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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;<B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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August 2, 2012 (July 30, 2012)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>

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in its charter)</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Houston, Texas</B></P>
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area code: <B>(281)&nbsp;897-7788</B></P>

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following provisions:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; font-weight: bold">Item&nbsp;5.02.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">Effective as of
July 30, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of NCI Building Systems,
Inc. (&ldquo;NCI&rdquo;) approved the one-time grant of performance share units (&ldquo;PSUs&rdquo;) under NCI&rsquo;s
2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) to certain executives, including NCI&rsquo;s named
executive officers. NCI will enter into a Performance Share Award Agreement with each executive who receives a grant of PSUs.
A form of Performance Share Award Agreement, which sets forth the terms of the PSUs, is described below and is filed as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">The purpose of the
PSU grants is to closely align the incentive compensation of the executive leadership team for the duration of the three-year performance
cycle with returns to NCI&rsquo;s shareholders and thereby further motivate the executive leadership team to create sustained value
for NCI shareholders. The design of the PSU grants effectuates this purpose by placing a material amount of incentive compensation
of each executive at risk and by offering extraordinary reward for the attainment of extraordinary results. Design features of
the PSU grants that are in furtherance of this purpose include the following: (1) Unless the Board determines otherwise, the one-time
grant of PSUs is in lieu of annual time-vesting restricted stock awards that would otherwise be granted to these executives in
accordance with NCI&rsquo;s current grant practices in December of 2012, 2013 and 2014. (2) As described in more detail below and
as set forth in the Performance Share Award Agreement, the vesting of the PSUs is based solely on &ldquo;absolute&rdquo; total
shareholder return (&ldquo;TSR&rdquo;), rather than based on a comparison to the returns of a peer group. (3) TSR must be sustained
through the end of the three-year performance period, rather than at any point during the performance period, and TSR achievement
during the performance period that is not sustained through the end of the performance period will not result in vesting of the
PSUs. (4) The ultimate value of the PSU grant increases in relation to the increasing shareholder return and no vesting of the
PSUs will occur unless the value of NCI&rsquo;s common stock increases above $10 per share at the end of the three-year performance
period. (5) Unless there is a Qualifying Termination (as defined in the Performance Share Award Agreement), the PSUs of an executive
will be forfeited upon an executive&rsquo;s termination of employment during the performance period.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><I>Description of
Performance Share Award Agreement</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">Under the Performance
Share Award Agreement, each executive has been granted a &ldquo;target&rdquo; number of PSUs (the &ldquo;Target Number&rdquo;)
and, subject to continued employment with NCI during the performance period, may earn from 0% to 300% of the Target Number based
on TSR. For this purpose, TSR of NCI will be determined on an &ldquo;absolute&rdquo; basis (i.e., without regard to the shareholder
return of any company that may be considered a peer or competitor of NCI for other purposes) in respect of the three-year performance
period beginning on July 1, 2012 and ending on June 30, 2015 by comparing the price of NCI&rsquo;s common stock at July 1, 2012
at a deemed fair market value of $10 per share against the price of NCI&rsquo;s common stock during the 20 trading days ending
on June 30, 2015 (together with dividends or other distributions on the common stock paid during that period). If the TSR is 0%
or less, 0% of the Target Number will be earned. If the TSR is between 0% and 100%, an executive will earn a percentage of the
Target Number corresponding to the percentage of TSR (e.g., if TSR is 50%, 50% of the Target Number will be earned). If the TSR
is greater than 100%, an executive will earn a percentage of the Target Number equal to (a) 100% plus (b) 2% of the Target Number
for each percentage point that the TSR exceeds 100%, subject to a maximum of 300% of the Target Number (e.g., if TSR is 110.25%,
120.5% of the Target Number will be earned). Each earned PSU will be settled in one share of common stock immediately after the
end of the performance period, less applicable withholding taxes. Any PSUs that are not earned will be forfeited. If NCI pays cash
dividends on the common stock during the performance period, cash dividend equivalents will accrue on the PSUs, and these dividend
equivalents will be earned and paid if the related PSUs are earned and forfeited if the related PSUs are forfeited.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">The Performance Share
Award Agreement provides for pro rata vesting if an executive&rsquo;s employment terminates prior to the end of the performance
period due to death, disability, or termination by NCI without cause or by the executive with good reason. If the executive&rsquo;s
employment terminates for any other reason prior to the end of the performance period, all PSUs are forfeited. If a change in control
of NCI occurs prior to the end of the performance period, the performance period will immediately end at the time of the change
in control and an executive will earn a percentage of the Target Number based on the TSR achieved determined by reference to the
value of the common stock at the time of the change in control.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><I>Grant of PSUs to
Named Executive Officers</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">The following executive
officers have been granted the following Target Numbers of PSUs:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 68%; border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Norman C. Chambers</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">275,000*</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Mark E. Johnson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">145,000</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Mark W. Dobbins</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">85,000</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Bradley D. Robeson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">85,000</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Todd R. Moore</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">85,000</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 63pt">* Because of fiscal year limitations on equity grants
currently in effect under the Plan, Mr. Chambers has been granted a Target Number of 270,000 PSUs currently, and it is NCI&rsquo;s
intention that an additional 5,000 PSUs will be added to Mr. Chambers&rsquo; Target Number at the first meeting of NCI&rsquo;s
Compensation Committee occurring in the 2013 fiscal year.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In addition to the above-named officers, six other members of
NCI&rsquo;s executive leadership team were granted PSUs under the Plan in varying amounts with the same terms and conditions set
forth herein.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; font-weight: bold">Item&nbsp;9.01.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; font-weight: bold">(d)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Exhibits.</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Number</B>&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top">99.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Form of Performance Share Award Agreement under the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Form of Performance Share Award Agreement under the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 2, 2012 (July 30, 2012)
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
1-14315
76-0127701
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas
77064
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code:
(281) 897-7788
Check the appropriate
box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
¨
Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective as of
July 30, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of NCI Building Systems,
Inc. ("NCI") approved the one-time grant of performance share units ("PSUs") under NCI's
2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to certain executives, including NCI's named
executive officers. NCI will enter into a Performance Share Award Agreement with each executive who receives a grant of PSUs.
