TERMINATION AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.13

TERMINATION AGREEMENT

        This Termination Agreement ("Termination Agreement") is entered into on March 23, 2006 by and between HWC Wire & Cable (formerly known as Houston Wire & Cable Company), a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and CHS Management II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CHS").

RECITALS

        A.    Company and CHS entered into a management services agreement on May 22, 1997 (as amended, the "Management Agreement").

        B.    Company and CHS desire to terminate the Management Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

        1. TERMINATION OF MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.    The Management Agreement is hereby terminated effective as of the closing date ("Effective Date") of the underwritten initial public offering of common stock of Houston Wire & Cable Company (formerly known as HWC Holding Corporation), a Delaware corporation, which is the sole stockholder of Company. Beginning on the Effective Date, neither CHS or Company shall have any further rights or obligations under the Management Agreement; provided, however, that: (i) the fees payable by the Company to CHS under the Management Agreement (the "Management Fee") shall be prorated through the Effective Date; (ii) the Company's obligation under the Management Agreement to pay to CHS the Management Fee for the period prior to the Effective Date shall survive such termination; and (iii) the Company's obligation under the Management Agreement to reimburse CHS for expenses incurred by CHS for the period prior to the Effective Date shall survive such termination.

        2. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT.    This Termination Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Company and CHS pertaining to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations and undertakings of the parties. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Termination Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by all the parties.

        3. GOVERNING LAW.    This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of law rules and principles.

        4. COUNTERPARTS.    This Termination Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute the same agreement.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby agree to each and all of the above provisions.

		HWC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
		Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
		Its:		President and Chief Executive Officer
		CHS MANAGEMENT II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
				By:		Code Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLC
				Its:		General Partner
						By:		/s/  XXXXXX X. CODE
						Name:		Xxxxxx X. Code
						Its:		Authorized Signatory

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Exhibit 10.13