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EX-10(HH)

 

Exhibit 10(hh)

CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT

     THIS CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT by and between Pioneer-Standard
Electronics, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and Martin F. Ellis
(the “Employee”), is dated as of the 30th day of June, 2003.

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), has
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders
to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Employee,
notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change of Control
(as defined below) of the Company; and

     WHEREAS, the Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable
distraction of the Employee by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks
created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, to encourage the
Employee’s full attention and dedication to the Company currently and in the
event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the
Employee with compensation arrangements upon a Change of Control which provide
the Employee with individual financial security and which are competitive with
those of other corporations;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Effective Date and Change of Control.

     1.1 (a) Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective only upon
the “Effective Date,” which shall be the first date during the “Change of
Control Period” (as defined in Section 1.1(b)) on which a Change of Control (as
defined in Section 1.2) occurs. Until such time, the Employee shall have no
rights against the Company and the Company shall not have any obligations to
the Employee under or by virtue of this Agreement. Anything in this Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Employee’s employment with the Company
is terminated prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is
reasonably demonstrated that such termination (1) was at the request of a third
party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control
or (2) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of
Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall
mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination.

     (b) The “Change of Control Period” is the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending on the first anniversary of such date; provided, however,
that commencing on the date one (1) year after the date hereof, and on each
annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof
is hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), the Change of Control Period
shall be automatically extended so as to terminate one (1) year from such
Renewal Date, unless the Company shall give written notice to the Employee at
least sixty (60) days prior to the Renewal Date that the Change of Control
Period shall not be so extended and that this Agreement shall terminate upon
the Renewal Date; provided, however, that such notice may not be given at any
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     1.2 Change of Control. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of
Control” shall mean:

          (a) The acquisition by any person, entity or “group,” within the meaning
of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Exchange Act”) (excluding, for this purpose, the Company or its Subsidiaries,
The Pioneer Stock Benefit Trust, or any employee benefit plan of the Company or
its Subsidiaries which acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities of
the Company), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either the then
outstanding Common Shares or the combined voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors; or

          (b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (as of
the date hereof the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the
Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or
nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection
with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the
Directors of the Company, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation
14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of this
Agreement, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent
Board; or

          (c) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a reorganization,
merger, consolidation, in each case, with respect to which persons who were the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or
consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 80% of the combined
voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
reorganized, merged or consolidated company’s then outstanding voting
securities, or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or of the sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

Section 2. Termination of Employment.

     2.1 Termination by the Company.

     (a) Company’s Right to Terminate. Subject to (i) the Company’s
obligations under Section 3.1 hereof subsequent to the Effective Date, or (ii)
under any written employment agreement between the Company and the Employee,
the Employee’s employment with the Company may be terminated at any time
without Cause.

     (b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Employee’s employment for
“Cause.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) any material breach
this Agreement, or of Employee’s duties or responsibilities in the course of
his/her employment; (ii) an act or acts of personal dishonesty taken by the
Employee and intended to result in personal enrichment of the Employee at the
expense of the Company; (iii) intentional misconduct that materially injures
the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or (iv) the conviction of the Employee of
a felony.

     2.2 Termination by the Employee.

     The Employee’s employment with the Company (i) shall automatically
terminate upon death and (ii) may be voluntarily terminated by the Employee at
any time for any reason, in the Employee’s sole discretion.

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     2.3 Transfers. Transfer of the Employee among the Company and affiliated
entities at least 80% directly or indirectly owned by the Company
(“Subsidiaries”) shall not be deemed to be a termination of employment.

     2.4 Notice of Termination.

     Any termination by the Company or by the Employee shall be communicated by
Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with
Section 8(d) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of
Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) in the case of a
termination for Cause, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Employee’s
employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii) if the date of
termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the
date of termination (which date shall be not more than fifteen (15) days after
the giving of such notice).

Section 3. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

     3.1 Without Cause or for Good Reason. If, at any time prior to the date
that is twelve (12) months subsequent to the Effective Date, the Employee’s
employment with the Company shall be terminated either (i) by the Company
without Cause, or (ii) by the Employee for Good Reason, as provided in Section
3.4, below:

          (a) the Company shall pay to the Employee within thirty (30) days of the
date of termination a lump sum amount equal to twelve (12) times the greater
of the Employee’s (i) highest monthly base salary paid or payable by the
Company during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the Effective
Date, or (ii) the highest monthly salary paid or payable by the Company at any
time from the ninety (90) day period preceding the Effective Date through the
date of termination (the “Highest Base Salary”); and

          (b) the Company shall pay to the Employee within thirty (30) days of the
date of termination a lump sum amount equal to the annual incentive plan
(“AIP”) target applicable to Employee at the time of termination; and

          (c) the Company shall pay to the Employee within thirty (30) days of the
date of termination a lump sum amount equal to twelve (12) times the monthly
amount paid or payable to Employee by the Company as an auto allowance as in
effect immediately preceding the Effective Date; and

          (d) for the twelve (12) month period following the date of termination
(the “Benefits Continuation Period”), the Company shall continue to provide
health insurance and retirement benefits to the Employee and/or the Employee’s
family at least equal to those which would have been provided to them if the
Employee’s employment had not been terminated, in accordance with the most
favorable plans, practices, programs or policies of the Company and its
Subsidiaries during the ninety (90) day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Employee, as in effect at any time
thereafter with respect to other key employees and their families, and for
purposes of eligibility for retirement benefits pursuant to such plans,
practices, programs and policies, the Employee shall be considered to have
remained employed until the end of the Benefits Continuation Period and to have
retired on the last day of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Employee shall have no right to participate in any incentive compensation plan
of the Company subsequent to the date of termination; and

          (e) if it would be illegal to provide the benefits under such plans,
practices, programs or policies referred to in Section 3.1(d) above due to,
among other things, nondiscrimination

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rules or tax qualification rules
applicable to such plans, practices, programs or policies, then the Company
will be deemed to be in compliance with this Agreement if it provides such
Employee with a comparable substitute therefor, provided the Employee and the
Employee’s dependents are placed thereby in the same or a better economic
position than if the Company provided such benefits through its then existing
plans, practices, programs or policies.

