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Exhibit 10.13 Directors_Deferred_Compensation_Plan (as Amended 2018)

		

			Exhibit 10.13

		

		
			RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
		

		
			DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
		

		
			(As Amended July 26, 2018)
		

		
			1.PURPOSE OF PLAN
		

		
			The purpose of this Plan is to afford members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries the opportunity to defer the payment of certain compensation and equity awards paid or granted, as the case may be, for their service on the Board in the form of Stock Units which further align the interests of participating Board members and stockholders.
		

		
			2.DEFINITIONS
		

		
			Whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified below.
		

		
			“Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by the Corporation on behalf of each Director that elects to defer his or her Compensation and/or Equity Awards under this Plan and is credited with Stock Units in accordance with Section 5.1 and Dividend Equivalents thereon in accordance with Section 5.2.  Subaccounts of an Account may be established for recordkeeping purposes to track Stock Units credited to the Account that are subject to different payment elections.
		

		
			“Administrator” shall mean the administrator of this Plan as appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 8 of this Plan, which shall administer this Plan in accordance with the provisions hereof.
		

		
			“Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” as to a Director shall mean the duly appointed and currently acting personal representative of the Director’s estate (which shall include either the Director’s probate estate or living trust).  In any case where there is no such personal representative of the Director’s estate duly appointed and acting in that capacity within ninety (90) days after the Director’s death (or such extended period as the Administrator determines is reasonably necessary to allow such personal representative to be appointed, but not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days after the Director’s death), then the Director’s Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the person or persons who can verify by court order that they are legally entitled to receive the benefits specified hereunder.  The payment of benefits under this Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and the Administrator from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Director.
		

		
			“Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
		

		
			“Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of (a) a “change in the ownership” of the Corporation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v), (b) a “change in the effective control” of the Corporation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(A)(1) or 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(A)(2), or (c) a change “in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Corporation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii).
		

		

		

		 

		

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		“Closing Price” shall mean, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Administrator in the circumstances and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6, the closing price (in regular trading) for a share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “Market”) for the date in question (or, if such date is not a trading day on the Market, as of the most recent Market trading day preceding the date on question) or, if the Common Stock is no longer listed or is no longer actively traded on the Market as of the applicable date, the Closing Price of the Common Stock shall be the value as reasonably determined by the Administrator for purposes of this Plan in the circumstances. 
		

		
			“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
		

		
			“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6 of this Plan. 
		

		
			“Compensation” shall mean the amount of all periodic retainer fees, including additional chairperson, lead independent director, committee chair, and committee fees, payable to a Director for services as a member of the Board with respect to a particular Plan Year that, but for any deferral election made by such Director under this Plan, would have been payable in cash to such Director, as determined by the Administrator.  To the extent that additional fees are paid for attendance at meetings, Compensation shall not include meeting fees.   
		

		
			“Corporation” shall mean Resources Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation.
		

		
			“Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries.
		

		
			“Dividend Equivalent” shall mean Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account pursuant to Section 5.2.
		

		
			“Equity Award” shall mean any award of restricted stock or restricted stock units granted during a particular Plan Year by the Corporation to a Director for services as a member of the Board pursuant to the Equity Award Program. 
		

		
			“Equity Award Program” shall mean the Corporation’s Non-Employee Director Equity Award Program, as amended from time to time, adopted under the Performance Incentive Plan.
		

		
			“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
		

		
			“Fair Market Value” shall mean, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Administrator in the circumstances and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6, the average closing price (in regular trading) for a share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “Market”) for the period of ten (10) consecutive trading days ending with the last trading day before the date in question or, if the Common Stock is no longer listed or is no longer actively traded on the Market as of the applicable date, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the value as reasonably determined by the Administrator for purposes of this Plan in the circumstances. 
		

		

		

		 

		

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		“Performance Incentive Plan” shall mean the Resources Connection, Inc. 2014 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (or a successor plan thereto).
		

		
			“Plan” shall mean this Resources Connection, Inc. Directors Deferred Compensation Plan as set forth herein and as amended from time to time.
		

		
			“Plan Year” shall mean the calendar year, with the first Plan Year being 2018.
		

		
			“Separation from Service” shall mean a Director’s ceasing to serve as a member of the Board for any reason.  For purposes of clarity, if at the relevant time a  Director provides services for the Corporation as both an employee and as a member of the Board, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(5), the services provided by such Director as an employee shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Director has experienced a Separation from Service as a director for purposes of the Plan.
		

		
			“Stock Unit”  shall mean a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed solely for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent to one outstanding share of Common Stock (subject to Section 6) solely for purposes of this Plan.
		

		
			“Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity a majority of whose outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation.
		

		
			3.PARTICIPATION
		

		
			Directors will be eligible to defer all or a portion of their Compensation and/or Equity Awards in accordance with Section 4.1.  Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Plan to the contrary, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion and effective as of the end of any Plan Year, terminate the ability of a Director to defer additional amounts under Section 4.1. 
		

