8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 19, 2006

ACCURIDE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-32483	61-1109077
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7140 Office Circle, Evansville, IN	47715
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (812) 962-5000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On May 19, 2006, Accuride Corporation (“Accuride” or the “Company”) entered into indemnification agreements with its recently appointed directors, Donald T. Johnson, Jr. and Craig H. Muhlhauser. A copy of the form of indemnification agreement was previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement filed in connection with the Company’s initial public offering of common stock and is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

On May 19, 2006, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) adopted the Accuride Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2. The Deferred Compensation Plan allows Accuride’s directors to defer receipt of all or a portion of retainer, meeting and committee membership and chairmanship fees until either a set elected payment date or the directors termination of Board service. Amounts deferred will be credited either to an Accuride stock equivalent account or to an interest-bearing cash account. Once credited, amounts cannot be switched between the two accounts. The number of Accuride stock equivalents credited to the stock equivalent account are determined based on the trading price of Accuride’s stock on the date the compensation otherwise would have been paid to the director. Cash account balances earn quarterly interest payments at the rate of 4% per annum. Deferred compensation, plus earnings, will be paid no later than the January 1 following the date that the director ceases to be a director. However, directors may elect to receive payment while they remain a director on a specific January 1, at least three but no more than ten calendar years following the date of deferral. Distributions are paid in either a lump sum or in annual installments (between two and ten years) as elected at the time of deferral. Regardless of the election regarding the form or commencement date for payment, directors will automatically receive a lump sum payment within 30 days after a change in control. Distributions will be made in cash. Accuride stock equivalencies will be converted to cash based on the trading price of Accuride stock on the earlier of the distribution date or the director’s separation from service. The Deferred Compensation Plan is effective as of the date of adoption.

Item 8.01OTHER EVENTS

The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 19, 2006 in Evansville, Indiana. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected each of the director nominees listed in the Company’s proxy statement and ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2006. The following table sets forth the votes for each director:

	FOR	WITHHELD
Mark D. Dalton	26,193,549	6,218,003
Frederick M. Goltz	25,158,419	7,253,133
James H. Greene, Jr.	25,158,419	7,253,133
Donald T. Johnson, Jr.	32,031,148	380,404
Terrence J. Keating	29,315,572	3,095,980
Craig H. Muhlhauser	32,071,566	339,986
Charles E. Rentschler	32,031,348	380,204
Donald C. Roof	32,031,170	380,382

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With respect to the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2006, 31,881,827 shares voted in favor of the proposal, 528,525 shares voted against the proposal and 1,200 shares abstained.

Item 9.01FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)Exhibits

10.1Form of Indemnification Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.36 to Form S-1 filed on April 21, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).

10.2Accuride Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, dated May 19, 2006.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		ACCURIDE CORPORATION
Date:	May 23, 2006	/s/ John R. Murphy
		John R. Murphy
		President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

ACCURIDE CORPORATION

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

ACCURIDE CORPORATION

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Table of Contents

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ARTICLE I.	DEFINITIONS	1
ARTICLE II.	ELECTION TO DEFER	3
ARTICLE III.	DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS	4
ARTICLE IV.	PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION	5
ARTICLE V.	ADMINISTRATION; AMENDMENT	5

ACCURIDE CORPORATION

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Effective as of May 19, 2006

The Accuride Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”) has been adopted by Accuride Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (the “Company”), effective as of May 19, 2006, for the benefit of its eligible non-employee directors.

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1“Accounts” shall mean the Director’s Cash Account and Stock Account, if any.

Section 1.2“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

Section 1.3“Book Value” shall mean book value per share based on generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and excluding, in the Board of Directors’ discretion, any extraordinary or unusual charges or credits such as one time write-offs of goodwill or similar events.

Section 1.4“Cash Account” means the account created by the Company pursuant to Article III of this Plan in accordance with an election by a Director to receive deferred cash compensation under Article II hereof.