     3.2 Cause. If the Employee’s employment shall be terminated for Cause,
this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to
the Employee hereunder.

     3.3 Death. If the Employee’s employment is terminated by reason of the
Employee’s death, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of
the Company to the Employee other than those obligations accrued or earned and
vested (if applicable) by the Employee as of the date of death.

     3.4. Good Reason. As used herein, “Good Reason” shall mean (a) any
material adverse change in Employee’s responsibilities (b) substantial
reduction in annual target compensation; or (c) any requirement that Employee
relocate to a facility that is more than 50 miles from his current location.
If the Employee claims that he is terminating his employment for Good Reason,
then the Employee may, within 30 days of the event constituting Good Reason,
give written notice to the Company of the Employee’s intent to terminate his
employment for Good Reason. If the event which the Employee claims to
constitute Good reason is not cured within 30 days following the date of such
notice (the “Cure Period”), the Employee shall have 10 days following the Cure
Period to invoke his right to terminate his employment for Good Reason. If the
Employee fails to provide timely written notice, or if Employee fails to
terminate his employment within 10 days following the Cure Period, then the
Employee’s right to terminate employment for Good Reason with respect to such
event shall be permanently waived.

Section 4. Disputes.

     It is the intent of the parties hereto that the following dispute
resolution procedure shall apply hereunder:

     (a) No payments or benefits need be paid hereunder except upon the Notice
of Termination provided for in Section 2.4 hereof or, if the Company does not
give such a Notice, upon a written application of the Employee or other person
claiming thereunder to the person specified in Section 8(d) hereof, provided
such claim may be made in general terms only specifying the basis for the
claim, and that it is made under this Agreement, without enumerating each
benefit claimed.

     (b) The Company must accept or reject the claim within thirty (30) days.

     (c) If the Company rejects the claim, it must do so in writing specifying
the reasons therefor.

     (d) If the claimant disagrees with the Company’s decision, or if the
Company fails to respond within such thirty (30) day period, appeal shall be to
a court of competent jurisdiction. Such appeal shall be on a fully de novo
basis and the decision of the Company denying benefits shall not be entitled to
any deference by such court.

Section 5. Exclusivity of Rights.

     It is expressly understood and acknowledged by Employee that the Company’s
obligations under Section 3 of this Agreement shall be in lieu of any
obligation on the part of the

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Company for payment of severance, salary,
incentive compensation, auto allowance, health and retirement benefits
(collectively, the “Severance Benefits”) under any other Company plan, policy
or agreement (including but not limited to, any Employment Agreement between
Company and Employee, and the Company’s severance policy) in the event of
termination of Employee’s employment with the Company during the Change in
Control Period. Accordingly, the Employee acknowledges that he/she shall not
be entitled to Severance Benefits other than those set forth in Section 3, and
understands that his/her exclusive entitlement to Severance Benefits during the
Change in Control Period shall be as set forth in Section 3.

     Except as provided in the foregoing paragraph of Section 5 hereof, and
subject thereto: (1) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Employee’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive
or other plans, programs, policies or practices provided by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and for which the Employee may qualify, nor shall anything
herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Employee may have under any
stock option agreements with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (2)
Amounts which are vested benefits under any plan, policy, practice or program
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at or subsequent to the date of
termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or
program; and (3) Employee shall be entitled to participate in any other plan,
practice, program or policy of either the Company or any successor to the
Company referred to in Section 7 hereof under which the Employee is entitled to
participate by law or by reason of being vested under such plan, practice,
program or policy.

Section 6. Full Settlement.

     Except as provided in this Section 6, the Company’s obligation to make the
payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its
obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have
against the Employee. In no event shall the Employee be obligated to seek
other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts
payable to the Employee under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor
shall any amounts actually paid to the Employee by any person for services
rendered prior or subsequent to the date of termination reduce the Company’s
payment obligations under Section 3.1 hereof. The Company agrees to pay, to
the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the
Employee may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the
outcome thereof) by the Company or others of the validity or enforceability of,
or liability under, any provision of this Agreement, plus in each case interest
at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.

Section 7. Successors.

     (a) This Agreement is personal to the Employee and without the prior
written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Employee. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee’s
legal representatives.

     (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns.

     (c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of
the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to
perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore
defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which
assumes this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

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Section 8. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without reference to principles
of conflict of laws.

     (b) Captions. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the
provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

     (c) Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise
than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective
successors or legal representatives.

     (d) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows:

	 	 	 
	If to the Employee:
	 	 
	

	 	 
	

	 	(Employee Name & Address)
	 
	 
	If to the Company:
	 	 
	

	 	Pioneer-Standard Electronics,
Inc.

6065 Parkland Blvd.

Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
	 
	

	 	Attention: Chief Executive Officer

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective
when actually received by the addressee.

     (e) Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement.

     (f) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable
under this Agreement such Federal, state or local taxes as shall be required to
be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

     (g) Non-waiver. The Employee’s failure to insist upon strict compliance
with any provision hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision
or any other provision thereof.

     (h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of
the Company and the Employee with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement replaces and supercedes any prior agreement with respect to the
subject matter hereof.

     (i) Employee an “At Will” Employee. The Employee and the Company
acknowledge that the employment of the Employee by the Company is “at will,”
and, prior to the Effective Date, may be terminated by either the Employee or
the Company at any time with or without Cause without any obligation under or
by virtue of this Agreement. Upon a termination of the Employee’s employment
or upon the Employee’s ceasing to be an Appointed Officer of the Company, in
each case prior to the Effective Date, there shall be no further rights under
this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands as of the
day and year first above written.