		
			4.CONTRIBUTIONS
		

		
			4.1Elections to Defer Compensation and Equity Awards.
		

		
			4.1.1Amount and Timing of Deferrals.  Subject to Section 3 above, a Director may elect to defer any percentage or dollar amount of his or her Compensation with respect to a Plan Year up to 100% of the amount of such Compensation.  In addition, a Director may elect to receive any Equity Award granted or to be granted, as the case may be, to the Director during a Plan Year in the form of Stock Units credited under this Plan and defer the payment of up to 100% of such Stock Units as provided herein.  Except as provided in Section 4.1.2, any election by a Director to defer Compensation and any Equity Award must be filed with the Corporation, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Corporation, by December 31 preceding the Plan Year with respect to which such election is effective or such earlier deadline as may be established by the Administrator with respect to such Plan Year.
		

		
			4.1.2First Year of Eligibility.  In the case of an individual to be elected or appointed to the Board for the first time (i.e., a new Director) who was not 
		

		 

		

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		previously employed by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, he or she may make an election to defer Compensation and any Equity Award by filing a deferral election with the Corporation, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Corporation, prior to the first day on which he or she is a Director.  Such election shall be effective beginning with the Plan Year in which the individual is first a Director as to Compensation and any Equity Award earned for services performed on or after the date he or she is first a Director.
		

		
			4.1.3“Evergreen” Duration of Deferral Election and Changes to Deferral Elections.  Any election to defer Compensation or any Equity Award  made under Section 4.1.1 or Section 4.1.2 shall be irrevocable and shall continue in effect for (1) the Plan Year for which it is effective, and (2) unless and until a new election by the Director becomes effective as provided below, each subsequent Plan Year for so long as the Director remains a member of the Board.  If a Director makes a new election pursuant to Section 4.1.1 or provides the Corporation with written notice to terminate deferrals, such new election shall take effect beginning with the first new Plan Year to commence after such election or notice is received by the Corporation.  A Director who has filed an election to terminate deferrals under this Plan may elect to recommence deferrals for future Plan Years by filing a new election pursuant to Section 4.1.1. 
		

		
			5.ACCOUNTS
		

		
			5.1Crediting of Stock Units.  The Corporation shall establish and maintain an Account for each Director who has elected under Section 4.1 to defer a portion of his or her Compensation or Equity Awards.  On or as soon as administratively practical after the date Compensation a Director has elected to defer under Section 4.1 would otherwise have been paid to the Director but for such deferral (the “Cash Payment Date”), the Corporation shall credit such Director’s Account with a number of Stock Units determined by dividing the amount of such Compensation deferred by the Director to this Plan by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the corresponding Cash Payment Date.  On or as soon as administratively practical after the date an Equity Award that a Director has elected to defer under Section 4.1 is granted, the Corporation shall credit such Director’s Account with a number of Stock Units equal to the number of Stock Units the Director has elected to defer hereunder. 
		

		
			5.2Dividend Equivalents.  As of any date on which the Corporation pays an ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock (the “Dividend Payment Date”), the Director’s Account shall be credited with additional Stock Units equal to (i) the per-share cash dividend paid by the Corporation on its Common Stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of Stock Units (including any Dividend Equivalents previously credited hereunder) in the Director’s Account at the start of business as of the related dividend payment record date, divided by (iii) the Closing Price of a share of Common Stock as of the Dividend Payment Date. 
		

		 

		

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			5.3Account Not Funded; No Stockholder Rights.  A Director’s Account shall be a memorandum account on the books of the Corporation.  The Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account shall be used solely as a device for the determination of the amount of cash benefit to be eventually paid to such Director in accordance with this Plan.  The Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind.  No Director shall be entitled to any voting or other stockholder rights with respect to Stock Units credited under this Plan.  The number of Stock Units credited (and the underlying shares of Common Stock to which the Stock Units relate) shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 6 of this Plan.
		

		
			5.4Reduction in Stock Units.  A Director’s Account shall be reduced by the number of Stock Units with respect to which payment is made or that terminate because the vesting requirements applicable to the Stock Units are not satisfied.
		

		
			5.5Vesting of Stock Units.  Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account pursuant to an election to defer Compensation (and any Dividend Equivalents credited thereon) are 100 percent vested at all times.  Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account pursuant to an election to defer an Equity Award shall be subject to the vesting conditions applicable to such Equity Award pursuant to the Corporation’s Equity Award Program (and, to the extent such vesting conditions are not met, shall be subject to termination without payment in accordance with the terms of the Equity Award Program); provided that Dividend Equivalents credited to a Director’s Account with respect to such Stock units shall be 100 percent vested at all times.
		

