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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2003</FONT>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-____________</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT>

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(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
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<B>63-0970812</B><br>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Huntsville, Alabama 35801</B><BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
<B>_______________</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.<BR>
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
<B>_______________</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Johann R. Manning, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President, Fabricated Products and General Counsel<BR>
200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Huntsville, Alabama 35801</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(256)&nbsp;580-3960</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)<BR>
<B>_______________</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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par value $0.01</FONT></TD>
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850,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares of securities registered in this Registration Statement
will be increased as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of
the common stock of Wolverine Tube, Inc. on August&nbsp;11, 2003, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002"> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INTRODUCTION</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wolverine Tube, Inc. (&#147;the Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 in order to register 850,000 shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be offered or sold pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A prospectus meeting the requirements of Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8 is not
included in this Registration Statement but will be delivered to all
participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
periods ended March&nbsp;30, 2003 and June&nbsp;29, 2003; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock included in
the registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed with the Commission on
July&nbsp;7, 1993 (which incorporates by reference the description of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock set forth under the heading &#147;Description
of Capital Stock&#148; in the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;33-65148) with an effective date of August&nbsp;12,
1993, including amendments thereto), as supplemented by the rights
registered in the registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;22, 1996.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or enterprise. A corporation may indemnify such
person against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. A corporation may, in advance of the final disposition of any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, pay the
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by any officer or director in
defending such action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor under
the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without
judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify such officer or director against the expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The indemnification provided is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights
to which an officer or director may be entitled under any corporation&#146;s bylaws,
agreement, vote or otherwise.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Ninth of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws 33 and 34 of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide for indemnification
(including expense advancement) of its directors, officers, employees and other
agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Pursuant to such Bylaws and as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
policies. In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with its existing directors and intends to enter into similar
agreements with certain of its officers and any director elected to the board
in the future. These agreements establish contractual rights for the officers
and directors to be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:
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Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and consent of Balch &#038; Bingham LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent auditors.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Balch &#038; Bingham LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney of the officers and directors of the Registrant
(contained within signature page).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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        <TD width="92%"><FONT size="2">(a)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
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        <TD width="92%"><FONT size="2">(b)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="92%"><FONT size="2">(c)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Huntsville, State of Alabama, on this 12th day of
August, 2003.
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<B>WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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By: /s/  Dennis J. Horowitz<BR>
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Dennis J. Horowitz<BR>
Chairman, President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Dennis J.
Horowitz, James E. Deason and Johann R. Manning, Jr., and each of them singly,
acting alone and without another, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
with the authority to execute in the name of each such person, and to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and
other documents therewith, any and all (1)&nbsp;amendments (including without
limitation post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 or (2)&nbsp;additional Registration Statements which may be filed pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8 to register additional securities under the
employee benefit plan named herein, as may be necessary or advisable to enable
the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in respect thereof, which amendments or additional Registration Statements may
make such other changes as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Dennis J. Horowitz</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors,
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Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and
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Chris A. Davis</FONT></TD>
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Director
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W. Barnes Hauptfuhrer</FONT></TD>
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Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.     S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2003
Registration No. 333-____________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
63-0970812
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite 1000
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
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WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Johann R. Manning, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Fabricated Products and General Counsel
200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite 1000
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(256) 580-3960
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
par value $0.01
850,000
$
4.65
$
3,952,500
$
320
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares of securities registered in this Registration Statement
will be increased as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of
the common stock of Wolverine Tube, Inc. on August 11, 2003, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange.
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INTRODUCTION
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
EX-5 OPINION AND CONSENT
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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INTRODUCTION
Wolverine Tube, Inc. ("the Registrant") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 in order to register 850,000 shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), to be offered or sold pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
A prospectus meeting the requirements of Part I of Form S-8 is not
included in this Registration Statement but will be delivered to all
participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
periods ended March 30, 2003 and June 29, 2003; and
(3)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock included in
the registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
July 7, 1993 (which incorporates by reference the description of the
Registrant's Common Stock set forth under the heading "Description
of Capital Stock" in the registration statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 33-65148) with an effective date of August 12,
1993, including amendments thereto), as supplemented by the rights
registered in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on February 22, 1996.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
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to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or enterprise. A corporation may indemnify such
person against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. A corporation may, in advance of the final disposition of any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, pay the
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by any officer or director in
defending such action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor under
the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without
judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify such officer or director against the expenses (including attorneys'
fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The indemnification provided is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights
to which an officer or director may be entitled under any corporation's bylaws,
agreement, vote or otherwise.
Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws 33 and 34 of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification
(including expense advancement) of its directors, officers, employees and other
agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Pursuant to such Bylaws and as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance
policies. In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with its existing directors and intends to enter into similar
agreements with certain of its officers and any director elected to the board
in the future. These agreements establish contractual rights for the officers
and directors to be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Description
4
Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
5
Opinion and consent of Balch & Bingham LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
23.2
Consent of Balch & Bingham LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney of the officers and directors of the Registrant
(contained within signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(1)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(2)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Huntsville, State of Alabama, on this 12th day of
August, 2003.
WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
By: /s/  Dennis J. Horowitz
Dennis J. Horowitz
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Dennis J.
Horowitz, James E. Deason and Johann R. Manning, Jr., and each of them singly,
acting alone and without another, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
with the authority to execute in the name of each such person, and to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and
other documents therewith, any and all (1) amendments (including without
limitation post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 or (2) additional Registration Statements which may be filed pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register additional securities under the
employee benefit plan named herein, as may be necessary or advisable to enable
the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in respect thereof, which amendments or additional Registration Statements may
make such other changes as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Dennis J. Horowitz
Dennis J. Horowitz
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
August 12, 2003
/s/ James E. Deason
James E. Deason
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and
Director (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
August 12, 2003
/s/ Chris A. Davis
Chris A. Davis
Director
August 12, 2003
/s/ John L. Duncan
John L. Duncan
Director
August 12, 2003
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
Thomas P. Evans
Director
/s/ W. Barnes Hauptfuhrer
W. Barnes Hauptfuhrer
Director
August 12, 2003
/s/ Gail O. Neuman
Gail O. Neuman
Director
August 12, 2003
/s/ Jan K. Ver Hagen
Jan K. Ver Hagen
Director
August 12, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4
Wolverine Tube, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
5
Opinion and consent of Balch & Bingham LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
23.2
Consent of Balch & Bingham LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney of the officers and directors of the Registrant
(contained within signature page).