A form of Performance Share Award Agreement, which sets forth the terms of the PSUs, is described below and is filed as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
The purpose of the
PSU grants is to closely align the incentive compensation of the executive leadership team for the duration of the three-year performance
cycle with returns to NCI's shareholders and thereby further motivate the executive leadership team to create sustained value
for NCI shareholders. The design of the PSU grants effectuates this purpose by placing a material amount of incentive compensation
of each executive at risk and by offering extraordinary reward for the attainment of extraordinary results. Design features of
the PSU grants that are in furtherance of this purpose include the following: (1) Unless the Board determines otherwise, the one-time
grant of PSUs is in lieu of annual time-vesting restricted stock awards that would otherwise be granted to these executives in
accordance with NCI's current grant practices in December of 2012, 2013 and 2014. (2) As described in more detail below and
as set forth in the Performance Share Award Agreement, the vesting of the PSUs is based solely on "absolute" total
shareholder return ("TSR"), rather than based on a comparison to the returns of a peer group. (3) TSR must be sustained
through the end of the three-year performance period, rather than at any point during the performance period, and TSR achievement
during the performance period that is not sustained through the end of the performance period will not result in vesting of the
PSUs. (4) The ultimate value of the PSU grant increases in relation to the increasing shareholder return and no vesting of the
PSUs will occur unless the value of NCI's common stock increases above $10 per share at the end of the three-year performance
period. (5) Unless there is a Qualifying Termination (as defined in the Performance Share Award Agreement), the PSUs of an executive
will be forfeited upon an executive's termination of employment during the performance period.
Description of
Performance Share Award Agreement
Under the Performance
Share Award Agreement, each executive has been granted a "target" number of PSUs (the "Target Number")
and, subject to continued employment with NCI during the performance period, may earn from 0% to 300% of the Target Number based
on TSR. For this purpose, TSR of NCI will be determined on an "absolute" basis (i.e., without regard to the shareholder
return of any company that may be considered a peer or competitor of NCI for other purposes) in respect of the three-year performance
period beginning on July 1, 2012 and ending on June 30, 2015 by comparing the price of NCI's common stock at July 1, 2012
at a deemed fair market value of $10 per share against the price of NCI's common stock during the 20 trading days ending
on June 30, 2015 (together with dividends or other distributions on the common stock paid during that period). If the TSR is 0%
or less, 0% of the Target Number will be earned. If the TSR is between 0% and 100%, an executive will earn a percentage of the
Target Number corresponding to the percentage of TSR (e.g., if TSR is 50%, 50% of the Target Number will be earned). If the TSR
is greater than 100%, an executive will earn a percentage of the Target Number equal to (a) 100% plus (b) 2% of the Target Number
for each percentage point that the TSR exceeds 100%, subject to a maximum of 300% of the Target Number (e.g., if TSR is 110.25%,
120.5% of the Target Number will be earned). Each earned PSU will be settled in one share of common stock immediately after the
end of the performance period, less applicable withholding taxes. Any PSUs that are not earned will be forfeited. If NCI pays cash
dividends on the common stock during the performance period, cash dividend equivalents will accrue on the PSUs, and these dividend
equivalents will be earned and paid if the related PSUs are earned and forfeited if the related PSUs are forfeited.
The Performance Share
Award Agreement provides for pro rata vesting if an executive's employment terminates prior to the end of the performance
period due to death, disability, or termination by NCI without cause or by the executive with good reason. If the executive's
employment terminates for any other reason prior to the end of the performance period, all PSUs are forfeited. If a change in control
of NCI occurs prior to the end of the performance period, the performance period will immediately end at the time of the change
in control and an executive will earn a percentage of the Target Number based on the TSR achieved determined by reference to the
value of the common stock at the time of the change in control.
Grant of PSUs to
Named Executive Officers
The following executive
officers have been granted the following Target Numbers of PSUs:
Norman C. Chambers
275,000*
Mark E. Johnson
145,000
Mark W. Dobbins
85,000
Bradley D. Robeson
85,000
Todd R. Moore
85,000
* Because of fiscal year limitations on equity grants
currently in effect under the Plan, Mr. Chambers has been granted a Target Number of 270,000 PSUs currently, and it is NCI's
intention that an additional 5,000 PSUs will be added to Mr. Chambers' Target Number at the first meeting of NCI's
Compensation Committee occurring in the 2013 fiscal year.
In addition to the above-named officers, six other members of
NCI's executive leadership team were granted PSUs under the Plan in varying amounts with the same terms and conditions set
forth herein.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Form of Performance Share Award Agreement under the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Todd R. Moore
Name:
Todd R. Moore
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Dated: August 2, 2012
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Form of Performance Share Award Agreement under the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.