EX-10.4



 EXHIBIT 10.4 

QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION 

DIRECTOR 
 STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT 
 [GRANTEE NAME] 

Grantee 
  

					
	Date of Grant:	 		  	<<                        >>
			
	Total Number of Shares:	 		  	<<                        >>
			
	Exercise Price per Share:	 		  	<<$                      >>
			
	Expiration Date:	 		  	<<                        >>
			
	General Vesting Schedule:	 		  	[100% exercisable on Date of Grant.]
			
		 		  	[    % exercisable on     . 0% exercisable prior to                 .]
			
		 		  	[             years, with vesting in installments of     % on the anniversary date of the Date of Grant in each of the years.]

 GRANT OF OPTION 
  

	1.	GRANT OF OPTION. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quanex Building Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), subject to the terms and provisions
of the Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), hereby grants to you, the above-named Grantee, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth above, a nonqualified stock option (the
“Option”) to purchase the total number of shares (“Shares”) set forth above of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per Share, at the exercise price set forth above for each Share subject to the Option,
subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan. Subject to Section 2 below, the Option is exercisable in accordance with the General Vesting Schedule set forth above with the exercise price payable at the time of exercise. To the extent not
exercised, any installments shall be cumulative and may be exercised in whole or in part until the Option terminates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Option may not be exercised after the earliest of (a) the Expiration Date
set forth above or as extended pursuant to Section 3 hereof (the “Expiration Date”) or (b) the applicable date following (x) the date on which you cease to be a member of the Board or (y) a Change in Control of
the Company, in each case as specified in Section 2 of this Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”). 


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	2.	TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP/CHANGE IN CONTROL. The following provisions will apply in the event you cease to be a member of the Board, or a Change in Control of the Company occurs, before the Expiration
Date: 

 2.1 Termination Generally. Except as otherwise expressly provided to the contrary in this Section 2, if
you cease to be a member of the Board for any reason, then your rights under the Option (to the extent unvested) shall [                    ]1. 
 2.2 Change in Control of the Company. If a Change in Control (as such
term is defined in the Plan) of the Company occurs on or before the Expiration Date and on or before the date you cease to be a member of the Board, then your rights under the Option that have not then vested shall vest immediately prior to the
occurrence of the Change in Control. All rights in the Option shall terminate and become null and void on the earliest of the Expiration Date or three years after the date of the Change in Control of the Company. 

2.3 Retirement or Disability. If you cease to be a member of the Board due to your Retirement or Disability, then the Option shall
continue to vest after such termination of service until the earlier of the Expiration Date or three years after the date you cease to be a member of the Board as a result of Retirement or Disability. For purposes of this Section 2.3, the term
“Retirement” means your voluntary cessation of your membership as a director with the Board on or after the date you serve six years or two consecutive terms as a director. 

2.4 Death. If you cease to be a member of the Board due to your death, then the Option shall continue to vest after such termination of
service until the earlier of the Expiration Date or three years after the date of your death. After your death, your executors, administrators or any person or persons to whom the Option may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, shall have the right, at any time prior to the termination of the Option to exercise the Option. 
  

	3.	EXTENSION OF EXPIRATION DATE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. If on the last business day prior to the Expiration Date (a) the exercise of the Option is prohibited by applicable law or (b) you are
prohibited from trading any Shares as the result of a Company policy or a “lock-up” agreement between you and the Company, the Expiration Date shall be extended until the date that is thirty (30) days following the end of the
prohibition instituted by such law, Company policy, or lock-up agreement. In such event, the term “Expiration Date” as used in this Agreement shall refer to such extended date. 


 

	4.	AUTOMATIC EXERCISE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. If on the Expiration Date (as may be extended pursuant to Section 3), (a) the fair market value of one share of Stock exceeds the Exercise Price, and
(b) you have not exercised the Option, and (c) the Option has not otherwise expired or terminated; then you shall be deemed to have exercised the Option as of the Expiration Date, with payment made by withholding Shares otherwise issuable
in connection with the exercise of the Option. In such event, the Company will deliver to you the number of shares for which the Option was deemed exercised, less the number of shares required to be withheld for the payment of the total purchase
price and required withholding taxes; provided, however, that any fractional shares shall be settled in cash. 