Section 1.5“Change in Control” means 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 employee or non-employee director(s) (other than a director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a

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transaction described in Section 1.5(a) or Section 1.5(c)) 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 Section 1.5(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.

The Board, or its delegated committee or subcommittee, shall determine whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred under the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.

Section 1.6“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

Section 1.7“Company” means Accuride Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

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Section 1.8“DCUs” means deferred compensation units which have the value equal to shares of Common Stock, one DCU being equal to one share of Common Stock.

Section 1.9“Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Section 1.10“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Section 1.11“Fees” shall mean amounts payable to a Director for serving as a member of the Board, including without limitation any (a) annual or other periodic retainer payments; (b) fees payable for meeting attendance; (c) fees payable for committee membership; and (d) fees payable for Board or committee chairmanship.

Section 1.12“Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Section 1.13“Stock Account” shall mean the account created by the Company pursuant to Article III of this Plan in accordance with an election by a Director to receive stock-based compensation under Article II hereof.

Section 1.14“Stock Value” shall mean, per share, for any given day, (i) if the Common Stock of the Company is not publicly traded, the Book Value of the Company’s Common Stock on such day, and (ii) if the Common Stock of the Company is publicly traded, the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on the exchange upon which such Common Stock is listed on such day or, if the closing price is not available for the Common Stock on a date in question, then the next preceding practicable date for which such closing price is available.

Section 1.15“Year” shall mean calendar year.

ARTICLE II.
ELECTION TO DEFER

Section 2.1A Director may elect, on or before December 31 of any Year, to defer payment of all or a specified part of all Fees earned during the Year following such election and in any succeeding Years (until the Director ceases to be a Director); provided, however, that with respect to Year 2006, a Director may elect, within thirty days after the effective date of this Plan, to defer all or a specified part of all Fees payable for services performed after the election. Any person who shall become a Director during any Year, and who was not a Director of the Company on the preceding December 31, may elect, no later than thirty days after the Director’s term begins, to defer payment of all or a specified part of such Fees payable for services performed subsequent to the election. Any Fees deferred pursuant to this Paragraph shall be paid to the Director at the time(s) and in the manner specified in Article IV hereof, as designated by the Director.

Section 2.2The election to participate in the Plan and manner of payment shall be designated by submitting a deferral election form in substantially the form attached hereto as

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Exhibit A to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Any subsequent changes to the Director’s election as to the time and manner of payment shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

Section 2.3The election shall continue from Year to Year unless the Director terminates it by written request delivered to the Secretary of the Company prior to the commencement of the Year for which the termination is first effective.

ARTICLE III.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

Section 3.1The Company shall maintain separate bookkeeping accounts for the Fees deferred by each Director.

Section 3.2The Company shall credit, on the date Fees would otherwise become payable, to the Cash Account of each Director the deferred portion of any Fees due the Director as to which an election to defer such Fees into the Cash Account has been made. On the first day of each quarter, the Company shall credit the Cash Account of each Director with interest calculated on the basis of the balance in such account on the first day of each month of the preceding quarter at a rate equal to four percent (4%) per annum.

Section 3.3The Company shall credit, on the date Fees would otherwise become payable, the Stock Account of each Director with DCUs equal to the deferred Fees due the Director as to which an election to defer such Fees into the Stock Account has been made, divided by the Stock Value on the date such Fees would otherwise have been paid. On the date that any dividends are paid with respect to Common Stock, the Company shall credit each Director with the number of DCUs equal to the cash dividends payable on the number of DCUs held in such Director’s Stock Account divided by the Stock Value on the dividend payment date. If adjustments are made to the outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of split-ups, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations and the like, an appropriate adjustment also will be made in the number of DCUs credited to the Director’s Stock Account.

Section 3.4Fees deferred in the form of cash (and the interest payable thereon) shall be held in the general assets of the Company and no separate fund or trust shall be created or moneys set aside on account of the Cash Account. Further, the Company shall not be required to acquire, reserve, segregate, or otherwise set aside shares of its Common Stock for the payment of its obligations, if any, with respect to the Stock Account, but shall make available as and when required a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to meet the needs of the Plan.