		
			6.ADJUSTMENTS IN CASE OF CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK
		

		
			Upon (or, as may be necessary to effect the adjustment, immediately prior to): any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a stock split in the form of a stock dividend) or reverse stock split; any merger, combination, consolidation, or other reorganization; any spin-off, split-up, or similar extraordinary dividend distribution in respect of the Common Stock; or any exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation, or any similar, unusual or extraordinary corporate transaction in respect of the Common Stock; then the Administrator shall equitably and proportionately adjust (1) the number, amount and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) that may become payable (or with respect to which the value of Stock Units is measured, as the case may be) with respect to the Stock Units credited under this Plan, as well as (2) the closing prices taken into account in determining Fair Market Value to the extent such an event occurs during the trading days over which the Fair Market Value is determined, in each case to the extent necessary to preserve the intended level of benefits (but without duplication of benefits if Dividend Equivalents are credited with respect to any such event).    Without limiting the generality of Section 8, any good faith determination by the Administrator as to whether an adjustment is required in the circumstances pursuant to this Section 6, and the extent and nature of any such adjustment, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.
		

		
			7.PAYMENT OF STOCK UNITS
		

		
			7.1Timing of Payment of Stock Units.  
		

		 

		

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			7.1.1Timing of Payment Generally.  Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account, to the extent such Stock Units are then vested, shall be paid to the Director in a lump sum upon or as soon as administratively practical following (and in all events within thirty (30) days following) the Director’s Separation from Service; provided, however, that at the time of making a deferral election pursuant to Section 4.1, a Director may elect to have the Stock Units subject to such election paid in substantially equal annual installments (not less than two (2) installments and not more than ten (10) installments), with the first such installment to be paid upon or as soon as administratively practical following (and in all events within thirty (30) days following) the Director’s Separation from Service and the remaining installments to be paid each year thereafter in the same calendar month in which the Director’s Separation from Service occurs until the entire Account has been paid.  For example, if a Director elects payment in annual installments over five (5) years, the first installment payment would equal one-fifth (1/5th) of the Stock Units subject to such election and credited to the Director’s Account as of the Director’s Separation from Service (rounded to the nearest whole share), the second installment payment would equal one-fourth (1/4th) of the Stock Units subject to such election and credited to the Director’s Account as of the start of the month for the month in which the first anniversary of the Director’s Separation from Service occurs (rounded to the nearest whole share), and so on.  The final payment (whether lump sum or installments) shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share.  
		

		
			7.1.2“Evergreen” Duration of Payment Election and Changes to Payment Elections.  A Director’s election as to the form of payment of his or her Account made under this Section 7.1 shall be irrevocable and shall apply to Stock Units (including Dividend Equivalent Stock Units) credited in respect of deferrals of Compensation and Equity Awards for the Plan Year for which it is effective and each subsequent Plan Year for so long as the Director remains a member of the Board unless, prior to the commencement of such subsequent Plan Year, the Director makes a new election pursuant to Section 4.1 that provides a different timing of payment for the deferred Compensation and Equity Awards for such subsequent Plan Year (but, for purposes of clarity, any such new election shall not apply to the Plan Year in which it is made or any prior Plan Year).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control occurs before any Stock Units credited to a Director’s Account otherwise become payable (including any installment payments that the Director may have elected that have not yet become payable), such Stock Units shall be paid to the Director in a lump sum upon or as soon as administratively practical following (and in all events within thirty (30) days following) the Change in Control.    
		

		
			7.2Form of Payment.  Distribution of Stock Units shall be made in the form of a cash payment equal to, for each Stock Unit to be paid, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of payment.
		

		 

		

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			7.3Specified Employees.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if any payment of Stock Units pursuant to this Section 7 is triggered by a Director’s Separation from Service and the Director is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of the Director’s Separation from Service, the Director shall not be entitled to receive such payment until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after the Director’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Director’s death.  Any amounts otherwise payable to the Director upon or in the six (6) month period following the Director’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 7.3 shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six (6) months after the Director’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) days, after the date of the Director’s death).  The provisions of this Section 7.3 shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A.
		

		
			7.4Death of Director.  In the event that a Director or former Director dies before receiving payment of his or her vested Stock Units under this Plan, the balance of the Director’s vested Stock Units shall be paid to the Director’s Beneficiary, in the form of a lump sum payment, as soon as administratively practical after the date the Corporation is notified of the Director’s death.
		

		
			8.ADMINISTRATION
		

		
			8.1Administrator.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board, this Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board.    
		

		
			8.2Powers and Duties of the Administrator.  The Administrator shall be charged with the general administration of this Plan, and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish its purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the following: 
		

		
			(a)To construe and interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan;
		

		
			(b)To make any required determination as to the amount or kind of benefits payable to Directors and their Beneficiaries, and to determine the time and manner in which such benefits are paid;
		

		
			 (c)To make and publish such rules for the regulation of this Plan and procedures for the administration of this Plan as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof; and 
		

		
			(d)To delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or to third parties.
		

