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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

3COM CORPORATION

TOPAZ ACQUISITION CORPORATION

and

TIPPINGPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Dated as of December 13, 2004

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into as of December 13, 2004 (the “Agreement”), by and among 3Com Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Topaz Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and TippingPoint Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each determined that it is in the best interests of their respective stockholders for Parent to acquire the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has unanimously (i) determined that the Merger (as defined in Section 1.1) is advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the transactions contemplated by the Company Voting Agreements (collectively, the “Transactions”), and (iii) determined, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to recommend that the stockholders of the Company adopt and approve this Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent has (i) determined that the Merger is advisable and fair to, and in the best interest of, Parent and its stockholders, and (ii) approved this Agreement.

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, as a condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain stockholders are entering into Voting Agreements in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Company Voting Agreements”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

1.1 The Merger. At the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2) and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“Delaware Law”), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Corporation.”

1.2 Effective Time; Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law (the time of such filing, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger, being the “Effective Time”) as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date (as herein defined). The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, 8911 Capital of Texas Highway North, Westech 360, Suite 3350, Austin, Texas, at a time and date to be specified by the parties hereto, which shall be no later than the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions, which by their terms, are to be satisfied or waived on the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof), or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing (the “Closing Date”).

1.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all of the assets, properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving Corporation.

(a) Certificate of Incorporation. As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub or the Company, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to read the same as the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to Section 5.8, until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and such Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, that as of the Effective Time the Certificate of Incorporation shall provide that the name of the Surviving Corporation is “TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.”

(b) Bylaws. As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub or the Company, the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to read the same as the Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to Section 5.8, until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws; provided, however, that all references in such Bylaws to Merger Sub shall be amended to refer to “TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.”

1.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation.

(a) Directors. The initial directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of Merger Sub as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

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(b) Officers. The initial officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the officers of Merger Sub as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

1.6 Effect on Capital Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities, the following shall occur:

(a) Conversion of Shares. Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 1.6(b) and any Dissenting Shares, as defined in Section 1.7), will be canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate(s) representing such Company Common Stock in the manner provided in Section 1.8 (or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, upon delivery of an affidavit, and bond, if required, in the manner provided in Section 1.10), cash in an amount equal to $47.00 per share, without interest (the “Per Share Merger Consideration” and the aggregate of all Per Share Merger Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”). If any shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other agreement with the Company (“Unvested Shares”), then the portion of the Merger Consideration issued in exchange for such Unvested Shares shall also be unvested and subject to the same repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition. The portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon conversion of any Unvested Share shall be withheld by the Paying Agent and paid by the Paying Agent to each such holder in accordance with the vesting and other provisions set forth in the applicable restricted stock purchase agreement, if applicable.

(b) Cancellation of Treasury and Parent-Owned Shares. All Company Common Stock held by the Company or owned by Merger Sub, Parent or any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof.

(c) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation. Each certificate evidencing ownership of shares of Merger Sub Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall evidence ownership of such shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

(d) Stock Options. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder of outstanding options to purchase Company Common Stock (the “Company Stock Options”), each Company Stock Option, whether vested or unvested, and all stock option plans or other equity-related plans of the Company, including the Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (as amended, the “Company Stock Plans”), insofar as they relate to Company Stock Options, shall be assumed by

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Parent and the Company Stock Options shall become an option to acquire shares of the common stock of Parent, $0.001 par value per share (“Parent Common Stock”), on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under the Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (i) such assumed Company Stock Option shall be exercisable for that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (such options, “Parent Stock Options”) equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock) obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Option Exchange Ratio (as defined herein), and (ii) the per share exercise price for the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such assumed Company Stock Options shall be equal to the quotient (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) obtained by dividing the exercise price per share of the Company Common Stock for which the Company Stock Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Option Exchange Ratio. As promptly as practicable after the Closing Date, Parent shall issue to each holder of an outstanding Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time a document evidencing the foregoing assumption of such Company Stock Option. The “Option Exchange Ratio” shall mean the quotient obtained by dividing $47.00 by the Parent Stock Price. The “Parent Stock Price” shall mean the average of the closing sale prices for a share of Parent Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market (“Nasdaq”) for the five (5) consecutive trading days ending with the second trading day that precedes the Closing Date.