	 	 
	 	/s/ Martin F. Ellis

Martin F. Ellis
	 	PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC
	 
	 	By: /s/ Arthur Rhein

Arthur Rhein

President & CEO

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

                                    AGREEMENT

      This Agreement made as of this 11 day of May 2004 by and between BLACK BOX
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and Fred Young an
executive of the Corporation (the "Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that it
is in the best interests of the Corporation to enter into this Agreement with
the Executive; and

      WHEREAS, the Executive desires to obtain certain benefits in the event the
Executive's employment is terminated;

      NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:

1.    Definition of Terms The following terms when used in this Agreement shall
      have the meaning hereafter set forth:

      (a)   "ANNUAL SALARY ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE" shall mean the mean average
            percentage increase in base salary for all executive officers of the
            Corporation during the two full calendar years immediately preceding
            the time to which such percentage is being applied; provided,
            however, that if after a Change-in-Control, as hereinafter defined,
            there should be a significant change in the number of executive
            officers of the Corporation or in the manner in which they are
            compensated, then the foregoing definition shall be changed by
            substituting for the phrase "executive officers of the Corporation"
            the phrase "persons then performing the functions formerly performed
            by the executive officers of the Corporation."

      (b)   "CAUSE FOR TERMINATION" shall mean:

            (i)   the deliberate and intentional failure by the Executive to
                  devote substantially the Executive's entire business time and
                  best efforts to the performance of the Executive's duties
                  (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive's
                  incapacity due to physical or mental illness or disability);

            or

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            (ii)  engaging by the Executive in gross misconduct materially and
                  demonstrably injurious to the Corporation;

            or

            (iii) the conviction of the Executive of, or the entry of a plea of
                  guilty or Nolo Contendre by the Executive to, a crime
                  involving an act of fraud or embezzlement against the
                  Corporation or the conviction of the Executive of, or the
                  entry of a plea of Nolo Contendre by the Executive to, any
                  felony involving moral turpitude;

            or

            (iv)  the Executive's material breach of Section 4 or Section 8
                  hereof which continues for ten (10) days after receiving
                  written notice thereof from the Corporation or the Executive's
                  willful failure to comply with instructions of the Board of
                  Directors of the Corporation provided that such instructions
                  would not give rise to Good Reason for Termination.

            For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on the
            Executive's part shall be considered "deliberate and intentional" or
            to constitute gross misconduct unless done, or omitted to be done,
            by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief
            that the Executive's action or omission was in the best interests of
            the Corporation.

      (c)   "CHANGE-IN-CONTROL" shall mean a change in control of the
            Corporation of such a nature that it would be required to be
            reported by the Corporation in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A
            of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934, as in effect on the date hereof ("Exchange Act"); provided,
            however, that:

            (i)   without respect to the foregoing, such a change in control
                  shall be deemed to have occurred if any "person" (as such term
                  is used in sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) or
                  any "group" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-5(b)
                  promulgated under the Exchange Act), is or becomes the
                  beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the
                  Corporation representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the
                  combined voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding
                  securities coupled with or followed by the existence of a
                  majority of the board of directors of the Corporation
                  consisting of individuals other than individuals who

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                  either were directors of the Corporation at least one year
                  prior to or were nominated by those individuals who were
                  directors of the Corporation at least one year prior to such
                  person or group becoming a beneficial owner, directly or
                  indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 20%
                  or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation's then
                  outstanding securities;

            and

            (ii)  without respect to the foregoing, if the Corporation shall
                  sell all or substantially all of its assets or shall merge,
                  consolidate or reorganize with another company, then such a
                  change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if (x) upon
                  conclusion of the transaction less than fifty-one percent
                  (51%) of the outstanding securities entitled to vote generally
                  in the election of directors of the acquiring company or
                  resulting company are owned by persons who were the
                  stockholders of the Corporation generally prior to the
                  transaction and following the transaction a majority of the
                  board of directors of the acquiring company or resulting
                  company consists of individuals other than individuals who
                  either were directors of the Corporation at least one year
                  prior to such sale, merger, consolidation or reorganization or
                  (y) following the transaction a person or group (as described
                  in subclause (i) above) would be a beneficial owner, directly
                  or indirectly, of securities of the acquiring company or
                  resulting company representing 20% or more of the combined
                  voting power of the acquiring company's or resulting company's
                  then outstanding securities as described in subclause (i)
                  above and a majority of the board of directors of the
                  acquiring company or resulting company consists of individuals
                  other than individuals who either were directors of the
                  Corporation at least one year prior to such sale, merger,
                  consolidation or reorganization.

      (d)   "DATE OF TERMINATION" shall mean:

            (i)   if the Executive's employment is terminated for Disability,
                  the date that a Notice of Termination is given to the
                  Executive;

            (ii)  if the Executive's employment terminates due to the
                  Executive's death or Retirement, the date of death or
                  Retirement, respectively;

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            (iii) if the Executive decides to terminate employment upon Good
                  Reason for Termination, the date specified by the Executive in
                  a Notice of Termination; or

            (iv)  if the Executive's employment is terminated for any other
                  reason, the date on which a termination becomes effective
                  pursuant to a Notice of Termination or, if no Notice of
                  Termination is provided, the date that the Executive's
                  employment was terminated.

      (e)   "DISABILITY" shall mean such incapacity due to physical or mental
            illness or injury as causes the Executive to be unable to perform
            the Executive's duties with the Corporation during 90 consecutive
            days or 120 days during any six month period.