Section 3.5Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind or any fiduciary relationship. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

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Section 3.6Amounts that a Director has elected to defer to his Cash Account shall not be transferred to his Stock Account, or vice versa.

ARTICLE IV.
PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Section 4.1Subject to Section 4.4, amounts contained in a Director’s Accounts shall be distributed as the Director’s election (made pursuant to Section 2.2) shall provide. In the absence of a Director’s election with respect to form of distribution, the amounts contained in the Director’s Accounts shall be distributed as a lump sum payment. In the absence of a Director’s election with respect to the commencement date for distribution, the amounts in the Director’s Accounts shall be distributed as of the first January 1 to occur following the date of separation from service with the Company for any reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all distributions from the Plan shall be made in cash. Amounts credited to a Director’s Stock Account shall be based on the Stock Value of the DCUs held in the Stock Account on the earlier of: (i) the date of payment; or (ii) the date of the Director’s separation from service with the Company. Installment payments shall be treated as a single payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

Section 4.2Each Director shall have the right to designate a beneficiary who is to succeed to his or her right to receive payments hereunder in the event of death. Any designated beneficiary shall receive payments in the same manner as the Director if he or she had lived. In case of a failure of designation or the death of a designated beneficiary without a designated successor, the balance of the amounts contained in the Director’s Accounts shall be paid, in accordance with Section 4.1, to the Director’s or former Director’s estate in full on the first day of the Year following the Year in which he or she dies. No designation of beneficiary or change in beneficiary shall be valid unless it is in writing, signed by the Director and filed with the Secretary of the Company.

Section 4.3Notwithstanding any election to the contrary, payment of a Director’s Accounts shall commence no earlier than the first day of the seventh month following the separation of service date for any Director who is a “specified employee” under Section 409A of the Code as of the separation of service date.

Section 4.4Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs prior to the complete distribution of a Director’s Accounts, then any portion of such Accounts that has not theretofore been distributed shall be distributed to the Director (or, as applicable, his beneficiary) within 30 days after the Change in Control.

ARTICLE V.
ADMINISTRATION; AMENDMENT

Section 5.1The Plan shall be administered by the Board. The Board may delegate certain administrative authority to a committee or subcommittee of the Board or to one or more employees of the Company, but shall retain the ultimate responsibility for the interpretation of, and amendments to, the Plan. Members of the Board shall not be liable for any of their actions or determinations made in good faith with respect to the administration of the

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Plan. Except to the extent superseded by the laws of the United States, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, shall govern in all matters relating to the Plan. All expenses related to plan administration shall be paid by the Company. All decisions made by the Board with respect to issues hereunder shall be final and binding on all parties.

Section 5.2In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, spin-off, recapitalization or any other corporate event affecting the Common Stock or the share price of the Common Stock, the Board may, in its sole discretion, make such equitable adjustments, if any, with respect to the DCUs credited to the Directors’ Stock Accounts (including, without limitation, adjusting the number of DCUs credited thereto and/or the kind of securities thereby), as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan and to reflect such changes.

Section 5.3Except to the extent required by law, the right of any Director or any beneficiary to any benefit or to any payment hereunder shall not be subject in any manner to attachment or other legal process for the debts of such Director or beneficiary, and any such benefit or payment shall not be subject to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance.

Section 5.4The Plan may be amended, suspended or terminated in whole or in part from time to time by the Board except that no amendment, suspension, or termination shall apply to the payment to any Director or beneficiary of a deceased Director of any amounts previously credited to a Director’s Accounts.

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I hereby certify that the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of Accuride Corporation on May 19, 2006, effective as of May 19, 2006.

Executed on May 22, 2006.

