during any calendar quarter beginning after September 30, 2007 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the closing price of the Common Stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding

EX-10.1 4 v31548exv10w1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 exv10w1
 

Exhibit 10.1
 
TEKTRONIX, INC.
(an Oregon corporation)
Convertible Senior Notes due 2012
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: June 25, 2007
 

 


 

TEKTRONIX, INC.
(An Oregon corporation)
$300,000,000
Convertible Senior Notes due 2012
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
June 25, 2007
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
          Incorporated
As Representative of the several
     Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A attached hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch & Co.
        Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
               Incorporated
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Tektronix, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Initial Purchasers”) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Initial Purchasers of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Initial Securities”), and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Option Securities” and together with the Initial Securities, the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
     The Securities are convertible, subject to certain conditions as described in the Final Offering Memorandum (as defined below), prior to maturity (unless previously redeemed or otherwise purchased) into cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture. Securities issued in book-entry form will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a letter agreement, to be dated as of the Initial Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(c)) (the “DTC Agreement”), among the Company, the Trustee and DTC.
     The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (“Subsequent Purchasers”) at any time after this Agreement has been executed and

 


 

delivered. The Securities are to be sold to the Initial Purchasers and resold by the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors that acquire Securities may only resell or otherwise transfer such Securities if such Securities are hereafter registered under the 1933 Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act is available (including the exemption afforded by Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)). On or prior to the Initial Closing Time, the Company will enter into an agreement with the Initial Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Company will be required to file and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to have declared effective a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) under the 1933 Act to register resales of the Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof.
     Section 1. Representations and Warranties by the Company.
     (a) Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Initial Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agrees with the Initial Purchasers, as follows:
     (i) Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum. The Company has prepared and delivered to the Initial Purchasers copies of a preliminary offering memorandum dated June 25, 2007 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and has prepared and will deliver to the Initial Purchasers copies of a final offering memorandum dated June 25, 2007 (the “Final Offering Memorandum”), each for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with its solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Securities. “Offering Memorandum” means, with respect to any date or time referred to in this Agreement, the most recent offering memorandum (whether the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement to either such document), including exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated therein by reference, which has been prepared and delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers in connection with its solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Securities. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Offering Memorandum (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) which is incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.
          As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Offering Memorandum as of the Applicable Time as supplemented by the final pricing term sheet, in the form attached hereto as Schedule B (the “Pricing Supplement”), that has been prepared and delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, all considered together (collectively, the

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“Disclosure Package”), nor (y) any individual Supplemental Offering Materials (as defined below), when considered together with the Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          “Applicable Time” means [7:00] a.m. (Eastern time) June 26, 2007 or such other time as agreed by the Company and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the representative of the Initial Purchasers (the “Representative”).
          “Supplemental Offering Materials” means any “written communication” (within the meaning of the rules and regulations under the 1933 Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company at the Company’s direction or used or referred to by the Company, that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than the Offering Memorandum or amendments or supplements thereto (including the Pricing Supplement), including, without limitation, any road show relating to the Securities that constitutes such a written communication.
          As of its issue date and as of each Closing Time, the Final Offering Memorandum will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein.
     (ii) Incorporated Documents. The Offering Memorandum as delivered from time to time shall incorporate by reference the most recent Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and each Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q and each Current Report of the Company on Form 8-K filed with the Commission since the end of the fiscal year to which such Annual Report relates. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”).
     (iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “1933 Act Regulations”).

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     (iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.
     (v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular dividends on the Common Stock, no par value, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
     (vi) Valid Existence of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the state of Oregon and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (vii) Good Standing of Designated Subsidiaries. Each significant subsidiary of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Designated Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Designated Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such

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qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Designated Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Designated Subsidiaries was issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Designated Subsidiary.
     (viii) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The total shareholders’ equity of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” as of the respective dates set forth therein, and the actual, authorized, issued and outstanding number of shares of Common Stock of the Company is as set forth in the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum as of the date set forth therein, and there have been no changes to such amounts (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum). The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable; no holder of such shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of such shares upon such conversion will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, accurately and fairly describes such plans, arrangements, options and rights in all material respects.