(e) Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company shall take all actions necessary pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Company ESPP”) in order to shorten each currently ongoing purchase and/or offering period under such plan which extends beyond the Effective Time (the “Current Offerings”) such that a new purchase date for each such Current Offering shall occur prior to the Effective Time and Company Common Stock shall be purchased by the Company ESPP participants prior to the Effective Time and all administrative actions required to transfer ownership of Company Common Stock shall have been completed. The Company ESPP shall terminate immediately prior to the earlier of (i) the Effective Time, or (ii) the date upon which the Company ESPP terminates by its terms. Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the Company shall take no action, pursuant to the terms of the Company ESPP, to commence any new purchase and/or offering period. Prior to the date of the termination of the Company ESPP, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that the Company ESPP will be terminated pursuant to duly adopted resolutions of the Board (which resolutions shall be subject to the prior written approval of Parent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

1.7 Dissenting Shares.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by stockholders who shall have not voted in favor of the Merger and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal for such Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 262 of Delaware Law (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into, or represent the right to receive, the Per Share Merger Consideration payable for each such share of Company Common Stock. Such stockholders shall be entitled to receive payment of the

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appraised value of such Company Common Stock held by them in accordance with the provisions of such Section 262, except that all Dissenting Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such Company Common Stock under such Section 262 shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration payable for each such share of Company Common Stock, without any interest thereon, upon surrender, in the manner provided in Section 1.8, of the certificate or certificates that formerly evidenced such Company Common Stock.

(b) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to Delaware Law and received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under Delaware Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands.

1.8 Surrender of Certificates.

(a) Paying Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the holders of Company Common Stock to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration to which holders of Company Common Stock shall become entitled pursuant to Section 1.6(a). Such funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent.

(b) Payment Procedures. Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record (as of the Effective Time) of a certificate or certificates (the “Certificates”), which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration payable for such Company Common Stock, (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and approved by the Company prior to the Effective Time (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent and shall contain such other provisions as Parent and the Company shall reasonably agree) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon surrender of said Certificates. Upon surrender of Certificates for cancellation to the Paying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, the holders of such Certificates formerly representing the Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the portion of the Merger Consideration payable for such shares of Company Common Stock, and the Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Until so surrendered, outstanding Certificates shall be deemed from and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, to evidence only the ownership of the respective portion of the Merger Consideration to which the record holder of such Certificate is entitled by virtue thereof. Promptly following surrender of any such Certificates and the duly executed letters of transmittal, the Paying Agent shall deliver to the record holders thereof, without interest, the

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portion of the Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled upon surrender of said Certificates, subject to the restrictions set forth herein.

(c) Payments with respect to Unsurrendered Company Common Stock; No Liability. At any time following the 270^th day after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds which had been made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed to holders of Company Common Stock (including all interest and other income received by the Paying Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and, thereafter, such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any portion of the Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the Certificates held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any former holder of Company Common Stock for any portion of the Merger Consideration properly delivered in respect of such Company Common Stock to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or other similar law.

(d) Transfers of Ownership. If the payment of the portion of the Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled is to be paid to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor are registered, it will be a condition of payment that the Certificates so surrendered be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer (including, if requested by Parent or the Paying Agent, a medallion guarantee), and that the persons requesting such payment will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of a portion of the Merger Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificates surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not applicable.

(e) Required Withholding. Each of the Paying Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of the Company Common Stock such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any other applicable legal requirement. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.

1.9 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock. Payment of the Merger Consideration shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company Common Stock, and after the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of the Company Common Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I.

