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Exhibit 10.4



BLACK BOX CORPORATION

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN



 



	 	 	 
	Non-Employee Director:
	 	 
	 

	 





	 	 	 
	Number of Restricted Stock Units

subject to this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement:
	 	 
	 

	 




Vesting Dates (as defined below): all of the RSUs (as defined below) for shares of the
common stock, $.001 par value (“Common Stock”) of Black Box Corporation (the “Company”) shall vest
on the Grant Date (as defined below).



Pursuant to the Black Box Corporation 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has granted to you the number of
Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) set forth above (the “RSUs”). Additional terms and
conditions of this Award (as defined in the Plan) are set forth below.




          1.      Date
of Grant. This Award was granted to you on
[month, day,
year] (the
“Grant Date”).



          2.      Vesting
Provisions - Entitlement to Shares.



                   (a)      All of the RSUs vested on the Grant Date (the “Vesting Date”). You became entitled to one
(1) share of Common Stock for each RSU that vested under this Award. The number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon vesting of RSUs under this RSU Agreement will be adjusted as set forth
in the Plan.




                    (b)      Except as otherwise provided herein, the shares of Common Stock to which you become
entitled upon vesting of RSUs will be issued to you on the Vesting Date (or as soon as reasonably
practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the 15th day of the third month following the
Vesting Date), subject to your satisfaction of any applicable income and employment tax
withholding. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of this RSU Agreement or the Plan to
the contrary, the delivery of any shares of Common Stock upon vesting of any RSUs shall be delayed
until six (6) months after your Separation from Service (as defined below) to the extent required
by Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).




                    (c)      You will not have any stockholder rights, including, but not limited to, voting rights or
dividend rights, with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject
to this Award until you become the record holder of the shares of Common Stock following their
actual issuance to you.




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          3.      Taxes. You acknowledge that you are responsible for any and all amounts recognized
for federal, state or local tax purposes on account of the vesting of RSUs and/or issuance of the
shares of Common Stock to you. Your minimum statutory tax withholding obligations, if any, on
account of the vesting of RSUs and/or issuance of shares of Common Stock will be satisfied by the
Company withholding from the shares of Common Stock to be issued to you a sufficient number of
whole shares of Common Stock distributable in connection with this Award equal to the applicable
minimum statutory tax withholding obligation. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, in the event that this Award becomes subject to taxes under the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (“FICA”) or similar taxes before the shares of Common Stock under the Award would
otherwise be issued, the Company shall issue to you a sufficient number of whole shares of Common
Stock under this Award that does not exceed the applicable minimum statutory tax withholding
obligation with respect to such FICA taxes and any federal, state or local income taxes that may
apply as a result of such accelerated issuance of shares of Common Stock and the Company shall
withhold such shares of Common Stock to satisfy such FICA and any related income tax liability;
provided, however, that any such accelerated issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be made only
to the extent permitted under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vi). In the event that you do not make
tax payments when required, the Company may refuse to issue or cause to be delivered any shares of
Common Stock under this RSU Agreement until such payment has been made or arrangements for such
payment satisfactory to the Company have been made. In connection with the foregoing, the number
of whole shares of Common Stock that are to be withheld shall not exceed the amount of the minimum
statutory tax withholding obligations and any shortfall in the amount required to be withheld shall
be paid by check by you or shall be withheld from your pay. In determining the amount of taxes
owed upon vesting and/or delivery of shares of Common Stock under this Award and the number of
shares to be withheld, the Company shall utilize the “Fair Market Value” of the shares of Common
Stock as defined in the Plan except that, if the shares of Common Stock are listed on any
established stock exchange, system or market, the Fair Market Value as of any given date of
determination shall be the closing market price of the shares of Common Stock as quoted in such
exchange, system or market on the closest preceding date, to such date of determination, on which
the shares of Common Stock were traded.



          4.      Restriction
on Transfer and Forfeiture of Unvested RSUs.



                   (a)      None of the RSUs issued pursuant to this RSU Agreement may be assigned or transferred,
hypothecated or encumbered, in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or
otherwise, including, but not limited to, by execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge,
bankruptcy or in any other manner; provided, however, the Committee (as defined in the Plan) may
permit a transfer to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Plan).




                   (b)      Except as set forth in this Section 4, effective on the date you experience a Separation
from Service other than as a result of your death or
“disability” (as defined in the Plan),
including, but not




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limited to, as a result of your retirement, voluntary termination or involuntary
termination (with or without cause) as a director of the Company, any unvested RSUs shall be
automatically null and void and shall be forfeited to the Company at the time of your Separation
from Service and without any further obligation on the part of the Company.




                   (c)      In the event of a change-in-control (as defined in the Plan), any unvested RSUs that have
not been forfeited shall vest immediately prior to the consummation of the change-in-control.




                   (d)      If you experience a Separation from Service as a result of your death or disability, any
unvested RSUs shall become vested as of such Separation from Service.




                   (e)      For purposes of this RSU Agreement, the term “Separation from Service” shall mean your
complete cessation of services for the Company (including all persons treated as a single employer
under Sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code); provided the cessation of services constitutes a
good-faith and complete termination of the service relationship and the expiration of all
contractual relationships to provide services. For purposes hereof, the determination of
controlled group members shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 414(b) and 414(c) of
the Code; provided that the language “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80
percent” in each place that it appears in Section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) of the Code and Treas.
Reg. § 1.414(c)-2; provided, further, where legitimate business reasons exist (within the meaning
of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)(3)), the language “at least 20 percent” shall be used instead of
“at least 80 percent” in each place it appears. Whether an Award recipient has experienced a
Separation from Service will be determined based on all of the facts and circumstances in
accordance with the guidance issued under Section 409A and, to the extent not inconsistent
therewith, the terms of the Plan.




          5.      Amendment,
Modification, Termination and Adjustment. The Committee may amend,
modify or terminate this RSU Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Adjustments to this RSU Agreement may be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Plan.



          6.      Continuation
as Director. Neither the Plan nor this RSU Agreement shall confer
upon you any right to continue as a director of the Company.



          7.      Plan
Documents. This Award is issued pursuant to and is subject to the provisions
of the Plan. This RSU Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan itself,
which is incorporated herein by reference, and a copy of which may be obtained from the office of
the Company’s General Counsel at any time. In the event of
a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this RSU
Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail and control.



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          8.      Section 409A. This Award is intended to be excepted from coverage under Section
409A which deals with nonqualified deferred compensation, and shall be administered, interpreted
and construed accordingly. A payment shall be treated as made on the specified date of payment if
such payment is made at such date or a later date in the same calendar year or, if later, by the
15th day of the third calendar month following the specified date of payment, as provided and in
accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(d). The Company may, in its sole discretion and without
your consent, modify or amend the terms of this RSU Agreement, impose conditions on the timing or
effectiveness of the vesting of the RSUs or issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon vesting of
the RSUs or take any other action the Company deems necessary or advisable to cause the RSUs to be
excepted from Section 409A (or to comply therewith to the extent the Company determines it is not
excepted). Notwithstanding the foregoing, you recognize and acknowledge that Section 409A may
impose upon you certain taxes or interest charges for which you are and shall remain solely
responsible.


Please acknowledge your acceptance and agreement to the terms of this RSU Agreement by signing this
RSU Agreement in the space provided below and returning it promptly to the Company. By signing
this RSU Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of this Award as described above
and in the Plan.





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	     Black Box Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 




I accept and agree to the terms of this RSU Agreement as set forth herein.



 


	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Non-Employee Director

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