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     (ix) Stock Exchange Listing. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or delisting the Common Stock from the NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
     (x) Corporate Power. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver (1) this Agreement, (2) the Securities, (3) the Indenture, (4) the Registration Rights Agreement, (5) the confirmation (the “Convertible Note Hedge Confirmation”) between the Company and Merrill Lynch International relating to the OTC convertible note hedge as described in the Final Offering Memorandum, and (6) the confirmation (the “Warrant Transaction Confirmation”) between the Company and Merrill Lynch International relating to the OTC warrant transaction described in the Final Offering Memorandum (the documents described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (6), collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.
     (xi) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (xii) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
     (xiii) Authorization of Certain Other Documents. The Convertible Note Hedge Confirmation and the Warrant Transaction Confirmation have been duly authorized by, and will each constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, each enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
     (xiv) Authorization of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Initial Closing Time, will be duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without

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limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and, as to rights of indemnification, and contribution, by principles of public policy or applicable law.
     (xv) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, at the applicable Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
     (xvi) Description of Transaction Documents and Capital Stock. The description of the Transaction Documents and the rights, preferences and privileges of the capital stock of the Company, including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities, contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, are accurate in all material respects.
     (xvii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter or by-laws or (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”) except (in the case of this clause (B)) for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or

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encumbrances that, singly or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
     (xviii) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xix) Absence of Proceedings. Except as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. The aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xx) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any affiliate, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (“Affiliate”), of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any Affiliate of the Company take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
     (xxi) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is

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otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xxii) Absence of Further Requirements. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers and the procedures set forth in Section 6 hereof, no filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or for the due execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, except (A) such as have been already obtained or will be made on or prior to the Initial Closing Time and (B) as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in which the Securities will be offered or sold and the 1933 Act with respect to the registration of the resale of the Securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
     (xxiii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xxiv) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum or (b) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Disclosure

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Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or any subsidiary thereof to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
     (xxv) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and except such matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or Environmental Laws.
     (xxvi) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Disclosure Package or Final Offering Memorandum, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and its subsidiaries employ disclosure

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controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
     (xxvii) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or (except to the extent that such failure would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect) any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
     (xxviii) Payment of Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended May 28, 2005, have been settled and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xxix) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither of the Company nor any subsidiary has in the immediately preceding three years been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

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     (xxx) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from information that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
     (xxxi) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the offered Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
     (xxxii) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered by the Company under the 1933 Act, other than with respect to the registration of the resale of the Securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
     (xxxiii) Similar Offerings. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy, sold or offered to sell or otherwise negotiated in respect of, or will solicit any offer to buy, sell or offer to sell or otherwise negotiate in respect of, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the offered Securities to be registered under the 1933 Act.
     (xxxiv) Rule 144A Eligibility. The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at each Closing Time, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the 1934 Act, or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.
     (xxxv) No General Solicitation. None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the offered Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act.
     (xxxvi) No Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers and the procedures set forth in Section 6 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the offered Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”).
     (xxxvii) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by the Company or by such director, officer, agent (in its capacity as an agent of the Company), employee, Affiliate or other

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person of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
     (xxxviii) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
     (xxxix) OFAC. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
     (xl) Solvency. The Company is, and immediately after each Closing Time and immediately upon consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Offering Memorandum will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to an entity, on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair market value of the assets of such entity is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including the probable amount of contingent liabilities) of such entity, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of the entity is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such entity on its debt as they become absolute and mature, (c) the entity is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities (including the probable amount of contingent liabilities) as they mature, and (d) the entity does not have unreasonably small capital.
     (xli) ERISA Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder

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(collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under Section 403 of ERISA) for which reporting has not been waived under applicable regulations has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” subject to Title IV of ERISA established or maintained by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
     (b) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Agreement to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
     Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Initial Purchasers; Closing.
     (a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers, agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 97.5% of the principal amount thereof, $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities.
     (b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Initial Purchasers to purchase up to an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Option Securities at a purchase price of 97.5% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Initial Closing Time to, but excluding, the Option Closing Time. The option hereby granted will expire 13 days after the date hereof and may be exercised at any time (but not more than once) upon notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the Initial Purchasers are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (the “Option Closing Time”) shall be determined by the Representative but shall not be later than seven (7) full business days