		
			8.3Binding Determinations; Indemnification.  Any action taken by, or inaction of, the Corporation, any Subsidiary, or the Administrator relating or pursuant to this Plan and within its authority hereunder or under applicable law shall be within the 
		

		 

		

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		absolute discretion of that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons.  Neither the Board nor any Board committee, nor any member thereof or person acting at the direction thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with this Plan (or any Stock Units credited under this Plan), and all such persons shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement by the Corporation in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under any directors and officers liability insurance coverage that may be in effect from time to time.
		

		
			8.4Information.  To enable the Administrator to perform its functions, the Corporation shall supply full and timely information to the Administrator on all matters relating to the compensation of all Directors, their termination of service, and such other pertinent facts as the Administrator may require.
		

		
			8.5Annual Statements.  At least annually, the Corporation shall provide each Director with an Account a statement as to the number of Stock Units credited as of the date of such statement to such Director’s Account.
		

		
			9.MISCELLANEOUS
		

		
			9.1Unsecured General Creditor.  Directors and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, claims, or interest in any specific property or assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.  No assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be held under any trust or held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of the Corporation under this Plan.  Any and all of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall be, and remain, the general unpledged, unrestricted assets of each such entity.  The Corporation’s obligations under this Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Corporation to pay money in the future to those persons to whom the Corporation has a benefit obligation under this Plan (as determined in accordance with the terms hereof), and the respective rights of the Directors and Beneficiaries shall be no greater than those of unsecured general creditors.
		

		
			9.2Restriction Against Assignment.  The Corporation shall pay all amounts payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by this Plan and not to any other person or corporation.  No part of a Director’s Account shall be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any Director, his or her Beneficiary, or successors in interest, nor shall a Director’s Account be subject to execution by levy, attachment, or garnishment or by any other legal or equitable proceeding, nor shall any such person have any right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments hereunder in any manner whatsoever.  If any Director, Beneficiary or successor in interest is adjudicated bankrupt or purports to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any distribution or payment from this Plan, voluntarily or involuntarily, the Administrator, in its discretion, may cancel such distribution or payment (or 
		

		 

		

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		any part thereof) to or for the benefit of such Director, Beneficiary or successor in interest in such manner as the Administrator shall direct.
		

		
			9.3Withholding.  The Corporation may, in its reasonable discretion, satisfy the amount of any state or federal tax withholding obligation with respect to any Compensation deferred under this Plan or benefits payable under this Plan by either (a) deducting such amounts from any compensation payable by the Corporation to the Director, or (b) reducing the Director’s deferral amount (in the case of such obligations arising in connection with a Compensation deferral) or benefits payable under this Plan (in the case of such obligations arising in connection with such payment) by the amount necessary to satisfy such withholding obligation.
		

		
			9.4Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination.  The Board or the Administrator may at any time amend or modify this Plan, except that no amendment or modification shall have any retroactive effect to reduce any amounts allocated to a Director’s Account.  In addition, the Board or the Administrator reserves discretion to terminate this Plan and pay the Stock Units credited to Director’s Account hereunder to the Director, in each case in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
		

		
			9.5Governing Law; Severability.  This Plan shall be construed, governed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.  If any provisions of this instrument shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully effective.
		

		
			9.6Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.  In the event that any amount becomes payable under this Plan to a person who, in the sole judgment of the Administrator, is considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable to give a valid receipt therefore, the Administrator may direct that such payment be made to any person found by the Administrator, in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of such person. Any payment made pursuant to such determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of the Administrator, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.
		

		
			9.7No Service Commitment.  Nothing contained in this Plan constitutes a continued service commitment by the Corporation or interferes with the right of the Corporation to increase or decrease the compensation of the Director from the rate in existence at any time.  No Director shall have any right to any payment or benefit hereunder except to the extent provided in this Plan.  
		

		
			9.8Compliance with Laws.  This Plan and the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or the payment of money through the deferral of compensation under this Plan are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities law) and to such approvals by any listing, agency or any regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith.  Any securities delivered under this Plan shall 
		

		 

		

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		be subject to such restrictions, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Corporation, provide such assurances and representations to the Corporation as the Corporation may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements.
		

		
			9.9Construction and Interpretation.  It is the intent of the Corporation that transactions pursuant to this Plan satisfy and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (“Rule 16b-3”) so that, to the extent elections are timely made, the crediting of Stock Units, the payment of Stock Units and any other event with respect to Stock Units under this Plan will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3 or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subjected to avoidable liability thereunder.
		

		
			This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (including the Treasury Regulations and other published guidance relating thereto) so as not to subject any Director to payment of any additional tax, penalty or interest imposed under Code Section 409A.  The provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted to avoid the imputation of any such additional tax, penalty or interest under Code Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably possible) the intended benefit payable to the Director.  Each payment and installment payable under this Plan is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2).
		