/s/ David K. Armstrong

Corporate Secretary

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Exhibit A

Accuride Corporation

Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan

DEFERRAL ELECTION FORM

SEND COMPLETED FORM TO: John R. Murphy, Chief Financial Officer, Accuride Corporation, 7140 Office Circle, Evansville, IN  47715, (812) 962-000.

o Initial Enrollment (complete Sections 1, 3, 4 & 5)	o Change Deferral Rate (complete Sections 2 &5)
o Change Beneficiary (complete Sections 4 & 5)

Social Security Number		Last Name		First Name			MI
Mailing Address	City		State		Zip Code	Daytime Telephone

SECTION 1 - DEFERRAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the Accuride Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”), I hereby elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the Fees (as defined in the Plan) that would otherwise become payable to me after [the effective date of the Plan], 2006 and for succeeding calendar years commencing January 1, 2007 in accordance with the percentages indicated below:

             % of the aggregate Fees shall be credited to my Cash Account as defined in the Plan;

             % of the aggregate Fees shall be credited to my Stock Account as defined in the Plan;

             % of the aggregate Fees shall not be deferred, but shall be paid to me directly as they accrue.

I understand that, once effective, such election will remain in effect until modified or revoked in writing by me in accordance with the Plan and that any modification or revocation will be effective only with respect to the portion of my Fees earned in the calendar year after such modification or revocation. I further understand that if I have elected Fee deferrals to be credited to my Stock Account under the Plan, then such deferrals will be made in the form of Deferred Compensation Units, and also that my rights to my Cash and Stock Accounts are unfunded and unsecured and are no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.

SECTION 2 - DEFERRAL RATE CHANGE

I elect to change my deferral rate to                     % of the aggregate Fees to be credited to my Cash Account,              % of the aggregate Fees to be credited to my Stock Account, and                 % of the aggregate Fees to be not deferred, but paid to me directly as they accrue. I understand that this election will take effect as of the first day of the calendar year immediately following the date of this election. I further understand that once effective, this election will remain in effect until modified or revoked in writing by me and that such modification or revocation will be effective only for calendar years following the year in which such modification or revocation is made.

SECTION 3 - ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION

A.Commencement of Distribution

Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3C, below, I elect to commence receiving distributions from my Accounts in accordance with the following election (check one):

o  As of the first January 1 to occur following the date I separate from service with the Company for any reason; or

o  As of the earlier of (1) January 1 of the                     (insert number) calendar year after the deferral is made (not less than 3 nor more than 10) or (2) the first January 1 to occur following the date I separate from service with the Company for any reason.

I understand that the date of my distribution may be delayed for compliance with Federal tax requirements, if applicable. I further understand that any Deferred Compensation Units in my Stock Account will be valued for distribution on the earlier of: (i) the payment date; or (ii) the date of my separation from service with the Company.

B.Form of Distribution

Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3C, below, I elect to receive distributions from my Accounts in accordance with the following election (check one):

o  In one lump sum; or

o  In                   (insert number) equal annual installments (not less than 2 nor more than 10).

I understand that the first distribution from my Accounts shall be payable as of the date I selected in Section 3A, above, and that if I elect annual installment payments I will receive an installment as of each January 1 immediately following the first distribution until my Accounts have been distributed in full, subject to any applicable Federal tax requirements. Payments will be made on a pro rata basis from my Accounts.

C.Change in Control

I understand that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Deferral Election Form to the contrary, my Accounts shall automatically be fully distributed to me in one lump sum within 30 days after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).

SECTION 4 - BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

If you die before you receive full payment of your Accounts, the amount remaining in your Accounts will be paid in a lump sum to your Beneficiary designated in this Section 4:

Social Security Number		Last Name		First Name			MI
Mailing Address	City		State		Zip Code	Telephone

SECTION 5 - AUTHORIZATION

I agree that my successors in interest and my assigns and all persons claiming under me shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, be bound by the statements contained herein and by the provisions of the Plan as they now exist and as they may be amended from time to time.

I have read and understand this form and hereby authorize the Administrator to take all actions indicated on this form.

Director’s Signature Date

This section for Company use only.

Date approved: By:

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