the RSUs, (ii) instructing a broker on your
  behalf to sell shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon vesting
  of the RSUs and submit the proceeds of such sale to the Company, (iii) receiving
  shares of Common Stock previously owned by you with a Fair Market Value equal
  to the minimum amount of the tax withholding obligation,  (iv) withholding such amounts from
  other cash compensation or (v) having you pay the amount of the tax
  withholding in cash; provided, however, that if the tax obligation arises
  during a period in which you are prohibited from trading under any policy of
  the Company or by reason of the Exchange Act, then the tax withholding
  obligation shall automatically be satisfied in accordance with subsection (i) of
  this paragraph, unless you have previously made a written election during a
  period in which you were not prohibited from trading in the Company’s
  securities to pay such tax obligation directly to the Company in cash and
  have paid a reasonable estimate of such tax liability (as determined by the
  Company) in advance to 

  

 

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  the
  Company.

   

  You
  are encouraged to consult with a tax advisor regarding the tax consequences
  of this Award.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Rights as a Stockholder

  	
   

  	
  Until
  the shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered, you will have no rights
  as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to the
  RSU.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  No Right to Continued Employment

  	
   

  	
  Neither
  the RSUs nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to be an
  employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or interferes in any way
  with the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate your
  employment at any time. 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Data Privacy:

  	
   

  	
  By
  acceptance of this Award, you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use,
  processing and transfer of personal data as described below.  The Company, its affiliates and your
  employer hold certain personal information, including the your name, home
  address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other
  employee tax identification number, salary, nationality, job title, and any
  equity compensation grants or Common Stock awarded, cancelled, purchased,
  vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor, for the purpose of managing
  and administering the Award (“Data”). 
  The Company and its affiliates will transfer Data to any third parties
  assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of
  the Award.  These recipients may be
  located in the United States, the European Economic Area, or elsewhere.  By accepting this Award Agreement you
  hereby authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data,
  in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering
  and managing this Award, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may
  be required for the administration of this Award on your behalf to a third
  party with whom you may have elected to have payment made pursuant to this
  Award Agreement.  You may, at any time,
  review Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consent
  herein in writing by contacting the Company; however, withdrawing the consent
  may affect your ability to receive the benefits intended by this Award.  

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  No impact on other rights.

  	
   

  	
  This
  Award is voluntary,  the value of which
  is an extraordinary item of compensation outside the scope of your normal
  employment and compensation rights, if any. 
  As such, the  RSUs are not part
  of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance,
  resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service
  awards, pensions or retirement benefits or similar payments unless
  specifically and otherwise provided  in
  the plans or agreements governing such compensation.  This Award is discretionary in nature and
  may be amended, cancelled, or terminated by the Company, in its sole
  discretion, at any time.  This Award is
  a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to
  receive any other grant of RSUs or other similar equity based compensation
  awards in the future.  Future grants,
  if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company, including, but not
  limited to, the timing of the grant, the form of award, number of shares of
  Common Stock subject to an award, vesting, and exercise provisions, as
  relevant.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Distribution of Common 

  	
   

  	
  Notwithstanding
  anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be 

  

 

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  Stock

  	
   

  	
  required
  to issue or deliver any certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock
  pursuant to this Award Agreement unless and until the Committee has
  determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance and delivery of such
  certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of
  governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange
  on which the shares of Stock are listed or traded.  All stock certificates delivered pursuant
  to this Award Agreement shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and
  other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply
  with federal, state, or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and
  regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or
  automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed, quoted, or
  traded.  The Committee may place
  legends on any certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Common
  Stock.  In addition to the terms and
  conditions provided herein, you agree to make such reasonable covenants,
  agreements, and representations as the Committee, in its discretion, requests
  in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.  You also agree to comply with any timing or
  other restrictions with respect to the settlement of the RSUs, including a
  window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the
  Committee or the Company’s guidelines for insider trading.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  Award Agreement, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or required by
  any applicable law, rule or regulation, the Company shall not deliver to
  you any certificates evidencing the Common Stock issued upon settlement of
  any RSUs under this Award Agreement and instead such shares of Common Stock
  shall be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its
  transfer agent or stock plan administrator).