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after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Initial Closing Time, as hereinafter defined.
     (c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of a global certificate for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the fourth business day after the date hereof, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Initial Closing Time” and the Initial Closing Time and the Option Closing Time, each being the applicable “Closing Time”).
     In addition, in the event that the Initial Purchasers have exercised the option to purchase all or any of the Option Securities, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of one or more global certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by Representative and the Company, on the Option Closing Time as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company.
     Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Initial Purchasers of a global certificate for the Securities to be purchased by them.
     (d) Denominations; Registration. Global certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, and shall be in such denominations ($1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) as the Representative may request in writing at least one full business day before the Initial Closing Time or the Option Closing Time, as the case may be. The global certificates representing the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be made available for examination and packaging by the Representative in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. on the last business day prior to the Initial Closing Time or the Option Closing Time, as the case may be.
     Section 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
     (a) Offering Memorandum. The Company, as promptly as possible, will furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, such number of copies of the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
     (b) Notice and Effect of Material Events. The Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers, and confirm such notice in writing, of (x) any filing made by the Company of information relating to the offering of the Securities with any securities exchange or any other regulatory body in the United States or any other jurisdiction, and (y) prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers as evidenced by a notice in writing from the Initial Purchasers to the Company, any material changes in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise which (i) make any statement in the Disclosure

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Package, any Offering Memorandum or any Supplemental Offering Materials false or misleading or (ii) are not disclosed in the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum. In such event or if during such time any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of any of the Company, its counsel, the Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum in order that the Offering Memorandum not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, the Company will forthwith amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum by preparing and furnishing to the Initial Purchasers an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Offering Memorandum (in form and substance satisfactory in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers) so that, as so amended or supplemented, the Offering Memorandum will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading.
     (c) Amendment and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum; Preparation of Pricing Supplement; Supplemental Offering Materials. The Company will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum and will not effect such amendment or supplement without the consent of the Representative. Neither the consent of the Representative, nor the Initial Purchasers’ delivery of any such amendment or supplement, shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof. The Company will prepare the Pricing Supplement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and shall furnish prior to the Applicable Time to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Supplement as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtained or obtains the prior consent of the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities by means of any Supplemental Offering Materials; and each of the Initial Purchasers represents and agrees that, except if it obtained or obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities by means of any Supplemental Offering Materials; in each case other than by means of the Pricing Supplement.
     (d) Qualification of Securities for Offer and Sale. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Initial Purchasers to qualify the Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect as long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file any general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
     (e) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
     (f) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Offering Memorandum under “Use of Proceeds.”

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     (g) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the Final Offering Memorandum (the “Lock Up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, or contract to sell any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, whether owned at the date of the Final Offering Memorandum or thereafter acquired by the Company or with respect to which the Company has or acquires the power of disposition (collectively, “Relevant Securities”); (ii) sell any option or contract to purchase any Relevant Securities; (iii) purchase any option or contract to sell any Relevant Securities; (iv) grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of any Relevant Securities; (v) lend or otherwise dispose of any Relevant Securities; (vi) transfer any Relevant Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Relevant Securities; (vii) file or request or demand that we file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to any sales of any shares of Relevant Securities; or (viii) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Relevant Securities whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of our shares of common stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (A) the purchase of call options and the sale of warrants described in this Final Offering Memorandum, and any transactions in the Company’s securities contemplated thereby; (B) the acquisition of Common Stock by directors and employees of the Company upon the conversion of outstanding stock units and the exercise of stock options; (C) sales of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any 10b5-1 plans in effect on the date of the Final Offering Memorandum; (D) issuances of Common Stock (in an amount not to exceed 5% of the Common Stock then issued and outstanding) in connection with a merger, acquisition or other business combination, or (E) the issuance to the Company’s directors and employees of stock options, stock units and stock pursuant to the Company’s existing stock plans, employee benefit plans and director compensation plans; and provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may file a registration statement with the SEC on Form S-8 for securities to be issued under the Company’s stock plans and may also register on Form S-4 shares that the Company may issue in connection with the acquisition of another business.
     (h) PORTAL Designation. The Company will use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be designated PORTAL securities in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) relating to trading in the PORTAL Market.
     (i) Listing on Securities Exchange. The Company will use its best efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
     (j) Reporting Requirements. Until the offering of the Securities is complete, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

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     Section 4. Payment of Expenses.
     (a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing, and delivery to the Initial Purchasers and any filing of the Disclosure Package or any Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and any schedules or exhibits and any document incorporated therein by reference) and of each amendment or supplement thereto or of any Supplemental Offering Material, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Initial Purchasers of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the global certificates for the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, including any transfer taxes, any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, the issuance and delivery of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof and any charges of DTC in connection therewith, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (not to exceed $5,000) for the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey, any supplement thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities, (ix) any fees and expenses payable in connection with the initial and continued designation of the Securities as PORTAL securities under the PORTAL Market Rules pursuant to NASD Rule 5322, (x) any fees of the NASD in connection with the Securities, and (xi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock.
     (b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 10(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers.
     Section 5. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

