Black Box Corporation to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Pittsburgh, PA, August 06, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), a leading communications system integrator dedicated to designing, sourcing, implementing and maintaining today’s complete communications solutions, announced today that Terry Blakemore, President and CEO and Thomas Greig, Chairman will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on August 9, 2011. Messrs. Blakemore and Greig will be joined by other executives and directors of the company for the event.

“Black Box is honored to open the market for trading at NASDAQ’s MarketSite,” commented Mr. Blakemore. “Our 35th anniversary is a celebration of the hard work of our Team Members and the support of our clients, partners and shareholders. This event recognizes the efforts of the many people who have been a part of the Black Box family since 1976.”

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.

About Black Box
Black Box is a leading communications system integrator dedicated to designing, sourcing, implementing and maintaining today’s complete communications solutions. Black Box services more than 175,000 clients in 141 countries with 197 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.

Contact: Black Box Corporation
Gary Doyle
Director – Investor Relations
Phone: 724-873-6788
E-mail: investors@blackbox.com

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