Exhibit 10.22

[As
amended through September 26, 2003]

CONFIDENTIAL

(Date)

[                        ]

Dear
[            ]:

Boise
Cascade Office Products Corporation (the "Company") considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the continuous employment of key management personnel
in the event a change in control of Boise Cascade Corporation ("Boise"), the sole stockholder of the Company, is threatened or occurs. In this regard, the Company's Director (the "Director")
recognizes that the possibility of a change in control may exist and that the uncertainty and questions which this possibility may raise among management could result in the departure or distraction
of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholder.

The
Director has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company's management, including
yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of the possibility of a change in control of Boise, although no such change is now contemplated.

In
order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company in the face of a change in control of Boise, the Company agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in
this letter agreement if your employment with the Company is terminated before or after a "change in control of Boise" (as defined in Section 2) under the circumstances described below.

1.Term of Agreement. This Agreement amends, supersedes, and restates in its entirety the Agreement between you and the
Company dated                        . This amendment is effective on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through
[            ]; provided that on January 1,
[    ] and on each January 1 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended so as to terminate on the 3rd anniversary of such date,
unless, not later than September 30 of the preceding year, the Company shall have given notice not to extend this Agreement. However, if a change in control of Boise occurs during the term of
this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of not less than 24 months after the month in which the change in control of Boise occurred.

2.Change in Control.



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3.Termination and Change in Control. Except as set forth in Sections 6, 7, and 10.A, no benefits shall be payable under this
Agreement unless there is a change in control of Boise, your employment is terminated, and your termination is a Qualifying Termination or a Qualifying Early Termination. Your termination is a
Qualifying Termination if a change in control of Boise occurs and your employment subsequently terminates during the term of this Agreement, unless your termination is because of your death, by the
Company for Cause or Disability, or by you other than for Good Reason. Your termination is a Qualifying Early Termination if a potential change in control of Boise occurs, your employment terminates
during the pendency of the potential change in control of Boise and during the term of this Agreement, the termination is in contemplation of a change in control of Boise, and an actual change in
control of Boise occurs within one year following your termination, unless your termination is because of your death, by the Company for Cause or Disability, or by you other than for Good Reason. A
transfer of your employment from Boise to one of its subsidiaries, from the Company or any other subsidiary to Boise, or between subsidiaries is not a termination of employment for purposes of this
Agreement.



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6.Legal Fees. The Company shall pay to you all reasonable legal fees and expenses which you incur (a) as a result of
your termination (including any legal fees and expenses incurred in contesting or disputing your termination), (b) in seeking in good faith to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by
this Agreement, or (c) in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent applicable to the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, to any
payment or benefit provided under this Agreement. This payment shall be made within 10 business days after the Company receives your written request for payment accompanied by reasonable evidence of
fees and expenses incurred.

7.Protective Limitation.



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8.Employee Covenants; Release.



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9.Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust. Boise has established a Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust and shall
comply with the terms of that Trust.



10.Successors; Binding Agreement.



11.Notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set
forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Director with a copy to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other
address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance with this Section 11, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

12.Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or
discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and an officer

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designated
by the Director. No waiver by either party at any time of any breach by the other party of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by the other
party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or
implied, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement have been made by either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the
Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to those sections. If the obligations of the Company under Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 arise prior to the expiration of the term of this
Agreement, those obligations shall survive the expiration of the term.

13.Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

14.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but
all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

15.No Guaranty of Employment. Neither this Agreement nor any action taken under this Agreement shall be construed as giving
you a right to be retained as an employee or an executive officer of the Company.

16.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Delaware law.

17.Other Benefits. Any payments made to you pursuant to this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any amounts
to which you may be entitled under any other employee benefit plan, program or policy of the Company, except that payments made to you pursuant to Section 5.A(2) shall be in lieu of any
severance payment to which you would otherwise be entitled under any severance pay policy of the Company and payments made to you pursuant to Section 5.C shall be in lieu of any payments under
the SERP.

If
this letter correctly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our
agreement on this subject.

|Sincerely,                                       |  |                                
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|BOISE CASCADE OFFICE PRODUCTS
CORPORATION        |  | BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION      
|By                                               |  | J. W. Holleran
As Sole Director
|Agreed to this [    ] day of [            ], 200 |  |                                
|[Name]                                           |  |                                

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