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     (a) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At each Closing Time, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion, dated as of such Closing Time, of Stoel Rives LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
     (b) Opinion of Counsel for Initial Purchasers. At each Closing Time, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States and General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
     (c) Officers’ Certificate. At each Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the date as of which information is given in the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any Material Adverse Effect, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or treasurer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of such Closing Time, and (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Time.
     (d) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to Initial Purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
     (e) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At each Closing Time, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of such Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Closing Time and that the Offering Memorandum referred to shall be the Final Offering Memorandum.
     (f) PORTAL. At the Initial Closing Time, the Securities shall have been designated for trading on PORTAL.
     (g) Lock-up Agreements. On the date of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received “lock-up letters,” in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, from the named executive officers and directors of the Company, and such letters shall be in full force and effect at each Closing Time.

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     (h) Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement. At or prior to the Initial Closing Time, the Company and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, and the Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement, each in a form satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers.
     (i) Approval of Listing. At the Initial Closing Time, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
     (j) Execution and Delivery of Certain Transaction Documents. At or prior to the Initial Closing Time, the Company shall have executed and delivered the Convertible Note Hedge Confirmation and the Warrant Transaction Confirmation.
     (k) Additional Documents. At each Closing Time, counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers.
     (l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to each Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 7, 8 and 9 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
     Section 6. Subsequent Offers and Resales of the Securities.
     (a) Offer and Sale Procedures. The Initial Purchasers and the Company hereby establish and agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
     (i) Offers and Sales. Offers and sales of the Securities shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the 1933 Act (“Qualified Institutional Buyers”).
     (ii) No General Solicitation. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities.
     (iii) Purchases by Non-Bank Fiduciaries. In the case of a non-bank Subsequent Purchaser of a Security acting as a fiduciary for one or more third parties, each third party shall, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, be a Qualified Institutional Buyer.

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     (iv) Subsequent Purchaser Notification. The Initial Purchasers will take reasonable steps to inform, and cause each of its U.S. Affiliates to take reasonable steps to inform, persons acquiring Securities from the Initial Purchasers or affiliate, as the case may be, in the United States that the Securities (A) have not been and will not be registered under the 1933 Act, (B) are being sold to them without registration under the 1933 Act in reliance on Rule 144A or in accordance with another exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, as the case may be, and (C) may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except (1) to the Company, (2) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the 1933 Act, or (3) inside the United States in accordance with (x) Rule 144A to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing such Securities for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the offer, sale or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (y) pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.
     (v) Minimum Principal Amount. No sale of the Securities to any one Subsequent Purchaser will be for less than U.S. $1,000 principal amount and no Security will be issued in a smaller principal amount. If the Subsequent Purchaser is a non-bank fiduciary acting on behalf of others, each person for whom it is acting must purchase at least U.S. $1,000 principal amount of the Securities.
     (b) Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
     (i) Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy, sell or make any offer or sale of, or otherwise negotiate in respect of, securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the 1933 Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.
     (ii) Rule 144A Information. The Company agrees that, in order to render the offered Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, while any of the offered Securities remain outstanding, it will make available, upon request, to any holder of offered Securities or prospective purchasers of Securities the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless the Company furnishes information to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
     (iii) Restriction on Repurchases. Until the expiration of two years after the original issuance of the offered Securities, the Company will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, resell any offered Securities which are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act), whether as beneficial owner or otherwise (except as agent acting as a securities broker on behalf of and for the account of customers in the ordinary course of business in unsolicited broker’s transactions).

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     (c) Qualified Institutional Buyer. Each of the Initial Purchasers represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act (an “Accredited Investor”).
     Section 7. Indemnification.
     (a) Indemnification of Initial Purchasers. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, their affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”), their selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
     (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Supplemental Offering Materials, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
     (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 7(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and
     (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Initial Purchasers), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any Supplemental Offering Materials.
     (b) Indemnification of Company. The Initial Purchasers severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of

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this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in any preliminary offering memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any Supplemental Offering Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein.
     (c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability under this Section 7 to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section or Section 8 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
     (d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 7(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
     Section 8. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect

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the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
     The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Initial Purchasers, bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities.
     The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
     The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the Initial Purchasers shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities purchased and sold by it hereunder exceeds the amount of any damages which the Initial Purchasers have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
     No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
     For purposes of this Section, each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and the Initial Purchasers’ Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as the Initial Purchasers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15