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Adjustments to the Award

  	
   

  	
  a.                    In the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
  combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, spin-off,
  recapitalization or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of
  Company assets to stockholders, or any other similar event affecting the
  shares of Common Stock or the share price of the Common Stock, the Committee
  shall make proportionate adjustments to any or all of the following in order
  to reflect such change: (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares that
  may be issued under the RSUs; and (b) the terms and conditions of the
  RSUs.

   

  b.                    In the event
  of any transaction or event described above or any unusual or nonrecurring
  transactions or events affecting the Company, any affiliate of the Company,
  or the financial statements of the Company or any affiliate, or of changes in
  applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, you authorize and
  agree that the Committee, in its sole discretion and on such terms and
  conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of this Agreement or
  by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event and either
  automatically or upon your request, may take any one or more of the following
  actions whenever the Committee determines that such action is appropriate in
  order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
  benefits intended to be made available under this Award Agreement, to
  facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes in
  laws, regulations or principles:

   

  i.                  To provide
  for either (A) termination of the Award in exchange 

  

 

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  for
  an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained
  upon the vesting and payment of RSUs under this Award Agreement as of the
  date of such termination, or (B) the replacement of such RSUs with other
  rights or property selected by the Committee in its sole discretion;

   

  ii.               To provide that the RSUs
  be (A) assumed by a successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or
  subsidiary thereof, or (B) substituted for by a similar award covering
  the stock of a successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary
  thereof, in either case, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and
  kind of shares and prices;

   

  iii.            To make adjustments in the
  number and type of shares (or other securities or property) subject to the
  RSUs and/or in the terms and conditions of the RSUs;

   

  iv.           To provide that RSUs shall
  be payable or fully vested with respect to all shares covered thereby,
  notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Agreement; and

   

  v.              To provide that the RSUs
  cannot vest or become payable after such event.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Authority of Committee

  	
   

  	
  You agree that the
  Committee shall have the power to interpret this Award Agreement and to adopt
  and interpret such rules for its administration, interpretation and
  application as are consistent with the terms hereof (including, but not
  limited to, the determination of whether or not any RSUs have vested and
  become payable).  You agree that all
  actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the
  Committee in good faith will be final and binding upon you, the Company and
  any and all other interested persons. 
  No member of the Committee will be personally liable for any action,
  determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Award
  Agreement and, to the greatest extent allowable pursuant to applicable law,
  each member of the Committee shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by
  the Company from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed
  upon or reasonably incurred by such member in connection with such
  administration of this Agreement.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Governing Law:

  	
   

  	
  The interpretation,
  validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this
  Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware regardless
  of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.

  

 

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Appendix
A

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Award
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following defined terms
shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

“Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company.

 

“Change in Control” shall mean and
includes each of the following:

 

(a)                                 A
transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of Common Stock
to the general public through a registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons”
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, an employee
benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a “person”
that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or indirectly
acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than 35% of the
total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately
after such acquisition; or

 

(b)                                 During
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such
period, constitute the Board together with any new director(s) (other than
a director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with
the Company to effect a transaction described in (a) or (c) of this
definition whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors
then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the two-year
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

 

(c)                                  The
consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or
indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of
(x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or
(y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or
(z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case
other than a transaction:

 

(i) Which results in the Company’s voting
securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction,
controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly,
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the
business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”))
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the
Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the
transaction, and

 

(ii)                                  After
which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 50%
or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for
purposes of this subsection (c)(ii) as beneficially owning 50% or more of
combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting
power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; or

 

(d)                                 The
Company’s stockholders approve a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

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“Committee” shall mean the
Compensation & Human Resources Committee of the Board.

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the common
stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

 

“Company” shall mean Accuride
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

“Exchange
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.