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1.10 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event that any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent shall pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the portion of the Merger Consideration payable with respect thereto; provided, however, that Parent or the Paying Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment of such portion of the Merger Consideration, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent with respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

1.11 Adjustments. In the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Company Common Stock, whether directly or indirectly), reorganization, reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like change with respect to the Company Common Stock or Parent Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, all references in this Agreement to specified numbers of shares of any class or series affected thereby, and all calculations provided for that are based upon numbers of shares of any class or series (or trading prices therefor) affected thereby, shall be equitably adjusted to the extent necessary to provide the parties the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization, reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like change.

1.12 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub will take all such lawful and necessary action.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY

The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, subject only to such exceptions as are specifically disclosed in writing in the disclosure letter supplied by the Company to Parent (which such exceptions shall reference the specific section and, if applicable, subsection number of this Article II to which it applies, and any information disclosed in any such section or subsection shall be deemed to be disclosed only for purposes of such section or subsection, except to the extent it is reasonably apparent that the disclosure contained in such section or subsection contains enough information regarding the subject matter of other representations and warranties contained in this Article II so as to qualify or otherwise apply to such other representations and warranties), dated as of the date hereof and certified by a duly authorized officer of the Company (the “Company Disclosure Letter”), as follows:

2.1 Organization and Qualification; subsidiaries.

(a) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and

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has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders (“Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (as defined in Section 8.3(c)).

(b) The Company has no subsidiaries except for the persons identified in Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter also sets forth the form of ownership and percentage voting and/or equity interest of the Company in its subsidiaries and, to the extent that a subsidiary set forth thereon is not wholly owned by the Company, lists the other persons or entities who have an interest in such subsidiary and sets forth the percentage of each such interest. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has agreed to make nor is obligated to make nor is bound by any written or oral, agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, mortgage, indenture, understanding, arrangement, instrument, note, bond, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, or other legally binding instrument, obligation or commitment or undertaking of any nature (a “Contract”), in effect as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other person or any sale or other disposition of the capital stock or any of the assets or operations (except for sales of assets in the ordinary course of business) of any such person. Except as set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in or any interest convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business, association or entity.

(c) The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing, under the laws of all jurisdictions where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Section 2.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of each state in which the Company and each of its subsidiaries is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation.

2.2 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has previously furnished to Parent (i) a complete and correct copy of its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as amended to date (together, the “Company Charter Documents”) and (ii) the equivalent organizational documents for each subsidiary of the Company, each as amended to date. The Company Charter Documents and equivalent organizational documents of each subsidiary of the Company are in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of the Company Charter Documents, and no subsidiary of the Company is in violation of its equivalent organizational documents.

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2.3 Capitalization.

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 35,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”). At the close of business on December 10, 2004 (i) 7,759,454 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; (ii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held by subsidiaries of the Company; (iii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held in treasury by the Company or by any subsidiary of the Company; (iv) 31,239 shares of Company Common Stock were reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company ESPP; (v) 1,453,779 shares of Company Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Company Common Stock under the Company Stock Plans and 174,610 additional shares of Company Common Stock were reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company Stock Plans. As of the date hereof, no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the following information with respect to each Company Stock Option or grant of Unvested Shares, as applicable, outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the optionee or holder; (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option or grant of Unvested Shares; (iii) the exercise price of such Company Stock Option; (iv) the date on which such Company Stock Option or Unvested Shares was granted; (v) the applicable vesting schedule and the vesting of the forfeiture provisions for the Unvested Shares; (vi) the date on which such Company Stock Option expires; (vii) whether the exercisability of such Company Stock Option or vesting of such Unvested Shares will be accelerated in any way by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and indicates the extent of acceleration; and (viii) whether such Company Stock Option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. All shares of Company Common Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of such Company Stock Options, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company Stock Option or Unvested Share as a result of the Transactions or upon termination of employment or service of any person with the Company or with any of its subsidiaries following the Merger or otherwise. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, all outstanding Company Stock Options and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been issued and granted in compliance with all applicable securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements (as defined below). All repurchases of Company securities have been made in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Legal Requirements” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, legislation, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, order, judgment, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 2.5(b) hereof). There are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Common Stock.