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of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
     Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or their Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling the Initial Purchasers, their officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
     Section 10. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. If, at any Closing Time, any Initial Purchaser shall fail or refuse to purchase the principal amount of Securities agreed to be purchased by such Initial Purchaser hereunder, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the principal amount of Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Time in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule A hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Initial Purchasers; provided, however, that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Securities at such Closing Time if the aggregate principal amount of Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased at such Closing Time. If the foregoing maximum is exceeded, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other initial purchasers satisfactory to the Company and the Representative who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Securities to be purchased at such Closing Time. If the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Time, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses (for any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser) to the extent set forth in, and subject to the terms of, Section 4. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule A hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
     Section 11. Termination of Agreement.
     (a) Termination; General. The Initial Purchasers may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to each Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which information is given in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,

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whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the NASDAQ System has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
     (b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 7, 8 and 9 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
     Section 12. Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, immediately upon commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “tax treatment” is the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the term “tax structure” includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby.
     Section 13. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be directed to the Representative at 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, attention of Gopal Garuda, Director, and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 14200 S.W. Karl Braunn Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97077, attention Secretary.
     Section 14. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each of the Initial Purchasers is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors,

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employees or any other party, (c) the Initial Purchasers have not assumed, or will not assume, an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Initial Purchasers have advised or are currently advising the Company on other matters) and the Initial Purchasers have no obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Company, and (e) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this Offering.
     Section 15. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
     Section 16. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Initial Purchasers and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Initial Purchasers and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
     Section 17. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     Section 18. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
     Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
     Section 20. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

TEKTRONIX, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ JAMES F. DALTON    
    Name:   James F. Dalton   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General
Counsel, and Secretary 
 
 
 
 
  SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
 
 

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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
  as of the date first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
          INCORPORATED
         
By:
  /s/ PATRICK R. FANNON    
 
       
 
  Authorized Signatory    
For itself and as Representative
of the several Initial Purchasers
named on Schedule A hereto

 


 

SCHEDULE A
         
    Principal Amount of
Initial Purchasers   Securities
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
    195,000,000  
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    75,000,000  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    30,000,000  
Total
    300,000,000  
 
       

 


 

Schedule B
Tektronix, Inc.
(TEK/NYSE)
Offering Size: $300,000,000
Overallotment Option: $45,000,000
144A Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012 Terms:
Public Offering Price: $1,000.00 per note (100%)
Maturity: July 15, 2012
Interest Rate: 1.625% payable semiannually in arrears in cash
Last Sale (6/25/07): $34.57
Conversion Price: Approximately $39.76, subject to adjustment
Conversion Premium: 15.0%
Conversion Rate: 25.1538, subject to adjustment
Conversion Rate Cap: 28.9268, subject to adjustment
Conversion Trigger Price: $51.68
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, beginning January 15, 2008
Redemption: None
Put Dates: None
Make Whole Premium upon a Fundamental Change: If a fundamental change occurs and a holder elects to convert in connection with such transaction, the conversion rate will be increased by a number of shares. The number of additional shares will be determined by reference to the following table and is based on the date on which such fundamental change becomes effective and the price paid per share of common stock on the effective date:
                                                         
        Effective Date
Stock Price   June 29, 2007       July 15, 2008   July 15, 2009   July 15, 2010   July 15, 2011   July 15, 2012
$ 34.57       3.7731           3.7731       3.7731       3.7731       3.7731       3.7731  
$ 36.00       3.3391    
 
    3.3632       3.3446       3.2550       3.0158       2.6240  
$ 40.00       2.4148    
 
    2.3557       2.2409       2.0295       1.6132       0.0000  
$ 50.00       1.1909    
 
    1.0731       0.9097       0.6764       0.3402       0.0000  
$ 60.00       0.6730    
 
    0.5700       0.4432       0.2878       0.1199       0.0000  
$ 70.00       0.4201    
 
    0.3442       0.2568       0.1649       0.0765       0.0000  
$ 80.00       0.2886    
 
    0.2351       0.1759       0.1144       0.0571       0.0000  
$ 100.00       0.1572    
 
    0.1270       0.0960       0.0640       0.0331       0.0000  
$ 120.00       0.0894    
 
    0.0717       0.0540       0.0355       0.0178       0.0000  
If the stock price on the effective date exceeds $120.00 per share, subject to adjustment, no adjustment to the applicable conversion rate will be made.
If the stock price on the effective date is less than $34.57 per share, subject to adjustment, no adjustment to the applicable conversion rate will be made.
Net Payment for Purchased Note Hedges Minus Sold Warrants: $26.6 million Shares Underlying Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant: Approximately 7.5 million

