Exhibit 10.1

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[Director Name]

[Director Address]

 

  Re: Compensation Package in the Event of your Resignation on or Before
March 31, 2012 as a Member of the Board of Directors

Dear [Mr./Ms.             ]:

On behalf of Openwave Systems Inc. (the “Company”), I am writing to extend to
you the compensation package approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to
be offered to each Director in the event of his or her resignation as a member
of the Board if such resignation were to occur on or before March 31, 2012.
Please note that in an effort to ensure that each of the standing committees of
the Board is in compliance with the NASDAQ listing requirements and to ensure
that corporate governance “best practices” continue to be satisfied, the Board
may, in its sole discretion, determine the timing, order or acceptance of any
tendered resignation with respect to which this offer is extended.

If you should accept such offer then, in recognition of the services you have
provided to the Company during your tenure as a member of the Board, if you
should resign on or before March 31, 2012, effective as of the date of your
resignation, (1) all of your unvested stock options and restricted stock awards,
as set forth on your Personnel Grant Status Summary attached hereto as Exhibit
A, shall immediately vest and (2) the post-termination exercise period for your
stock options shall be extended for an additional fifteen (15) months such that
your post-termination exercise period shall be for a period of eighteen
(18) months.

I greatly appreciate your attention to this matter. If you have any questions or
comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Sincerely,

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Robin A. Abrams

Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of

Directors of Openwave Systems Inc.

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      2100 Seaport Boulevard       Redwood City, California       94063 USA   
   Tel: 1 650 480 8000       Fax: 1 650 480 8100

Exhibit A

Personnel Grant Status Summary

(see attached)