Exhibit 10-ff
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     
Optionee:
  Option Number:
Optionee ID:
  Plan: GSIP/1991

This Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into
effective by and between ADC Telecommunications, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
(the “Company”), and the above-identified Optionee pursuant to the Company’s
Global Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
Effective the date written above, the Optionee has been granted an option (the
“Option”) to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of shares of common stock,
par value US$.20 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at the price of
US$  per share subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Plan
and Exhibits A and B to this Agreement. This Option is not intended to be an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
The total aggregate purchase price for all of the shares purchasable under this
Option is US$.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Exhibits A and B to this
Agreement and the Plan, this Option shall in all events terminate seven
(7) years after the date of grant (the “Expiration Date”). The shares subject to
this Option shall vest and may be exercised in whole or in part by the Optionee
according to the following vesting schedule:

              Number of Option     Vesting Date   Shares Vesting   Expiration
Date          

Subject to the provisions of the Plan and Exhibits A and B, the Optionee must be
actively employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates on each Vesting Date
for vesting to occur. Termination of employment after a Vesting Date may
accelerate the Expiration Date (see terms of the Plan and Exhibits A and B).
Optionee and the Company agree that these Options are granted under and governed
by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Exhibits A and B to this
Agreement, and the Plan. Each of these documents and a Prospectus related to
shares covered by the Plan has been provided to Optionee. Optionee specifically
acknowledges that Exhibit A to this Agreement contains an agreement by Optionee
not to solicit employees of the Company or its Affiliates on behalf of any other
employer, a data privacy consent by Optionee and certain other acknowledgements
by Optionee. In addition, Optionee acknowledges that Exhibit B includes
country-specific terms which apply to the Option.
Optionee acknowledges that this Option is subject to the ongoing discretionary
authority of the Company to determine: (i) the permissible manner of exercise of
the Option (including but not limited to the authority of the Company to require
a mandatory cashless exercise); (ii) the permissible timing of exercise of the
Option; and (iii) any other restrictions that the Company deems necessary and
advisable, including but not limited to restrictions pertaining to applicable
law. Optionee further acknowledges that in the event the Optionee chooses to
effect a simultaneous exercise and sale of all or a portion of the shares that
are subject to this Option, neither the Company nor its third party stock option
administrator will guarantee any particular market price for the sale of the
shares, nor shall the Company or its third party administrator be responsible
for any failure to obtain any particular market price due to delays in the
exercise of this Option or any other reason.
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                  Jeffrey D. Pflaum, Vice President, Corporate Secretary      
Date

      Version Effective December 18, 2006   -Over-

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                      & General Counsel            
 
                    OPTIONEE            
 
                                 
 
              Date    
 
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Home Address
                                     
 
                                     

THE OPTIONEE MUST PROMPTLY SIGN AND RETURN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE COMPANY AT THE
ADDRESS LISTED BELOW. IF THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT SIGNED AND RETURNED WITHIN SIXTY
(60) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MAILING THIS AGREEMENT, THIS OPTION SHALL BE VOID AND
HAVE NO FORCE OR EFFECT.
Postal Mail:
ADC
Attn: HR Stock Compensation, MS 56
P.O. Box 1101
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1101 USA
Express Mail:
ADC
Attn: HR Stock Compensation, MS 56
13625 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 USA
For questions regarding this Option, please contact ADC’s HR Stock Compensation
Group as follows:
Email: stockprograms@adc.com
Facsimile:     952-238-1525
Telephone:    952-917-0576
                      800-366-3889 ext. 70576

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