 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean, as
of any given date, the value of a Share determined as follows:

 

(a)                                 If
the Common Stock is listed on any (i) established securities exchange
(such as the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market and the NASDAQ
Global Select Market), (ii) national market system or (iii) automated
quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded, its Fair
Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as
quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing
sales price for a share of Common Stock on the date in question, the closing
sales price for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for which
such quotation exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Committee deems reliable;

 

(b)                                 If
the Common Stock is not listed on an established securities exchange, national
market system or automated quotation system, but the Common Stock is regularly
quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean
of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no high bid
and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on such date, the high bid and
low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for
which such information exists, as reported in The Wall
Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;
or

 

(c)                                  If
the Common Stock is neither listed on an established securities exchange,
national market system or automated quotation system nor regularly quoted by a
recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be established by the
Committee in good faith.

 

“Termination of Service” shall mean
the time when you no longer are serving as a director of the Company for any
reason, including, without limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge,
death, disability, retirement or failure to be reelected to the Board; but
excluding any such termination where you simultaneously commence or remain in
employment or service with the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

 

7Exhibit 4.5

 

ACCURIDE
CORPORATION

2010
ANNUAL GRANT

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD

 

The
following sets forth the terms of your Accuride Corporation 2010 Annual Grant
Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) Award.

 

RSU
AWARD:

 

	
  Name:  

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Address:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Taxpayer Identification Number:

  	
   

  

 

VESTING
SCHEDULE:

 

	
  Grant:

  	
   

  	
  43,479
  Restricted Stock Units

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Grant Date:

  	
   

  	
  August 3,
  2010

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting Schedule and Payment Date:

  	
   

  	
  Subject
  to acceleration in certain circumstances, the RSUs will vest and be paid on
  March 1, 2011 (the “Payment Date”).

  

 

This
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”) sets
forth the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Award”).  By electronically acknowledging and accepting
this Award, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein, and all
other conditions as may be established by the Company in connection with the
administration of this Award.

 

 

The
following terms and conditions apply to the RSUs granted pursuant to this Award
Agreement.

 

	
  Defined Terms:

  	
  To
  the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings
  ascribed to them in Appendix A hereto.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Type of Award:

  	
  Restricted
  Stock Units, or RSUs, which entitle you to receive an equal number of whole
  shares of Common Stock on the Payment Date, as described below. 

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting and Settlement:

  	
  The
  RSUs subject to this Award shall vest and become payable according to the
  schedule set forth above; provided, however, that the RSUs will vest and be
  paid on such dates only if you have not had a Termination of Service prior to
  the applicable Payment Date.  All
  unvested RSUs will be forfeited upon Termination of Service.  Vested RSUs shall be settled on the Payment
  Date through the issuance to you of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the
  number of RSUs to be settled and paid. 
  If the vesting schedule set forth above would result in the delivery
  of fractional shares, then the vesting of such fractional share shall be
  delayed until the next Payment Date. 
  The issuance of shares of Common Stock will be subject to tax
  withholding, as provided below.

   

  Any
  unvested RSUs will vest upon a Change in Control.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Transferability of RSUs:

  	
  This
  Award and the RSUs may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or
  otherwise alienated or hypothecated, provided that in the event of your
  death, shares deliverable or amounts payable with respect to the RSUs shall
  be delivered or paid, as applicable, to your designated beneficiary.  You will be advised by the Company’s Human
  Resources Department with respect to the procedures for naming and changing
  designated beneficiaries.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tax Withholding:

  	
  Unless
  paid in cash by you at the time of settlement, the Company, in its sole
  discretion, may satisfy any withholding obligations by (i) withholding a
  number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the
  amount sufficient to satisfy the minimum statutory federal, state, foreign
  and local taxes and any employment, disability, social welfare or other
  legally required withholdings from shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable
  to you upon settlement of the RSUs, (ii) instructing a broker on your
  behalf to sell shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon vesting
  of the RSUs and submit the proceeds of such sale to the Company, (iii) receiving
  shares of Common Stock previously owned by you with a Fair Market Value equal
  to the minimum amount of the tax withholding obligation,  (iv) withholding such amounts from
  other cash compensation or (v) having you pay the amount of the tax
  withholding in cash; provided, however, that if the tax obligation arises
  during a period in which you are prohibited from trading under any policy of
  the Company or by reason of the Exchange Act, then the tax withholding
  obligation shall automatically be satisfied in accordance with subsection (i) of
  this paragraph, unless you have previously made a written election during a
  period in which you were not prohibited from trading in the Company’s
  securities to pay such tax obligation directly to the Company in cash and
  have paid a reasonable estimate of such tax liability (as determined by the
  Company) in advance to the Company.