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(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.3(a), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause the repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any shares of capital stock, partnership interests or similar ownership interests of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, equity security, call, right, commitment or agreement. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or other similar rights with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except for the Company Voting Agreements, there are no voting trusts, proxies, rights plans, antitakeover plans or other agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound with respect to any class of equity security of the Company or with respect to any equity security, partnership interest or similar ownership interest of any of its subsidiaries.

(c) True, correct and complete copies of each of the Company Stock Plans, the Company ESPP, the standard form of all agreements and instruments relating to or issued under the Company Stock Plans or Company Stock Option or that differ in any material respect from such standard form agreements, and agreements relating to Unvested Shares, have been furnished to Parent, and such agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented since being furnished to Parent, and, except as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no agreements, understandings or commitments to amend, modify or supplement such agreements or instruments in any case from those furnished to Parent.

2.4 Authority Relative to this Agreement. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions, subject, with respect to the Merger, to the Company Stockholder Approval (as defined below). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions other than (i) with respect to the Merger, the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of a proxy statement with respect to, and the receipt of, the Company Stockholder Approval if and to the extent required by applicable law, (ii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by Delaware Law, and (iii) such filings as may be required under, and in compliance with the other applicable requirements of, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”) and any other applicable Antitrust Law (as defined herein). The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding on the record date set for the meeting of the Company’s stockholders to adopt this Agreement in accordance with applicable law is the only vote of the holders of capital stock of the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement under applicable Legal Requirements and the Company Charter Documents (the “Company Stockholder Approval”). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent

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and Merger Sub, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.

2.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company will not, (i) result in the creation of any material Encumbrance (as defined below) on any of the material properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or violate the Company Charter Documents or the equivalent organizational documents of any of the Company’s subsidiaries, (iii) subject, (A) with respect to the Merger, to the Company Stockholder Approval and (B) to compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 2.5(a), conflict with or violate in any material respect any Legal Requirements applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected, or (iv) conflict with or violate, or result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any Company Contract to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or any of their respective properties are bound or affected, except to the extent such conflict, violation, breach, default, impairment or other effect would not in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv), individually or in the aggregate: (A) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company; or (B) prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement. “Encumbrance” means, with respect to any asset, mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, title retention device, conditional sale or other security arrangement, collateral assignment, claim, charge, adverse claim of title, ownership or right to use, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on (1) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security or other asset, (2) the receipt of any income derived from any asset, (3) the use of any asset, and (4) the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset), in each case except for such restrictions of general application under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws (as defined below).

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company shall not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign (a “Governmental Entity”), except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), state securities laws (“Blue Sky Laws”) and state takeover laws, such filings as may be required under, and compliance with the other applicable requirements of the HSR Act or other applicable Antitrust Laws, the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, and the filing and recordation of the Certificate of Merger as required by Delaware Law and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, (A) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be

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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or, following the Effective Time, Parent, or prevent consummation of the Transactions or (B) otherwise prevent the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement.

2.6 Compliance; Permits.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which its or any of their respective properties is bound, or (ii) any Company Contract to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected, except for any conflicts, defaults or violations that (individually or in the aggregate) would not cause the Company to lose any material benefit or incur any material liability.

(b) The Company and its subsidiaries hold all material permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals from Governmental Entities which are required for the operation of the business and the holding of the properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, including those relating to Environmental and Safety Laws (as defined in Section 2.16(a)) and Hazardous Materials Activities (as defined in Section 2.16(b)) (each, a “Company Permit” and collectively, the “Company Permits”). The Company Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all covenants, terms and conditions of such Company Permits. No circumstances exist which could cause any such Company Permits to be revoked, modified, or rendered non-renewable (other than for failure to pay a required permit fee). Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all of the Company Permits held by the Company and its subsidiaries.

2.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.

(a) Since January 1, 2001, the Company has filed or furnished each form, report, schedule, registration statement and definitive proxy statement required to be filed or furnished by the Company with or under the Securities Act (as defined below) or the Exchange Act (the “SEC Reports”). The SEC Reports (i) were filed or furnished on a timely basis, (ii) were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and (iii) did not at the time they were filed (and if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement then on the date of such filing) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Company’s subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any reports or other documents with the SEC.