      (f)   "GOOD REASON FOR TERMINATION" shall mean the occurrence of:

            (i)   without the Executive's express written consent, following a
                  Change-in-Control the assignment to the Executive of any
                  duties materially and substantially inconsistent with the
                  Executive's positions, duties, responsibilities and status
                  immediately prior to a Change-in-Control, or a material change
                  in the Executive's reporting responsibilities, titles or
                  offices as in effect immediately prior to a Change-in-Control,
                  or any removal of the Executive from or any failure to
                  re-elect the Executive to any of such positions except in
                  connection with the termination of the Executive's employment
                  due to Cause for Termination, Disability or Retirement (as
                  hereinafter defined) or as a result of the Executive's death;

            (ii)  a reduction by the Corporation after a Change-in-Control in
                  the Executive's base salary as in effect immediately prior to
                  any Change-in-Control;

            (iii) a failure by the Corporation after a Change-in-Control to
                  continue to provide incentive compensation comparable to that
                  provided to the Executive immediately prior to any
                  Change-in-Control;

            (iv)  the failure by the Corporation after a Change-in-Control to
                  continue in effect any benefit or compensation plan, stock
                  option plan, pension plan, life insurance plan, health and
                  accident plan or disability plan in which the Executive is
                  participating immediately prior thereto (provided, however,
                  that there shall not be deemed to be any such failure if the
                  Corporation substitutes for the

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                  discontinued plan, a plan providing the Executive with
                  substantially similar benefits) or the taking of any action by
                  the Corporation which would adversely affect the Executive's
                  participation in or materially reduce the Executive's benefits
                  under any of such plans or deprive the Executive of any
                  material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive immediately
                  prior to a Change-in-Control;

            (v)   the failure of the Corporation to obtain the assumption of
                  this Agreement by any successor as contemplated in Section
                  10(c) hereof;

            (vi)  any purported termination of the employment of the Executive
                  by the Corporation following a Change-in-Control which is not
                  (A) due to the Executive's Disability, Retirement (as
                  hereinafter defined) or in accordance with Section 2 hereof,
                  or (B) effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying
                  the requirements of subsection 1(h) below; or

            (vii) the relocation of the Executive following a Change-in-Control
                  to a facility or a location more than 50 miles from the
                  Employee's then present location, without the Executive's
                  prior written consent.

            Notwithstanding the foregoing, Good Reason for Termination shall be
            deemed to exist during a period of thirty (30) days commencing on
            the date which is six (6) months after a Change in Control.

      (g)   "LTIP PLAN" shall mean an incentive compensation plan of the
            Corporation which would pay bonuses to the Executive based upon the
            achievement of specified goals during or at the end of an award
            period of more than one year (such as a three year incentive
            compensation plan).

      (h)   "NOTICE OF TERMINATION" shall mean a written statement which sets
            forth the specific reason for termination and, if such is claimed to
            be Cause for Termination or Good Reason for Termination, in
            reasonable detail the facts and circumstances thereof.

      (i)   "OPTIONS" shall mean any stock options issued pursuant to any
            present or future stock option plan of the Corporation.

      (j)   "RETIREMENT" shall mean a termination of the Executive's employment
            after age 65 or in accordance with any mandatory retirement
            arrangement with respect to an earlier age agreed to by the
            Executive.

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      (k)   "STOCK AWARD" shall mean any stock-based awards, other than Options,
            including any stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, or
            performance stock awards, issued pursuant to any present or future
            stock plan of the Corporation.

2.    Termination by the Corporation Due to Cause for Termination. Should the
      Board of Directors of the Corporation determine that Cause for Termination
      exists, the Board of Directors of the Corporation by resolution duly
      adopted may at that time or during a period of two months thereafter
      terminate the Executive's employment due to Cause for Termination by
      delivering a Notice of Termination. If the Board of Directors of the
      Corporation fails to duly adopt within such two month period a resolution
      terminating the Executive's employment, then the Corporation shall be
      deemed to have waived its right to terminate the Executive due to those
      circumstances which constituted the Cause for Termination previously found
      to exist by the Board.

3.    Payments Following Termination of Employment or a Change-in-Control.

      (a)   If during the term of this Agreement the Executive's employment with
            the Corporation shall be terminated:

            (i)   due to the Executive's death or Disability,

            (ii)  by the Executive other than the Executive's having terminated
                  for Good Reason for Termination, or

            (iii) by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2 hereof or in
                  accordance with Retirement,

            then, except as set forth in Section 7, the Corporation shall have
            no obligations hereunder to the Executive from and after the Date of
            Termination and the only obligations of the Corporation to the
            Executive shall be in accordance with any other employment agreement
            applicable to the Executive and the then various policies, practices
            and benefit plans of the Corporation.

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      (b)   If during the term of this Agreement a Change-in-Control shall have
            occurred and the Executive's employment shall have been terminated
            on or before the third anniversary of the date of the
            Change-in-Control other than under the circumstances above described
            in subsection 3(a) (for example, a termination by the Executive for
            Good Reason for Termination within the foregoing period following a
            Change-in-Control shall entitle the Executive to the payments set
            forth in this subsection), then the Corporation shall pay the
            Executive on or before the sixtieth (60th) day following the Date of
            Termination the following sums:

            (i)   in cash any unpaid portion of the Executive's full base salary
                  for the period from the last period for which the Executive
                  was paid to the Date of Termination; and

            (ii)  an amount in cash as liquidated damages for lost future
                  remuneration equal to the sum of

                  (A) the product obtained by multiplying:

                     (1)    the lesser of

                            (i) three (3.0), or

                            (ii) a number equal to the number of calendar months
                            remaining from the Date of Termination to the date
                            on which the Executive is 65 years of age (or, if
                            earlier, the age agreed to by the Executive pursuant
                            to any prior arrangement) divided by twelve,

                     times

                     (2)    the sum of

                            (i) the greater of

                                (x) the Executive's annual base salary for the
                                year in effect on the Date of Termination,

                                (y) in the case of termination by the Executive
                                for Good Reason for Termination, the Executive's
                                annual base salary in effect on the

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                                date immediately preceding the date of the
                                earliest event which gave rise to the
                                termination by the Executive for Good Reason for
                                Termination,

                                or

                                (z) the Executive's annual base salary for the
                                year in effect on the date of the
                                Change-in-Control,

                            plus

                            (ii) the greater of

                                (x) one third (1/3) of the aggregate cash
                                bonuses or awards (including any payments under
                                an LTIP Plan) received by the Executive as
                                incentive compensation or bonus during the three
                                calendar years immediately preceding the Date of
                                Termination

                                (y) in the case of termination by the Executive
                                for Good Reason for Termination, one third (1/3)
                                of the aggregate cash bonuses or awards
                                (including any payments under an LTIP Plan)
                                received by the Executive as incentive
                                compensation or bonus during the three calendar
                                years immediately preceding the date of the
                                earliest event which gave rise to the
                                termination by the Executive for Good Reason for
                                Termination,

