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Exhibit 10.44


IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
		
	Restatement Date
	As of January 1, 2016




		
	Eligibility
	All non-employee Directors




		
	Annual Board Retainer
	$75,000 per year; paid in advance in quarterly installments




		
	Annual Committee Retainers
	In addition to the Annual Board Retainer, a $10,000 per year retainer for members of the Audit Committee, a $9,000 per year retainer for members of the Compensation Committee, Finance, Nominating and Governance or Risk and Safety Committees; in each case paid in advance in quarterly installments.




		
	Annual Chair Retainers
	In addition to the Annual Board Retainer and any Annual Committee Retainers, a $15,000 per year retainer for acting as Chair of the Audit Committee or Compensation Committee; an $10,000 per year retainer for acting as the Chair of the Finance, Nominating and Governance or Risk and Safety Committees; and a $25,000  per year retainer for acting as the Lead Independent Director or a $100,000 per year retainer for acting as the Independent Chairman of the Board, as the case may be; in each case paid in advance in quarterly installments




		
	Pro Rata Portion of Retainers
	A non-employee Director shall be entitled to retain the portion of the Annual, Committee and Chair Retainers (as applicable) paid with respect to the quarter in which he or she ceases to be a non-employee Director or serve on a Committee or as a Committee Chair or Lead Independent Director or Independent Chairman, but shall not be entitled to any further portion of the Retainer(s)




		
	Meeting Expenses
	Reimbursement for all normal travel expenses to attend meetings; reimbursements due shall be paid promptly after the end of each quarter, subject to timely receipt of each director’s expense documentation




		
	Group Insurance Benefits
	Iron Mountain’s group medical and dental benefits (single or family) are available to non-employee Directors, but they must pay the current employee contribution rate in effect for such coverage; group life, AD&D, STD and LTD coverage are not available to non-employee Directors




		
	Amount of Stock Grant
	A stock grant in the form of restricted stock units will be made of that number of whole shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock determined by dividing $135,000 by the stock’s “fair market value” (as determined under the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2014 Stock and Cash Incentive Plan, or any successor plan) on the date of grant




		
	Timing of Stock Grants
	To be made annually to all non-employee Directors as of the first Board meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders; newly elected non-



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employee Directors receive a pro-rated grant on the date of their election or appointment to the Board


		
	Vesting of Stock Grants
	100% on the date of grant




		
	Purchase Price of Stock Grants
	$0.01




		
	Restrictions on Transfer of
	None once vested; prior to vesting transfer is subject to 


		
	Common Stock 
	restrictions set forth in the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2014 Stock and Cash Incentive Plan




		
	SEC Considerations
	Grants will generally be made under the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2014 Stock and Cash Incentive Plan, the shares of each of which are registered on Form S-8; insider trading restrictions and short-swing profit rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 apply




		
	Taxation of Stock Grants
	Non-employee Directors pay ordinary income tax (and SECA tax) at time of vesting, which (except as described below) will also coincide with the delivery of shares, based on the fair market value of the shares on date of vesting; Iron Mountain receives a corresponding tax deduction at that time




		
	Election to Defer Retainers
	Non-employee Directors may elect to defer some or all of their Retainer fees paid in cash under the Iron Mountain Incorporated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan; deferrals will be invested in phantom shares equal in value to Iron Mountain common stock; deferral elections must be made by December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the fees are earned (or within 30 days of becoming eligible for the Plan); amounts will be subject to ordinary income tax when distributed (at a time elected by the non-employee Director)




		
	Election to Defer Stock Grants
	Non-employee Directors may elect to defer some or all of their stock grant under the Iron Mountain Incorporated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan; at vesting, the Director’s account will be credited with a number of phantom shares equal to the number of shares that would otherwise have been delivered; deferral elections must be made by December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the grant is made (or within 30 days of becoming eligible for the Plan); amounts will be subject to ordinary income tax when distributed (at a time elected by the non-employee Director)






Adopted:  February 17, 2016



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