(b) Each set of consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto) contained in the SEC Reports (the “Financial Statements”) (including any Company SEC Report filed after the date of this Agreement): (i) complied and will comply as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto in effect at the time of such filing; (ii) was and will be prepared in accordance with

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United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, may not contain footnotes as permitted by Form 10-Q) and fairly presented and will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal year-end adjustments which were not or will not be material in amount or significance. Except as reflected in the Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any material off-balance sheet arrangement (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)). All reserves that are set forth in or reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet (as defined below) have been established in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. At October 31, 2004 (the “Interim Balance Sheet Date”), there were no material loss contingencies (as such term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (“Statement No. 5”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in March 1975) that are not adequately provided for in the balance sheet as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date (the “Interim Balance Sheet”) as required by Statement No. 5. The Financial Statements comply in all material respects with the requirements of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement of Position 97-2. The Company has not had any dispute with any of its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of its past three full fiscal years or during the current fiscal year-to-date requiring public reporting, a report to the audit committee or is otherwise material. The books and records of the Company and each of its subsidiaries have been, and are being maintained in all material respects in accordance with applicable legal and accounting requirements.

(c) The Company has previously furnished to Parent a complete and correct copy of any amendments or modifications, which have not yet been filed with the SEC but which are required to be filed, to agreements, documents or other instruments which previously had been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

(d) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company’s consolidated cash, cash equivalents and certificates of deposit (calculated in accordance with the accounting policies described in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 20, 2004, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on June 3, 2004, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 (the “2003 Form 10-K”) is not less than $27,000,000.

(e) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that material information (both financial and non-financial) relating to the Company and the subsidiaries required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company required by Section 302 of the

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) with respect to such reports. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in SOX. Each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of SOX and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the SEC Reports. Based on the most recent evaluation by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, there are no “significant deficiencies” in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls and procedures which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any “material weaknesses” in the Company’s internal controls. As used in this section, a “significant deficiency” in controls means a control deficiency that adversely affects the Company’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report external financial data reliably in accordance with GAAP. A “significant deficiency” may be a single deficiency or a combination of deficiencies that results in more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. As used in this section, a “material weakness” in controls means a significant deficiency, or a combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no fraud, whether or not material, that involves any Employee (as defined in Section 2.11(a)(v)) who has a significant role in the Company’s internal controls and procedures.

(f) To the Company’s knowledge, (KPMG LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries as of January 31, 2004, January 31, 2003 and December 31, 2001 and for each of the fiscal years in the three fiscal year period ended January 31, 2004 included in the SEC Reports (including the related notes), is “independent” (under applicable rules then in effect) with respect to the Company and each of its subsidiaries within the meaning of Regulation S-X since the appointment of KPMG LLP in that capacity. The Company is in compliance with the applicable criteria for continued listing of the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq and has not since January 1, 2002 received any notice from Nasdaq asserting any non-compliance with such rules and regulations.

(g) To the knowledge of the Company, no attorney representing the Company or any of its subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or Employee has reported to the Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent conduct or similar violation by an Employee or agent (while acting in that capacity).

2.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any type (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, direct, indirect, or otherwise) (collectively, “Liabilities”) of a nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and which are, individually or in the aggregate with such other items, material to the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations

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or cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except (i) Liabilities reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet, (ii) Liabilities incurred since the Interim Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material in nature or amount and do not result from any breach of Contract, tort or violation of any Legal Requirement, (iii) Liabilities not prohibited under Section 4.1 hereof or (iv) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Transaction.

