Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2005



 Exhibit 10.7 
  
 RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT- 
 HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. 
 2005 EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 
  
 April 26, 2005 
  
 The parties to this Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) are Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Corporation”) and «First_Name_» «Last_Name_», an employee of the Corporation (the “Participant”). 
  
 Pursuant to the terms of the Huttig Building Products, Inc. 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”), the Corporation, upon the recommendation of the Management Organization and Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors (the “Committee”) and upon approval of it Board of Directors, has determined to award to the
Participant «Proposed_» shares of restricted stock subject to the terms of the Plan, as of the date of this Agreement (the “Grant Date”). As a condition to such award and pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Plan, the
Corporation and the Participant hereby enter into this Agreement and agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
  
 1. DEFINITIONS. 
  
 Capitalized terms in this Agreement not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings contained in the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, and for
purposes of interpreting the terms of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
  

	 	(a)	“Restriction Period” shall mean a period commencing on the Grant Date and ending for 33 1/3% of the grant on each subsequent anniversary date for three years ending April 26, 2008. 

  
 2. AWARD OF HUTTIG SHARES 
  
 Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement and by the authority of the Board of Directors, the Corporation
awards «Proposed_» shares (the “Restricted Stock”) of Huttig Building Products, Inc. common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Huttig Shares”), to the Participant. 
  
 3. RESTRICTIONS AND RIGHTS 
  

	 	(a)	During the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock is subject to forfeiture in the event that the Participant attempts to sell, transfer, assign or pledge the Restricted Shares
(the “Restrictions”) or the Participant violates one of the covenants contained in Section 6 of this Agreement. Except as provided under Section 5 of this Agreement, the Restrictions on the Restricted Stock shall automatically lapse:


  

	 	(i)	upon expiration of the Restriction Period; 

  

	 	(ii)	 in the event of the Participant’s Retirement, Permanent Disability, or death or in the event of a Change-in-Control; provided, however, that in the event the
Participant requests early retirement or otherwise leaves the employ of the Corporation, the Committee may, upon the Participant’s request and in the 











	 	 
Committee’s sole discretion, waive or revise this provision to permit the lapse of Restrictions on all or a portion of the Restricted Stock awarded
hereunder on or prior to such early retirement or other departure from the employ of the Corporation; or 


  

	 	(iii)	as may be otherwise provided under the terms of the Plan. 

  

	 	(b)	During the Restriction Period, the Participant will be entitled to all other rights of a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to the Restricted Stock, including the right to
vote the Restricted Stock and receive dividends and other distributions thereon. 

  
 4. STOCK CERTIFICATE 
  
 Each stock certificate evidencing an award of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear an appropriate legend
referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such award substantially in the following form (the “Legend”): 
  
 “The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of
the Huttig Building Products, Inc. 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Huttig Building Products, Inc. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file in the offices of Huttig
Building Products, Inc., 555 Maryville University Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141.” 
  
 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 
  
 The Participant’s termination of employment during the Restriction Period shall result in the forfeiture of all Restricted Stock as to which the
Restrictions have not lapsed, and the Participant shall be required to return all applicable stock certificates to the Corporation. 
  
 6. COVENANTS 
  

	 	(a)	The Participant agrees to be bound by all terms and provisions of the Plan, and all such provisions shall be deemed a part of this Agreement for all purposes.


  

	 	(b)	The Participant agrees to provide the Corporation, when and if requested, with any information or documentation which the Corporation believes necessary or advisable in connection
with the administration of the Plan, including data required to assure compliance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, of any stock exchange upon which the Huttig Shares are then listed, or of any applicable federal,
state or other law. 

  

	 	(c)	The Participant agrees, upon due notice and demand, to promptly pay to the Corporation the cash amount of any taxes which are required to be withheld by the Corporation either at
the time the Restriction Period lapses or at the time of award (in cases where the Participant duly elects to be taxed at such earlier time); provided, however, the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may accept Restricted Stock awarded hereunder
or Huttig Shares otherwise previously acquired in satisfaction thereof. 








 7. NO COVENANT OF EMPLOYMENT 
  
 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the granting of any award evidenced by this Agreement shall
constitute, or be evidence of, any agreement or understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to employ the Participant for any specific period. 
  
 8. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION OF PLAN AND AGREEMENT 
  
 In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and those
of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall prevail. 
  
 The
Committee shall have full authority and discretion, subject only to the terms of the Plan, to decide all matters relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan and this Agreement, and all such action by the Committee shall be final,
conclusive, and binding upon the Corporation and the Participant. The Committee shall have full authority and discretion to modify at any time the Restriction Period, the Restrictions, the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Legend and
any other instrument evidencing this award, provided that no such modification shall increase the benefit under such award beyond that which the Committee could have originally granted at the time of the award, or shall impair the rights of the
Participant under such award except in accordance with the Plan, or any applicable agreement or applicable law, or with consent of the Participant. 
  
 This Restricted Stock Agreement is deemed to be issued in, the award evidenced hereby is deemed to be granted in, and both shall be governed by the laws
of, the State of Delaware. There have been no representations to the Participant other than those contained herein. 
  
 9. DELIVERY 
  
 All certificates for Restricted Stock delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may
deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which Huttig Shares are then listed and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may
cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. 
  
 The stock certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall be held in custody by the Corporation or its designee until the Restrictions thereon shall
have lapsed and the Committee may require, as a condition of any award, that the Participant shall have delivered a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the Restricted Stock covered by such award. 
  
 As soon as administratively practicable following the lapse of the
Restrictions with respect to any of the Restricted Stock without a forfeiture, and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the Restricted Stock, including, but not limited to, the payment by the Participant of all applicable
withholding taxes, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Participant a certificate or certificates for the applicable Restricted Stock which shall not bear the Legend required under Section 4 of the Agreement. 
  
 10. AMENDMENT 
  
 The terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan as the
Plan may be amended from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation unless any such amendment by its terms or by its clear intent is inapplicable to this Agreement. 








	11.	NOTICE 

  
 Any notice to the Corporation provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to it in care of the Secretary of the Corporation, and any
notice to the Participant shall be in writing and addressed to the Participant at the address contained in payroll records at the time or to such other address designated in writing by the Participant. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Restricted Stock Agreement
effective the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
  
  


	 By:
	 	Michael A. Lupo
	 Title:
	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	  
 PARTICIPANT
  
  

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