   

  You
  are encouraged to consult with a tax advisor regarding the tax 

  

 

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  consequences
  of this Award.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Rights as a Stockholder

  	
  Until
  the shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered, you will have no rights
  as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to the
  RSU.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  No Right to Continued Employment

  	
  Neither
  the RSUs nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to be an
  employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or interferes in any way
  with the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate your
  employment at any time. 

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Data Privacy:

  	
  By
  acceptance of this Award, you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use,
  processing and transfer of personal data as described below.  The Company, its affiliates and your
  employer hold certain personal information, including the your name, home
  address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other
  employee tax identification number, salary, nationality, job title, and any
  equity compensation grants or Common Stock awarded, cancelled, purchased,
  vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor, for the purpose of managing
  and administering the Award (“Data”). 
  The Company and its affiliates will transfer Data to any third parties
  assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of
  the Award.  These recipients may be
  located in the United States, the European Economic Area, or elsewhere.  By accepting this Award Agreement you
  hereby authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data,
  in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering
  and managing this Award, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may
  be required for the administration of this Award on your behalf to a third
  party with whom you may have elected to have payment made pursuant to this
  Award Agreement.  You may, at any time,
  review Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consent
  herein in writing by contacting the Company; however, withdrawing the consent
  may affect your ability to receive the benefits intended by this Award.  

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  No impact on other rights.

  	
  This
  Award is voluntary,  the value of which
  is an extraordinary item of compensation outside the scope of your normal
  employment and compensation rights, if any. 
  As such, the  RSUs are not part
  of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance,
  resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service
  awards, pensions or retirement benefits or similar payments unless
  specifically and otherwise provided  in
  the plans or agreements governing such compensation.  This Award is discretionary in nature and
  may be amended, cancelled, or terminated by the Company, in its sole
  discretion, at any time.  This Award is
  a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive
  any other grant of RSUs or other similar equity based compensation awards in
  the future.  Future grants, if any,
  will be at the sole discretion of the Company, including, but not limited to,
  the timing of the grant, the form of award, number of shares of Common Stock
  subject to an award, vesting, and exercise provisions, as relevant.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Distribution of Common Stock

  	
  Notwithstanding
  anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue
  or deliver any certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock pursuant to
  this Award Agreement unless and until the Committee has determined, with
  advice of counsel, that the issuance and delivery of such certificates is in
  compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and,
  if applicable, the requirements of any 

  

 

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  exchange
  on which the shares of Stock are listed or traded.  All stock certificates delivered pursuant
  to this Award Agreement shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and
  other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply
  with federal, state, or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and
  regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or
  automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed, quoted, or
  traded.  The Committee may place
  legends on any certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Common
  Stock.  In addition to the terms and
  conditions provided herein, you agree to make such reasonable covenants,
  agreements, and representations as the Committee, in its discretion, requests
  in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.  You also agree to comply with any timing or
  other restrictions with respect to the settlement of the RSUs, including a
  window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the
  Committee or the Company’s guidelines for insider trading.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  Award Agreement, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or required by
  any applicable law, rule or regulation, the Company shall not deliver to
  you any certificates evidencing the Common Stock issued upon settlement of
  any RSUs under this Award Agreement and instead such shares of Common Stock
  shall be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its
  transfer agent or stock plan administrator).

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Adjustments to the Award

  	
  a.                    In the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
  combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, spin-off,
  recapitalization or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of
  Company assets to stockholders, or any other similar event affecting the
  shares of Common Stock or the share price of the Common Stock, the Committee
  shall make proportionate adjustments to any or all of the following in order
  to reflect such change: (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares that
  may be issued under the RSUs; and (b) the terms and conditions of the
  RSUs.