2.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, since the Interim Balance Sheet Date there has not been, occurred or arisen: (a) any event or condition of any character that, to the knowledge of the Company, has had or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; (b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of any of the Company’s capital stock or any other securities of the Company or its subsidiaries or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities except for repurchases from Employees following their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing stock option or purchase agreements; (c) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ capital stock; (d) any granting by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits to any Employee (except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in the base salaries of non-officer Employees in an amount that does not exceed 10% of such base salaries per employee), or any payment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any bonus (except for bonuses made to current non-officer Employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or any entry by the Company or one of its subsidiaries into any Contract (or amendment of an existing Contract) to grant or provide severance, acceleration of vesting, termination pay or other similar benefits; (e) any change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices (including any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates or revenue recognition policies), except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP; (f) any revaluation by the Company of any of its assets, including writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (g) the incurring, creation or assumption of any material Encumbrance, any discharge of any Encumbrance or material liability which was not shown on the Interim Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, any material liability or obligation for borrowed money or any material liability or obligation as guaranty or surety with respect to the obligations of others; and (h) any announcement of, any negotiation by or any agreement by the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any Employee on behalf of the Company, to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (a) through (h) (other than negotiations or agreements with Parent and Merger Sub regarding the Transactions).

2.10 Absence of Litigation. Except (a) as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter and (b) for Actions (as defined below) against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before any Governmental Entity or arbitrator related to employment or personal injury matters arising in the ordinary course of business at any time after the date of this Agreement, which Actions are not reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result

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in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, there are no claims, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (each, an “Action”) against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the executive officers or directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries before any Governmental Entity or otherwise. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or to the Company’s knowledge any of the executive officers or directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated to the Company an intention to conduct the same. To the knowledge of the Company, no Governmental Entity has at any time challenged or questioned the legal right of the Company to conduct its operations as presently or previously conducted. The Company has furnished to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all complaints regarding the litigation referred to in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter. There has not been since January 1, 2001, nor are there currently any internal investigations or inquiries being conducted by the Board (or any committee thereof) or any third party at the request of the Board, or any Action with respect to, any financial, accounting, auditing, tax, conflict of interest, illegal activity, fraudulent or deceptive conduct issues with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

2.11 Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) Definitions. Except as otherwise provided for herein, for purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(i) “COBRA” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended;

(ii) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(iii) “Company Employee Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement, providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards or purchases, fringe benefits, loans, or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including each “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, and with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation, including all International Employee Plans;

(iv) “DOL” shall mean the U.S. Department of Labor;

(v) “Employee” shall mean any current or former or retired employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate;

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(vi) “Employment Agreement” shall mean each management, employment, severance, change of control, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visas, work permit or other agreement, contract or understanding, written or otherwise, between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee;

(vii) “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

(viii) “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any other person or entity under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder;

(ix) “FMLA” shall mean the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended;

(x) “International Employee Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan that has been adopted or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, whether informally or formally, or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate will or may have any liability, for the benefit of Employees who perform services outside the United States;

(xi) “IRS” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Service;

(xii) “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any “Pension Plan” (as defined below) which is a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA;

(xiii) “Pension Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.

(b) Schedule. Section 2.11(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list of each Company Employee Plan, and each Employment Agreement. The Company does not have any plan or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan or Employment Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan or Employment Agreement (except to the extent required by applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any Company Employee Plan or Employment Agreement. The Company has not, since July 30, 2002, extended credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed, modified or forgiven an extension of credit made prior to such date, in the form of a personal loan to or for any officer or director of the Company.

(c) Documents. The Company has furnished to Parent correct and complete copies of: (i) all documents embodying each Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan, and each Employment Agreement including all amendments thereto and all related trust documents; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations and annual and periodic accounting, if any, prepared for each Company Employee Plan; (iii) the three (3) most recent annual reports (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, required

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under ERISA or the Code in connection with each Company Employee Plan; (iv) the most recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company Employee Plan; (v) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each Company Employee Plan, if applicable, and all applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or the DOL with respect to any such application or letter; (vi) all communications material to any Employee or Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan and any proposed Company Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events which would result in any material liability to the Company; (vii) all correspondence to or from any governmental agency relating to any Company Employee Plan; (viii) all COBRA forms and related notices (or such forms and notices as required under comparable law); (ix) the three (3) most recent plan years discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan, where applicable; (x) all material written agreements and contracts relating to each Company Employee Plan, including administrative service agreements and group insurance contracts and group annuity contracts; and (xi) all registration statements, annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto) and prospectuses prepared in connection with each Company Employee Plan.