		
			9.10Headings, etc. Not Part of Agreement.  Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
		

		
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			10Exhibit 10.21 Non-Employee Director Award Agreement

		

			Exhibit 10.21

		

		
			RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
		

		
			2020 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
		

		
			NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD PROGRAM
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			1.Establishment; Purpose.  This Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Program (this “Program”) is adopted under the Resources Connection, Inc. 2020 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).  The purpose of this Program is to promote the success of the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders by providing members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (“Non-Employee Directors”) an opportunity to acquire an ownership interest in the Corporation and more closely aligning the interests of Non-Employee Directors and stockholders.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions of the Plan shall govern all awards made pursuant to this Program.  Capitalized terms are defined in the Plan if not defined herein. 
		

		
			2.Participation.  Awards under this Program shall be made only to Non-Employee Directors and shall be further subject to such other terms and conditions set forth therein.  A restricted stock award under this Program shall be evidenced by an award agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  If a Non-Employee Director has elected to receive stock units pursuant to the Corporation’s Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”), such stock units shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Non-Employee Director’s applicable election(s) under the Deferred Compensation Plan, and the provisions of this Program (which, together, shall constitute the award agreement as to those stock units).  The Administrator may require a Non-Employee Director to execute the award agreement evidencing his or her award grant under this Program as a condition to the effectiveness of such grant. 
		

		
			3.Annual Restricted Stock Awards.  
		

		
			3.1Initial Award for New Directors. Upon first being appointed or elected to the Board after the date on which the Board approves this Program, each Non-Employee Director who has not previously served on the Board shall be granted automatically (without any action by the Board or the Administrator) a restricted stock award, the date of grant of which will be the date such Non-Employee Director is first appointed or elected to the Board.  The number of shares subject to each such restricted stock award will be determined by dividing the pro rata portion of the Annual Non-Employee Director Award of $100,000 (with the proration based on the number of calendar days in the calendar year that the director will serve as a Non-Employee Director) by the per-share closing price of the Common Stock on the date of grant (rounded down to the nearest whole share). 
		

		
			3.2Subsequent Annual Awards.  For each calendar year during the term of the Plan commencing in 2021, each Non-Employee Director shall be granted automatically (without any action by the Board or Administrator) a restricted stock award (or, if the Non-Employee Director has so elected in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, stock units under the Deferred Compensation Plan), the date of grant of which will be such first trading day in January of such calendar year.  The number of 
		

		 

		

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		shares subject to each such award will be determined by dividing $100,000 by the per share closing price of the Common Stock on the date of grant (rounded down to the nearest whole share).  An individual who was previously a member of the Board, who then ceased to be a member of the Board for any reason, and who then again becomes a Non-Employee Director shall thereupon again become eligible to be granted an award under this Section 3.2. 
		

		
			3.3Transfer Restrictions.  Restricted stock awards granted pursuant to this Section 3 shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5.6 of the Plan. For purposes of clarity, the Administrator has not approved any transfer exceptions with respect to the restricted stock in accordance with Section 5.6.2 of the Plan. 
		

		
			4.Vesting.  Each award granted under Section 3 above (including stock units credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan) and all rights or obligations under this Program (and the Deferred Compensation Plan as to stock units credited thereunder) shall be subject to termination as provided below.  Subject to Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof, each award granted under Section 3 shall vest, and restrictions shall lapse, with respect to 25% of the total number of shares (or units, as the case maybe) subject thereto (subject to adjustment under Section 6) on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant of the award; provided that regular cash dividends (including dividend equivalents for regular cash dividends as to stock units credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan) shall be fully vested. 
		

		
			5.Termination of Directorship.  If a Non-Employee Director’s services as a member of the Board terminate for any reason, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily (the date of such termination is referred to as the Non-Employee Director’s “Severance Date”), then any award granted to the Non-Employee Director pursuant to Section 3 above (including stock units credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan) and outstanding on the Non-Employee Director’s Severance Date shall terminate on that date to the extent not previously vested (except in the event of mandatory retirement as provided below).  If any unvested shares of restricted stock, or stock units credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan, are terminated hereunder, such restricted stock or units, as the case may be, shall automatically terminate and be cancelled as of the Severance Date without payment of any consideration by the Corporation and without any other action by the Non-Employee Director, or the Non-Employee Director’s beneficiary or personal representative, as the case may be. 
		

		
			In the event that a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board due to his or her mandatory retirement as required under the Corporation’s mandatory retirement policy as then in effect for members of the Board, each award granted to such Non-Employee Director under Section 3 above that is outstanding and otherwise unvested immediately prior to such retirement shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable upon the Non-Employee Director’s Severance Date as a result of such mandatory retirement. 
		