                                or

                                (z) one third (1/3) of the aggregate cash
                                bonuses or awards (including any payments under
                                an LTIP Plan) received by the Executive as
                                incentive compensation or bonus for the three
                                calendar years immediately preceding the date of
                                the Change-in-Control,

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                  plus

                  (B) if the Executive immediately preceding the date of the
                  Change-in-Control is a participant in an LTIP Plan and the
                  award period has not been completed prior to the date of the
                  Change-in-Control, an amount equal to

                        (1) the total cash award or bonus which would have been
                        received by the Executive under such LTIP Plan assuming
                        that, in addition to any goals met on or before the date
                        of the Date of Termination, all goals that were to be
                        measured after the date of the Date of Termination were
                        achieved and the Executive remained in the employ of the
                        Corporation at all relevant times under the LTIP Plan,

                        less

                        (2) any portion of the cash award or bonus for that
                        award period previously paid to the Executive pursuant
                        to such LTIP Plan.

      (c)   If during the term of this Agreement and prior to a
            Change-in-Control occurring, the Executive's employment with the
            Corporation shall have been terminated (x) by the Corporation other
            than under the circumstances above described in subsection 3(a)(i)
            or 3(a)(iii) or (y) by the Executive following the Corporation's
            removal of the Executive from or failure to re-elect the Executive
            to the position of its chief executive officer or removal or
            diminution of the powers and status consistent with that position
            other than at a time when the Corporation could have terminated the
            Executive due to Cause for Termination, then the Corporation shall
            pay the Executive on or before the sixtieth (60th) day following the
            Date of Termination the following sums:

            (i)   in cash any unpaid portion of the Executive's full base salary
                  for the period from the last period for which the Executive
                  was paid to the Date of Termination; and

            (ii)  an amount in cash as liquidated damages for lost future
                  remuneration equal to the sum of

                  (A) the product obtained by multiplying:

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                            (1) the lesser of

                                (i) three (3.0), or

                                (ii) a number equal to the number of calendar
                                months remaining from the Date of Termination to
                                the date on which the Executive is 65 years of
                                age (or, if earlier, the age agreed to by the
                                Executive pursuant to any prior arrangement)
                                divided by twelve,

                            times

                            (2) the sum of

                                (i) the greater of the Executive's annual base
                                salary for the year in effect on the Date of
                                Termination, or in the case of termination by
                                the Executive for Good Reason for Termination,
                                the Executive's annual base salary in effect on
                                the date immediately preceding the date of the
                                earliest event which gave rise to the
                                termination by the Executive for Good Reason for
                                Termination,

                                plus

                                (ii) the greater of (x) one third (1/3) of the
                                aggregate cash bonuses or awards (including any
                                payments under an LTIP Plan) received by the
                                Executive as incentive compensation or bonus
                                during the three calendar years immediately
                                preceding the Date of Termination or (y) in the
                                case of termination by the Executive for Good
                                Reason for Termination, one third (1/3) of the
                                aggregate cash bonuses or awards (including any
                                payments under an LTIP Plan) received by the
                                Executive as incentive compensation or bonus
                                during the three calendar years immediately
                                preceding the date of the earliest event which
                                gave rise to the termination by the Executive
                                for Good Reason for Termination,

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                  plus

                  (B) if the Executive immediately preceding the Date of
                  Termination is a participant in an LTIP Plan and the award
                  period has not been completed prior to the Date of
                  Termination, an amount equal to

                        (1) the total cash award or bonus which would have been
                        received by the Executive under such LTIP Plan assuming
                        that, in addition to any goals met on or before the date
                        of the Date of Termination, all goals that were to be
                        measured after the date of the Date of Termination were
                        achieved and the Executive remained in the employ of the
                        Corporation at all relevant times under the LTIP Plan,

                        less

                        (2) any portion of the cash award or bonus for that
                        award period previously paid to the Executive pursuant
                        to such LTIP Plan.

4.    Nondisclosure of Information.

      (a)   Executive acknowledges that the Corporation has invested and will
            continue to invest considerable resources in the research,
            development and advancement of the Corporation's business, which
            investment has or may result in the generation of proprietary,
            confidential and/or trade secret data, information, techniques and
            materials, tangible and intangible, which properly belong to the
            Corporation or in which the Corporation has an interest. Executive
            acknowledges and agrees that it would be unlawful for Executive to
            appropriate, to attempt to appropriate, or to disclose to anyone or
            use for a third party's benefit such data, information, techniques
            or materials, subject to the following:

            (i)   Executive acknowledges that the following constitute
                  protectable confidential, trade secret or otherwise
                  proprietary information of the Corporation or of a third
                  party: all computer software and firmware and computer aided
                  mechanisms related to the foregoing, files, programs, data or
                  information received by the Corporation from a customer or
                  prospective customer of the Corporation if such is
                  confidential or proprietary to the customer, data base
                  management systems or other instrumentations, any proposals
                  for development,

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                  any reports on findings of tests, investigative studies,
                  consultations or the like, pricing policies, budgets, customer
                  lists, strategic plans (whether or not communicated in
                  writing), marketing and sales information, all written
                  documents not generally in the public domain, any and all
                  copies or imitations of the foregoing, and all other
                  confidential, trade secret or proprietary information, whether
                  or not copyrighted or patented and whether created solely by
                  Executive, jointly with others, or solely by others.

            (ii)  For purposes of this Section 4, all confidential, proprietary,
                  or trade secret information enumerated or mentioned in Section
                  4(a)(i) is hereinafter referred to as "Information." Any
                  restrictions on disclosure and use of the Information will
                  apply to all copies of the Information, whether in whole or in
                  part.

            (iii) During the term of this Agreement and at all times after
                  termination of this Agreement, unless authorized in writing by
                  the Corporation, the Executive will not:

                  (1)      use for the Executive's benefit or advantage the
                           Information, or

                  (2)      use the Information for the benefit or advantage of
                           any third party, or

                  (3)      disclose or cause to be disclosed the Information or
                           authorize or permit such disclosure of the
                           Information to any unauthorized third party, or

                  (4)      use the Information in any manner which is intended
                           to injure or cause loss, whether directly or
                           indirectly, to the Corporation.