  

 

	1 	Treatment of unvested Options in connection with a director’s cessation of service for reasons other than death, disability, or retirement, will be determined by the Board in its discretion on an award-by-award
basis. In such an event, unvested Options will be either forfeited in their entirety, vested in their entirety, or vested on a pro rata basis according to the number of days served by the director during the vesting period. 


  
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	5.	CASHLESS EXERCISE. Cashless exercise, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, shall be available to you for the Shares subject to the Option. 


 

	6.	NONTRANSFERABILITY. Except as specified in this Agreement, the Option and this Agreement are not transferable or assignable by you other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be
exercisable during your lifetime only by you. You may transfer the Option to (a) a member or members of your immediate family, (b) to a revocable living trust established exclusively for you or you and your spouse, (c) a trust under
which your immediate family members are the only beneficiaries or (d) a partnership of which your immediate family members are the only partners. For this purpose, “immediate family” means your spouse, children, stepchildren,
grandchildren, parents, grandparents, siblings (including half brothers and sisters), and individuals who are family members by adoption. 


The terms applicable to the assigned option(s) shall be the same as those in effect for the Option immediately prior to such assignment and
shall be set forth in such documents to be executed by the assignee as the Committee may deem appropriate. You may also designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Option under the Plan, and the Option shall, in
accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon your death while holding the Option. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred option(s) subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Except for the limited transferability provided by the foregoing, outstanding options under the Plan shall not be assignable or transferable. 

None of the Company, its employees or directors makes any representations or guarantees concerning the tax consequences associated with the
inclusion of this provision in this Agreement or your transfer of the Option. It is your sole responsibility to seek advice from your own tax advisors concerning those tax consequences. You are entitled to rely upon only the tax advice of your own
tax advisors. 
  

	7.	CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND REORGANIZATIONS. The existence of the Option shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any company the stock of which is issued pursuant to this Agreement to
make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding. 

  

	8.	NO RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. You shall not have any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of such Shares following exercise
of the Option pursuant to this Agreement and payment for the Shares. 

  

	9.	NOT A SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. This Agreement is not a service or employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create a service or employment
relationship between the Grantee and the Company or any of its Affiliates or guarantee the right to remain as a director of or employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates for any specified term. 


 

	10.	SECURITIES ACT LEGEND. If you are an officer or affiliate of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, you consent to the placing on any certificate for the Shares of an appropriate legend restricting
resale or other transfer of the Shares except in accordance with such Act and all applicable rules thereunder. 

  

	11.	LIMIT OF LIABILITY. Under no circumstances will the Company be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any person, whether or
not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan. 


  
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	12.	REGISTRATION. The Shares that may be issued under the Plan are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under a Registration Statement on Form S-8. 


 

	13.	SALE OF SECURITIES. The Shares that may be issued under this Agreement may not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities
laws. You also agree that (a) the Company may refuse to cause the transfer of the Shares to be registered on the stock register of the Company if such proposed transfer would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a
violation of any applicable federal or state securities law and (b) the Company may give related instructions to the transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares. 


 

	14.	MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement and the Option are awarded pursuant to and are subject to all of the provisions of the Plan, which are incorporated by reference herein, including all amendments to the Plan,
if any. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Plan provisions, the Plan provisions will control. The term “you” and “your” refer to the Grantee named in this Agreement. Capitalized terms that are
not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan. This Agreement shall be binding on the Company’s successors and assigns. 


By your acceptance of the Option, you agree that the Option is granted under, governed by and subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. 

 

	
	QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
	
	 
	 [Name and Title of Executing Officer]




  
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