   

  b.                    In the event
  of any transaction or event described above or any unusual or nonrecurring
  transactions or events affecting the Company, any affiliate of the Company,
  or the financial statements of the Company or any affiliate, or of changes in
  applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, you authorize and
  agree that the Committee, in its sole discretion and on such terms and
  conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of this Agreement or
  by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event and
  either automatically or upon your request, may take any one or more of the
  following actions whenever the Committee determines that such action is
  appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or
  potential benefits intended to be made available under this Award Agreement,
  to facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes
  in laws, regulations or principles:

   

  i.                  To provide for either (A) termination
  of the Award in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount
  that would have been attained upon the vesting and payment of RSUs under this
  Award Agreement as of the date of such termination, or (B) the
  replacement of such RSUs with other rights or property selected by the
  Committee in its sole discretion;

   

  ii.               To provide that the RSUs
  be (A) assumed by a successor or 

  

 

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  survivor
  corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or (B) substituted for
  by a similar award covering the stock of a successor or survivor corporation,
  or a parent or subsidiary thereof, in either case, with appropriate
  adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;

   

  iii.            To make adjustments in the
  number and type of shares (or other securities or property) subject to the
  RSUs and/or in the terms and conditions of the RSUs;

   

  iv.           To provide that RSUs shall
  be payable or fully vested with respect to all shares covered thereby,
  notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Agreement; and

   

  v.              To provide that the RSUs
  cannot vest or become payable after such event.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Authority of Committee

  	
  You agree that the
  Committee shall have the power to interpret this Award Agreement and to adopt
  and interpret such rules for its administration, interpretation and
  application as are consistent with the terms hereof (including, but not
  limited to, the determination of whether or not any RSUs have vested and
  become payable).  You agree that all
  actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee
  in good faith will be final and binding upon you, the Company and any and all
  other interested persons.  No member of
  the Committee will be personally liable for any action, determination or
  interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Award Agreement and,
  to the greatest extent allowable pursuant to applicable law, each member of
  the Committee shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by the Company
  from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or
  reasonably incurred by such member in connection with such administration of
  this Agreement.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Governing Law:

  	
  The interpretation,
  validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this
  Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware
  regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of
  laws.

  

 

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Appendix
A

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Award
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following defined terms
shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

“Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company.

 

“Change in Control” shall mean and
includes each of the following:

 

(a)                                 A
transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of Common Stock
to the general public through a registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons”
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, an employee
benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a “person”
that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or indirectly
acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than 35% of the
total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately
after such acquisition; or

 

(b)                                 During
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such
period, constitute the Board together with any new director(s) (other than
a director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with
the Company to effect a transaction described in (a) or (c) of this
definition whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors
then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the two-year
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

 

(c)                                  The
consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly
involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger,
consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any
single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the
acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a
transaction:

 

(i) Which results in the Company’s voting
securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction,
controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly,
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the
business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”))
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the
Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the
transaction, and

 

(ii)                                  After
which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 50%
or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for
purposes of this subsection (c)(ii) as beneficially owning 50% or more of
combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting
power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; or

 

(d)                                 The
Company’s stockholders approve a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

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“Committee” shall mean the
Compensation & Human Resources Committee of the Board.

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the common
stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

 

“Company” shall mean Accuride
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

“Exchange
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.

 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean, as
of any given date, the value of a Share determined as follows:

 

(a)                                 If
the Common Stock is listed on any (i) established securities exchange
(such as the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market and the NASDAQ
Global Select Market), (ii) national market system or (iii) automated
quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded, its Fair
Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as
quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing
sales price for a share of Common Stock on the date in question, the closing
sales price for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for which
such quotation exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Committee deems reliable;

 

(b)                                 If
the Common Stock is not listed on an established securities exchange, national
market system or automated quotation system, but the Common Stock is regularly
quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the
mean of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no
high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on such date, the
high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding
date for which such information exists, as reported in The Wall
Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;
or

 

(c)                                  If
the Common Stock is neither listed on an established securities exchange,
national market system or automated quotation system nor regularly quoted by a
recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be established by the
Committee in good faith.

 

“Termination of Service” shall mean
the time when you no longer are serving as a director of the Company for any
reason, including, without limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge,
death, disability, retirement or failure to be reelected to the Board; but
excluding any such termination where you simultaneously commence or remain in
employment or service with the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

 

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