            (iv)  The Executive will not be liable for the disclosure of
                  Information which:

                  (1)      is in the public domain generally and as such becomes
                           known to Executive through no wrongful act or breach
                           of this Agreement; or

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                  (2)      is received rightfully by Executive from a third
                           party having a lawful right to possess and to release
                           the Information, provided the Executive agrees to
                           promptly notify the Corporation if the Executive
                           suspects that the information possessed by the third
                           party is within the meaning of Information under this
                           Agreement.

            (v)   In any judicial proceeding, it will be presumed that the
                  Information constitutes protectable trade secrets, and the
                  Executive will bear the burden of proving that any Information
                  is publicly or rightfully known by the Executive.

            (vi)  The Executive will surrender to the Corporation at any time
                  upon request, and upon termination of the Executive's
                  employment with the Corporation for any reason, all written or
                  otherwise tangible documentation representing or embodying the
                  Information, in whatever form, whether or not copyrighted,
                  patented, or protected as a mask work, and any copies or
                  imitations of the Information, whether or not made by the
                  Executive.

            (vii) The Executive agrees to be available upon request for
                  consultation after termination of employment to provide
                  information and details with respect to any work or activity
                  performed or materials created by the Executive alone or with
                  others during the Executive's employment by the Corporation.
                  The Executive will be reimbursed for these services.

      (b)   Any and all creations, developments, discoveries, inventions, works
            of authorship, enhancements, modifications and improvements,
            including without limitation computer programs, data bases, data
            files and the like, (hereinafter collectively referred to as
            "Development" or "Developments"), whether or not the Developments
            are copyrightable, patentable, protectable as mask works or
            otherwise protectable (such as by contract or implied duty), and
            whether published or unpublished, conceived, invented, developed,
            created or produced by the Executive alone or with others during the
            term of the Executive's employment, whether or not during working
            hours and whether on the Corporation's premises or elsewhere, will
            be the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation if the
            Development is:

            (i)   connected with the Corporation in any way, or

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            (ii)  within the scope of the Executive's duties assigned or implied
                  in accordance with the Executive's position, or

            (iii) a product, service, or other item which would be in
                  competition with the products or services offered by the
                  Corporation or which is related to the Corporation's products
                  or services, whether presently existing, under development, or
                  under active consideration, or

            (iv)  in whole or in part, the result of the Executive's use of the
                  Corporation's resources, including without limitation
                  personnel, computers, data bases, communications facilities,
                  word processing systems, programs, office facilities or
                  otherwise.

            During the term of the Executive's employment with the Corporation
            and, if the Corporation should then so request, after termination of
            such employment, the Executive agrees to assign and does hereby
            assign to the Corporation all rights in the Developments created by
            the Executive alone or with others during the term of the
            Executive's employment, and all rights in any trademarks,
            copyrights, patents, trade secrets and analogous intellectual
            property rights and any applications for registration for same, of
            the United States and such foreign countries as the Corporation may
            designate which are related to the Developments, including without
            limitation all accompanying goodwill and the right to sue for
            infringement or misappropriation and to receive all proceeds related
            to any judgment or settlement of same. The Executive agrees to
            execute and deliver to the Corporation any instruments the
            Corporation deems necessary to vest in the Corporation sole title to
            and all exclusive rights in the Developments created by the
            Executive alone or with others during the term of the Executive's
            employment, and in all related trademarks, copyrights, mask work
            protection rights, and/or patent rights so created during the term
            of employment. The Executive agrees to execute and deliver to the
            Corporation all proper papers for use in applying for, obtaining,
            maintaining, amending and enforcing all such trademarks, copyrights,
            patents or such other legal protections as the Corporation may
            desire. The Executive further agrees to assist fully the Corporation
            or its nominees in the preparation and prosecution of any trademark,
            copyright, mask work protection, patent, or trade secret arbitration
            or litigation. The Executive shall be reimbursed on a reasonable
            hourly basis consistent with the compensation provided for herein
            for the Executive's services rendered following termination of
            employment.

      (c)   The Executive's obligations and covenants in this Section 4 will be
            binding upon the Executive's heirs, legal representatives,
            successors and assigns.

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      (d)   The Corporation and the Executive agree that the rights conveyed by
            this Agreement are of a unique and special nature. The Executive and
            the Corporation agree that any violation of this Section 4 will
            result in immediate and irreparable harm to the Corporation and that
            in the event of any actual or threatened breach or violation of any
            of the provisions of this Section 4, the Corporation will be
            entitled as a matter of right to an injunction or a decree of
            specific performance without bond from any equity court of competent
            jurisdiction. The Executive waives the right to assert the defense
            that such breach or violation can be compensated adequately in
            damages in an action at law. Nothing in this Agreement will be
            construed as prohibiting the Corporation from pursuing any other
            remedies at law or in equity available to it for such breach or
            violation or threatened violation.

5.    Medical Insurance or Similar Benefit Plans

      (a)   If the Executive's employment should terminate under such
            circumstance as entitle the Executive to receive payments pursuant
            to Section 3(b) or 3(c) hereof, the Executive shall be deemed for
            purposes of all employee medical insurance or similar benefits of
            the Corporation, to have remained in the continuous employment of
            the Corporation for the three year period following the Date of
            Termination and shall be entitled to all of the medical insurance or
            similar benefits provided by the Corporation as though the Executive
            had so remained in the employment of the Corporation.

      (b)   If for any reason, whether by law or provisions of the Corporation's
            employee medical insurance or similar benefit plans, any benefits
            which the Executive would be entitled to under the foregoing
            subsection of this Section 5 cannot be paid pursuant to such
            employee benefit plans, then the Corporation hereby contractually
            agrees to pay to the Executive the difference between the benefits
            which the Executive would have received in accordance with the
            foregoing subsections of this Section if the relevant employee
            medical insurance or similar benefit plan could have paid such
            benefit and the amount of benefits, if any, actually paid by such
            employee medical insurance or similar benefit plan. The Corporation
            shall not be required to fund its obligation to pay the foregoing
            difference.

