Black Box Corporation Announces Increase in Share Repurchase Program and Declares a 14% Increase to Its Quarterly Cash Dividend

Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), a leading communications system integrator dedicated to designing, sourcing, implementing and maintaining today’s complex communications solutions, announced today that its Board of Directors approved an increase of 1 million shares under the existing share repurchase program and declared a 14% increase to its quarterly cash dividend resulting in a payout of $0.08 per share of its Common Stock.

With the increase in the share repurchase program, Black Box now has authorization to repurchase 1.3 million of its shares or approximately 8% of the current outstanding shares. The $0.08 per share dividend was declared on all outstanding shares of Black Box’s Common Stock and will be payable on July 13, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 29, 2012. Black Box will pay the dividend through its transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 59 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038.

Terry Blakemore, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “The increases to the share repurchase program and quarterly cash dividend display confidence in our ability to continue to generate significant cash flows for the foreseeable future and our commitment to take actions to increase value for our shareholders.”

About Black Box

Black Box is a leading communications system integrator dedicated to designing, sourcing, implementing and maintaining today’s complex communications solutions. Black Box services more than 175,000 clients in approximately 150 countries with approximately 200 offices throughout the world. To learn more, visit the Black Box Web site at http://www.blackbox.com.

Black Box® and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies, Inc.

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