 


 

Exercise Price of Sold Warrant: 42.5% higher than closing stock price
Use of Proceeds and Capitalization: At May 26, 2007, on an as adjusted basis to reflect the sale of the notes (assuming the overallotment option is not exercised) and the issuer’s use of (1) $110.0 million of the net proceeds to repurchase approximately 3.2 million shares of common stock at the price of $34.57 per share and (2) $26.6 million of the net proceeds to fund the net cost of the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions, the issuer would have had cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term marketable investments of $513.3 million, total debt of $300 million, and total shareholders’ equity of $875.6 million. The issuer intends to use any remaining net proceeds to purchase additional common shares and for other general corporate purposes.
Trade Date: 6/25/07
Settlement Date (T+4): 6/29/07
144A CUSIP: 879131AG5
Joint-Bookrunners: Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Co-Manager: Citi
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This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us. This Offering is being conducted in the U.S. pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act 1933, as amended, and may therefore only be offered to QIBs. A written offering circular may be obtained from your Merrill Lynch sales representative, from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 4 World Financial Center, FL 05, New York, NY 10080, or from your Goldman, Sachs sales representative, or from Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 Attention: Prospectus Department (212 ###-###-####).
This announcement and any offer if made subsequently is directed only at persons in member states of the European Economic Area who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) (“Qualified Investors”). Any person in the EEA who acquires the securities in any offer (an “investor”) or to whom any offer of the securities is made will be deemed to have represented and agreed that it is a Qualified Investor. Any investor will also be deemed to have represented and agreed that any securities acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on behalf of persons in the EEA other than Qualified Investors or persons in the UK and other member states (where equivalent legislation exists) for whom the investor has authority to make decisions on a wholly discretionary basis, nor have the securities been acquired with a view to their offer or resale in the EEA to persons where this would result in a requirement for publication by the company, Merrill Lynch International (“MLI”) or any other manager of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the

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Prospectus Directive. The company, MLI and their affiliates, and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and agreements.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.

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Exhibit A-1
FORM OF OPINION OF STOEL RIVES LLP
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(a)
[Provided as Separate Document]

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Exhibit B
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
     The undersigned, an executive officer or director of Tektronix, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company, providing for the offering (the “Offering”), pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     In recognition of the benefit that the Offering will confer upon the undersigned as an officer or director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, during a period of 90 days from the date of the Final Offering Memorandum (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, for the benefit of Merrill Lynch, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, or contract to sell any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, “Lock-Up Securities”); (ii) sell any option or contract to purchase any Lock-Up Securities; (iii) purchase any option or contract to sell any Lock-Up Securities; (iv) grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of any Lock-Up Securities; (v) lend or otherwise dispose of any Lock-Up Securities; (vi) transfer any Lock-Up Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Lock-Up Securities; (vii) file or request or demand that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to any sales of any Lock-Up Securities; or (viii) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Lock-Up Securities whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of our shares of common stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise
     The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: (1) the acquisition of Common Stock by directors and employees of the Company upon the conversion of stock units and the exercise of stock options; (2) sales of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any 10b5-1 plans in effect on the date of the Final Offering Memorandum, provided that such a 10b5-1 plan may be amended during the 90-day period specified in this letter as long as the number of shares that may be sold pursuant to the plan during the Lock-Up Period is not increased; (3) sales of up to (A) 15,000 additional shares of Common Stock by the undersigned or by a permissible transferee of the undersigned, if the undersigned is an executive officer, or (B) 5,000 additional shares of Common Stock by the undersigned or by a permissible transferee of the undersigned, if the undersigned is a director; (4) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities in connection with the exercise of stock options outstanding on the date hereof; and (5) any other transfers in connection with which (A) Merrill Lynch receives a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the lock up period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (B) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (C) such transfers are not required during the

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Lock-Up Period to be reported in any public report or filing with the SEC, or otherwise, and (D) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report during the Lock-Up Period regarding such transfers, provided that any such transfer pursuant to clause (5) is:
(i) a bona fide gift or gifts; or
(ii) to any trust or limited liability company, the beneficiaries or members of which are exclusively the undersigned or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, including grandchildren (to the extent consistent with the Securities Act and state securities laws).
     The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with this letter agreement.
         
By:
       
 
       
Name:
       

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