		
			Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 5, if a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board (regardless of the reason) but, immediately thereafter, is employed by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, then his or her Severance Date shall not occur until the first date that he or she is not a member of the Board and is not employed by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries. 
		

		

		

		 

		

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		The vesting schedule set forth in Section 4 requires continued service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the award, except as otherwise expressly provided above.  Service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Non-Employee Director to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of services as provided above. 
		

		
			Nothing contained in this Program constitutes a service commitment by the Corporation, confers upon a Non-Employee Director any right to remain in service to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, interferes in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries at any time to terminate such services, or affects the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to increase or decrease the Non-Employee Director’s other compensation or benefits.  Nothing in this paragraph, however, is intended to adversely affect any independent contractual right of a Non-Employee Director without his or her consent thereto. 
		

		
			6.Adjustments.  Shares of restricted stock subject to awards granted under this Program shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.1 of the Plan, but only to the extent that such adjustment is consistent with adjustments to shares of restricted stock held by persons other than executive officers or directors of the Corporation (to the extent that persons other than executive officers or directors of the Corporation then hold shares of restricted stock).  The grant levels reflected in Section 3 above shall be automatically adjusted upon the record date for any stock split, reverse stock split, or stock dividend to give effect to such change in capitalization unless otherwise provided by the Board in the circumstances, and may be adjusted in the discretion of the Board in any other circumstances contemplated by Section 7.1 of the Plan. 
		

		
			7.Acceleration and Possible Early Termination. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (as such term is defined below), each award granted under Section 3 above (including stock units credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan), to the extent such award is then outstanding, shall become immediately vested and nonforfeitable in full.  Each restricted stock award shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan in connection with such event. 
		

		
			For purposes of this Section 7, a “Change in Control Event” means any of the following: 
		

		
			(a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (a “Person”)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of either (1) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event; (A) any acquisition directly from the Corporation, (B) any acquisition by the Corporation, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation or a successor, or (D) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections (c)(1), (2) and (3) below; 
		

		

		

		 

		

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		(b) Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (including for these purposes, the new members whose election or nomination was so approved, without counting the member and his predecessor twice) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; 
		

		
			(c)Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a “Parent”)) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or such entity resulting from such Business Combination or Parent) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then- outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such entity, except to the extent that the ownership in excess of more than 50% existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or trustees of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or 
		

		
			(d)Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation other than in the context of a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control Event under clause (c) above. 
		

		

		

		 

		

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		8.Maximum Number of Shares; Amendment; Administration.  If award grants otherwise required pursuant to this Program would otherwise exceed any applicable share limit under Section 4.2 of the Plan, such grants shall be made pro-rata to directors entitled to such grants.  The Board may from time to time amend this Program without stockholder approval; provided that no such amendment shall materially and adversely affect the rights of a Non-Employee Director as to an award granted under this Program before the adoption of such amendment.  This Program does not limit the Board’s authority to make other, discretionary award grants to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to the Plan.  The Plan Administrator’s power and authority to construe and interpret the Plan and awards thereunder pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Plan shall extend to this Program and awards granted hereunder.  As provided in Section 3.2 of the Plan, any action taken by, or inaction of, the Administrator relating or pursuant to this Program and within its authority or under applicable law shall be within the absolute discretion of that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. 
		

		

		

		 

		

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			RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
		

		
			2020 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
		

		
			NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD PROGRAM DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
		

		
			THIS DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Award Agreement”) is dated as of _______ (the “Award Date”) by and between Resources Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and ________ (the “Director”). 
		

		
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			WHEREAS, pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Program (the “Program”), adopted under the Resources Connection, Inc. 2020 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), the Corporation hereby grants to the Director, effective as of the date hereof, a restricted stock award (the “Award”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Program and the Plan. 
		

		
			NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of services rendered and to be rendered by the Director, and the mutual promises made herein and the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows: 
		

		
			1.Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan. 
		

		
			2.Grant. Subject to the terms of this Award Agreement and of the Program, the Corporation hereby grants to the Director an Award with respect to an aggregate of _____ restricted shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “Restricted Stock”). 
		

		
			3.Vesting.  Subject to the terms of the Program and Section 8 below, the Award shall vest, and restrictions (other than those set forth in Section 8.1 of the Plan) shall lapse, in percentage installments as set forth in Section 4 of the Program.  The Board reserves the right to accelerate the vesting of the Restricted Stock in such circumstances as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate and any such acceleration shall be effective only when set forth in a written instrument executed by an officer of the Corporation. 
		

		
			4.Continuance of Service.  The vesting schedule set forth in Section 4 of the Program requires continued service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Award and the rights and benefits under this Award Agreement. Service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Director to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and 
		

		 

		

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		benefits upon or following a termination of services as provided in Section 8 below or under the terms of the Program or the Plan. 
		