(d) Employee Plan Compliance. The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, are not, to the extent material, in default or violation of, and neither Company nor its ERISA Affiliates have any knowledge of any default or violation by any other party to, any Company Employee Plan, and each Company Employee Plan has been established and maintained in accordance with its terms and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Any Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code (i) has either applied for, prior to the expiration of the requisite period under applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) Regulations or IRS pronouncements, or obtained a favorable determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion letter, as applicable, as to its qualified status from the IRS, and (ii) incorporates or has been amended to incorporate all provisions required to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation. For each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code there has been no event, condition or circumstance that has adversely affected or could adversely affect the qualified status of such Company Employee Plan. No material “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan. There are no actions, suits or claims pending or, to Company’s or any ERISA Affiliates’ knowledge, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to cause material liability to the Company. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without liability to Parent, Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates (other than routine administration expenses incurred with respect to any such amendment, termination or discontinuance). There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or to Company’s or any of its ERISA Affiliates’

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knowledge threatened by the IRS, DOL, or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee Plan. Neither Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any material penalty or Tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code. Company and its ERISA Affiliates have each timely made all contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan to the extent any failure, individually or in the aggregate, would result in material Liabilities to the Company.

(e) No Pension or Welfare Plans. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, or could have any obligation to, any (i) Pension Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, or (ii) “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any Company subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred or expects to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. No Company Employee Plan provides health benefits that are not fully insured through an insurance contract.

(f) Collectively Bargained, Multiemployer and Multiple Employer Plans. At no time has the Company or any Affiliate contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan. Neither the Company, nor any Affiliate has at any time ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to any multiple employer plan, or to any plan described in Section 413 of the Code.

(g) Deferred Compensation Compliance. No compensation shall be includable in the gross income of any Employee as a result of the application of Section 409A of the Code.

(h) No Post-Employment Obligations. Except as set forth in Section 2.11(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability to provide retiree insurance or other benefits to any person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute, and the Company has never represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other person would be provided with retiree insurance or other benefits, except to the extent required by applicable law.

(i) Effect of Transaction.

(i) Except as set forth in Section 2.11(i)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions or any termination of employment or service in connection therewith will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Employment Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Employee other than accrued payments (each, a “Benefit”).

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(ii) No Benefit could give rise, directly or indirectly, to the payment of any amount that could reasonably be expected to be (i) non-deductible to Company under Section 280G of the Code, (ii) characterized as a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code or (iii) subject to the excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code. The Company is not, nor has it ever been, a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement or any other agreement that will require Parent or the Surviving Corporation to “gross-up” or otherwise compensate any Employee because of the imposition of any excise Tax. Section 2.11(i)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists as of the date of this Agreement each person who the Company reasonably believes is, with respect to the Company, any Company subsidiary and/or any ERISA affiliate, a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder).

(j) Employment Matters. The Company: (i) is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, discrimination in employment, worker classification, and wages, benefits, hours, working conditions and occupational safety and health and employment practices, in each case, with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld and reported all amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, benefits, salaries and other payments to Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits or other compensation due or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any governmental authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other retiree benefits, or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). Except as set forth in Section 2.11(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no pending, threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Except as set forth in Section 2.11(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the employment of each of the Employees located in the United States is terminable at the will of the Company or its ERISA Affiliates and any such termination would result in no liability to the Company or to any ERISA Affiliate.

(k) Labor. No work stoppage or labor strike against the Company is pending, threatened or reasonably anticipated. The Company does not know of any current activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any Employees or of any such activities or proceedings within the preceding three (3) years. There are no actions, suits, claims, labor disputes or grievances pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any wage, benefit, medical or family leave, labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any Employee, including charges of wage and/or hour violations, unfair labor practices, discrimination, or wrongful termination complaints. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any unfair labor practic