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6.    Other Employment. In the event of a termination of employment under the
      circumstances above described in Section 3(b) or 3(c) hereof, the
      Executive shall have no duty to seek any other employment after
      termination of the Executive's employment with the Corporation and the
      Corporation hereby waives and agrees not to raise or use any defense based
      on the position that the Executive had a duty to mitigate or reduce the
      amounts due the Executive hereunder by seeking other employment whether
      suitable or unsuitable and should the Executive obtain other employment,
      then the only effect of such on the obligations of the Corporation
      hereunder shall be that the Corporation shall be entitled to credit
      against any payments which would otherwise be made pursuant to Sections
      5(a) or 5(b) hereof, any comparable payments to which the Executive is
      entitled under the employee benefit plans maintained by the Executive's
      other employer or employers in connection with services to such employer
      or employers after termination of the Executive's employment with the
      Corporation.

7.    Stock Awards and Options. If the Executive's employment should terminate
      under the circumstances described in Section 3(a)(i) hereof (other than
      death) or 3(a)(iii), the Executive's rights, if any, with respect to any
      outstanding Stock Awards and/or Options shall be governed by the plans and
      any related agreements pursuant to which such Stock Awards and/or Options
      were granted. If the Executive's employment should terminate under such
      circumstances as entitle the Executive to receive payments pursuant to
      Section 3(b) or 3(c) hereof or due to the death of the Executive or occurs
      on or after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement by the
      resignation of the Executive other than at a time when the Corporation
      could have terminated the Executive due to Cause for Termination, then
      with respect to outstanding Stock Awards and/or Options:

      (a)   in the event that the Executive's employment is terminated and the
            Executive is entitled to receive payments pursuant to Section 3(b)
            hereof, with respect to each outstanding Option or Stock Award which
            did not immediately vest and/or become exercisable upon the
            occurrence of a Change-in-Control, such Stock Award or Option shall
            remain outstanding in accordance with its terms provided that in any
            event it shall automatically vest upon termination of employment
            and/or become and remain exercisable at any time after termination
            of employment until the stated expiration date contained in the
            grant for such Stock Award or Option;

      (b)   in the event that the Executive's employment is terminated and the
            Executive is entitled to receive payments pursuant to Section 3(c)
            hereof, each outstanding Stock Award or Option shall remain
            outstanding in accordance with its terms provided that in any event
            it shall automatically vest upon termination of employment and
            become and/or remain exercisable at any time

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            after termination of employment until the stated expiration date
            contained in the grant for such Stock Award or Option;

      (c)   in the event that the Executive's employment is terminated due to
            the Executive's death or termination occurs on or after the third
            anniversary of the date of this Agreement by the resignation of the
            Executive other than at a time when the Corporation could have
            terminated the Executive due to Cause for Termination, each
            outstanding Stock Award or Option shall remain outstanding in
            accordance with its terms provided that in any event it shall
            automatically vest upon termination of employment and become and/or
            remain exercisable at any time after termination of employment (and
            in the case of termination of employment due to the death of the
            Executive, by the Executive's estate) until the stated expiration
            date contained in the grant for such Stock Award or Option.

8.    Noncompetition. During the period of employment of Executive by the
      Corporation and for five (5) years thereafter, the Executive will not, in
      any geographic area in which the Corporation is offering its services and
      products, without the prior written consent of the Corporation:

      (a)   directly or indirectly engage in,

      (b)   assist or have an active interest in (whether as proprietor,
            partner, investor, shareholder, officer, director or any type of
            principal whatsoever), or

      (c)   enter the employ of, or act as agent for, or advisor or consultant
            to, any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or
            business organization, entity or enterprise which is or is about to
            become directly or indirectly engaged in,

      any business which is competitive with any business of the Corporation or
      any subsidiary or affiliate thereof in which Executive is or was engaged;
      provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 8 are
      not intended to prohibit and shall not prohibit Executive from purchasing,
      for investment, not in excess of 1% of any class of stock or other
      corporate security of any company which is registered pursuant to Section
      12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      Executive acknowledges that the breach by the Executive of the provisions
      of this Section 8 would cause irreparable injury to the Corporation,
      acknowledges and agrees that remedies at law for any such breach will be
      inadequate and consents and agrees that the Corporation shall be entitled,
      without the necessity of proof of actual damage, to injunctive relief in
      any proceedings which may be brought to enforce the

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      provisions of this Section 8. Executive acknowledges and warrants that the
      Executive will be fully able to earn an adequate livelihood for the
      Executive and the Executive's dependents if this Section 8 should be
      specifically enforced against the Executive and that such enforcement will
      not impair the Executive's ability to obtain employment commensurate with
      the Executive's abilities and fully acceptable to the Executive .

      If the scope of any restriction contained in this Section 8 is too broad
      to permit enforcement of such restriction to its full extent, then such
      restriction shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law and
      Executive and the Corporation hereby consent and agree that such scope may
      be judicially modified in any proceeding brought to enforce such
      restriction.

9.    Terms. This Agreement shall be for an initial term of five years
      commencing on the date hereof. This Agreement shall automatically renew
      for an additional term of one year commencing on the fifth anniversary of
      the date hereof and for succeeding additional terms each of one year on
      each succeeding anniversary thereof until and unless either party sends
      written notice of non-renewal to the other party at least six months prior
      to a renewal date; provided, however, that if a Change-in-Control shall
      occur during the initial or a renewed term of this Agreement, then this
      Agreement shall remain in effect until the third anniversary of the date
      of the Change-in-Control.

10.   Miscellaneous.

      (a)   This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the Commonwealth
            of Pennsylvania.

      (b)   This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties
            hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may only be
            amended or modified by written agreement signed by the parties
            hereto.