		
			Nothing contained in this Award Agreement, the Program or the Plan constitutes a service commitment by the Corporation, confers upon the Director any right to remain in service to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, interferes in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries at any time to terminate such services, or affects the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to increase or decrease the Director’s other compensation or benefits.  Nothing in this paragraph, however, is intended to adversely affect any independent contractual right of the Director without his or her consent thereto. 
		

		
			5.Dividend and Voting Rights.  After the Award Date, the Director shall be entitled to cash dividends and voting rights with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award even though such shares are not vested, provided that such rights shall terminate immediately as to any shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited pursuant to the terms of the Program or Section 8 below. 
		

		
			6.Restrictions on Transfer.  Prior to the time that they have become vested pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the terms of the Program or Section 7 of the Plan, neither the Restricted Stock, nor any interest therein, amount payable in respect thereof, or Restricted Property (as defined in Section 9 hereof) may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of, alienated or encumbered, either voluntarily or involuntarily.  The transfer restrictions in the preceding sentence shall not apply to transfers described in Section 5.6.3 of the Plan. 
		

		
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			(a)Book Entry Form. The Corporation shall issue the shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award either: (a) in certificate form as provided in Section 7(b) below; or (b) in book entry form, registered in the name of the Director with notations regarding the applicable restrictions on transfer imposed under this Award Agreement. 
		

		
			(b)Certificates to be Held by Corporation; Legend.  Any certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock that may be delivered to the Director by the Corporation prior to vesting shall be redelivered to the Corporation to be held by the Corporation until the restrictions on such shares shall have lapsed and the shares shall thereby have become vested or the shares represented thereby have been forfeited hereunder.  Such certificates shall bear the following legend and any other legends the Corporation may determine to be necessary or advisable to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations: 
		

		
			“The ownership of this certificate and the shares of stock evidenced hereby and any interest therein are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer under an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Resources Connection, Inc.  A copy of such Agreement is on file in the office of the Secretary of Resources Connection, Inc.” 
		

		
			(c)Delivery of Certificates Upon Vesting.  Promptly after the vesting of any shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the terms of the Program or Section 7 of 
		

		 

		

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		the Plan and the satisfaction of any and all related tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 10, the Corporation shall, as applicable, either remove the notations on any shares of Restricted Stock issued in book entry form which have vested or deliver to the Director a certificate or certificates evidencing the number of shares of Restricted Stock which have vested (or, in either case, such lesser number of shares as may result after giving effect to Section 10).  The Director (or the beneficiary or personal representative of the Director in the event of the Director’s death or disability, as the case may be) shall deliver to the Corporation any representations or other documents or assurances as the Corporation or its counsel may determine to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations with respect to the grant of the Award and the delivery of shares of Common Stock in respect thereof.  The shares so delivered shall no longer be restricted shares hereunder. 
		

		
			(d)Stock Power; Power of Attorney.  Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Award Agreement, the Director shall deliver to the Corporation an executed stock power in the form attached hereto as Appendix A, in blank, with respect to such shares. The Corporation shall not deliver any share certificates in accordance with this Award Agreement unless and until the Corporation shall have received such stock power executed by the Director.  The Director, by acceptance of the Award, shall be deemed to appoint, and does so appoint by execution of this Award Agreement, the Corporation and each of its authorized representatives as the Director’s attorney(s)-in-fact to effect any transfer of unvested forfeited shares (or shares otherwise reacquired by the Corporation hereunder) to the Corporation as may be required pursuant to the Plan, the Program or this Award Agreement and to execute such documents as the Corporation or such representatives deem necessary or advisable in connection with any such transfer. 
		

		
			8.Effect of Termination of Services.  Subject to Sections 5 and 7 of the Program, if the Director ceases to provide services to the Corporation or a Subsidiary (the date of such termination of service is referred to as the Director’s “Severance Date”), the Director’s shares of Restricted Stock (and related Restricted Property as defined in Section 9 hereof) shall be forfeited to the Corporation to the extent such shares have not become vested pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the terms of the Program or Section 7 of the Plan upon the Severance Date (regardless of the reason for such termination of service, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily, or due to death or disability).  Upon the occurrence of any forfeiture of shares of Restricted Stock hereunder, such unvested, forfeited shares and related Restricted Property shall be automatically transferred to the Corporation as of the Severance Date, without any other action by the Director (or the Director’s beneficiary or personal representative in the event of the Director’s death or disability, as applicable).  No consideration shall be paid by the Corporation with respect to such transfer.  The Corporation may exercise its powers under Section 7(d) hereof and take any other action necessary or advisable to evidence such transfer.  The Director (or the Director’s beneficiary or personal representative in the event of the Director’s death or disability, as applicable) shall deliver any additional documents of transfer that the Corporation may request to confirm the transfer of such unvested, forfeited shares and related Restricted Property to the Corporation. 
		

