Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 17, 2012, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Broadwind Energy, Inc. (the "Company") approved amended and restated employment agreements (the "Amended and Restated Employment Agreements") with Peter C. Duprey, Stephanie Kushner, J.D. Rubin and Jesse E. Collins, Jr. (collectively, the "Executives"). The Executives' existing employment agreements were primarily amended and restated to (i) clarify the compliance of such agreements with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (ii) reflect updated compensation levels and title changes since the agreements were originally entered into and the deletion of inoperative terms from the original employment agreements. The Amended and Restated Employment Agreements also clarify that the "Change of Control" (as defined in the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements) vesting provisions included in Section 7 of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements of Messrs. Duprey and Rubin and Ms. Kushner apply to all long-term incentive plans maintained by the Company.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

10.1 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 17, 2012 between the Company and Peter C. Duprey
10.2 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 17, 2012 between the Company and Jesse E. Collins, Jr.
10.3 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 17, 2012 between the Company and Stephanie K. Kushner
10.4 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 17, 2012 between the Company and J.D. Rubin

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