      (c)   The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or
            indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
            substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation,
            by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to
            expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
            manner required of the Corporation and to perform it as if no such
            succession had taken place. Failure of the Corporation to obtain
            such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession
            shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive
            to terminate employment due to Good Reason for Termination. As used
            in this Agreement, "Corporation" shall mean the Corporation as
            hereinbefore

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            defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid
            which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in this
            subsection (c) or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and
            provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.

      (d)   This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
            the Executive and the Corporation and their respective legal
            representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
            distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive should die
            while any amounts would still be payable to the Executive hereunder
            if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless
            otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the
            terms of this Agreement to the Executive's devisee, legatee or other
            designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Executive's
            estate.

      (e)   Any notice or other communication provided for in this Agreement
            shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly stated herein,
            shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed by United States
            registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
            addressed in the case of the Executive to the Executive's office at
            the Corporation with a copy to the Executive's residence and in the
            case of the Corporation to its principal executive offices,
            attention of the corporate Secretary.

      (f)   No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or
            discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed
            to in writing signed by the Executive and approved by resolution of
            the Board of Directors of the Corporation. No waiver by either party
            hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or
            compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be
            performed by such 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
            hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth
            expressly in this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall impair
            the right of the Corporation to terminate the Executive's
            employment, subject to making any payments required to be made
            hereunder.

      (g)   The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions 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.

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      (h)   This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
            which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together
            will constitute one and the same instrument.

      (i)   If litigation should be brought to enforce, interpret or challenge
            any provision contained herein, the prevailing party in such
            litigation, if any, shall be entitled to its reasonable attorney's
            fees and disbursements and other costs incurred in such litigation
            and to interest on any money judgment obtained calculated at the
            prime rate of interest in effect from time to time at Citizens Bank,
            N.A. (or its successor), from the date that the payment should have
            been made under this Agreement.

      (j)   Excise Taxes.

            (i) For purposes of this subsection 10(j), (1) a Payment shall mean
            any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation to or for
            the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable pursuant to
            this Agreement or otherwise; (2) Agreement Payment shall mean a
            Payment paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement (disregarding
            this subsection 10(j)); (2) Net After Tax Receipt shall mean the
            Present Value of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on the Executive
            with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Internal
            Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), determined by
            applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code
            applicable to the Executive's taxable income for such year; (4)
            "Present Value" shall mean such value determined in accordance with
            Section 280G(d) (4) of the Code; and (5) "Reduced Amount" shall mean
            the greatest aggregate amount of Payments, if any, which (x) is less
            than the sum of all Payments and (y) results in aggregate Net After
            Tax Receipts which are greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which
            would result if the aggregate Payments were made.

            (ii) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
            the event PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. (or if
            PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. is the audit firm for the Corporation
            at the time, another accounting firm of nationally recognized
            standing selected by Executive) (the "Accounting Firm") shall
            determine that receipt of all Payments would subject the Executive
            to tax under Section 4999 of the Code, it shall determine whether
            some amount of Payments would meet the definition of a "Reduced
            Amount." If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced
            Amount, the aggregate Agreement Payments shall be reduced to such
            Reduced Amount; provided, however, that if the Reduced Amount
            exceeds the aggregate Agreement Payments, the aggregate Payments
            shall, after the reduction of all Agreement Payments, be reduced
            (but not below zero) in the amount of such

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            excess. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this
            Section shall be binding upon the Corporation and the Executive and
            shall be made within 60 days of the occurrence of an event which
            requires the Corporation to make payments to the Executive under
            this Agreement. No later than two business days following the making
            of this determination by the Accounting Firm, the Corporation shall
            pay to or distribute for the benefit of the Executive such Payments
            as are then due to the Executive under this Agreement and shall
            promptly pay to or distribute for the benefit of the Executive in
            the future such Payments as become due to the Executive under this
            Agreement. The Corporation or its successor shall pay for the work
            done by the Accounting Firm. In the event that the Accounting Firm
            is unable or unwilling to make the determinations to be made under
            this subsection 10(j) or for any reason such determinations are not
            made within 60 days of the occurrence of the event which requires
            the Corporation to make payments to the Executive under this
            Agreement, the Corporation shall make all Payments as are then due
            to the Executive without reduction no later than two business days
            following the 60th day after the occurrence of the event which
            required the Corporation to make payments to the Executive under
            this Agreement.

            (iii) While it is the intention of the Corporation and the Executive
            to reduce the amounts payable or distributable to the Executive
            hereunder only if the aggregate Net After Tax Receipts to the
            Executive would thereby be increased, as a result of the uncertainty
            in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the
            initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is
            possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the
            Corporation to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this
            Agreement which should not have been so paid or distributed
            ("Overpayments") or that additional amounts which will not have been
            paid or distributed by the Corporation to or for the benefit of the
            Executive pursuant to this Agreement could have been so paid or
            distributed ("Underpayment"), in each case, consistent with the
            calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the
            Accounting Firm, based either upon the assertion of a deficiency by
            the Internal Revenue Service against the Corporation or the
            Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability
            of success or controlling precedent or other substantial authority,
            determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment
            paid or distributed by the Corporation to or for the benefit of the
            Executive shall be treated for all purposes as a loan ab initio to
            the Executive which the Executive shall repay to the Corporation
            together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for
            in Section 7872(f) (2) of the Code; provided, however, that no such
            loan shall be deemed to have been made and no amount shall be
            payable by the Executive to the Corporation if

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            and to the extent such deemed loan and payment would not either
            reduce the amount on which the Executive is subject to tax under
            Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such
            taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling
            precedent or other substantial authority, determines that an
            Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly
            paid by the Corporation to or for the benefit of the Executive
            together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for
            in Section 7872(f) (2) of the Code.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on the date first
above written.

ATTEST:                                       BLACK BOX CORPORATION

By: /s/ Michael McAndrew                      By:    Thomas G. Greig
    -------------------------                     ------------------------------
                                              Title: Chairman of the Board
                                                     ---------------------------

WITNESS: /s/ Michael McAndrew                   /s/ Fred C. Young
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                                                    Fred C. Young

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