		
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		Administrator shall make adjustments in accordance with such sections in the number and kind of securities that may become vested under the Award.  If any adjustment shall be made under Section 6 or Section 7 of the Program or an event described in Section 7.2 of the Plan shall occur and the shares of Restricted Stock are not fully vested upon such event or prior thereto, the restrictions applicable to such shares of Restricted Stock shall continue in effect with respect to any consideration, property or other securities (the “Restricted Property” and, for the purposes of this Award Agreement, “Restricted Stock” shall include “Restricted Property”, unless the context otherwise requires) received in respect of such Restricted Stock.  Such Restricted Property shall vest at such times and in such proportion as the shares of Restricted Stock to which the Restricted Property is attributable vest, or would have vested pursuant to the terms hereof if such shares of Restricted Stock had remained outstanding.  To the extent that the Restricted Property includes any cash (other than regular cash dividends), such cash shall be invested, pursuant to policies established by the Administrator, in interest bearing, FDIC-insured (subject to applicable insurance limits) deposits of a depository institution selected by the Administrator, the earnings on which shall be added to and become a part of the Restricted Property. 
		

		
			10.Tax Withholding. Subject to Section 8.1 of the Plan, upon any vesting of the Restricted Stock, the Corporation shall have the right to automatically withhold and reacquire the appropriate number of whole shares of Restricted Stock, valued at their then fair market value (with the “fair market value” of such shares determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan), to satisfy any withholding obligations of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries with respect to such vesting at the minimum applicable withholding rates.  In the event that the Corporation cannot satisfy such withholding obligations by withholding and reacquiring shares of Restricted Stock, or in the event that the Director makes or has made an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or the occurrence of any other withholding event with respect to the Award, the Corporation (or a Subsidiary) shall be entitled to require a cash payment by or on behalf of the Director and/or to deduct from other compensation payable to the Director any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to such vesting of any Restricted Stock or such Section 83(b) election. 
		

		
			11.Notices.  Any notice to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal office to the attention of the Secretary, and to the Director at the Director’s last address reflected on the Corporation’s records.  Any notice shall be delivered in person or shall be enclosed in a properly sealed envelope, addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified, and deposited (postage and registry or certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Government.  Any such notice shall be given only when received, but if the Director is no longer an Eligible Person, shall be deemed to have been duly given five business days after the date mailed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 11. 
		

		
			12.Plan; Program. The Award and all rights of the Director under this Award Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the provisions of the Program and the Plan, incorporated herein by reference. The Director agrees to be bound by the terms of the Program, the Plan and this Award Agreement.  In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and of the Program or the Plan, the terms and conditions 
		

		 

		

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		of the Program or the Plan, as applicable, shall govern.  The Director acknowledges having read and understanding the Program, the Plan, the Prospectus for the Plan, and this Award Agreement.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in other sections of this Award Agreement, provisions of the Program or the Plan that confer discretionary authority on the Board or the Administrator do not (and shall not be deemed to) create any rights in the Director unless such rights are expressly set forth herein or are otherwise in the sole discretion of the Board or the Administrator so conferred by appropriate action of the Board or the Administrator under the Program or the Plan after the date hereof. 
		

		
			13.Entire Agreement.  This Award Agreement, the Program and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior understandings and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The Program may be amended pursuant to Section 8 of the Program.  The Plan may be amended pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Plan.  This Award Agreement may be amended by the Board from time to time.  Any such amendment must be in writing and signed by the Corporation.  Any such amendment that materially and adversely affects the Director’s rights under this Award Agreement requires the consent of the Director in order to be effective with respect to the Award.  The Corporation may, however, unilaterally waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Director hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof. 
		

		
			14.Counterparts.  This Award Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
		

		
			15.Section Headings. The section headings of this Award Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision hereof. 
		

		
			16.Governing Law.  This Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles thereunder. 
		

		
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		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Award Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer and the Director has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date and year first above written. 
		

		
			 
		

		
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			In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement by Resources Connection, Inc., I, _____________________________________, the spouse of the Director therein named, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof and of the Program and the Plan. 
		

		
			 
		

		
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			STOCK POWER
		

		
			FOR VALUE RECEIVED and pursuant to that certain Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement between Resources Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and the individual named below (the “Individual”) dated as of ___________ , 20__, the Individual, hereby sells, assigns and transfers to the Corporation, an aggregate __________ shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, standing in the Individual’s name on the books of the Corporation and represented by stock certificate number(s)  to which this instrument is attached, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints __________  as his or her attorney in fact and agent to transfer such shares on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
		

		
			 
		

		
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			(Instruction: Please do not fill in any blanks other than the signature line. The purpose of the assignment is to enable the Corporation to exercise its sale/purchase option set forth in the Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement without requiring additional signatures on the part of the Individual.)

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